Carthrat-World Savior: An adventure in misplaced optimism

[Carthrat]

Carthrat narrows his eyes, and quietly moves after Katana. He also tries to figure out exactly what those noises are..

[Bean Bandit]

Katana's movements are silent, assured...almost creepily so. If it wasn't for the noises, you'd think you'd gone deaf. Mm...those noises. It's like a tapping, really. Metal on Metal, no rhyme or reason to it, erratic and clear as a bell.

She leads you up the stairs, and onto the second floor, which is easily as dark as the first...maybe even moreso, and the floor is worse. Pipes and garbage everywhere.

The noises stop, suddenly...

[Carthrat]

Carthrat squints into the darkness, and continues to move forward, at least until Katana stops doing so. Holding up Mappy, he uses whatever faint light he can get from his screen as an improptu torch.

[Bean Bandit]

WTF?? When did I become a Blair Witch Extra? I don' wanna die! ;-;

A small, distictive, and ominous click echoes on the dark.

"Get down!" Katana snaps to you without turning back. She slips a toe under a stray piece of steel pipe, and without apparent effort, kicked it up into her hand, as an odd sound, like a ruler being smacked against a desk echoed in the hall, again and again....

[Carthrat]

Carthrat crouches to one side, pointing Mappy to the ground this time.

He clenches a hand, not deciding to bother summoning a sword- if he needs it, he'll be able to get it in a flash, or so he hopes.