The transfer had been
successful, no parts of the station left behind – although the same
could not be said for the car, which still rested back where it had
been parked. Black Hat would have expected Carlos to have noticed
something by now, with that computer the only source of light, but it
seemed that the human was quite definitively focused in on what he
was doing, something that reminded him of how Flug could get
sometimes.It was amusing, but the horror
had no real way of knowing how long Carlos would puzzle over the
description and dating of those cells. If it took him too long, it
could get boring just hanging around and watching him. Perhaps if he
began some eerie whispers? Those were a classic. Not actually having
explored Night Vale, he had no way of knowing just what Carlos was
used to.
The scientist was quick to refresh himself on earlier
findings, thankfully, and he turned off the screen of his tablet to set it down
on the table.
But as soon as he did, he froze. Where had the sun gone? It
didn’t set early, did it? He quickly hit the light-up button on his watch to
check it. He should have had another good two hours before any unexpected
sunsets. So… what was going on?
“Old Woman Josie?” he called out, his voice laced with
confusion and uncertainty. “E… Erikas? Are any of you there? Did… did you block
out the sun again?” If they did, then there was the potential that Carlos was in danger. Where was his danger meter again? Oh – he left it in the car. He just had to get to it somehow.
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