Hachi looked over at a maintenance door as Nora went about examining the aforementioned artifacts. None of them were particularly of note, and that was partly due to Hachi never really conveying what exactly they were looking for. He had the sense that she was a bit aimless as to what to do on that front, so he decided to guide her along the right path. "This way. I know a route."
He stepped over to the maintenance door and pushed his way through. Once Nora was through, he quickly closed the door behind them and hurried along the back corridor. Through this stretch of hallway were piles of inky mass pooling at the corners of the floor, only subdued by the secondary lighting that filled the path with an ambient red. All was quiet, so much so that a pin drop could be heard. What broke it were the loose memories that Hachi let float up to surface.
One of the memories details Hachi coming to meuseum as a child and being awestruck by its sights. However that awe was quickly tempered by the harsh hand of his mother. But just as pain was about to settle into his heart, the memory shifted to him walking the very corridors he treads. He came before a vault door was tightly sealed, but Hachi had the codes to access what was inside.
"Sometimes I forget where I came from.." Such sentiment carried with it a sense of anguish at the types of dealings, himself, had to make to get some of this access. Clenched fists and gritted teeth were the physical expressions here. He relaxed seconds later, sensing that anguish dissipate. He kept it moving after that, pushing on around a couple corners and coming to that very same vault door.
The man wasted no time in punching in the code, which gave a positive beep when it worked. The door operated on its own, unlocking with a spin and a hiss. Inside, the store room was filled to the brim with all sorts of stuff that had been uncovered over the last fifty years. Everything from documents to the strange knick-knacks that sit on pedastals was neatly organized for pair to peruse at their leisure. However, Hachi was not here to peruse, he was looking for something. Someone.
Sifting through a mountain of furniture and loose documents that were knocked over during the chaos outside, Hachi came across a key whose tip is strange. It doesn't appear to be able to unlock any normal locks, but when he stuck the key into a part of the back wall, it slid right in. From there, and deeper compartment was unveiled to them.
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