D abbles …

»Feels like we are going down«, the llama whispers.

»What floor are we on?« Kylie asks.

»That is hard to say«, I answer.

The five of us are looking at the display of the elevator panel.

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»The display must be broken. The apartment-house on 666, Whitaker Lane, in Bromford, the friendly town by the bay and seaside, does not have eighty-eight storeys«, Nigel is stating the obvious

»Look!« the llama shouts out as kind of a countdown starts.

 

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But the elevator does not stop here although it does not feel like it is moving at all.

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»What is this?« Professor Sideburns asks. »Does this building have sub-levels?«

»Not that I know«, I say.

And the llama adds, »I have a bad feeling about this.«

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»Make it stop!« Kylie is crying out trying to hold on to something right before the elevator panel display returns to showing only one number.

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Silent again we are exchanging concerned glances.

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Today is Tuesday, the 15th of November 2022.

Bromford below.