10-03-2016, 04:34 PM
Jacinda was sprinting down one of the halls, trying to figure out where the fire was with her wallet. Stupid codes. She didn't know them yet. Not like she didn't have other things to do. Gunnar ran next to her and nodded his head to the left passage. "Basement level, this way," Gunnar yelled over the alarm.
As they moved, one of the doors opened and there was Yoshimura. The three of them headed of in the indicated direction. She was glad Gunnar was there. Not that she didn't have a good sense of direction. Now that she was down there, even running through the halls to the basement, she knew she'd be able go back the way they'd came. Chasing down prey through forests or cave systems was a good way to get yourself killed if you couldn't figure a way out. She simply had never been down here. They passed a stairwell and she jammed her elbow into the glass for the extinguisher.
Finally, they found the source of the alarm. Well, it wasn't that hard. The smoke crawling along the sides and roof of the halls was a dead giveaway, once they reached the basement level. And it was 'sources', rather than 'source'. Looked like a handful of fires had started on the wood floors at spaced intervals. The ones closest to them were the largest, having expanded so that their flames were already licking the sides of deeply stained carved wood walls and wainscoting. The heat pouring down the hall immediately beaded sweat all over her even as she dropped to her knees and squinted her eyes.
She sprayed the first down each side and toward the center and while the flames surrounding it slackened to nothing, there in the center was a white hot ball of fire. She covered it with supressive foam and yet it continued to burn. She looked at Gunnar and Yoshi with surprise. Was that some sore of accelerant? But fire suppression removed access to oxygen. How as this burning?
She increased the foam and finally- finally- the stupid thing went out. Only now the next one had grown to really be going off. And she had used a lot of the foam. She stood and jumped over the char and nearly slipped on the foam that covered everything as she went through the smoke that was filling the hall from the top down. She coughed but pressed on.
This time she concentrated on the white hot ball first, hoping she had enough. Looking at Yoshimura and Gunnar, she shook her head, squinting, eyes already cloudy. "Any better ideas?"
she asked, coughing through the smoke.
As they moved, one of the doors opened and there was Yoshimura. The three of them headed of in the indicated direction. She was glad Gunnar was there. Not that she didn't have a good sense of direction. Now that she was down there, even running through the halls to the basement, she knew she'd be able go back the way they'd came. Chasing down prey through forests or cave systems was a good way to get yourself killed if you couldn't figure a way out. She simply had never been down here. They passed a stairwell and she jammed her elbow into the glass for the extinguisher.
Finally, they found the source of the alarm. Well, it wasn't that hard. The smoke crawling along the sides and roof of the halls was a dead giveaway, once they reached the basement level. And it was 'sources', rather than 'source'. Looked like a handful of fires had started on the wood floors at spaced intervals. The ones closest to them were the largest, having expanded so that their flames were already licking the sides of deeply stained carved wood walls and wainscoting. The heat pouring down the hall immediately beaded sweat all over her even as she dropped to her knees and squinted her eyes.
She sprayed the first down each side and toward the center and while the flames surrounding it slackened to nothing, there in the center was a white hot ball of fire. She covered it with supressive foam and yet it continued to burn. She looked at Gunnar and Yoshi with surprise. Was that some sore of accelerant? But fire suppression removed access to oxygen. How as this burning?
She increased the foam and finally- finally- the stupid thing went out. Only now the next one had grown to really be going off. And she had used a lot of the foam. She stood and jumped over the char and nearly slipped on the foam that covered everything as she went through the smoke that was filling the hall from the top down. She coughed but pressed on.
This time she concentrated on the white hot ball first, hoping she had enough. Looking at Yoshimura and Gunnar, she shook her head, squinting, eyes already cloudy. "Any better ideas?"
she asked, coughing through the smoke.