Cliffhanger - Downwards

I've put it off for too long.

My work clothes pile in the corner. The smell of sweat and dirt lingering in my apartment only worsens because I waited all week. My only option now is to go across town to the only laundromat open in the middle of the night.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTlbfTysLT

I trudge myself out of the building towards my parked car, holding a black bag in either arm. Tossing them into the back seat and begrudgingly getting myself in. I start to make my way across town, to my run-down savior.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyy1ubTjsp

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I'm the only one here.

Unsettling, to say the least, but who am I to complain. 259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPJ6RmdNLE

After throwing my first load into a washer, i sit down at the closet chair I could find, closed my eyes, and just listened to the whirring and sputtering of the machine. The echoing noise drowning the silence of the night.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrghKc1ZoII

Thirty minutes pass, groggy and tierd. I load my clothes into the dryer, taking up my proclaimed seat. I continue my wait; at least I've taken care of one thing on my plate.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqPRYoFLRt

A couple of minutes pass as the heat of the dryer warms up the room, and I begin to fall asleep.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaIyprGRtP

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A sound of clanking metal and an odd groaning shakes me awake.

A metal door I've not seen before stands swung open across from me. The cracked, unpainted walls and stone steps decend downward into a dark shadow.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyZ4RQB1Nb

Cold air pours into the room, and precipitation forms from the heat rising from the dryer, not being able to contain my curiosity. I step closer to the open door, My nose stings from the strong aroma of wet stone.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwzkS7rEpU

"Just a peek." 259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWhUd1Yavb

My mind, incompassed by imagination. Glory, greed, or adventure, it mattered not.

I step downwards on the slight bend of uneven stone steps. My shoes echo with a thud as I decend.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11kuNw099D

The alarming sound of banging metal shoots through my ears.The door slams shut.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ2O4Lg7xw

I'm left with only one option. Downwards.

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