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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYIPhV19xa

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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0B60hakPg

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I'm the only one here.

Unsettling, to say the least, but who am I to complain. 258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5UOzCfI9k

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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOOzsETHRF

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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLPaPycE8j

A couple of minutes pass as the heat of the dryer warms up the room, and I begin to fall asleep.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK7ZxKz05N

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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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGyhj6v0I8

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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SmFqXEtbg

"Just a peek." 258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5cmXb3GoD

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.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmbbHIs5Fr

The alarming sound of banging metal shoots through my ears.The door slams shut.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2ridEBwXp

I'm left with only one option. Downwards.

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