Locked away

[obligatoryass]

The door closes behind Meg with an ominous 'thud.' It sounds like doom, and it echoes even more ominously.

"Hey!" Logan yells, startled by this unexpected turn of events. He bangs on the door loudly and yells again, with little hope of an answer. It was a very deliberate action on the part of Lord Julius, and from the condition of that room, it's unlikely that anyone else has been there for a long, long time.

Still, the banging relieves Logan's feelings. When his hand is sore, he turns back to Meg. "So. I guess we're captured."

He takes a moment to survey the room. There's a long, thin window far above them, giving enough light to show the room's contents. A desk and chair, free of dust, with a few papers, a quill and a candle on it. Some boxes. And, luckily, a box of matches.

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[obligatoryass]

"No," Logan says, sounding frustrated but managing not to hit anything this time. "Noth-"

He pauses, then steps back. "Maybe."

He steps slightly further back, cocks his head, and then grins. "I see a door, that's what."

[noteful]

Meg looks at the wall.

"You do?"

She gets up and comes over, but she mostly still just sees . . . a wall.

[obligatoryass]

"There's an edge, right there," he says stepping forward and tracing it slightly. "Do you see? Now, how to open it..."

He leans into the door, trying to see if simple pressure will open it.

No dice.

[noteful]

Meg frowns.

"Try . . . maybe try the stones around it? I mean, that works in books, sometimes, but this whole place is . . ."

She trails off, pushing her hand into one of the stones next to the outline she can see now that Logan has pointed it out.

And then another.

And another.

[obligatoryass]

"This could take forever," Logan mutters, still pressing on stones.

And then, one of them gives. "I've got it," he cries out, applying a little more pressure.

The door slides open and Logan peers inside.

"Having no idea where that goes, I am pretty sure I can say with certainty that it's better than here."

[noteful]

"Candles," is all Meg says.

It's probably an agreement.

Does Logan want to go first?

[obligatoryass]

Logan nods and collects the candles, lighting one for himself and handing another to Meg.

"Let's get outta here."

He leads the way.

[noteful]

It's not a terribly long passageway. It's probably not even as long as it feels.

"Do you have any idea where this might be going?" Meg asks. "Old story you heard on a previous visit? Anything?"

She's not terribly hopeful, but she has to ask.

[obligatoryass]

"Not the slightest," Logan says, sounding slightly worried but not overly so.

Luckily, they are not be in suspense for very long. The passage ends in a large door, although there is still no handle.

Logan bangs on the door. "Hello? HELLO? Anybody over there?" he calls.

[ordinary_sorts]

The calls cannot be heard on the other side of the door. (It's a very thick and very strong door.)

But the banging? That gets attention. And as the room on the other side of the wall is the so-called War Room, into which the Prince and Princess have been moved for safe keeping? The attention is not necessarily the sort Logan will like.

It's a long moment -- this door, like the first, is secreted behind a set of shelves and Lord Terence has to figure out how to open it.

And then the door opens quite suddenly, and Logan will find Lord Terence's wand leveled at his heart. "Who the blazes are you?"

Things could get very messy indeed, here, given that Lord Terence's orders from the Queen were to kill anyone who threatened her children, or at least to turn them into frogs.

Fortunately, he is not the only person there, and his daughter recognizes the people in the passageway.

"For heaven's sake, Father, point that somewhere else before someone gets hurt," Lady Rosalind says. "It's Logan. One of the Queen's friends. You remember."

Lord Terence lowers the wand slightly and squints at Logan.

"Good heavens, so it is," he says. "Half the palace staff is looking for you, boy. Where have you been?"

[obligatoryass]

"It's a long story," Logan says swiftly, stepping around Terrence. "We need to see the Queen immediately."

No one argues, and they're whisked off to see Amy posthaste.