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'There <strong>is</strong> no exit here', read <strong>the</strong> handwritten sign pasted on <strong>the</strong> door leading to <strong>the</strong> first floor's corridor.Conor ra<strong>is</strong>ed h<strong>is</strong> hands in despair and dropped <strong>the</strong>m. "Great," he muttered.Jack knocked on <strong>the</strong> door."If you're not one of us, go away," said an annoyed voice, its owner <strong>the</strong> self-proclaimed gatekeeper of<strong>the</strong> first floor's door."Are you sure <strong>the</strong>re's no way out in <strong>the</strong>re?" Jack asked."We're sure. And you're not one of us. Shoo.""What's at <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r end, through <strong>the</strong> stairwell?""A wall.""Have you tried knocking through it?" Conor asked."No, but several folks from <strong>the</strong> fifteenth floor did.""Did <strong>the</strong>y manage it?" Conor asked."Yes.""So what did <strong>the</strong>y find?""Ano<strong>the</strong>r wall."**"<strong>Whoa</strong>," said Ted, a look of complete awe on h<strong>is</strong> face."Then we managed to kick 'em out."Some confused-looking guy had meanwhile come out of <strong>the</strong> lift lobby and had been watching <strong>the</strong>exchange with puzzlement. "Er," he ventured during <strong>the</strong> break in <strong>the</strong> conversation, "I was told to comehere..."The door opened. They had a brief glimpse of a corridor whose end was filled with bits of plaster and agaping hole revealing a brick wall. Some hapless guy was down on <strong>the</strong> floor attempting to clean up <strong>the</strong>plaster."Get in <strong>the</strong>re," <strong>the</strong> sentry said with a jerk of h<strong>is</strong> head in <strong>the</strong> requested direction, and <strong>the</strong> newcomer wentin looking confused. "<strong>Not</strong> you thr-" H<strong>is</strong> eyes narrowed in recognition, and he swore. "Hey, you're-" Apause, <strong>the</strong>n he looked back into <strong>the</strong> corridor and called out: "Hey, Joe! There are Keanu-spawn ou<strong>the</strong>re!" He looked back at <strong>the</strong>m, laughed in a not-too-friendly way, and <strong>the</strong>n closed <strong>the</strong> door in <strong>the</strong>irfaces. "Shoo," he added through <strong>the</strong> closed door, in case <strong>the</strong> previous pleas to leave had not quite gotthrough to <strong>the</strong>m."'Keanu-spawn'?" Conor asked incredulously.Jack was meanwhile staring at <strong>the</strong> grey cement of <strong>the</strong> stairwell landing. He stamped at it, <strong>the</strong>n stoppedand looked back up. "Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> lowest floor, right?" he asked."How would we know, dude?""There's got to be something we could use to break through..."Jack trailed off, <strong>the</strong>n suddenly turned and headed back up <strong>the</strong> stairwell to <strong>the</strong> fourth floor, Conor andTed following behind.**Jack didn't quite know what he was looking for; a sledgehammer, perhaps, or a pneumatic drill, but until<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> boxes stacked on <strong>the</strong> shelves and floor of <strong>the</strong> common room seemed filled with whole lots ofinteresting and mostly-useless things, such as a brand-new copy of a 1987 Singapore postal code

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