The empty room was, admittedly, anticlimactic and Jigano frowned, feeling frustration bubble up and trying to escape in a snarl that he fought to swallow back. He bit down on the inside of his cheek to focus himself, trying not to lash out at Sam for wanting to give up so soon.
"Whatever its purpose was," he said, clearly disappointed. "Who knows, now." He pulled the door gently closed, even though it would never lock again and looked up the spiral, his frown lightening a little. "I'd like to keep going, if you don't mind. At least a little further. Surely there's something other than broom closets in this place, after all the trouble we had getting into it." He tried to push a wry smile past the black twist of annoyance in his gut. "Let's go a little farther, at least. It seems a shame to go back empty handed."
His smile might have been a bit weak, but he shouldered his medical pack again, rolling the needles between his fingers as he kept them out. He led the way up again around another bend of the stairs, another door appearing out of the shadows as his white lantern revealed the details above them. Jigano turned to raise a brow at Sam, gesturing to it with a bit more of his usual spark. "Care to try again? I need to do some work on these before I can try and use them." So saying, he put the point of one against the stone and started tapping it to dull it and try to get a bend in the metal.
"Whatever its purpose was," he said, clearly disappointed. "Who knows, now." He pulled the door gently closed, even though it would never lock again and looked up the spiral, his frown lightening a little. "I'd like to keep going, if you don't mind. At least a little further. Surely there's something other than broom closets in this place, after all the trouble we had getting into it." He tried to push a wry smile past the black twist of annoyance in his gut. "Let's go a little farther, at least. It seems a shame to go back empty handed."
His smile might have been a bit weak, but he shouldered his medical pack again, rolling the needles between his fingers as he kept them out. He led the way up again around another bend of the stairs, another door appearing out of the shadows as his white lantern revealed the details above them. Jigano turned to raise a brow at Sam, gesturing to it with a bit more of his usual spark. "Care to try again? I need to do some work on these before I can try and use them." So saying, he put the point of one against the stone and started tapping it to dull it and try to get a bend in the metal.
