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detroitlib · 3 days
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Inside view of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, no vehicles visible. Tiled walls; walkway along road. Printed on front: "4. Detroit-Windsor tunnel. 1A1172." Printed on back: "The Detroit-Windsor tunnel is 5,135 feet in length and cost $25,000,000. It required 2 1/2 years to complete same. The top of the tunnel is 45 feet and the roadway 75 feet underwater. It required 80,000 cubic feet of concrete, 11,000 tons of structural and 750 tons of reenforcing steel. 20,000 granite blocks were used in building the roadway. Capacity is 2000 cars per hour. C.T. American Art Colored. C.T. Co., Chicago."
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
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vintagecamping · 1 year
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Beachfront camping in Miami
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1937
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merelygifted · 9 months
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“Das Leben ist doch so beschissen/Weil wir alle sterben müssen,” but when *The Detroit Public Library* likes my posts, it’s a lot less beschissen!
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mlorenzetti · 2 years
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Ex Libris Detroit
ok, well, here’s the latest digital iteration of the book project on The Detroit Public Library. We’re gettin there...........
Marco Lorenzetti
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smbhax · 1 year
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“Man stands on top of enormous pile of buffalo skulls; another man stands in front of pile with his foot resting on a buffalo skull; rustic cage is at foot of pile. Handwritten on back: ‘C.D. 1892 Glueworks, office foot of 1st St., works at Rougeville, Mich.’”
“LD/Industries & business houses-Michigan Carbon Works”
Detroit Public Library - Burton Historical Collection
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detroitography · 4 months
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Map: A Tale of Two Cities - Detroit and Boston Comparison
In a 1919 brochure for the Rosedale Park development highlighted the clean air “out of the smoke zone” and the great opportunity of a growing region. At this point, Detroit was still relatively small by today’s city boundary definition, but the comparison to the Boston regional development and cooperation – specifically on public rapid transit – was another selling point for Rosedale Park (future…
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nike-jamee · 6 months
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ubu507 · 1 year
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Handwritten on back: "The poultry house built and owned by Court-Sirrine and later by Perry Sirrine. Picture was taken while some of the buildings were on fire. Burned in 1939."
Detroit Public Library
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slime-wizard · 3 months
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Okay so this isn’t my art account. But you’kno..
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petsincollections · 11 months
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Baby llamas. Low fences permit the children to feed and pet the animals at the Children's Zoo, Belle Isle -- Detroit, Michigan. [ca. 1930–1945]
Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection
Boston Public Library
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humanoidhistory · 4 months
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Springwells Station treatment plant, Detroit, 1931.
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View of the first Hudson Motor Car Company factory. Label on back: "First Hudson plant. This is the first factory operated by the Hudson Motor Car Company. It was located at the corner of Mack and Beaufait Avenues. In this plant with only 80,000 feet of floor space, 500 men, and a total capital of $20,000, the first Hudson "Twenty" was produced on July 3, 1909. One year later over 4,000 Hudson "Twenties" had been sold, the biggest first year's business in the history of the industry up to that time." Handwritten on back: "1909 Hudson factory. Factories--Hudson."
National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library
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frankentyner · 2 years
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architectureofdoom · 2 months
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Ypsilanti Water Tower, Michigan, 1909.
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mudwerks · 24 days
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Promotional pic of a Corvette, 1970.
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sanjoongie · 9 months
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Library of Illusions~ Mystery Section
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Blue Blood
📚Part Six for the Library Of Illusions Event 📚Pairing: Android! Jongho x Detective! Reader (f) 📚Genre: Fantasy au, Sci-fi au, Detroit become human influenced, coworkers to lovers 📚Warnings: hostage situation, child endangerment, android racism, degradation kink, fingering (f receiving), sex in a public space, dom!jongho, begging, m and f orgasm 📚Word Count: 3,885 📚Rating: 18+ MDNI, smut 📚Summary: for your final test, you are transported to a world where androids and humans live and work together. but you hate androids and one gets assigned to you as your new partner 📚Dedication: @mejuii & @downtoamagicalland the best beta readers a writer could bribe have
↫The Adventure Section ↭ MasterList ↭Keeper of the Keys↬
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You walked past the shelves in the Mystery section, continuously having to take double takes because the books disappeared and reappeared, sometimes in the same place, sometimes in a different place. It made picking a book extremely difficult but you honestly should have expected it with this being the final guardian to defeat before you moved onto the restricted section. 
A hand landed on your shoulder and goosebumps littered your skin. “If you succeed, I can make your greatest dreams come true.” A cheeky kiss on your cheek had your face burning. You didn’t bother to try to catch the entity this time. You knew it wouldn’t reveal itself until it was good and ready.
“Whatever slow burn this is, I’m not here for it,” You denied out loud.
You almost jumped out of your skin when a book flew from the shelf beside you and you caught it quickly with your reflexes. The front showed a bright blue circle and you read the title ‘Detroit Become Human’. 
You opened the book you had caught and watched patiently as the book flew out of your hands. It landed upright with its pages flipping open until it halted and grew to the size of a door. The center for the book was transparent and within you could see a desk and fans on the ceiling. Were you going to be a detective this time? You hesitated to step through, worried that you wouldn’t be able to solve a crime and receive your key.
“Hesitating now wouldn’t show good character,” The entity's voice mocked you.
You frowned and threw up double middle fingers. “And what does it say about a demon who won’t show itself,” You threw right back at him and finally walked through the portal.
You were sitting at a desk, business casual clothes on, a digital badge by your keyboard and a screen that said Detroit Police Department. The name plate said your name with a Detective prefix. You felt tired and cranky and you definitely needed another cup of coffee.
Your lieutenant said your name and beckoned you over. They gestured to a man in a long jacket. "Detective, this is your new partner JC-1012."
The android smiled closed mouth. "Jongho, actually. It's preferable if you refer to me by my name. Studies show--"
You grimaced and rolled your eyes. "A fucking 'Droid, are you kidding me? You couldn't find a human cop?"
Jongho’s eyebrows shot into his fringe, his face quite expressive. "Actually, with human error factored into the equation--"
"I don't care about the fucking math, I care about empathizing with other humans and being able to help them!” You insisted stubbornly.
The android continued his sentence like you didn’t say anything at all. "--androids like myself are 99.9999999--"
You rubbed your hand roughly over your face. "Fuck me, do you ever shut up?"
Your lieutenant crossed his arms over chest. "Detective, this is your new partner whether you like it or not. Our homicide rate for this part of the city is up by 5 whole points and that's not acceptable to the mayor. So he pushed the funding and now you have an android partner. Deal with it."
"Yes, Lieutenant," You said sourly.
You sat back to your desk with a hmph.
"Can you tell me something about yourself, Detective?" Jongho asked, unbuttoning his jacket and sitting down across from you at your "partner's" desk.
You continued working on the report you had been typing up earlier. "Why in the hell would I tell an android something about myself?"
"Well, statistics show--"
You tossed your head back and groaned. "Please!"
"--when you share personal details with your partner--"
"Okay." You stood up and marched over to your sergeant’s desk.
"--that you will bond," Jongho smiled like he was a friendly concierge at a hotel.
"Give me a case," You begged your sergeant.
Your sergeant pushed her glasses up her nose and scanned the screen before them. "There's a murder at the local strip club involving an android and a customer. I want you on all Android involved investigations, Detective."
You smashed your fist against the desk in frustration. "Fine. FINE. Jongho. Let's go."
“No problem, Detective.”
You and Jongho slipped into a squad car and made the drive towards the Eden Club. It was primarily a strip club but members could always pay an extra fee for a private room, which basically equated to a lovebot hotel. You sighed; that was the last place you wanted to go.
“Detective?” Jongho responded to your sigh, “Is there something wrong?”
“Nope, just tired,” You replied to him.
Jongho opened his mouth but his next question was lost when the radio screamed of Code 136: hostage situation. The minute you heard the operator say android, you pulled an illegal u-turn and zoomed to the address. 
“Detective, we already have a case,” Jongho stated.
“I’m aware of that,” You said, your grip on the wheel getting tighter.
Jongho frowned. “Detective, your heart rate--”
“Just shut up, Jongho. We’re going to the damn hostage situation, okay?” You shouted.
The car was completely silent, almost stifling. “Detective?”
“Jongho, I swear to God if you babble one more statistic at me, I will stab you with my pen and see your blue blood run,” You threatened.
“Actually, I was wondering if you’d let me talk down the android.”
You tore your gaze from the road to stare at Jongho and then went back to driving. “Why?” You spat out finally.
“I’d like to think I’m the best candidate to talk down a defective unit. I am an android after all,” Jongho supplied.
“I don’t think you can do anything. There’s a human’s life at stake here!” You shouted. 
“I’d like to save the life of both the human and the android, if that’s quite alright with you,” Jongho admitted quietly.
That made you pause. He wanted to save an android? It only made you more grumpy. “Fine, you can be the one to handle the hostage situation. But if I even sense that the situation is taking a turn for the worst, I am the head detective here, and you will listen to my commands.”
“Yes, Detective,” Jongho agreed solemnly.
The hostage situation was a high adrenaline scenario that had you worried every step of the way. The caregiver android of a child of a wealthy citizen was threatening to take them and the child over the building’s rooftop amenities. The child had expressed how hard it was to keep up with their studies and being friendless and the pressures of their parents' expectations and the android had taken the child’s ‘I wish I would just die’ a little too much to heart. Jongho spoke passionately to the android, speaking of how didn’t the android want to watch the child grow up and become an adult themselves, and wouldn’t the caregiver feel pride having been the one to help that development. 
“This is the moment where you decide your own fate!” Jongho said passionately. “Either you release that child or you condemn the both of you.”
The caretaker’s arm tightened around the child, who squealed in fright. Your instincts kicked in, and without saying a word, you began to run and dove for the child. You felt pain before you heard the gunshot behind you. You had managed to grab the child before Jongho shot the android and it fell to its demise to the pavement below.
The entire police department and emergency crew that were on sight lauded you for your quick thinking and no one said a word to Jongho, who had done the most for the case. You wanted to feel right, that you were the human and Jongho was the android. What did Jongho need recognition for? He was just doing his job. But then so were you.
After the emergency crew wrapped up your arm that had been grazed by Jongho’s bullet, the two of you went back to the squad car so that you could write up the report for the hostage situation. You ignored the calls of your sergeant for not taking the case that was assigned to you, and typed up everything you remembered while it was fresh in your memory on the tiny console in the squad car.
“Detective?” Jongho sought to gain your attention.
You tapped on the tiny keys as your windshield wipers lasered the rain from your window. “I have to do this right now Jongho, or the details will change or get hazy. I’m a human after all. I don’t have photographic memory.”
“I need to speak to you about shooting through you,” Jongho persisted.
“It’s not necessary,” You attempted to cut him off.
“It is necessary to explain!” Jongho frowned, “I calculated the angle and the risk, and ran through a great many scenarios, and the one with the best outcome--”
You closed the console softly. “Jongho. I understand.”
Jongho’s mouth snapped shut. “You understand?”
“If you had not shot that android, I might have gone down with the two of them. You did what was best to save the two humans in that scenario.” You sighed heavily. “At the expense of one of your own. I appreciate that,” You admitted gruffly.
You continued your report and the air lessened with its tension but your muscles did not. Your adrenaline had drained from you but you still held yourself stiffly in your seat. “Well--”
“Detective, is there anything I can do for your comfort level? My scanning tells me your muscles are so tight, they must be painful.”
You turned your head slowly in disbelief, “What?”
Jongho’s gaze went from your tailored slacks, up past your button blouse and met your eyes. “I can help you.”
“Help me how, Jongho?”
"Do you know what I was before they sent me to become your partner?" Jongho peeked at you through his eyelashes.
You swallowed but found there was no moisture in your mouth. "Don't tell me you were a lovebot?"
Jongho smiled, gummy and bright. "I was a lovebot," he confirmed.
"Shit," You cursed, "Jongho--"
"Do you know what I still retain from that job?" Jongho interrupted you, "I still have an innate want to please others." Jongho leaned forward. You held yourself very still as he looked you directly in the eyes, face centimeters from your face, and pulled the lever that made your seat lean back. "Let me please you?"
"That is such a breach of conduct," You breathed out in rushed words.
"You are stiff, Detective," Jongho bit down on his lower lip, his voice getting husky, "Let me help you get loose."
Jongho's hand slid down your pants and you didn't stop him. In fact, you spread your legs to give him easier access. A pool of wetness had already formed there, and Jongho smiled knowingly when his fingers met your wetness. "Do you want my fingers, Detective?"
"God, Jongho, stop playing these games," You growled.
"You have to agree to my services. I have to hear you say the words." Jongho's eyes danced with merriment.
"Want your fingers," You mumbled.
Jongho turned his head and cupped his ear. "Hmmm, what's that?"
"I want your fingers inside of me!" You shouted hoarsely.
"Would that please you?" Jongho asked with a cock of his head.
"Please," You whimpered, swallowing what was left of your pride.
"Oh pretty, all you had to do was ask!" Jongho assured you and then plunged one finger inside of you.
Your eyebrows furrowed and your hips thrusted upwards as you were finally filled. Jongho lifted his chin and looked at you through hooded eyes as his finger began to push and tap at the rough spot inside of you. You let out a high whine at the sensation.
"Want more?" Jongho asked in a low voice.
"Please," You murmured again and Jongho pushed a second finger into you. You began to pant at the two fat fingers that were stretching your hole.
"What's wrong, Detective? Why are you so tight and so wet for me? Has no one touched you in a long time? Are you only used to your own fingers fucking this tiny hole?" Jongho tsked you. "That's criminal, pretty, this hole deserves to be pounded into every morning in the sunbeams."
You whined at the imagery of Jongho bending you in half, your feet over his shoulder, as he jackhammered into you with nary a sweat drop as the morning sunlight drifted through some curtains. You should not be imagining such a sweet scene with your android partner, but there it was.
When those two fingers began to fuck you, Jongho's palm anchoring his hand, the lewd squealching noises that came from your cunt was embarrassing. Jongho laughed under his breath. "Aren't you sweet, getting embarrassed over the noise of your pussy taking my fingers so well. I gotta make you cum if you're gonna take my cock, hmmm?" The hum sent shivers down your spine.
"J-jongho, that's too fast--" Your words were cut off as Jongho sped up his pace, mercilessly passing over your g-spot until you came with a strangled cry.
"That's it, pretty, come for me and relax," Jongho talked you through your orgasm and then removed his fingers from under your pants. He wiped them on your thigh and raised an eyebrow at you. "What next, Detective?"
You evened your breathing but your legs were still spread and your underwear was a mess. "We gotta…return…the squad car…"
"We can return the car," Jongho ducked his head in agreement. "Or I can log a breaking and entering we found as we made our way back to the station and I could fuck you in the back of this cop car."
Just how far were you willing to take this? Jongho was offering but didn’t you hate him? But the look in his eyes… didn’t seem as soulless as you had originally perceived. This didn’t seem like a trap either. You just didn’t know anymore.
"Pretty?" Jongho brought your attention back to him. 
“I…”
Jongho tilted his head. “If you’re concerned, I’m offering my services because--”
“Jongho, for once, can I not get one of your default answers,” You said dryly.
Jongho ducked his head, almost a shy motion, completely contradictory towards his recent behavior. “Yes, Detective. Perhaps I am being a little bit greedy but I prefer your reactions to me as I pleasure you, to when we are as partners.”
“You…prefer?” You looked for clarification.
Jongho’s eyebrows furrowed. “You respond to me in an innate way that feels more like a human experience than a human and android experience. I feel that is how I would like our interactions to proceed.”
“You want to feel like I’m treating you like a human and not an android,” You repeated back to him.
Jongho smiled again. “Yes!”
“You were right, earlier,” You admitted, “I haven’t been fucked in a very long time.”
“Won’t go see the lovebots, I assume,” Jongho asked with a raised eyebrow.
“No, and with my schedule, it’s hard to date,” You added.
“I can,” Jongho paused to bite down on his lip, somewhat conscientious and not tempting, “I can help you with that, Detective.”
You groaned, unsure if you could say no at this point. What have you turned into??? “Before I regret this…” You opened the backdoor and left the driver’s seat to shuffle into the back of the squad car.
Jongho met you in the back, a small smile pulling at his lips. You couldn't help but roll your eyes. "Don't gloat or anything, JC-1012."
Jongho pouted at the reference to his model number. "Detective!"
"Yeah, yeah," You said while pulling off your pants and underwear and throwing them to the floor, "You don't want to be treated like an android."
Jongho's attitude changed at the drop of a coin once your messy and wet pussy was out on display. "Pretty, your cunt is calling for me," Jongho hummed.
You felt your nipples tighten at that phrase. "My neglected pussy needs you, Jongho," You whined.
"I can take care of you," Jongho promised. He folded his long jacket properly and tossed it back into the front passenger's seat. Next was his belt and button and zipper to his pants. His forearm muscles bulged as he rolled his sleeves up as well. "I'm going to fuck you so well that your pussy won't be neglected any longer." You let out a desperate noise from the back of your throat and Jongho smiled confidently again. 
If you thought that Jongho was just going to fuck you in the missionary position in the back of the squad car, you were sadly mistaken. Jongho bent you in half, your legs hitting his shoulders and his hips pressed into your ass. Jongho had also been right in making you come beforehand, because the extra wetness made so that his girth eased into you without resistance. However, when you come, you become tighter, so Jongho was all gritted teeth and grunts.
"Fuck, how are you tighter after coming?" Jongho panted, "Were my fingers that good, pretty? Is my dick that good?" You clenched down at his words and he grinned, fierce and ego-fulfilled, "It is me then. I feel honored."
You tossed your arm over your face in embarrassment. "Jongho, please."
Jongho immediately removed your arm from your face. "I want to hear it," He said in a gravelly voice.
You looked at the ceiling and said, "Your dick does this to me."
Jongho pulled back and thrusted into you, making your breath catch in the back of your throat. "What was that?"
"Fuuuuccckkkk, do that again," You begged.
Jongho, out of pure pettiness, kept his hips flush with your ass and raised an eyebrow at you. "Sorry, what was that?"
The corner of your lips turned downwards. "Your dick makes me tight and clench down on you. Please, Jongho, please don't stop."
Jongho shook his head so his fringe moved out of his eyes. "As you wish, pretty."
Jongho gave you harsh thrusts, and long pull outs, enough to give you what you wanted but also leave you wanting more. The pleas and promises that fell from your lips only fed Jongho even more. You could tell that he loved that you were at his mercy; that only he could give you what you needed at this moment. It was completely different from the disinterest and distrust you had given him earlier at the precinct.
"Oh god, Jongho, I think--!" A particularly sharp thrust had you crying out, interrupting your sentence, "Fuck, I'm gonna cum, just like that, yes!"
"Gonna come on my dick, pretty? Gonna milk me for all I'm worth? Gonna take all of my cum like a good little cum slut? Want me to fill you up and have my cum leaking out of your poor little hole? I bet you can barely hold any of it," Jongho mocked you.
You threw your head back and yelled as your orgasm coursed through you at Jongho's dirty talk. "Fuck fuck fuck," You whined as your walls pulsed around Jongho. 
Jongho gently let your legs go and pushed your hair behind your ear. "There, relaxed now, pretty?"
"So fucking relaxed," you said and then stiffened immediately. "you little shit, you are leaking out of me!"
Jongho chuckled, manly and full of ego, "I told you so."
The dispatcher called out your squad car's number and you groaned. "Sounds like they still want us to check in with the Eden Club. Guess our android work is never finished."
"Detective?" Jongho called out to grab your attention once again.
You stopped pushing yourself upwards to stare up at him. Not a hair out of place, he barely looked touched, where you probably looked like the epitome of a cumslut. "Jongho?"
"You're a really good person, under that tough exterior, aren't you Detective?"
The sentence caught you off guard. "I…guess I haven't thought about it that deeply. I mean I am in the police force, I suppose I put others before myself--"
Jongho sighed, fixing himself and helping you out of the squad car once you had put your pants back on. "No, pretty, that's not what I'm talking about."
Your face screwed up in confusion. "What are you talking about, Jongho?"
"You." Jongho poked your forehead with his index finger. "The one who came to the library of illusion with a selfless reason."
"Are you malfunctioning? Did my pussy do that to you?" You laughed dryly but Jongho did not join you.
Jongho pursed his lips to the side in thought. "I'm kicking you out. Your inner strength is unparalleled to any human I've come across while being trapped in this place. I'm not sure if you can defeat him but it's worth a try to support you."
You crossed your arms under your chest. "You're not kicking me out of anywhere, Jongho, I'm the detective--"
The air tensed, warping and stretching and suddenly it snapped and you were back in the Mystery Section. Jongho still had a long jacket but it was accompanied with leather pants. Jongho fondly poked your forehead again. "You're lucky I'm a softy."
"Jo-jongho," You groaned. You brought both hands to your face, an intense feeling of pain cutting through your head.
"Here." When you dropped your hands, Jongho was offering you his key: a badge. "You deserve this. I hope you know that."
You blinked and you felt like you had just been hit by a truck or had a concussion. "I'm not sure I can do this."
Jongho shook his head. "You can't give up now. Not when you're so close."
"I barely know which way is up right now though," You admitted.
Jongho took your hand and put the badge in your palm and curled your fingers around it. "Go back to Seonghwa. Show him that you have all the keys. He'll know what to do."
"Thank you," You said weakly.
Jongho shook his head. "No, thank you. I haven't come that hard in eons."
Your eyes widened and you felt your face heat up. Jongho's borderline evil laughter followed you out of the Mystery Section on your way to Seonghwa.
You dragged your body to Seonghwa's desk, where the keeper was playing a book version of Jenga. "Don't you have any respect for the books you keep here?"
Seonghwa jumped in the air and placed a hand over his heart. "You scared me!"
"Do you think…I could put the last key…?" You made a few shaky steps around the desk before you collapsed against Seonghwa who caught you.
A look of pity washed over his face. "It's finally caught up to you, huh?"
"That last one, there was barely a moment between me and the other me, I--" You grimaced at your still pounding headache. "Fuck."
Seonghwa kindly took the badge key from you and placed it beside the bumble bee. "The six keys required to open the restricted section." 
He firmly closed the display case and the both of you watched as the keys sunk into the black sand. Then your eyes swung to the large gate. 
And nothing changed.
"You got to be fucking kidding me," You cursed.
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