it is a buried hole with a staircase leading down the brown dirt. they stare at eachother wondering if they should or shouldnt. so Lily goes down first without any word. steven asks, “um what are you doing?” “do you realize what your putting yourself into? have you WATCHED horror movies?” lily scoffs and laughs and heads down anyway. they all follow her down because they don’t wanna leave her stranded into god knows what.