Why it never ends

Chapter 987 Theater

Alantida slowly raised her head.

"What kills the chelate can also kill the mercury needle."

……

Twenty minutes before the fairy tale began, Eucalyptus and his party arrived at the entrance of the opera house. A young mother with three children was standing on the roadside. When she saw Eucalyptus, she waved to her. She had already received a secondary ticket with her children's ticket. Although in theory the secondary ticket must be matched with the main ticket to enter, when entering the door, she only needed to tell the ticket inspector: "I went in from another door before, and just came out to use the toilet." Then she could enter with only the secondary ticket.

Eucalyptus gratefully took the tickets and distributed them to the mercury needles behind him. Ende held the tickets in her hand and waved them over her head excitedly. Several children passing by were inevitably a little surprised and looked at her a little more.

"This is my first time in a theater!" Ende said excitedly, "I've only been to movie theaters before—"

Zoe laughed and said, "Nonsense, we've been to the theater together several times."

"I should say this is my first time to watch a performance in a theater." Ende put down her hands. "Anyway, I'm very happy!"

"What is our play tonight about——"

"Don't say it!" Ende immediately covered her ears, "Don't let me hear it!"

A few people smiled and stepped onto the steps of the west door of the theater.

This was also the first time that Eucalyptus entered a real theater. She followed Victoria, wanting to see how everyone else did it, but Victoria seemed to be observing and imitating other audience members.

"I guess we'll check our tickets at the gate over there first," Eucalyptus pointed to a row of unmanned ticket gates near the main entrance, "and then we'll go find our - um, Fluorite Hall..."

"Over there?" Victoria pointed to a place not far away.

"I guess so."

Victoria's gaze fell for a long time on the crowd in that area. She had never seen so many mothers and children anywhere else. Some of the children were running around excitedly, and more children were surrounding their mothers... Their childish voices were everywhere.

"Let's go." Victoria said, "We'll go there too."

There was a floor plan on the passage from the west gate to the main gate, and the mercury needles stopped at the same time when they reached here. Eucalyptus also looked at it for a while. There was no mark on which hall was in which position, only the layout of each floor and the entrance and exit of the escape passage between floors.

The mercury needles were so absorbed in the drawing that the two children sitting on Victoria and Susie's necks also stared at the plan, even though they didn't know what the adults were looking at. Eucalyptus' eyes kept wandering around the people around her, and she was a little embarrassed to remind everyone that there were less than ten minutes left before they left.

Victoria put her hand on her chin and gently stroked her jaw with her middle finger: "This place is too..."

"Yeah," Theresa agreed.

"Too much of what?" asked Eucalyptus.

Zoe looked at Victoria: "...Too good for fighting?"

"The escape route is too complicated," Victoria turned around and said, "Zoe, go with Ende to check whether the emergency exits on the third and fourth floors are usable, and confirm the locations of the outdoor fire escapes."

"...Ah?" Endai woke up from her dream, "Why!" "Endai."

“Ahhh—alright.” She rolled up her sleeves and quickly left with Zoe.

Eucalyptus looked at the two people leaving: "Uh..."

"You stay here for a while," Theresa followed, "I'll go take a look too."

"Okay, pay attention to the time." Victoria said.

Theresa smiled and left.

"...them," Yugali pointed at the three people who left, not knowing what to do for a moment, "We are now--"

"We'll wait here for a while. Don't worry, we won't be late." Victoria said, "Many theaters will secretly close the fire escape ladders during performances to prevent audiences from entering the theater from the backstage or dressing rooms. Some theaters simply lock the fire curtains and escape ladders to save trouble..."

Victoria talked incessantly about her previous combat experiences in the theater, which made Eucalyptus stand in awe.

In less than four minutes, N'Dai and Zoe came back together - most of the passages remained unobstructed. There were two places with temporary closure signs due to construction in the corridor, but they had checked and the construction was completed, so it did not affect the passage at all. In addition, the outdoor fire escape ladder, several skylights and unconventional emergency escapes were also ready to be opened at any time.

"Where's Theresa?" Ende asked.

"Back too." Victoria pointed behind Ende.

"The terrain here is really complicated." Theresa said gently, "I went around to the back to take a look and found that there is an office area between the interior of the theater and the exterior wall of the building."

"Can we go in now?" Ende was a little unsteady, "It's really about to start!"

Several mercury needles started running, and this sudden movement made Eleven burst into laughter. She opened her arms, not afraid of falling off Susie's shoulders at all.

The Fluorite Hall is a small theater. When they walked in, they found that it was completely different from other sunken halls. It was a round room, and the places where rows of seats were originally placed were all emptied. The adults set up a variety of tents on the open space, and the children wore doll costumes and colorful children's blankets and walked between the tents. It was lively everywhere, and the laughter almost overturned the ceiling of the theater.

The play had not started yet, but the lights had been dimmed. Four people were sitting on one side of the stage at the end of the room. They were holding a flute, a violin, a drum, and one was holding a harp, responsible for the music of the fairy tale play. From the edge of the stage, Eucalyptus saw the actors preparing, and everyone was busy preparing.

Eleven and Kiki led everyone through the crowd. Suddenly, two children jumped for joy and ran towards some children in another place. Then everyone decided on the final seat for watching the show - a place where the children from both sides could sit together.

Only then did Eucalyptus start taking the children's things out of her bag. Qiqi and Eleven changed their clothes and followed their companions to the "small forest" against the wall to ask "elf sister" for gifts.

"Victoria," Eucalyptus took out a cotton blanket, "Sit down."

Victoria's face remained tense. She glanced at the cushion that Eucalyptus had prepared for her and forced a smile: "Thank you."

"What's wrong?" Eucalyptus followed Victoria's gaze and asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Nothing." Victoria looked at the elf not far away. "...I'll go over and take a look too."