>"I'll be right back."
>Get out of the car and enter the building.
>Ran gives you a nod.
>Exiting the kitsune's car, you come around the vehicle, and walk up the short tree-bordered path to the front door of the CRA. As before, at Ran's, you can sense a barrier of sorts around the building, and the door seems to stick in place. It opens outwards, slowly, like someone's trying to pull it shut. As you walk in, it feels like you're walking through a waterfall. A filthy, brackish waterfall.
>Even before you take stock of the room before you, the foul stench Lily mentioned assaults your nose. It smells like the wrong end of a swamp, like mold and fungus, stagnant water and decaying plants. But it's more that just a physical smell, it assaults your mind almost as much as your nose. A 'psychic scent', for want of a better term. You suppress a gag, to the best of your abilities.
>The main lobby is a fairly spacious room, and rather bare, with a plain tile floor. A large desk is on the north wall, manned by a woman with long, curly copper-colored hair. To your left and right of the desk are elevators. The desk has a Saigyouji crest emblazoned in the middle of it. A simple dull red carpet leads up to the desk from the front door, not showing many signs of wear.
>A large picture of the town's founder, Hatori Saigyouji, hangs on the west wall. There are three doors on the west wall; two closer to you, male and female bathrooms, and one closer to the desk, a glowing green exit sign hanging over it. A marble statue of a woman with wings, wearing a simple gown and a pleasant smile, is in the northwest corner.
>The east wall has one door in it, a large double door in the middle of the wall. To either side of this door are chairs, five on each side. A small table with magazines is present in the middle of both rows. Lily White is currently the only person sitting in these chairs, her head tilted down slightly, her expression like one that's enduring a horrible smell for the sake of politeness. A grey stone statue of a man with feline ears and tail, wearing simple clothes and a shy smile, is in the northeast corner.
