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The next board held, as did the few after, but it was when she was about a quarter of the way up (to her estimation) that Paulina ran into a bit of trouble: the next step was missing.
She MIGHT have been able to make it across by jumping, but she still didn't feel comfortable exerting that much force. There had been some wooden boards back at the start; she could use them to create a makeshift ramp. Unfortunately there hadn't been any nails or a hammer, but then that would have made things TOO easy and Professor Dakest probably didn't want that.
With a shrug, Paulina made her way slowly back to the starting point while ensuring that no other boards decided to crap out on her. It took more than a few minutes and she was relieved to be back on solid ground because this kind of thing wasn't good on her nerves. Soon she would have to return to the staircase, but for now she was focusing on the pieces of wood that she needed.
Looking them over, she saw that they were in pretty good condition. So long as she was careful, the planks should hold.
A few in her arms, she made her way back through the doorway and began ascending the stairs once again. She knew that the boards were sturdy enough to hold her weight, but that didn't make her any less nervous. She would just continue along at her slow pace until she reached the missing step.
At that point, she laid two of her planks across going from the step she was on until the next solid one. Fortunately the board was long enough, but she would be in trouble if she reached any sections where a few steps were missing. Paulina didn't want to worry about that right now because she had enough on her plate to deal with, so instead she focused on slowly making her way up the makeshift ramp. It definitely wasn't easy due to wobbliness, and at one point she thought she would fall through, but miraculously it held. She had a feeling that it had to do with the fact that there wasn't a huge gap between the steps so the wood was still pretty sturdy.
Once she was on the other side, Paulina picked up the planks so that she could use them again if required.
The next few steps held okay, but the fourth one gave as she put her foot on it.
Heart hammering, Paulina was partly through the staircase. She was a little sore from the impact, but at least she wasn't severely injured. She didn't even want to think about the fact that she could have fallen through and straight towards the ground. Instead, she put all her might into extracting herself from the gap, only feeling better when she was firmly on the last stable step.
Time to make another ramp to get across... once her heart stopped feeling like it would pop out of her chest. |