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'''Abandoned warehouse rooftop''' is the roof of a disused industrial building along [[Northern Highway]] in Roseville, formerly a furniture business.<ref name=":c95p41">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p41}}</ref> Only two characters have ever set foot on it, [[Lucy]] and [[Augustus]], and it is where Lucy attempted suicide in her sophomore year.
The '''Abandoned warehouse rooftop''' is the flat roof of a disused industrial building along [[Northern Highway]], on the edge of Roseville's urban area. Only two characters have ever set foot on it, [[Lucy]] and [[Augustus]], and it is where Lucy attempted to take her own life during her sophomore year.


== Description ==
== Description ==
[[File:Loc Abandoned warehouse rooftop c73 p13 panel7.png|thumb|A large multi-story building with a silhouetted figure at the edge of its rooftop.<ref name=":c73p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p13}}</ref>]]
[[File:Loc Abandoned warehouse rooftop c73 p13 panel7.png|thumb|A large multi-story building with a figure silhouetted on its rooftop.<ref name=":c73p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p13}}</ref>]]
The building sits along Northern Highway, at what Augustus guesses is exit 14, within walking distance of the main cast's neighborhood.<ref name=":c95p41" /><ref name=":c73p13" /> It is a large, multi-story brick structure with rows of grid-paned industrial windows, and it overlooks a quiet cityscape.<ref name=":c73p13" /><ref name=":c73p30" />
The building is a large multi-story brick structure with an olive-tan facade, long tiers of multi-paned industrial windows, and a flat roof.<ref name=":c73p13" /> Augustus describes it to a 911 dispatcher as "the old furniture place along Northern Highway," near exit 14.<ref name=":c95p41">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p41}}</ref> The roof is reached from inside, up a metal stairwell that opens onto it through a door.<ref name=":c73p14">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p14}}</ref><ref name=":c95p34">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p34}}</ref> A raised brick parapet runs along the edge, and people can stand or sit on it.<ref name=":c73p15">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p15}}</ref> The roof overlooks a quiet cityscape,<ref name=":c73p30">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p30}}</ref> with a large wrought iron fence visible in the distance.<ref name=":c95p34" />
 
The street-level door is unlocked, and a metal stairwell lit by small rectangular windows leads up to the roof.<ref name=":c73p14">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p14}}</ref><ref name=":c95p34" /> The roof itself is flat, with a raised brick lip running around the edge that characters stand and sit on.<ref name=":c95p34" /><ref name=":c86p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c86/p1}}</ref> A large wrought-iron fence stands on the grounds below.<ref name=":c95p34" /> Nearly every appearance of the place is in winter, usually under snow.<ref name=":c73p13" /><ref name=":c95p34" />


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Loc Abandoned warehouse rooftop c73 p30 panel3.png|thumb|Lucy sits on a rooftop ledge overlooking the cityscape.<ref name=":c73p30">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p30}}</ref>]]
The rooftop first appears in [[Ten Seconds to Midnight]], on the New Year's Eve after Lucy learns her family plans to send her away. Augustus, wandering the streets alone, spots a silhouette standing on the roof. He sprints up the stairwell and pulls Lucy back from the ledge.<ref name=":c73p13" /><ref name=":c73p16">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p16}}</ref> She insists she wasn't going to jump and rages at him for deciding what's best for her.<ref name=":c73p17">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p17}}</ref> Rather than argue, Augustus leaves the choice with her: "Do what you want. … I'll wait downstairs until you're done."<ref name=":c73p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p18}}</ref> The chapter closes on Lucy sitting on the snowy ledge while he keeps watch below.<ref name=":c73p30" />
The rooftop first appears in [[Ten Seconds to Midnight]], on the New Year's Eve of sophomore year. Augustus, wandering alone in the snow, spots a silhouette standing on the roof and sprints up the stairwell to intervene.<ref name=":c73p13" /><ref name=":c73p14" /> It turns out to be Lucy. He yanks her back from the ledge by the hand, and she deadpans "Thought I was gonna jump?" and insists she wasn't going to.<ref name=":c73p16">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p16}}</ref> She demands to know why everyone gets to decide what's best for her, and Augustus backs off: "Okay. Do what you want. I'll wait downstairs until you're done."<ref name=":c73p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c73/p18}}</ref> The chapter closes on Lucy sitting alone on the snowy ledge while Augustus keeps watch below.<ref name=":c73p30" />


[[File:Loc Abandoned warehouse rooftop c95 p34 panel7.png|thumb|Lucy stands alone on the raised edge of a snow-covered rooftop at night, with a wrought iron fence visible below.<ref name=":c95p34">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p34}}</ref>]]
[[File:Loc Abandoned warehouse rooftop c95 p35 panel1.png|thumb|Lucy stands alone on a rooftop ledge at night, snow falling around her.<ref name=":c95p35">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p35}}</ref>]]
A flashback in [[Love Again]] reveals what happened here a few months later, on the night after the sophomore-year play. Lucy walks to the building through a blizzard, climbs the stairs to the roof, and jumps.<ref name=":c95p34" /><ref name=":c95p36">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p36}}</ref> She survives the fall.<ref name=":c95p38">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p38}}</ref> Augustus finds her bleeding in the snow. "Ugh. I hate being right."<ref name=":c95p39">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p39}}</ref> He calls 911 over her screamed pleas not to, giving the dispatcher the building's location and pressing his jacket to her wound as she loses consciousness.<ref name=":c95p41" />
Lucy returns a few weeks later, on the night of the sophomore-year play, and this time she jumps. Convinced that nobody cares about her, she climbs the dark stairs to the roof, steps onto the ledge, and lets herself fall.<ref name=":c95p34" /><ref name=":c95p35" /><ref name=":c95p36">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p36}}</ref> She survives the fall. Augustus finds her in the snow, begging to die.<ref name=":c95p38">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p38}}</ref> He calls 911 over her screamed protests and gives the dispatcher the building's location.<ref name=":c95p41" /> Readers only learn all of this three in-story years later, in a flashback in [[Love Again]].


On the morning Lucy's friends learn she has left Roseville, in [[Leaving Home]], Augustus sits on the same snowy ledge and watches the sunrise.<ref name=":c76p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c76/p9}}</ref>
Days after Lucy is sent away from Roseville in [[Leaving Home]], Augustus comes back alone. While her friends grieve elsewhere, he sits on the snowy ledge and watches the sunrise.<ref name=":c76p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c76/p9}}</ref>


He returns once more in junior year, in [[Trapped]]. The chapter opens with him sitting alone on the ledge and frames his flashbacks about [[Alejandro]] and Lucy. It ends back on the roof with the line "I'm glad you made it."<ref name=":c86p1" /><ref name=":c86p37">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c86/p37}}</ref>
The ledge also frames [[Trapped]], during junior year. Augustus sits here alone as his memories of [[Alejandro]] and [[Melanie]] play out, and the chapter ends with him leaning on the ledge, telling the absent Lucy, "I'm glad you made it."<ref name=":c86p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c86/p1}}</ref><ref name=":c86p37">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c86/p37}}</ref>


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* The building is never called a "warehouse" in the comic. Dialogue calls it "the old furniture place" and narration calls it "the abandoned factory building"; the name is the wiki's own convention.<ref name=":c95p41" /><ref name=":c86p1" />
* The building is never named on panel. The only in-story identification is Augustus's 911 call, "The old furniture place along Northern Highway. I think it's.. exit 14?"<ref name=":c95p41" /> "Warehouse" is the wiki's own label, and the chapter transcripts call it an abandoned factory building.<ref name=":c86p1" />
* The page where Augustus first spots Lucy on the roof was published around New Year's Eve 2012, matching the scene's in-story date. The next page's commentary opens with "Hope you guys had a good new year!!!"<ref name=":c73p14" />
* The location debuted in real time on New Year's Eve, matching its in-story setting. Veronica's commentary on the following page greets readers with "Hope you guys had a good new year!!!"<ref name=":c73p14" />
* Veronica's only commentary across the entire suicide-attempt sequence is a single line under the impact page: "this was not a good idea".<ref name=":c95p38" />
 
== See also ==
* [[Augustus]]
* [[Lucy]]
* [[Northern Highway]]


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 06:56, 12 July 2026

Abandoned warehouse rooftop
First appearanceTen Seconds to Midnight, page 13
December 31, 2012
Related charactersAugustus, Lucy

The Abandoned warehouse rooftop is the flat roof of a disused industrial building along Northern Highway, on the edge of Roseville's urban area. Only two characters have ever set foot on it, Lucy and Augustus, and it is where Lucy attempted to take her own life during her sophomore year.

Description

A large multi-story building with a figure silhouetted on its rooftop.[1]

The building is a large multi-story brick structure with an olive-tan facade, long tiers of multi-paned industrial windows, and a flat roof.[1] Augustus describes it to a 911 dispatcher as "the old furniture place along Northern Highway," near exit 14.[2] The roof is reached from inside, up a metal stairwell that opens onto it through a door.[3][4] A raised brick parapet runs along the edge, and people can stand or sit on it.[5] The roof overlooks a quiet cityscape,[6] with a large wrought iron fence visible in the distance.[4]

History

The rooftop first appears in Ten Seconds to Midnight, on the New Year's Eve after Lucy learns her family plans to send her away. Augustus, wandering the streets alone, spots a silhouette standing on the roof. He sprints up the stairwell and pulls Lucy back from the ledge.[1][7] She insists she wasn't going to jump and rages at him for deciding what's best for her.[8] Rather than argue, Augustus leaves the choice with her: "Do what you want. … I'll wait downstairs until you're done."[9] The chapter closes on Lucy sitting on the snowy ledge while he keeps watch below.[6]

Lucy stands alone on a rooftop ledge at night, snow falling around her.[10]

Lucy returns a few weeks later, on the night of the sophomore-year play, and this time she jumps. Convinced that nobody cares about her, she climbs the dark stairs to the roof, steps onto the ledge, and lets herself fall.[4][10][11] She survives the fall. Augustus finds her in the snow, begging to die.[12] He calls 911 over her screamed protests and gives the dispatcher the building's location.[2] Readers only learn all of this three in-story years later, in a flashback in Love Again.

Days after Lucy is sent away from Roseville in Leaving Home, Augustus comes back alone. While her friends grieve elsewhere, he sits on the snowy ledge and watches the sunrise.[13]

The ledge also frames Trapped, during junior year. Augustus sits here alone as his memories of Alejandro and Melanie play out, and the chapter ends with him leaning on the ledge, telling the absent Lucy, "I'm glad you made it."[14][15]

Trivia

  • The building is never named on panel. The only in-story identification is Augustus's 911 call, "The old furniture place along Northern Highway. I think it's.. exit 14?"[2] "Warehouse" is the wiki's own label, and the chapter transcripts call it an abandoned factory building.[14]
  • The location debuted in real time on New Year's Eve, matching its in-story setting. Veronica's commentary on the following page greets readers with "Hope you guys had a good new year!!!"[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 13
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 95: Love Again, page 41
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 14
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 95: Love Again, page 34
  5. ↑ Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 15
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 30
  7. ↑ Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 16
  8. ↑ Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 17
  9. ↑ Chapter 73: Ten Seconds to Midnight, page 18
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 95: Love Again, page 35
  11. ↑ Chapter 95: Love Again, page 36
  12. ↑ Chapter 95: Love Again, page 38
  13. ↑ Chapter 76: Leaving Home, page 9
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 86: Trapped, page 1
  15. ↑ Chapter 86: Trapped, page 37
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