Night 54: Soccer/Recreational Field

[promisedawhale]

[from here]Though the night felt the same as any other, Brook felt that something was a little different than the usual. It was as though he could sense something about the place - like where things were dangerous and where they wouldn't be. Usually he knew that pretty well without the strange feeling. The Sun Room was always a big no-entry, and

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[no_dont_go]

Something... something was coming. She felt it first, then heard it. All her muscle relaxing now went to waste as she tensed, realizing it was a sound that neither Taura nor herself was producing. Her head turned to face the direction from which the noise had come. Her inner mechanisms suddenly picked up. Her voice hushed, she replied, "I hear it."

Taura abrupt release caused Aigis to stumble a bit, falling. Normally she would have been fine, but tonight she seemed to have knees and ankles made of rusted tin. She struggled back to her feet, doing as commanded and grasping her claws in her hands. The pain on her knees wasn't enough to keep her down and only served to rally her hunger for this fight. She could do this, just as Taura assured her. She had to do this.

Relax everything! Aigis reminded herself of Taura's previous instructions as she prepared to move. She would not fail here. She could not. And if it came to retreating, then she would not fail there either.

"Let us strike," she said, then took off into the darkness, ready to meet their foe head-on.