Nightshift 24: F1-F10 Hallway

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(starting at the end of the hall in F10)At the strange cryptic message that came over the intercom and the quiet click of the locks coming undone, Max exchanged a glance with her roommate and slipped towards the door. She didn't bother with trying to find a makeshift weapon, she could handle herself well enough without one, but she'd tucked the

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Susan was feeling rather discouraged by what the room had to offer. She grabbed the flashlight and the radio as well, but that was it for useful things. Maybe one of the bars from the bed would work as a weapon, but she didn't have any way of getting it unbolted. The flashlight was pretty heavy, though, it'd do in a pinch as a club.

It was just so archaic. All of it.

She followed Max out into the hall; Susan was comfortable either leading or guarding someone's back. And since both of them were new here, it probably didn't matter who went first. Though at least Max had been out of the room before.

Besides, she though, How much does it matter when this is probably just all in my head anyway?

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"Do you need a light?" Max murmured softly to the woman behind her, her night-adapted vision still watching for any sign of movement or any clue that they were no longer alone. Susan might have had military training, but Max doubted she had feline vision and the hall was dark by normal standards.

She glanced down the long hall of doors once more, hesitating. "And would you prefer we head out on our own or see if there are others in these rooms?"

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"Yes, I do," Susan said. "You don't?" She flipped on her flashlight, but kept it pointed at the floor near her feet for now.

She frowned. "Do you know anyone else here?" she asked. "It sounds like we can probably handle ourselves..." Though there was the idea that maybe some others that had been in her fleet were here.

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"Not exactly," Max answered evasively, not going into detail. "But I don't mind you having it on. I can see as well with it on as off. Besides, it might help others find us. Let's just hope its others that we don't mind finding us

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Susan chuckled humorlously. "I haven't really had time to form any plans. Escape would be great. Finding out where I am might be a bit better, though." She shrugged. "Unless you want to go it alone, I'll stick with you. You have more ideas than I do, right now."

Because this wasn't acting like any detention facility she'd ever heard of. Which was really a check mark in the "hallucination" column.

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"Which isn't saying much," Max retorted, her expression rueful. She glanced down the long hall before motioning for Susan to follow her. "Might as well set out and see what there is, at any rate. With any luck, maybe we can find some offices or something and find out some more information about this place. It's an asylum, it's got to have records somewhere."

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Susan nodded. "Sounds good. If you keep in the lead, I'll cover your back." She'd just have to be careful with the flashlight, but she didn't think it would be a problem. "Files or computers," she said, then laughed. "I hope you know how to use computers in whatever century this is. They're probably different from what I'm used to."

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"I don't even know what century this is," Max replied ruefully, shaking her head. "But if there's computers, I'm sure between the pair of us we can figure out how to work them. Come on. This hallway leads to the main part of the building."

And with that, she turned to her right and began moving down the hallway the first nurse had jed her down that morning.

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( to here.)