(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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Tonight she intended to get something done.
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It was sickening, the attachment she'd formed to that girl, it really was.
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It was odd, that Lust's first reaction to River speaking with such clarity was to assume that something was amiss. But River was not lucid in the least, and to see her as such was disconcerting. Quite disconcerting.
"What have they done to you?"
They had to have done something to her. Though River showed no signs of distress, she wasn't acting herself. Or was she? Lust didn't know exactly how River had become what she was, not the details. Perhaps this was what this place did - reverted its wards to their original states. And River did look happy...
"What else would you call me?" Lust asked, raising an eyebrow and reaching to tuck a bit of River's hair back behind her ear. "Now tell us what's happened, you're rambling."
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"If this is what you want," was all that she said. It was all that she could say. "And as long as you're alright."
Was this what River had eluded to at breakfast? It had to be. And it wasn't permanent. Then what was the point? Why torture herself with one small breath of repair when it would only fade away? But Lust supposed that something was better than nothing. That was a very human way of looking at things.
"Whatever the case may be, it's foolish for us all to stand in the hallway like this. We'll only attract unwanted attention."
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"Right. We should move on. I can't say I'll be too effective tonight if we run into anything. Not unless I'm near Schu," she replied conversationally, trying not to let too much emphasis fall on what she was implying. Schuldig held the trigger to a weapon far more powerful than anything she'd been before here. If nothing else, someone would always hold that and the key to put her down if need be. "You might be running into hi-" River stopped herself mid-sentence and winced. Not only was she doing it again, but she'd probably sounded far too eager for her own good at the prospect of seeing Schuldig again.
"Sorry. I'm trying not to do that anymore if it's not needed," she apologized.
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She didn't need to deal with that. She gave River a speculative look, but said nothing. She'd make her own inquiries in the morning, no need to bother the girl about it now.
It wasn't as though it was difficult for Lust to get her hands on information, should she want it.
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"If it's alright, I'd like to go along just to check up on Schu." River's eyes shifted to the floor, a little embarrassed to admit it. "President ShinRa has a negative opinion of me, though, so I doubt I'll be welcome. I could go with you, Mom. If they don't let us come along... After I check up on Schu," she was sure to add. Again.
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