Nightshift 25: Hallway outside M41-M80 Block

[0bnoxious]

[From here]

So far no stupid distractions.

Albel quickly proceeded into the next hallway, carefully scanning the darkness for any scum lurking within it (though without a flashlight, it made it pretty difficult to see anythingEventually, the Captain reached the door leading to the recreational field. As he turned the doorknob, he felt the cold

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[seiran314]

[from here]

Aya paused his steps in mid-hallway after making sure Yohji was nowhere to be seen. He'd wait here, and then they could go back to Omi's room. He wasn't sure why he felt this hesitant towards this gathering of Weiss despite the show he had arranged at lunch about them being a team. But for some reason, he felt easier when there was only Yohji, not the whole team, waiting him to act in some specific way, which he was not scoring.

Shoulder against the wall, he rested his eyes for a moment, thinking back to his talk with Omi over the greenhouse shift. He would probably feel a lot less anxious with Shion by his side but at the same time, he wondered if he could call the sword his own anymore.

With a sigh, he blinked his eyes open again, spying the shadowy hallway for one familiar blond he knew would be heading eventually to his way, violet tired through the messy crimson bangs.

[never_learns]

[From here]

Yohji left his room and slipped into the corridor. Aya, he'd promised to meet Aya. He felt kinda' guilty about leaving Cliff to his own devices, but the guy had friends to meet. He'd be fine. And Yohji had to prove himself to them.

He stopped in surprise when he saw a familiar head of crimson hair. A wry smile crossed his lips. Trust Aya to be early, even in this place. He approached the other man slowly. "Hey. I have a knife if you want it." He'd meant to give it to him the other night, but Aya had been held up.

[seiran314]

If Aya had noticed Yohji earlier, he made gave no signs for it, staring down the hall with his arms crossed over his chest and leaning against the wall in false relaxation. When Yohji spoke he finally looked at the blond, eying the wry smile with one quirked brow.

"You need it." Just as much as Aya did, but that thought was left unvoiced, unnecessary. "I can arm myself. But..." He let his gaze shift past Yohji to the dark hallway, awkward, unused to these particular words to pass his lips in any form or way. "...thank you," he finally added silently.

[never_learns]

Yohji shrugged at the denial. "I've got three. You're probably better with one than I am anyway." He could use a knife, but Aya was the one more familiar with the sharp pointy things. Besides, he hated the thought of Aya being unarmed.

The thanks caught him by surprise, leaving him staring at Aya for a long moment. Aya had... thanked him. "I haven't done anything," he said wryly.

[seiran314]

Snorting at the wry tone, Aya glanced with narrowing eyes back at the idiot, who just had to fight back every time Aya even tried to be nice. Wait. Why exactly was he trying to be nice anyhow?

Shrugging slightly to his own thoughts, he tucked his overgrown bangs behind his ear and hold a hand out to Yohji. "Fine. Give it to me, since you're so eager to part from it." There was dry humor behind his words but he had a feeling Yohji would be hearing only what he said, not how.

[never_learns]

Now that glare was more familiar.Much more familiar and he knew how to deal with pissy, angry Aya much better than he could deal with the Aya of this morning or earlier.

He pulled out one of the spare knives and handed it handle first to Aya. Ken or Omi could probably use the other one, or he could keep it for himself. Depended what they found tonight he supposed. "Yeah well, that's me. Mr generosity," he said, sarcasm tinting his words.

[seiran314]

"Well, doesn't that sound familiar." Aya paid back the sarcasm, just as rich in his tone of voice, his quirked brow twitching just a little.

He took the knife from Yohji swiftly and gripped the handle tightly in his fingers. Just a knife, but it would have to do, supposedly it was better than nothing.

If Yohji could be 'Mr generosity', Aya could as well be 'Mr nice'. Corners of his lips quirking slightly at the thought, he kept his gaze at the knife as he murmured quietly, "Thank you."

[never_learns]

Yohji smirked at that, letting Aya take the knife and turning to lean against the wall comfortably. He'd have to think of where to show Aya. The kitchen didn't sound hopeful if what the radio had said was true, and he didn't want to head towards the doctor's offices again.

He patted his pocket absently, feeling the cigarette Schuldig had given him still there.

He nodded, a slight smile curling his lips. "No problem."

[daddyslilkiller]

((coming from here))

It took Omi a minute before he spotted Yohji and Aya, but once he did he made his way over perhaps a bit more slowly than necessary. He almost hoped he wasn't interrupting anything, but they had had time while he was waiting for Ken.

At least they didn't seem to be in the middle of a fight or anything. With any luck, it would stay that way. "Hey."

[gentiana_clusii]

((Also from here))

And speaking of the devil, Ken came up right behind Omi, a little smirk on his face. "Sorry to keep you guys waiting."

Well, now the gang's all here.

[seiran314]

"Hn." Aya replaced the knife under his arm as he settled against the wall again, not bothering to hide the small smirk curving his lips. He fell silent for a moment and contemplated asking Yohji about something, that had been bothering him for a while but had never had the moment due to either them snapping at each other or some other quite characteristic interruption.

But obviously he took too long in thinking, and it was Omi's voice that shook him out of his reverie. He nodded as a greeting for both Omi and Ken, perhaps even a little relieved, and glanced down the hall behind their backs. "Any troubles on the way?"

[never_learns]

Well, wasn't that uncomfortable? Yohji shifted awkwardly in the silence, unsure of exactly what he was supposed to be doing. He felt like he should say something, but what? An apology? Didn't seem to go down too well with them and he didn't know what else to say.

Thankfully the other two showed up before it could get any worse. He smiled briefly at Omi and Ken. "Hey."

[daddyslilkiller]

Or maybe it was a good thing that he'd interrupted... whatever it was. It was so hard to tell sometimes. He returned Yohji's smile before shaking his head in answer to Aya's question. "Nothing. It's still early, I guess."

And since they were all there, it was time to get started. He turned slightly so he could talk to all three of them without having to turn around. "We should probably get going as soon as possible. Who knows how long we'll actually have. I was thinking of trying to find better weapons tonight. Aya said you had a couple knives, Yohji, but I'd feel better if you all had something that gave you a little more reach. I know there are baseball bats and things in the shed on the rec field, but there was also a giant spider last time. I'm open to better ideas. Well?"

[gentiana_clusii]

Ken shrugged. He had no idea what was where, or what was even here. "Unless they have outside landscapers contracted to come in, there's probably a shed with garden tools and crap like that somewhere outside."

[seiran314]

Tonight? It almost sounded like Omi was planning to make this a habitual thing for Weiss. Aya shrugged slightly, not caring which direction they would take. The facility was full of improvised weapons to grab, so it didn't much matter.

And as usual, he fell silent as the others spoke, quite content to leave the talking to them.

[never_learns]

Yohji nodded in agreement. A little more reach would be for the best. He was used to being at least a few feet away with his wire or a gun so knives weren't exactly his weapon of choice. "Well, me and Cliff didn't get far when we went outside last time, but it might be worth a look. But it's pretty open out there, not much cover."