Nightshift 27: F14

[gald_digger]

Luckily for Anise, the institution's widespread blackout struck seconds after she had completed her little sewing project. The bad news was that her flashlight was--to her knowledge--still lying around on the floor of some laboratory on the second floor. She hadn't thought anything of leaving it at the time, but she now found herself regretting it

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[visualize]

Ah yes, sometimes having someone who knew him all too well worked in his favor, nodding at Peony's words when he laid down the groundwork for all of them to follow. Jade certainly had no qualms with being paired up with Anise, the girl was as reliable as she was loud, even if she wasn't in the best condition to fight. No matter, it was a simple hurdle with an even simpler solution and thus undeserving of any more contemplation.

"Indeed I did," The Colonel answered after Anise's comment, letting the subject of Asch die off since Luke volunteered to sacrifice himself for the greater good. "After gathering confirmation from both the bulletin and my own personal experiences, this weakening of artes and other abilities seems to be an evident issue with everyone who was taken here. At the moment I can't provide any more information on the matter other than declining the idea that this is the work of a fon slot seal."

It looked to be the perfect time to finally grace Luke with his 'present', holding his arm out as if preparing to summon his spear. As usual, the contamination effect required more concentration than what he'd originally deemed necessary, eyes narrowing as he mentally willed the atoms to disjoint and reform out of thin air.

With a bright flash the metallic bat appeared in his grasp, a small sigh managing to escape his lips before composing himself. Jade then wasted no time, walking over to the redhead and held out the makeshift weapon for him to take.

"Please do take care of it, Luke. We don't have the luxury of time to get you a new one if you ever break it." He spoke with his usual smile, glancing over at Peony as he did so.

[rappigs]

Peony glanced back over at Jade, matching that little smile. Of course he'd caught that little jab, but he knew that of course nothing had been meant by it. He hadn't explained exactly why the mop had been broken the previous night; he hadn't needed to. Jade knew that Peony wouldn't break anything as special as a gift mop without a darn good reason.

"Anyway, I'm pretty sure we all need to get weapons," Peony said, glad Luke wasn't looking a gift horse in the mouth too much. After all, he knew the replica was a manly guy, and of course he was going to be able to contain his obvious excitement at his newly elected nightshift partner.

He turned to Tear then. He recalled Cyrille's difficulties with healing his arm the other day. Come to think of it, where was his little dream? He'd have to go pay her a visit tomorrow, somehow~ "Better to spend your time running away, else you'll get a chunk bitten out of your arm and bleed to death if you're not careful. Ha ha ha!" He was making such light of his own situation.

Finally, he looked at Guy. "And - you know what, I haven't seen Saphir. Unless Jade has.. but I think he's probably somewhere around here, hiding in the shadows like a little cockroach, ha ha ha."

[razing_phoenix]

When Anise came over with the maps, Guy took them with a smile, careful to make sure his hand didn't brush against hers. "Thanks a lot, Anise," he said as he folded the pieces of paper and tucked them under his arm. He would look them over later and compare notes with Okita when he got the chance. Having them would make his life a lot easier.

Guy had already been aware of how little artes did in this place, though that wasn't as much of a concern for him as it was for some of the others. A sword still would have been preferable to a bat, but he nonetheless breathed a mental sigh of relief when Jade delivered one to Luke. It was good to know that his friend would be armed now.

He was willing to leave the matter of Asch to Luke - while that could lead to disaster, Guy knew that Luke could handle the God-General better than he could. As for Peony's mention of Dist, Guy was glad to hear that he was making himself scarce. He figured Dist wasn't too much of a threat here since he wouldn't be able to create any amazing fontech machines to fight for him.

"Guess we should all get going then, huh?" Though from the sound of it, he was going to be sticking around here with Tear to explain things.

[trelesekrayotre]

So she wasn't the only one having problems. It was almost a relief to hear, but at the same time it meant they would have to be more careful. They wouldn't be able to afford any slip ups or acts of carelessness with their artes weakened. And at this point; Tear wasn't even sure if she could use any of her minor artes. But then, if her hymns didn't work then probably not much else did either.

Weapons? Well, Tear kind of had a weapon. Did pens count? They were sharp, easy to throw and kind of deadly. Well, if someone received enough ink poisoning they would be. No, they probably weren't the best of weapons but it wasn't as if she could find any better sharp objects around the area. It was probably too dangerous to ask anyone to go out of their way for her to find any either. For now, it would have to do. She'd just be sure to find something the next day. Hopefully, that is.

"Yes, I think that would be best." Tear said as she stood and gave a small nod at the idea of going. Everything seemed cleared up, after all. Guy could explain things on the way, there was no need to stand still and chat. It would probably be of more use to be moving anyways. They probably had a lot of ground to cover for the rest of the night.