Nightshift 30: F-A Block Hallway

[himetsuru]

[from here]

Falis strode down the hall from her room, a look of anticipation upon her face. The wooden rod rest easily upon her shoulder as she headed directly to the women's bathroom.

She wondered if the pansy wizard was even going to show.

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[bewarethecute]

[ From here]

A small girl running as hard as she could, barely able to keep her flashlight focused in front of her. Maybe people would have stopped her, except the hall seemed to be empty, and that was a good thing. Ururu didn't want to be stopped right now.

She just wanted to make it to Rukia's room. She wanted to make it home, and to make everything okay again.

[bewarethecute]

[ To here]

[tartaros_avatar]

[from here]

Almost there. Then he could get this whole thing over with, backtrack through the halls and start searching either for Marcus, or for something he could employ as a base for a chemical weapon or a detonator. Recluse greatly preferred the latter.

[to here]

[broken_exorcist]

[[from here]]

Allen breathed a sigh of relief as he heard the door shut behind him. His heart was still beating quickly in his chest, though the thought of approaching Rinali about last night only made it even faster. He was prepared to face her anger, no matter what punishment she saw fit, but he prayed that she might listen, that she might let herself hope.

[broken_exorcist]

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[icy_pole]

Ami cautiously rounded the corner, always on alert for any monsters or brainwashed patients in the vicinity. She breathed a silent sigh of relief. Apart from one person, the place was quiet. She stood waiting quietly by the wall for Usagi and her roommate to appear.

[Waiting for Usagi, Kunzite and Usagi's roommate!]

[moon_brained]

"Ami!" Usagi called out when she spotted her friend.

"My roommate... uh, ran off, but she said to go get her in the bathrooms when we're all ready to go!" That meant they just had to wait for Kunzite....

"Oh, did you hear the intercom about the radio guy?"

[icy_pole]

Ami jumped as she heard Usagi's voice, caught up in her own thoughts. Her initial smile faded at Usagi's question. "Yes I did. I was really shocked - I didn't think Landel would go that far," she said quietly. "There's something else I have to tell you about before Kunzite gets here."

This was going to be hard. Ami gave Usagi a level look. "I spoke to Logan-san at dinner, and mentioned people disappearing. He hadn't heard about it at all before I told him, and when I said that three people you knew have all vanished...he suggested maybe it was because you are being targeted by the institute." Ami watched Usagi, concerned at what her reaction might be to this news.

[himetsuru]

[from the bathroom]

Falis came sauntering up to Usagi and her friend, wooden pole slung over her shoulder and a thoroughly amused look on her face. She grinned at both girls.

"Oi! Usagi! I got done faster than I expected," she said, casting a brief glance back at the bathroom. "We waiting for more or is it just us three girls?"

[meironohosoku]

[from here]

Hanyuu stopped only when she reached the next hallway. She needed to find Rika, and since she hadn't asked before where to meet her, this seemed as good a place as any. She wasn't sure what room the other girl was in, so hopefully she could catch her coming out of one of the halls.

[endlessjune]

[ from here ]

As soon as Rika made it out of her hallway, she spied a familiar looking ex-spirit wandering around. Rika smiled and waved to her, but didn't call out. There was no need to bring attention to themselves when there were things that wanted to eat them, after all.

"Hanyuu!" Rika spoke once she was close enough, stopping in front of her friend. "I was worried for a moment that you would make me search each hall for you." Her smile faded though, as she felt the familiar weight of the radio in her hand.

"That man... The one on the radio, he's really dead, isn't he?" The reason she brought it up, of course, was hopefully to work out of his death was a Rule, or if his death broke a Rule, or if he even was a Rule to begin with.

[meironohosoku]

Hanyuu was glad Rika had made it to the hall quickly (she certainly didn't want to be alone in the dark any longer than necessary), and she made a note as to which hall her friend had come from.

The happiness was short lived though, as Rika brought up the radio mans death.

"If the Head Doctor has admitted to killing him, I can only assume so." She doubted the Doctor would claim something like that if it wasn't true. Although it could have been a trick to make the patients lose hope, for all she knew. She supposed time would eventually tell. If the radios remained silent... then they had their answer.

"Last night was the first time I heard the radio man for myself, but other patients have called him helpful. And Rena said he sometimes gave information when he spoke, so I... I think this might be bad for us, Rika." In Hinamizawa, a single death was often the start of a chain reaction. There was no guarentee that things would play out that way here, but it could be difficult to not assume the worst.

[endlessjune]

Rika's thinking was running along Hanyuu's: first Mion was taken, and then the man on the radio was killed. She knew it was silly to think that all of this was directed at her when there were plenty of other patients with abilities in this place, but that didn't change the fact that once people, important people, started dying, the rest would follow like flies.

"I don't want to believe it either," She frowned, staring at the radio again. No, it might have been a ruse. It may have been to break the patient's spirits after that riot, to ensure another one doesn't happen again, but...

"I'm sorry, it's probably not important," Rika frowned, trying to shrug off the news. Whether it was important or not will probably be seen later. "Have you any plans for tonight? Perhaps we should see Mion, if you know where she is..."