Nightshift 33: East Wing, Hall B

[yin_yang_fox]

[from here]This corridor, cut off as it was from the main hallways, made up for its lack of occupants in a heavy silence. She left her light on for a moment longer this time, quickly taking in the hall's set-up and doorway locations. The greenhouse yard was at the end of this hall

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[neutral_jing]

It sounded like Renamon misunderstood, but Toph was okay with that. She could deal with that later on when they reached this so-called file room.

What she focused on instead was the woman's account of her night, especially a certain term. "Un-undead cat?" the earthbender stammered before quickly regaining her composure. Normally, Toph wouldn't be bothered by such facts, but she still hadn't quite gotten over that voice from earlier.

The silence was not exactly helping, sadly.

[yin_yang_fox]

Renamon paused at the door leading outside. She half-turned to face Toph, even though she couldn't see her clearly. "Yes. I'm very sure of it. I thought it was just a large wildcat when I was fighting it, but at one point..." Like when its teeth were embedded in her defending forearm, and ever so close to her face. "What it was couldn't be denied. It was decaying as we fought."

So that meant... "You didn't see anything strange while you were exploring last night?"

[neutral_jing]

Toph remained situated in the shadows, albeit she stood close enough to feel the cold air permeating from the doorway. This was probably a good thing as Renamon would not notice the look of disgust that crossed her features. Yuck.

"I thought those things only existed in legends." Why couldn't tales ever stay fictional? "Creepy..."

Despite the tension, she managed a tiny smile at the wording of the question. "Nope, not a thing." Beyond the joke, the girl hadn't actually noticed anything off since her arrival. Well, except that one thing. "Tonight, though--"

Her lips pulled into a tight frown. "Don't laugh, okay?"

[yin_yang_fox]

"I thought they didn't exist at all," she replied, shrugging. "Things are different here."

Her hand on the door, she stopped to listen. "You'll find in me someone that's likely to believe most things." And in case that wasn't clear, "I won't laugh."

[spandexorgtfo]

[from here]

It looked like the two patients he'd seen when he entered the hall had escaped- that was good. Keeping a wary eye out, Kratos ran across the hall, making for the door on the other side.

[ditched_again]

[ From here]

“I have found, with many of the other mortals here, that quite a number of other words do not have such a grand variation of sentient beings as my own does,” The Star Dragon Sword muttered while entering into the next hallway. He’d bypassed the one he went down the previous night only to find the following one devoid of all doors besides one solitary one aright at the end.

He was assuming that it would lead him outside.

Taking a cautious step down the hall, the Night Rune quietly scanned the corridor for danger before he continued to proceed towards the door at the far end. “There most do not hide from the other species, but there are small handfuls that do… yet it is done more out of arrogance than anything else.”

[kagurazuki]

[[sorry for the wait, I've been really sick.]]

It still sounded like something out of a game or an anime to her. All the different worlds, or stories people told... they were all so exciting or incredible, but there was nothing too special about her. Turning into a pig wasn't very exciting or incredible, especially not compared to magic or adventure or... any number of other things.

She'd only taken a few steps into the next hall when another small explosion occurred, returning her to her original form. Minus all of her things, of course. With frightening speed, she tugged at the clothing Star Dragon Sword had been carrying and managed to pull a couple of articles free.

"D-don't turn around please!" she said quickly as she pulled her shirt over her head and tugged it down. She was dressed again in a matter of moments.

"I... I can take my things now," she said quietly.

[ditched_again]

[[No need to apologise. I hope you’re feeling better now! :D]]

The sound of a small explosion caught the Star Dragon Sword’s attention. Glancing back over his shoulder with a frown, he was moments away from barking out a demand to know what was going on before he was cut off by the sight of Kagura as she transformed back to her original form. While the Night Rune was typically the type not to be surprised by anything, even he found himself spluttering at the flash of naked flesh before he quickly averted his gaze and spun around.

Handing over the clothing without question, the Star Dragon Sword squeezed his eyes shut to stop any accidental peeking as he snapped. “What sort of dirty fool do you take me for?! I’m not the type to leer at a mortal’s naked flesh.” He hated looking at his own disgusting bag of flesh clothed or not - let alone anyone else’s. Human bodies… no, all mortal bodies, were vile sacks of flesh and bones and he longed to return back to his original form more than anything else

[kagurazuki]

"How am I to know that?" Kagura replied just as stubbornly. Shigure said old men were dirty, and she'd no reason not to believe him. He proved that theory right often enough himself. And Star Dragon Sword was way older! So did that mean he was dirtier too? She decided it was probably best not to wonder.

She felt more confident though, once she was fully clothed and had her flashlight and pointed staff in hand. "I said I was sorry," she pouted and began walking toward the end of the hall.

[[to here]]