Nightshift 35: West Wing, South Hall 2-B

[vladville]

[from here]Considering Sai's generous offer, Vlad was in no hurry to rush his way down the dark corridor, which sounded empty enough for now. That didn't mean there was nothing waiting in the darkness, of course, just that there probably weren't any patients currently engaged. Vlad had been a fan of letting others go before him since soon after

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[missedfortunes]

So why was Kaiji leading this thing again? It was Badou's stupid idea in the first place. The only thing keeping him from bringing it up was the fact that he wasn't sure how familiar the others were with this place: the boy definitely didn't seem to be suited for leading, the girl, well, maybe, and Badou... Didn't seem to be all that reliable either. So why had Kaiji agreed to this again?

"They're there," Kaiji answered Badou's concern about the scalpels, "I know that there was at least one last night. And if we don't find any, then we know that the bastard in charge is just trying to screw with our heads." The staff wouldn't have changed things around during the day like that, would they? No way! They couldn't do that! They weren't allowed to! ...Wait, yes they could. And they'd probably do it, too, just to watch the ones looking for them squirm.

Was Badou serious, asking the kid if he was scared of something? Not even bothering to face them, Kaiji couldn't help but snap in the stuttering boy's defense, "Why the fuck wouldn't he be!?" So it wasn't the most reassuring thing he could have said. There were plenty of reasons to be scared here, so it wasn't like it was an inappropriate way to feel. Plus, he looked pretty young. That probably made all of this like, ten times worse.

Or not. Kaiji seemed to always be coping less effectively than any of the kids he ran into here.

He wasn't sure if that said something about him or them.