Night 18: Soccer Field/Courtyard

[0ver_the_moon]

( Coming from here.Haru approached the door cautiously, having moved ahead of the others. Pausing to listen for any sounds, he waited for a moment, but all was quiet, except the faint sound of voices of the others down the hall behind him. Not waiting for them to catch up, he reached out and tested the handle. It turned easily and he pushed the door

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[dead_draven]

Eric followed after, into the dark. It settled on him like a familiar blanket, comforting him as he thought over what Maes had said. A prisoner? For the first time, his situation was beggining to mean something, and he didn't like it at all.

"But I've got somewhere to be, you see," he whispered to himself. "People need to die, and I have someone to meet in the clouds..."

The crow swooped out the door behind him and in the night, following at some distance above, obviously elated to be outside again. Eric matched pace with Haru, walking beside him. "Is there somewhere in particular you're heading for, or is this just a wandering sort of journey?"

[0ver_the_moon]

"Shhh," Haru hushed him, his eyes having adjusted to the dark as he scanned the length of well-maintained field they now found themselves on. Haru was quite certain he'd never seen this part of the hospital before. Where the hell were they? Was this an actual game field? "There are nasty things outside this place at night. Lets make sure they're not hunting us before we go wandering off blind."

[dead_draven]

He glanced around. "It looks like a normal field to me," he said mildly. "But it doesn't feel like one. Too much death in the weeds."

He stared out over the grassy field, eyes tracing its lines as it receded into the distance. "Far too much death," he murmured. "What sort of nasty things might they be?"

[0ver_the_moon]

"Squirrels," Haru retorted wryly, still finding ironic amusement in that. "Among other things.

[dead_draven]

He blinked at him, the bird comign t rest on a nearby wall beside them, rather interested in this rodent talke.

"Squirrels? You're mortally terrified of...squirrels?"

[0ver_the_moon]

"When the squirrels are as big as you are and have teeth that would put most carnivores to shame?" Haru replied dryly. "There's good reason to be mortally terrified."

[dead_draven]

He cocked a brow. "As I said earlier-how Carrol. All we need now is a Queen of Hearts, since the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter seem to be taken care of."

He stared at the far wall. "I don't see anything, or a way out of here. Any suggestions as to an escape route?"

[0ver_the_moon]

"I'm turning the flashlight on to see what we have to work with," Haru cautioned, his vision severely limited by the lack of any real light. "Keep an ear out for anything that moves, would you?"

[dead_draven]

He shrugged. "An ear or an eye. Feel free to use your nightlight, but please point it away from me. My vision's quite good enough at night to get semi-blinded by it, thank you."

He kept his uneven eyes on the area around them to be sure nothing leaped out at them the moment the flashlight came on.

[grosse_sklaven]

Adelheid took a deep breath of the crisp night air, feeling rejuvenated at the feel. He took his cue from Haru and killed his own flashlight, blinking in the darkness for a moment

[0ver_the_moon]

"You can see in the dark, huh?" he directed at the second newcomer, having missed catching his name, and probably would have forgotten it by now even if he had. "Handy trick, that. Altight, here goes nothing," he said in warning to both of them, and flicked his flashlight back on.

Then let out a blood-curdling shriek.

[dead_draven]

He whirled to face whatever it was that had caught the beam of the flashlight, ready to defend himself or rip apart whatever it was, squirrel or no squirrel.

Of course, when he saw absolutely nothing there, he stopped. "...what?"

[grosse_sklaven]

At that shriek, Adelheid's eyes had flown open and he had dropped into a fighting stance, ki starting to flow through his body and ready to be unleashed.

...but there was nothing there.

After a long pause to turn on his own flashlight and confirm that nothing was there, Adelheid slowly turned to Haru. "...would you mind explaining what, exactly, was so terrifying?" His tone was more than a bit disapproving; especially considering the situation.

[0ver_the_moon]

Haru glanced over his shoulder at them with an unfazed stare, none of his amusement showing through on his features. "Just wanted to make sure you both were alert and all that," he replied, blinking at them. "We should go this way," he added, shining his flashlight to the right, illuminating the wall that stretched down along the field. "It might lead us to a way out. Unless we want to try and vault over it?"

[dead_draven]

"Alert," he repeated, staring at him. "Right. Alert as an ambulance to the rescue."

He shook off his building ire and stared at the wall. "There doesn't seem to be any sort of exit, entry, or byway here. Perhaps a flying leap would be best."

[grosse_sklaven]

"...alert." Adelheid's hand clenched around the staff a bit more tightly, annoyed at that. He could have wasted ki, he could have been thrown off-balance, all for a test? That idiotic little...

This was one of the reasons Adelheid had sworn off teams. Once more, he was severely tempted to do so again.

Adelheid began walking to the fence, his voice clipped and precise. "Let me jump over it first, and I can boost you over. It shouldn't be a challenge, even with my power limited." He could, after all, clear well over eight feet with a running leap; with a pole and Billy Kane's technique of vaulting, even that height would be nothing at all. He hoped.