Nightshift 36: Patient Possession Storage

[spirit_forge]

[from here]Readying himself, Archer cracked the door open and peered inside, his vision aided by his flashlight. It looked clear so far, but that didn't mean anything. Monsters in Landel's always seemed to have the advantage, getting the drop on unsuspecting victims no matter how aware they were

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[mukuchi]

The fight was over and since the other patients didn't seem all that interested in him and Mitsukuni, Mori relaxed a bit. Now the more important task of getting what they came for began. Mitsukuni was already searching through the lower boxes, so Mori started to rifle through the upper ones. Clothes that were too short for him, a wallet, a little cosmetics ba-- oh, this one belonged to a girl. Or a very strange man. He'd met weirder people. He didn't see a cell phone though, so he pushed the box back into place and moved onto the next one.

He didn't dare stray too far from Mitsukuni though. Even if those monsters were dead, the bodies were still there and the place was still dark and cramped. Mitsukuni was the only one with a flashlight and with it so low, Mori had to squint to see what was in the next box. Jeans, a t-shirt, a few magazines... He shifted the things around and found a wallet again, but nothing of real interest. Then, down at the very bottom, a chocolate bar. Nothing fancy, probably not even up to their standards, but it was candy and he knew his cousin was probably not getting his required amount of sweets. Taking it out, he checked the expiration date (well within reason) and handed it down to him. "Here."

[host_club_honey]

After the frightening journey up to the second floor, a chocolate bar was just the reward he needed. When Takashi held it out to him, he couldn't keep from giving a happy little 'kya!' of excitement as he hurried to unwrap it. He didn't bother to read the wrapper or even check the brand before it went in his mouth.

He gave a contented coo and clung to his cousin's leg for a moment before he pulled himself away to keep looking, candy-bar still hanging haphazardly from his mouth as he pulled down another box.

The clothes were still way too big for him, and this time there were some action figures, worn with use, some plastic ninja play toys, and no phone, but there was a pair of children's walkie talkies.

"Mmph mmm!" Honey declared, which really meant, "Look what I found!" They weren't phones, but they'd be useful if they actually worked.

[mukuchi]

Good thing he checked. He didn't think Mitsukuni was so desperate for sweets, but then, he was only able to get things at dinner nowadays, which meant that there were two meals, midnight snack, tea and morning snack unaccounted for.

Mori was going to need to find more candy. He started checking through the other nearby boxes, but he came up empty on sweets. Tomorrow night, maybe he'd have to go to the kitchen then.

He heard his cousin's muffled voice and looked down again, seeing a pair of walkie talkies in his hands. Now those could be useful. They weren't going to work long range most likely, but they'd be able to do something here. Kneeling down, Mori plucked one from Mitsukuni's hands and turned it over, checking for batteries. Looks like they were in luck for awhile. Turning it back over, he clicked his on and listened - the low hiss of white noise said that it could, indeed, transmit and receive.