Nightshift 37: Main Hallway, 1-Center

[shallweplay]

[From here]Ophelia slowed to a stop when she saw more moonlight streaming down into the area on her left. She grinned wider, able to make out the features of the Sun Room in that dim light. And to her right, there were other doors as well, which she had vaguely noticed earlier in the day but paid no mind to. Oh decisions, decisions. Should she

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[heavens_too_far]

"The person I usually travel with at night has disappeared," Dias replied, somewhat stiffly. He couldn't actually blame Lust for not knowing that, of course, but at the same time he certainly could have done without the reminder. "He's been gone for days," he added, mostly to clarify that he doubted Ashton had been taken for the experimental trials that were being held tonight. Part of him was even beginning to doubt he'd actually reunited with Ashton in the courtyard at all, given his complete non-presence both before and after that; he'd never considered himself the sort of person to have hallucinations, no matter how badly he wanted something to be true, but it was almost easier to believe that he'd imagined Ashton there than it was to think that he'd appeared for a single shift only to vanish once again.

For how long he'd been missing, and how long his room had been empty, Ashton had to be gone. Holding out hope for anything else would just be a source of constant disappointment.

It occurred to Dias, after a moment, that he and Lust had even more in common than they had before - both of them had lost men they'd cared for to this place. It made it a bit easier to forgive her for bringing up a painful subject, and prodded him into saying, "If you're going to the basement, I could offer some company."

[lustful_thing]

Lust nodded, her eyes dropping some.

"I'm sorry," she said, knowing full well what it was to lose someone in this place. And not even to death, which she suspected would be better. It was far easier to move on from losing a loved one to death rather than the unknown.

"The basement?" she cocked her head once more. "I wasn't planning on going anywhere in particular. Though I was on my way to the basement last night when Luxord became distracted. We never made it." They'd made a detour to the clinic, that thankfully hadn't resulted in anyone getting killed.

She had no quarrel with exploring this supposedly deadly area.

[heavens_too_far]

If Lust had no specific plans, so much the better. "Care to come with me, then? I met up with the man from the radio on his last night here, and he indicated the way out was most likely through the basement. I haven't yet managed to get down there, though."

[lustful_thing]

"Of course." Lust nodded her head and gestured for Dias to lead the way. They worked well together, after all. And perhaps it was some strange form of fate that had brought them together this night. They were both alone, both feeling the loss of others, and most likely both frustrated at lack of progress.

"I'd be more than happy to join you this evening. Perhaps we'll get lucky, hmm?"

[heavens_too_far]

"That's never really been my experience," Dias remarked somewhat dryly. Certainly he wasn't as unlucky as, say, Ashton(how did his thoughts keep returning there?), and he didn't put as much stock in the whole idea of luck as Ashton always had - he fully believed in taking control of one's own fortunes - but the fact remained that if either of them had any sort of good luck to speak of, then not only would Scar and Ashton be with them, but none of them would probably be in the institute in the first place.

Still, he was moderately pleased by the prospect of traveling with someone like Lust, who had always given him the impression of being both intelligent and capable enough to keep pace with him. There was no question of her slowing him down - in fact, having her as a companion might simplify any unforeseen obstacles in their path. Aside from Ashton and Claude - and, formerly, Scar - it was rare for him to consider a companion an asset.

"That means going through the sun room," he observed, gesturing to the nearby door. "Which is rarely easy." He said it less because he didn't think Lust already knew, but simply so she could make any preparations she might need to before they went in.

[Since there's a fight going on in the sun room, Fey, we may want to discuss whether or not Dias and Lust will get involved or not before we send them in. ♥]

[lustful_thing]

Lust smiled, inclining her head towards the Sun Room.

"Age before beauty, as they say." She had no desire to walk in first, unknowing exactly what was in there. Besides, she imagined Dias was better equipped to handle an initial attack than she was.