Nightshift 40: East Wing, Hall A (2nd Floor)

[oftemptation]

[from here]Endrance rounded the corner slowly, looking ahead to see if anything was there. He was reminded all too easily of what had happened here the night before - the false Mia attacking, trying to talk her out of it...everything

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[no_ones_son]

[from here]Entering the next hall, Jason looked over the doors lining it, searching for the one he wanted. Too bad for him that it was too difficult to read the labels on them in the dark and while there were others moving about here their lights weren't enough for him to read by. He'd have to turn on his flashlight if he wanted to avoid checking each room individually, which meant he could kiss what was left of his night vision goodbye. Not like he had much choice

[no_ones_son]

[staggering back from here]

Stumbling out into the hall, Jason slammed the door to the closet behind him. Once the door was closed he forced himself to move away along the corridor, just in case the door wasn't enough to stop that thing back in the closet. Finally at a safe distance, he dropped the pipes and bag he'd grabbed on his way out, only then realising he'd left behind the knife he'd gotten last night. What the hell. It was just a lousy kitchen knife, he could get another. It would be safer to go by the kitchens again than have to risk returning to the closet.

He gingerly began to inspect his injuries, scowling as he saw just how much damage that fucking monster had caused. Now that the adrenaline was wearing off the pain from the bites and the burns was becoming even more insistent. He really wanted to wash the burns with something and make sure there was no acid left on him. But from his experience with the showers on his first night that was unlikely to work out.

"Fuck!"

[winged_moon]

[from here]

As he entered the next hallway Yue's steps slowed again at a soft, He's still injured, you know, from Yukito. He couldn't help but feel a flicker of guilt at that reminder, and he paused to glance back at Touya. It wasn't as though it had rendered him an invalid, but still, it was rather rude to be rushing off like that, especially when he didn't know if something was going to attack them at any minute.

"Were you looking for anything in particular?" he asked, glancing around at the rooms immediately nearby. Mail and laundry weren't of any particular interest to him, and the possessions storage room was farther down the hall. Perhaps one of the rooms in between would have something useful.

[guardiancomplex]

[Go go gratuitous 3-day fail! \o/]

Touya was moving along just fine, though he was admittedly still a little sore. His shoulder, he noted, was indeed healing much faster than was normal. Perhaps it would be just fine in two or three days' time.

He was a little surprised when Yue slowed down, wondering why. He was probably looking at the rooms, that's all.

"Not really. Maybe something sturdier than a bat? Medical supplies maybe? Nothing fancy, because if you suffer head trauma or something, I think giving you a pain killer and moving on wouldn't be my first course of action."

He shined his light on the doors, looking around. "Maybe the possessions room you mentioned has something we could use as a weapon?"

[winged_moon]

A weapon? Yue rather doubted there'd be anything of the sort in that place, considering what he'd found there. Weapons against them, perhaps, planted by the Institute.

Still, though, one never knew what might be in there. He hadn't checked any of the other patients' boxes on his last visit, and it seemed possible that things that would upset the supposed owners would also be things that he might find potentially useful.

That and the fact that there seemed to be other people already in the other storage rooms, judging from the broken-in doors, made the decision for him. He'd no interest in dealing with other patients tonight, especially not this night, when it was hard to tell friend from foe.

He finally gave a small nod, and with a quiet, "This way," moved onward toward the room at the end of the hall. Locked, of course, but it wasn't that difficult to deal with; a pair of sharp kicks near the lock sent the door flying open.

[going here]

[guardiancomplex]

( From here.)

Touya didn't make eye contact with Mr. Pocket Protector (he still had a bad feeling about that guy...), but turned around once both he and Yue had exited the room.

"Where to now?" he asked, putting his hands in his pockets and looking at the labels on the doors he could see.

[onefellbeast]

[ From here ]This hallway was unfamiliar to him, leaving him on slightly on edge as he crept forward. Only the sounds of footsteps nearby reached his ear, a few of them signaling others who were exploring the same areas as he was. It wasn't anything to concern himself with, so he kept on, eyes falling on the multitude of doors and the seemingly endless stretch of walls. They weren't distinguishable from the rest, which meant that Takasugi would have to open them up one by one to see was inside. Whether or not they would even be locked was also something he'd have to check, but he had enough time to cover this whole area before morning

[mayomanoflove]

[From here.]

Hijikata thought he'd been mistaken for a moment when he turned the corner and saw not a solitary figure but several different scatterings of people throughout this last hall: men and women, some entering rooms and others speaking in hushed, steady voices. Too smart and not stupid enough to discount his instincts so easily, however, Hijikata kept still and silent as he sorted through the shadows, filtering out the voices to concentrate only on that tell-tale silence all hunters learned to hear.

Their prey, as well.

.........there. There was one man standing alone, right in front of one of the farthest doors. Expression unreadable, Hijikata began to walk slowly towards the man, advancing silently and blending himself into the background of other footsteps and noises, confirming and seeing and thanking and resolving with each step that--

--unarmed. Good.

SLAMWithout warning, a hand wrapped itself around Takasugi's, bruising the terrorist's palm against the doorknob as a body slammed itself into Takasugi's. Pinning

[onefellbeast]

Pain lanced through his arm before he could even register what was going on. His assailant -and judging by the voice, it appeared the Vice Commander had found him, after all- had lucked out on grabbing the arm attached to the shoulder that had been stabbed through the day before. Takasugi had to grit his teeth to keep from making any noise, inwardly displeased he had let his guard down enough to allow someone to sneak up behind him, having too quickly dismissed the surrounding foot steps as those of other wanderers. Now he had to deal with an unwanted enemy at his back when he was only inches from the supplies he required

[mayomanoflove]

There were bandages where Hijikata'd had grabbed Takasugi, all the evidence Hijikata needed to confirm the yorozuya girl's assertion that she'd fought by Takasugi's side last night. He supposed that he needed to investigate that further--the yorozuya had never been cleared completely of suspicions regarding his "intimate past" with various terrorist factions, after all--but here in the Institute Hijikata frankly had better things to do. For all his words, Hijikata had no real grudge against the yorozuya.

Too bad the same didn't apply for the man he had here.

Kill him?

"If you beg for it," Hijikata said with an equally fierce smirk, twisting the injured arm back even more.

"And by the time I'm done, you will."

[himetsuru]

[from here]

Okay, now they were in the right hallway and there were a lot of people hanging about. Falis was going to be very fucking annoyed if one of them managed to swipe the mikrobsobe before they found it.

Not that Falis had any idea what one looked like.

[icy_pole]

Again, there were more people up here than Ami thought there would be. It looked like they were all harmless. The thought didn't cause Ami to lessen her grip on her baseball bat though.

"Fourth door on the right, just more than halfway up the corridor," she murmured to Falis.

[himetsuru]

Falis made her way to the correct door and listened to it. Nothing. She put her hand flat against the door. Still nothing. She checked the doorknob to find the room locked.

It wouldn't be for long.

"Okay, Sexy-Legs, hang back until I tell you to come inside," Falis told Ami, flashing the girl a charming grin.

Turning back, she hit the knob hard with the butt of her sword, the hunter's strength breaking the lock with a loud crack. The next moment, Falis had disappeared into the room.

[to here]

[icy_pole]

[Eventually following here]

[marin_karin]

Mitsuru was equally cautious as she stepped into the hallway, being careful to stay close to Endrance and Nigredo in case something attacked and they needed her help. If they could just get through without running into the boy from a few nights ago, or anything at all, then perhaps it would all be okay.

"Keep an eye out for storage rooms other than the janitor's closet," she said quietly, glancing around as they went down the hall, vaguely hearing the sound of something coming from one of the rooms. One of the other people down the hall even mentioned monsters, so it would certainly be better to look for bandages before trying to acquire a pipe from there. "I'm not entirely sure where they would be, but I'm sure we'll find some medical supplies."

[falseblack]

"Understood," Nigredo muttered unconsciously, before tightening his lips at the habit. Being on guard did not equate being on a mission; suddenly treating this venture as such felt weird. Maybe it was warranted--the sound coming from one end of the hallway certainly didn't help--but wasn't he here for curiosity's sake

[oftemptation]

Endrance nodded, taking a few steps forward, then stopping. It wasn't pain that stopped him, or even the loud noises a few rooms ahead of them. It was something he couldn't describe - a faint sense that someone else was here, in the way that one Epitaph resonated in the presence of another. It wasn't reacting to either Gaignun or Mitsuru; if it had, it would have done so the moment he had approached them.

Who is it? I can't tell...the feeling is too weak, or I'm too far away. But it seems so familiar...almost like... Endrance's heart skipped a beat. It couldn't be that his Avatar was reacting to Haseo's, could it? Either way, the feeling was so faint, and he couldn't leave now. Even if he did...in his weakened state, it was better to stay with the group until he knew more. There was still that part of him that wanted to find Haseo, but he silenced it for the moment.

[to here.]