Night 44: Main Hallway, 1-West
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There didn't seem to be any of the typical night-time traffic. It was a little weird, but then again, she had practically thrown herself out of the door this time. No wonder she'd managed to beat the rush ( Read more... )
There didn't seem to be any of the typical night-time traffic. It was a little weird, but then again, she had practically thrown herself out of the door this time. No wonder she'd managed to beat the rush ( Read more... )
Coming out into the main hallway, Hime spotted only one other. She was ahead of the flow of patients that had been present at the beginning of last night. Settling against the wall between the two doors leading to the patients rooms, Hime waited to see who would be coming by with one ear listening for more hostile approaches.
Now, where was someone that looked like she could use?
[Waiting for Sokka and Kagura(?)]
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When Kagura entered the main hallway, she sensed a presence to her left. Since she didn't know if it was a friend or enemy, Kagura took a guarded stance with her clothing rod and aimed her flashlight at the figure. When she recognized the other girl, Kagura became relieved. "Is that you Hime-san?"
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As it happened, she was just considering this when someone rudely pointed their flashlight in her face. It was understandable, given the dangers a figure just waiting there in the semi-darkness could represent, but that didn't lessen the sour look on the princess's face as she covered her eyes with one arm.
"...yes. Please direct your flashlight elsewear, Kagura," she suggested dryly. She couldn't see the girl, but it was easy to tell by the voice and process of elimination given how few others she'd spoken with so far here.
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"So, what are you doing Hime-san?" It went without saying that the blonde was probably exploring the institute, but what Kagura wanted to know was if Hime had an actual plan, unlike her.
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"Reconnaissance," she replied simply. Both of the institute itself and of its population. "I'm wary of venturing out alone too far though. Do you have any plans?"
The fact that she even asked this meant that the Royal still considered the girl to be a stranger and not of Hime's jurisdiction. Had it been any of her servants or acquaintances, she would have been much more direct about enlisting their assistance.
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Kagura was more than willing to lend a hand to Hime, but she didn't want to impose. Traveling together would probably be much safer though.
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"Do you have any sort of fighting experience?" she asked, eying the girl. She didn't look very strong, but then, neither did Hime.
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"Uh yeah," Kagura replied to Hime's question. "I've been trained in martial arts and houjutsu since I could pretty much walk. As for actual experience, back home, it was my job to exorcise evil spirits, so you don't have to worry about me."
Training might be an understatement. Kagura could remember times when she coughed up blood or when it felt like her internal organs had moved, but the effort was well worth it. Thanks to all her training, Kagura's deceptively lithe body had slayed mythic beasts far greater than human imagination.
"What about you?" Kagura assumed Hime had some sort of martial arts training. There was just something about the way the other girl moved that screamed more than noble grace. Besides, Hime didn't strike Kagura as the sheltered type, since she seemed to be taking her imprisonment quite well.
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"Me? I've had some formal fencing training, but I've more than enough experience fighting off every sort of monster imaginable with just as many different weapons," she said confidently, idly flicking about the knife in her hand. "I suppose we should be able to deal just fine, then."
Getting off the wall, Hime stepped forwards, stretching her arms a little to limber up after leaning against it for so long.
"Well, anywhere in particular you want to head?" she asked. Hime had no exact priorities, as long as it yielded some net gain. Possibly enlisting Kagura, if she was as good at combat as she boast, might count as such.
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"Not really. I want to get to the bottom of this and find our captors, but I don't know where to start," Kagura answered. She didn't believe the Head Doctor was just sitting in his office waiting for a horde of angry patients to gang up on him. To be perfectly honest, she had been hoping Hime would have a plan.
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He was far more used to the pathway by now than he would ahve liked, but that at least made the trip seem to go faster for the boy. After using up half of the night in waiting, not wasting more time being lost in the hallways was a good thing.
Sokka got to the hallway quickly and immediately flashed the light around to see if he spotted any of the "Fire Nation" Ninja. He was hopign for Shika, just to make things easier, but the ones he found instead were... almost familiar? Actually, he was pretty sure he recognized a girl there as... "Hey, you're Kagura!" he blurted out, finding it ironic that he'd found her in the same place as the night before.
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She eyed the boy with a nonplussed expression before turning her impassive gaze to Kagura.
"An acquaintance of yours?" she asked mildly.
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"Um yeah," Kagura answered Hime. "Hime, this is Sokka. I met him last night. Sokka this is Hime. We were just discussing what to do."
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Maybe he'd had something more important to do. Or maybe not. In any event, it didn't hurt to ask.
"Hey, you haven't seen a guy about my age with black hair pulled up in a ponytail, have you?"
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It seems the boy had come to same conclusion about the building's layout about how the patient population filtered through this area.
"I've been watching this area since the beginning of the night; I haven't seen anyone like that," stated Hime.
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