The moment the lights went out, Kairi was filled with that chill of fear, followed by a familiar rush of adrenaline. It felt like years since she had wandered out into the night, and she was ready. They had a job to do, and they would do it
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That last broadcast sphere announcement had been very...sinister. Was it really the same person as the other one?
...She had no way to tell. And even as he sat, she kept coming up with questions she should have asked and had forgotten to. Where the shed was that Kagura had mentioned, for instance.
Yuna shifted restlessly, and then ouch! Rolling up her pant leg, Yuna finally took a good look at the injuries she'd been ignoring. Aghh, there was something on her skin! Something had attached itself to her skin! Was this an aftereffect of that fi-monster from last night? Cautiously, Yuna prodded at the flesh-colored flat thing, and then hastily tried pulling it off when it didn't seem to be attached with pincers or something.
It didn't seem...overly hostile, at least. Yuna curiously held up the sliver, making sure to grip it firmly, waiting for it to move. When it only seemed to curl sloooowly, Yuna put it on the floor and poked it.
...Either it was a slow-moving creature, or it wasn't that dangerous. Oh, Yuna hoped not. She pulled up her other pant leg and reached behind her back for the other flesh-colored things and deposited them all into a little pile on the floor. At a loss at what to do next, Yuna looked around, and finally just took off her slipper and plopped it over the little pile. Hopefully that would keep the things there, and Yuna would be putting on the boots, anyway.
She went over to the closet to do that, and, with a last backward glance at the upended shoe, twisted the doorknob in the same way she'd seen Kairi do it and slipped out the door. That direction had lead to a dead-end last time, so Yuna headed in the direction she was pretty sure opened into another hallway.
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