Night 48: Grand Ballroom

[sasuke_of_sound]

[[from here]]The only place in the Institute Sasuke was truly uncomfortable navigating was the basement. He'd walked the halls of the structure aboveground enough days and nights by now to know the layout like the back of his hands; he used the hand that was beginning to grow slightly callused from nights of following the walls as a secondary

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[blood_and_pocky]

Ugh! What the hell were these guys doing!?

It was bad enough that Sasuke hadn’t gotten out of range in time, but now he was openly attacking the very enemy it would be a fool’s errand to engage. As if proving the point, the beast belched a stream of fire at the stairs, and although the vampire was quick to put distance between him and the duo, the heat of the flames warmed the right side of his body. The grunt he’d released at the dodge was more and more a growl of aggravation.

This was not a good change in affairs. Now the two further up were escaping, and Zack was talking about handicapping them further by showing the thing mercy. In an out-and-out battle, of course they’d have no choice but try and hurt it! Badly. Humanoid in his other shape or not, a beast was a beast, and Aidou would kill it before-

"If it’s a real elemental, then its weakness would be squelching its fire," he spat out, coming to a halt two steps down. His voice had changed: it was equal parts cold and ferociousness. Beginning to lose the veneer of humanity. "With the intelligence of a human."

Of course it would be the cold. But Aidou was not fighting this thing on behalf of a boy who wanted to press an attack… Sasuke. Don’t be stupid.