Night 49: Bill's Hardware

[swornandbroken]

[from here]

Mello was ready for it, sure, but dizziness still took him for a moment as he put his foot down somewhere completely other than the hall that should have been there. He swayed on his feet, making an abortive, instinctive grab for his gun before realizing he didn't need it. Yet

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[tiny_chef]

[From here.]

The first thing Remy noticed was the dizziness, yet again, and he began to understand it. Hey, it happens every time we go through a door.The other thing that happened every time he went through a door was that he found himself in an unexpected place, and this was no different. If his eyes hadn't told him, his nose would have. The scent in the air had changed completely, becoming more earthy: wood and -- he sniffed -- oil, but not olive oil. It presented a strong contrast from the suggestive ghost of a culinary smell that had filled his nostrils just seconds earlier

[scarefaux]

The Scarecrow was so sure Remy and Kibitoshin had been right that they'd somehow made it back to the Institute- he'd been wondering that himself- but as they stepped through the next doorway, he found himself questioning his own judgment. It had to be that recurring lightheadedness that happened as- as they stepped through the door! There had to be a connection

[bitpartgod]

Kibitoshin would have been perfectly happy to stay in that nice, small, safe room in the Institute (wow, he never thought he'd ever put 'safe' and 'Institute' in the same sentence) all nice- no monsters, no chance of warping, and all he'd have to do was sit the whole thing out. Admittedly, it wasn't the bravest or not Kaioshin-ly thing to do, but given that he was still damp and muddy he couldn't help but feel that he was owed a favour for once

[tiny_chef]

Remy sighed, then addressed the Scarecrow. "I think we'd better get Kibitoshin out of here. We end up somewhere different every time we go through a door -- well, the first time was over a wall, but we were going from one place to another, right? I bet if we go right back out the door, we won't be in the street with the 'zombies.' We'll be somewhere else. And if not, we can always come back inside."

As he spoke, he moved back towards the door, his hand already on the knob.

"There are lots of things here that we could use as tools."

[scarefaux]

The Scarecrow nodded, agreeing with both Remy's theory on the doors and the notion that they should leave before Kibitoshin collapsed from fright. Carrying someone who'd fainted from terror hadn't been easy as a scarecrow- he had no doubt it would be even worse as a human in the middle of a possibly life-threatening situation.

"I think Remy's right about the doors," he said, taking Kibitoshin's arm reassuringly. "It couldn't hurt to give it a try, right?"

With that, he headed for the door, encouraging Kibitoshin to do the same. Stepping through as Remy opened it, he hoped he wasn't completely wrong about that couldn't hurt part.

[And back to Landel's!]