NIGHT 50: F21-F30 HALLWAY

[jouer_sans_voir]

[F23]

Once finished with her dinner Nunnally had reached into her desk drawer in search of her journal, thinking to make some notes while she had nothing more to do than wait for the approach of night (for that was all she had to wait for, certainly-- they wouldn't return again tonight... would they?). Though the journal was there, she found

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[zack_fair]

The hand on his shoulder caused Zack to startle, but only slightly. He knew that the smallest reaction could be the difference between life and death when on a mission, after all. Still, he knew what Cloud was getting at even without any words being exchanged. He was pushing too hard. It was because he wanted to know for certain, but that was no reason to start drilling a girl who they'd only just met.

But he'd felt responsible for Aerith, and the fact that they had lost her so easily was wearing on him. He needed to make sure it didn't show.

"Thanks for humoring us," he said, allowing a smile to tug at the corner of his lips. "Sorry that we had to meet under circumstances like this." It almost made him wish that he could make it up to Nunnally at some point, but now clearly wasn't the time. Her brother would probably be here soon, and their job here was done.

The question was whether or not they kept searching. If this was the hallway that Aerith's room had been in, then they were pretty much at the end of the line. Just two more rooms. Nodding to the girl, Zack directed Cloud away, trying the next door, which housed another sleeping patient, and then moving to the last, which was occupied by a blond girl who was very much wrapped up in what she was doing and apparently didn't have much to say.

With a sigh, Zack turned to his friend. He didn't want to let this get him down, but Aerith was someone he cared about. He couldn't just brush this off. "Should we check the other two hallways?"

[notthistrain]

Though it was tempting to interrupt the girl in the last room, it was extremely doubtful she'd have any answers for them. If Aerith was her roommate, then one would think she'd be too worried to just sit and do nothing - or else she'd most likely be too heartless to bother helping them anyway. The girl didn't exactly register as evil incarnate, so there hardly seemed much point in bothering her.

He nodded at Zack. "Of course. We've checked this much, we might as well finish the job." Two halls was half the block. Though doubtful, there was still a chance they'd come across their friend, though that already small chance dwindled by the moment. If nothing else, they might run into one or both of the other female members of their group and they could compare notes.

Though he spoke his next thoughts out loud. "Unless you believe we're just wasting our time."

[zack_fair]

Seeing how this hadn't really taken too much time thus far, Zack figured Cloud had a point. Even though it was starting to look like the chances of finding anything out were pretty slim, he couldn't just walk away when there was a sliver of hope left.

"Yeah, let's check them out," he said with a shrug. "It's the least we can do." And it was also the last of his ideas. They'd tried the bulletin, and they were searching every room... What else could they do? It hadn't sounded like Yuffie had had any ideas about it, either.

But they had to take things one step at a time. Holding back a sigh, Zack turned them around and headed back down the hall and into the next.

[To here.]