Night 50: Main Hallway, 2-West

[gald_digger]

[from here]When they stepped into the next hallway, Anise was wearing her usual smile once again. "So, Tem... you said you're a sergeant, right?" she asked, looking to make some (hopefully) less awkward conversation with the man. Work was usually a safe subject, right? Besides, with how soldier-like the man was in his appearance and attitude, she

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[notthistrain]

Cloud shook his head. "I haven't been here any longer than you. Don't know any of this." Teleporting around the night before hadn't done anything to help with his sense of direction here either. He'd spent even less time on the second floor than Zack had, so how his friend expected him to be able to lead them any better he didn't know.

He pointed down the hall they'd been facing when they came up the stairs. "I know the chapel is that way from this morning." If there was any room in the building one would think would be associated with Aerith, it was the chapel. However, why she'd be there in this situation was anyone's guess. She wouldn't have gone off on her own, and he couldn't think of any reason one of the staff members might have brought her up there. Still, the mere connection might mean it was worth a look.

"We can start there. Work our way back, maybe? There has to be something." Or they hoped there'd be something. Most people who disappeared didn't seem to leave much of a trace of themselves behind, so if that was the case this shouldn't be any different. He just knew they both hoped that wasn't the case.

[zack_fair]

"Ahh, just checking," Zack said as he drew a hand through his hair, glancing around them as if there would somehow be a clue to where they should go. He'd kind of been hoping that Cloud had seen more of this place, since even if they had arrived at about the same time, they'd spent a few nights separate from each other. There had always been a chance that his friend had looked around up here, but apparently not.

Which meant they were just going to have to search around together. Zack was no stranger to exploration, and he'd been preparing to just pick a direction and start walking, but that was when Cloud spoke up again. The chapel. Right. It was only a starting point, as the blond pointed out, but it did seem like it would be an oversight if they skipped it.

"Yeah, it's worth a shot," he agreed with a nod. This was hardly the time to visit a chapel, but Aerith could have had her reasons. Zack didn't know what they would have been, but she had always been something of a mystery, hadn't she? "It's not that far, anyway." He had also been to the place of prayer that morning and remembered how to get there, so he didn't wait to get a move on.

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