The hallway was empty -- creepy empty. Then again, it was still the beginning of the night. Maybe they were the lucky first ones out and the other girls were still getting their things together. Maybe they were even smart enough to stay inside. Whatever it was, it wasn't in Claire's plans. Casting the beam of her flashlight down one end of the hall and then swinging it back towards the other end, she confirmed her suspicions that no one was there. She normally liked to think of it as not being a big deal if she wound up alone there, but her paranoia was creeping up and suddenly it felt a lot freakier than usual. She headed quickly in the direction of the main hallway, though, acting as casual as she could manage.
"So, what burned him, anyway?" Conversation. Something to keep the eerie silence from setting in would hopefully keep her blood pressure under control as well. Hopefully.
Bella followed behind Claire, looking around the hallway. Of course, there wasn't really anyone out and about yet. Honestly, the solitude didn't bother her - she had been out when there wasn't a lot of people around, so she was used to it.
Either way.
"Oh, um. It was some ... really weird monster thing, I don't know. I couldn't really see what it was because it was dark, and before I could really look at it it ... hit ... me. And I passed out," she confessed, sighing. "But either way, the tentacle looked gross and it smelled like death, so."
The day had dragged on, seemingly without end after Temari had been separated from her brother by the nurse. Claiming some ridiculous notion about the pair needing to branch out and meet other people, the woman had then refused to let Temari speak with Gaara again. In turn, however, Temari spent the rest of the day in solitude, ignoring the chosen activities in favor of her thoughts. Even dinner hadn't changed that, as no roommate was brought in to join her. Not that she minded; having her own room and the privacy it provided was something she'd savored as the lone girl in her family.
Ultimately, however, what mattered was making her way into the night. Temari immediately moved to do just that once the doors opened, undaunted by the Head Doctor's boasting. While she knew her focus should have been on keeping Gaara safe, Temari's immediate concern was finding that idiot Nara and making him aware of just what she had learned, and from her brother, no less!
Just thinking about it was enough to prompt Temari to move faster.
And here they were. Peter had them down to the further end of the hall and F34 in no time, though it was at that point that he paused and turned toward his niece. While her roommate obviously wasn't going to be in there, Peter still didn't think it was a good idea to go bursting into a girl's room first; it was just impolite, especially when it was your niece.
He didn't think Claire had anything to hide, and yet he still made a motion for her to enter first. "Looks like we made it," he said with a small, crooked smile. While he was still worried about that intercom announcement, he felt a lot better now that they had made it all this way without incident.
It was reassuring to know that, begrudgingly or not, he let her sneak by with using the blood as a topic for distraction, because it meant that he was still looking out for what was best for her. It was what separated him from the Peter she'd spoken to most recently outside of the Institute -- the one who'd hurt her, disregarded her and acting selfishly, even in his timely 'rescue.' As if she needed to be saved from herself. As if he could just get away with only showing up when she needed to be saved and forget about her the rest of the time
( ... )
As Peter followed in after the girl, he took note of her room and was both surprised and unsurprised to see that it looked no different from his own. He'd logically known that that would be the case, and yet he had still somehow expected for there to be something that distinguished Claire's room from his and Sam's. But the only thing that would differ between them was the items stored inside the desks and closets
( ... )
"Maybe we've been too close to the rooms. I mean, what if something really bad is going on out in like the sun room or something and we've just been in here, not knowing?" She shook her head, too invested in the thought train to realize immediately that Peter was waiting for her to sit down. After another moment of thoughtful scrutiny on the subject, though, the oddity of him still standing pulled her out of it and she blinked a little
( ... )
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The hallway was empty -- creepy empty. Then again, it was still the beginning of the night. Maybe they were the lucky first ones out and the other girls were still getting their things together. Maybe they were even smart enough to stay inside. Whatever it was, it wasn't in Claire's plans. Casting the beam of her flashlight down one end of the hall and then swinging it back towards the other end, she confirmed her suspicions that no one was there. She normally liked to think of it as not being a big deal if she wound up alone there, but her paranoia was creeping up and suddenly it felt a lot freakier than usual. She headed quickly in the direction of the main hallway, though, acting as casual as she could manage.
"So, what burned him, anyway?" Conversation. Something to keep the eerie silence from setting in would hopefully keep her blood pressure under control as well. Hopefully.
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Either way.
"Oh, um. It was some ... really weird monster thing, I don't know. I couldn't really see what it was because it was dark, and before I could really look at it it ... hit ... me. And I passed out," she confessed, sighing. "But either way, the tentacle looked gross and it smelled like death, so."
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Ultimately, however, what mattered was making her way into the night. Temari immediately moved to do just that once the doors opened, undaunted by the Head Doctor's boasting. While she knew her focus should have been on keeping Gaara safe, Temari's immediate concern was finding that idiot Nara and making him aware of just what she had learned, and from her brother, no less!
Just thinking about it was enough to prompt Temari to move faster.
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And here they were. Peter had them down to the further end of the hall and F34 in no time, though it was at that point that he paused and turned toward his niece. While her roommate obviously wasn't going to be in there, Peter still didn't think it was a good idea to go bursting into a girl's room first; it was just impolite, especially when it was your niece.
He didn't think Claire had anything to hide, and yet he still made a motion for her to enter first. "Looks like we made it," he said with a small, crooked smile. While he was still worried about that intercom announcement, he felt a lot better now that they had made it all this way without incident.
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