Night 52: West Wing, South Hall 2-B

[dual_worlds]

((From here.))This corridor was empty as well, which was not surprising when one took into account the lack of activity in the previous area. They passed a door to their left, one that lacked a clear label on the maps Spock had seen. While there were several possibilities of what it entailed, Spock knew he would need to make some inquiries from

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[ai_no_minako]

Considering that Arthur was injured and all Minako wasn't terribly pleased when he moved up to stand beside her, but she didn't argue the point. It was partially because she realized that he probably didn't want to look weak, whether in front of her or Howl (if it really was Howl; she wasn't quite positive about that) and partially because she found herself distracted for a moment by the way the shadows slid and shifted against the wall nearby. That looked almost like -- but that had to be impossible, she was just imagining things. And imagining things at a really bad time, too.

She frowned, grip tightening on the chain she held as she cast a sidelong glance toward Arthur. There he was not making sense again, but... whatever. Crazy or not, he didn't seem like there was any harm to it. And besides, there were more important things to worry about. Things like Howl attacking them, maybe.

"Maybe we should go, Arthur-san," she hissed, but anything else she might have said was choked off in a soft gasp as Howl started to change. This was something she couldn't face as just herself with a broken chain -- she couldn't even figure out what she should try to hit, much less how hitting smoke would do anything anyway. It was almost an automatic reaction to danger by now: she lifted one hand in the air, releasing that end of the chain, and called out, "Venus Crystal Power, MAKE UP!"

She felt the Venus Crystal throb once like a second heartbeat, warm and full of power, and then... nothing. Once again she could do nothing, and she only stared at the oncoming darkness, eyes wide as Arthur stepped in front of her.