[from here]McCoy rubbed at his shoulder. He was going to have bruises on top of bruises if they kept things up. The doctor suppressed a grimace. Secretly he was hoping they could finish their investigation of the area soon, mostly because he was getting tired of knocking down doors nights in a row. He doubted it, nothing was ever easy, particularly ( Read more... )

[From here.]Well... here he was. Ludwig's flashlight played along the empty hallway, and for the first time, he truly felt like he was alone in this place. Up on the second floor, he couldn't even hear the constant hum of activity and movement on the lower floor. In a way, it made sense, given how much distance he'd put between them. But on the ( Read more... )

[From here.]Granted, he wasn't in the clear yet. It was on the stairs themselves that the Doctor had suddenly called out to him, though for the moment he seemed to be completely alone. It meant that he was getting better at this, if he was moving through these areas faster than the other patients. That was good to know, as he was used to being able ( Read more... )

[ from here ]This hall, she concluded based on the younger Peter's directions, she concluded, was where her uncle's room was. She took a quick look at the nurse's station as she passed it, and the door that led to the patient block. It was the same as on her end, so really, there was nothing special to see, but it was something she committed to ( Read more... )

S.T. was lying in his bed, eyes closed, while his stomach made gurgling noises turning tryptophan into serotonin and melatonin. He wasn't asleep, although passers-by could be excused for making the wrong assumption. Metabolizing and meditating. Not sulking. He felt pretty good for being a lab rat ( Read more... )

"Dude, you are totally bugnuts crazy," Yuffie told the intercom ( Read more... )

[from here]And again, quiet. Silence broken only by far off footsteps and the creak of a building settling. There was more in the darkness, Ayanami knew this, but currently nothing had stepped forward to show itself. This night was too similar to another, and her hand raised to her neck without meaning to. There was nothing like trauma in this, she ( Read more... )

The commotion just after the intercom's jingle displayed the same kind of erratic energy that the Head Doctor had been exuding all day.

"Come on, get those papers out of the way - no, I don't...! Ah! Good evening, everyone, and I hope you all enjoyed the activities we had to ( Read more... )

Well, if it wasn't his favorite time of the week. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. Of course in this case, distance makes Klavier feel like an abused, neglected animal who was only now being allowed a taste of actual food. These people were such savages. It was still absolutely absurd that they were allowed access to this room so ( Read more... )

There was little to be said of the daily business that went on. He allowed himself to be shuffled, mind embedded too deeply in things he shouldn't be dwelling on. The night was over, the shadows had vanished, and there was little more than bad memories to be left in their stead. This was logic, pure and simple, and should have been reassuring but ( Read more... )