[from here]The room into which Morrigan stepped was no brighter than the hallway outside, and she stood still in the doorway for several moments as she made sense of the shapes of the furniture. Some sort of dining room? No, it looked more akin to a sitting room than anything used for meals. Used for meetings, perhaps, or lessons. It was hard ( Read more... )

[from here and waiting for the opposite one.~]The hall was as empty as she had seen it. Silence glistened as severe as any palpable source. Voices echoed in the distance, but here there was nothing. No one. No sounds, but the dull creaks of a settling building and shifting ghosts. Last night gave rise to a new awareness. She did not take the ( Read more... )

The latest intercom announcement filled Aigis with a sense of dread. Aborting her attempt at writing in her journal, Aigis stood silent for a moment then paced to the closet to retrieve her baseball bat. She would normally have offered her roommate some assistance during her first night in the institute, but Kay had already expressed during ( Read more... )