Hmph. While this Rude was the proverbial "man of few words," von Karma found more potential use from him than a number of the other patients he had met put together. He would still ask Franziska about the man... as well as the other people he had learned that she had been spending time around. Many of them were utter fools, especially that ( Read more... )

[From here]Hime shielded her eyes with her free arm, not expecting how bright this room would be. After the halls lit only by flashlight and the basement's softer candlelight, the omnipresent brightness of this new room was in stark contrast ( Read more... )

[from here]The stairway downstairs was not unreasonably long per say, but it somehow felt like the trek took far longer than Klavier would have liked. Each step seemed to drive in a horrible sensation of dread, like he was slowly shuffling along on an assembly line into a slaughter house. He was fully aware his actions tonight were terribly risky, ( Read more... )

[From here]That had been deceptively easy; maybe things were actually going to run in their favour tonight ( Read more... )

[from here ]The room was.... empty, as far as Battler could tell. It wasn't like he'd been expecting anything, but it seemed almost anti-climactic, in a way. Of course, that didn't mean he could rest easy, either. Whatever was supposed to be in here might not just be there yet. Large, empty rooms were never trustworthy without company. If the ( Read more... )

[From here]Tyki moved further down the hallway at an easy pace, noticing the lack of other patients around here but he didn't really care much about it. Perhaps it meant no one would snag any smokes away from under his nose this time, but then again, that may have been too optimistic. Eh, but that hardly meant that another person would get away ( Read more... )

It was time to go. Taura considered, one last time, taking the carryall from the box she'd discovered. But carryall was a misnomer -- it wasn't big enough to hold more than a wallet or a gun, and too fragile. It would only get in the way. If she needed a holster, someone should have mentioned it ( Read more... )

Ema let the nurse lead her through the facility and out into the recreational field. She wished the nurse hadn't have taken the journal out of her hands to be left in the room--there was quite a bit to take in and Ema's hands were itching to record every little detail. If she was, in fact, kidnapped in order to prevent Lana from being proven ( Read more... )

[from hereMitsukuni was up on the wall and Mori took his hand, knowing that despite his smaller size, his friend was more than capable of helping him up. For how tiny he was, Mitsukuni was strong enough to throw Mori - twice to three times his height and possibly twice his weight - across a room like a ragdoll. Pushing on the wall and pulling ( Read more... )

[from here]Kagura was tense as she entered the shed, not knowing what to expect. A quick sweep of the shed with her flashlight didn't show anything dangerous, and her spiritual sense wasn't picking anything up either. Good. She'd come here looking for a better weapon, not a fight ( Read more... )