Night 56: West Wing, South Hall 1-B

[mustbethesuit]

[From here.]Being down this way certainly did nothing for Peter's nerves. The last time he had come near this part of the hospital was when him and Harry...yeah. Right about there was where the shapeshifters came in

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The rooms and halls formed a standard tree structure, which meant that logically there should be more people out here than there'd been in the previous one. It seemed to be a motif, imprinted over and over into towering fractal patterns that looked like complicated worlds but were merely the same three or four numbers, spliced together in a uncomplicated witches' brew of double, double. Toil and trouble.

That meant that it was no guarantee that chance had its way with the tightly-ordered universe, putting one wall-hugging woman here and a loud, sloppy reunion in the women's block, but merely textural details.

"There's a larger hall that way," she said, pointing with the beam of her flashlight. "Past that, the non-residential parts of the building. I don't know what's up the other direction. Want to check it out?" The way she didn't turn back towards the larger hall betrayed her own preference. There were enough people here someone had to have mapped the basics; she just had to find them.

[unit67]

"Sure," Lily said without hesitation. Once again, it was easier to follow Rose's lead than decide what to do all by herself, but this time, Lily wanted to see as many places and things as she could. She'd never been in unfamiliar territory, and if something dramatic hadn't happened back home, she might be taken back to the facility at any time. This was a rare opportunity, and the eager curiosity in her expression proved her enthusiasm.

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