Night 57: Main Hallway, 1-West
[ from here ]As Erika approached the meeting spot, she was pleased to see that she was, indeed, first to reach there. This was to be expected: Erika was closest to this particular hallway and she could have given the others a minute's head start and still probably beat them while walking at a leisurely pace. But Erika had hurried to get here and
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Unlike the previous hallway, Meekins saw lots of people around here. Again, no one he recognized. Were any of them Neku? But before he blurted out his question, he remembered that Neku said to meet him by the stairs. And the staircase was right before him, but no one was standing there.
Proud of the fact that he had arrived early, Meekins marched right up to the stairs and stood there in a rigid stance, his demeanor that of one who would guard the Blue Badger or Billy the Cactus with every inch of his life.
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Neku picked his way down the last hall and headed toward the stairs. Maybe the intercom message was obvious, but so were the texts he'd gotten in Shibuya. If Sora already made assignments and had plans for specific places, Neku was supposed to listen to the radio and figure out what to do from there. Which unfortunately meant that it was his call.
Medical wing or not? Some kind of test medicine, wasn't it? Even if it gave him a bad feeling, it was probably better to at least scope out the place and see what they were working with. They'd have to deal with it sooner or later, so the more he could find out and send back to Sora, the better, right?
Even without a uniform, the Meekins guy was pretty easy to spot. He looked like he was playing hall monitor or something. Who else could it be? Neku walked the last few steps, tilting his head to give the man a quizzical stare, "Meekins?"
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He didn't bother taking off his headphones when the man addressed him, but nodded that he understood. Meekins might be kind of weird (and did he really just salute?), but at least he wasn't going to be argumentative. Still, Neku was sorely tempted to tell him that no, these weren't orders, and if the man called him sir one more time, he'd probably start twitching.
"Sora said we should listen to the broadcast. Since I think he has other plans, we should check out the Medical Wing," he reasoned, glancing at the other to gauge his reaction. "Report... whatever there is to report. Map it out. If it hasn't been open til now, there has to be a reason."
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Besides, Neku's answer indicated that he'd heard and understood every word Meekins said. Needless to say, when Neku suggested the Medical Wing, Meekins could barely contain his excitement. They were going to investigate a real drug lab! Just like Ms. Ema Skye doing her forensics work! Too bad she couldn't come along tonight, but maybe once, Meekins would have useful information to give her and the rest of his fellow members of the L.A. law enforcement ( ... )
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"We're just trying to get out of this place, not building a resume," Neku sighed, leading the way down the dark hall.
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