Well, that was interesting; being moved to a new room and injected with a Mystery Drug, all in one confusing moment. 'Interesting' being a blanket term for annoying and nerve-racking and ridiculous. It was all making her start to feel very Winona Ryder a la Girl, Interrupted. That was based on a true story, right? Kind of? Ugh. Though if she were
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Damsels in distress, two for the price of one. He didn't know which room was Tifa's, since she apparently didn't trust him enough. Was it the stubble? Maybe it was the stubble. He dropped the bag, which was beginning to smell more like heaven on a bun than death warmed over. He still didn't trust his stomach. Besides, the less he had to eat, the fewer mixed drinks indistinguishable from drain cleaner by any human senses he'd need to take a night off.
He leaned up against the wall and inhaled. Behind the burger -- dust, disinfectant. More like a dorm than a hospital. Flowers, too, because somehow you put this many women in one place and cut them off from shopping and they still managed to find perfume. A few of them had, and that was enough. At least they seemed to know the meaning of restraint and good taste. An all-out rose-vs-freesia war was the last thing this dive needed.
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Of course, there was no reason to be. The brunette had been the one that made the request; she couldn't really be shocked then that he would materialize right here, like she had asked. It was probably the night. Yeah, it just put her on edge, that was all.
"Hey, sorry I kept you waiting. I was--" sitting on her ass? "--making sure I had all my bottles lined up." Stepping out of her room, she pointed to his baggage and offered, "Need any help with that?"
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Akers, flipping over backwards thirty feet under water on a jet of his own vomit. Yeah. He needed to stop dwelling on it or he was going to get so paranoid he'd end up dying of dehydration. Which wasn't the worst way to off yourself, but it took way too much time.
"I think I can carry a few bottles of juice concentrate, but knock yourself out." He hadn't brought the rest of the Boy Scout kit. Just the shopping bag and his flashlight. "There's a burger on top if you want a little padding in your stomach before we open up that rotgut."
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She dressed with all the usual efficiency into her old clothing from home, strapping weapons here and there and making sure they were all within easy reach. Even if it was just a trip upstairs, she knew better than to underestimate anything here anymore.
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She'd barely been able to sit still during dinner, too agitated with thoughts of finally looking through the place without an escort. That, most of all, was what she was really looking forward to. She'd had to force herself to eat the food she'd been given (the pink gruel really hadn't tasted any better the second time around, but better not to think on that too much) instead of standing in front of the door waiting for it to unlock.
The second the doors unlocked, however, Leanne sprang to her feet, almost vibrating with nervous energy. Grabbing the flashlight she'd found under the pillow earlier, she barely spared another glance at the room before pushing the door open.
This was it.
And Leanne could do it all by herself.
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More importantly, how much time had passed? She practically leapt off the bed at the thought, opening the box at her desk and pulling her possessions out of it with uncharacteristic abandon. She had just enough time to notice the sudden appearance of extra rounds in the metal box--so last night's fiasco hadn't been entirely futile--before she slammed the lid shut and rushed out the door.
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