Night 59: Main Hallway, 1-West

[doneinthree]

[from here]

Kirk ran into the main hallway and found nothing there except more pink light coating everything. His gut feeling said that if something was happening, it should've happened already, but he was a loss to explain what was going on. The system (if he could call it that, vague as it was to describe the whole Landel's torture/

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[zack_fair]

[From here.]

Well, that hadn't been so hard. Zack's trip from his room to this hall had definitely been more engaging than usual -- and he felt revved up and energized and powerful in a way that he'd missed. Not that it was a good idea to rely on the enhanced abilities that the mako infusions had given him, but it certainly didn't hurt. And actually being able to cast magic again was pretty great, too. Sure, he only had one Materia to work with, but he got the feeling it would serve him well.

Until he needed an Ether, anyway. From now on he'd try to be a bit more conservative, seeing how he had a sword to rely on.

There were plenty of other patients around this area, although he didn't recognize any of them. Wait, no, Taura was there, but she looked like she was waiting for someone. Maybe it would make more sense for Zack to just run off on his own and do some monster hunting and exploring, seeing how it wasn't like he'd made plans to meet anyone.

[To be found by Tifa!]

[36_24_35]

[From here]Still dizzy from her recent revelation, Tifa stormed through the hallway without her usual caution. There was no need right now. Every corpse she had come across had been relatively small. There were none of those powerhouse nurses or hulking figures patients had encountered and fled from in the past

[zack_fair]

Right as Zack was going to give into that urge to race off on his own and really get his blood flowing, his attention was grabbed as his name was called. That would be none other than Tifa, and the soldier turned and looked at the woman appreciatively as she ran up to him.

Her question earned an equally gleeful grin from him. Just judging from that, he knew that Tifa's powers had to be back as well. Even if that just meant that she had more stamina and agility, it was bound to make a difference -- and didn't she have a materia of her own, too? The two of them had fought side-by-side in this place before, but Zack got the feeling that now he was going to have a chance to see what Tifa was really capable of

[36_24_35]

"Oh yeah?" She asked, glad to see Zack had hit his prime too. "I just turned a cat into a slushie," Tifa gushed right back. It was probably not the most appropriate time to be joking about carnage. They may have been well prepared for such a situation, but there were people here who could very well get overwhelmed and killed. She and Zack shouldn't be taking it so lightly. It was hard to remain composed and Tifa felt a bit guilty for that, especially after Zack's last remark

[zack_fair]

Turned a cat into a slushie? For a moment Zack had to wonder at how Tifa had pulled something like that off, but he remembered the Ice Materia and suddenly it made sense. It was still a real shame that they didn't have a Cure on hand, especially since it was possible that Taura had one. He glanced over toward the woman in question but realized that she'd been joined by someone already

I'll be happy to move them next round

[36_24_35]

"If they are, sounds like second floor's the place to find them. Might as well do a bit of damage inside before we move out." That sounded sensible enough. The patients might as well scatter themselves as best they could to do the most damage. Too many clustered in one spot wasn't going to help drain the institute's resources; this was war 101, people

I've got it! Zack didn't want to wait around. 8D

[zack_fair]

Zack wasn't sure how Tifa knew that the soldiers would be upstairs, but he wasn't going to question it. Maybe she was just assuming that since they'd been taken up there when they'd been put in solitary. Either way, they had a plan and that was all that he needed. He was eager to get moving; tonight wasn't a night for standing around and talking in hallways.

Before he could head off, though, Tifa went ahead and set out some terms. "Oh," he said, his voice almost singsong, "so we're going to make this a contest, huh? I'm game." He didn't know how Tifa was going to measure up against him, but they both had their weapons (meaning he had a sword and Tifa had her fists) and one Materia each. It seemed fair enough.

Well, Tifa hadn't been professionally trained, but if she was willing to take that risk, then he was up for it.

Seeing no reason to hang around in this hallway, Zack barked out a laugh and then took off toward the stairs.

[To here.]