Night 59: Soccer/Recreational Field

[cigarettes_plz]

[from here]It was admittedly a little better outside. The air lacked the smell of too many things not-so-freshly killed and it felt less claustrophobic than the hallways by far. Unfortunately, even the sky seemed to be glowing faintly pink, which meant Code Fabulous was still in effect. It was casting a lot of freaky shadows

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[scintillatingly]

[From here.]

The second that the door opened, Sora was treated to the sound of rain pouring down and the crackle of thunder overhead. It was unexpected since he hadn't heard any of that from the inside, but the walls seemed to be pretty thick here.

That was going to slow them down a little, but it might also make it easier for them to avoid any more of those monsters. It might make it easier for them to get ambushed, but the monsters themselves might also have a hard time spotting them. It was a toss-up, but Sora was willing to see how it played out. It wasn't like he was going to turn back just because it was wet out.

There were a few other patients out and about, but none of them were that familiar to Sora. That was probably for the best, since the last thing they needed right now was more distractions. Sora turned toward Riku and nodded to him. "Let's run!" And with that he took off, grateful for his heavy-duty shoes that allowed him good traction on the wet grass.

[antiheroed]

It wasn't hard for him to do just as Sora demanded. Even the rain didn't bother him. Some part of the desperation to get out of here and the cloak of the night reminded him of other nights in the rain: the one when a storm threatened the Islands and he was swept away into the Darkness and another, when he attacked Roxas. The latter was fresher in his memory, with the same weight of getting out and going somewhere else. But there was no target except an exit, no understanding except that they had to run.

But it was also under conditions he didn't exactly like: this time, the absence of Kairi.

Still, he didn't hesitate. Riku was always much faster than Sora, and he knew how to handle ground like this like it was nothing. "Try and beat me," he chided his friend as he passed him and headed straight for the wall to jump up and over with ease.

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