Night 60: Grand Ballroom

[vsyourface]

[From here]As they descended the stairs, Scott's eyes darted away from the marble doors on the ballroom's south side. He couldn't help looking back up at Indy as his head turned, almost as if to make sure the man wasn't secretly a ghost that would disappear on them at any moment. ...Then again, if he was a ghost, wasn't turning around supposed to

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[oneman_onekill]

[from here]

"...whoa." Niikura stared up in awe as he emerged into a gigantic ballroom. Who'd have thought they'd have something like this hiding underground? It was...well, just like he'd thought, it was awesome. But what was it for? Did Landel really hold events and stuff down here? He couldn't see all the guests trekking through the cafeteria and into the fridge at the back in their finery, but eh. This was supposed to be a mental institute. That meant everything that ever happened here had to be tinged with some kind of crazy.

He nearly tried to test out to the acoustics by yelling, but stopped short as he realized as that the other group was still there, and that this was an embarrassing situation that he could avoid. Instead, he turned back to Shiina and Mike. "Pretty cool, huh?" Niikura asked with a smug grin on his face.

[hiddenbadass]

The trap door had been too easy to find, really. It was actually disappointing. Mike wouldn't have minded searching for the trap door to keep his skills sharp. Not that this place really gave him much opportunity to use them, besides fighting. He was going to get rusty at this rate.

Mike followed Niikura down the ladder, careful to keep distance between him and his companions. It was a hard to go down the ladder with one arm in a body he still wasn't used to, but he managed to keep his balance and not fall to his death. That certainly would have been embarrassing.

The ballroom was the last thing he was expecting. It should've been some dark smelly sewer or maybe even a cave. Instead, he found himself gawking a little at the scenery. It for a moment almost reminded him of the old lair with its high ceilings, but it was gone a few moments later. That life was over. This was his life now.

"Yeah," Mike grunted, glancing to Niikura. "Is it just me, or is this place absolutely nuts? Who the heck puts a ballroom underground?"

[requitedfate]

"It's beautiful," Shiina whispered, stepping out into the torchlight of the ballroom. How someone could hide this place underground was more the type of question Shiina would ask; rich and powerful people did eccentric things that normal people couldn't understand. Shiina and Mike were normal-ish, from what Shiina had gleaned at least, so they would never put a ballroom underground. Landel was rather suspect, however. "Definitely nuts."

Still a little dazzled by the sight, Shiina had to literally shake her head to refocus her thoughts on their next step. "So, where to from here?"

There were a lot of doors to choose from and any guess was as good as any. She was fine with Shou or Mike making the final choice on where they go.

[oneman_onekill]

"Hell if I know," Niikura added as his eyes strayed back toward that ridiculously high ceiling. How had they even managed to fit that? Were they really that deep underground?

Shiina's question brought him back to reality. "--uh..." Actually he hadn't thought that far yet. Oops... Not really his fault, though, since it wasn't like people had given him much to work with anyway. But now that he looked around, they really only had two options. He chose a direction at random. "...that way!" Pointing to his right, Niikura took off again. Time to go see what was really hidden in this place.

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