Nightshift 24: Second M-Block bathroom

[stray_shinigami]

(from here)

Renji kept them moving until they reached the bathroom. He never thought he'd be relieved to get into that dank, nasty room, but it was still better than the smell in the hall outside. All he could guess was that someone had killed at least one of those damn nasty cats. He could have lived his life happily without ever having to smell

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[verbatim_worm]

Despite her paranoia about aliens and tendency to overreact a little to fear, Sheska didn't even register the fact that she was now in a dark, dingy bathroom (a boys one, by the smell of it (and why did they always smell so bad?)) with a strange man and young girl. She'd read an awful lot about that sort of thing, too. But Vice-Captain was a military man, no matter where he was from, and so far he'd done nothing to make her believe he couldn't be trsuted. Sure, he wasn't some fluffy kitten of a man, but that made her feel even safer

[heartcrown]

Well, that was an adventure. A boring one, but an adventure none the less.

It wasn't that she wasn't glad they hadn't been attacked ... it was just that ... well, walking was boring.

But back on topic.

Nodding at Renji, she clicked on her flashlight, pointing it to the floor as she moved slowly through the room, placing it down on the ground so it could brighten up the place. Letting out a soft yawn, Kairi began to move towards one of the sinks, staring at it for a second before she began to reach for it. The metal was cool against her skin, and she shivered slightly before beginning to work at getting it off ... tugging and pulling at it before beginning to unscrew the thing.

[stray_shinigami]

Renji laughed quietly at Kairi's yawn. "Yeah, not exciting, I know. We'll do something more interesting tomorrow night. I don't want to be permanently stuck on bathroom duty either."

He moved over to one of the sinks and crouched down, examining the pipe between the sink and the wall closely. Valyn had needed magic to get the things off the wall before, but there had to be an easier way. There were bolts and stuff. Which could be undone, unscrewed, something.

After inspecting the screws closely, he straightened, and began working on taking the upper fixtures of the sink apart. If he was lucky, one of them would be thin enough that it could double as a really shitty screwdriver. He made a mental note to ask Roy or Ed if it would be feasible to make tools. Because while it would temporarily deprive someone of a weapon, it would make the entire process at lot more efficient.

[verbatim_worm]

"I think it's fun," Sheska said, still smiling as she took apart a shower head, throwing metals parts onto the blanket. "Therapeutic, you know? Maybe I shouldn't have given up with the plumbing..."

Back home, when they didn't have much money, the toilet had bust up. Unable to afford a plumber, Sheska's mother put her to good work, hoping that theoretical knowledge could easily be translated into practical work.

Once the bathroom had been sprayed with, err, waste, they decided to just ask a friend up the road, rewarding him with food.

She pulled a face and looked at the pipes. She sure hoped there was nothing gunky in there. Although... they were by the showers, so that would be handy. Silver lining, eh?

"What are you?" she asked, looking at the young girl. "I mean...what do you do?"

[the_clown_king]

(From here)

Tamaki stumbled through the door of the bathroom, his movements stiff and awkward. His mind was still reeling, his eyes wide and tinged with shock. He was still pale and shaking from the fight, and still dripping blood from his leg and his arms.

He didn't even register the presence of other people in the bathroom.

[stray_shinigami]

Renji was saved from further interrogation by the girls when he heard noise outside the door. He dropped his plumbing fixture and was on his feet in an instant, a pen in each hand. As the door opened, he flipped the caps off, only to see...

Suou. The stench coming in from the hall was worse, and there was blood, a lot of it. The boy looked like hell.

He tucked the pens away and rushed forward to grab Suou's arms and support him. "Is it still out there?" he demanded, tone sharp and commanding. That was the most important thing to know - if there was still a fight going on, that was where Renji needed to be.

[ooc: cutting in line]

[totallytheseme]

Hikaru stumbled in soon after, holding the makeshift bandage to his side. It was already completely bloodsoaked. He didn't look much better than Tamaki--white and shaking and utterly terrified.

"N-no. It's over. They're dead."

It was slowly starting to register that he was the only one in their little group of four who had done absolutely nothing. He had just frozen and been useless for the rest of the fight.

And that hurt almost as much as the deep gashes in his side.

Re: [ooc: cutting in line]

[the_clown_king]

Tamaki just nodded when Hikaru responded for him, gesturing weakly to his sword - still stained with blood and gore from the battle. He was very, very glad to be held up. He didn't think he could stand on his own two feet.

[verbatim_worm]

Sheska supposed she ought to try and be useful. But Vice Captain and the shorter man seemed to be ok with what they were doing, so she grabbed some damp clothes off of the short one and wandered over to the third boy. He seemed calm, so maybe he was ok. Mostly. Apart from the injury.

Sheshka wasn't afraid of blood. Just... pain? She wasn't sure. It just made her sad because a bloody stain could be the clue to a person's death or pain and... that just wasn't nice. But she could stomach it. She'd just run away before because she hadn't been prepared for the scale of the injuries. She had no idea what to do for them.

But she was almost tiptoeing as she approached the tall boy. His eyes were closed for a moment and she jumped when they opened, laughing nervously.

"Um... I think... maybe... would you like me to clean your wound?" she asked quietly. "Or Kairi could!" She stepped back suddenly and pointed at the other girl.

[heartcrown]

Kairi had been in shock when more people suddenly piled into the room -- Tamaki Suou being one of them. She remembered their conversation on the bulletin, and yet she had never met him ... but there he was, covered in blood. Renji looked like he knew what he was doing, and thusly tried to not get in the way. When yet another person filed into the room and leaned against the wall, she heard her name spoken and perked up, moving towards the boy that had just wandered in.

"Would you like me to care for your wound? It would be best to get them cleaned up quickly..." Too much was happening. All of the blood around made her suddenly begin to wonder how Sora was doing, and if he was all right or not.

Shaking those thoughts out of her head, Kairi put on her serious face, staring at the boy.