Nightshift 33: Main Hallway, 1-West

[contentincloset]

[from here]He knew he was out early now; the main hallways like this one usually had at least one or two other people scurrying about even when he was rushing through. Not yet though, but that was just as well. He took the usual right and kept along the wall just in case his senses just weren't picking up on some kind of threat. Being quick did not

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[thatdamnedninja]

[ From here]

The map had been right, and she'd been right too. A quick scan of the area with her flashlight revealed stairwells, and people.

Yuffie tilted her head slightly. Not as many as she'd expected, though... People must still be holed up in their rooms, preparing or something. Huh. What was the point in that? Getting out while it was still early was the way to get things done!

Walking towards the eastern-most stairwell, Yuffie ran her hand against the wall lightly. The hallway continued on, and there was a branch that led north, towards more dorms.

She hesitated.

[thatdamnedninja]

It was nice to know that she had something a little more substantial than a bunch of pens (and a pair of slippers) to defend herself with.

"Uh huh," Yuffie nodded, tapping the claw lightly against her hip. She grinned. "D'ya have anything I could pick locks with, by the way? That'd be totally useful. Like a bucket of awesomesauce, but better."

She was assuming that the gardening claw had come from- drum roll!- an area that had something to do with gardening. Yuffie wasn’t exactly adverse to going outside, and getting more of the makeshift weapons would be useful.

[1mperturbable]

Considering the question, Cloud reached back to feel through his bag again for anything that might address that one. He had his doubts on that, but he supposed there might be something in there. His fingers brushed against a few screws at the bottom, but he doubted they would do anything for lock picking. Everything else felt much too large for such actions.

"It does not seem like it, but I have not been looking around for anything like that either. There must be something here that could do that," he said as he dropped his hand back to his side. "Upstairs seems most useful for finding tools. Sorry I cannot be help in achieving your state of 'awesomeness'."

He gestured towards the stairs then off down the hallway. "That way leads upstairs, and that way outside. It seems like the normal security keeping us inside the institute proper have fallen... so we might be able to escape." He paused for a moment then shrugged nonchalantly. "Or we could be eaten or otherwise brutalized out there."

[thatdamnedninja]

Yuffie shrugged, tongue between her teeth in consideration. Not having a lockpick was annoying, but it wasn't all that important in the short-term. "That's awesomesauce, Cloud. A bucket of. Not plain awesomeness."

She span on the ball of her foot lightly, then cartwheeled the short distance back to Cloud's side- she was getting just a little fidgety, standing around in the same place for so long. "Something small and wire-like'd do it. Needles, maybe."

The young ninja laughed at the thought of being eaten. Outside meant no lockpicks, but it was bound to be more interesting! "Bring it on!" She crowed, "Let's go outside!"

[1mperturbable]

He could not bring himself to repeat that word, so he simply sighed and shook his head instead. He must have been losing his sense of fun in his old age, he thought. The circumstances did not seem to warrant such childishness as well, but he could at least let her have her way.

"Hmm, upstairs might have needles. We can check later," he murmured softly. He would feel better exploring the outdoors anyway. He wanted to confirm if getting over the walls was possible, and Yuffie was the perfect person to go with since she had an amazing jumping ability in the past as well.

Waving a hand, he turned and began to walk in the direct that he had come from. "Keep up and do not get distracted by anything shiny," he called.

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