Nightshift 36: Main Hallway, 2-West

[spirit_forge]

[from here]No one else appeared to be in the hallway. It should've been good news, but Archer still found it disconcerting. There were usually other patients around by now, but he couldn't be certain. His sense of time felt off in this place

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[kanpekinasenshi]

[from here]

Almost time to make a choice. Seiya was surprised, though, that the hallways seemed busy upstairs tonight. In an odd way, it made her hesitant to even try the trick on the balcony here. It wasn't that Seiya wasn't used to performing in front of an audience, and the balcony did look clear, but so many people around would be distracting. Particularly if they responded.

"... It's too crowded here." Seiya said quietly. "I want to head down the hallway ahead--there's an outdoors balcony that I think would be a good spot, too." It was closer towards the center of the Institute, though, wasn't it? And there were those birds waiting on the rooftops...

[tranquil_seas]

Michiru looked around, noting the few people who lingered in the hallway. It was easier to see up here, since the moonlight that leaked into the Sun room fanned out across the balcony as well. It wasn't much, but it made her job easier.

The change in plans didn't. It would be better to find a less occupied location, but now that meant traveling to a location she'd never been to. Not to mention that an outside location added a whole new dimension that she'd need to keep her eyes on.

"And if there's people out there as well?" she whispered back, giving Seiya a long look. It didn't escape her notice that the hallway Seiya was suggesting led them closer to the pulse of energy she'd sensed. "If you think it'll be worth the extra time and energy, then I'll follow you. But the sooner we finish this, the better." Waiting another day to find out if Usagi was still here was entirely unacceptable.

[kanpekinasenshi]

Seiya paused some more in the hallway, considering. There were more people here, but Michiru was right. The outdoor platform had been subject to multiple visitors thanks to the temptation of knives on the other side, the times Seiya had passed over it, and there was no way to be sure their trip wouldn't be a waste. More importantly, here the path seemed to be clear of any major threats, whereas their path outdoors would just increase the danger of the trip and possibly set them back all night if they had to fight something off.

Seiya shook her head once, sharply. "You're right. Let's bet it all here." The echo from the Sun Room might boost it, or might not; it wasn't entirely about a direct line of hearing, although that certainly helped. Seiya stepped over towards the balcony.

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[screwthegods]

[ From here]There was nothing more than a few people in this hall, but Homura's experience from the night before made him cautious. He kept his distance from the other parties, stopping there because now they had to decide which hall to attempt first. The hall immediately ahead only had one unopened door according to the map; that made it easy to decide that for the present, that area wasn't worth heading down. With limited time, it would be best to go to areas with more doors

[spirit_forge]

[from here]

Archer peeked out into the hallway from the top of stairs. It seemed like there were other people moving about, but no monsters or anything that indicated danger. Still, he'd keep his senses sharp just in case.

"All clear," he whispered to Thursday, before stepping out.

[jurisfictional]

It had been distressingly quiet all night, to be honest. Still, Thursday nodded silently in response, glancing down the hallway. File storage was on the other side of the building, if she recalled correctly - at least, it had been labeled as such on her map.

[spirit_forge]

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[only_logic]

[From Here]

Stepping out of the stairwell, Hohenheim peered around through the darkness. If he had an extra hand, he would be able to use his flashlight, but it was impossible when he was keeping Yuuri upright. He stepped aside to allow Wolfram to follow along before setting his pillowcase of bottles and fished around in his pants pocket to find his flashlight.

He pulled it out and offered it to Yuuri. "Point in a direction Yuuri, and we'll go that way. Remember, we are looking for rooms with locks on them," he said kindly before reaching down to grab his pillow case again. They would get somewhere quickly this way.

With that, he set off down the hallway.

[arrogantflame]

Wolfram followed only long enough to make sure that they weren't being followed, from downstairs or otherwise. Once he was certain that they most likely wouldn't be attacked from behind, he quickened his pace and stepped in front, eyes scanning for any vicious cats or anything else up ahead.

Yuuri seemed to be pointing to the first hallway. Wolfram had never gone down there, so it seemed as good a place as any to start.

He gave Hohenheim a reassuring nod that he had things under control before heading down the smaller hall.

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[theroadsofar]

[From hereThey reached the second floor. Dean had a good look around. Some more halls that branched off from this one, his flashlight beam just reaching far enough to show something that looked like balcony railings off in the distance, his torch glinting off metal. Despite the voices he'd heard earlier, this end of the second floor seemed to be empty, which was fine by him. It'd be easier to hear if anything tried to sneak up on them. Dean remained quiet, guarded, knowing that even for his usual gig, this could be a whole hell of a lot dangerous than normal if he got caught with his pants down

[wild_right_hand]

It took Tokito a few seconds to figure out which direction they needed to go, now that he was in territory he'd only ever seen sketched out on a two-dimensional map. But he saw Dean's flashlight beam glance off the railings around the top of the Sun Room, and that cleared things up. "That way. Past the railed area and all the way to the end. Last hallway branching off there." Maybe they could take a peek down into the Sun Room, too, see if it was safe. But who knew how much time they had left, with the way things worked here.

[theroadsofar]

Didn't seem that far. Still, couldn't hurt to be careful.

Dean turned to Tokito.

"How 'bout I go first, take a look around and make sure it's clear?" he asked. There was no hint of joking in his voice. So far he couldn't hear anything but that didn't mean something wasn't out there, waiting for some dinner to blunder past.

[theroadsofar]

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