Nightshift 21 - End of hallway near Stairs/Nurse's Station

[theheirshinra]

((From here))Finding his way back to the stairs had been easier than Rufus would have thought. So far he hadn’t met up with anyone or anything. Standing there at the bottom of the stairs, he studied the maw of darkness before him. Going up without light was going to be dangerous, but the payoff could be worth it. There might be supplies of some

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[prisonerofdeath]

[[Coming from here]]

Fox stopped once he reached the stairs to look around, waiting until Otacon caught up before speaking again. "If this is going to work, you're going to have to do exactly as I tell you, even if it doesn't make sense, or you don't think it's a good idea. If I tell you to run, you run, and you don't look back." He paused for a moment to let Otacon process what he'd said.

This was going to be a first. He hadn't done group missions sense the early days of FOXHOUND, and even then, he'd done a lot more solo. The last person to go on a non-solo mission with him had been Snake. Fox had also never gone sneaking with a civilian. Then again, if Snake was willing to take Otacon with him...

[141point12]

Otacon squinted back at him through the darkness, not that he needed to see Fox's face to know he was serious. "Like I said, I can follow instructions," said Otacon quietly, now mindful of keeping themselves inconspicuous. "And I understand. But..."

He looked up at the stairs, silently readying himself for what they might find. "You need to watch out for yourself too, you know."

[prisonerofdeath]

"Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself." Fox said calmly. He almost said something else, about how he'd already died twice, and wasn't concerned about dying, but decided against comments like that. For some reason he doubted Otacon shared his morbid sense of humor.

"So what's really been going on with Snake?"

[141point12]

Otacon was aware of Fox's rather complicated relationship with death, and had been counting on a soldierly "on the battlefield" statement along those lines. Fox's self-control was fine with him, however: he didn't want to explain how Snake would deal if Gray Fox died yet again-

No. Otacon would make sure that didn't happen.

"I'm not exactly sure what you mean." They had to get moving. "You lead, I'll follow," said Otacon, standing aside and gesturing up the stairs.

[muted_flame]

[ From here. ]

Glad to be away from the two brothers - not because he had anything against them, but because he simply could not be delayed - Roy led the way out of the male block with Hughes and Heiderich in tow. As far as he knew, turning left would lead them easily to the soccer field. No locked doors, so no reason to head in that direction.

Turning slightly to the right, he approached the closest door and nodded when he confirmed that it was locked. He went for his keys and methodically tried each one out on the door. He only had three, so it didn't take very long. None of them were the correct fit. Well, that was all right. He hadn't expected it to be so simple.

"If we move over to the female side, there should be another door just like this," he announced. "Other than that, I think that's all there is as far as locked doors on this side of the first floor."

[felled_hero]

Hughes followed after Roy, just glad to be off and started. If they could get something done tonight, he'd feel a lot better.

"So you think we should head upstairs if that doesn't work?" Hughes asked. "We've checked almost all the doors down here now, that'll probably be one of the last... unless we missed one. But you've been pretty methodical." Hughes hadn't been upstairs yet.

[clockworkblond]

"Ah..." Alfons raised his voice slightly, wanting to at least pretend like he could do something useful. "If it's a matter of locked doors, I could probably pick them with the right tools. Not tonight, obviously, but it's something to think about in the future."

He'd like it if he could be more than excess baggage in this little trip. That, and locked doors tended to hold more than unlocked ones. That just went without saying.

Other than that, he was just along for the ride. The two older man knew a lot more about this place than he did, though his blue eyes kept a close look for where they were and where they were going. It wouldn't do for him to get lost if he was separated, right?

[offduty]

[coming from here with Elena.]The flashlight remained on as Reno navigated the hallways. He continued to keep watch for anything out of the ordinary, but nothing seemed to jump out. Aside from the fact that this whole fucking place was out of the ordinary, but that was another story altogether

[damned_ivy]

((from here))

Hakkai stopped near the nurse's station, one hand on the wall, wishing very hard for his youkai senses. Oh, no, he would never, ever, ever be upset about what he was again.

He felt exposed out here, with the open area of the larger hallway directly in front of them. He didn't like it. He checked to make sure Rabastan was still with them, then half-turned toward Kenren, still keeping most of his attention on the hallway in front of him. "Nurse's station here. The sun room should be just down that way." He gestured off to their left. "I'm not sure what might be up the stairs or down the other direction."

[rabastlestrange]

Rabastan was still back behind him, bringing up the rear. The spider had been quite fascinating! He'd never seen a spider demon before. His only regret was that they hadn't gotten a better look at it. It was almost as interesting as that time they were in the Department of Mysteries and had seen the tank full of brains. It had been hilarious when that Weasle or Weasley or whatever the redhead was when the one brain had grabbed him.

This was entertained for Rabastan.

Giving his radio another pat for courage, he kept to the wall as well. Open spaces weren't exactly something he was comfortable with yet. His room here was bigger than his cell. Keeping his wand down, he watched the other two men worriedly. He could tell neither seemed too happy for him to be there, but he'd been given orders to stay with them. Such made no sense to Bast.

The best he could do was not further upset them.

[opposingheaven]

Kenren stopped only a couple of inches away from Hakkai, practically touching before he forced himself to remember that he'd only known the guy for a day, despite how it might feel. He backed away a couple of steps, giving Hakkai a little more space, even if it blocked his view into the corrior

[damned_ivy]

He would appreciate the space Kenren was giving him more if he wasn't constantly expecting Gojyo to drop an arm around his shoulders or something like that. Gojyo was usually such a tactile person that Kenren keeping his distance, while Hakkai did appreciate it, was nevertheless odd.

Speaking of odd... Rabastan had been unusually quiet since they'd left the residence block. Hakkai tossed him a concerned glance before turning back to the problem at hand.

He tried the door, but it wasn't going to budge. Pity he didn't have his lock picks. He knew the correspondence course should have included a lesson on how to use common, household objects instead of picks.

"Unfortunately, whether there is or not, it doesn't look like we'll be finding out any time soon. The door is locked. Looks like we're moving on. Any suggestions?"

[faithful_frost]

((coming from here. ))

Haku frowned in thought and flicked on the light in his hand briefly, then flicked it back off. This was the hallway that had lead to the "Sun Room". He closed his eyes and drew a mental map of what he'd walked so far and compared it to the one he had remembered from that day.

Once he had that firmly in his mind, he opened his eyes. The glimpse from the light, and his own ears had revealed a few options. Stairs in front of him that he could move up, a hallway to his left and right, voices indicating others in the area...

He headed up the stairs.

(( Going up.))