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Night 40: Main Hall 1-Center

Apr 17, 2009 17:17

[from here]Itachi proceeded past the center of the main hallway, heading toward the east wing. He had not been over here much, except for that notable night when he had not been acting of his own will. The memory still smarted, a reminder of why he should take his mission here seriously, why he had to defeat Landel and leave this place. With ( Read more... )

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udo_retrovirus April 19 2009, 03:12:30 UTC

[From here]

He'd had to stick close to the wall, but finally, Junior reached the area he'd asked Albedo to meet him in. As far as he could tell, it didn't seem like his twin was there yet, although he knew he could be missing something since he didn't really have any light anymore. It sounded kinda quiet in the Sun Room, too. For now, he waited against the wall, hoping that Albedo hadn't already come through.

purpletaint April 20 2009, 17:45:45 UTC

[from here]

And of course, all of Albedo thinking and planning went to naught when faced with his twin. This time straight-on with no distractions and no sedation. He stayed a ways off, hidden in the shadows for a moment, merely watching.

Did it seem like Rubedo was irritated? Did it seem like he really didn't want to spend time with him? (Did it seem like he was sorry?) Albedo couldn't tell. For the one he should have been close to the most, Albedo couldn't read his twin, except in more difficult things. He was mirroring the thoughts of the hall before, and that knowledge came to him in an abstract way; brushing up on the shores of his mind before receding.

A new song had taken the place of the one that had become familiar to the boy, and it repeated in his mind. Rubedo is here. Every part of him wanted to react in a different way, and it tore at him, worsening his headache. But Rubedo was here. He hadn't stood him up. He hadn't left him. Again ( ... )

udo_retrovirus April 21 2009, 04:34:52 UTC

He hadn't missed him. Junior felt a wave of relief, followed by a twinge of annoyance that his brother was sounding unhappy. He'd sounded like that a lot when they were kids, back when Junior had thought that there was absolutely no reason for it. There was, he knew, but he couldn't help making the association. It didn't help that he was looking as meek as he usually did back then.

"It's fine." He forced a smile instead of letting the negativity show. "I thought I was late. I was worried you'd be pissed at me...again," he finished, rubbing the end of the flashlight against the side of his head.

It was so weird, almost surreal, having his twin there. He'd been the one to ask, certainly, but it was different standing right next to the one who shared his heartbeat, and remembering that there wasn't anything there anymore. When Albedo had died, so had his heartbeat; the redhead had gone a year trying not to notice, but it was hard sometimes not to notice an emptiness when you'd felt the same thing your entire life. Merging with his twin ( ... )

purpletaint April 21 2009, 18:13:44 UTC

The difference between the past and the present was this Albedo was cautious. The boy lowered his hand, leaving it hovering around his torso, as he stayed silent, watching Rubedo intently. For all purposes, this child could have passed for the black-haired Variant, but Albedo's seeming lack of emotion just went to show the turmoil beneath.

The churning inside of him wanted him to jump this brother, caution be damned, and if knocking sense into him wasn't possible, knocking the life out of him would be fine, too. As insistent as that option was, Albedo ignored it completely. No, he wouldn't be attacking Rubedo. (Not now, not ever.) That was not the path he wanted.

And the second strongest urge? To ignore the past, and accept wholeheartedly this strange kindness, cling to it and his twin with open arms; this, too, was something that jolted inside of him, making his fingers twitch as he looked at Rubedo. But this, too... This was something he would not accept, not until Rubedo was punished. Until he understood. (Until Albedo understood ( ... )

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heavens_too_far April 19 2009, 08:31:20 UTC

[From here.]

Unaccompanied, Dias was able to move through the few halls leading to the sun room with relative ease; certainly the path was familiar enough by now. And he was gratified to discover that he was the first to arrive at their meeting place - true, it meant he'd have to wait, but he'd been the last to arrive for a few nights now and this was a pleasant reversal.

Hopefully Guy and Claude wouldn't take too long. He didn't begrudge them the wait, but every moment wasted meant they'd get less accomplished before the night ended.

full_score April 25 2009, 02:30:26 UTC

((From here.))"Hey, no need to thank me," he said to Guy as he rubbed the back of his head. "I mean, it was your cleaver in the first place, so..." He wouldn't have been able to keep it in good conscience, really. And anyway, Luke did need to get armed sooner rather than later. "I'll try to find him tomorrow so we can talk about it." His smile turned a little rueful. "After I reintroduce myself, I guess ( ... )

razing_phoenix April 25 2009, 03:16:03 UTC

Guy had to wonder what sorts of things an alchemist could make using juice, but it was hard to imagine since he had little idea of how that kind of alchemy worked in the first place. It probably wasn't that important, but maybe the answer would find its way back to him at some point ( ... )

heavens_too_far April 25 2009, 20:51:55 UTC

Dias wasn't really the waving type; instead, he simply nodded an acknowledgment to his companions. "Are you ready?" he inquired. They'd only just arrived, but they might be faced with a battle as soon as they opened the doors to the sun room. He'd been tempted to peek in to see if there was any opposition, but he'd opted not to in case there was an enemy in there and it noticed him.

It wasn't that he was concerned that there was anything in there he couldn't deal with alone; it was that Claude would have complained if he'd engaged an enemy before they'd arrived. They were perilously close to getting along, but Dias was all too aware of how fragile the balance was, and how easily he could tip it the wrong way.

After a nod from both of them, he eased open the door to the sun room and slipped through, hand already resting on the hilt of his sword.

[To here.]

rope_victim April 19 2009, 20:12:39 UTC

[From here]

It was much busier outside the Sun Room than Miku had thought; all the men around seemed to be keeping the monsters away. Well, except for one. The dead roach in the hall seemed quite fresh, and the boy near by probably wouldn't mind if she took a picture of it for research.

She pulled out Washu's Camera (funny, that she didn't think of it as her own, really) and focused on the corpse. She had to move a little to get it in the frame - Ugh, they're so big... - but after a few seconds, the flash went off with a couple of snaps and got her first, actual monster photo. Sure it was a bug, but, it was a dead one and she was still keeping her vow to stay out of trouble.

Pleased with herself, Miku headed into the Sun Room.

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oftemptation April 20 2009, 00:44:49 UTC

[from here]

Ugh. Endrance wrinkled his nose at the large insect corpse in the hallway. The least the person who had killed it could have done was to move it aside.

...was it really so wise to try to get upstairs in his current condition? At any rate, going back to his room wasn't really an option, and neither was staying here. The sounds of fighting coming from the front hallway told him that way wasn't an option, either.

...so, up, it was, in the end.

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jokers_wildcard April 20 2009, 03:04:06 UTC

[scrambling in from here]

Dragging Spider back into the main hallway was a tough task with him hollering like that. Not to mention that she was only using one arm now. The other one still stung really bad and she didn't want to mess around with it too much. She was crazy, not stupid.

But they'd managed to get out nevertheless. A part of her was worried he'd go running back in there, so she kept a firm grip on his arm. The rest of her? She fell to her knees on the ground next to him, as though exhausted. She was far from it. It was just overwhelming between the pain and the shock of the attack. What the heck had just happened?!She was allowed a moment to catch her bearings, right? And as long as nothing else-- "AAARRGGGHHHH ( ... )

iwascloned April 21 2009, 06:06:44 UTC

His Ritalin was still inside! They had to go back! No excuses! Spider prepared to turn and ambush the evil robot once again when he noticed that the woman pulling on his arm was kneeling, burnt, and screaming. That, along with the gigantic dead cockroach skidding across the floor away from them made Spider pause ( ... )

iwascloned April 21 2009, 06:14:24 UTC

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