NIGHTSHIFT 41: Main hallway 1-East

[broken_exorcist]

[from here]

Allen hoped to finish the errand as quickly as possible so he could get on with the important things and mentally kicked himself for getting into this mess in the first place.  Of all the wagers he might've made, this was probably the easiest to fulfill, but it was still a pain.  And who knew if Sora would be waiting for him?  He

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[its_the_mileage]

[from here]

Funny how people tended to cluster in certain high-traffic areas, thought Indy. As soon as they'd gotten to the center of the hall, the other patients had all but vanished, and this end was completely deserted. Indy wasn't sure what that meant, again--were the doctor's offices not particularly profitable territory?

He got out the map: hanging an immediate left would take them to the ten offices. "Does your doctor smoke?" he asked Pierson.

[oldest_man]

"I'm not certain," Methos admitted. "I didn't see any paraphernalia in his office, but he was only just getting unpacked at the time." He looked back over his shoulder, at the long and empty expanse of hallway behind them, and tried to convince himself of the utility of the apparent lack of competition. If the doctors' offices were guarded and they just didn't know it, things could go very bad, very quickly.

"Since we're already here, we might be better off just checking all of the offices. I can't imagine none of the doctors here would have anything useful for bartering. And their files might be a little more informative..."

[its_the_mileage]

With no idea of how much time they had left to search, Indy was more interested in finding the cigarettes than anything else. Still, Pierson had a point--of course hunting for the big prize didn't preclude you from making other important finds along the way.

He aimed the flashlight down the side hall and, not seeing anything out of the ordinary, turned the corner.

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[sasuke_of_sound]

[[from here]]

At least Sasuke knew the aboveground part of the Institute well enough to travel through it without needing any guidance. He moved quickly towards the stairs, keeping track of Aidou's movement.

[blood_and_pocky]

And once again, they were travelling together.

The growing familiarity made the circumstances of that night easier to bear; although he wasn’t sure he was even capable of regarding a non-vampire with a total lack of skepticism, Sasuke was at least someone he didn’t expect a surprise from.

Especially not then, anyway.

Aidou peered down the eastern corridor on his way by, then stepped into the confines of the stairwell. There was nothing that caught his attention.

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[thebatbutler]

[From here]

"Are you informed as to how many supply closets there are, Mr. Brooklyn? Do you know how far from the stairs their location is?" Alfred continued to move forward at a decent pace as he clicked off his flashlight, electing to simply carry it for now and allow his eyes to adjust. There was no need to present himself as any more of a target than he already did.

[manhattan_red]

"Well... kinda." Brooklyn had been upstairs a couple times, but he hadn't really spent much/any time in that particular hall. "It should be right across from us when we reach the top, but I don't know how many rooms are there for sure. A couple at least. People are always coming up here."

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[blackestate]

[from here.]

Hardly a moment for sound or breath. Finished with ignoring and adjusting to his altered senses, Sebastian made use of all of them to take him to his Master's side.

M a s t e r C i e l P h a n t o m h i v e

His senses surged stronger.

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[notachick]

[from here]

And in no time (even if it had taken a little maneuvering to avoid people in the main hall), they were at the bottom of the stairs leading up to their destination. Okita paused for a moment, stepping toward the shadows even if there was no one here that he could immediately sense. He wanted to tell Ayumu exactly where they were going and what they needed in each place - and to that end, he had to pass something to her.

Reaching into his kimono, he pulled the pillowcase out and offered it to her. "Fourth door on the right and the one across from it are designated as general storage areas. You should be able to find something there that will serve you as a weapon, if not at least find some metal to use in the upcoming nights when we commission what you need. Following that, the last door on the right - I need to check patient storage." He paused and his tone changed and became lighter. "Is that alright?"

[tostepforward]

How exactly people managed to craft weapons from scrap metal Ayumu wasn't certain, but she'd seen enough comments about it on the board to know that it seemed relatively commonplace. There couldn't be a forge here, so it must be people with "special powers" that she'd heard about. Being able to turn bits of metal into weaponry was something she definitely wanted to see.

Ayumu nodded slightly, eyes unfocusing for a moment as she compared the instructions to the map she'd memorized and plotted the route they'd have to take, hopefully without running into anyone - or anything, remembering those oversized bats - on the way there. It wasn't terribly complicated, at least, and shouldn't take too long, even if she went slowly to be cautious.

"If you think you can keep up," she replied softly, her tone half teasing even if she did mean it, at least in part. She was in perfect health, after all, and trained to this.

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