Nightshift 43: Main Hallway 2-West

[allroadslead]

[from here]It was quiet so far up here. Sam couldn't see anyone around unlike how it'd been downstairs. Which actually put him in more of his comfort zone, really. Wasn't often they did a hunt while other people were strolling through the halls of what basically amounted to an abandoned building and he could never shake the feeling he needed to

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[theroadsofar]

[To here]

[unmocked_lawr]

[from here]

And there it was again, this time the glimpse of pipes flashing past his vision as he stepped out of the stairwell. A blink, and it was gone.

Javert ignored it as he headed toward the experimental stairwell. It was probably too early in the night for anything to have happened so far, but there was no harm in waiting.

[unmocked_lawr]

[to here]

arghh html fail

[scalyfishman]

[From here]

Just a klik!

Depth Charge skidded to a sudden jerky halt as something flickered in the corner of his eye. So much for tunnel-vision. Immediately he swept his light around the area, searching every nook and cranny and finding nothing at all. Was he losing it, or-

There! Another ghost to his side, like an exhaled breath in cold weather, darted out of his field of vision. He whipped around to greet it, only to find... nothing. Again. For a moment Depth Charge backed himself up against a wall, teeth gritted. Was something trying to screw with him, or was he really in danger?

It didn’t matter. There was no stopping now. He pressed on.

8D HELLO

[toadally4boobs]

Unfortunately for Depth Charge, he wasn't alone. There was another. And this other wasn't friendly anymore.

Wooden Geta clicked softly against the floor as he approached, head down. A large man with wild, white hair wearing clothes of blood red and deathly gray. He seemed unarmed. Seemed, anyways.

As he approached Depth Charge, his head raised, his face expressionless. "Go back to your room."

OH HAI o/

[scalyfishman]

Depth Charge stopped short of the hallway, caught by the sound of a voice. Slowly, he turned to face the speaker: a large man, even taller than he was, with red streaks on his face and thick white hair. Not a face he recognised. Somewhere along the line the guy had managed to find himself some crazy get-up, too, though why he didn't pick up a weapon while he was there was beyond him.

He shot the man a glare, hefting the crow bar effortlessly up onto his shoulder in demonstration. "You gonna make me, big guy?"

ilu Depth Charge for saying that.

[toadally4boobs]

The man only smirked. As Depth Charge's answer, he bit his thumb, flew through a number of hand seals, and crouched down low, pressing his hand to the ground.

"Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari! [Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind!]" he shouted, symbols appearing on the ground in a circle around his hand.

The hall became anything but a hall, the ceiling, floor, and walls becoming the pink lining of a toad's esophagus. The lining moved as if it were alive. Especially the lining around Depth Charge's feet, where it seemed like he was starting to sink in slightly.

The man remained in his crouch, completely still and silent. Your move, Depth Charge.

[spandexorgtfo]

[from here]

As the group entered the second floor hallway, it hit Kratos that something was terribly wrong. Maybe it was the fact that the hall was now a giant tunnel lined with quivering pink flesh - which most assuredly wasn't normal, even for the institute.

What kind of spell is this? His magical knowledge was fairly extensive, and yet Kratos had never come across anyone capable of making a large area resemble someone's insides. He couldn't even begin to think of the elemental affinities required for something like this.

The swordsman tensed, causing the floor beneath him to dip under the pressure. "Special Counseling, I think," he said tersely, just loud enough to carry to Hitsugaya in the front. It was the only explanation he could think of for the weird transformation - and the sounds of a fight.

[itstaichoutoyou]

Halting his steps, Hitsugaya examined the area. He had seen a lot of things in his life, but nothing like this. The closest thing that came to mind was the gap between the spiritual and living world. Lined with pulsing flesh, the hallway almost seemed alive, as if they were in the belly of some enormous creature. However, there was no time to admire the strange spell, Hitsugaya could hear the sounds of battle nearby, and he didn't want the group to get caught in the crossfire, especially after hearing Kratos' comment

[faile]

When Faize reached the top of the stairs, he stopped abruptly. The walls ahead looked almost... alive. Cautiously, he continued into the hallway with the rest of the group.

Special Counseling, they called it? It was difficult to imagine that brainwashing could lead to something so incredibly bizarre

[scintillatingly]

The last thing Sora had expected was to reach the top of the stairs only to find what should have been a hallway replaced by--

Pink, gooey stuff? It sprung under his feet, it was everywhere, and he was pretty sure that it was alive. He wasn't even certain why he felt that way, but he remembered what it had been like to be stuck in Monstro, and this felt similar. (It was a whole lot grosser, though.)

He heard Kratos suggest that it was Special Counseling, but even that was hard to believe. Someone had the power to turn a hallway into this? Sora peered around, looking for some indication of what had happened, or even a way out, but that was when he heard a fight going on a little ahead of them. Maybe a brainwashed patient really had done this, then

[girlsandgadgets]

[From here.]

The voice of the inter-prison communication system made Edgar pause. He wasn't sure what it was saying, but the vaguely melodic noise was unsettling nonetheless.

"What in blazes was that?" he asked aloud to both himself and his traveling companion.

[reallyshortfuse]

When Gerad paused at the voice, Kuukaku did too, eyes narrowing. What the hell was this all about?! She also had no idea what it meant, but the noise was vaguely melodic which only helped raising the 'what the fuck'-factor.

"Some messed up announcement, obviously!" she answered. Then again, since that guy died last night those messages were pretty weird ever since. The ones during the day sounded pretty weird if anyone asked her.

"Che! No clue what this crap's about, but there's no sense in standing around and thinking about it." The fireworks master continued after a moment. Which only left to decide which room to raid first.

[girlsandgadgets]

"I suppose you're right," he said casually. "Conversing about the unknown would best be saved for once we reach our destination."

He eyed Kuukaku carefully, trying to guess what she'd do next. "You have a map of some sort, I presume, so you know where we're headed?"

[reallyshortfuse]

"Che!" Kuukaku had been about to grab her map when something went wrong all of a sudden. One moment, it had been a normal hallway, the next they were suddenly surrounded by pulsing, pink flesh. As if they were standing in someone's belly or something.

"What the hell is this bullshit?!" she yelled to no one in particular.

[ooc; any place you want them to go?]