Nightshift 43: Main Hallway 2-Center
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As they approached the top of the stairs, Alkaid took the natural exit, and turned to face the right. She'd already sorta been down what was there in the left corridor, but she wasn't sure where to go from here.
"...Hey, Badou? Speaking of sane... don't pay any attention to me if I talk about items and item screens and equipment. It' ( Read more... )
As they approached the top of the stairs, Alkaid took the natural exit, and turned to face the right. She'd already sorta been down what was there in the left corridor, but she wasn't sure where to go from here.
"...Hey, Badou? Speaking of sane... don't pay any attention to me if I talk about items and item screens and equipment. It' ( Read more... )
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As they entered another more normal hallway, Scott spotted something on the wall below the Sun Room balcony that interested him even more than a gigantic fleshy walk-in throat. It looked like a red and blue blob in the dim light, but something still looked very familiar about it. "Is that . . . Hey, hold the torch light over the rail for a sec. What is that?" he asked Indy, hoping that he was seeing what he thought he was seeing.
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It took him a second to notice what Pilgrim was talking about--some kind of weird colorful shape against a wall down there, a ways above the floor. When he looked closer, he saw that it was human-shaped. Pretty small, a kid maybe. A girl? But what the hell was the person wearing? And even more importantly: what the hell was he or she doing on the wall? He couldn't see any obvious supports ( ... )
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Scott waved up at the Friendly Institute Spider-man, the grin on his face was about as wide as it could be without breaking out of his jaw. He wondered if they could get Peter to join their party. What party could possibly be better than one that had both Indiana Jones and Spider-man in it? Not many, Scott reasoned. "How's it hangin', Spidey?" he started off, hoping that would be the right introduction to make.
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The Scarecrow felt his foot slip on the floor as it went from the pinkish something back to its normal state. He hit the wall awkwardly on his arm, but managed to keep himself from falling to the floor completely. He looked around, waving his flashlight on the walls, silently thanking the hallway for being normal- well, as normal as it could be.
He was startled as the intercom buzzed again, loud in the seemingly quiet hallway. He still wasn't sure what it was going on about, but it was downright creepy. He was pretty sure he could still hear voices, as well as the sounds of fighting from the corridors.
He took a few breaths before reaching for his map to check their directions. "Should be down this hallway," he said with a wave in the right direction.
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The seriously disturbing squishing noises faded and merged into the sound of normal footsteps on normal flooring, which was a definite plus. The smell was mostly gone as well, which was even better. Pulling them both over in the direction of a wall, Wally stopped and turned to get a better look at Chihaya.
"Feeling any better?" he asked hopefully. "The chapel's at the end of the hall here, so you can take a break when we get there, if you like."
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He moved away and grabbed Wally's hand, pulling him along to the chapel.
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Now this was a much better vantage point. From here, Xigbar could look down onto the battle in the Sun Room, and even better, he was mostly protected from what was going on. If he did take his sniper shot from here, then there was no way the guy could dodge, either. He'd go from sitting pretty to just another point of starlight in a matter of moments, if certain myths were true.
For now, though, Xigbar noticed something. The ground was cool beneath his feet, and there was an unpleasant moisture between his toes. ...toes? Yes, toes. Somehow, his slippers had gone missing while he hadn't noticed. Which meant that he slowly turned to Luxord, a questioning look in his eye. "Hey, wait... the last hallway we were in. Didn't it seem kinda... fleshy, to you?"
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Obviously, the worlds he had traveled to desensitized him.
The disgust (however much was really there, anyhow) faded enough for him to walk to the railing and examine the Sun Room below. He gave a low hum as he sat down, letting his legs slip through the gaps of the railing and wrapped his arms around them too, like a child intent on spying on their sibling downstairs. And what entertainment could be brought here? Certainly it was a better view, yes, but...
Hm.
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Ah well. For now, Xigbar opened up his pokeball and retrieved the bottle of vodka, taking a nice healthy swig as he trotted to the railing as well. Not sitting down quite yet, but he was certainly interested in what was going on. Hopefully it'd be fun. "Weird night, tonight," he sagely muttered, "lots of weird stuff going down, dude. Think it's a sign?"
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"Most probably," he answered, back to watching the Sun Room. "I wouldn't doubt that last night and the odd happenings now were not planned by our dear keeper and I shouldn't think the strange occurrences would stop tomorrow night." It wouldn't be that simple and, while he was curious about the source, he was more curious to see if the fluctuations would continue in even the morning. How exciting that would be!
To think, after all this time, this institute was finally capturing his attention. How wonderful...
He was cut off by the resounding 'bang' of something hitting the railing, though even that was not as loud as the disconcerting screaming a good three feet away from him. Luxord tilted his head at the source, namely one Brainaic 5-- Brainiac? What was he doing up here? Was that little brat following him now ( ... )
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There... they were free from that odd situation, though Joshua's feet were now slick with what he was afraid might be saliva and might be far worse, and he grumbled as he brushed a hand through his hair, to make sure it was still dry. This entire experience was getting a little... obnoxious.
Which meant that Joshua went over to the railing to rest his hand, in case he started tripping, and he quietly muttered, "Your room mate is quite the interesting person, Mr. H. What was that, anyway?"
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And what about that outfit? He'd have to talk to Jiraiya later about his "fashion sense".
Just then, a very familiar voice drifted up from down in the Sun Room. Sanae peered down. "Hey, that sounds like..."
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Still... Mr. H. was right. When Joshua peered down, he could see none other than the Grim Heaper himself, engaged in battle with some... costumed person, and a person who looked suspiciously like he was just barely ten. But mostly, Joshua noticed the Heaper. And the fact that he was punted across the floor like a football. And clearly was going to suffer rug burn like never before experienced in the history of carpeting ( ... )
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"Hah!" Sanae's grin was nearing Cheshire-proportions. On a scale of one to ten, seeing Minamimoto getting his ass handed to him was more like an eleven. Hilarious! "Yeah, it would be nice if he got offed tonight, but only if we're lucky. But this is a pretty good consolation prize. I think if things ever look especially grim I'll just recall this particular performance. It'll make the whole world sunny again." Because really, who could live down something that humiliating? "Maybe we should rub it in his face some time - oops, no pun intended."
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