Nightshift 22: Hallway between the M41-M80 Block and Cafeteria

[barium_bullet]

[[Coming from here.]]The unexpected radio announcement made Yazoo jump, and he glared down at the radio held in his hand. The announcer’s words made no sense to him as he listened to the broadcast with a raised eyebrow. And here he thought the Head Doctor was weird. Of course, he doubted whether any of the people behind this place were sane.

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[blood_and_pocky]

[from here]

Aidou couldn't help it - he really couldn't. He was in a bad enough mood, and the timing was so perfect...

The radio announcement provided an excellent distraction as he moved through the dark in the creepy soundless way only vampires seemed capable of, coming to a stop in the main hallway that had angered him so royally only that afternoon. Examining the silver-haired man's back (just out of striking range), he murmured, "Looking for something?"

[barium_bullet]

The voice was one he didn’t recognize, but that didn’t matter. He could already tell that whoever it was, they were going to annoy him to no end. He noted Xigbar emerging from the door he had just come out of and smirked, nodding slightly in greeting. He would have gone over to talk to Xigbar, but he had someone else to deal with right now.

He turned slightly and looked over his shoulder, seeing that it was indeed someone he didn’t know. However, that fact didn’t matter. All Yazoo knew was that the boy had asked him a question, so he had better answer. With a smirk, he turned around to fully face the boy, and said, “Yeah, I was hoping to find your head on a stick, but I see it’s still intact.” He laughed then, and added, “What a pity.”

[blood_and_pocky]

Aidou chanced a glance when the other's eyes flickered away; he'd heard the third man exit the cell block, but he wasn't quite expecting the scars... and the eye patch? It was like that Yagari all over again. Mortal, then. If not human.

He blinked, watchful, not even bothering to heed the jab. After a moment of consideration - information was information, after all - he said, "We've never met, so I can only assume that idiocy comes from some personality defect of yours." He smiled, then, openly. "Name?"

[barium_bullet]

Hm, someone else who played along. Not bad, not bad. Certainly annoying though, unlike Xigbar. Continuing to smirk, Yazoo retorted, “You should never assume things, because I’m afraid you’re wrong.” He paused for a second before continuing.

“You see, you’ll have to forgive me for my so-called ‘personality flaw.’ It’s a nasty little side effect of stupidity that you seem to have infected this hallway with.” He loosened his stance a little and tilted his head, regarded Aidou with a cool gaze. “So the only idiocy around here is your own, and I’m afraid there’s no cure.”

With a laugh, Yazoo crossed his arms loosely over his chest. “I’d ask you the same question, but quite frankly, I can’t find it in myself to care what your name is. As for mine, it’s Yazoo,” he answered with a smirk.

[numberii]

((Coming from here. ))

Well well, there was a familiar face! Xigbar would have recognized those curves eyes anywhere, and if he had been in a better mood, he might have bothered Yazoo thoroughly, whether the guy wanted to be bothered or not. But, as it was...

...blech. Xiggy just leaned against the wall, deciding to slack off a little before he continued on his way. Without a shirt the walls were pretty cool against his scarred torso, but he didn't much care either way about that. Besides, he still had his pokeball handy; with that he should be in good shape no matter what he encountered. So why worry about anything?

[high_prosecutor]

[[from here]]

So far, so good. Edgeworth hadn't intentionally done it, but realized as he approached the door that he had been holding his breath all the way down the previous hallway. As he entered the connecting corridor, he let it out slowly, and then spoke, again in a quiet whisper.

"I'll be making a right here. There's a door several feet down that leads to the other male block. If you go a bit further, there's a stairwell at the end of this hallway that leads up to the second floor. Going left at the end of the hall will lead you out to a larger corridor. The Sun Room will be down that way and to the left."

He was relieved that so far, nothing had attacked them, and hoped it would remain that way.

[killing_suzie]

Jack nodded, mentally repeating the directions. "Thanks," he said. "I'll see you in the morning." He threw Edgeworth a quick, flippant salute. "Give your personal business a little extra for me."

Then he was off down the hallway.

[high_prosecutor]

The parting comment from his roommate was enough to make Edgeworth turn a bright shade of red that he hoped wouldn't be visible in the dark. He didn't respond, but just nodded, then proceeded to the door leading to the other M block. He turned the doorknob and entered, closing it quickly behind him.

[killing_suzie]

(just moving Jack down to a new thread so he can make a new friend. :3 )

[killing_suzie]

Having bid farewell to Edgeworth, Jack continued down the hall, flashlight trained in front of him. It felt really awkward, having a flashlight and not a gun to go with it. The two had been a matched set for him for so long. Well, maybe he be able to find his gun again at some point. For now, proceed with caution and explore was the plan.

He took his time, walking. There wasn't a reason to run, yet. Though there did sound like a bit of a ruckus starting up behind him, so he definitely wanted to get away from that.

[traitors_smile]

Was Renji becoming the new babysitter for this institution? It seemed like every young person, at least the ones he'd run into thus far, knew the vice captain. He was no one's messenger, least not here, and didn't plan on passing the strange little girl's gratitude along. So far he hadn't seen anything too out of ordinary. More people were filing out into the halls and all the more reason for him to get a move on.

Gin saw a light up ahead, though friend or foe, he couldn't be sure. He walked as quietly as he could down the hallway, trying to catch sight of the one behind the light. They had to have seen the light his flashlight by now anyway.

[killing_suzie]

Jack paused and turned; he had a finely tuned sense for when someone was behind him. It went with the territory of both the job, and just what he'd lived (and died) through.

He shone his light on the wall near the guy, so he could get a better look without blinding him. Since that was pretty rude.

While not as cute as Edgeworth, Jack thought this guy wasn't so bad, either. He grinned. "Hi there," he said. It never hurt to be friendly.

[traitors_smile]

No one he knew. That was a good start. Gin smiled right back. He hadn't expected to see many other smiling faces around here.

"Evenin'," he said as he walked closer, lowering his light to the floor. "Off explorin'? I hear it's dangerous t'go alone."

[faithful_frost]

((coming from here))

Haku slid quietly past a doorway and took care to keep his light off. Some of the other patients were making enough noise cover his own, and some of the other's flashlights provided more than enough light for his trained senses.

However, he had to pause here to get his bearings. If the rooms were numbered like so... He closed his eyes to picture his mental maps. There should be a couple more doors now... and just that last little bit of hallway.

[faithful_frost]

(( Being all NINJA_LIKE to here))