Night 47: West Wing, South Hall 1-B

[kingdomless]

( from here. )

So far, so good. Kairi tried to move as quietly as she could, not wanting to attract any kind of baddies that could be lurking in the shadows. ... And lest she forget actually crazy patients. Then again, she doubted she'd ever forget that incident.

Oh well, she was almost there. No time to think about past injuries.

( to here. )

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[fourstonewalls]

[from here]

Whoever had been walking down this hallway a moment had turned a corner and dipped out of site. Lana quickened her pace and headed in the same direction, cautiously approaching a larger arch.

The larger hallway was not empty. Groups of people, all holding flashlights, and speaking quietly. And -- was that a sword?

No one seemed alarmed, or even surprised at their surroundings. Curious. That increased the likelihood of some sort of kidnapping attempt -- but who could conceal this and fail to lock a door? True, there was no such thing as a perfect crime; if there were, she'd be out of a job. Everyone missed something; it was part of the human condition. But leaving a kidnap victim untied, in an unlocked room, with supplies and no threats seemed unusual even for the most deranged criminal mind.

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[roseoverture]

[From here]

Utena had bolted right through the F-A block and swerved around the corner to the right, heading for the main hallway. She tried to keep herself from really panicking more than she already was. Maybe Himemiya had left right when the doors opened and gone to meet her upstairs. She could still be fine. This didn't have to be an emergency. "She would have to be running pretty fast to stay ahead of me, though," Utena said to herself with dread in her voice.

The alternative was that she had been taken from her room before dinner. For what, she didn't know. Experiments. Special Counseling. Something new and unusual she hadn't heard about yet. Maybe the staff were getting ready to brainwash her a second time right this moment, and they just hadn't gone to fetch the girl's things from her room yet.

"Himemiya! Can you hear me?!" she called out, hoping even harder that the girl had just gotten ahead of her somehow.

No answer.

Utena ran faster.

[To here]

[meironohosoku]

[from here]

Things were still quiet. That was a very good thing, and Hanyuu walked as quietly and as quickly as she could, not wanting to draw any unwanted attention to herself. As always, she found herself getting more and more nervous the farther she moved from her room, but she tried not to let it get to her. There was only a short ways to go, and then she wouldn't have to worry about being by herself anymore.

[to here]

[scientist_skye]

[from here]

Even though Ema had just been this way a few hours earlier, the larger hallway seemed much different at night. The lack of light made it appear much, much eerier.

Ema turned to her companion. "If we head that way," she indicated north, "we'll just end up back at the Recreation Field again, right?" That was the way the nurse had lead her, anyway. "So we should try the other direction."

[mistressmadgirl]

"There's that," Agatha agreed. "Also, I've already been that way and I saw some stairs."

She grinned, her teeth showing brightly in the low light.

[mistressmadgirl]

[To here.]

[goldenroulette]

[from here]

How many halls did one place need to have? Honestly...Beatrice thought that there really wasn't much of an excuse for shoddy construction such as this. At least the halls were wider now, though, and easier to follow. She moved along carefully, remembering the route she had taken earlier.

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