Night 48: Main Hallway 1-West

[sdatislife]

[From here.]Shinji paused at the major hallway, playing the beam of his flashlight over the walls. This was familiar by now. He'd come through this hallway a couple times before and it was usually as far as he'd gotten into the institute at night. Usually he just stopped - he didn't particularly want to find out how far the corruption went or

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[zack_fair]

[From here.]

Even though Zack felt like he needed a breather after listening to all of that, he knew it didn't work that way. He wasn't that weak! He'd keep going for as long as Aidou needed him to. That was how he operated.

"This Landel guy really has an interesting imagination," he commented, though he didn't come off as too bowled over by hearing about the ballroom and everything else. "So, those challenges you mentioned... what are they like? Do you know yet, or have you just heard about them from other people?" If Zack could find out what he was getting into beforehand, all the better. There was nothing like being prepared.

Turning to the left, the soldier realized that they were getting close. He wondered if the third member of their group was already waiting for them. Hopefully not, since that wouldn't have made the best first impression.

[blood_and_pocky]

Interesting imagination? That was one way of putting it.

Unless Zack was a lot more impressive than he’d thought (or at the other end of the spectrum entirely), the man probably hadn’t digested half of what he’d said. And Aidou hadn’t even gotten through the whole dump of information yet. Despite having steered clear of selling himself out for these sorts of explanations, he still had no warm feelings for the learning curve here, but it would be foolish to gather a group only to let them go in blind.

… Which wasn’t a turn of phrase Sasuke would appreciate, but he didn’t exactly count…

“He’s an overgrown fanboy,” Aidou muttered half to himself, eyes narrowed. Sasuke was behind them, which meant they would indeed have to wait, though the hall seemed clear for the most part. From slobbering monsters, anyway.

As for the challenges, they continued to be the basement’s most interesting facet. What with the requirements they seemed to have, they represented a different face of the Institute. Not without their hardships as Aidou was

[zack_fair]

A fanboy? That term was one that Zack was actually familiar with (though he was more used to fangirl, he had to admit), considering the clubs that had sprung up for the high-ranking SOLDIERs. He knew his own club had reached pretty large numbers toward the end there, but it wasn't like he could ever match up with Sephiroth and the others. Not that it mattered anymore, of course. All of them were gone, and he wasn't even on Gaia at this point. It made him wonder who was being fawned over these days, but that was besides the point.

Zack had to admit that it was tough to envision Martin Landel as some kind of fanboy. What was he a fan of, other than watching them all flounder in the dark hallways? He was curious to know what Aidou was getting at with that, but the teen had already moved on to answer his question