Night 64: Main Hallway, 1-West

[dualistic]

[From here.]

Well, that had been painless, but the good time he'd made also meant that he was the first to arrive. Harvey leaned himself up against the wall, swinging his metal pipe around in his hand as he kept an eye out for Scott or Sangamon.

He had to admit, it was strange that their group had been cut down so considerably. He didn't even know if Depth Charge was still around, but it didn't matter to him too much either way, so he hadn't put much thought into it. He figured that one of the others would mention it when they showed up, if they even knew themselves.

While he waited, Harvey grabbed the bone bracelet out of his pocket and started to spin it around in his hand. The skeleton hadn't been too clear about how this worked, but there was an obvious answer about what to do with it, not that he was going to attempt anything until the others had shown up.

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[ham_fisted]

[from here]

When he arrived at the main hall, his heart was racing and his fists were clenched so tight that his knuckles were white. He stopped suddenly when he heard a girl in the middle of a coughing fit nearby. Gumshoe swung the beam of his flashlight around to look for her. By the time he'd found her, someone had already raced over to help her.

His frown deepened and he turned the light toward the hall leading to the Medical Wing.

[Lust]

[a_sin_for_him]

[from here]

Upon approaching the hallway she normally paused at, Lust found herself disappointed to find Scar wasn't there. It was the first night since finding him that he hadn't been here. The previous night didn't count, and they'd ended up together anyway.

But that wasn't something to let her mind get distracted by now.

She stopped anyway, casting her flashlight beam about, in case perhaps he was just...further along the hall than normal. They'd had no plans to meet here, but they had only made plans like that once. Then they'd simply...found each other. And there was someone else, yes, down just beyond her light....

But it was the back of some man that wasn't familiar to her. Well, fine. It was someone, maybe they were on their own.

"Waiting for someone?" Lust called out, lowering her light so as not to blind him when he turned.

[ham_fisted]

"Huh?" Gumshoe thought he heard a voice behind him and turned again to see a lady standing close by. (...Make that a really pretty lady.) Was she talking to him? "Ah, no, nothing like that, ma'am," he replied distractedly, but he managed a small smile for her before looking off to the side. He could see how she'd make that mistake. "I'm just on my way to the Medical Wing."

[a_sin_for_him]

He wasn't waiting for anyone, and he was headed somewhere dangerous. Alone? Not the smartest idea in this place. Well, lucky for him she'd come along.

Boots clicking on the floor, Lust approached until she'd drawn up beside him. She had seen him in common areas, she thought, but had nothing else to attach to his face. The Medical Wing. It was the only clue their deranged captor seemed to have dropped. Why not?

It wasn't as if she was going to go wandering off on her own. And what was this man going to do? Tell a poor woman, all alone, to fend for herself in the darkness?

"Well then, let's go."

[ham_fisted]

Gumshoe turned a bit red as he watched her walk up to him. What was she doing? "Is something wrong?" he asked. She stopped beside him and he turned to face her, opening his mouth to say something else (if she'd had something to say, she would have said it by now)...

Then he jolted back a step. "Huh!? Y-You can't come with me, ma'am!" he said incredulously. His hand found its way up to the back of his head. "Didn't you hear the announcement earlier? If Dr. Landel gets his way, the Medical Wing will be heavily guarded tonight!"

[a_sin_for_him]

"It's 'Lust', not 'ma'am," she corrected easily. Oh, how sweet, he thought she couldn't protect herself. If she were more sure of her abilities she'd flick out her claws for him, but she wasn't about to waste the small time she had them. She didn't have time to stand here and convince him that she was perfectly capable, even weakened in this place. Simply as long as she wasn't forced to face the institute entirely on her own.

Things did happen sometimes, her now-healed hand a stark reminder of that.

"Guards can be dealt with. I'd rather not go by myself, but if I must..." She shrugged and continued on ahead of him, down the main hallway. He seemed a true-hearted sort, she imagined he'd come along. It was that or leave her alone to face whatever might be there.

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