Night 65: Cafeteria

[unpriest]

[From here]

Though they were able to make it through the Sun room without being attacked, there were no such promises for the rooms up ahead. Seishin quietly followed Silvestri-san through the door leading into the cafeteria.

Unlike the moonlight shining through the Sun room's ceiling, the lounge's eerie silence stretched on into this room. The cafeteria seemed even larger than it was during the day, and despite the tables and chairs there was a sense of emptiness, an emptiness that was as ominous as the silence that made even the smallest sound seem like a tremendous amount of noise. If anything awaited them in the darkness of the vast room, perhaps under the tables where the small beam of Seishin's flashlight did not reach, it would have certainly noticed them by now.

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[vinesofregret]

[From here]

The cafeteria was silent, like most of the hallways they'd crossed. It was a little eerie, and Hakkai wasn't sure if he should be glad or worried. But nothing had tried to attack them yet, and for that much, he was grateful.

[stellarregions]

"...or you could just blow a hole in it. That works too," he replied, eying the hole in the door as he stepped past it, reminding himself to stay on Hakkai's good side. If he could do that to a fairly sturdy door, he didn't want to think too hard about what other tricks he could pull.

"Doesn't look like anyone's around," he commented, voice pitched in a low whisper. No need to attract something if it was lurking about, waiting to grab them.

[vinesofregret]

Hakkai sighed. "I'd have preferred to pick it. Even if it'll be fixed in the morning. This is... messier." And more likely to attract attention. He started to pick his way around the edge of the room, trying to focus on the room itself, rather than the spinning wheels of anxiety in his head or the fact that he'd felt another little bout of lightheadedness after blowing that lock. He hoped someone had already broken the one on the kitchen - he wasn't entirely sure doing that again was a good idea.

[stellarregions]

"I'll keep an eye out for any stray lock picks, in that case," he replied, joking to keep the atmosphere light, or as light as it could be, all things considered.

He rounded the counter and headed for the kitchen door. It didn't look messed with, but when he turned the knob, the door opened.

"Well, that was easy."

Hopefully not too easy.

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