Night 69: Main Hallway, 1-Center

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The central hallway. This seemed like a good place to meet with Taura. Rita hoped her companion was making haste. This opportunity was too good to let slide. She positioned herself by the Sun Room doors, but it was only a matter of seconds before she was fidgeting impatiently, arms crossed and foot tapping.

Against her better judgment, Rita felt… hopeful. Hopeful that this could be her ticket back to Terca Lumireis. Hopeful that she could see Estelle again. If this was the way… then it didn’t matter if there were traps, monsters, or even an army in her way – Rita would overcome it. She had to. There was no other option.

[Taura]

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[ninelivesonce]

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Rita was there, and...twitching. She'd been there for a while, then. "Hey," she said, before she stepped out of the shadows into Rita's line of sight. "Hope I didn't keep you waiting." She'd headed straight here, but this place thought in straight lines about as much as jump pilots or arms dealers did.

The real delay would be what might be waiting for them in the Sun Room, although they didn't have to get all the way across. "All quiet so far?"

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Fortunately for Rita, it wasn’t long before Taura approached. She dropped her arms as she promptly answered the question. “Yeah. I haven’t heard anything from inside. Not much going on in the hallways, either.” The only sounds were from patients gathering in the west part of the main hallway. No signs of monsters. Yet.

“… So let’s get moving before that changes.” It sounded like Landel was going to have some kind of trap in store for them. It wouldn’t do to get caught up in anything else before reaching that obstacle. Pushing one of the heavy doors open, Rita led the way into the Sun Room.

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[knightspirit]

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Getting around proved to be a bit tricky for him. At the beginning of the night it was easier than it had been, but right now, his rib still throbbed from when Korra bumped into him. He clenched his teeth, trying to walk as gingerly, yet inconspicuously as he could manage, not wanting to draw any attention to himself. Someone sharp enough might notice, but with any luck, he'd be fine as long as he managed to keep a straight face.

In the meantime, he scanned the halls as carefully as he could for anything that seemed out of place, but for the the time being it looked like they were in the clear.

[dispersive]

it was a lucky break for all three of them that Korra knew where the entrance to the basemen was... Sort of. It was a general direction, which was better than any information he had to offer. He was surprised, though, that the one civilian in their group decided to lead the way. Maybe he was just tired of standing around, but Luke was concerned by his initiative--Not that initiative was a bad thing, but it would get in the way if you couldn't back it up with proper training, which he knew about all to well.

Still, he kept his apprehension to himself as he followed along, keeping one hand poised on the hilt of his sword in case trouble decided to hit them out of nowhere as it seemed eager to do some nights.

[rebonding]

Korra nodded at Tsurugi's suggestion. Enough standing around. She marched forward with the other two, determined to actually get something done tonight.

She poked her head into the Sun Room as they made their way down the main hallway.

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