Night 70: East Wing, Hall A

[knightspirit]

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Kyousuke made sure to check the hall over carefully, but... Even though they'd covered almost the entirety of the second floor, and a little of the first, if you included the Sun Room railing, there still wasn't a soul in sight. He was normally cool and collected by nature, and it was probably just a coincidence, but even he was starting to find the quiet a little unnerving.

"It's almost like we're the only ones in the building," he muttered to himself.

Mentally, he tried to make a note of the state of the doors as they passed them. From earlier, it looked like they couldn't open ones still in good shape, which he was still inwardly annoyed about. Locked or not, it shouldn't take so much effort just to get past one door.

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[knightspirit]

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The halls were still empty, although it wasn't as if Kyousuke checked very thoroughly; at this point, he was expecting it. He knew that was a dangerous mentality to fall into but it couldn't be helped. They'd been up here a while now.

Just slightly down the hall, the doors on either side were rusted over, and the boy paused, frowning at them.

"Think we should split up?" he asked. It would be quicker to check both and meet back outside, but it could also be more dangerous.

[redcladidealist]

They hadn't been in the file room for long. It didn't seem very likely that anything would have followed them into the hall that time. Lloyd still gave the hall a cursory search before turning to follow Tsurugi, but it was too easy to feel like they were probably safe for the moment. His eyes skimmed past the corners of the hall, and he didn't peer into the dark quite as hard as he could.

Even so, the dark was a little too ominous and oppressive to be entirely reckless just yet. Lloyd eyed the two doors for a moment, then glanced down the hall uneasily. Nothing, but that didn't mean they were completely safe, and who knew what was behind those doors?

But it would be faster, and they'd already wasted so much time...

"Let's see what's behind them first. We can split up if it looks like it's safe. You pick a door, I'll take the other."

[knightspirit]

Well, that worked for him. Kyousuke moved towards one of the door, quickly smashing the lock and nudging it open a little, so he could peer inside without completely opening it. As it turned out, it was an unneeded precaution; the room was so tiny and cluttered it was hard to see in if it he didn't open it all the way. He didn't even bother sweeping every corner with his flashlight, since it seemed too cramped for anything to be hiding in.

"Looks like it's for the janitors," he said, noting all of the cleaning supplies. There probably wouldn't be anything useful for them in there. "There's another door at the other side, but it'd be a pretty tight fit for both of us." Not to mention it was so filled with stuff that it almost seemed dangerous.

"How's yours?" he asked, turning back to Lloyd.

[redcladidealist]

In the time it took Tsurugi to break into the janitor's closet, Lloyd had done the same with the door on the opposite wall. The thought crossed his mind that he might have just as easily picked the lock, but the loss of one pick already tonight made him wary to risk any more. This way worked well enough anyway. He should save the picks for a lock that couldn't be broken through.

As he peered inside the room, not yet stepping foot into it, his flashlight cast long, strange shadows that made it all too easy for his imagination to think might hide more menacing things. He warily scanned the room. It wasn't that large. "More boxes in mine," he finally answered, once he was reasonably sure there was nothing lurking there. "And more cabinets. I think it's safe." He glanced back at the other boy. "But maybe we should keep the doors open, just in case." So that they could hear if the other yelled for help.

[knightspirit]

Keeping the doors open, huh... That was probably a good idea. Kyousuke was hardly expecting anything to show up at this point, but it would be dangerous for them to get too complacent.

"Okay," he agreed. "Yell if you need anything."

With that, he turned to make his way into the closet.

[ cruisin' here solo ]

[redcladidealist]

"You, too," Lloyd called after him, then turned to step into the other room.

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