Night 72: F-A Block Hallway

[envy_the_sinners]

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Scar finally came to a pause in the block hallway, flashing his light down the hall. It was oriented the same as the men's halls, as far as he could tell. Having no idea of where exactly he needed to go, he stood by the door and waited. How long could he allow himself to stand here before he lost any chance of finding the Elrics? He didn't know. The timing of nights was always variant. He could always post a notice for her in the morning, or even...

Scar glanced to his radio. An open message, perhaps? If she didn't show soon, that would be his best option.

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[a_sin_for_him]

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She had grown used to the nights, at least. The eeriness that came upon the place no longer unsettled her. As she approached the main women's hallway she swept her flashlight along the corridor. Someone else's light was ahead, and she squinted through the glare to determine if it was someone familiar are not.

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar lowered his light upon noticing another beam, squinting through the dark to see that it was Lust. That was it? Nothing had happened?

And though he found himself wondering why he had been so damn worked up over one day in the first place, he still found himself getting annoyed.

"Where have you been?" It was more of a demand than a question, as it so often was.

[a_sin_for_him]

"Gathering myself together."

She hadn't gotten that late of a start, had she? Or was Scar simply masking any paranoia the night brought by asking? It didn't really matter. She was glad, in her way, to see Scar. She'd lost him in this place, but he, at least, had been returned to her.

"Were you waiting for me, or someone else?"

[envy_the_sinners]

"I wasn't-" Scar clinched his teeth, glancing down the hallway as a distraction. That bizarre fading in his ears was threatening him again. And if he properly recounted the moments it had been at its worst, it had been when his anger had flared. He had no reason to be angry. It was second nature.

"I didn't see you throughout the day. I assumed something had happened." It sounded far more foolish when he actually vocalized it.

[a_sin_for_him]

"Oh." Lust shook her head. "No, nothing happened. Not to me, anyway, something always happens to someone." She sighed. So he'd been worried. She couldn't be irritated by that.

"Well, let's go. No sense in standing here and mumbling at one another." Whatever he had in mind, she'd simply follow.

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar frowned, looking as though he were going to say something before motioning his head vaguely toward the main hall and beginning to walk.

"Have you heard of the third floor? The boys and I located its entrance last night." And they had gotten some help from the information on the message board this morning.

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