Night 54: East Wing, Hall A [2nd Floor]

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[From here.]

So far, it seemed they were the only ones on that side of the main hall. Edgar wasn't about to complain- after all, that meant the storerooms would still be full, the wares there not yet picked clean by other resourceful patients. He shook his light as the beam wavered again, shining it down the corridor and into the corners. The doors to the storage closets were in sight now, and they were an encouraging sight indeed.

Aside from darkness, silence filled the hallway. Edgar decided to try his hand at conversation, now that they were away from the rest of the patients. He knelt beside the left door first, inspecting the lock- as with other nights, it was as though it had never been broken. Aligning the handle of his flashlight just below the lock, he prepared to break it.

"In regard to what he was saying just now..." The first hit made a crack, but the door didn't budge. "Were you in the Sun Room just before dinner?" There was another crack from the second hit, and the door creaked open. Edgar stood, rubbing the side of his hand, allowing Ryuuzaki passage into the room.

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[human-sponge.livejournal.com]

It looked like he'd made the right choice in heading out with Ritsuka tonight, since the kid seemed to know where he was going even if he wasn't as ready for a fight. Granted, Peter didn't think that someone so young should know even the smallest thing about fighting, but Albedo had already proved that that was a naive view.

He followed after the pair, noticing the closeness between them that was lingering. It almost felt like the two boys were having a quiet conversation due to the fact that Ritsuka could barely hear what they were saying.

But that wasn't his concern, and more than that, they had a few options to choose from. Peter also noticed how one of the doors looked like it had been broken into already, but he wasn't going to jump to any conclusions. "Do you have any idea, Ritsuka?" he asked the boy, making sure to look straight at him so that he realized he was asking a question. He was willing to try them one-by-one if need be, but there was no harm in checking first.

[forgot-it-all.livejournal.com]

When he saw there was nothing in this hallway to indicate danger, Ritsuka let some of the tension in his shoulders relax. Not all, because he knew that things tended to drop down from above or some screaming down the hallway like they just materialized out of thin air, but some. There were several doors on the right and Ritsuka had to think hard on which one it was. The first had been unlocked and if he recalled, nothing much to look at. There was one door open though and the handle was broken so maybe...?

Albedo leaned toward him and Ritsuka turned his head in his friend's direction. The worry was evident on his face and Ritsuka lowered his hand, shaking his head. "I'm okay. Don't worry."

He was used to more pain than this and it wasn't the loss of hearing or the lingering ache in his bones that was causing him trouble. It was the smell of Peter's burn and how it clung to the air now. Ritsuka wasn't sure if the others could even sense it anymore, but he couldn't get it out of his head. Peter was looking at him now and he realized that he needed to make a decision about what door it was as the older man asked him for further directions.

"....That one, I think," he said, pointing to the already opened door. If not that one then the one next to it. He remembered that it was around this area at the very least and that open door seemed the most likely. Moving forward, Ritsuka approached it and peeked inside.

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