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tightsofmight ([personal profile] tightsofmight) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2011-04-01 06:33 am

Nightshift 55: Main Hallway, 1-West

[From here.]

All righty. First one here. Surprise surprise.

Peter took a thin breath and took up a post across from the hall, where he could watch both entrances for the gang. His arms crossed and he leaned against the wall. The whole thing was rather broody-looking, to be honest. Not the kind of chipper attitude you expected from a guy dressed like a cast member of Cirque du Soleil.

He was allowed to have bad moods. They happened. He hadn't started the night in one, but he'd tripped into it easily enough on his own. That sort of thing happened when your life sucked this much, okay. There was no sanctuary from the suckage. He sighed yet again. It'd be easier to perk up once somebody else showed up. Then he could push his mind away from all of this garbage and pound some small talk out of it.

Not to mention that waiting out here alone in the big hallway was twice as creepy as it was moving alone through the little ones. His flashlight swung back and forth. Please don't let anything be creeping on me in the dark. Please please please...

He was so not in the mood for whatever monstrosities were lying in wait for him. And knowing Landel's, they were.

[For the Platonic Family!! Y'all know who you are.]

[identity profile] kingdomless.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Kairi gave Sora an offended look, trying her hardest not to smile ... but ultimately failed. Grinning, she reached out and gently hit her friend on the arm, giggling. "I was just making sure! Maybe you changed your mind. Since there's always something new to do once the lights turn off."

At least, when some horrible kind of test wasn't going on.

Her face only dropped at the mention of Riku, but she quickly covered it up with a nod of her head and a small smile. "Yes, like Riku. We were all friends. Always have been, since we were little. They were my first friends on the island, actually." She turned towards Sora with a smile, remembering their meeting moment with fondness. "Ever since then we've all been inseparable," a pause. "... For the most part, I mean. But it doesn't matter, really."

Except she hated to be left alone. Sure, she acted like she didn't mind, but ... well. She wanted to help Sora and Riku with what they were doing. She was more than capable (she believed), and even if they didn't think so, they could teach her, right? They had been willing to teach her how to us her sword while in the institute ... so maybe they'd be willing to teach her once they got home, too.

At least Roxas changed the subject quickly. "The medical wing ... I was in it, but I don't remember what it was like," she said with a shrug. "It's apparently mostly locked, but ... who knows? It has to open sooner or later, right?"
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[personal profile] lighthearted 2011-04-06 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Having Riku brought up all of a sudden caused a stabbing pain to hit Sora right in the chest, but he let out a breath and brushed it off. They had only just recently realized that he was gone again, so it wasn't something he wanted to talk about with anyone other than Kairi. Not even Roxas, because... Well, Roxas didn't like Riku. It was thanks to a lot of unfortunate circumstances, but that was still the case.

Luckily, Kairi was able to be strong in that moment and explain how it all worked between the three of them. Her explanation was kind of sad in its own way, but Sora just gave her a small, rueful smile and nodded to show that he agreed with her description of it. Riku wasn't with them now, but he would be again someday. Maybe soon, maybe not for a long time, but they'd find each other. That, Sora knew.

And it was time to get going, so he was going to force himself to forget about his missing friend for the moment. "Right," he added in once Kairi had explained their reasoning. "Kairi was gone for a while -- I thought she'd been brainwashed, but it turned out she'd just been kept there for a few days. We know that chances are we won't be able to get in, but we wanted to check it out anyway. And it's not far."

If they were lucky, they might be able to break the lock or do whatever they needed to do to get in. There were three of them, after all, so Sora could hope. "But I'll show you the way!" It had been some time since he had gone this direction, but it wasn't like he was going to forget so easily. So after nodding and pumping his fist in the air, the boy headed toward the Sun Room.

[To here.]