By this point, usually Lightning would have turned off her lighting device already. Right now, though? She knew that she just really couldn't afford it, at the cost of potentially missing something in the darkness. She definitely wasn't a cat or anything, and the powers afforded to a l'Cie didn't include anything quite as useful for a time like this, even if she had been at full strength.
Of course, the act of carrying the light around also made her more visible to others as well... and she knew already that it was entirely possible that Hope may try to actively avoid her if he was the one to spot her first...
But damn it, what was she supposed to do?!
There were a few people waiting around like usual, but even the brief reminder of her two nights with Gambit when she saw where she'd first met him wasn't enough to distract her from her task at hand. Her mind was entirely on her current predicament as she lingered in the hall, shining her light on the others as she very slowly made her way towards the building's center-point.
She counted out the stairs as a possibility very quickly. The darkness was certainly thick enough to make someone think that they were underground or something, but she also assumed that Hope had come in through the front door earlier and would know that wasn't the case. She also knew he probably wasn't likely to adventure needlessly...
... Unless there was someone else with him?
No, no, she couldn't succumb to what-ifs. Stepping forward more quickly, she continued further into the hall.
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By this point, usually Lightning would have turned off her lighting device already. Right now, though? She knew that she just really couldn't afford it, at the cost of potentially missing something in the darkness. She definitely wasn't a cat or anything, and the powers afforded to a l'Cie didn't include anything quite as useful for a time like this, even if she had been at full strength.
Of course, the act of carrying the light around also made her more visible to others as well... and she knew already that it was entirely possible that Hope may try to actively avoid her if he was the one to spot her first...
But damn it, what was she supposed to do?!
There were a few people waiting around like usual, but even the brief reminder of her two nights with Gambit when she saw where she'd first met him wasn't enough to distract her from her task at hand. Her mind was entirely on her current predicament as she lingered in the hall, shining her light on the others as she very slowly made her way towards the building's center-point.
She counted out the stairs as a possibility very quickly. The darkness was certainly thick enough to make someone think that they were underground or something, but she also assumed that Hope had come in through the front door earlier and would know that wasn't the case. She also knew he probably wasn't likely to adventure needlessly...
... Unless there was someone else with him?
No, no, she couldn't succumb to what-ifs. Stepping forward more quickly, she continued further into the hall.
[ To here. ]