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damned_institute2012-03-20 08:56 pm
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Nightshift 62: Main Hallway, 1-West
[from here]
Taura took up station midway between the two halls leading back into the dormitories. Alone with her thoughts; the hall was quiet. Too quiet. Dead quiet, a little voice hissed in the back of her mind.
This was no time to be getting superstitious. It was unavoidable, really, in a profession with so much risk involved in daily operations, that those who survived found things to credit. Beyond their own skill, because they'd all seen better men/women/herms when their luck ran out, and skill only improved your odds.
Her luck was holding, tonight. Was Rita and Goku's?
[Rita and Goku]
Taura took up station midway between the two halls leading back into the dormitories. Alone with her thoughts; the hall was quiet. Too quiet. Dead quiet, a little voice hissed in the back of her mind.
This was no time to be getting superstitious. It was unavoidable, really, in a profession with so much risk involved in daily operations, that those who survived found things to credit. Beyond their own skill, because they'd all seen better men/women/herms when their luck ran out, and skill only improved your odds.
Her luck was holding, tonight. Was Rita and Goku's?
[Rita and Goku]
Re: orz sorry for lateness ;A;
"I'm sure we'll think of something," she said, hoping to reassure him. Her smile was beginning to feel painful, but she stuck it out. Shiina had never had need to force smiles before this place, but she had always hung back after Shou had saved her that night in Roppongi. Now she was always going to be in the fray. She would have his back, whether Niikura wanted it that way or not.
Shiina was a little surprised Niikura offered to allow Badd to come with them. He must either trust Badd to not do something sketchy with her around, or he wanted to prove something to the older man. Shiina wasn't sure which, but she found herself growing curiouser over their relationship.
Her hand went to her mouth in surprise at hearing that Niikura had followed Badd before. Her gaze moved between the two males. "Did he really?" She gave Niikura a slight shove, pretending to look appalled at his behavior. Her smile became apologetic towards the other man. "I hope Shou-kun didn't make you nervous. He likes to put people on the spot..."
Yeah, she was definitely going to need to be clued in sometime in the future. There was something that had happened between these two, but Shiina couldn't put her finger on it.
AND THE LATEST ARRIVAL EVER IS HERE.
There was something else on Mike's mind. He really didn't like the sound of those announcements. He was pretty sure they didn't refer to him, 'cause he wasn't exactly the mass-murdering sort of turtle that went around, well, murdering people. And, over the years, he had gotten much better at using his head.
Sounds like things were going to go from bad to worse. This Institute really was trying to immitate home. Okay--so people generally didn't go all were-monster back home, but this place was becoming less and less civilian friendly. Once again, he wished Donatello were here. Maybe there would've been something they could do for them if he had been around. Right now? There was nothing.
... Huh. Seems like they had a third person for the moment. Mike hadn't been told about a third person joining them. Maybe they were just talking? The body language among the three spoke of them not really being friendly towards each other. Interesting. Whoever that guy was better not end up being a problem.
Either way, there was only one way to find out what was up.
"Yo!" Mike called, raising his hand; his bats were shoved in the back of his shirt, as usual; he jogged up to them before speaking again. "Sorry to keep you waitin'.
"So, who are you two--" he glanced pointedly at Niikura with a bit of a smirk. "--Talking to?"
HUZZAH
"H-hey, hey!" Niikura played as if he'd been caught in the act, stumbling back a step as Shiina mock-shoved him and waving his hands at her as if asking her to stop. "It wasn't like that! Geez, you're makin' me look bad here, Nagasawa." She did have him pegged, though, although, it was as if he liked making people nervous...okay, maybe a little.
And then, in the nick of time, Mike showed up. Niikura nearly sighed aloud in relief; he wasn't sure how much more he could've stood waiting. "Ya better be sorry," he told Mike with a grin and then punched him solidly in the arm. (Two...sheesh...he was still on that?) "We've been waitin' here for half the night already, y'know.
"Anyway, okay, quick introductions: Badd-san, Mike-san; Mike-san, Badd-san--he's volunteered to help us out tonight, by the way. Evens out the age disparity pretty nicely, huh? Thank me later." Yup, he was ready and pumped now. "Let's get goin'!"
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