Night 64: West Wing, South Hall 1-A

[dualistic]

[From here.]

Still no one. Harvey imagined that before long these areas were going to be flooded with sick people who were going to follow that clue, so he was glad that he'd beaten them to the punch. It wasn't that he thought it was contagious anymore -- by this point, they would have known -- but he didn't need to be surrounded by a bunch of miserable, sniffling people, either.

Relieved that he'd dodged that bullet, at least so far, Harvey reached the end of the hall and took a right toward their regular meeting spot.

[To here.]

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[forsworn]

[from here]

Now that they had gotten some momentum by actually leaving their starting point, it was time for introductions.

"Castiel, this is Rapunzel and--Flynn." Kratos caught himself just in time. Although he knew the man's true name, he'd noticed that Eugene preferred to use "Flynn" on the board, and presumably with other people who were not his golden girl. In fact, the only reason he knew about the name "Eugene" was because Rapunzel had let it slip while they were battling their way down the road last night; if they'd bothered to introduce themselves earlier, the story might have been otherwise.

Personally, he didn't see anything wrong with "Eugene", but the man deserved his privacy.

[hairraising]

So they were all on the same page and ready to go — all the better. On the off chance very very likely chance that there was something nasty waiting between them and the cure, she was glad they were a group of four instead of just two. Three of them had been enough to take out a giant bird with no weapons the other night. She didn't know how much of a fighter Castiel was, but he couldn't be worse than she was, and if she could handle herself in a fight, then she was sure Castiel would be a great help too.

"Nice to meet you, Castiel. Sorry for kind of just rushing past the introductions before," she said with a faint laugh while re-looping her hair around the crook of her arm. "I just wanted to get moving as fast as we could. I have a few friends who are sick, so..."

She ran her teeth along the inside of her lip. "Yeah, sorry about that."

[brokensmolder]

Eugene hadn't actually expected to be introduced as "Flynn," not by the one (other) person in this whole place who actually knew his real name. Behind Rapunzel's back, he gave Kratos a little nod, just enough to acknowledge what was said and to convey his gratitude.

He knew that Rapunzel didn't like it any. He'd really turned a corner by willingly going by Eugene and the whole planning-to-give-up-his-life-of-crime-for-her thing, but at the same time, he needed something to hold onto here...at least for a little while longer. The Tales of Flynnigan Rider was still his security blanket, even after all these years.

"Flynn" spared a nod for Castiel, too. "Hey."

The hallway was dark, but not so dark that he couldn't see they were coming to the end of it. Following the rest of the group, he stepped out in to the main hall.