Night 64: Main Hallway, 1-West

[dualistic]

[From here.]

Well, that had been painless, but the good time he'd made also meant that he was the first to arrive. Harvey leaned himself up against the wall, swinging his metal pipe around in his hand as he kept an eye out for Scott or Sangamon.

He had to admit, it was strange that their group had been cut down so considerably. He didn't even know if Depth Charge was still around, but it didn't matter to him too much either way, so he hadn't put much thought into it. He figured that one of the others would mention it when they showed up, if they even knew themselves.

While he waited, Harvey grabbed the bone bracelet out of his pocket and started to spin it around in his hand. The skeleton hadn't been too clear about how this worked, but there was an obvious answer about what to do with it, not that he was going to attempt anything until the others had shown up.

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[gald_digger]

[from here]

The main hallway... This was probably a good place to meet the others at. It was close to the patient blocks, but on the way to the Medical Wing.

Even though she knew it was wrong, Anise couldn't help wondering if she ought to just go by herself. It was her illness and her problem. But Guy had already offered to help, and she knew he'd want to make good on that offer, especially now that they had a concrete lead. Besides, the Head Doctor had to have heard that announcement too. Even if the tip was genuine, it was possible that he would set a trap or something to get in the way. It would be pretty pathetic if Anise got herself killed trying to save herself.

In the end, all she could do was wait. The girl fidgeted anxiously as she waited by the hall connecting to the men's blocks. Hopefully, there was still time... Some patients were going to turn tonight. She just had to pray she wasn't one of them.

[Guy and Claude!]

[thecamellia]

_{[from here]}

Once Tsubaki reached the more busy thoroughfare, she slowed a little, looking around her for familiar faces. No one matched Lingormr’s height, which wasn’t all that surprising given that the night had only just begun. He could have still been in his own cell block, or had even gotten ahead of her if he’d been moving more quickly.

Best just to reach the rendezvous point as fast as possible and wait there.

She kept her pace at a slow jog, on the chance that there was something in the dark she wasn’t sensing. Racing straight into danger was the worst thing she could possibly do so early in the game.

_{[to here]}

[unpriest]

[From here]

Seishin walked into the main hallway before long, his mind wandering so that he almost missed the few other people who were doubtlessly waiting for others. How many of them were headed for the medical wing, chasing down that glimmer of hope? Hadn't Landel-san mentioned some patients were going to change tonight?

The former priest had made no arrangements with others, but he paused nonetheless in his hesitation, his flashlight failing to illuminate the other side of the corridor.

(The Scarecrow)

[toxicspiderman]

[from here]

He wasn't fooling anyone. Pissing upwind at Basco and the rest of the bastards never got old. Putting on jeans that should have been drenched in his own blood, zombie guts, and hydrocarbon-based robot dinosaur blood did. Not the jeans themselves, but they'd become, by virtue of having pockets, his uniform for night work. At least they were a good pair. Beaten in by some town zombie-drone-joe-average, the leather brand-patch ripped off for corporate witness-protection.

Harvey was on time. S.T. flipped up two fingers, then a third, wobbling his hand. Two or three minutes, tops. Right back.

[to here (he'll be back)]

[requitedfate]

[from here]

Shiina was out of breath by the time she skidding into the same meeting place designated by Shou. Leaning over, clutching her arms around her middle, Shiina sought to catch her breath. It backfired. Instead of finding more air filling her lungs the tickling feeling at the back of her throat took hold, causing her to hack and cough between gasps.

Her baseball bat dropped to the ground with a metallic clamor. She barely managed to keep hold of her dim and dying flashlight.

Get a hold of yourself, Nagasawa! she berated herself, shakily reaching for the bat on the ground, only to be caught by another wave of spasming coughs. If she didn't know better, she would have thought she had inhaled a cloud of dust. Or maybe something worse.

[Niikura and Mike]

[ham_fisted]

[from here]

When he arrived at the main hall, his heart was racing and his fists were clenched so tight that his knuckles were white. He stopped suddenly when he heard a girl in the middle of a coughing fit nearby. Gumshoe swung the beam of his flashlight around to look for her. By the time he'd found her, someone had already raced over to help her.

His frown deepened and he turned the light toward the hall leading to the Medical Wing.

[Lust]

[madeinthehrl]

[from here]

Walking, at least, wasn't so bad yet. Running was out of the question; she had no desire for a repeat performance of last night. Placing one hand on the wall to steady herself for a moment, Soma blinked to clear her vision and kept her feet moving.

[brokensmolder]

[from here.]

Now that she wasn't healing him and rushing him from place to place, Eugene finally had enough time to glance over and see what Rapunzel was carrying. "Frying pan! Man, have I missed those. Brings back memories, you know? You with the frying pan, me tied to a chair with a possible concussion and the worst wet willy a guy could ask for...ah, the good old days." It really wasn't that long ago, was it? Just a few days. But if Rapunzel had been here for ten days--and, more importantly, if it really was winter instead of the height of summer--then maybe it was longer than he cared to think.

A glint of metal in the corner of his eye caught Eugene's attention. Rapunzel wasn't just carrying a frying pan. In her other hand, she held a thin, wicked-looking dagger, one that he recognized instantly. How could he not? "Is that...?" But he didn't even need to ask. This was the weapon that had killed him. Or very nearly killed him; he still wasn't sure how that worked.

He stopped suddenly and clutched his side as the memory sent a sharp jolt of phantom pain through the healed wound. He couldn't take his eyes away from that knife.

[oyaji]

[From here]

This time he actually spotted a few clusters of patients that lined the hallway. It was silly, but actually seeing some of them put him at ease because they weren't getting themselves into any trouble just standing and talking. That was perfectly normal civilian behavior.

"Okay, so--" His steps slowed slightly ti get a better look at his partner. "--Which door is it gonna be? Right or left?"

[idolism]

_{[from here]}

It didn’t take long to reach the main corridor, which made Aidou hope the rest of the way to the female block was equally as easy. It’d be just their misfortune to get stuck on a wild goose chase looking for Aigis while Landel amused himself by inflicting a new mind game on them.

In regards to Landel, was the silence so far a sign that he was more concerned with his test tube monsters and whatever was happening in the medical wing? If so, maybe they’d actually have an opportunity to get something done… Well, assuming the side quest Aidou had set them on didn’t eat up all of their time. From what the vampire could see, Aigis wasn’t amongst the few stragglers in the hallway, which just left the female block to check. If she wasn’t there, then he’d have to consider waiting until morning to hunt her down. Without a blood scent to follow, tracking her would be troublesome at best.

He had told her he would step if she was one of the ones who lost her humanity, but that required him to actually know where she was. He and Sasuke couldn’t run around searching all night. So far, though, things seemed quite quiet.

There was hope yet that they could find Aigis quickly and move on from there.

“Did you sleep through Landel’s message tonight?” he asked. “One of the radio people seems to have sent everybody on another scavenger hunt to the medical area. There’s a hint about curing the infection, supposedly.” Which, admittedly, had piqued the vampire's curiosity. Considering that the infection was something that affected all of the prisoners as a whole, any knowledge that Landel's enemies possessed was relevant to their interests.

[mirrorimage]

[From here.]

This hallway, Nina recognized. It was far more populated than it had been the night before, now that the institute's patients were all back, but even so she remembered it, and where it had led Murphy and her.

She was pretty sure she was almost to the meeting place now. Just a little way further.

[To here.]