Night 66: Main Hallway, 1-West

[dualistic]

[From here.]

That hadn't taken long. So much so that it looked like he was the first person to make it this far. Harvey took a moment to scan the hall with his flashlight, including near the stairs, but he didn't see (or hear) much of anything. It was the sort of thing that set him on edge.

Since he couldn't do much else, he leaned himself against the wall by the stairs and then grabbed for his gun, holding it near his side as he waited. Normally he didn't take the weapon out unless he planned to shoot it, but when there was a possibility that some transformed patient might come barreling down the halls in the next few seconds, he wanted to take precaution.

Hopefully Scott and Sangamon would haul ass over here before all hell started to break loose. If things got too hairy, Harvey was ready to make a run for it on his own. That was the logical thing to do.

[Waiting for S.T.]

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[monkeyboy]

"Yeah, we're goin' to the uhmm... the window place!" Goku announced beside Rita as he waddled past her in favor of Taura. He couldn't say no to a boost up, and the woman didn't have to do anything for him. The young boy simply wrapped his tail around her arm for support to help himself up like a helper monkey. High up was fun! Plus, it made sniffing easier now that he was off the ground floor of accumulated smells, like body order and farts and everything that made a distant smell all the more difficult to track. Yeah, this high up thing was pretty nice.

"You comin', Birdy." It was hard whether or not that vacant chub of a boy meant it as a question or not.

[overlimit]

The 'window place', where they could find a specific kind of leaf... "The greenhouse," Rita concluded. He could at least try to remember what it was called.

It wasn't too hard to connect the dots from there. Goku was sick, and they were searching for a plant seen in the Medical Wing. Taura was probably helping him get cured. "I guess I've got nothing better to do," Rita replied with a shrug. She didn't like the kid, but she didn't want him turning into a monster, either. Besides, figuring out something as important as the cure to the disease that afflicted so many patients was a productive use of time.

[ninelivesonce]

Rita's thoughts were mostly obvious; Taura refrained from mentioning that she hadn't specified merely because she wasn't quite sure she'd remembered what it was called, either. It wasn't exactly hydroponics when there was dirt involved, after all. Greenhouse was a pretty name, though -- the house wasn't green, but everything inside was. Much friendlier than 'ponics, at least.

She scooped Goku up, deposited him on her shoulders, where he continued to wiggle, and set off. They might not have much time, after all.

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