Night 68: Main Hallway, 1-West

[his_legacy]

[From here]

And there he was. Link stood near the wall, idly tapping the toe of his boot against the ground as he waited for Soma and the others she had recruited. He doubted they would take long. Soma seemed like a competent young woman. Hopefully that meant that she would have found strong allies to take with them.

He stood with his flashlight, along with the katana she had allowed him to borrow. Link was in his tunic from home, as he always was at night.

[For Soma and the Green Team!]

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"Ryuuzaki!" Nina said, perking up a bit when she saw him coming towatds her. One down, two to go!

"No trouble," she added, confirming it with a small smile. "What about you?" She hoped the trek had been as easy for him as it had been for her.

Edgar appeared shortly thereafter, making Nina perk up happily a second time. His wounds always tugged at her heartstrings, but she understood why he would want to keep coming out even with them. Helplessness was such a terrible feeling.

"Not long," Nina told Edgar. "We both just got here! Isn't that right, Ryuuzaki?" She glanced at Ryuuzaki, then back at Edgar.

To Edgar's second question, she glanced at Ryuuzaki again, this time for confirmation.

[ryuuzaki]

L shook his head in response to Nina's question, a closed, private gesture, No, no trouble, -- then returned Edgar's greeting with a more open nod.

Edgar looked better than he had, but he was probably the most physically powerful of them on a good day, and L doubted his present capabilities in a fight. That limited their potential destinations.

"Yes, we just got here. I'm really not sure whether or not Lana is coming. The incident last night makes me a little bit concerned for her safety... however, I'm not sure she got the message I left for her earlier. I told her that I was able to get a cure from the greenhouse for her, but she never responded.

"Whether or not she makes it, it might be a good idea to visit the X-Ray Room to determine whether or not St. John's Wort really destroys the implant. That's what was suggested to us, but...."

He shrugged. The source of his cure had been too weird for him to simply take it at face value; he wanted to see whether or not it was likely that Landel would be able to turn the illness on and off at will.

"It's not far from here, and if we're lucky, it won't be too difficult to get there. I suppose we can wait for a while. Nina, you didn't see anything unusual in the women's hall...?"

[girlsandgadgets]

Edgar nodded in agreement with Ryuuzaki's plan, deciding he did want confirmation on whether or not the rumored cure could actually be trusted, even if it was too late for Locke. If Ryuuzaki's condition was cured, then it was only a matter of time before his hands healed and they could make progress again. While he disliked feeling so idle, Edgar knew there was really only so much they could do, especially with his own injuries hindering him in nearly every way. With neither spells nor potions to mend his wounds, he'd have to let them heal on their own, working around them, as there was no time to simply sit and wait to recover.

He glanced over his shoulder toward the far end of the hall as he waited for Nina and Ryuuzaki to finish, keeping a cautious eye on the surrounding darkness.

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Nina reached up and ran a hand nimbly through her hair, tucking a portion of it behind her ear. Then she shook her head. "No, nothing that unusual," she said, sounding just the tiniest bit deflated. Unusual could be a good thing - no monsters - but it also meant no clues, nothing worth investigating.

Several minutes passed before Nina began to grow restless.

"Wherever we're going, I think we should start going there now." She fidgeted. She knew Lana was still coming, and she felt guilty at the idea that the other woman would show up to an empty hallway. But Nina was willing to abandon Lana for the sake of making progress; she only hoped Lana would forgive her. "We can't wait any longer. I want to get somewhere tonight."