Night 70: Main Hallway, 1-West

[freewill]

[From here.]

And here he was.

Castiel had made it to the meeting spot without any complications, which also meant that he was the first to arrive. Not only out of him and Kratos, but out of the entire patient body. There wasn't another soul here, and Castiel wasn't even in a position where he could sense if others were close or not. With no other recourse, he leaned against the north wall and pulled his new radio out of his trenchcoat with his free hand.

He glanced down at the three numbers printed at the bottom -- 77.7. It caused him to twist his mouth, because he knew the meaning behind it, at least from a human's perspective. It had to be a coincidence -- there was no other logical explanation for it -- and yet he still had to wonder.

He turned it on, but there was still only static. Castiel imagined that the radio wouldn't be of much use unless he had someone else's number to switch it to.

[For Kratos.]

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[freewill]

Castiel glanced up when he heard his name. He took in the clothing that Kratos was wearing, but beyond looking it over, didn't comment on it. He'd received his own clothing -- or Jimmy's, rather -- so it didn't seem out of the ordinary for another patient to have been given the same treatment.

As he'd expected, they would be going at this alone tonight. Both of them were armed and he imagined they had more than enough experience when combined, so he was going to hold on to the hope that they could make it past whatever obstacles stood before them.

When the radio was mentioned, he looked down at it and shook his head. "I would need the number on someone else's radio to be able to hear anything, from what I understand." And seeing how he hadn't asked for Orihara's, the only other person who he could test it with was Kratos himself, who was standing right in front of him.

Castiel placed the radio back in his pocket. "We should go."

[forsworn]

"Mm." Castiel's observation reminded him that he had Ishida's number if he wanted to test the radios later. It was probably a good idea to get Castiel's number as well, just so he could increase the number of people he could contact.

Kratos nodded as Castiel put his radio away. "Right." Time was of the essence: if they wanted to get anywhere tonight, they needed to move quickly.

[to here]