Night 71: Main Hallway, 1-Center

[ninelivesonce]

[from here]

The main corridor was dark, and no sounds came from the sun room, even when Taura pressed an ear to the doors. That didn't mean much, but it gave her something to do while she waited. Then she switched to jogging back and forth along the length of it. Staying in one place had proved more dangerous than making a visible target of herself; she didn't like waiting.

[Rita]

Comments

[dividedby]

...Typical confidence from Sechs, and a neutral, expected response from Aigis. Right. No concern about Aigis, then; she seemed just fine and ready for this. Zero didn't know the extent of her combat skill, but he did recall her mentioning that she was built specifically to be a weapon. Guess he'd see her skill in action shortly. It would waste precious time to try to ask about it now.

As for Sechs...Zero decided he was going to keep an eye on him. He was also going to assume (for now) that Sechs was fine enough to undertake the mission - unless he was simply trying to hide something more serious, in which case...yes, keeping an eye on him. But Zero was not going to draw attention to his concern unless he was given more of a reason to. It might not be serious, and Sechs didn't seem to want any such attention anyway.

Otherwise, it was all agreed, then, that no time should be wasted if they wanted to make the most of their progress here this evening. "Ready," he responded, then turned to the nearby Sun Room doors. He could lead for now if necessary, but in not too long, he'd need to step back...his companions knew the way better than he did.

[To here.]