Night 73: Main Hallway, 1-Center

[freewill]

[From here.]

It wasn't unusual for Castiel to make it to the meeting destination first, and so he didn't think much of it. Deciding to make the best of his time spent waiting, he moved toward the opening into the Sun Room and peered inside, even using his flashlight to illuminate at least part of the area.

But there was nothing out of the ordinary, which didn't answer much of anything, seeing how it always appeared that way whether there was a guard waiting in the wings or not.

Tempting as it was to step inside and scope out the situation, that could put them in the exact same position as they'd ended up in last night. And so Castiel shifted away from the open doors and leaned himself against the wall, casting a glance back down the hall. They shouldn't be much longer...

[For Kratos and Lloyd.]

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[a_sin_for_him]

"No, nothing." Lust shook her head. "I'm afraid most of those who shared information with me are...no longer among us."

Beyond these three here, and perhaps one or two others. It was miserable, how little they had to go on. And how few others there seemed to be, these days.

[envy_the_sinners]

He had suspected as much, but it had been worth asking. Lust had a point; it was obvious that there were fewer and fewer patients remaining. That Ryusei boy, X's friends... and now that he thought about it, he hadn't even seen Lingormr crawling about in a few days. Was Landel weeding them out as the pressure on him grew?

Why, then, were the four of them still here?

Scar was just about to cross into the Sun Room when the intercom chimed on. He scowled, looking up to the speaking installed in the hallway. What were the rebels trying to sabotage? The power limiter? Something else?

"What do we do now?" He had no doubt that they would count as rebels as well, and though part of him knew that there was nothing else to be done...

Charging into this blindly would end a disaster.

[armoredsoul]

Al looked up and grimaced, his fist clenching as they stopped short. "...we should keep going. We'll just have to be careful of anyone sneaking up on us."

Or anything, with those creatures that wander the night-time halls. But they couldn't just stop here with what was at stake; they had to take Landel down and get home, stop all of this from ever happening to anyone again.

[fullmetalheart]

Ed also looked up. "Maybe they're messing with the stuff for experimenting on people."

He really, really hoped so. While what was done to him was fuzzy, it was still enough for nightmare material.

[a_sin_for_him]

"We can't be certain of anything." Lust shook her head. "Alphonse is right. We keep going and exercise more caution than normal, there's nothing else we can do."

Perhaps, if nothing else, any distractions that occurred elsewhere would make their progress easier.

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar was silent for a moment, eyeing the group before peering into the Sun Room.

"Keep close, then. And watch one another's backs." Both givens, he knew, but he felt he needed to say it anyway. He briefly considered bringing up the idea of turning off their lights like he and Lust had last night, but... how well could it work for a group of four? They would be relying entirely on Lust's eyes, and floundering around in the dark in some foolish chain would only leave them vulnerable.

He slipped silently into the Sun Room.

[To here]