Night 74: Main Hallway, 1-Center

[redcladidealist]

[From here.]

He hadn't seen any sign of Kratos all day. Lloyd hadn't thought his father had looked that badly injured after his ordeal in that chamber, but how did he know Kratos hadn't downplayed his injuries? Maybe he didn't even know the full extent himself. After all, who would have experience with what it did to a person to have the air sucked out of the room?

Maybe I just didn't see him. The thought wasn't as reassuring as it could have been. He knew how much he'd been trying to keep an eye out for the man, telling himself it was just so he could share his theory about the cards. It was still possible he'd been distracted at a crucial moment when Kratos passed by, so he stubbornly continued to deny the leaden weight in his gut as he settled into place to wait. He wasn't worried. Kratos would come just as he always did. He'd probably laugh if he found out that Lloyd had been (not worried) just... just concerned.

Okay, maybe Kratos wouldn't laugh, but still. He didn't need to see anything but Lloyd standing and waiting. Totally nonchalant. He could totally pull that off.

...dammit, he hoped they didn't catch him fidgeting when Kratos or Castiel finally showed up.

[For Castiel and Kratos.]

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[freewill]

[From here.]

Seeing how Castiel was usually the first one to make it to the meeting spot, he was surprised to find Lloyd already there, in his usual outfit and carrying his new lantern by his waist. The extra light source would help, especially seeing how it kept Lloyd's hands free.

Castiel's, on the other hand, were not, though he lowered his flashlight as he approached.

"I brought the cards with me." All three of them had ended up in his box, seeing how he'd been the one to grab them right before night ended, but he pulled them out of his pocket (awkwardly, with the hand holding his flashlight) and then handed one to Lloyd.

They still weren't certain what they were used for, but they had to be important. Hopefully the answer would become clear as soon as they got back upstairs.

[firewhichrefines]

[[from here]]

They hadn't precisely agreed on a place to meet, but one way or another he would need to pass through here to find Aidou in any case, and vice versa. Sasuke lingered in the main hallway for a moment, sweeping the darkened hallway with a moment's worth of the Sharingan for any chakra he recognized.

If Aidou wasn't already here, he'd go find him for once.

[for Aidou]

[envy_the_sinners]

[From here]

Scar approached the Sun Room doors slowly and peered into the darkness. He turned his light to face away in an effort to avoid detection from whatever may be inside. There were no signs of a commotion, as there hadn't been last night, but anything could be lurking in the dark.

Especially now that there were so few of them left.

[fourstonewalls]

[from here]

The main hall had begun to fill up. Several groups had passed as she had waited, and here two more men were waiting -- enough light from her flashlight picked out one's eponymous feature, and the other she'd passed more times than she could count but had never actually spoken to.

"We haven't been ambushed for several nights." That that was no guarantee either of an attack or of safety went without saying.

[thecamellia]

_{[from here]}

There were no signs of trouble the closer they got, which was good for them. They still had the Sun Room itself to contend with, and if Tsubaki knew the Institute like she thought she did, the chances of something or someone dangerous setting up camp there for the night was high.

Maybe luck would be on their side and it would be quiet again tonight...

"So far, so good."

[lighthearted]

[From here.]

They were almost to the Sun Room, which meant that soon there wouldn't be the time for idle chatting. They'd have to be alert in case there was some kind of guard waiting for them.

So as they walked, Sora decided to ask the question that had been forming in his mind before it was too late. "Hey, Link... are you an elf? Do you work with Santa?"

Most of the elves he'd seen had been a lot shorter, but that didn't mean that there weren't other kinds of elves, right?