damned_institute | Night 29: Main Hallway 2-East

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Night 29: Main Hallway 2-East

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William continued on out of the stairwell before looking around the area that they had passed through several nights before. Nothing had changed, it appeared, though that meant little in this place. William grinned and glanced over his shoulder at Wesker as he began walking.

"I am curious," he started, careful to keep his voice lowered. "Just how long do you think it would take for a man's will to break if an outside influence constantly causes his hopes to rise and fall?"

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"SOUSUKE! SOUSUKE! IT'S ME!" The Amazon continued to cry, waving his good arm and flailing about. Why wouldn't the other man turn around? If he did, he would surely see him.

And then, suddenly, he was gone. Mousse ran through the landing of the stairs, glancing about furvorously. "Where did he go? Where did he go?"

No sign. Surely a monster hadn't gotten him so quickly. He was only out of his sight for a moment! This was terrible. "Sousuke? SOUSUKE?!"

Oh, this was really bad--worse than being followed by him. He was screaming and carrying on! It would call the attention of someone or something that would find them an attractive target.

The sergeant moved behind Mousse in an instant and caught him in a vice grip, hand over the man's mouth. "Shut up!" He hissed. "You want something to attack us because of your shouting?!"

Mousse very nearly retaliated when Sousuke jumped him. To suddenly be jumped in a dark hallway when the friend you were chasing has just gone missing meant only trouble and Mousse had had enough trouble in his stay at Landels already. However, the sound of Sousuke's voice stilled his desire to strike out. So Sousuke was ok! "Shhhshke!" He beamed.

But if the man was paranoid about being heard, perhaps it was for good reason. Maybe he had noticed a monster Mousse had failed to see and was now doing him a favor by clamping a hand over his mouth. He'd have to be quiet and see what Sousuke proposed they do.

"I'm going to let you go, but keep your voice down. Something could hear you and attack," Sousuke relaxed his grip on Mousse and stepped around to face him. Well, it looked like they were stuck together... so much for his grand, solo mission.

"Why were you following me so intently?" He asked, frowning slightly.

The Amazon blinked. "I wanted to say hello and perhaps travel with you tonight? I was going to ask my room mate, but the staff needed him for something." Very matter the face and no nonsense.

"Is that a problem?" It hadn't occurred to Mousse that Sousuke might want to travel alone.

Sousuke's eyes widened, "The staff needed him for something," He repeated, incredulous. "Mousse, your roommate has been taken to be experimented on."

And he did nothing?! Sousuke fought back the urge to slap his palm to his forehead. This man really was so...!

It would be against his character to let someone wander around by themselves to be picked off by monsters. So he would have to endure the nearsighted man's tendencies to talk about soap products yet again...

"No... not a problem," He replied. "I'm breaking into the staff kitchen tonight to obtain weapons, then heading to the pharmacy for medical supplies. Is this course of action satisfactory to you?"

Part of him hoped he would say contrary.

Experimented? "What?" The Amazon's eye twitched slightly. He had been completely oblivious to that course of action. "E-Experimented?"

Silence.

"AH! AND I DID NOTHING?!" He grabbed his hair with his good hand. "I CAN'T LET MALIK BE EXPERIMENTED ON! WHAT SORT OF A ROOM MATE WOULD I BE?!" He put a hand on Sousuke's shoulder. "You can't go there. You have to come with me. We have to get Malik back! AH! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO BLIND?!"

"SHUT UP!" Sousuke covered Mousse's mouth again, teeth grit. "Shut up or I'll knock you out right here!"

The sergeant sighed, collecting himself again. "Listen, there are people who are going to rescue those taken for experimentation. Your roommate will be in capable hands. The last thing the rescue team needs is an amateur getting in the way."

Not exactly nice. Sousuke didn't know the meaning of nice, though, especially when it came to missions. He told it like it was.

"Now come with me and we'll get something that will be useful in battle. I'm currently unarmed save for this wooden pole, so rushing into a rescue operation would be both risky and incredibly stupid. I will not blindly sacrifice myself when there is more to be carried out."

Chidori...

"Follow me," He turned to walk down the nearest hallway. "That is not a request."

Mousse didn't immediately follow. He stood there and let him walk a few steps before calling out to him. "Would you like a pipe?" He produced the one he had retrieved with the man two nights earlier. "Or a pen? Or some soap?"

Really, if he needed a weapon, Mousse could spare something. It was easy enough to turn something else into a makeshift weapon if he had to. And if it would ease the tension some, Mousse would happily offer it up.

Sousuke looked around, "A pipe would be--"

Wait, where the hell did he produce that from?! Sousuke stared for a minute. "...useful..." Perhaps there was more to Mousse than was immediately apparent.

The sergeant walked back to Mousse. "I was slightly harsh on you. Apologies."

Mousse shrugged. "That wasn't harsh. Harsh would be how Shampoo continues to spurn my love." He sighed and kept the rest of his thoughts to himself, sparing Sousuke for the moment. He offered him the pipe and smiled slightly.

"Is there anything else I might be able get for you before we go?"

Shampoo... more codenames. Ugh, Sousuke didn't have time to argue. He accepted the pipe with a nod and turned to move.

"This will do for now, but I would like to acquire some knives. I believe the kitchen is this way."

Sousuke turned, but stopped when he noticed a girl trying to get into a door. Was she... talking to the lock? The sergeant turned back to Mousse and jerked his head towards the girl, moving towards her with his flashlight on.

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