Nightshift 33: Greenhouse Yard

[diamondstorm]

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With the door shut and Toph safe for the moment, Renamon allowed herself to think again. Her body would be feeling the pain soon, as soon as she calmed down, and she needed to search the outside before it set in. She didn't see anything, but she was learning that meant nothing. And then she realized she didn't need her flashlight.

Renamon stepped further out into the night. She was instantly more relaxed. Outside in the night? She was in her natural element. She wasn't confined in a dark place with walls that felt like death. She was outside, at night, when she was the most powerful. Well, when she was a Digimon.

At that second the pain decided to set in, and she breathed in sharply. That was it. She wouldn't wear the sweatshirt anymore, not if it got caught on things and got her hurt like this. She gently peeled it off, then examined what she could of her wound. It was long and diagonal, nearly the length of her upper arm, and seemed deep. She couldn't see the bone, but it was bleeding freely. An inch, maybe. She wasn't good at determining things like this. She balled up the sweatshirt and held it to the wound tightly.

Once all that was completed, then she looked around more thoroughly.

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[neutral-jing.livejournal.com]

What had occurred was no more than a mystery to Toph. She felt weight on her chest, movement, and finally, cold air and dirt beneath her knees. It took perhaps a minute or so to fully comprehend what had occurred, but when she did, the earthbender merely stood up.

The relative stillness beneath her indicated they were safe, at least from that clicking bug. Their adversary had been resilient to Renamon's attack, but it was Toph's lack of, well, anything that bothered the girl. Controlling the earth had been so ingrained; Toph felt strange without it. Sure, she had gone in this fashion several times in her misadventures with the Avatar, but this was the first instance there was no explanation.

Aside from the institute, of course.

Toph let out an annoyed breath. "Guess those guys were right about giant bugs," she muttered angrily before realizing the previous silence held more than what was considered natural. "Oh, hey. You okay?"

[diamondstorm]

[back from here]

Toph had a point, and Renamon had been thinking the same thing. She wasn't happy leaving it roaming the corridors, but even with their makeshift weapons, there wasn't a high chance of success. And though it had slowed, her shoulder was still lightly bleeding.

She breathed in, enjoying the night air, when their solution appeared in her eyesight. How simple. "There's another door to leave from."

[never-learns.livejournal.com]

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Yohji slipped out into the greenhouse yard, pausing to listen for anything that might be moving before flicking on his flashlight and taking a better look around. It seemed empty for now at least. He waied for Omi to slip up beside him and hen headed across the courtyard quickly, sticking to the walls as much as he could.

He reached the wall and turned back to face Omi. "What do you think? Can we get over it?"

[whiteychan.livejournal.com]

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Hitsugaya stepped outside and circled the greenhouse so that his back was to the greenhouse and he was facing the wall. There was a spot on the wall that looked scalable for someone his size, but first a quick survey of the area was in order. "I'll go first," Hitsugaya said. "Then help you up. Meanwhile you keep a lookout for anything coming and alert me immediately if something so much as rustles nearby." He carefully wrapped his sword back into its impromptu sheath and tied it to his back, then handed his flashlight to Artemis. His heart raced wildly. Would they actually be able to pull it off? To get out of landel's against the doctor's wishes?

He put his hands against the wall, found a crack wide enough for him to get a grip, and began to pull and push his way up the surface.

[broken-exorcist.livejournal.com]

[[from here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/404856.html?thread=32827768#t32827768)]]

There was a little bit of moonlight, much easier to see by than the dark interior of the institute. Though he'd played the game enough times in the past, Allen didn't want either of them to get wise to the fact that he was a cheat. He continued to play the part of the innocent rookie. "You w-want us to play what?" he asked, feigning surprise.

"That... that seems terribly inappropriate..." he added innocently. And if there was just a tiny hint of darkness in the way he smiled as he shuffled the cards... well, he hadn't perfected his poker face just yet.

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

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The hall wasn't too long, and when they reached the end, Kagura hesitantly pushed the door open. She checked the skies first, looking for any of those nasty bugs from the last time she'd been outside with Bridget, but there was no sign of them.

She breathed a sigh of relief and stepped outside.