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Nightshift 39: M91-M100 Hallway

"Of all the accursed...why did they have to place his quarters at such a distance from mine!"

Starscream continued to look over his map angrily; shining his artificial light upon the paper clipped into the cover of his notebook, he once again traced the two possible routes needed to get to Lockdown's room. "One is far longer...but potentially safer," he groaned, sliding his finger down the halls, across the large entry way, and back up to his destination. "The other...it takes me to the "soccer/recreational field". That's where that 'meta-bitch' 'Richard' mentioned was, the one who could made extreme cold. On the other hand, it IS shorter..." Closing the book with a sigh, he weighed his options carefully.

Laziness won out.

"As long as I am careful...I might avoid confrontation tonight," he reasoned. Clutching his book, a few pens, and the flashlight tightly, he made his way down to the M-C Block hallway.

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"R-Right..." Miku said softly and attempted to draw the warm feeling into her. It was frustrating, as though it were trying to ignore her and not help at all. Miku pulled herself back for a moment and tried again, and again. Finally, she felt a shift and tug inside, as though someone had turned on a tap in her brain, and then the warmth slowly started to flow down through.

It seemed to have been such a short time, but Miku was sure it had taken a while. She laughed a little, felt her control waver, and straightened up again. "It's a nice feeling..." she said after a long silence.

This was where it started to become potentially dangerous, so Subaru focused all the power he could access here on watching what Miku was doing--he was just barely able to see her power flowing and coalescing if he did nothing else with his own abilities. Not useful for going out at night, but good to know for cases like this. "It is a nice feeling. That's where some people go astray--they become so attached to the feeling that they use the power recklessly, just to feel it."

"I'll be careful," Miku replied softly. She had seen first hand what power did to corrupt a person, after all, and her stomach twisted in memory. "I like the feeling I get from..." she trailed off while her face heated up; the feeling of power drained away and the cherry tree faded. "N-nevermind."

Talking about silly things like feelings were still taboo, it seemed. "I seem to have lost the connection... shall I try again? Was it... did I do alright?"

Subaru smiled reassuringly, actually glad that the topic had been enough to cause Miku to lose hold of her power, at least for now--it was good to be a bit afraid, and good too that she was willing to try again. A very nice balance, that. "Not just yet. I'd like to talk to you a bit about how you've been able to use your abilities in the past. Even if it wasn't done consciously, it's important to know what works for you."

Miku tilted her head to the side, "Well, before, I had help from my mother's camera. But... even before that, I could push them away... I can still sort of do that here, but..." Miku trailed off and lifted her arms wrapped with bandages. "It doesn't always work exactly the way it used to."

"Beyond that, I could see events in objects, and it helped me... when I was searching for someone," she added and felt her heart twist sourly in memory of Mafuyu.

Subaru made a little "a-ha" sort of noise and nodded to himself, very carefully so as not to jar his injuries. "Psychometry. Sensing things through physical contact with objects is called psychometry. It seems as though working through physical objects is the best technique for you."

"Is it?" she asked curiously. There had never been a name for her 'sixth sense' before, but... it was kind of relieving to have a name to put on it, and Miku appreciated it. What Miku didn't understand was exactly how she was supposed to work through a physical object.

"Does that mean I need to find another camera like the one my mother had?" she asked and shifted carefully, hoping her feet weren't actually as asleep as they felt. "That will be difficult; even getting the cameras I have now came at a high cost..." One higher than another, for certain. How was she supposed to find another Camera Obscura?

Subaru shook his head, again being careful of his wounds, and clarified for Hinasaki-san, "Oh, no. Nothing like that. In fact, having ordinary cameras is probably excellent--you're familiar with cameras, and I hope comfortable with them? In time, you should be able to use your power alone to make ordinary cameras function like your mother's. Moreso away from here, but even here a little should be possible."

Well, now, that would be very helpful. The camera might not be exactly what she was used to (would it have to have those kanji around the lens again? She couldn't remember all of them so well anymore), but if it helped them even a little against the ghosts that kept cropping up, then Miku would be satisfied.

"Hmm... I think... I'd like that," she said quietly. Who knew what it would take out of her, though, that was the scary part. It was scary seeing things she couldn't share properly with Sousuke or Ritsuka. She wasn't even sure if Subaru would see the same thing. Miku ducked her head to yawn a little. "How would I accomplish that? Being a medium between the tree and the camera? Like a... a circuit?"

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