Nightshift 43: M11-20 Hallway

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Endrance was quiet as he gathered his things - flashlight, pipe, long chef's knife from the night before - and slipped out into the hallway. It felt a bit strange to be leaving without saying much to his roommate, but...what was there to say, really? He wasn't sure, and so saying nothing at all had probably been the best course of action.

As he closed the door behind him, he blinked. Had - had the walls just blinked for a moment? It reminded him of what had happened two nights ago, when the false-Kite had changed the entry room into Hulle Granz, and it put him on guard. Was he out again tonight, then?

[to hereeventually.]

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M20

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Kenshin's preparations for Nightshift had become so much a part of his day in his weeks at Landel's that it was almost ritualistic. He gathered his things, tied his sheathed sword to his hip, prepared mentally. He hoped that tonight, at least, they'd get something of a respite after the panic and general chaos of the night before. It would have been the polite thing to do. It wasn't like there was anything even remotely resembling human decency in this place, but that was why hope constantly sprang eternal, right?

At any rate, tonight was going to be...interesting. The group that Homura had assigned him was large, larger than normal at any rate, and he wasn't sure how he would be able to manage so many people. Groups that big tended to be a handicap during the nights, not an advantage. They were louder, moved more slowly, and he had no idea if every member could fight well enough that he wouldn't have to constantly worry about protecting them. Kaoru he knew he could count on, and Hattori Heiji, but the others?

Almost as an afterthought, the rurouni grabbed the kitchen knife he'd acquired the night before and wrapped it in a spare bit of cloth. He had a feeling someone might be needing it tonight.

[going here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/702746.html?thread=58091546#t58091546).]