damned_institute | Nightshift 22: M21

Xemnas' plan to get information from his roommate turned out to be a failure, as his roommate didn't even show up. Instead, he decided to gather information by investigating the room he was in. He had stumbled on various items which were quite out of place for an institute such as this. Journals and pens, he could understand. But a flashlight? Or a radio?

Xemnas suspected this institute wasn't as it seemed to be. It was rather unfortunate that none of his subordinates could explain the details before they were escorted back to their respective rooms. Xemnas had hoped he could receive information from his roommate, but that too had failed.

The Superior's suspicions were confirmed as soon as he heard the announcement over the intercom. The way this man spoke was quite enough to confirm anything. A complete contrast from the announcements during the day. Such a happy facade they held up, but for who?

He noted the hallway was completely shrouded in darkness. Surely, other doors must've been unlocked as well, but he didn't hear a sound. Not even footsteps. Just his own breathing.

Confirming there weren't any direct threats, Xemnas carefully stepped out in the hallway, closing the door quietly behind him.

[ Wondering off to here ]

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"It is," Renji told Valyn. "I don't know how, but everything just... changes."

Then someone ran into him. It wasn't a threatening sort of run in to; that was probably why he hadn't noticed it coming.

Renji reached out and grabbed the front of the shirt belonging to the guy that had just run into him. It was just to steady him; he let go a moment later.

Then he really looked at the guy, his eyes narrowing. "Another..." And he didn't recognize this guy. "Name, rank, division," he said, his words clipped, his tone demanding. But wait... his eyes narrowed just a little more, as he got that subtle difference he'd noticed with Hisoka. He could recognize it now. "No. Wait. You're like that other guy."

Valyn just simply adjusted things to fit his world view. His father changed the colors and shape of the main estate on a daily basis, so it wasn't that odd to him. Perhaps the man who ran this place did something of the same for the nights here.

When the other man ran into Renji, Valyn simply stared. He didn't understand any of what the red haired man said, after all.

At least the Citadel had cured him of any tendency to culture shock.

Tsuzuki was a little bewildered at the red-haired man's words as well, not to mention being grabbed by the shirt. He had thought for a moment that he was going to be hit, but then the taller man let go.

"Another?" he repeated, frowning. He didn't understand any of that, except for the whole 'name' part. He did have a division, but that wasn't something he was just supposed to hand out to normal people. "Um, I'm not sure what you mean, but my name's Asato Tsuzuki."

That name sounded familiar... ah, because it was. "Hisoka's partner," he said. Though he wasn't sure what Hisoka had been talking about. This guy didn't seem like that much of an idiot. "So you're in the same division as him." He didn't really want to say more, not with Valyn standing right there. "My name's Abarai Renji. Vice-Captain, Sixth Division." He hesitated for a moment. "Let's just say we may be from different places, but we have similar jobs."

...except yours sucks and mine doesn't.

Valyn simply cleared his throat, a polite reminder that he was there and very much in the dark as to the discussion.

"Valyn," he offered, as far as his name. He didn't bother with his titles and family name - he didn't need them here, and didn't particularly want them. He'd turned his back on being the Hernalth heir, after all. He was just plain Valyn now, nothing special or important. Certainly not a lord anymore, even though the mind mage from earlier had insisted on calling him one.

Tsuzuki wasn't sure what he expected this man to say next, but it certainly wasn't Hisoka's name. Or that he knew Tsuzuki was Hisoka's partner.

He immediately latched onto this bit of information, the rest kinda drowning itself out in his mind. He was about to assault Renji with questions when he heard Valyn clear his throat. "Oh, um, hi. It's nice to meet you. Sorry if I'm interrupting anything..."

And he really was. But he couldn't resist the questions that were plaguing his mind now. Looking back to Renji, he gave him an urgently pleading look. "You've seen Hisoka, right? Do you know where he is? If he's ok?"

"He's my roommate," Renji said. "Uh, yeah. There's a thing..." Before he could go further, the door to Nowe's room opened, just a little. Which was weird, and not like Nowe at all, which was very worrying. "Hold on a sec."

(Renji steps innocently into the pwnage that is to come)

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