Nightshift 22: M21 - M30 Hallway

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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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"Not for me." Tamaki shook his head. "I'm not strong or smart or fast. I'm not a warrior or a scholar. I'm... I'm just me." And there was a sudden, sinking sensation that he was nothing and never would be anything.

"You're the strongest person I know, Adel. And the bravest, I think. And if you can't get out of here, then no one can." He shook his head, emphatically. He just felt miserable, in ways he couldn't describe. He'd never felt like this before, and he felt like he'd never feel anything but this ever again.

"Please, I just want to rest, Adel. I'm tired and I don't feel well, inside. It's like... it's like my soul is sick. And I want... I want to remember this, I think. You being so nice to me. I'm just going to sit down, and you can go on and do whatever you're heading off to do. Don't worry about me."

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A shake of his head at that, and yet Adelheid said nothing in response to all of that. He wasn't the strongest, he wasn't the smartest, nor was he brave more than the simple foolhardiness of youth.

More than that, though; it pained him to think that his kindness was so rare that someone wanted to remember it. But, with his profession, that was what he would have to expect; kindness could do nothing, it was only strength that mattered. This was only reinforcing his view; he would have to get stronger, to become a conduit for ever greater levels of power, for the sake of all of the people he wished to protect.

All Adelheid said, in the end, was, "This way." And then he shepherded Tamaki into the nearest room, not really caring who it belonged to, so long as it was relatively empty and he could protect Tamaki from monsters.

((Limping off to here. (http://community.livejournal.com/landels_damned/76781.html) ))