Night 50: Main Hallway, 1-West

[heroesdontshave]

[from here]

It looked like the hallway opened up over here. Guess he couldn't expect to just run around and follow a linear corridor forever, but now he had to figure out which way he wanted to go. Normally, he'd just run down whatever hallway he happened to lay eye on first, but again, he was running a liiittle blind here.

He still wasn't seeing any people anywhere. Maybe everyone was hiding. If everyone knew the staff turned into monsters and tried to eat them, then it'd make sense that they'd try to keep low. Thankfully, he'd be taking care of whatever was wandering around this place, so they wouldn't have to stay hiding for long. Once that was done, they could blast their way out of there and he could find his way back to the others. Couldn't keep everyone waiting on account of him, right?

[running across Rita, The Trickster, and hopefully, a freaking flashlight]

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[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

Recluse only just managed to keep the vaguely malevolent smile on his face from turning into a self-satisfied smirk, nodding to the two. "Excellent. Then I will join you." One could always use more minions, however temporary and unaware of their status they might be.

"Recluse," he introduced himself. "The range of the hostile creatures of this place extends far beyond the walls. I can likely spot them before they get close, but you will need to remain alert." He couldn't be looking everywhere at once, after all. "And keep the flashlights out of my eyes."

[gargantuanlaugh.livejournal.com]

Didn't seem like the kid cared much for the nickname. Gant just shrugged. He wasn't too fond of it himself. But now was not the time to worry about that. Gant really, really didn't like the look of their new friend. Those eyes (creepy contacts or not) were clearly a warning to anyone who gazed upon them. But the chief had experienced the monsters last night, something he hoped to never have to deal with again. As long as this guy didn't turn on them Gant was willing to give it a go. And anyway, Recluse sounded like a fun name for once! He could be Lucy! But Gant would probably keep that nickname to himself.

"Sure, sure! Not a problem! Not even a little one." Gant quickly lowered his flashlight beam to the ground. He never messed with big dogs, unless he happened to outnumber them with willing lackeys. It was hard not being the biggest fish in the pond for once. "You sound pretty knowledgeable about this place. Mind leading the way?"

Although he considered himself a leader, he was willing to abdicate his position when necessary. And keeping Recluse in the lead might make him the primary target for any monsters they happened to run into. Gant and Nick could stroll behind safely... God, he hated that nickname. Maybe he should focus less on the "Niikura" part and more on the "Shou." Shou, Shou. There was hidden potential there.

[oneman-onekill.livejournal.com]

Nice to know someone around here could double as an alarm bell. Niikura wouldn't have minded having Recluse around that first night; that way he could've known ahead of time that some crazy pirate was going to attack him with flaming projectiles.

Seriously, how close to being an anime character was this guy? Crazy eyes, special monster-detecting powers, awesome not-exactly-an-actual name, sci-fi uniform...but he'd keep his comments to himself. He didn't want to accidentally shatter the fourth wall and blow up the universe - which wasn't plausible, but it was fun thinking that it would.

Niikura only nodded and stepped off from the wall as Gant offered to let Recluse lead the way. He'd be the starry-eyed teenager for now.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

"Excellent." Mostly because they'd done what he'd told them to. "Then we will continue on," Recluse gave the two a curt nod, and turned to walk on through the dark hallways.

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