Night 57: Stairwell by Waiting Room/Lobby 1

[human_sponge]

[From here.]It looked like they had the stairs to themselves, although the narrow space and the memories associated with it meant that Peter would have preferred to have the comfort of knowing that other people were also climbing them. Still, it wasn't like it was a long way up, and so he could be rid of the unfortunate association that he had soon

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[oneman_onekill]

[from here]

It didn't seem like there were too many people on the stairs, which was a good and a bad thing. Good because it meant less traffic to navigate. Bad because it made him a more obvious target, and the last thing Niikura wanted to do (as he kept reminding himself every night) was get himself into a long, drawn-out fight.

But maybe that would be where Sesshoumaru would come in. Unlike the lawyers from last night, he could actually fight. Assuming he decided to bother fighting. Or even coming along in the first place.

...there was always some stupid catch, wasn't there?

Niikura glanced casually over his shoulder to check to see if he did indeed have a dog demon following him up the stairs. "Well, how about these stairs, huh? Let me know if you, y'know, smell anything suspicious."

[princeofthemoon]

Sesshoumaru had never been given to displays of philanthropy - he did as he pleased, and killed or spared those around him as it pleased him to do so. Saving or protecting others was, with rare exception, not a typical goal of his. He certainly did not go out of his way to save random strangers. However, he was perfectly willing to go out of his way to kill others who had inconvenienced him, as had clearly been done here - therefore, it was hardly unusual that he should move towards finding the doctors

[oneman_onekill]

[apologies for the repost!]

So...did that answer mean "No, it's unlikely that I will tell you if I smell something" or "No, it's unlikely that I will smell anything suspicious"? Niikura was pinning his hopes on the latter; the former interpretation meant that he was screwed--okay, that was probably exaggerating. He would just have a harder time than he could have.

Ah, well, nothing to do but keep moving forward. "Really?" He shrugged. "Okay."

[oneman_onekill]

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