Nightshift 60: Main Hallway, 2-West

[ninelivesonce]

[from here]

Taura peeked out of the stairwell door with the first evidence of caution she'd shown all night. Everything looked quiet, but that didn't mean much of anything.

They'd met here the last time she'd come up to head into that room, and that thing had come out of the walls. She didn't want to wait around anywhere, but especially not

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[bastard_sadi]

[Coming from here.]

Daemon stepped out into the upper hall, pausing a moment, because he wasn't as familiar with the second floor as he was the first. Gaze sweeping right and left for a moment, he paused, then made a quiet sound of frustration.

"Give me a moment," he spoke to Renji, tugging his journal out of his pocket and flipping to the carefully scribbled map he kept within, flashlight beam illuminating pages of neatly written notes. "I forget where this closet is supposed to be."

[stray_shinigami]

"You and me both," Renji muttered. "I think I went looking for it once. Got a nice pair of scissors out of it. That was kind of useful." He glanced at Daemon's map; it was about as good as his own, so he didn't bother dragging his own journal out of his sleeve. He did helpfully shine his flashlight on the page, however, so Daemon didn't have to try to juggle the map and his own flashlight. "Might as well hit both rooms while we're up here unless we hit the jackpot in the first."

[bastard_sadi]

"Scissors? Really?" Daemon chuckled, looking amused. "At least that's a step up from River and her pens." He trailed off, his voice wistful for a moment, feeling an ache at the memory. he cleared his throat and waved his flashlight off to the right.

"We need to go this way."

[Going to here.]