Night 48: Cafeteria
[from here]Pausing to catch his breath on the other side of the doors, Tylor kept shivering, and tried to shift a little closer to his new female friend with that as a plausible excuse. Even though it had worked out pretty poorly the first time he'd done it, he still had to resist the urge to jump up on one of the tables or chairs instead of
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Aidou took a second to scan the cafeteria, then promptly began moving again, letting his footsteps fall loudly enough to be heard by his companions.
He would've thought it reckless for someone to push ahead in the same way Aidou did if they couldn't see in the dark and were using no light, but in his case he could, and that changed the equation. Although there were a handful of people in various positions just inside in the cafeteria, he couldn't make out any enemies. Or so it appeared, at least. There was a noxious odor coming from some substance smeared on a female's weapon, which didn't sit well with the noble.
Chances were high they'd just avoided something, and the cafeteria was as likely a place for threats to lurk as the Sun Room.
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And there had definitely been the faint tinge of blood in the air. He hadn't been able to ascertain the direction (however much his sense of smell might have improved, unbeknownst to him), which had only made the air more uncomfortable. It had been easy to follow the familiar pace of Aidou's footsteps into the next room.
Clearly, others had made it through already, but not many.
It didn't make this area any safer. The sooner they made it to their destination the better; Sasuke kept moving with that in mind, expecting neither of his companions to stop.
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