babermetrics | IC OVERFLOW AND MISC.

[He flashes her a quick grin--right, later, gotta set some time aside later!--and opens the door the rest of the way to scoot out into the hallway, wordlessly. Back into the fray it is.]

[ She soon joins him in the hall, slowly closing the door behind her so it only makes a quiet click as it closes.

The hall is still clear, and Kyouko looks for another room they could go into. It may take a while, but if they're careful, they can find a way out... She spots what looks like another supply closet further on down the hall, and points to it making sure Leon knows their destination.

Without waiting for a response, she starts to quietly make her way down the hallway. ]

[He only nods, wordlessly, and follows her. It's a good thing she's here. He's pretty torn between running for it (fast, but really damn obvious), sneaking around (subtle, but obvious if you get caught at it, and slower) and just walking normally like he's not doing anything suspicious (probably a good choice, but what would he do if he got stopped? He's still in scrubs, dressed up like a doctor!). It's hard to resist the urge to run, which feels the most tempting, but since Kirigiri's not doing that, it's easier to keep a lid on that.

What are they going to do in there? He's curious, but now's not the time to ask. For the moment, he just follows along with her as casually as he can manage, though he's clearly wary, keeping an eye out for any nurses or anything else approaching them again.]

[ The moment they make it to the supply closet, Kyouko hears footsteps coming from the other hall and headed towards them. She quickly pulls open the door, grabbing Leon's arm and pulling him into the closet before quietly shutting the door. ]

We have to figure out a plan before we go any further. We have to know where we're going first.

[Sneaky. Leon feels a little bit like one of those first person stealth games in the arcade right now. (He's never been very good at those; there's so much patience involved! It's a lot easier in real life when it actually matters. . . . And when you don't have an inventory of guns.)

He leans against this wall too, much in the same spot he did in the last closet, and keeps his eyes on the door.]

Uhhh, crap--we're in ViViD, right? So they ain't gonna let us out that easy. It's not like we can just find a door that says exit and go through it and be outside! I think, anyway. Sooooo . . .

[This is too much thinking for one day.]

We've just gotta get somewhere where they wouldn't think to look! Or maybe somewhere they wouldn't wanna look?

[ She leans against the door, crossing her arms as she thinks. ]

That's possible. Still, I wonder if there is some sort of objective we must complete before we can finish this level.

[ But maybe there isn't even an objective? ]

Unless we only need to spend a certain amount of time here.

So we just hang around until they fix whatever's not lettin' us log out? I guess you might be right . . . I mean, they don't usually trap us in here, right? So it's probably a mistake of some sort. If there's an objective I don't even know where to start with that!

[This is way too confusing an environment to come up with a short list of things they might need to do in it. Leon frowns at the door, as if he could see through it and see where the answers are. Of course, there's nothing to see.]

They were tryin' to get me to do doctor stuff, I guess, but if that's really the objective I'm a hundred percent screwed.

I would prefer to avoid treating the patients myself.

[ She closes her eyes in thought for a few moments, trying to think of what the
objective might be outside of attending to patients. ]

There may be an exit somewhere. It's at least worth looking around for one.

So do we keep sneakin' around, or what? Hey, maybe I oughta dress up like a patient, and you can just pretend you're treating me! They wouldn't bug us then, right?

[No, they probably will. But it's a thought, at least. If only Kirigiri were dressed up like a sexy nurse or something . . . that's a different kind of thought, though, and one better saved for when they get out of this place.]

Then we look around for an exit!

You don't look like most of the other patients. I wonder if it will really work.

[ Because Leon definitely doesn't look like an alien here, and the game might recognize that he's not new. Who knows when it comes to ViViD, after all. ]

Our best bet is to keep going when the hallways are clear. If we run into another nurse... We've both gotten injected, I can't imagine it could be much worse. [ But who knows with this place... It's just a risk they'll have to take. ]

You can't think of anythin' worse than hugging me?

[He's kidding, though, and moves over to the door--ostensibly to get ready to head out again, but mostly to gently bump her shoulder with his.]

So you're saying we just run for it.

[ She smirks at him, crossing her arms. ]

Of course. [ And with that she slowly inches open the door, peeking outside into the hall and when she spots no one, she darts out and motions for Leon to follow. ]

IC OVERFLOW AND MISC.

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