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[[Edge .:. Floor 1 - Section A .:. Hallways]]

Edge blinked through the blood in his eyes, staring at Soryuju in bewilderment, as though he should already know the answer to the question. He shut his eyes for a moment as he turned to face Sory again, hands still in his pockets. As the Kotic opened his eyes he removed his hands from his pockets, sliding into a fighting stance as opposed to simply going berserk. "I... dislike loud noises. People cause loud noises, so I dislike them. I see no wrong in kill things I do not like, for that is the natural instinct of man."

{ S O R Y U J U }

"C'est l'amour."

"Yes, natural instinct, that thing that makes us animals," Soryuju spat out, continuing to glare at him, a sidelong-glance at Thel revealing that she'd returned to sanity. Slowly, he limped over to the barrier, sword still in hand. "Thanks, but no thanks. I'd rather not devolve, personally."

His attention was pulled to Thelesis as she fell to her knees, and for a split second the barrier flickered, his worry over-powering his new-found ability. He walked to her before closing his eyes, straining to keep the barrier up; it became completely solidified as he did so... only to fall completely shortly thereafter.

"Look, we want nothing to do with a murderer," he replied, looking at Edge with a look of frustration; no longer was he outraged, but he was able to keep his adrenaline in check. "And you obviously want nothing to do with us, since we just 'cause loud noises'. So just... don't follow us."

With that he helped Thelesis off the ground to her feet (muttering 'it's okay' reassuringly into her ear), and slowly beginning to walk in the direction they'd originally been walking, keeping Thel behind him as he walked backwards to keep an eye on 'Edgeworth'. All the while, he had a pounding headache.

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"A needle and thread is your best friend!"

Her mind mildly registered that she was gently being pulled back to her feet, but the painful feeling of bones retracting into her skin and the 'wounds' closing up made for a more dominant emotion. She winced as the last gash closed over. It all felt so sick in her mind, she wanted to know what happened... who did this? It couldn't be all her.

Another shudder ran through her body. What if it was all her? What was she going to do? She didn't want to be plagued with this. Thelesis felt the solid back of Sory behind her and took a deep shaky breath while trying to gather herself, finally registering that the horned girl was beside her. It took a second for Thel to realize what the girl was asking of her but Thelesis just shook her head, testing if a smile would come to her face. "It's fine... thank you... but I'm fine, it's ... it's just kind of ... weird." But weird didn't even begin to describe it. It was more like disgusting, despicable, revolting, absolutely repulsive...but she figured she'd keep their worrying to a minimum if she could help it.

Oh god, what if they thought she was a monster? The very thing they wanted to get away from!? She felt like she could cry.

鬼
「強子 Kyouko」

[Section A - Hallways]

"Are you sure?" The younger girl asked, worriedly. "Well...if there's any way I can help, please let me know..." Sory said he though they wouldn't be followed. "I hope not...that guy..." She shivered. She watched him talk about creating walls with his mind, and Thels bones, and having no idea what's going on. "You mean you couldn't do that before?" She asked, tilting her head. She looked at Thel, and decided against asking her the question directly, letting the first qestion be directed at Sory or both of them as the other girl pleased.

The the question came up, with the superhuman comment after. "Oh...yeah. Well...I've always been like this...this is nothing new for me." She wasn't sure whether she should smile or leave or what, with that comment. She just hoped that they'd be okay with letting a half Oni travel with them.

Then she remembered Fal. "AH! Where did Fal go?! Did he run after we were attacked?" She looked around, slightly frantically.

「夢力 Muryoku」

"...Onii-chan..."

"...Where are you?"

[Tsuiyo Harada: Section A: Hallways]



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Someone came to a skidding halt nearly out of now where. Or maybe he simply wasn't paying proper attention. Either way, Tsui suddenly wasn't alone anymore. A towering silhouette overshadowed him, and the child spun around, nearly falling over in his startlement. Craning his neck, Tsui's wide reflective eyes took in the appearance of a fairly intimidating teenager. He could even pass as being older then his brother! He certainly was the right height, but his face was more mature in it's sharpened features. From his two toned hair, pronounced nose, and a patch that covered one of his blood red eyes!

A red eyes! He stared into it as if it he would be pulled into it. The acrid smell of cigarette smoke clung to this person.

"You alright there kid."

His harsh tone of voice broke the spell his eyes seemed to put on him, and Tsui realized to his embarrassment he must've been gawking at him since he showed up. Wait- what did he ask? Was he alright?

Before he could respond another young male arrived. This one was in a wheel chair, rolling in so quickly his wheels grinded as he stopped. He was a vast contrast to his 'brother'? Remarkable... where every place Amadeus was sharp, his brother was soft, and friendly looking. Bleu eyes framed in a youthful kindly face with ebony black hair.

Black hair... just like Daisuke...

Daisuke. He looked like him, or maybe he was desperate, maybe it was both. He didn't care, he wasn't alone anymore!

Frustrated, tired, confused, and embarrassed at himself for being such.. such a child- Tsuiyo almost could respond between his sobbing and blubbering.

"M-my *hick*..My name... Ts- Tsui. Tsuiyo Harada."
Normally he'd never talk so quickly to strangers, but this was an extreme circumstance, and he couldn't handle this much longer. Daisuke, he wasn't here. Tsuiyo was really here by himself with people he didn't know!

But at least... at least this Elijah and his brother were here, and seemed nice enough.

Elijah, with his black hair and soft face, just like Daisukes.

He clasped onto Elijahs hand so abruptly, his tiny hands trembling as he held onto him.

"Elijah.. h-..have you seen my brother? I..I have one too. He.. he looks a little ..l-like you. But he's tall like you-" he said pointing to Amadeus. " H-he'll be looking for me. Have you s-seen him? Is he here? Is Daisuke here!? Please you must've seen him, h-he wouldn't leave me behind!" Tsui realized he was rambling, hysterical even so suddenly the child smacked his hands onto his face, hiding it. He took long deep breathes. And counted to 10 in his head.

'Calm down...must calm down.'

Unknown to him, there was a soft crackling noise coming from the floor where he stood. Tsui didn't notice how the tile changed from it's cold concrete surface, into a smooth dark mineral. It looked almost like marble, and slowly grew around the spot where his feet were touching the floor!

The soft crackling sound was then joined by another sound. Distant, and violent shouting?

Tsui's head suddenly looked up from his hands, staring at the two youths, his eyes puffy and red form crying but obviously wondering if they could hear it too.

Someone ((Fallax)) had come around the next corner but was still out of sight. He heard them crawling, bumping...
Tsui jumped back from the sound and his back collided with Elijah's front. Tsui almost tripped into his lap.

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[Section: A - Hallways]

The skinwalker came to a halt in his run for one reason, and one reason alone. He was completely and utterly lost, having ran back the way they had come. Actually, he was pretty sure, from the smell of things, that nothing had come by here...at least, not as recent as Thel and Sory.

Where the hell had he actually run to?

Scratching his chest, Sino looked to where he had been heading, and then behind him, where he had come from. Any sounds of fighting and rage was gone, meaning either he had run out of his enhanced hearing's range, or it had stopped. He probably would've checked, if it wasn't for the fact that his survival instincts were kicking in, telling him to avoid that area like the plague for now.

Kids...psychos...'onis'...beautiful girls...just give me a hunk of a man, and this will seem almost perfect...minus the psychos, onis and kids, of course...well, the oni was kinda cute, so if they look like her, I guess they're okay to at least look at.

After some careful deliberation, Sino steeled himself for his next task. He needed to figure out where he was, and how the hell he'd get out of here. So, he crouched down low, like a fox(though some might say dog), and sniffed at the ground. If he could get a scent of something, he might be able to do...something. Hell, at this point, Sinopa was just grasping at straws.

"...Onii-chan..."

"...Where are you?"

[Tsuiyo Harada: Section A: Hallways]



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Could it be true?! Did they really see his brother here?! It could be a lie to shut him up- Tsui maybe very very young, but they'd eventually discover he was on par with them mentally... at least when he's not blubbering like a cry baby.

But what could he expect to do? Daisuke was his rock. Daisuke didn't care if eh was small, they were brothers. He accepted him even if no one else never did. He acknowledged his intelligence and didn't treat him like a baby when it came to topics, but still protected him, comforted him when Tsui's childish side did take over.
He wasn't a fool to think he's smarts made him invincible... he needed his brother. He needed him!
Only then could he gather his wits and start figuring this problem out.

Tsuiyo's heart leaped into his throat, hope glowed in spite of his suspicions. He was no stranger to white lies, teachers and doctors told him them all the time. Thinking his awareness turned on and off like a switch- no- unless she was upset, he was always aware of the truth behind their claims.
Could they be doing the same? Saying they've seen him so Tsui would stop crying?
Oh Hell- it would make sense! If Daisuke was lost, and somewhere else it would explain why he hasn't heard him, or come to him when he called. Daisuke could be somewhere very far in this building, wandering, worried just like he was. Yes! That must be it- at this moment he was willing to take anything to get back into his right mind. Cause he knew keeping himself together was much more important, even if his stability was built upon another white lie.

He'd wrap this white lie around him, hold onto it like a security blanket like a good like 7 year old and shut his trap.
And so as Amadeus walked around the corner to investigate the source of the noise, the blue haired child looked up into Elijah's face and played along with him. " H-..Hai... Deal. We'll find Daisuke. We'll find Nii-chan, and maybe.... maybe they can be friends."
He didn't want to move just yet. If he just remained there close to Elijah, in the shadow of his towering figure ( even though he was in a wheel chair) he could pretend Daisuke was with him. He'd be reunited with him soon.
It was sick. But it had to be done. A necessary coping mechanism until the truth arrived, whether he was ready for it or not, he'd have to do his best.
Tsui shut his eyes tightly concentrating.

His shaking slowly started to disappear. The false security was taking hold, and pushed away the panic. It wasn't really false, they really did seem like they were going to help him, protect him. Elijah and his big brother Amadeus. Amadeus, tough looking fella. He'd give Daisuke a run for his money ina fist fight alright. But would be alright on his own... those shouts. It sounded scary- and then there! In the distance, a loud maniacal laughter!!

With the gravity of a heavy steel door shutting, Tsui's child side was sealed deep behind the shield of logic and pathological thinking. The switch between the child, and the 'true' Tsui would be dramatic. The one who moved farther then he should moved into place like card flipping over it's suit. Leaving the weeping child behind.
The fright was buried deep behind his reflective eyes, and his breathing returned to normal. The next time he'd speak, he sounded.. different.

" Arigato Elijah-kun. " He took the older boys hand again, so they'd not be separated. " Though I commend your older brothers efforts on our behalf, is it wise to let him stray so far on his own? Judging from his height verses his bodily structure, he could indeed take on a mass of similar built individuals with his height and bulk, but the source of the noise is unknown. Though no specific data can be gleaned from this environment as of yet, it can be theorized that this labyrinth is being used as some kind of test. Like rats in a maze... the noises could be a test, an obstacle or a trap." When the child looked back up at Elijah again his eyes were serous, sharp, mature... so disturbingly unlike a childs.
If it weren't for the neutral expression on his face, and his soft hand holding his, one would normally be freaked out- thinking maybe the kid was possessed or something!

"Do you think we should follow him to ensure his well being? Even thought I maybe not more then 3 feet at most, and you are wheel chair bound, the increase in numbers is enough to stave off most assailant, simply because because beneath their exterior, most are cowards looking for an easy fight. 3 is better then 1, regardless- yes?"
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