LenKagamine said
Before the knife hit his face, everything around him stopped and started to change, quick. "W-Wah?!" he shouted in his surprise as his surroundings became distorted and such all of a sudden, randoms colors started appearing everywhere too. A booming noise reverberated around him and this hurt his ears. He went to close his ears real fast, but the next thing he knew, Yume and Shirako's face was in front of him. Quickly, he removed the headphones and waited a bit for the ringing in his ears to stop. Once it did, he gave Shirako an upset look, "What was that for?!" But then he saw Yume, "You're alright now!" he was so relieved that he almost went to hug her, but he managed to control himself. "A-Ah. Sorry." he said, words directed to both of them. He didn't really mean to shout at Shirako like that. His dream must have cause him to do something like it. It was such a bad dream after all. "Thanks. To both of you... and sorry again. I was just having a bad dream." then he did a light bow. Shirako doing what he did helped a lot actually. It waked him up from his nightmare, plus he forgot about what he was scared of, making him calm down and his condition better. The sound surprised him a bit though. Looking at Yume, the injury on her stomach still looks bad. "Maybe you should continue resting for now?" Then remembering that he still has the headphones in his hands, he gave it back to Shirako, "Uh... Here." Afterwards, he stood up, stretching a bit.

"If you're gonna blame anyone for the noise, blame her," Shirako chuckled slightly at Kiku's frantic apologizing. A side of him rarely if not ever seen by his peers before. "Don't sweat it. Although, I should probably be more cautious to the hearing of those around me..." He tapped at his phone and the music dimmed as he placed the headphones .back over his head. With a sigh, he ran his fingers through his hair. "Anyways, if you're wondering, you're in the Infirmary. You passed out just after I got Yume in here and patched up. Mind telling us what that was all about? I'm no medical officer," he paused to look at the poor bandaging technique he'd used to wrap up Yume, "but I know that people don't really just suddenly get the feeling they wanna sleep, if you catch my drift..."

Naomi witnessed the spirit pull out a knife, and before she could take out hers, she was practically dragged by Yosuke down the stairs with her ankles hitting every single step without landing on them. When they got to the floor her ankles were sore from hitting the steps, she watched Yosuke pull out the rusty pair of scissors from earlier, Naomi got from Yosuke's grasp and took her knife out." Stand back, it's not like someone who kills small animals could handle someone like him." Naomi said to Yosuke, she was ready to hurt someone, and before she would assault Yuuya she grabbed her knee with her off hand and tried to do a quick fix, so she her leg wouldn't be a distraction, then she dashed towards him.

Shirako asked about what happened to him. Kiku expected this, it was something you normally see after all. "A-Ah.. Umm... You see.." Hesitating a bit first, he decided that he should tell them his sickness or whatever it was. "I've been like this since I was a kid. I'm not sure why, but whenever I'm in some kind of great danger, I suddenly feel immense fear to the point that I experience dizziness, irregular beating of the heart and such... I was only told that something traumatic had happened to me." It's true that he doesn't exactly know what happened in his childhood. He has no idea why they won't tell him, but he came to a conclusion that telling him would make him recall it and cause something bad. He had accepted that they can't tell him, for his own good. "It doesn't happen often though. I was only really surprised by the things I saw and heard from someone we met along the way. Due to it, I felt so tired that I just dozed off I guess. Haha..." he laughed it off as he didn't want what he said to make them feel worried or something. Though, he actually feels kinda uncomfortable talking about his condition.

Trying to change the topic, he tried to use that someone they met, "O-Oh that's right! We met a man named Kei-sensei and he explained what was happening here." After trying to remember the things Kei-sensei had said, he continued, "He told us that we're in some place created by ghosts and that... there's different dimensions so there's a chance that some of our friends are in the other ones." There's some more things that the man had said, but he decided to leave it be at this for now. "Though, maybe you have met that man as well?" he asked.

Shirako sighed and stood up. He then sat near Yume's part of the bed and casually transferred his headsets to Kiku's ears.
He seemed..... annoyed, that Yume stopped calling out to Kiku and left Shirako to do his job.
He swiped his thumb on the screen of his phone and tapped.
BOOMBOOMBOOM went the head phones. Even the lyrics could be heard.

Kiku jolted his arms outwards and quickly took the headsets off of his head. He shook his head and exclaimed out to Shirako.
He's okay. He's finally awake. I'm so glad.
Seeing Kiku, Yume gave a small giggle. At that moment, she was overjoyed that she totally forgot the pain in her stomach and leg.
Pretty much, Kiku turned his attention to her and had a glad expression on his face. Must've heard her laugh,

"You're alright now!" He screamed out happily, opening his arms to give Yume a hug. Yume did her best to reach out her arms, but then, Kiku halted and remembered her stab. "A-ah... sorry..."
Same time, Yume put her arms back down and laughed. Ever since she came to this place, she never felt this relieved and happy.

Kiku thanked and apologized to Yume and Shirako, revealing he had a nightmare, and gave a bow. He turned to Yume and insisted her to have more rest, giving back Shirako's headsets.
"I'm alright. I'm alright. I'll heal soon enough. Not much pain's there anymore." The only thing she's doubting that even if she's feeling better, can she walk?

"If you're gonna blame anyone for the noise, blame her," said Shirako, pointing at Yume.
"HEY. HEY. Hey listen yo-"
"Anyways, if you're wondering, you're in the Infirmary. You passed out just after I got Yume in here and patched up. Mind telling us what that was all about? I'm no medical officer, but I know that people don't really just suddenly get the feeling they wanna sleep, if you catch my drift..." Looking down at Yume's stomach which was wrapped tightly with cloth.
"Yeah, Kiku. What happened to you?"

Kiku started his answer with a long sigh.
"A-Ah.. Umm... You see.."
And told his tale about his childhood traumatic experience and conditions, how it affected him till present time.
Yume listened attentively. This gave her the guts to finally push herself in an upright sitting position with a bit of struggle and pain.
"Ah...ahn."

Kiku hesitated for a while in the end of his tale. He seemed uncomfortable...
"O-Oh that's right! We met a man named Kei-sensei and he explained what was happening here. He told us that we're in some place created by ghosts and that... there's different dimensions so there's a chance that some of our friends are in the other ones. Though, maybe you have met that man as well?"
"Oh yeah! Kei-sensei. Yume added. Shirako, have you-... wait. No. You ran into someone else. Who's this 'big ugly guy' you were talking about a while ago? Yume brought up, remembering the conversation she had with him.

PokimKyOshi said
Shirako sighed and stood up. He then sat near Yume's part of the bed and casually transferred his headsets to Kiku's ears.He seemed..... annoyed, that Yume stopped calling out to Kiku and left Shirako to do his job.He swiped his thumb on the screen of his phone and tapped. went the head phones. Even the lyrics could be heard.Kiku jolted his arms outwards and quickly took the headsets off of his head. He shook his head and exclaimed out to Shirako.Seeing Kiku, Yume gave a small giggle. At that moment, she was overjoyed that she totally forgot the pain in her stomach and leg.Pretty much, Kiku turned his attention to her and had a glad expression on his face. Must've heard her laugh, He screamed out happily, opening his arms to give Yume a hug. Yume did her best to reach out her arms, but then, Kiku halted and remembered her stab. Same time, Yume put her arms back down and laughed. Ever since she came to this place, she never felt this relieved and happy.Kiku thanked and apologized to Yume and Shirako, revealing he had a nightmare, and gave a bow. He turned to Yume and insisted her to have more rest, giving back Shirako's headsets. The only thing she's doubting that even if she's feeling better, can she walk? said Shirako, pointing at Yume. Looking down at Yume's stomach which was wrapped tightly with cloth. Kiku started his answer with a long sigh.And told his tale about his childhood traumatic experience and conditions, how it affected him till present time. Yume listened attentively. This gave her the guts to finally push herself in an upright sitting position with a bit of struggle and pain.Kiku hesitated for a while in the end of his tale. He seemed uncomfortable... Yume added. Yume brought up, remembering the conversation she had with him.

"He wasn't a friendly guy, that's for sure," Shirako replied with a shrug. "Didn't talk like the guy you two ran into - moaned and groaned like he was some demented country singer. Took after us with a huge pipe. Haven't seen him since Tohaku and I split... I hope she's alright.." Towards the end of his explanation, Shirako's tone turned gravely deep. However, it seemed he'd shook off all negative emotions for the time being. "Well, I guess that means she's in here with us, right?" He smirked at the two as he rose from the bed, holding out his hands to the both of them.

"Think you can walk? We can wait if you two need rest, however I feel we should get a move on..." His gaze turned to the doorway in which they came. "The longer we stay in here, the less of a chance we have of finding our friends, right?"

-Eien : Heavenly Host = Infirmary-

"(Crap, I need to make these brief... It seems like she won't last that long with that spiritual body of hers. Ok, what do I want to know?)"

He quietly contemplated on what was important to know, as this could have him sink or swim in any events that were to transpire in the coming hours. Eien felt if he didn't come up with the questions soon, which would most likely fade away and rest somewhere before coming back as ghost again. He looked up at her, and back down, tapping his feet at a steady pace be for coming up with what he believed would be the most important questions of them all. He solemnly looked at Seiko with a serious look on his face, giving her a brief smile as he began quizzing her.

"Thanks Seiko, I wish I could remember what you did in life, but at least I know one thing about you - that you are a really good friend... Anyways, I have three questions to ask of you. First, are their any dangerous spirits I should keep my eye on other than the girl lying on the infirmary bed? Second, can you tell me the names of the other classmates and friends that have fallen to this putrid place? I wish to at least be able to call out their name when I meet them. And finally, when I do return to the realm of the living, if I do whatever would you like to say to your friends? I'll gladly tell them anything you wish to say to them."

After he asked all those rapid fire questions he would calmly walk over to the spirit, and attempt to hug her as a way of show in his thanks. He didn't know if he would go right through her but it wouldn't hurt to try. Besides, he wanted to try and say thank you in another way besides words, and feel that it would comfort the saddens spirit. I mean, he did notice that it almost looked like a tear crawled down her eye, so he did want to make her feel better since it looks like she was pained mentally from the looks of it.

"He wasn't a friendly guy, that's for sure," Shirako answered. "Didn't talk like the guy you two ran into - moaned and groaned like he was some demented country singer. Took after us with a huge pipe. Haven't seen him since Tohaku and I split... I hope she's alright.."
Yume tapped her chin with her finger, pondering who was that 'person' who Shirako was talking about. Not friendly? Can't say any proper words? What's worse, he tried to kill them? Is he one of 'them'?

"Well, I guess that means she's in here with us, right?" Shirako continued and smirked.
Yume simply shrugged and smiled at him. Honestly, she really doesn't know if she's 'here' with them. She remembered Kei-sensei's words of occupying different dimensions. Who knows what might have happened to her by now, but at the same time, she didn't want to keep her expectations ahead of her and lose hope.

"Think you can walk?" Shirako asked, extending both of his hands to Yume and Kiku. "We can wait if you two need rest, however I feel we should get a move on..."The longer we stay in here, the less of a chance we have of finding our friends, right?" And gazed at the door.

Yume bit her lips and looked down at her stomach. She's able to sit properly now, probably she can walk too,... right? Well, now that she's feeling all better.... and her leg seemed all better too...
She nodded and took Shirako's hand. Each and every little step she took applied little pressure to her stomach. When she touched the ground with both of her feet, her whole body unsteadily wobbled. Maybe because she lacked energy and sufficient blood, but Yume kept all of this aside and held on to both Shirako and her medical bed, taking slow steps.

Savo said
-Eien : Heavenly Host = Infirmary-"(Crap, I need to make these brief... It seems like she won't last that long with that spiritual body of hers. Ok, what do I want to know?)"He quietly contemplated on what was important to know, as this could have him sink or swim in any events that were to transpire in the coming hours. Eien felt if he didn't come up with the questions soon, which would most likely fade away and rest somewhere before coming back as ghost again. He looked up at her, and back down, tapping his feet at a steady pace be for coming up with what he believed would be the most important questions of them all. He solemnly looked at Seiko with a serious look on his face, giving her a brief smile as he began quizzing her."Thanks Seiko, I wish I could remember what you did in life, but at least I know one thing about you - that you are a really good friend... Anyways, I have three questions to ask of you. First, are their any dangerous spirits I should keep my eye on other than the girl lying on the infirmary bed? Second, can you tell me the names of the other classmates and friends that have fallen to this putrid place? I wish to at least be able to call out their name when I meet them. And finally, when I do return to the realm of the living, if I do whatever would you like to say to your friends? I'll gladly tell them anything you wish to say to them."After he asked all those rapid fire questions he would calmly walk over to the spirit, and attempt to hug her as a way of show in his thanks. He didn't know if he would go right through her but it wouldn't hurt to try. Besides, he wanted to try and say thank you in another way besides words, and feel that it would comfort the saddens spirit. I mean, he did notice that it almost looked like a tear crawled down her eye, so he did want to make her feel better since it looks like she was pained mentally from the looks of it.

"Thanks, Eien," Seiko replied with a smile as she listed off each question to retain memory, hugging him back softly. Unlike most spirits in Heavenly Host, however, Seiko was incredibly warm, as though she were still living. "There are many dangerous spirits in this school, however this young girl is not one. At least, not this version of her." Seiko stated as she stared at the girl who was lying on the Infirmary bed beside Mayuri. "She has a....second version of herself, to put it plainly. I can sense the evil in others and let me tell you this little girl is purity. Who do you think saved your life from the 'other her'? I told her, though I didn't do it myself." Seiko explained. "I can sense her power...she's strong, however she's not as strong as the other her, at least not yet."

Seiko turned her attention back to Eien. "Okay, second question: who else of our friends died here, right?" The question seemed to be directed to herself. "Well, I know for a fact that Suzumoto-san died just out in the hall back there - her body splattered against the wall and whatnot..." Her tone turned grave as she spoke of Mayu, her eyes falling to the floor. "I also think Morishige died in here, too... I found his ghost form once, searching for Mayu... Seems he can't rest until he finds her..." Her eyes darted back up to Eien. She wiped tears away from here eyes with a loud sniff. Seems the talk of others really put a downer on her. Well, at least one would assume. She went back to her cheery self in a matter of seconds.

"And as for your third question..." She had a devilish look in her eyes as she rubbed her hands together. "Ask Naomi the baby she and Mochida-kun shared's name! The look on her face will be priceless!" She exclaimed with glee, though her face soon turned into something a lot more serious. "Tell them all...tell them I miss them...and I'm glad they're still okay. T-they're OK, r-right?" She asked.

PokimKyOshi said
Shirako answered. Yume tapped her chin with her finger, pondering who was that 'person' who Shirako was talking about. Not friendly? Can't say any proper words? What's worse, he tried to kill them? Is he one of 'them'? Shirako continued and smirked. Yume simply shrugged and smiled at him. Honestly, she really doesn't know if she's 'here' with them. She remembered Kei-sensei's words of occupying different dimensions. Who knows what might have happened to her by now, but at the same time, she didn't want to keep her expectations ahead of her and lose hope. Shirako asked, extending both of his hands to Yume and Kiku. And gazed at the door.Yume bit her lips and looked down at her stomach. She's able to sit properly now, probably she can walk too,... right? Well, now that she's feeling all better.... and her leg seemed all better too...She nodded and took Shirako's hand. Each and every little step she took applied little pressure to her stomach. When she touched the ground with both of her feet, her whole body unsteadily wobbled. Maybe because she lacked energy and sufficient blood, but Yume kept all of this aside and held on to both Shirako and her medical bed, taking slow steps.

Shirako seemingly evaluated her strength as he hold onto Yume. 'She'll need some support, but other than that she seems OK...' he thought to himself quietly as he still held out his hand to Kiku, in case he needed help too.

Delta44 said
"C'mon, on your fee-" Jinta was about to help Jun up when he saw Yoshikazu charge him. In a split second motion, he raised the crowbar and successfully deflected the giant mans attack, though not what came next. In his other hand, Yoshikazu held a large knife. He'd pinned Jinta against the wall and the knife was edging closer and closet to his face..."Hurry up and get outta here, Beaumont-San!" Jinta yelled. From where she was, Jun could make out a faint smirk escaping Jinta's lips. "I got this..."

Shakily, Jun got up, and after a few breaths, let out a shrilly scream that would've convinced most that she herself was a spirit from hell. While she screamed, she charged straight at the zombified man, and literally ran into him. It wasn't even a tackle.

Shirako and the others who he was with didn't meet Ken-sensei, but they did see someone else. That someone was unfriendly, more like hostile. "I-Is that the killer Kei-sensei was talking about?" he thought aloud. Yume was wondering about it too it seems. The dangerous stuff didn't affect Kiku as much as before now, but that might only be because he had already moved on from the killer thing. He did meet one already. Saw corpses as well. Perhaps he'd be less surprised with whatever they would see next. Not that he had fully recovered though. Judging from what Shirako said about the groaning man, Kiku wished they won't run into him.

Thinking about it, Shirako mentioned that he and Tohaku had split, "So Tohaku was with you? I hope she is alright too..." Everyone's mood seemed to have went down a bit as worry for Tohaku entered their minds. Fortunately, Shirako went and tried to remove the negative thoughts. "That's right. Tohaku is with us here. We'll meet her sooner or later." Kiku said, referring to being in the same dimension, if Kei-sensei were telling them facts then that would be it.

Shirako stood up rom the bed and held out his hand to both him and Yume, being considerate with their current condition. He suggested staying here if they still weren't feeling fine, but Kiku's better than before now, so he might go with them. It is true that staying here longer will give them less chances of meeting their friends. Kiku was worried about Yume too, she had worse experiences than him. However, she tried her best to stand and walk. Her being not fine was evident, she was even holding to Shirako for support. Kiku wanted to protest, but he thought that he shouldn't, it's better this way for now after all.

Standing up, he said "I'm.. somehow fine now." he lost his footing for a bit as soon as he stood up. Staying still cured the dizziness, it might have just been an aftereffect. "Okay.. If you feel tired Yume, just say something okay?" Then he went and opened the door of the infirmary for the both of them, going out first as well. Making sure that it was safe outside, he called to the both "Let's go."

Until she knew she was capable, Yume released the sheet of the medical bed and clung on to Shirako, letting themselves through the door that Kiku opened for them. After that, Yume gently clutched on to Kiku's arm for more support. She still had a hard time moving and breathing with pressure being applied to her wound each and every step she took, but the training of Kun Tao she did over the years with her grandfather were more intense than this one.
In any cases, she knew she needed to move faster than the pace she was in to find the others as soon as possible, but at the moment, she was really thankful to both the young men who assisted her throughout.

"Where do you-....think we should go now?" The girl asked. She just hoped that nothing bad would happen to them in a huge sudden moment. She remembered the cupboard, the sudden head-aching moments, the spirits....
"The spirits!" Yume suddenly spilled out of her mouth. "The spirits.... they need us to help them. We need to look for them!" As she tugged both of the boy's arms to a stop.

-Eien : Heavenly Host = Infirmary-

Eien sighed with relief that the girl wasn't inherently evil, however he was still worried about the other evil spirits he would encounter in the school and the violent version of this girl. He looked over to see the condition of the two girls asleep next to each other on the beds. They seemed to be in good condition, despite the fact that one of them was undead in one way, but he was still glad that the two appeared to be ok. He smiled briefly at the two girls before returning his attention back to Seiko who proceeded to explain to him about the few others snared by this heavenly curse.

"(So I ahould probably be on the look out for spirits what wish to whisk the life out of everyone and I. I should keep up my guard at all times and try not to make a sound, lest alerting the spirits to my location. Hopefully I don't accidentally invoke one of them like last time, unless I can identify them as one of my unknown allies who were spirited away from the world of the living. However, it should be easy to find Mayus spirit if I can find her lingering around or if she appears to me. However, I don't know what Morshiges spirit looks like so it should be a bit more difficult. I need to find his student ID as soon as possible.)"

He began promptly listening to her as she began listing off the other members who were damned here, however Eien felt he might of struck up a harsh topic when asking her the question. Even though he knew that he had to know, he felt horrible for asking the question. He really didn't enjoy seeing others in sorrow, and would much prefer himself in a saddened person place rather than the person in pain. He keep up his little facade, smiling despite how he felt for the time being.

"Sorry for asking that question... I feel its necessary to collect these ID's, as it could bring back the memory of those who died back to the realm of the living. I want to show that you guys were real, and not a figment of a few peoples imagination... Just... Just like I believed before."

He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, going back on what he used to believe about the ones they lost in this horrid place. They had managed to convince him of the reality that he was ignorant of previously. He noticed that the girl had gone from a rather gloomy mood to a rather cheery disposition with a mischievous glint in her eyes. He was curiously afraid of what she had to behold, but it turns out that she just wanted to know what the name of Naomi and Satoshi's child. After that, her face turned from a rather humorous and cat-like one to a rather thoughtful and sober disposition. She stumbled on her words as they question on if they were ok, which caused Eien to ponder on their state of mind.

"I honestly don't know how they are doing since I seldom talked to each of them since the incident. I think they're still a bit shaken up and unstable after the loss of you three, but I'm sure they're ok! I'll make sure to relate what I can to the four of them, however I'll make sure to ask Naomi that question for you. Heh, I didn't know she had a thing for Satoshi... I thought she teased him just cause, heh."

He let out a brief smile, with a tiny chuckle before clearing his throat and going back to his serious and stoic demeanor.

"Well, anyways... After I ask them, I'll try and related back what I know to you guys... If I can ever figure out how to commune with you guys, without ever returning to this dangerous place... Now that I think about it... That paper scrap is probably very important to us, so..."

Eien leans over to Mayuri, and quickly procures her scrap of paper, and student ID. He takes a brief look at the two before placing them in his pocket, mainly to safeguard them until his return to the infirmary. He then gives the trio a solemn smile filled with determination, and began heading towards the infirmary door. As he reached out to grab the door and open it up, he turned to Seiko, and spoke to her one last time before leaving the infirmary.

"I'm holding onto Mayuris ID and scrap, just in case anything happens during my leave. From what I know, I could be collecting a few IDs, to comforting the spirits of this school, whether it be of our friends or others... As long as they're friendly and not out for blood in any way possible... However..."

"If I do die and she returns to consciousness, can you please tell her where my corpse is so she knows where to find our IDs and scrap if I am incapable of lingering around of a spirit. I'll be gone for a couple of minutes, so can you try to stay around here until I return if you can? Thats all I can ask of you for now."

After he asked of it, he would pop his head into the hallway to scan for any forlorn spirits, and quickly recalled one more thing. He popped his head back into the infirmary, slightly a bit red around his face.

"And, uhm... One more thing if I can't return and can't inhibit this space as a spirit if I die... M-mind telling Mayuri that.... Erm... Th-that I love her? That's all I really wanted to say..."

His face flushed with a bit of a reddish tint, his face brighter than the sun that existed in the sky above the realm of the living. He poked his head out one last time to check for spirits, and if their were none in sight, he would leave the infirmary.

[Obtained Mayuris ID and Mayuris Scrap of Paper]

Spriggs27 said
Naomi witnessed the spirit pull out a knife, and before she could take out hers, she was practically dragged by Yosuke down the stairs with her ankles hitting every single step without landing on them. When they got to the floor her ankles were sore from hitting the steps, she watched Yosuke pull out the rusty pair of scissors from earlier, Naomi got from Yosuke's grasp and took her knife out." Stand back, it's not like someone who kills small animals could handle someone like him." Naomi said to Yosuke, she was ready to hurt someone, and before she would assault Yuuya she grabbed her knee with her off hand and tried to do a quick fix, so she her leg wouldn't be a distraction, then she dashed towards him.

Yosuke stood back and gripped the rusted pair of scissors fairly hard. Naomi was going to dash up to the ghost guy and probably get herself double-dead, or whatever, and Yosuke was probably going to stand back and watch. Naomi even insulted Yosuke. He thought he had at least a semi-better chance of survival than some other average joe. He decided to help Naomi instead of standing back like a coward. Yosuke placed himself behind her. "If you're fighting, I'm fighting too! I'm no coward, Naomi, just cautious." He said as he readied himself for a fight.

PokimKyOshi said
Until she knew she was capable, Yume released the sheet of the medical bed and clung on to Shirako, letting themselves through the door that Kiku opened for them. After that, Yume gently clutched on to Kiku's arm for more support. She still had a hard time moving and breathing with pressure being applied to her wound each and every step she took, but the training of Kun Tao she did over the years with her grandfather were more intense than this one. In any cases, she knew she needed to move faster than the pace she was in to find the others as soon as possible, but at the moment, she was really thankful to both the young men who assisted her throughout. The girl asked. She just hoped that nothing bad would happen to them in a huge sudden moment. She remembered the cupboard, the sudden head-aching moments, the spirits.... Yume suddenly spilled out of her mouth. As she tugged both of the boy's arms to a stop.

Shirako looked at Yume with indefinite confusion. It was evident by his face he had no idea what she was talking about, nor the references to spirits. "What?" He took off his headphones as he asked this, hands in his pockets. "Did you say spirits?" He asked. By his tone of voice it seemed he wasn't too sure himself. Probably because of the overly loud music that'd indefinitely been blaring in his ears the entire time.

The hall that they'd all exited into somehow felt...different to before, somehow. It was a strange sensation. It was like everything there seemed a bit off. Granted only Shirako and Kiku could've picked up on the subtle changes of scenery, which was doubtful considering how rushed they were earlier, however everyone, even Yume, could feel a strange sense of unease all around them. It wasn't just unease, it was also something resembling butterflies in ones stomach. The feeling to not want to go through with something or go somewhere. It seemingly rattled all around them here...

It seemed to be focused more-so to the northern end of the hall, too. And, with that, a faint though quite disgusting smell also came from that direction. It seemed Shirako had picked up on the scent and feeling, though decided to ignore it, favouring to quiz Yume on the spirits she claimed needed help.

BytheSpleen said
Shakily, Jun got up, and after a few breaths, let out a shrilly scream that would've convinced most that she herself was a spirit from hell. While she screamed, she charged straight at the zombified man, and literally ran into him. It wasn't even a tackle.

The tackle was surprisingly effective, knocking the man straight over. Jinta immediately sprung into action soon after, practically dragging Jun back up if she was still down and leading the two of them to the door...

Rattle rattle...

Locked...

"Shit..." Jinta cursed, as he turned back around to face the giant foe. He looked at Jun with some strange sort of emotion, some contortion between anger and determination, as he gave the girl a huge smirk. "I'll be the one to state the obvious: you're retarded." He chuckled, eyeing the large man as he re-rose to his feet once more. "But, if you intend to fight, I can't really stop you. I'd prefer if you run, but..." He pauses as the man rushes him with the blade. Jinta easily deflects the attack and kicks the huge man back into a wall. "I don't want you, nor anyone, getting hurt."

The two had their backs cornered to the door, as the man rose to strike once more. He seed pissed now, roaring and groaning in obvious rage and anger as he'd failed to hit his target twice before. He then charged at the two, swinging wildly with the blade, though mostly aiming to tackle them similarly to how Jun did him before.

Kafka Komedy said
Yosuke stood back and gripped the rusted pair of scissors fairly hard. Naomi was going to dash up to the ghost guy and probably get herself double-dead, or whatever, and Yosuke was probably going to stand back and watch. Naomi even insulted Yosuke. He thought he had at least a semi-better chance of survival than some other average joe. He decided to help Naomi instead of standing back like a coward. Yosuke placed himself behind her. "If you're fighting, I'm fighting too! I'm no coward, Naomi, just cautious." He said as he readied himself for a fight.

(Sorry I never got to reply to you, Spriggs. This ones for you and Kafka)

The spirit stood absolutely still. Motionless. Not a single attempt to counter or dodge was made to Naomi's attack...

Probably because whatever it was she was doing, it'd fail miserably. Whether it was her blade, her foot or her fist, nothing affected Yuuya and all attacks seemingly went right through him. He laughed in torment at her naivety.

"Hahaha! Honestly, did you really think something like thatwas going to kill me? Hah! Now it's my turn!"

In a split second, Kizami had sent his blade directly at Naomi. Not an ethereal blade, either. This was definitely something real. You could still see the metallic paint on the steel (beneath all the blood and grime of course), and it still reflected what little light it could in places it could spare. It seemed quite likely this was a real blade...

Kizami, himself, didn't pay much attention to Yosuke's antics, unsurprisingly. Though if he were to make a move on him Yuuya would almost certainly gain more interest in the boy....

Savo said
-Eien : Heavenly Host = Infirmary-Eien sighed with relief that the girl wasn't inherently evil, however he was still worried about the other evil spirits he would encounter in the school and the violent version of this girl. He looked over to see the condition of the two girls asleep next to each other on the beds. They seemed to be in good condition, despite the fact that one of them was undead in one way, but he was still glad that the two appeared to be ok. He smiled briefly at the two girls before returning his attention back to Seiko who proceeded to explain to him about the few others snared by this heavenly curse."(So I ahould probably be on the look out for spirits what wish to whisk the life out of everyone and I. I should keep up my guard at all times and try not to make a sound, lest alerting the spirits to my location. Hopefully I don't accidentally invoke one of them like last time, unless I can identify them as one of my unknown allies who were spirited away from the world of the living. However, it should be easy to find Mayus spirit if I can find her lingering around or if she appears to me. However, I don't know what Morshiges spirit looks like so it should be a bit more difficult. I need to find his student ID as soon as possible.)"He began promptly listening to her as she began listing off the other members who were damned here, however Eien felt he might of struck up a harsh topic when asking her the question. Even though he knew that he had to know, he felt horrible for asking the question. He really didn't enjoy seeing others in sorrow, and would much prefer himself in a saddened person place rather than the person in pain. He keep up his little facade, smiling despite how he felt for the time being."Sorry for asking that question... I feel its necessary to collect these ID's, as it could bring back the memory of those who died back to the realm of the living. I want to show that you guys were real, and not a figment of a few peoples imagination... Just... Just like I believed before."He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, going back on what he used to believe about the ones they lost in this horrid place. They had managed to convince him of the reality that he was ignorant of previously. He noticed that the girl had gone from a rather gloomy mood to a rather cheery disposition with a mischievous glint in her eyes. He was curiously afraid of what she had to behold, but it turns out that she just wanted to know what the name of Naomi and Satoshi's child. After that, her face turned from a rather humorous and cat-like one to a rather thoughtful and sober disposition. She stumbled on her words as they question on if they were ok, which caused Eien to ponder on their state of mind."I honestly don't know how they are doing since I seldom talked to each of them since the incident. I think they're still a bit shaken up and unstable after the loss of you three, but I'm sure they're ok! I'll make sure to relate what I can to the four of them, however I'll make sure to ask Naomi that question for you. Heh, I didn't know she had a thing for Satoshi... I thought she teased him just cause, heh."He let out a brief smile, with a tiny chuckle before clearing his throat and going back to his serious and stoic demeanor."Well, anyways... After I ask them, I'll try and related back what I know to you guys... If I can ever figure out how to commune with you guys, without ever returning to this dangerous place... Now that I think about it... That paper scrap is probably very important to us, so..."Eien leans over to Mayuri, and quickly procures her scrap of paper, and student ID. He takes a brief look at the two before placing them in his pocket, mainly to safeguard them until his return to the infirmary. He then gives the trio a solemn smile filled with determination, and began heading towards the infirmary door. As he reached out to grab the door and open it up, he turned to Seiko, and spoke to her one last time before leaving the infirmary."I'm holding onto Mayuris ID and scrap, just in case anything happens during my leave. From what I know, I could be collecting a few IDs, to comforting the spirits of this school, whether it be of our friends or others... As long as they're friendly and not out for blood in any way possible... However...""If I do die and she returns to consciousness, can you please tell her where my corpse is so she knows where to find our IDs and scrap if I am incapable of lingering around of a spirit. I'll be gone for a couple of minutes, so can you try to stay around here until I return if you can? Thats all I can ask of you for now."After he asked of it, he would pop his head into the hallway to scan for any forlorn spirits, and quickly recalled one more thing. He popped his head back into the infirmary, slightly a bit red around his face."And, uhm... One more thing if I can't return and can't inhibit this space as a spirit if I die... M-mind telling Mayuri that.... Erm... Th-that I love her? That's all I really wanted to say..."His face flushed with a bit of a reddish tint, his face brighter than the sun that existed in the sky above the realm of the living. He poked his head out one last time to check for spirits, and if their were none in sight, he would leave the infirmary.[Obtained Mayuris ID and Mayuris Scrap of Paper]

Seiko grinned an almost impossible large grin at the prospect of keeping such a secret, though, much to Eien's probable surprise...

"I already knew!" She giggled with innocent charm as she looked at him from the bedside. "Remember, or not, we were all once close friends. Mayuri and I were once INCREDIBLY close friends. I know her secrets and she once knew mine, some of which not even Naomi knew!" Her face then lowers as she giggles with joy. "One such secret of hers involved a certain childhood friend! Teehee! That's all I can say on the matter!" She then leapt surprisingly high for someone who was just sitting, before walking a short distance forwards.

"Don't worry. I'll watch over these two. I think they'll come close to consciousness soon though I'm not sure. Naomi didn't tell me much about Nursing and I was training to be a hairdresser sooooooooo yeah." She sent him a smirk, wink and "peace" sign with her fingers as she said so, looking like something out of an anime (oh the irony...). By now, Seiko's body had begun to visibly fade, and appeared to be in its final stages of...whatever process it was going through. Her voice was becoming incredibly distant, as though she were speaking from the other end of a cave, and her face could barely be seen.

"Well... I'll see ya around!" And with that final farewell, Seiko was completely gone, replaced instead by a small, white, glowing orb that set itself down in the chair that sat at the bedside beside Mayuri and the young girl. It seemed highly likely that this was Seiko, and, even though she wasn't visible or audible to him, it still felt as though she were there...

-----Exiting into the hallway-----

As Eien exited back into the hallway, something about the whole place seemed, felt and looked different. While he might not have picked up on this earlier due to the situation with Mayuri, the hall that he was currently in didn't feel like the one he'd been exposed to before Mayuri's injury. The floorboards were now a different shade, turning from a dirt-coloured wood to a light, brick red colour, and cracks and holes in the walls that'd previously gone unnoticed had grown several times their original size, doubling cause for concern about the structure's durability...

The most noticeable of all changes, however, was at the northern end of the hallway. Specifically, it was the floor. It's been completely...broken off! It was like the floorboards had caved into a never-ending abyss of black and the area Eien had been several minutes before, which once displayed Mayu Suzumoto's organs in stunning brutality, had been completely torn off. He could still faintly make out the outline of some of Suzumoto's remains splattered against the wall. The path northwards was completely impossible to cross, no matter how you put it...

This left his only option being to the south, which lead to the staircase which had the crazy twin version of the little girl he'd saved. Oddly, unlike the northern end of the hall, where unease and dread would fill ones stomach, the southern side felt somewhat...normal compared to the parts of the school Eien had been exposed to previously. Though Seiko did say that the bathrooms were to the north-east, so that didn't help matters in terms of direction...

Seemed the only way to go from here was down. And oddly, he could hear the faint sounds of struggle in that direction. Thudding and banging... (Lelz, hopefully not sexual)

Naomi swiped her knife twice at Yuuya, when she noticed that the knife was just cutting through him as if it was just slicing the air, she hopped back out of cutting distance from the Spirit, she put her knife away knowing she couldn't hurt the bright blue phantom," We aren't in hell, we're somewhere else, but it's not the real world, that's what I do know now," Naomi told Yosuke," We should head a different way, this smurf prick is gonna block our way and try to stop us from going to the infirmary." Naomi said aloud. She figured that he was just trying to stop them because he never attacked them yet and isn't really chasing them .

-Eien : Heavenly Host Elementary = Infirmary-

Eiens eyebrow shot straight up in interest at the mischievous girls grin. From what he could figure out, she was pretty playful, and felt she might just spoil the secret. However, she unleashed what she knew about the girl and her little secret, causing Eiens eyes to widen with a semblence of astonishment. She already knew Eiens secret when he gave the supposed big reveal, which almost caused him to beg her not to tell. However, she said something unexpected which not only brightened his face, but his mood up. She teased him with the outlook of her having a crush on a certain childhood friend, which he could easily guess to be him. He did his best to hide his indiscriminately red face, but alas the attempt was rather futile. As he heard her giggle and give her last regards, he could only give off a resonating gleeful smile to the girl as she finished her statement and transformed into a blue orb, which took a seat near the duo. As the red flushed face began returning to its previous hue, he uttered something before exiting the infirmary.

"Thank you Seiko... Despite the time we spent was sort of shot-lived for the time being, I'm glad I got to create a memory with you."

As he made his way out of the infirmary, he took a look upwards, almost cursing to himself as he looked at the dreadful landscape. The floor boards had disappeared from the looks of it, leaving no way to make it tonthis bathrooms. He noticed that Mayus remains had dissipated into thin air along with the boards, leaving only dried blood on the walls. He stared down into the abyss be for withdrawing himself from the area, formulating another hypothesis as this could only happen if someone extraordinary had destroyed the floor boards with speed and no sound. Problem was that you would have to move pretty slow to unbind the floor from its place, and within the time limit, you would of had to make a sound to quickly remove the floor from underneath the school. Add to the point that it had the appearance of a bottomless pit made it more plausible to him that this school was some sort of strange supernatural being. This place obviously wanted its victims dead from the looks of it, and felt that he not only had to keep a look out for malign spirits but this dangerous school itself.

He took a brief look around and noticed no signs of inconsistencies other than the broken floor boards to the north. Looks like he needed to take an alternative route which was shown to be the stairs. He had no choice to traverse down that path which most likely lead to the second floor if his presumptions were right. He made sure to keep a look out because he felt anything within his range of sight to evade the worst scenario this place could offer. As he traversed near the stairs, he checked for inconsistencies before walking downwards to the first floor.

He was bothered by one current event taking place - the banging coming from the lower region. Before he would completely make his way down, he would check for any spirit or others human being in his sight. He would need to keep a sharp eye, otherwise he could meet his untimely end at the hands of some horrid fate.

"(Looks like the tasks at hand have changed. I not only need to find my classmates IDs, but that one mysterious girls ID. Also, I need to try and locate Mayu and Morshiges spirits and lead them to the infirmary. I also need to locate my friends and look for clues to leaving this dreary place. I'll keep my vow to you all, I promise.)"