Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2021 8:23:16 GMT -5
Today was the day. Shitoke was going to meet his vice captain. Ken'ichi Shihoin. That name alone lit a fire in his stomach and made the scars on his wrists and ankles ache. No the Shihoin's weren't his captors but it didn't make them any better than the Kasumi'Oji's. Just because Shitoke didn't personally know what they were doing and who they were hurting in the process didn't mean that they weren't doing just that behind the scenes.
He held his right wrist as he walked forward. Fear trickled into him and made his limbs go a bit weak. Get a grip Shitoke. Aramis said you were under Squad 12's protection. He can't hurt you. Just like the other nobles can't. . . but that doesn't mean you can let down your guard. Just. . . try to keep the distrust and resentment at bay. Be cordial. Be calm. Finish the meeting and you can get back to your plants. Piranha is waiting for their lunch afterall.
He stopped in the middle of the hallway and took a deep breath. He was fine. He'd be ok. He'd make it through this. And he wouldn't end up on the experimenting table. If no one else he had to trust Aramis. He could have thrown him elsewhere but he allowed him to stay. He took a look around at the quiet hallway doors on either side and the lights above him humming. I really need to learn the layout of this place better. The vice captain quarters are somewhere around here. . . At least I know his labratory. . . experimenting room? Where ever he does his research in it's around here somewhere. I just need to find it.
Try as Shitoke might he was lost. Unapologetically. It had only been a few months since he'd joined but he was usually accompanied by Anthony. So he'd not really bothered to learn the layout. Barring a few places. The room movie night was held in, his personal greenhouse storage room, and the main way to and from Anthony's personal quarters. But that was pretty much it. He'd kept it simple and hadn't felt comfortable enough to travel throughout the facility. Not alone anyway. And Anthony "didn't have time" to show him the place. But here he was wandering around and looking for his second in command's domain so he could have their meeting, possibly a question about what research he's doing, maybe a few moments yelling at him, and hopefully end as quickly as it started. One could only hope anyway but that all assumed he found the room in question and from the looks of it, he wasn't going to without help from another.
He held his right wrist as he walked forward. Fear trickled into him and made his limbs go a bit weak. Get a grip Shitoke. Aramis said you were under Squad 12's protection. He can't hurt you. Just like the other nobles can't. . . but that doesn't mean you can let down your guard. Just. . . try to keep the distrust and resentment at bay. Be cordial. Be calm. Finish the meeting and you can get back to your plants. Piranha is waiting for their lunch afterall.
He stopped in the middle of the hallway and took a deep breath. He was fine. He'd be ok. He'd make it through this. And he wouldn't end up on the experimenting table. If no one else he had to trust Aramis. He could have thrown him elsewhere but he allowed him to stay. He took a look around at the quiet hallway doors on either side and the lights above him humming. I really need to learn the layout of this place better. The vice captain quarters are somewhere around here. . . At least I know his labratory. . . experimenting room? Where ever he does his research in it's around here somewhere. I just need to find it.
Try as Shitoke might he was lost. Unapologetically. It had only been a few months since he'd joined but he was usually accompanied by Anthony. So he'd not really bothered to learn the layout. Barring a few places. The room movie night was held in, his personal greenhouse storage room, and the main way to and from Anthony's personal quarters. But that was pretty much it. He'd kept it simple and hadn't felt comfortable enough to travel throughout the facility. Not alone anyway. And Anthony "didn't have time" to show him the place. But here he was wandering around and looking for his second in command's domain so he could have their meeting, possibly a question about what research he's doing, maybe a few moments yelling at him, and hopefully end as quickly as it started. One could only hope anyway but that all assumed he found the room in question and from the looks of it, he wasn't going to without help from another.