[Call to Hakuba] Backdated to an hour or so before the manor change

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*Heiji shoves the last of the food into a bag, paranoia crawling across his neck. He keeps rapidly glancing around the room, keeping his back to a wall so he can see as much of the room as he can. Sure that he was alone, he dove into one of the cabinets and grabbed a bottle of aspirin, hurriedly shoving them into his pocket.

Hearing a sound behind him, Heiji spun again, jumping with a start at the statue standing outside the kitchen window. Backing slowly out of the kitchen, he slammed the door shut and made for the stairs as fast as he could using the wall as support.

He took out his phone when he got there, gritting his teeth as pain shot up his leg, and dialed Hakuba, praying the other teen would hear it*

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[Audio, probably -> In Person]

[stalking_horse]

[Even with trying to avoid falling asleep much, you really couldn't stay awake for three weeks straight; he'd been dozing off occasionally - not more than catnaps, but hard to avoid if it was quiet.]

[His blackberry going off startled him out of THAT fast, and on seeing the number and that Heiji is not in the room, he's dashing out to find him while he clicks it on; he figures odds are good if there's an answer he can follow hearing where Heiji is, if he hasn't gotten too far.]

Where are you?!

[Audio, probably -> In Person]

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*he doesn't answer right away staring down the hall at the statue peeking just around the corner, his eyes starting to water*

Bottom.....of the stairs. Hakuba, I can't keep my eyes open any longer.

*he starts sliding up the stairs a step at a time, squinting to try and keep his eyes open*

[ In Person]

[stalking_horse]

[He's skipping steps running down; luckily the way it's laid out makes it easy for him to stop on the landing partway up, eyes on the Angel.]

I'm here, I've got it!

[In Person]

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*He wastes no time in closing his eyes, feeling his way up a couple steps before feeling comfortable opening them again*

Alright, thanks.

*he limps up the stairs, keeping an eye on the angel as well so that Hakuba wouldn't have to strain his eyes*

Here, take this. *he offers up the bag*

[In Person]

[stalking_horse]

[accepts the bag, keeping an eye on the angel at the bottom of the stairs.]

When you get to the door, let me know and keep an eye on the hallway - I'll book it back, but it'll probably end up moving since we'll both have to break line of sight to get back to the room, but if you're waiting for it, it should stop with enough time for me to get to the room.

[In Person]

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*he nods, not wasting any time climbing past him*

Don't blink.

*he had to admit, adrenaline was a godsend when it came to ignoring the ever living hell out of pain. He opened his door and turned, bracing his back against the door frame and taking a breath, eyes closed as he prepared himself for covering the other detective's back*

Hakuba!

[In Person]

[stalking_horse]

Alright, I'm coming! [And with that for warning to be watching, he's turning and bolting for the door at a full sprint, getting inside as soon as he can without breaking or jostling Heiji's line of sight.]

[In Person]

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*Heiji opens his eyes, catching the angel just as it makes the tops of the stairs. Fear struck him again as he saw that face snarling at him, and just the very knowledge of how fast that thing could kill him, and just what he had at stake, made his eyes water.

But Hakuba finally made it in, and Heiji nearly fell into his room and slammed the door. After a few seconds to relax, he chanced a glance through the peep hole, and hopped back away from the door. It was luck he didn't fall over.

His heart was racing as he limped over to his bed, gritting his teeth. The pain killers had better be worth it*