Nathaniel stumbled and looked over to see how much worse Chi was effected by the scream. She stumbled about incoherently and the boy stopped to stabilize her and then picked her up like a princess. "Bear with me here Chi." He ran into the courtyard and looked about. "Where to go... where to go..." He didn't know whether to try to make it to the factory or if he should go somewhere else. He saw that the things were heading over to the cafeteria and so all he had to avoid was the nurse who was still behind him. He decided to head away from where the zombies were running and began making his way to the dorm. "Chi this is going to be really weird sounding... if you can even hear me. But i do hope you have your room key with you."

Upon traversing the Bridge, Sora realize how many Zombies were truly following him. A third of the green eyed student body, poured out of the park onto the bridge chasing after him. Although he tried to lose them on the island, he realized the effort was futile and made a mad dash for the elevator. Landing inside, he slammed the elevator door and was taken to the computer room.

Pascale, having calm down a bit, saw the ragged Sora covered in green goop as he stumbled out of the elevator.
"Wow, you look like Garbage she joked."
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Running through the Park, Nil notes that its particularly devoid of his green eyed school mates. He guess they all went towards the noise at the cafeteria and carries on.
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Thankfully, the hallway of convenience leads them to the doors of the dormitory, but with zombies hot on there tail, there's no time to rest.

He slows his dash, taking note of his surroundings carefully, letting his instincts take over. If he just rushed around thinking all was safe, he'd risk getting blindsided. After all, these things were intelligent; at least some of the were, judging by how Agatha was behaving. And with Ms. K never showing back up, it was safe to say (though not safe for anyone) that she was infected as well. If he had to deal with a Zombie Ms. K... he let that thought go to the back of his mind, still making his way for the factory as stealthily as he could. Such worries would only make him panic, and panic wasn't allowed when people's safety was at stake.

Sora glanced up for a moment, speaking extremely quickly for a time before catching his breath, "We're getting attacked by the virtual world again. Can you lock down the elevator somehow and get me down there? The hostiles are right at the top." Thankfully he didn't sound hoarse or fearful, but he was beginning to feel quite rushed as the situation worsened.

Well crap...

Waiting for Pascale's response, Sora stepped up next to the elevator and briefly wiped the grime off his face for a moment. Bracing himself with one hand against the wall, he breathed in deeply as he got the chance to.

Nathaniel gasped, his heaves burned in his lungs. This situation really sucked, but it was either running or becoming one of them. One of us... one of us... Nathaniel shook his head, he must be going insane. "Chi which room is yours?" He hoped they didn't run past it, he didn't even know if her room was on the first floor. "Chi which room is yours? Do you have your key ready?" He hoped the door could protect them long enough that perhaps they could escape through a window and cut around to the factory. He wondered if he should pull the fire alarms to attract more things into the building, but it could also cause them to surround the building which then would destroy their chances of escaping. "This situation sucks..." He huffed.

Chi slowly came back to her senses. If the situation wasn't so dire, she would probably think of Nathan carrying her around as something even romantic. But there was no time for that. She slipped from his arms, landing not too gracefully on the ground. She still had one of her hands against her temple, as the pain didn't pass away completely. Trying to focus, she murmured.

"Um...twenty five, room twenty five...here..." Reaching to her pocket first, Chi gave Nathaniel the key, with a little, red, fuzzy key-chain attached to it.

"Come on get up, we gotta hurry." He took the key and helped Chi up, helping her a few doors over and quickly unlocked and helped her in. He closed and locked the door before moving a desk over to barricade the door. From there he moved over to the window and looked out to see if it was clear to open so that they could escape through. "You think you can run Chi?"

Chi and Nathan managed to get into the room without incident, green eyed drooling monsters chased after them, but they managed to close the door in time. The roars and growls in the hallway continued unabated but the duo was safe for now, it seemed they couldn't get through the doors. Out of the window, it seemed pretty clear.
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Nil arrived to edge of the park towards the bridge only to see it swarming with Zombies, they didn't seem to notice him though. Turning back to the forest, he saw two green eyed figures walking from the darkness...walking instead of running.
It was Agatha with Nurse at her side. While Nurse seemed wild-eyed and crazed, Agatha seemed a little more composed despite the green goo on her face and clothes. She seemed to be smiling. Slowly she raised her finger and pointed at Nil and Nurse screeched a deafening cry once more. Immediately, the Zombies from the Bridge began rushing towards Nil as the others began to emerge out of the forest.
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Stunned silent by Sora's explanation, Pasale's thought process was interrupted by a frightening screech originating from outside. Pascale wasn't a fan of Zombies, so she began to act quickly. Typing a quick set of commands she turned the chair toward Sora.
"Do you think the others are coming? Cause if I go with you, then I'll have to lock down the factory elevator so they can't get in, but neither would our friends..."

"You know, Nurse, you've kind of been a pain in the ass lately," Nil groans, trying to clear his head from the scream. "And Agatha, you've been alright, but this is really straining the partner relationship. So, I'm sorry, ladies, but I'll have to leave you hanging for a while." And with a running start, he dives over the bridge, into the river below!

Sora grimaced for a brief millisecond before the process corrected his mindset. Turning around quickly, he spoke to Pascale as quick as he could comprehensibly "Lock it now before it is too late after I'm in. We lose all other chances of success if the enemy uses the elevator." Taking a quick breath between words, Sora continued, "It's your choice. There is a very large amount of them still on the main factory floor. If our friends avoid them somehow you could be there waiting to unlock it if you delay going in yourself for a time." Already beginning to sweat slightly, Sora didn't waste any energy trying to give himself fake emotions to hide his blank state. The situation most certainly wouldn't be helped by them anyway.

Chance of failure is too high...

"I do think some of them are coming." Resisting the process for a short moment, Sora suddenly went back to waiting by the elevator for the results of Pascale's decision as if he hadn't said anything.

Sora shook his head in disbelief, process managing his thoughts again, "I don't care, just get me in and lock it then. We should stop wasting time talking about it until we have a person inside."

I'm sorry...

Chubs rested with his back to a solid oak tree, breathing steadily.
He was mildly annoyed. All he wanted was to find out the truth and quench his natural thirst for learning.
But she had to butt in and act like he messed everything up, like he was a annoying little liability.
Just like so many other people.
He began to mentally meditate, instead of worrying, he simply looked at nature, and how beautiful it was.
"They can do whatever they want. I'm just going to relax, and refocus."

Rude...
"Fine then, I hope you can handle yourself. As soon as you get in head for the tower, be careful in there Sora." she advised.
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The shock of the river disoriented Nil as soon as he entered the water, losing his Shinai and much of his bearings in the process. However, the zombies who had rushed out onto the bridge into the park all seemed to have lost his trail. The water must have masked and carried away his scent. The real challenge was now getting across to the factory.
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Back at the Dorms, the hallway behind the door became eerily quiet. Suddenly, the door to Chi and Pascale's room flew off the hinges and over Nathan and Chi's heads destroying the window as harmless shards of glass rained around them. In the door way Nathan could see Ms. K, eyes glowing green, but not really looking any angrier than how she usually was.
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"Virtualizing...Sora!"
As she did so, she also locked the elevator and opened the security cameras to see the situation around the factory.
"Mon dieu..."

The familiar orange and brown plain of the desert stretched before him. Two towers, glowing red could be seen in the distance, but they were on opposite sides of Sora.
Sora can feel a warm strength coming from within.
[Sora hp: 168 L: 2 E: 0% sts: Boosted]

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Nil takes a moment to collect himself, holding onto the rock face, and proceeds to swim across the river, swimming beneath the surface with small motions to mask himself as much as possible. Even if the majority of those zombies were slow, Agatha and Nurse weren't. Agatha had the ability to lead them, and Nurse had that scream that seemed to disorient and rally the others. They were really a troubling duo, and if they noticed him, then he'd be entirely without options. He'd already lost his shinai... if they didn't manage to get the time reversal, he'd really have a hard time explaining that fee. There he went, ignoring the zombies to keep himself focused on getting things done.

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