SHINE A LIGHT ♠️ private, research

[Zack Asiv]

As they stepped past the unconcious guy through his harsh breathing they may even make out a word he was saying. Completely out he was still trying to damn some poor soul.

"...Legend..."

Is that even a name? Either way the coast was clear for now. Where to?

[Vincent Yukino]

One of his favorite places was the courtyard back in their former school, but it was too damn dark to see a single thing, and he was not too familiar with the area. The hallways were barely visible, though he could see a little bit with the moonlight shining through some of the windows. He would make his way slowly, taking gentle steps towards the west, where he would try to make his way to the cafeteria. Many encounters and fights ended up with a good slice of pizza smearing against his face in the end. So that's where he would head, but it required one hell of a long walk through the hallways to get to. His guard was high, since he was not prepared to look like that bloody-faced student. Or assumed student.

[Alice Scevidinia]

The single word muttered by the beaten student lingered in the back of Alice's mind, but for the most part, she dismissed it. The scenery was rather dark, with little light filtering in. "Do you have your phone? Doesn't it have a flashlight?" Alice casually whispered, keeping her guard up, but deciding against being overly cautious and sneaky enough not to talk. The place looked so different at night- it would send chills down an average human's spine, no doubt. Heh, not so for her.

[Zack Asiv]

Making it to the cafeteria would be eerily quiet. Until one could make out rustling then as if to echo everywhere at once.. Laughter.

In the cafeteria they would find the scene of what must of been a battle. To one side a kid was laying face first against a cracked wall bloody and beaten. A bowl cut blue shine to his hair and a black school uniform. Not far off another student beaten pretty bad with a black school uniform and spiked red hair. They had name tags luckily. One said Steven. The other said Max.

Further in was a black guy with short crew cut hair and a purple school uniform. The tables around this guy were charred black, some still had orange embers burning near his hands, though his uniform and body was not burnt.

The laughter would echo away.

[Vincent Yukino]

Not with this phone. This Nokia can't shine a light. Heck, it can barely even take a photo. Vincent would reply to her. It was a bright idea, but this was a Nokia, and it sure as hell was not a new one either. Upon entering the scene of the cafeteria, he would look around to see a few bodies, two on the sides and one in the middle... Someone really made this a slaughterhouse... He would comment as he would turn over to look at Max, examining his body, trying to analyze what kind of wounds had been sustained. It looked much worse than the one who had been thrown out of the school in a bloody mess. Yo Alice, try to see what might have been the cause of bloodshed. I don't mean the source, I mean possible weapons that could have been used.

[Alice Scevidinia]

Alice could only nod as she had no words to respond to Vincent with. What words were needed? A few people had been roughed up pretty badly, and both of them obviously were curious as to how. So why waste words on asking when they both had yet to know the answer? Suddenly, he asked her to use her own perception and logical thinking to try and figure out what had gone wrong. Well, enough was obvious. They had been defeated in a fight, and a bad one at that. Who resided here? A gang, perhaps, or simply some overpowered foe?

She walked towards the guy with the purple uniform, who had burning embers near his hands. The tables around him were charred, and he seemed to be in no better condition than the others. The laughter, however, it still rang out and eventually faded. "I don't know anything for certain yet," the blonde answered Vincent with honesty, not ready to waste her breath with guessing or assuming. Oh, how she really did hate being unable to discern like she used to. Back then, finding the source would be a snap. Now? Not so much. Guard up, she would begin walking towards another hallway, narrowing her blue eyes. "At the very least, we aren't doing much good by standing around here. We ought to keep exploring~"

[Zack Asiv]

Vincent would be able to tell the two had their faces smashed against something solid. Possibly the wall where it was cracked and covered in blood.

As for Alice at her approach and subsequent leave she would disturb the black male who was getting to a standing position.

"I'm going to kill... You."

His arms would erupt in fire and he would charge Alice.

"STRONG RUSHMORE!!"

His hands clasped in a huge fireball aimed like a spear in front of him to hit Alice at the entrance to the cafeteria.

[Vincent Yukino]

Vincent would see that they had been slammed, seeing as the walls have been cracked. Yup, these two had their jaws screwed up. No doubt about it. They were out cold and needed the assistance of a doctor. But now was not the time. It seems like the walls were not the best places to end up. However.... "STRONG RUSHMORE!" Hearing it from a distance, he knew he was safe from it. But then... It was not Alice who said it... Now was it...? But that move... ALICE! So she was the target. Vincent would try from the distance he was to try to charge towards her, ready to push her out of the way from the side. There was a chance he might not make it, but he damn well was going to try.

[Alice Scevidinia]

With her guard up, it was not hard to feel the sudden heat as the man in the purple uniform recovered. Alice turned and saw him ignite the flames on his arms, and speak in a low voice saying he was going to kill her. He suddenly fired up some sort of Qi ability, and charged for her with it. It all was happening too fast, but the next thing the blonde noticed was Vincent calling out her name and rushing for her, likely to try to defend her from the oncoming attack. "Stay back!" she demanded with a shout, glaring with piercing blue eyes at the man coming at her, the flames reflecting in those azure pools. As the attack came for her, she would feint to the side quickly and duck down to avoid his fireball. With her moderate speed, she hoped to fully dodge his attack and move behind him. If she was successful with that, she would send a heavy strike with her foot into lower back.

[Zack Asiv]

The kick from Alice would send the guy stumbling in a panic out of the cafeteria, into the hall and right out the window. Passing back out. They were free to move on.