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Well, this was something different. Nem read through the notice on the door, lingering on that last sentence in particular. I'll be watching.
As they'd arrived at the classroom alone, and hadn't seen anyone else go in before them, at least ten seconds had clearly elapsed since the last person had entered - and, given the time, there was little chance Nem was the first here - so they went right ahead and entered.
Nem's ears strained and their eyes widened automatically, both trying to compensate for the darkness of the room, but otherwise they were as unperturbed as if the place was totally unchanged. Adjusting was a non-issue. A little ahead, other students could just about be heard making their way through, and even closer there seemed to be something of an obstruction, which might soon become a pile-up. Nem didn't add to it, or try to move past, but made an immediate left turn. Brushing their fingers against the stone surface of the wall, they followed that instead, footsteps sure and unfaltering but silent (helped by the softened floor), right hand over their right eye so that if there was a sudden and brief flare of light, it would still be adjusted to darkness. They didn't make a sound, just stole quietly around the classroom.
Peralta's instructions had only specified making it through the darkness. Most, if not all, of the obstacles had likely been set up through the centre of the room, where the majority of students would head. Nem was quite content to take the longer and potentially less obstructed path around the perimeter, not worried about making good time. They'd deal with an obstacle as and when they encountered it - over or around or just kick whatever it was to the side - and use the wall to guide them to the opposite end of the room, and, if necessary, to brace against. Child's play.
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