Having watched Shizune retreat out through the door - after shoving the... corpse-boy.... to the ground, something dawned on Shiori. Having listened to the conversation between Akane, Reiko, Aito and Tsubasa, it became clear. They hadn't heard anything, nor had she, because the critter had specifically come to target Yoshida. It had arrived to force her away from the group. How did she come to this conclusion? Simple: For one, Yoshida claimed to have prior knowledge of this world and hving been here before. Secondly; Even when the creature opened its mouth and sseemingly shrieked for all the power it could muster with whatever lungs it had, only Yoshida caed over, as if she could hear something. Finally, after Shizune ran from the room, the boy fllowed her - not even paying any of the other four people at the door any heed, what so ever.

This was in stark contrast to the Friagne from yesterday, who had blatantly gone after pretty much anyone and everyone who got close to it - leading Shiori to the realization that perhaps Yoshida was indeed telling the truth. Maybe that girl had been to this world before, but it was now trying to keep her from helping the others. Naturally, there was alsot he possibility that this was all a coincidence and that the boy-monster just particularly wanted to munch on Shizune's brain - but, Mizuhana somehow doubted that such was the case.

Still, there was a new problem... Without Shizune to guide them or herd them about, the group was momentarily stuck, and with the noises from from the hallway outside getting louder and louder, Shiori felt like things would soon turn for the worse if nothing was done. The screams of pain and agony were almost overwhelming now, and she tried to cover her ears to see if that helped, but alas it did not. With Shizune's cryptic remark to Reiko, that their chances right now were zero, things had to change [i]and[/i] happen, right away.

But where to go? Shizune had run off in the opposite direction from the hall that heralded the screams - but she hadn't run away because she was scared. She'd fled to dra the creature away, and... Perhaps... keep herself from the others, for a while. She had no way to prove this of course, and it could be tahat the girl just took that path so as to not get into more trouble, but what about them? The voices were specifically calling for Akane and Tsubasa... Which meant that letting them go to that hallway was probably a very, very unwise decision.

She still felt fatigued and anemic, and the bug-bites on her neck - or whatever they were - still stung. Still, Shiori had to step up and do something, less they end up standing here until the voices and shouts became loud enough to pop their eardrums.

"You're all right. We need to leave, right now." She said, in a bit f a louder voice than usual as to make herself heard over the pained cries for help.

She stepped outside the classroom and looked at the two hallways, a deep frown settling on her face. Follow Yoshida and deal with whatever dangers that may bring, or head towards the crying voices and no doubt end up in a sticky and unpleasant trap or ambush... She sighed, just like before there were no right or wrong choice, just two bad ones. The quesiton, though, which was the less bad one this time? Moving her gloved hand to her chin, she thought for a brief while, then turned back to the people still inside the classroom.

"Kabetake, Hazama... It appears the voices want you to go to them. I think it'd be best if you two didn't go down that hallway." She said this blankly, as if it was a mere suggestion that she really didn't care if they listened to or not. She wasn't going to force anyone to take her advice, after all. "Rather, I'd suggest you two, since you got a weapon and can handle yourselves, go after Yoshida-san... Though-" She looked over at the quiet hallway. "... it might be good to be very, very careful. She didn't run away because she was scared, she wanted to gey away from us because of that boy."

Her fill attention went back to the group... Aito, Akane, Reiko, Tsubasa and Shinobu. Her classmates, her [i]friends[/i], though some far more or far less so than others. Regardless of their interactions before though, they had all ended up here in this place together, and now - more than ever - they needed to trust and rely on each other. Because, it was painfully clear, that nobody - [i]nobdoy[/i could escape, or even survive, this place alone.

"I'm going to go investigae the voices." She then said, abruptly and calmly, with her usual poker-face in play. "I want to see who or what is calling for you two, and what might happen if you went yourselves." She turned around and took a few steps, her dark jacket swaying as she walked, but then she stopped and turned her head back so as to look over her shoulder. "It might actually be best if you all lwent to look for Yoshida and make sure she's alright. Coming with me means you'd have to stay quiet, and the more of use that go together, the harder that'd be."

With that said, Shiori Mizuhana started off again, slowly making her way down the screaming hallway, with light steps. She had completely entered investigatory-mode, as some of her club members jokingly refered to it. It was a state in which their club prez discarded all thoughts and concerns for anything else but that which she was looking into. It was a rare state-of-mind sort of thing, where the girl exhibited skills in both sneaking, hiding and stalking, something the young girl had learned to do after years of practice and repeated failure and improvement.

Of course, the skills of a human could not possibly compete with the supernatural beings of this place, but at least - hopefully - nothing would come out of the walls and she could check whetever this direction was actually safe or not. And hopefully, Tsubasa, Akane and all the rest, heeded her warning and jugement, for their own sake. Of course, Shiori had no intention of dying in vain either, if worse came to wear, she'd retreat back to this classroom or somewhere else if the opportunity arised.

... But she really wanted to know, if everything they heard and saw in this place was truly out to kill them, or if there were indeed any exceptions.