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The Scarecrow of Oz ([personal profile] scarefaux) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2011-04-06 12:22 pm

Night 55: Entry Room

[From here.]

Even with the change in staff, the Entry Room looked the same as it did during his first nighttime visit, save for the lack of Mele and her conjured fire. Oh, thinking about her brought back a twinge of guilt- knowing how the town was at night, she surely wouldn't approve of his heading there, even if he was in good company. Well, he couldn't sit in his room forever, and there was no guarantee the rooms were safe- after all, that was where the nurses collected people for the Sleep Studies. Besides that, he'd not been outside of the Institute's walls at night on his own volition. It was high time he changed that.

He frowned to himself in the darkness. Now that he had his body, what would he do with his time at night? He was still no closer to rescuing Dorothy or any of his friends from Wizard Landel's brainwashing, and the General had hinted that things would only get harder from there on out. He knew they had to be stopped, but how? And what could he do? He wasn't a fighter like Depth Charge, or a witch like Mele; he was not a doctor or professional or even someone with a working brain. The fact that he was seemingly useless was what grated on him the most. However, if there was anything the Scarecrow knew, it was that he couldn't give in. Even if it took him forever, he'd think of something. He had to!

The Scarecrow swept the room with his light before heading in, trailing along the wall for safety's sake. "So you've been to town at night?" he asked. "Aside from the time we were left there?" There was also the time the doors were enchanted, but there was a chance not everyone had ended up there that night.

[identity profile] mugenreppa.livejournal.com 2011-04-19 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
If it was a trap, there was even less to worry about, wasn't there? A trap could be avoided, and from the guy's wording, it didn't seem like an ambush kind of trap: the ones that involved humans and were therefore flexible. But Mele didn't want to take the risk of running into additional traps beyond the first trap and ending up like this guy, either.

"I'm going, I'm going." She sighed as she turned to go. "I'll see if I can find some kind of doctor or something," she added thoughtlessly as she went. Because of course her chances of finding a doctor were incredibly slim, and she didn't think at all about possibly giving the guy false hope or whatever and all that. "Hope night ends soon," she said cavalierly, waving as she exited.