http://damned-intercom.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] damned-intercom.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2011-10-19 12:33 am

Day 59: Intercom, Evening

As the day began drawing to a close, the intercom flickered to life. Instead of Harrington's voice, however, Berg's calm tone filtered through the speakers.

"Attention all personnel: please escort subjects to their quarters for the duration of dinner shift. After that, you are expected to report to your stations -- no exceptions. Anyone caught away from his or her post without direct orders will have to personally answer to the general."

An odd tension hung in the air, but Berg didn't say anything more than that. Once the intercom clicked off, soldiers began to gather up the patients and bring them to their rooms. Most didn't know why Harrington wasn't handling the announcements, or why Berg sounded particularly serious this evening, though no one would admit that to the subjects themselves.

The few who did know had more pressing matters to contend with.
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[personal profile] immortale 2011-10-28 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
A 'power boost'? Firo wasn't entirely sure what Claude meant by that, but at the mention of his injury, his eyes shot to the other man's arm. It had been in a cast just yesterday, and now, as far as he could tell, it looked completely fine. It couldn't have been that Claude was an immortal—no, his injury would have healed much faster were that the case; he wouldn't have needed the cast at all—but for a regular person to heal so quickly... Well, maybe it was just a case that it had already been almost healed. He did say it had only healed a 'little' faster, but...

"That does sound lucky," he agreed, smiling bitterly. "I wasn't nearly as well off."

He hesitated. He'd already told Peter about it earlier, but it was still embarrassing no matter how many times he repeated it. But... Claude deserved to know. Even if he'd been better off for it, he'd still been drugged against his will, same as Firo. "I've been hearing voices since then."