Day 60: Arts and Crafts (Third Shift)

[lighthearted]

Sora wasn't quite sure what to make of his talk with Doctor Facilier. The man hadn't revealed much about himself even as he'd asked all those questions, so it was hard to form an opinion. Sora could only hope that he had proved himself to be more than just a kid over the course of their conversation, though if not, then that was the doctor's loss, right? Sora figured that he was a pretty good resource in this place after having been stuck here for so long.

As for the note that he'd put up for the club, it had gotten a lot of responses already, which he was glad about. It meant that his friends were all safe and sound, and more than that, they wanted to keep working with him. He'd even gotten a few new people to sign up, counting Renji and the other person who had apparently been recruited by Soma. So while they had missed an important opening last night, Sora wasn't going to let that get him down.

Oddly enough, there was a slight change for today, which was that they weren't going to be eating lunch in the cafeteria. Sora stared down at the bagged lunch that was put into his hands. They were usually only given something like this when they went out to Doyleton, but...

If it meant that they would get to go somewhere else for the shift, then Sora wasn't about to complain. The problem was that he'd already been to these rooms so many times that nothing really struck him as exciting. They'd gone to the Game Room just yesterday, though, so in the end he picked out Arts and Crafts.

Figuring that he should get his meal out of the way first, Sora took a seat at a table and started to dig through his lunch. "Hey, grilled cheese!" Nothing to complain about there. Sora unwrapped the sandwich and took a bite. It felt weird to be eating in here, but he wasn't going to let that stop him.

[For Woody.]

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"I reminds me of magical energy, but not as...versatile," Tolten went on, eagerly. Mikado was skeptical, but interested. And polite! He wasn't laughing or saying Tolten was mad!

"We use magical energy to...well, to do everything I've seen electristy do. It power appliances and homes and hand held devices. We cook with it, clean with it, use it to power our plumbing. It even power our autos, from the ones we drive in the street to military vehicles."

And perhaps they were a bit too dependent on it, and perhaps they had used more than needed at first, but that was all Gongora's fault.

"Oh, everyone who has magic or some sort of ability or power or what have you is muted. It may be a device - the thing that caused last night to happen - but that could be a trick. Apparently it broke - the device, I mean. It's fixed now, but..."

For once Tolten felt like he knew what was going on. He had carefully laid together what he knew of this place, and often found himself perplexed. But the device! The device he could speak of. Even if it were a trick, the knowledge was in his head.

[ofthemotions]

...He was caught between impressions. Between nodding his head because it made sense to staring in outright disbelief. It wasn't anything wholly outrageous--with an open mind, it could be taken as something that was logical... In ways. Tolten went on to explain about a certain device.... And Mikado couldn't argue. There was something that had people all understanding each other here, so why not a device to nullify abilities or... whatever they were. He gave a weak smile. "I... I think I understand."

As much as he was able to at the time, at least. Without breaking something in his mind. But despite acknowledging those limitations, a central part of him prompted speech--to question and clarify. He was delving too far into the opposite of his 'reality,' but it existed as something to know. "Are you saying that... It's common? That many people have, um. Abilities here?"