Day 64: Intercom, Evening

[damned_intercom]

When the cheery jingle sounded over the speakers, the Head Doctor could be heard humming a song that suspiciously sounded like pieces of "Superstar" from today's movie. Then, as if realizing people were listening, he abruptly cleared his throat.

"Good evening, patients!" he greeted after a quick recovery. "I do hope everyone had a pleasant day. And what better way to end things than with a scrumptious steak dinner? We'll be including fries on the side, as well as offering our usual assortment of water, milk, and juices. Of course, we also carry vegetarian options for those of you who don't eat meat. Enjoy!"

The intercom turned off, leaving the nurses to escort patients to their rooms.

((Please make all dinner threads under this post with your character's room number in the subject line. For updated roommate assignments, refer to the latest Lounge Post. Thanks!))

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[his_legacy]

The unnerved look in Link's eye was unmistakable. There was only one man he knew to be powerful enough to commit such an atrocity as overtaking the body of another, and that man was dead. What kind of power was held in this place that was capable of matching Ganondorf's? Nothing overruled the divine power of the goddesses. Nothing!

Had the Triforce of Power been taken here upon Ganon's demise? Was it now Link's task to obtain it? But why would the goddesses send him here and take even his sword? And why would there be other "patients" here?

"That's awful," he managed, meeting Sora's eye. "I've... I've seen that happen to a friend," the young Hylian clarified. The incident was still fresh in his memory. "It certainly wasn't any magic I was familiar with," he murmured. Goddesses... He hoped, at least, that she hadn't been in pain. Link needed a change of subject.

"I'm assuming that you had planned on staying in tonight?" Sora gave a pleasant first impression. Link wasn't sure how much of a fighter the boy might be, but he was at least up for the company. Fighting with a companion, or better, a friend, was always better than fighting alone. He wouldn't mind venturing out with Sora.

[lighthearted]

It was understandable for Link to be disturbed by the concept of brainwashing, especially if it was something he'd come into contact with before. Sora was already getting the feeling that Link had been through a lot before showing up here, if monsters and brainwashing were things he was familiar with. Then again, it hadn't really been any different for Sora in that respect.

"Yeah, we don't really know how they do it," he admitted with a sigh. The only consolation was that it wasn't permanent, although there was another sort of brainwashing that could be. He thought of all his friends who had been released, or even just his roommates. It was way too big of a number.

When Link asked about what he had planned for the night, Sora glanced up, and it was clear that he'd been taken off guard. Normally, he would have resisted the suggestion that he was just going to hide in his room, but that actually had been the plan tonight.

But now that Link was involved, Sora didn't know if he could stick to that. He wondered if he should mention his illness. It seemed wrong to keep it from the person who had the largest chance of being affected by it, but on the other hand...

"Well, I don't want you heading out on your own," he said after a long pause. He was about to suggest that they head out together, since he wanted to make sure Link stayed relatively safe on his first night, but at that point the intercom went off.

[To nightshift.]