Day 66: Game Room (Fourth Shift)

[knightspirit]

The game room, huh... In normal, everyday life, it wouldn't have sounded too terrible, but as things were, it seemed like more of an annoyance. Games were fine, but priorities.... On the other hand, Kyousuke seemed to have hit a block in figuring out the clues to the the illness, and just thinking without getting anywhere wasn't very productive, either. At this point, it may have been best to push it aside and come back to it fresh. He had his reservations about it, especially since the end of the day was rapidly approaching, but... Frustration wasn't going to get him any closer.

He poked around what games were there with resignation, still half wondering what he was even doing and trying not feel guilty for needing a break. After a while he came across an electronic device marked "Game Boy Color" and picked it up out of curiosity. He'd heard of those before... If he was right, this thing was older than he was, by quite a bit. Flicking it on confirmed his suspicions; the sound and graphics from it spoke for themselves.

Shrugging, he took it a random seat, wincing at the pain in his ribs as he sat down. He guessed it wouldn't kill him to mess around with this thing for a little while.

[Lloyd!]

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[age_of_kings]

"How could they take their pleasure from watching us suffer, if they allowed us to convalesce in bed?" Tolten sighed and looked down at the floor, remembering the arguments and heated words that had been exchanged the other night in the X-Ray room.

Oh gods, now how he wished he'd been stronger!

"I'm aware of the cure," he said, quietly. "Thank you, Lady Peries."

[madeinthehrl]

Soma frowned as she put the last rook in its place. "I know, but they're doing a terrible job of trying to pass this off as a mental institute. They could try harder, at the very least."

Mentioning the cure seemed to concern him somewhat--not that she could have blamed him in the slightest. Soma nodded slightly.

"It works, if that's what you're wondering," she said after a moment, gesturing to her abdomen with a slight twitch of her finger. "It's not pleasant, but it works."

[age_of_kings]

"I think it's a joke now," Tolten said, frowning as he tried to put his thoughts into words. "The pretending. We all know, but it amuses him anyway to pretend."

But then...oh gods, was it true? It really did work? If that were the case...

Of course, dinner was next and there were so many questions he still had. He'd seen some talk on the board, but standing there had made him so dizzy the world had begun to pitch and tumble!

"But..." He swallowed hard and tried to find a more comfortable position for his aching body. "How...how can anyone survive something like that? Here?" With no healers, no sterile equipment, no anesthesia...

[madeinthehrl]

Tolten had a point. If they'd ever had a passable cover to begin with, it would have been blown to pieces after the military takeover anyway.

Talk of the cure seemed to have gotten his attention, though. Soma leaned forward slightly, lowering her voice as she nudged a pawn across the board. "It's not impossible. At least two of us got it done last night. There's an operating room in the medical wing, and there's equipment and anesthetic in a room attached to it."

She paused. It was easier to talk about it during the day, now that the pain was fading and the blood and sweat seemed more like a bad dream than anything else. "It's not easy. But the supplies are easy enough to obtain. There are people with healing abilities here, too. Finding someone you trust enough to perform the operation is the hard part."