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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[fallenbeanpole]

The Once-ler nodded once to acknowledge the deal. With that out of the way, he intended to return to his thoughts, now that they were under control and he was thinking somewhat more clearly. Skulduggery, on the other hand, started asking more questions.

The Once-ler frowned, slightly irked that the conversation wasn't over. "You've tried pulling it too? We didn't have much luck." He shook his head in reply. "No, it's a personal matter. Soma was planning on checking out the book, though. She's my acquaintance from the library."

He didn't like using the word, but describing someone as a friend when even he wasn't sure if that was the case did not appeal to him. He'd made that assumption before, and had been stung for it.

[skeletonenigma]

Skulduggery nodded slowly. So Soma was the woman in the wheelchair. And despite being in a wheelchair, she was going to attempt something dangerous tonight. She had no way of knowing, of course, but it was safe to assume anything even slightly out of the ordinary in this place was dangerous. Besides, the secret passageway - or what little Skulduggery and Rita had seen of it, before the one-eyed snake took up their full attention - was a staircase. That would just be frustrating to traverse in a wheelchair, not to mention amusing to watch.

"If you see her before tonight, warn her to be careful. That book is very important to someone. It's annoyingly well-guarded." Skulduggery and Rita would likely get there first and take care of whatever monster attacked them this time, which should leave the way free for Soma, and allow her to turn back once she saw the impassable staircase. That, or Skulduggery would be there in time for a last-minute rescue, which he seemed to be particularly good at.