Night 67: Main Hallway, 1-West

[ofthemotions]

[from here --and waiting for Ryusei!]

There still wasn't a lot of people in the halls, and it was starting to make him nervous. Maybe he should try to find someone to hang out with tonight. Snow and Celty had insisted on how Mikado shouldn't be alone at night--it wouldn't hurt to take their advice. But it would be strange to just go up to someone and ask to walk around with them.

...Wouldn't it?

He made a face, and paused in the hall, looking around. He was more aware of the bandages covering his eye in the dim, and even wearing his own clothes didn't negate that uncomfortability. He was suddenly starting to think he should have just stayed inside.

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OH MY GOD, this should not have taken so long

[survives]

It took Leanne a moment to understand what Tsubaki was referring to, her thoughts thrown completely out of order. By herself? Why wouldn't she have been... "Oh!" she began, surprise evident in her voice.

She shook her head, shooting Tsubaki what she hoped wasn't too awkward of a smile. "No, I'm by myself tonight, sorry! My friend was gonna check out the greenhouse with some other people." With a shrug of her shoulders, she continued, "He said he'd check for me, but... I just couldn't sit still, huh?"

We're all slow here, there's no shame. :'D

[thecamellia]

So they were down one person to travel with them... That made Leanne's health squarely her responsibility to look after. On another night, Tsubaki would have jumped at the chance to protect her friend at every chance she could, but after what the nurse had done...

"I see, that's a relief you made it by yourself. I was going to come looking for you if no one came," she said, offering her own smile. Leanne leaving her room alone carried a certain amount of risk, but at the moment it was a lesser evil "If more than one group is going, that makes our chances better! If he gets there before us and finds what we're looking for, you might not have to wait long. Um..."

She paused, unsure how to continue. Something needed to be said before they headed off, but how could you say you thought you might be a threat without utterly distressing the other person? Tsubaki felt guilty for even being there and potentially putting Leanne in harm's way, but if she did have a bad reaction to the drugs, she could get away from the other girl before something happened... Hopefully.

"I need to tell you something before we go..." Absently, she put a hand on her arm where the nurse had put the needle in. "At dinner, my nurse, she gave me some kind of injection. I don't know what it was or what it might do... but you should know, in case. I feel fine right now! But I haven't heard the best things about it when it's happened. I won't slow us down, I promise."

I'm so glad... :'D

[survives]

Leanne could only stare at Tsubaki at first, not at all sure she'd really understood what the girl was telling her. Was this... This did have anything to do with what the boy she'd met had told her about? About his roommate being taken during the night? Certainly, Tsubaki hadn't been taken away, can't have been if she was standing right there in front of her, but an injection? Just what were the nurses playing at, if they even really knew what that injection was supposed to do.

"You," she began, stopped, and took a deep breath. "You're really feeling okay? You're not feeling sick or anything? If you start feeling that way, you'll tell me, right?"

All too aware of how hypocritical it was, of how she herself hated to let anyone worry about her health, Leanne still couldn't help but ask, to assure herself she'd know if anything changed.

[thecamellia]

Not having to pretend or outright lie was the strangest thing...

In their situation, all signs said the injections were harmful, and that they should at least be making her ill. What did it mean, that she felt fine? Something good? Something bad? Was she just too blinded by what had happened to Sora and Rapunzel to notice a change happening in her own body?

But despite all the unanswered questions, she wouldn't be scared. And she wouldn't let Leanne be scared for her if she was able.

"Yes! I feel the same as always!" Tsubaki nodded. "I don't want anything to go wrong on my account, so I'll keep a close eye on it. I'll let you know."