Anise Tatlin (
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Day 70: Bus 2
As usual, night had ended too damn early. Anise really wanted to see what was at the end of that tunnel! But on the bright side, it sounded like she and her friends could get back there easily.
Actually, maybe it was a good thing that they got interrupted when they did. Today was a field trip day; it'd give them a chance to stock up on any tools or supplies they might need for their venture into the unknown. Anise just hoped the Head Doctor wasn't going to interfere with them going back, now that they were so close...
The outfit selected for Anise that day was a little colorless for her tastes, but the style was cute enough to satisfy her. There was a long, striped sweater with a hood. Two long flaps dangled down from the hood, resembling the floppy ears of a rappig. She fidgeted with them as she was led aboard one of the buses. It looked like she was the first on this bus, so she went ahead and sat down in a window seat.
With little else to do at the moment, she took the blueberry muffin from her paper bag and started breaking off tiny bits with her fingers to eat.
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Actually, maybe it was a good thing that they got interrupted when they did. Today was a field trip day; it'd give them a chance to stock up on any tools or supplies they might need for their venture into the unknown. Anise just hoped the Head Doctor wasn't going to interfere with them going back, now that they were so close...
The outfit selected for Anise that day was a little colorless for her tastes, but the style was cute enough to satisfy her. There was a long, striped sweater with a hood. Two long flaps dangled down from the hood, resembling the floppy ears of a rappig. She fidgeted with them as she was led aboard one of the buses. It looked like she was the first on this bus, so she went ahead and sat down in a window seat.
With little else to do at the moment, she took the blueberry muffin from her paper bag and started breaking off tiny bits with her fingers to eat.
[Free!]
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Alphonse shook his head. "I know, it sounds impossible, but it's the truth of it. I know exactly when and how both of them died, and it wasn't long before I'd woken up here--though both of them have been here a lot longer than that."
He sighed, leaning back into the seat and pulling out his granola bar. "Maybe they were brought here just before they truly died, and the doctors here revived them somehow--if they could get my body back from the Gate, then brinking someone back from the brink of death might not be so difficult for them."
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Then there was the simple matter that these people supposedly remembered their deaths. If Alphonse's account and their accounts were exactly the same, how could it be argued?
He didn't even ask about this supposed Gate.
"I can't believe it... I don't even know if we should be calling it technology or magic."
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He shook his head then, with a self-conscious grin. "It's weird to think that what our captors have done can wind up being good for some of us, though."
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"He's alive?!" He whipped his head around to the back of the bus, noticing the tall, imposing fellow sitting several seats behind him.
"I just saw him... A few nights ago... He was dead! Goddesses, I told people he was dead!!" People he didn't know! They had clearly been very upset, though... Did they know he was okay?
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"This place is insane."
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"Yes! Okay... Good. I believe there was one other person... Perhaps I should track her down. Do you know anybody by the name of Tsubaki?"
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"Okay. Thank you for your help, though. I must say, I feel better knowing that one less person has truly died."
The only remaining matter was the question of how in the world had they done it? There were a scant few places in the history of Hyrule where people had been able to cross dimensions like they did when entering the Institute. Link could at least accept the reality of the possibility. But to raise somebody from the dead? It was preposterous.
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The thought of the dead coming beck--truly coming back--wasn't an easier thought for Alphonse either. The implications were not ones he cared to contemplate, and left him wondering what other assumed laws of nature they had been able to shatter.
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"Have... you seen a machine like this before?" It was like an enormous metal wagon without horses. Perhaps it ran on that elektrisitee stuff that Alphonse had mentioned before. It certainly moved much faster than a horsedrawn buggy could.
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"We have nothing like this in my home, if that wasn't already obvious."
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"I suppose the technology isn't nearly what it is, here. We use fire for light, not electricity." Once again, he had to sound out the word. "And we travel on foot or on horseback."
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"I see..." Sort of. He felt very foolish in a place like this, coming from Hyrule where people traveled in covered wagons and on foot. The idea of an 'engine' wasn't even a distant thought.
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"...It's a very small place, compared to the rest of the country. I worked on the ranch, lived in a tree house." It was nothing out of the ordinary, as far as he was concerned.
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"Come to think of it... not really, no." He gave a slight laugh. "People used to live in trees ages ago, but it isn't so common, now."
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