damned_institute | Day 71: Sun Room

For the first time in a long time, Sora woke up in a comfortable bed outfitted with sheets and pillows. It wasn't like the Landel's standard beds were even that nice, but after sleeping in various places in Farwell (generally not in anything bed-like), it was definitely a change.

Sora's eyes opened slowly -- blinking once, twice, and then taking in the white ceiling above him. Of course, he'd expected this. He'd asked for it, even. Now that he was back in the institute, though, he had to admit that he felt his stomach churn with the knowledge that he'd been caught once again, even if it was by choice.

That feeling was what got him up out of bed, but as he stood up he heard something fall to the ground. Right, it was that bone bracelet that the skeleton had given them! He'd said that it would take them right back to that underground lake area, which meant that Sora would be able to return to Farwell pretty easily. The question was, would he be able to take someone with him?

For now, though, he was really only focused on one thing, and that was getting back to his friends. Speaking of which, one such friend was laying in the bed opposite his. "Link," Sora said quietly, but he knew that he probably wouldn't be able to wake up his roommate. He'd just have to catch him later on in the day.

Instead, Sora quickly hid the bracelet, making a face as he was reminded of where the materials for it had probably come from. There wasn't much he could do about that, though.

A nurse stepped into the room and sent him a bright smile. "Matthew!" she greeted, as if he had never been gone. "Where would you like to go this morning, the chapel or the Sun Room?"

Sora needed to get to the bulletin board first and foremost, so the answer to that question was easy. The trip from his room to the Sun Room was one that he still remembered in perfect detail, but it was weird having to fall right back into this routine when he'd had a break from it for a few days.

Once there, Sora moved over to the bulletin, grabbing for a pen as he started to draft up a note. He was really looking forward to seeing all of his friends again, so it was too bad that none of them were here yet...

[For Tsurugi.]

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Al felt a little bad for startling the cat like that, but he was a bit busy fending off his brother's retaliation to do much about it. He flopped back out of Ed's reach, grinning impishly.

Ed slumped back against the couch with an annoyed grumble after catching his nurse's disapproving stare.

Al stuck his tongue out at the nurse, then sat up again. He noticed a folded bit of paper under his note on the bulletin board and grinned, standing to go check it out. "I'll be back in a second, Brother."

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"All right," Ed said, taking the chance to hog the couch.

Al came trotting back after a minute or so. "Well, I've got one person interested so far."

"Oh goody. Our one person for the night," Ed said, from his spot sprawled out across the couch.

Al dragged his brother's legs off the couch before sitting down again. "I don't know that they'll be coming by tonight. They'll probably have to go get the materials first, considering they were asking about firearms." He kept his voice low so the nurses wouldn't overhear.

"Hey," Ed half-heartedly protested as he moved to sit up properly.

Then he blinked at Al. "Seriously?"

Al nodded, glancing to the nurses before responding. "Yup. I left a note saying I could try to make a revolver. I don't want to risk messing up the mechanisms for anything more complex than that."

Ed mulls that over. "I think that's doable."

Al nodded with a smile. "I'll take care of it, since I'm the one that wanted to do this. It shouldn't take too much out of me, but better to be safe than sorry."