Day 71: Music Room (Fourth shift)

[no_dont_go]

Some of her burden was free from her shoulders now that Sechs knew of their comrade's plight. Whether they could save her was another matter, but it helped to know she was reachable. Aigis would speak with her someday. And hopefully, she would someday also protect her from Landel.

Trying to clear her mind for the rest of her day, Aigis changed gears and went into a room she rarely used. The Music room. It was a popular place before, when they had others who used to enjoy music more. She wished she could have spent more time here with Minato while he was here as well.

Pushing those sad thoughts away, Aigis moved into the room and began to peruse the cassettes. A lot of tapes were placed under the label of "classical" and she had to wonder just what made them into classics opposed to the few not considered that genre. Picking up a random one declared to be The Barber of Seville, she considered picking up a walkman and listening in. She wondered, was this something Minato would have enjoyed?

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[ninelivesonce]

The music room was almost empty when Taura walked into it, and she stood in the doorway for a moment, blinking. There were a lot fewer people at the Institute now -- so many disappearances, and so few arrivals, and Taura wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or depressing. It depended, most critically, on where people went, after.

Then she realized she might be looming -- she wasn't quite as naturally prone to it here, but she still towered over most people. She stepped into the room, and quietly padded up next to Aigis, who was looking at a cassette of recorded music. She knew very little about music -- lots of the Dendarii played, with wildly varying skill, and Nicol had talked theory on the flight from Jackson's Whole to give them something to talk about that wasn't everything else about their lives there, but Taura's reaction tended towards vague appreciation of almost everything. Except very loud music -- her hearing was too good, at times.

She cleared her throat, not wanting to startle Aigis. "Everything all right?" she asked. "You, um, looked a little preoccupied."