Day 27: Breakfast

[lighthearted]

Day came too soon.

Sora hadn't been able to find Rena, had instead been forced to crumple onto the grass of the recreational field and bleed all over himself, and hadn't even accomplished what he'd been sent out to do. What he'd been entrusted to do. He didn't know how he was going to be able to face Renji and the others, but he also knew he wasn't going to hide from them, either. That would just be low, after all, and he was ready to face up to the consequences.

He didn't try to make excuses for himself. Even though there had been a Special Counseling patient, they had managed to take her down by sheer numbers. The fact that he hadn't seen any sign of Rena was what had him the most worried. He hoped he could find her today.

The boy laid in his bed for a good while that morning before his nurse finally came in to collect him. She clucked over the bandages wrapped tightly around his chest and leg, and asked him if he was okay to walk.

Once Sora assured her he was fine (he didn't really want to use crutches, as that would just attract attention to himself, and he didn't need others worrying over him), they made their way to the cafeteria. Sora yawned and winced against the bright light of morning - it seemed even earlier than usual, and he realized why when they entered the cafeteria and found it empty.

The boy shuffled over to grab a chocolate chip pancake, a bowl of cereal, and a glass of milk (good for the bones, or so his mom had always told him) before settling at a table. He kept an eye on the door, hoping he would see Rena walking in soon.

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[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

"Edo?!?!" Tamaki's excitement seemed to triple. It was like he was glowing and trembling with sheer joy. "You... do you really mean that?!?!"

Was she from the past? Oh! Oh! This was just wonderful! "What year are you from? I mean, where you come from? What year?"

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

By this point, Rhode was used to Lord Tamaki's outbursts of excitement. And, if it were possible, which it apparently was, the most recent outburst had held triple the excitement as any others. Huh, maybe his school had been in Edo and the energy he was exhibiting was from the shock. Wait, she hadn't told him that his school would probably in cinders. What had him so riled then?

"Yes." Still, she was a bit flustered by his barrage of questions. "Y-year? Um... eighteen-ninety-"

[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

Tamaki didn't even let her finish. He was far too interested to hear more details than to care about a specific year.

"The 1800s! Oh that's amazing! I'm from 2006!" He didn't even seem surprised to hear about the time difference. He kept company with Robin Hood, after all! And even if she wasn't from very, very far in the past, it was still fascinating!

"You must tell me all about it! What's it like?"

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

When he said 2006, she stopped. Just stopped and stared blankly at him.

2006? As in... over a hundred years past the time she lived? That... that couldn't be!

It wasn't the fact that they were both here, talking to each other, though they both came from different time periods. He could have come from the moon for all she cared! It was the simple fact that he came after the time she was from. A human still alive well after the Noah and the Earl should have eradicated all the unworthy from the planet.

Had they failed? Because she wasn't there to help them with the download, had they failed to defeat the exorcists? No... NO! They couldn't have lost again!! There was no way!! The cold feelings of doubt from last night were creeping back into her, the effects of the ghost woman's emotions still present. If they had lost... it had been her fault... because she hadn't been there...

[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

"Lady Camelot? Is everything alright?"

Oh, maybe she didn't know about the times. "Lots of different people are from lots of different times. And worlds!" he was quick to explain. "Why, I'm friends with Robin Hood! And someone who knows aliens! I know it's hard to accept at first, but it's really very neat! I can tell you all about my world and time...."

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

She didn't listen to him at first - the thoughts of everything haven fallen apart because of her were dominating her train of thought. That was, until he went and mentioned "aliens". Her attention snapped to as he followed up with Robin Hood, a sotrybook character. At least, that's how she knew Robin Hood to be. She had never paid enough attention in class to know that there had been an actual Robin Hood and had never encountered him during her rampages across humanity.

"Um... you're sure?" she had to ask. This is a mental institution! She needed to remind herself of that before panicking over things she heard. Lord Tamaki could be just as insane as one of the twins if he was here! Calm down. Nothing to get upset over.

[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

"Oh, completely sure"! Tamaki responded. He waved his hand in an elegant fashion, his tone and expression earnest. "Ask anyone! Well, anyone who's been here a while. I knew new people are coming today, after all, and they certainly wouldn't know."

He didn't think, anyway. Though maybe if they came from a place where this sort of thing was normal, they would. Like Sora! It was possible.

"I know it's a lot to take in, but it really is the truth!"

[sugarsweetblood.livejournal.com]

He sounded confident in what he was saying. That did not necessarily mean she could take what he said seriously, but she could know that whatever he told her he honestly believed for himself.

The cold feeling receded a bit. "Are you... I mean... from my future?" she asked shakily. Though she had not been paying much attention earlier, she was fairly sure he had made mention of different times and worlds. If he meant dimensions, then things would be fine. She understood the various dimensions easily. The Noah of "Dreams" would be a sad sight if she did not.