Day 32: Sun Room (2nd shift)

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After the couple glasses of water Leon managed to gulp down during breakfast, the mage felt immensely better. He was still a bit tired, but that was nothing a little lounging on one of the sofas wouldn't cure. Stretching his arms above his head, he couldn't help but wish he'd had the chance to grab one of his new doctor's coats before leaving his room that morning. Maybe they would have let him get away with wearing it. Maybe.

He grabbed an empty sofa, pulling out the journal he tried to keep on him at all times. It was nearly complete now. Just a couple more pages to go. It might not improve his spellcasting that much, but any improvement was better than none. It was getting to where it might be too dangerous for him to use spells at all, if it left him so worn out without even finishing a monster off.

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[remedying.livejournal.com]

"Oh." She made a thoughtful frown. "... I don't really get it, myself," Yukari admitted, then sighed. "Everything about this place is just too crazy for my tastes." And she was only putting that lightly.

[flashyaudacity]

"Yeah, it's so weird here," Kaito agreed. Crazy wasn't necessarily bad, but this place was definitely the wrong brand of crazy... especially at night. "So how long've you been stuck here?"

[remedying.livejournal.com]

And so they've done the inevitable and drifted back into talking about Landel's. It was impossible not to, though, there wasn't anything else to talk about; everything, in one way or another, was going to point right back to it.

"About three days," Yukari answered, sinking back into the couch. "I know it's not that long, but that's still three days too many."

[flashyaudacity]

"Mm," Kaito grunted in agreement. "I got here about the same time as you, then... And I definitely agree with you there."

He frowned, pushing out of his relaxed position against the couch and stretching slightly. Three days was already way too long to be in this prison. What would a week be like, or two?

"I think I liked talking about home better." Or teasing her, but there was only so far he'd push someone he'd just met. "What's it like in Iwatodai?"

[remedying.livejournal.com]

The same as her? This was the first time she'd met someone who wasn't already 'experienced' with Landel's; it was actually sort of... comforting, in a way, knowing he might be as clueless and lost on many things like she was. Whenever she did look at the bulletin, most people looked like they knew what the heck they were talking about. Or maybe he wasn't-- Yukari managed to pick up on a good handful of things, perhaps he was able to get just as much, or more.

She didn't bother asking, however. It was hard to disagree with Kaito's last statement.

"Yeah, me too," Yukari agreed, then became thoughtful. "It's... nice, I guess. There isn't anything special about it, it's a pretty typical city. But I like it."

[flashyaudacity]

Kaito smiled again, his temporarily dampened mood lightening once they steered away from the topic of the Institute.

"That's good," he said. "Always helps to like where you live. I don't think I'd want to have been anywhere but Ekoda growing up."