Day 32: Sun Room (4th Shift)

[screwthegods]

It was rare that Homura's nurse try to persuade him to a scheduled activity, but then, it was rare that Homura didn't go. But the demi-god had plans, and the poor woman had little other choice but to leave in a huff as he once again settled himself near the bulletin board in the Sun Room.

His conversation with Kenren the previous shift had left the demi-god with a lingering sense of anxiety. Perhaps it was something only those from his own world could do, but none the less, he was all the more ready for night to begin now. Goals and memories, the truth of his past and the possibility of the future: all thoughts lingering on the forefront of his mind, more than enough motivation to move forward.

Impatience was something of a rush for an immortal, he'd discovered. Homura liked the feeling, the excitement even before he had arrived in this prison. And now while he waited, he savored it again, a yearning that shone so much brighter than the boredom of Heaven.

[Waiting for History Club Q&A time.]

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[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

He'd considered that as well, but unless there was some confirmation of a floor above the second... "Is there another level above the second floor?"

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

"The last time we were allowed outside the building compound, I was pretty distracted running from bird creatures, but it looked like it from the outside, anyway. I can't say for certain, since it was dark, but that was my impression." Subaru hated not knowing more, he truly did. He was used to being the one in control, the one who understood and could do something.

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

"Bird creatures?" What, there were things outside too? He could deal with that later. "Whatever. He's either up or down, but we know for sure that he is somewhere no one's been."

The basement would be easier for now. He knew where the entrance was, sort of, and going down there might prove some other things as well. Or it might not. There were never any guarantees in these strange worlds.

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

"Yes. There was a supervised trip to town, the day after I arrived here. I slept through most of it, but woke just in time for the buses to arrive back at the Institute, and for night to fall while we were all still trapped in them." That had been an amazingly bad night, for Subaru. He could honestly think of only two nights that had been worse, in his short but decidedly unpleasant life thus far.

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

He'd watch out for those birds then. Of course, he had to know something else first since ti was important. "What's a bus?"

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

Oops. Subaru always forgot that there were many people here who were not familiar with modern technology. Even to him, some of the things here were a bit advanced, like the small music players in the music room. "A bus is a large machine that can be used to get many people from one place to another. Only along roads, though, it's not magical."

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

"You mean like a car?" If it was, then he'd probably seen a bus before, but just hadn't realized that's what it was called. "I got to drive one of those once. Lot better than a horse, that's for sure." Cars didn't try to buck you off if they didn't like you.

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

"Yes, exactly, except a bus is much bigger than a car. Longer." Subaru gestured with his hands, demonstrating the basic scale of a car vs a bus. "So a bus can carry many more people than a car. It took three buses to move all the patients to town, that day. I suppose there's more people now, though..."