Day 35: Bus 2

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Wally woke as the intercom crackled to life and was surprised to find himself back in his room. The last thing he'd remembered was feeling relieved at finally beating off those dragonfly-lizard things. There'd been that weird intercom message, then... he wasn't quite sure what had happened after that, but he was certain it hadn't involved falling asleep. He'd be half-wondering if he'd dreamed the whole thing if it hadn't been for the nagging ache on his back and ankle from where he'd been bitten. A quick check revealed they'd been bandaged, apparently while he'd slept. He wondered if he had Kal to thank for that. Maybe he'd get the chance to ask later.

He jumped as the door swung open to admit the familiar face of the nurse who'd woken him yesterday. "Up already, are we?" she said cheerfully as she busied herself pulling out clothes. A blue shirt and a pair of jeans were passed to him. Wally blinked, he hadn't been here long, but he'd gotten the impression that the grey-and-smiley-face combo was standard.

"Does this mean I'm being released?" he asked, hope creeping into his voice.

The nurse turned back to him, pity etched on her features. "I'm afraid not, dear." She smiled brightly as she continued, "but today's when all the patients get a special field trip into town! Won't that be a treat!"

Wally stared at the clothes, his mind working away. He'd been trying to get into town and to a phone last night before he'd been attacked. But if they were going in today, this might be the perfect chance for him to contact the Justice League. He smiled warmly and thanked the nurse as she left to allow him to change, then happily allowed himself to be led to one of the buses, picking a seat about halfway down and sliding in to look out the window. It seemed like today was going to be brighter than yesterday, at least in the area of possible phone calls and rescues. About the only dark patch he could see was that the contents of his paper-bag breakfast were going to be nowhere near enough to fill the yawning pit that had taken the place of his stomach, and even that was tolerable when he was positive he wasn't going to be here much longer.

"And you say that time goes rushing by, but it seems so slow to me, and you see a blur around you fly, but it takes too long, it seems so slow to me..." he sung absently.

[Oh Captain, my Captain~]

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[hangenki.livejournal.com]

"So...what's your 'vocation', then?" Kaoru asked, smiling. What kind of jobs would a place like Death City have to offer? It sounded kinda grim.

She really was kinda cute when she blushed, but Kaoru let it go. He didn't want to embarrass her.

And then...Hikaru. A part of him was disappointed, another part afraid he was losing his brother, while other sides argued that Hikaru needed independence. A small look of pride won over as he smiled to his brother.
"See? I'm only cute to him until a girl comes along," he grinned back at Tsubaki.

[thecamellia.livejournal.com]

Tsubaki's mouth popped open at learning they'd been in this place for almost a month already. And one of their friends even longer than that! "T-that's crazy," she couldn't help but say, voice trailing off. She couldn't imagine having to stay there for so long, despite having only seen brief glimpses of the facility in the day time. If every night was like the one she'd experienced, that was even worse.

To Kaoru, she said, "I'm sure that's not true; you're brothers." Thoughts momentarily derailed, she only flushed further, smiling brightly in response to her fluster. Their teasing was a lot more downplayed than Black☆Star's, though Black☆Star didn't so much tease as be a pervert at times. She was thankful Hikaru and Kaoru's compliments didn't run farther than that, at the same time thinking they were probably just being playful. And caring siblings, at that.

Well, if they were sure they didn't want to swap seats, then...

"Dramatic? I've never thought so..." she replied, and wondered if 'Death City' really sounded odd. It wasn't strange when considering that it was Shinigami-sama's city. Trying to explain Shibusen's purpose was a bit different. Tsubaki realized she couldn't remember the last time she'd talked about it with someone who wasn't already related to Shibusen somehow. "I guess it's hard not to become a student, but uh. My partner and I, we--"

But she stopped herself without knowing quite why, not until she paused, glanced at the window, and saw that the bus was slowing down. Were they there? A moment later, the bus came to a full stop and the staff inside began to move up to the front to let everyone out the doors. Tsubaki hadn't picked a seat too far from the front, and when it was their turn to disembark, she looked at the others.

"I'll see you later, then... Maybe?" The girl still didn't know what was going on. Either way, she didn't want to be a burden.