Day 37: Sun Room

[hismastersdance.livejournal.com]

Joe had read some of the larger notes stuck up on the bulletin board when the announcement came on the intercom. All things considered, this Landel guy didn't even seem so bad. Even if these people were held here against their will, he was certainly nice about it.

Apparently, the new patients - including Joe - were to hang around in the Sun Room or go to Arts and Crafts with the kids. Well, there was plenty of information on the board, including maps and descriptions of monsters, for Joe to prepare for the nighttime, when he could seriously get going on fighting his way out. He could look for where the boss would probably be waiting, or where his V-watch might be, and figure out how to fight the monsters. In fact, he had plenty of time to work all that out... but this the first time he'd had to really relax since he got his powers. So it couldn't possibly hurt to enjoy the calm period, could it?

The red-head stepped back from the board, and hopped back onto a comfy-looking couch to digest in the sunlight. He reached up to pull his cap down, and sighed when he realized it wasn't there. "Oh well, nothing's perfect. I still wouldn't call this hell."

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[dawn-rune.livejournal.com]

[Harley?]

Breakfast flew completely from Frey's mind once he saw the message on the board. The Star Dragon Sword, gone? He was all alone now, the one and only person here who knew the land of the 27 True Runes? No one here could understand about the Sun Rune and what it had done to his country. For the first time since meeting the irascible Night Rune, Frey felt completely and utterly alone.

It was nearly a crushing blow. Only thinking of what would happen to Takaya if another roommate flaked out on him kept Frey from wanting to curl up and cry. Someone here needed him, in some small way, and he would keep himself together for that.

[jokers-wildcard.livejournal.com]

As usual, Harley's nurse was one of little words and seemed determined to make every trip as uneventful as possible. Not that she really needed some nurse blabbing away while she was trying to think anyway, but honestly... Put some more effort into it, at least!

She stretched her arms up above her head when she entered the Sunny Room. There was something about the room she had always kind of liked, though she couldn't put her finger on why exactly. It wasn't a very interesting room, really. In fact, it almost made her want to just take nap. Maybe not that bad of an idea actually.

Harley headed for a nearby spot that seemed like a comfortable enough place to either sit and think (weird as it was) or maybe catch a snooze. She passing right by the boy when she hesitated in her tracks. He was a weird looking kid, to be sure, but he looked almost... depressed.

Last time she had approached a strange-looking mopey kid in this room, he turned out to be the biggest jerk she'd met since arriving. Maybe it wasn't the best of ideas, but hey. She knew what it was like to be alone and depressed with no one there to cheer you up. It happened a lot here actually. But if he tried to leap down her throat, too, she was out of there.

She turned to him with a big smile. "Hey, kid. Ya look down. Everythin' alright, there?"

[dawn-rune.livejournal.com]

The woman's accent was strange to Frey's ears, nothing he could quite place. Perhaps it made sense in her own language, but it was strange to hear his tongue spoken with such inflections. How strange that accents should come through even with the translation magic. As a result it took Frey a moment to realise that she was asking after his state out of apparent concern. He tried to smile, but came up a bit short. "I received a bit of bad news, that's all. Thank you for your concern."

[jokers-wildcard.livejournal.com]

Bad news? Well, yeah, it certainly seemed that way. It wasn't her business to pry, really, so she wasn't going to bother asking. Bad news could mean anything in a place like this, and she knew talking about it tended to just make things worse.

"Ahhh," she droned in understanding. "Yeah, seems like a lotta people get bad news. Keep gettin' it myself, actually. ...Try not to let it get to ya too much."

Since coming here, she found herself trying to cheer people up sometimes. It had always been the opposite back home, but it was kind of a fulfilling change. Not that she found she was too good at it most times, but hey, sometimes people needed it. Especially when locked up. And nothing was worse than being depressed and having no one care.

[dawn-rune.livejournal.com]

Frey suspected the girl was not very used to reassuring people, or at least not very good at it, but that she made the attempt was worthy of gratitude in itself. "Thank you. I am trying, as surely it only helps the master of this place if we give in to despair. I'm Freyjadour. And you?"