damned_institute | Day 37: Sun Room (4th Shift)

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Day 37: Sun Room (4th Shift)

There were still too many things on Armand's mind for him to truly relax. The morning with Alec had been a help. And seeing that TK was going to be well helped him know that it was time to work out something else, but what? He'd already, without success again, tried to reach one of the club leaders about his sole idea of something new and different. Maybe it was hopeless.

There was no way he was going to play with paper and glue like a small child, and he glared at the nurse as best he could until she gave up on the idea. There was a free chair in the Sun Room--in fact, there were many free chairs--where he settled down to see what the new patients looked like. Prisoners, not patients. He felt bad that he had to remind himself. Even if he was crazy, he wasn't going to give in to Dr. Landel's game, not today. He nibbled on an overgrown cuticle and kept an eye on the room. No dozing today.

[for Citan]

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"Oh, okay." Ururu had never met someone from Germany before. But Kurt spoke Japanese well, even with the odd words she didn't know. "I'm from Karakura Town. That's in Japan."

She was glad that someone had told Kurt about the monsters. Those were the worst things, she thought, especially since so many of them tried to eat people. "It's true. But if you're strong and you aren't alone, you can beat the monsters. Do you have friends here, Kurt-san? You shouldn't travel by yourself at night."

"Japan... that must have been a long way to travel. And you speak English so well!" Woah. Japan. Kurt didn't know where he was right now, but it couldn't have been very far from the Xavier Institute. Otherwise he would have remembered a plane trip or something. The last thing he remembered was going back home after the PTA meeting.

"I think I have one, euh, friend here," If Professor Logan could be called a friend. "And that man over there," he indicated Steve. "Said that I could go with him tonight. I don't know where to, but he knows me apparently."

"English?" Suddenly Ururu was confused again. Or maybe it was Kurt who was confused. He was new, and she knew that could be very hard to handle sometimes. "I'm speaking Japanese, Kurt-san. Just like you." And like everyone else. Ururu knew she wasn't speaking English, because she didn't know English.

Even though he was wrong about the language, Ururu was still glad Kurt had someone to go out with. "That's good. There are lots of bad things in the halls at night, and they make everyone weaker here. Everyone has to be very careful."

Okay what?

What?

She wasn't speaking English? But she'd... said that in English. And he sure couldn't speak Japanese. The closest he'd been to Japan was Russia. Japanese...?

Kurt could feel the familiar sensation of madness creeping up. Steve. He'd ask Steve later. Steve had spoken English. For now, he was going to drop this. Of course, he had a very, very disturbed look on his face.

"Y-yes, I've heard that too. I hope you stay somewhere safe, Miss Ururu. Monsters could probably eat you in two bites!" he laughed a little, putting a comforting hand on Ururu's head.

Kurt got a very strange look on his face then, and for a minute, Ururu was scared she'd done something wrong. But almost as soon as he looked at her that way, he put a hand on her head, like Fai-san and Orihime and others did sometimes.

That meant everything was okay, didn't it?

When he suggested she stay safe, however, Ururu was quick to shake her head. "I can't do that. I have to help my friends." But this wasn't the first time Ururu had heard someone say that, and she knew Kurt probably wouldn't believe her either. "I'm strong, Kurt-san, and I'm a good fighter."

Kurt gave a small sigh and smiled sadly down at her. Small, adorable, and resolute. She didn't belong here. But this mention of her being strong...

He shouldn't. He shouldn't ask. That could lead to questions. But she was only twelve, how could she know? He could lie, it would be easy. Yeah, easy.

"Do you... do you have a power you use to help your friends, Miss Ururu?"

Ururu was a little surprised when instead of saying she should stay in her room anyway, Kurt asked if she had a power. It made her happy that someone believed her. Most people didn't.

"Um, I don't think its a power so much." Ururu thought about it very carefully as she answered. "I'm just really strong. I can't heal or make shields like Orihime-san can. Do you have a power, Kurt-san?"

Oh boy.

"No, not at all," Kurt said, laughing. "I'm just a normal high school student. But your friend can make shields?" That sounded a lot like Jean. And healing... Professor Logan could heal really quickly, couldn't he?

Was this place full of mutants and Steve just didn't know it?

"Oh." Ururu fidgeted a little. Kurt might have been better off if he did have a power. It would have been weakened, but at least then he might be able to fight better. "Then be extra careful not to travel alone, okay?"

When Kurt asked about Orihime, Ururu nodded. "Yes. Orihime-san is strong too, but in a different way. And Shiki-san has powers, but she needs Mr. Mew to make them work. Lots of people have powers here, and they're really useful."

"Lots of people?" Kurt repeated. "So... not everyone here is normal? Like, euh, I am?"

Because he was. He really was. Normal. Completely.

"I'll be careful, I promise," he smiled. She really did worry about him, even though she didn't know him at all. Children were so trusting that way. Maybe if they'd met when he was still himself... Maybe if he told her...

No, Steve said to keep it a secret.

"Do you want to sit?" He asked, perching himself perfectly on the arm of the chair to make room for Ururu if she wanted. Normal high school student indeed...

"Well, for some people, having powers is normal." Ururu shrugged. "It's just how they are. This one person from my world, Kurosaki-san, has a lot of power, but he lost it once. So Kisuke-san helped him get it back, and I got to help too." That had been a fun game of tag.

She was glad Kurt said he would be careful though. Some of the monsters were really hard for her to fight, and she was strong. She knew it could be even harder for him.

When Kurt moved, Ururu seemed to think nothing of it. "Thank you." She sat down in the chair, then looked up at her new friend. "I'm in a group. It's Lost and Found. If you want to come with us at night sometime, just say so, okay? Everyone is really nice."

Having powers is normal... wow, if only Ururu knew. Having powers was definitely not normal. Especially considering the way he looked underneath the mask. Well, at least he wouldn't have to deal with that now. At least he wasn't going to frighten this poor child into possibly using her powers on him...

"Lost and Found?" Kurt asked, tilting his head a little. "Do you pick up things that people drop...?"

Completely unaware of Kurt's thoughts on what was and what wasn't normal, Ururu shook her head. "No. We're looking for our friends." The girl's head drooped a bit thinking about it, and about all the people that had vanished since she'd been there. "Sometimes people who are here disappear. My friends and I want to find them, and go back home. We haven't found anyone yet, though."

Which wasn't a good thing. But they would keep trying until they did!

"People... disappear?" Kurt asked. He felt really stupid, asking a child all of these questions. But he supposed in this instance, he was the lesser educated of the two. And she seemed willing to answer questions. So far, at least.

"Are they taken by monsters or...?"

Ururu shook her head. "No one knows. The nurses say they get released, but...they just go. Even the shinigami can't find their spirit threads." Not Kurosaki-san's, or Rukia-san's, or even Kisuke-san's. They were all just gone, as if they'd never been there. Except they had been there.

Drawing her knees up to her chest, Ururu sniffled a little. She hadn't really thought about how people vanished in awhile, and doing so now made her sad. But it was important, so she asked as best she could. "People die sometimes though. The monsters kill them. A really bad one tried to eat my friend."

Oh man, Kurt made her cry. Shit, this was bad.

"Hey, it's okay," Kurt said, trying his best to sound encouraging. He laid a hand on her shoulder. "Your friend's okay, right? That's what matters, that everyone's okay." He smiled. "I'm sure you were a big help."

Maybe...? He was only making generalizations and hoping that one hit on something and would make her feel better.

"By the way," he said, trying to change the subject. "What are 'shinigami'? And 'spirit threads'?"

Ururu wasn't crying just yet, though her eyes were starting to get watery. When Kurt touched her shoulder, she looked up at him, tears on the verge of falling. "I tried, but I don't think I did very well. Shiki-san's leg was hurt, but Orihime-san healed her, so it's okay now." Still, Ururu didn't like not being able to help her friends. That wouldn't stop her if she ever saw that monster again though. She didn't want it to hurt anyone else.

Kurt asked about Shinigami then, and Ururu rubbed her eyes. It'd been awhile since she had to explain, but she remembered that lots of people didn't know what they were. "They're the ones who take souls to the Soul Society after people die. And they fight Hollows; those are the bad souls that try and eat the Whole souls." Spirit threads were a little harder, but Ururu tried her best to explain. "Um, and spirit threads people's energy. I can't see them, though, so I'm not sure what they look like."

...

Grim reapers. Wonderful. Things just never seemed to get any more normal, did they? First he woke up in a new body, then monsters, and now grim reapers? Man, he just couldn't catch a break.

"O-oh. I've never heard of that," Kurt said. He imagined that were he actually a normal teenager, he'd have a hard time believing Ururu. But considering hours previous he had been able to teleport to the top of Mt. Fuji if he'd wanted, he supposed he wasn't one for disbelief.

"Hey, people get hurt when they fight, jah? I'm sure you did everything you could. If you tried, that's the most important thing."

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