Day 44: Women's Showers (2nd Shift)

[hajike-tobiume.livejournal.com]

The sting of the water on Momo's wounds reminded her exactly where each and every burn was. Between that and the clear plastic wrapping the nurse placed around the long cut up her arm to her shoulder, she decided as little time in the actual spray would be wise. Sitting on a stool out of the direct stream, she went about scrubbing the grit and grime.

It almost felt weird to be alive with her throat intact, but Momo was not about to wish it was otherwise. In the past, maybe, but she remembered who she was and could not allow herself to become what she had been prior to her encounter with the undead knight. Wincing a bit with the pain of washing, she turned her thoughts to her upcoming meeting with Shikamaru. Or rather, she tried to. She still had to see Hitsugaya once she finished her shower.

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[mind-the-sukima.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yes," agreed Yukari, lathering up her hair and washing. "I missed it, but apparently it was quite the spectacle. Mysterious messages in binary as someone took over I.R.I.S., the robot from yesterday's announcements. Then people started seeing dead people they knew." She gave the girl a conspiratorial look as if she were telling some great secret rather than relaying terrible news. She leaned towards the girl, her voice low. "And then they died."

Then she straightened again and returned to washing her hair, as if there was nothing foreboding about what she'd said.

"Except those that died are turning up alive and well anyway this morning," she finally added with a shrug. "Apparently death isn't as permanent as it used to be."

Finally done washing, she turned towards the shower to start rinsing out her hair, also happening to give the ninja nearby a nice look at Yukari's body in profile, though at a glance, the youkai couldn't be sure if she was watching or not.

[kagurazuki.livejournal.com]

Even with the hot water, Kagura couldn't help but shiver. Seeing dead people? And even more people dying? She swallowed back the fear as best she could, crossing her arms over her chest briefly in an almost automatic gesture. She and Bridget hadn't seen anything like that. Maybe it really was better to stay in the rooms at night and leave the awful things for people who could handle it better.

"I... that's..." she started a few times, unsure of how to react to the news. "W-well, I'm glad they're okay now. But how terrible for them."

[mind-the-sukima.livejournal.com]

Aww... Yukari hadn't meant to scare her (that much).

"W-well, they seem shaken up, certainly, but at least they didn't actually die," she comforted her. There was no reason to feel guilty; she would have found out anyway. Still, she hadn't meant to traumatize her. "At least you didn't have anything like that happen to you." Or happen to Yukari, but it would sound a little selfish to say that out loud.

"Say, what's your name?" she asked suddenly, hoping to steer the conversation in a different direction. "I'm Yukari."