Day 51: Men's Showers [Second Shift]

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Bah. So much for yet another suggestion of von Karma's. Such priorities this Institute had. They would implement a foolish suggestion to introduce origami lessons and to offer sewing supplies to select patients, yet refused to allow them to cleanse themselves more often than twice a week -- and, of course, without any additional privacy? How many more of his reasonable suggestions would the Head Lunatic make a point of ignoring?

von Karma scoffed, shaking his head as he entered the shower facility. Fortunately, it appeared that he was the first one in here. As soon as the announcement over the intercom had blared out signaling the shift change, von Karma had been quick to excuse himself from his conversation with Naraku to promptly head for the showers. It had been bad enough last time that there were already three men in the showers by the time he arrived. This time, he would make certain that he would be the first one there.

Without wasting a single second, he disrobed, meticulously washed off the grime from the past several days, dried himself, then got dressed. All within a perfect three minutes, zero seconds, before anyone else had a chance to enter. He would have preferred a much longer time to devote to hygiene, but he didn't want to risk any needless immodesty in front of anyone.

Now finished, he exited the restroom and entered the Sun Room.

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Yuusei allowed himself to be lead to the showers without complaint. He'd woken up late - which was strange in and of itself - after a night of dreamless sleep, and couldn't quite remember when he'd closed his eyes. It wasn't as if he normally slept for so long, and certainly not so deeply, and Yuusei began to wonder whether or not something was in the food after all.

He voiced this concern to the nurse - the very same one from yesterday, much to Yuusei's dismay - but she merely smiled at him as she explained, very patiently, that what the Institute served its patients was nutrious and had not been tampered with in any way, and isn't it nice to have a full night's rest for once?

Yuusei frowned, letting her know that he in no way appreciated that answer, and left it at that. Of all things, it was her expression that consistently disturbed him the most-- as she spoke, it held neither pity nor anything approaching reassurance, just a blank, mechanical smile. Unreadable. It made his skin crawl, and the sensation continued even under the warmth of the shower spray, even after he'd dried off as best he could, redressed, and was taken elsewhere.

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