Day 51: Arts and Crafts [Second Shift]

[gald_digger]

They actually listened to some of the suggestions people put in that box? Anise thought the Head Doctor had to be joking when he said that, but she soon heard him mention something that she herself had suggested: sewing supplies. They were really going to get some? Anise could finally get a real needle, so she could make repairs to Tokunaga whenever she needed to. She swiped one of their blunt, plastic needles before, but using that just left big holes in the fabric. Using it on Tokunaga made her feel bad, like she was hurting the poor doll.

"Isn't that nice, Dolores?" The nurse must have caught Anise's hopeful look. "But remember, you'll need to be on your best behavior until then."

"I know, I..." Anise began with her usual dismissive reply, but quickly remembered that the intercom had said 'behavior and attitudes', and instantly changed her tune. "I'll do my very best! Hee hee!" She forced a smile for the old hag.

Unfortunately, the sewing supplies weren't here today, so Anise had to find something else to do for now. Stepping inside the Arts and Crafts room, she quickly found that several tables already had paper craft ('origami,' they called it?) supplies laid out for them, so she guessed she'd just occupy herself with that. The girl sat down at one of the tables, opened up one of the books, and started looking through it.

Cranes, frogs, horses, turtles... There were lots of familiar animals, and a few unfamiliar ones, too. The rabbits looked kind of cute.

[For Ilia!]

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[tightsofmight]

"Maybe you need it," he retorted coolly. Not his best comeback. Perhaps because he was focusing all of his mental efforts on constructing something that was supposed to be a hippo and was somehow looking a lot more like the Stay Puft Marshmallow man. He was in the middle of trying to correct this grave error when he was pelted in the forehead with the fruits of Senna's labour.

"Hey - wait, what?" He picked up the paper from his lap and gave it an incredulous look. "Um, excuse me, what exactly is this supposed to be? It's a paper animal fight. This is not an animal. This isn't even a sea sponge. You have to make it at least look sentient."

Peter held up his own creation in the palm of his hand. It wasn't quite so pristine as the example in the instructions, but it had four legs and a head. If you squinted. "Like so."

Then he lined up his fingers behind the hippo and flicked the beast into Senna's face.