damned_institute | Day 51: Arts & Crafts (4th shift)

There were very few activity shifts, Cloud was sure, that could possibly make him feel more like he was being treated like a child. He took a seat at one of the tables and blankly examined the materials set out before him. A pair of the dullest scissors he'd ever seen were labeled 'ages 3 and up'. It was good to know where the patients stood in this.

He wasn't much of an artist, and he ignored most of the paints and other drawing utensils in favor of a few sheets of colored paper and instructions on how to make origami. That sounded vaguely familiar. Didn't Yuffie have throwing weapons made out of paper at some point? It was something to do anyway, and thus Cloud began the process of crafting what ended up being very elaborate paper wads.

Sadly, his attempts to keep from dwelling on the subject of his missing friend failed when he realized this was something Aerith probably would have enjoyed greatly. Tonight, he and Yuffie would go out and try to accomplish... something. It was depressing to think there really might not be anything they could do, that they might all end up the same as the flower girl eventually.

[for a hopefully more optimistic materia thief]

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Seeing Tear again had ultimately been a relief. Guy had spent too long wondering about what she had been doing with herself out in the world beyond this place and beyond Doyleton, and now he realized that he would never know. The memories of what she'd been up to while brainwashed were probably gone forever, and while that was eerie, maybe it was for the best. The point was that he knew that she was better off here, as backwards as that sounded. Tear was not one who took forced control lightly, and she would much prefer to be a help than a commodity. Guy would have felt the same way in her place.

As would have any of his friends, really. Luke, Natalia, Anise, even Jade... Maybe that sort of determination was what had brought them together in the first place. Similarly, it was that that would get them out of here. He had to remind himself of that as much as possible, and seeing more of his friends here did help in the end, as depressing as it was to know that they were all trapped. No one was working from the outside to help them, but that was all right. They had managed well enough on their own in the past.

But he was thinking too much now. As Guy walked into the Arts and Crafts room, he found himself searching for Luke. They had a lot to talk about, and there was still a lingering concern about his memory that he needed to check with his friend. Unfortunately, it didn't look like the redhead was here yet, and so Guy sat himself down and waited.

He took note of the sheets of paper and the instruction books with a mild curiosity. It was hard to believe that the staff was actually listening to their suggestions, but here was proof. Okita had told him some about this origami stuff, and he had to wonder if he was the one who had suggested this in the first place. Guy was sure it was just a ploy to make them feel more comfortable here, but that didn't mean he couldn't exploit it. He was pretty good with his hands; why not give this a shot?

Grabbing a white and pink piece of paper, Guy started to try and make a rabbit by following along with the instructions. Too bad there weren't any rappig or cheagle designs.

[For Luke!]

Day 51: Arts & Crafts (4th shift)

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