Escape from Roosevelt Island - Day One [Active, Closed]

[daisychainmods]

Characters: The returned characters
Content: The group that went missing on Sunday wake up to find themselves feeling poorly...and very inconveniently located.
Location: Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island
Time of day: Morning
Warnings: Illness, confusion and other craziness

Since this is a large group of people for one thread, this

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[radianthealer]

Aerith had never felt this badly before in her life, not even when the Heartless had invaded Radiant Garden the first time. She'd always been able to do something, but the moment she'd woken up this time, she knew something was wrong. Her wrists ached, they were red, and she felt as though she'd been run over by a bunch of Nobodies for days.

Emerald green eyes fluttered open, blinking as their owner took in what was going on around her. Nothing... this place looked nothing like what she knew, the place she'd been in for the last few months. The brunette let out a loud cough before she attempted to unfold her limbs. They each felt like they weighed a ton and it took a great effort for her to sit up; when she did, she nearly went right back down. She was quite dizzy.

Waiting for the dizziness to subside a bit, she sat there, wondering where the heck she was and what had happened. She could hear voices, though she wasn't sure who they belonged to. Finally able to stand up again, she moved for the door and headed outside the room.

"Hello?" she called out, hoping that someone would be able to hear her. "Is anyone here?"

[optimistickey]

As for Sora, he had felt this way before. This feeling of dread, confusion, fear, eating away at his heart. He could feel the Keyblade just beyond the edge of his reach, far enough away that if he tried to summon it he'd just make himself sick. But this time was even worse...it hurt to open his eyes at first, as if the light was blinding, and his wrists were red and sore.

Sora unconsciously rubbed at them as he stepped out of the hospital room he'd woken up in. He heard familiar voices nearby...Mia, Harry, Flute, Aya...

"Aerith!"

Sora rushed forward when he heard his friend call out, ignoring the fact that he felt like he was about to fall flat on his face again. How many of us went missing? With all the confusion and worry of waking up somewhere unfamiliar again, he also felt a pang of guilt that he somehow didn't prevent this. They'd been studying that note found in the tunnels, mentioning all the people who could heal! He should've been able to warn her! He should've done something...

[radianthealer]

Aerith had been attempting to move towards the voices, but another one sounded out behind her, more familiar than the others. She wheeled around, feeling a rush of relief as she spotted Sora, someone she knew quite well and trusted above many others. While she was glad to see the familiar face, it wasn't very good news to see that he was suffering from the same thing she was. Her eyes were hurting a bit at the moment, though she hoped that would go away soon.

"Sora!" she cried, moving closer to her friend. "Are you feeling okay?"

It was an automatic reaction, asking how someone was, and she mostly asked just to be sure he wasn't suffering any other effects that she didn't know of. Things were just not so good here, but she was glad to at least see one familiar face.

[optimistickey]

"Uhh...not really, no," Sora admitted, still rubbing at the welts on his wrists. He seemed to realize that might bother Aerith, and stopped suddenly. He felt a little too sick to really try and lie to her, especially since she looked like she was in just as bad shape as he was. If only I could summon the Keyblade!

Even though this obviously wasn't his fault, Sora still couldn't help feeling responsible for failing to take care of his friends. "Aerith, I...I'm sorry..."

[radianthealer]

"Sora..."

Aerith knew the boy must have been feeling some sort of responsibility and she also knew that neither of them could have prevented something like this. None of them had the capability to deal with whatever power these captors had over them. As much as they wanted to protect their friends, there wasn't anything anyone could have done. Accepting that fact was hard, and another story entirely. Aerith herself wasn't sure if she could do that.

"I guess none of us are feeling our best," she admitted softly, glancing at Sora as she noticed how bad he looked. "It's not your fault, Sora. You couldn't have stopped this any more than I could have. I'm just... sorry you had to go through it twice."

She'd known about his other disappearance, but she hadn't really known what had happened to him then. Now, she was getting her own taste of the insanity of the place and she was beginning to realize how much strength of heart and character they all would need to get through this.

[optimistickey]

Accepting the fact that there was nothing they could have done about it was not at all an easy truth for Sora to swallow. He was used to being able to step in and save the day when friends were in trouble. If he couldn't do it himself, or with Donald and Goofy, then he'd find more help. Even now, this situation just made Sora all the more determined to find out how was behind this and give them what they had coming.

"I should've been able to do something! We were thinking earlier, that they might..." he trailed off, not certain what to say. That the people here were after the ones that could heal crab bites? Why?

She had that worried mother look on her, even under the exhaustion and pain, and Sora suddenly felt a little more sheepish. "It's fine. About the twice thing, I mean...I'll be okay eventually."

[radianthealer]

Aerith's dizziness was starting to return, but she fought it with everything she had. Now was not the time to succumb to whatever physical problems they had going for them at the moment. Those didn't matter as much as finding the others who had been drug here.

They had to band together now, had to get through this as one body, not multiples. And after everything was said and done, a way to protect themselves would have to be put into motion. Mia had been trying to hide their identities from the network earlier, but it was difficult to keep that a secret for long, or at least off the network completely when that was their most reliable means of communication.

Aerith sighed and glanced away. Everything was so different now. It was one thing to be kidnapped and taken away underground and an entirely different thing to be transported to... wherever this was.

"Even knowing they were watching us... there was no way to prevent them from coming in and taking whoever they wanted," she murmured, voice soft, yet determined. "But that doesn't mean we should sit around and feel guilty for what happened. We're here now. We're all alive still. And if we're alive, then we have the strength to fight back." She lifted her head again and met Sora's eyes, attempting a smile.

"We can't give up now. There's still a lot to do. We have to get back home and then we have to help protect ourselves and each other." No more mentioning Healers over the network. "There's no stopping now. They played their cards, probably not all of them, but now we have to play a few of ours. We... and the rest of the people here, are stronger than they think."

[optimistickey]

For how much Sora had tried to help keep all their identities secret, it seemed like the people running the show here were still able to find out about them. What Harry and the others were saying was probably true...it had to be the network. Even stuff Sora thought was private seemed to be getting out. But it had been the only way Sora had been able to find out about some peoples' bites, in a few cases. And if Sora had to choose between putting himself at risk and letting people in the city suffer, he would choose the first option any day, sickness and hurt wrists and all.

Even though the smile was only an attempted one, it still helped lift Sora's spirits some. Seeing other people try to be brave just pushed him to try more himself. "Right!" he agreed, clenching his fists and then wincing at the motion. "As long as we've still got each other, we can do something." What that was, Sora didn't know yet, but they had to find out.

"We just gotta show 'em how strong we are!" Of course, thinking about the strength of his friends, he realized that he had to check up on them. A lot could've happened in a few days!

[radianthealer]

Aerith's smile strengthened as she noticed the one Sora was now sporting and how more upbeat he was seeming. She'd hoped her little talk would have this effect on him. All she had to do was find out who else was around here and get them determined as well and then they'd all be more than okay; even if they were stranded here for a while, she was sure they would manage.

Aerith would also choose to lay her life on the line to save the people who got bitten, but if other people were getting drug along with them, they would all need to be careful.

"Have you tried contacting anyone yet?" she asked as a wave of dizziness washed over her again. She really would need to at least sit down again soon. "I just woke up. You're the first person I've run across."

[optimistickey]

Sora was always remarkably receptive to these sorts of things. He gained strength from his friends, after all.

He scratched his head at the next question, feeling dizzy as well but trying to fight it off. Now was not the time to pass out again. "No, but I dunno if there's any computers here or not." This was a hospital, so there probably were computers, at least.

"I thought I heard Mia and maybe Harry somewhere down here..." Sora said, glancing back towards the hall. Of course, that raised some new questions. Those two weren't Healers, but they knew about them. Why did these guys kidnap them, too?

[radianthealer]

Aerith had heard the voices too. She knew Harry and Mia's voices, the former more than the latter, so she wondered too why they were here and that was the strongest point of her argument: Hide the Healers from the network, save more people. No one could stop people from posting about their bites, but the Healers themselves could stop their identities from being made known on the network again.

She glanced in the direction she'd heard the voices and nodded. "Yeah... I guess if possible, we should get everyone in a room together and talk... I don't know what's going on, but we all need to at least be on the same page here."

The brunette healer sighed wearily. She was so confused now and she was sure Sora wouldn't have any more ideas than she did. It was frustrating, this not knowing, but they would all have to wait a little longer to find out.

"If Harry's here... I want to talk to him."