Day 56: Bus 1
Claire (the second) had turned out to be a nice and interesting person. Sora wished that he'd had some more time to chat with her, but the failing light and the urging from the staff had made it clear before long that their trip was coming to an end, meaning that he'd had to rush to make his purchases. That was how Sora ended up walking back to the buses with a coconut under each arm and a jewelry box tucked into his pocket. Even then he still hadn't used all his money, but he'd done his best and gotten some interesting things.
However, as he reached the idling buses he saw the the nurses and orderlies were waiting there to search everyone and take away their items. Sora didn't get what the point of giving them money was if they were just going to take it all away, but then it was explained that they would be given everything back at dinner. Well, that wasn't so bad then!
He still didn't know where Kairi was, but he wanted to pre-arrange the moment when he handed over his gifts anyway. Reluctantly, Sora allowed himself to be searched, doing his best not to squirm even though the orderly who was doing it was being uncomfortably thorough.
"You're good to go," the man said once all of Sora's purchases had been taken away from him. With a defeated sigh of relief, the boy got onto the first bus.
Still, excepting what he'd just been through the trip had been nice. He'd made a snowman with Tsubaki and had met interesting people like Wally, Gilbert, and Claire -- not to mention that he was really excited about the gifts he'd gotten for Kairi. He was already anticipating what her reaction might be. For the meantime, though, he simply stared out the window, giving the snowy town one last took as he waited for the buses to start.
[For Ruby.]
However, as he reached the idling buses he saw the the nurses and orderlies were waiting there to search everyone and take away their items. Sora didn't get what the point of giving them money was if they were just going to take it all away, but then it was explained that they would be given everything back at dinner. Well, that wasn't so bad then!
He still didn't know where Kairi was, but he wanted to pre-arrange the moment when he handed over his gifts anyway. Reluctantly, Sora allowed himself to be searched, doing his best not to squirm even though the orderly who was doing it was being uncomfortably thorough.
"You're good to go," the man said once all of Sora's purchases had been taken away from him. With a defeated sigh of relief, the boy got onto the first bus.
Still, excepting what he'd just been through the trip had been nice. He'd made a snowman with Tsubaki and had met interesting people like Wally, Gilbert, and Claire -- not to mention that he was really excited about the gifts he'd gotten for Kairi. He was already anticipating what her reaction might be. For the meantime, though, he simply stared out the window, giving the snowy town one last took as he waited for the buses to start.
[For Ruby.]