Night 57: M61-M70 Hallway
It had sounded all so very hard to believe, the things that Vino-san and Maya-san had told him. Though Seishin had been skeptical, he couldn't help but think that something was terribly wrong with this place, no matter if the nurses were real or soldiers in disguise. The announcement at least confirmed as much, dropping the facade they had apparently been holding like a hot brick. Military it was, then, though it hardly eased his concerns. Loved ones? What did it mean?
If he had learned anything today, it was that there was no direct connection to what had occurred in Sotoba. There had been too many unrecognizable faces for that, too many people who had been unrelated to the incident no matter what the outcome had been. In Death's embrace Sotoba was isolated from the rest of the world, more so once Death began crushing it, trampling upon its soil and soaking it with blood of human and Shiki alike.
But Death had once more denied him, and he had been dragged from its embrace only to be chained to a new place. It isolated him from the world once more, as if he had been exiled from it. From the world, and from Death. The announcement implied that their captors had some use for them, though it puzzled him why anyone would go to such lengths to take them, why only he would be dragged from such chaos.
The announcement continued, yet Seishin did not like what he heard, the implications that their captor was doing them a favor. Familiar resentment already grew inside his heart, a black pit of hatred; indeed, this place was no better than Sotoba. Pushing expectations onto others, setting out routes for others and acting as though they were doing him a favor. The darkness had always lain in wait, he had succumbed to it without regrets, and the snake would only continue to spread its poison.
The destruction of his life had been a fortunate thing, after all. Sunako was to grant it, but she had ironically kept him from it. For now, he would assume she was at least alive until he found evidence telling him otherwise. It was all he could do from here, hope that she had somehow escaped.
Seishin did not know where he would be headed tonight, had no inkling of what what he hoped to find, but he held little doubt that random drugs would be among them. He knew better than that.
A quick search around the room revealed a working flashlight. With a polite farewell to his roommate, he headed out through the door.
[To here]
If he had learned anything today, it was that there was no direct connection to what had occurred in Sotoba. There had been too many unrecognizable faces for that, too many people who had been unrelated to the incident no matter what the outcome had been. In Death's embrace Sotoba was isolated from the rest of the world, more so once Death began crushing it, trampling upon its soil and soaking it with blood of human and Shiki alike.
But Death had once more denied him, and he had been dragged from its embrace only to be chained to a new place. It isolated him from the world once more, as if he had been exiled from it. From the world, and from Death. The announcement implied that their captors had some use for them, though it puzzled him why anyone would go to such lengths to take them, why only he would be dragged from such chaos.
The announcement continued, yet Seishin did not like what he heard, the implications that their captor was doing them a favor. Familiar resentment already grew inside his heart, a black pit of hatred; indeed, this place was no better than Sotoba. Pushing expectations onto others, setting out routes for others and acting as though they were doing him a favor. The darkness had always lain in wait, he had succumbed to it without regrets, and the snake would only continue to spread its poison.
The destruction of his life had been a fortunate thing, after all. Sunako was to grant it, but she had ironically kept him from it. For now, he would assume she was at least alive until he found evidence telling him otherwise. It was all he could do from here, hope that she had somehow escaped.
Seishin did not know where he would be headed tonight, had no inkling of what what he hoped to find, but he held little doubt that random drugs would be among them. He knew better than that.
A quick search around the room revealed a working flashlight. With a polite farewell to his roommate, he headed out through the door.
[To here]