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Night 57: Main Hallway, 1-East
[ from here]As far as Riku knew-which wasn't a reliable piece of information in the least-this was approaching new territory for him. It was the first time he tempted fate by going somewhere without one of his friends since he first woke up in this place. If it wasn't Sora or Kairi that was there with him, it was Naminé; to some degree, each one had
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Suddenly, the boy was moving towards Lana, and Bella moved instantly, even as he reached an arm out towards the older woman. Reaching out, the teenager grabbed onto the elder's arm hopefully hard enough to at least pull her away from the boy, looking at Lana with wide eyes. "We need to get out of here, right now. No, really. I mean it. I will explain later but we need to just get away from here before he starts to freak out. Trust me on this, okay? Please?"
The last thing she wanted was to go through that shit again. But even if they didn't listen, she just ... couldn't up and leave the two of them alone. That just wasn't fair, especially considering they were all still stuck in the same place. Even if the boy was a prisoner just like them, right now he was dangerous, and they needed to get the heck out of the dodge.
"I don't know what's wrong with you," Bella told the boy, frowning. "Maybe ... going back to the Med Ward or something will do you some good. You know. Find some. ... Medication that helps being ... invisible. Or something like that."
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"These things rarely span more than a night, but I doubt another dose will improve anything. You'll be fine in the morning." And if he wasn't, he'd have someone to be angry at that he could actually confront. Anger was a healthy reaction, but bottling it up would just result in bitterness and eruptions of rage, neither of which would help anything.
She put a hand over Bella's. "I wasn't aware that he could affect us, beyond a little chill. But if you're worried, go ahead. I'll catch up."
"I do hope this has made you reconsider taking any yourself," she added, still directed at Bella. She'd planned to stop her by whatever means necessary, though she hadn't expected them to walk up to the party.
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She could determine if the boy were alive or dead--just one spell could do that--but it looked like they wouldn't have time. Not if they were leaving now. The girl looked to Bella with a weak shrug to her shoulders. She was the one who seemed so desperate to get away; in that case, she could lead.
What were they so afraid of?
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One of them said he'd be alright in the morning. How would that work, though? He supposed he could believe her, given how they all woke up in their beds after a certain period of time as if nothing had happened. He wanted to believe her, that miracles would come and fix everything and he'd no longer be this ghost form of who he was supposed to be, but it was just so hard to do that right now.
The troll sniffled a little. "Let me come with you, yeah?"
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She moved away from the older woman and the ghost child quickly, moving back towards Miss No Name. The last thing she wanted was this new girl, unknown to everything, to get those horrible burns that she had received those few nights ago. What an outstanding first impression she would have on the two of them then - unable to save her from the dangers of the institute, even though they were the ones who had been there longer.
Just then, the ghost boy asked to travel with them. Oh god oh god oh god oh god, Bella's internal monologue cried out, and the girl kept her back to Lana and the ghost, looking towards the floor with wide eyes. They couldn't say no, could they. He was still a patient like they were - right?
And she couldn't just up and leave Lana, either. I'm so sorry, Edward, she thought to herself, shutting her eyes tightly before opening and sighing, looking up to the blonde with a worried expression, fingers reaching up to run into her own hair so she could push it out of her eyes. "I guess we shouldn't go to the new place, then. I don't know where else to go, though. Sorry."
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"You don't have to stay with us, Bella, if you're too frightened." It wasn't a kind thing to say to the girl, who wasn't that much older than the boy, but she couldn't watch over three people at once, and she did have a little experience with teenagers.
"Do you want us to go in there with you?" She stepped closer and looked down at the boy. Then she stepped back, unconsciously; it was cold. "See if we can find anything more about what's done this to you?" Aside from a wide-scale criminal organization specializing in medical savagery, that was.
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Lana, at least, seemed the most steady in feeling, if not in action. Why did she move forward and back like that?
Casting her attention between the three of them--the shaking, terrified Bella, the depressed, mournful ghost, and the caring, careful Lana--the girl called Jane simply looked confused.
"If...," she started, her tone uncertain from simple uncertainty alone; neither fear nor the obvious chill seemed to have hold on her. "If Bella's going... and Lana's staying... what should I do?"
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"I won't all hurt you none. Promise. Look, I wouldn't even be able to touch a motherfucker." He reached out toward the wall then, and his hand passed right through as if it was merely an extension of the air around them. An illusion. How could they expect him to be able to cause any real trouble now? There was nothing at all solid about him.
He couldn't feel the chill around him anymore and therefore had no reason to believe he'd cause any of them any harm should he come in contact with them.
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She just had to hope for the best. Maybe things would be fine. They had to be; she couldn't think otherwise, or else she'd be paranoid and twitchy the rest of the night, and no one wanted that ... especially herself. Maybe the ghost boy wouldn't freak out and scream at them like the little boy she had seen had done. Maybe things would be all right.
"Besides," she continued, running her fingers through her hair. "It's best to look, anyway. Especially for future reference. This is kind of ... a rare thing, right? I've never heard of the Medical Wing being open, and I've been here for ... at least almost two weeks."
How could an entire wing of somewhere be closed, especially when it dealt with health? It made no sense.
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She couldn't help curiosity; she hadn't been here quite as long, but that wasn't an obstacle. And she had no concern over resisting the temptation to consume anything they found there; if brainwashing or coercion was involved, they could have just as easily plucked her directly from her bed.
She spun on her toe and marched towards the door before any of them could lose their nerve or raise another objection.
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