Day 41: Sun Room

[feartehreaper]

Haseo's steps were heavy with the weight of righteous anger as he was escorted into the Sun Room, his posture so sullen and reluctant you could almost hear the nostalgic cry of an electric guitar. He was seething, and though perhaps it was a bit harder to be intimidating while wearing the uniform of an insane asylum and flanked by a bored-looking

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[bthebest]

B had been planning on getting quite a bit done for the night- obtaining a knife, for one, and perhaps going back upstairs and stalking another random person he ran into. Therefore, when he suddenly sat up in bed, strikingly similar to the very first time he'd awakened in Landel's, he was unsurprisingly put off. Not only that, it appeared that from the announcement blaring over the intercom that somehow he'd missed breakfast. ...And pancakes. It was a rather troubling predicament, and accordingly he almost frowned as he was led out of bed and through the Institute.

"A moment please," he said once entering the Sun Room, then made a B-line straightaway right toward the bulletin. Of course, he had no intention of making his stay any shorter than the duration of the shift. So far, he still hadn't made it outside and wished to keep it that way, so he kept an eye on the nurse and the others in the room, meaning to approach one if it meant furthering his current goal.

[Waiting for Kino, limit one more. ^^]

[thereforeitis]

Wordlessly, Kino followed her way down several hallways before entering through large doors, finding herself in a much larger-- and genuinely brighter, nothing like the dull feeling of fluorescent lighting compared to sunshine-- room. The vast windows that surrounded the room were almost impressive, and after admiring them for the shortest of moments, Kino turned her attention to the crowd

[bthebest]

Perfect.

It was rather novel for someone to approach him, unsurprisingly enough- particularly people he didn't know or who claimed to know him. It was a fact not lost on him... a symbol of fate, perhaps, considering his intentions. After an acceptable moment of unreaction, B slowly turned his eyes from the board in order to properly look at his unexpected companion, even though his hands didn't leave where they lay on its surface, somewhere between the usual unresolved sexual tension and roughly three demands for another's whereabouts. B honestly didn't have much experience with people who weren't already jaded and clearly showed it, but it was an easy guess that most would have described the short person who had addressed him as "innocent

[thereforeitis]

"Ah, good." A tiny, but noticeable, pleased smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. "It would be troublesome if I had to disrupt someone else."

With that out of the way, Kino fell back into a deadpan, and she only gave the board one last look where his hands were placed before fixating her eyes on him. "I'm curious about this hospital; I wasn't aware they took people unexpectedly and placed them here. Is this a common occurrence that happens to outsiders?"

[bthebest]

"I suppose you could say that," B said once she had finished. There was a word in there among the rest - "outsiders" - that caught his interest, and in a flash his mind was working to ascertain what she might possibly mean. However, there was very little pause that would indicate he was doing so.

"After all, nobody expects at all to be found here. As far as I know, anyway...." Yes, perhaps there were some amidst the 'patient' population, like 'Beyond Birthday' himself, who had been expecting death before their inexplicable awakening, but there were more still that apparently had not. How or why was something B didn't know the answer to, and how or why such a mixed group found themselves drawn together across times, was something he currently had little concern about. Even still, what he said was true- finding out that the afterlife was a hellish mental institute was just as much a surprise to everyone else as it had been to him.

"If you're wanting out, however, I'm afraid you'll have to be disappointed."

[thereforeitis]

"Nobody?" She echoed, catching whatever activity was going on with a sidelong glance. Well, it wouldn't have been the first time she or any others had entered a country, only to wind up in some unexpected event. Some places were just like that, she supposed. "Hm. I wonder why."

Kino seemed rather nonchalant about it, even if she was feeling concerned about where Hermes and the rest of her belongings winded up. It was going to be an inconvenience if she lost her only mode of transportation. "Oh, not at the moment," she responded casually. "I still haven't used my remaining time to see everything."

[bthebest]

"Well, have you ever heard of this place before?" B asked, his own deadpan as unwavering as ever. B didn't think he had been wrong, per se, but wondered if it was possible that he had found someone who actually knew how long she would be in the "Landel's" stage. It was clear that this girl (by then, B was wise to the fact that dying apparently renamed most, and she would probably insist her name was something different than the 'Dakota Woodsman' floating about her head) thought it was the former.

At that moment the sound of someone crowing rang out, but B didn't respond, only pausing long enough for it to pass before continuing.

"Oh?" he said, echoing his main stream of thought as it circled with all the various outcomes the conversation may have and wondering if the chicken at lunch would be edible, "Are you certain on how much longer your stay here will persist?"

[thereforeitis]

"Hmm..." Kino looked thoughtful, attempting to recall what vague details she had received about her, back then, next destination before she too was disrupted with the same crowing noise. She stared at the man in question before letting out a chuckle, turning back towards B.

"No, I'm not familiar with this country," Kino answered, a hint of amusement still lingering on her features. "I saw some of it yesterday, and I was planning on seeing the rest today, so I hadn't seen this hospital yet. Although, it seems they remedied as much for me."

It would have been better if she could have done it on her own.

"Three days," she continued simply. "and two nights. That is all."