Dayshift 22: Chapel

[claire_ity]

Claire woke up in her room just like before, with little idea of how she actually got there. This time, though, she noticed something different about the room. There was another young woman, a blond, sleeping in a bed across from her. Before questioning that, though, she made sure to hide the items she'd gotten that night in her closet, shutting

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[faithful_dog]

"I think it's possible they may be trying to give us just a little bit of hope," Naoe offered. "Think of it this way, with no hope many people would give up, in the same way that a starving dog will eventually lie down to die. However, if they keep giving us scraps we may still have some fight, some will, some hope. With tiny bits of food the dog has enough energy to bare it's teeth."

Naoe was not above using 'dog' as an analogy of himself. He was, after all, Kagetora's faithful and loving pet, his dog. Hate swelled inside of him, hatred towards his Master and hatred towards the people behind this place. He didn't show it though, if he could spend an entire summer alone with Takaya and only attack him once, at the end when the boy wouldn't stop bringing up that woman then he could discuss the possible intentions of this so-called hospital with Sasuke without seeming anything but calm and thoughtful. A fitting demeanor for a chapel.

"By taking away our abilities they have ensured that we will not escape, but by allowing us to keep limited weaponry they have provided us with the will to carry on. That way, their experiment, or whatever this is, can continue."

[sasuke_of_sound]

Sasuke frowned. As much as he disliked the thought, Yoskiaki's conclusion sounded a bit like his own. One large experiment. Were they all expected to kill each other, eventually? What was the purpose?

"Why do you think someone would do this?" He asked, finally. "I know -- of someone who performed a similar experiment, but he was just interested in strength."

There was a minute hesitation before the preposition. It was probably best to distance himself from Orochimaru and his habits for the moment, given their present situation.

[faithful_dog]

Naoe considered the question. "There are many reasons that people do things like this," he said, looking back to the front of the chapel. "I think, considering the great lengths they have gone too, that it is possible this is a test of their power just as much as it is of ours. We are probably even insignificant next to their own quest for control."

He trailed off as he considered this. These people, because Naoe had no doubts that the ones in control of this place were just human beings, no matter how powerful, had a sadism that even exceeded Kagetora's. At least Naoe's Master always did things for a reason, at least most of the time.

[sasuke_of_sound]

"So. For amusement," Sasuke said dryly. Somewhere underneath the bitterness was fury. Wasn't that what Itachi had said? I wanted to test my power. By playing with lives as if they were cheap toys. As if they meant nothing.

"I'm more concerned that it might be for research," he said after a pause. He couldn't allow himself to feel. Naruto's presence was bad enough. "I'm pretty convinced that they run experiments on us."

Judging by what he'd been able to untangle from his 'therapy' with Muraki, at any rate.