Day 43: Intercom, Dawn

[damned_intercom]

Good morning, and welcome to your personalized tour of Landel's Institute! My name is I.R.I.S. and I will be your automated guide during your stay here. If you have any specific questions during our tour, please direct them to the personal console in your welcome bag. We will do our very best to address any concerns you may have

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[oldestremnant]

That explosion had been a big one. Yazoo had guessed that such an attack might be suicidal, but they had done it anyway. Big Brother had taken Mother and Kadaj away from them, and he had to pay. Gathering the power of their Materia, they had tried to attack Big Brother with the full force of their magic; but that poisonous rain had started destroying the both of them, making their Materia unstable until it exploded, sending him into darkness.

Loz opened his eyes, feeling drained. Was he in the Lifestream? He hadn't expected it to be so white. Wasn't the Lifestream a green color? If it was, then why was he seeing all this white?

The Remnant groggily rolled over onto his side, feeling soft sheets against his body. He soon became more coherent and realized that he was in a bed. He propped himself on his elbows and looked around. He was in some small, bland, white room. This didn't seem like the Lifestream, from what he had heard. None of the stories ever said anything about waking up in a bed in a white room upon dying. Maybe the stories had all been wrong.

After a few minutes of just staring around the room, Loz came to a different conclusion. Maybe this wasn’t the Lifestream after all. Maybe he had survived the explosion and was in a hospital. Yeah, that had to be it.

Loz pulled the covers off and sat up in bed. He pulled the grey shirt he was currently wearing up to examine his body. Just as he thought, no marks or anything. Thanks to his super strong body, he was perfectly fine, and he didn't need to be here. He had to go find Yazoo. With Kadaj and Mother both gone, Yazoo was all he had left. They would see if Big Brother survived and then they'd kill him. Loz smiled as he thought of how much fun they would have playing with Big Brother. Big Brother was very fun to play with.

Loz stood up, and made his way to the closet, opening it up and looking for his outfit. He shifted through the grey clothes several times, even tossing them off the hangers and onto the floor, but found no sign of his black leather outfit. Loz growled in frustration when he was unable to find it. Maybe his Duel Hound was still here, at least. He practically tore the room apart, digging through the closet, looking under the bed, and searching every inch of the desk. No Duel Hound.

Loz sniffed and felt tears starting to come out of the corners of his eyes. He really liked his Duel Hound. Why did they have to take it away from him? For that matter, why did they have to take away his cool outfit and make him wear these ugly grey clothes with the stupid smiley face?

Fighting back his tears and wiping them away with his hands, Loz ran towards the door, but was angered even more when he found it locked. He banged on the door, shouting “Let me out! Let me out, now!” He punched the door, trying to make it fly off the hinges. Much to his shock and anger, it stayed where it was, and his hand now hurt. He tried punching and kicking the door again several times, still trying to destroy it and get free, the tears now streaming down his face excessively.

[damned_nurses]

The loud banging had the nurse rushing at the door within seconds, two large orderlies along with her. They didn't restrain him yet, but if he made one move towards her, they would be on him without hesitation. As troubling as it was, these incidents were unfortunately not uncommon and for the nurse, it was almost routine.

"Calm down, please," she said firmly. "We don't want any trouble here, now do we?"

[oldestremnant]

Loz snarled at the woman, "Where's Yazoo? Where's my Duel Hound?"

The silver haired man ran at the two men, preparing to punch both of them. He'd take care of them real quickly, and then he'd find Yazoo and his weapon and break out of this place.

[damned_nurses]

If she'd had the time, she would've shaken her head in disappointment. Those delusions were always as strong as ever. She'd read the file, so she knew what the patient was referring to, but now was not the time to go over it.

The orderlies moved quick, almost quicker than what should've been possible, holding the patient back while the nurse stepped in and swiftly sedated him. She'd been hoping that this wouldn't be necessary, but it couldn't be helped.

With the patient no longer struggling, the orderlies took him to the Sun Room where he could remain for now and, hopefully, feel more cooperative once he awoke.