Day 43: Sun Room, 4th Shift

[euphemise]

The late-afternoon sun filled the large, open Sun Room. It was almost enough to make you sleepy, Euphemia thought, as she walked in, brushing a little glitter off her shirt. She didn't particularly feel like she was up to much - the worrying about everyone had drained her, as much as she'd tried not to think too much about it

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[thebatbutler]

His eyebrows inched up a little further, "I don't believe that a person's name often reflects upon their position in life. When my parents gave me a name I'm sure that how 'butlery' it sounded didn't factor into their decision." Alfred fixed Wally with an unreadable look, "However, if you do continue to insist on calling me 'Jeeves' for your own personal enjoyment, I may have to take drastic measures." He was joking, of course, although Wally might not realize. He wasn't quite sure how he felt about being called "Jeeves", but other close friends or family members had given him some rather ridiculous nicknames in the past, and it seemed as thought Wally would stop if Alfred found the name to be too bothersome.

"Nine days, sir? That's quite a while. Have the daily routines been mostly similar the entire time, can you recall? I'm aware that the nights are rather dangerous, but the young man that I met on my first night here didn't mention anything about the possibility of zombie attacks, so I presume that those are a fairly recent development?"

So Wally had been here for a decently long time and might have uncovered some of the workings of this place. Of course, Bruce would probably be a better option for this sort of talk, provided he was still around. Still...it did not bode well that somebody of Wally's caliber had been confined to this institute for over a week. There was always the possibility, of course, that a single person would be able to make an escape, while a group of people wouldn't. And given the level of danger that seemed to be present here, Wally or Bruce probably wouldn't have saved themselves over the lives of the other 'patients'.

[scarletspeedstr]

[aflkjl sorry for slow Dx]

Wally blinked, obviously more than a little taken aback by Alfred's reaction. It wasn't that he was offended or anything, but before Alfred had been more likely to just say 'very good, sir' and ignore him. So this was kinda weird, like being threatened by a puppy you thought you knew really well.

"Uh, sorry," he said meekly. "I was just messing around, honest. And yeah. Nine days. From what I remember things have pretty much run on the same weekly schedule. Minus the zombies. Those are new." He paused and frowned uncertainly. "The I.R.I.S thing is new too, and some of the other stuff last night people have been talking about... I'm kinda wondering what else is going to end up happening around here."

Whatever this place had in store for them, Wally was pretty sure it wasn't going to be a surprise early release with cake and coffee for everyone.

[thebatbutler]

Alfred looked at Wally for a moment longer before giving a small smile. "I was joking, sir. I do that sometimes." He winked. Perhaps the teasing had been a bit much, judging from the look on Wally's face, but there wasn't a lot of extra time to be had for extended apologies, so he hoped that the younger man wouldn't be too traumatized.

"Is that right?" Alfred thought over this new information for a moment before he nodded. "I noticed the notes on the bulletin concerning last night's events and the placement of the new announcement system."

Neither could mean anything very positive.

"If you happen to require anything of me... or know of another friend that might, I can be found in room M98. I understand that Master Bruce seems to be here as well?"

[scarletspeedstr]

Wally managed an uncertain smile in return, though he was still more than a little thrown off by everything. He had spoken with Alfred a few times, but it was really hard to get to know someone when they were mostly in the background while you bugged their boss. Not to mention the idea of someone living with Bruce having a sense of humour was kinda weird. Still, it was pretty awesome that Alfred wasn't actually that upset about the name, specially since Wally wasn't willing to bet on the chances of him not slipping and calling Alfred that again later.

"Yeah," he agreed. "Seems like a lot of things are changing around here, whatever that means. I figure Ba- uh, Bruce, has some kinda theory about it all. He always does, right?"

He frowned as the question caught up to him. "Wait, you didn't know he was here?"