Day 49: Early Afternoon
Although some of the nurses might have been hoping for the weather to ease up as the day wore on, the exact opposite seemed to happen instead. The raindrops became larger and fell down with more fervor, pitter-pattering on the old rooftops and trickling slowly down the branches of the trees in the park. Indeed, even the townspeople winced and scuttled under the storefront covers as they made their way down the sidewalk, and the nurses were scowling as they pulled up the hoods of their white ponchos and began ushering patients inside.
They weren't frantic yet, but they were certainly annoyed, and though it seemed they were allowing patients to travel from location to location if necessary, they seemed very adamant that no one loiter about and ruin their secondhand clothes.
The storekeepers went through their own routine as well, sighing as they set up coat racks, umbrella stands, and heavy mats by their doors. Clearly, they did not want any of the Institute ruffians muddying up their establishments.
They weren't frantic yet, but they were certainly annoyed, and though it seemed they were allowing patients to travel from location to location if necessary, they seemed very adamant that no one loiter about and ruin their secondhand clothes.
The storekeepers went through their own routine as well, sighing as they set up coat racks, umbrella stands, and heavy mats by their doors. Clearly, they did not want any of the Institute ruffians muddying up their establishments.