Day 50: Arts & Crafts Room (4th Shift)
It barely felt like she'd been outside for any time at all when the intercom sounded and the nurse came to fetch her. "Can't I stay a little longer?" she asked, but the woman only clicked her tongue and frowned, reaching to feel her forehead as though testing for a fever. "The weather simply isn't good enough, Natalie dear," the nurse said, once satisfied that her charge was all right, then drew back and made shooing motions toward the door. "Go on inside and warm up, okay? I don't want you taking a chill now that you're just getting better."
Nunnally sighed but didn't protest; remembering something that Yuffie had said to her, she instead elected to visit the "arts" room. The nurse was all too happy to agree, and once in the room brought over a small pile of assorted supplies with a number of suggestions for projects that Nunnally might want to undertake. She listened with a polite smile but as soon as the woman left again sorted through the glitter and markers and pulled out a single sheet of paper.
Several minutes of careful folding later, she set the completed origami crane on the table in front of herself with a small smile. It was somehow calming, following the familiar pattern of movements that turned a simple piece of paper into a bird; though the process was easier now that she could see how even her folds were, it still felt the same. And still meant the same. She gently tapped the bird's beak with one fingertip, her smile turning briefly thoughtful before she moved to take another piece of paper from the pile. Maybe she could remember some of the other shapes Sayoko had showed her.
[Lelouch and Renamon]
Nunnally sighed but didn't protest; remembering something that Yuffie had said to her, she instead elected to visit the "arts" room. The nurse was all too happy to agree, and once in the room brought over a small pile of assorted supplies with a number of suggestions for projects that Nunnally might want to undertake. She listened with a polite smile but as soon as the woman left again sorted through the glitter and markers and pulled out a single sheet of paper.
Several minutes of careful folding later, she set the completed origami crane on the table in front of herself with a small smile. It was somehow calming, following the familiar pattern of movements that turned a simple piece of paper into a bird; though the process was easier now that she could see how even her folds were, it still felt the same. And still meant the same. She gently tapped the bird's beak with one fingertip, her smile turning briefly thoughtful before she moved to take another piece of paper from the pile. Maybe she could remember some of the other shapes Sayoko had showed her.
[Lelouch and Renamon]