Day 52: Intercom, Evening

[damned_intercom]

The intercom jingle was slightly different for this shift, almost as if it had gone up in quality. The Head Doctor gave a sigh of relief, his own voice clear as a bell despite the usual electronic buzz

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[beyondinfinity]

"That'd be great!" Buzz replied, once again encouraged by just how friendly everyone here was. It was making the whole 'interacting with humans' aspect of this operation seem a lot less scary, especially given how, unlike Sora, this 'Doctor' was an adult. After all, Buzz had always seen human adults as being... well, kind of stiff and weird (something that the staff here had definitely reinforced), but this guy seemed just as enthusiastic as Sora! And, maybe since he was an adult, he'd be able to give Buzz some more accurate intel on what this whole place was about.

Buzz took a step back from the doctor as soon as he was done shaking his hand, then scratched his head - that hair... he didn't think he could ever get used to it - as he recalled the events of the day.

"So far, I've gathered that we're in some kind of incarceration facility - heavy security, uniform clothes," he said, counting off the different aspects on his fingers, "solid walls, and bunks completely devoid of windows. But what confuses me," he went on, frowning, "is why a place run so professionally seems to make so many clerical errors. The nurse keeps on saying I'm this 'Tim Taylor' character and that I'm... well, crazy."

They're a few years too late to treat that, he thought with a small, nervous chuckle.

[timedork]

"Oh, yes, that," the Doctor said, walking the few steps towards his desk and taking a seat. He gestured for Buzz to feel free to do the same; they could easily talk over dinner. "I doubt you'll be able to get them to call you anything else. Being told we're crazy is the same for everyone; this 'Institute' claims to be a mental hospital. Not everyone is called by a completely unfamiliar name, but something fake seems to be the case more often than not."

He paused to taste the miso soup, but soon continued, "If you arrived here this morning, then there are things you should know before tonight. The doors are locked right now, but they'll unlock a little later on. You can wander around then, but you'll find yourself in here again come morning."

The Doctor looked down at his tray, trying to decide what to tell Buzz about the way things were at nights. He'd had his doubts about 'monsters' until recently, but after seeing those poor creatures in the kennels, and then running into a Weeping Angel of all things... And then there were the experiments on the patients... Maybe he'd keep quiet about the latter for now, so that Buzz wouldn't have to know that just yet.

"Be careful if you decide to go out," he warned. "It's dangerous out there. Well, not dangerous, not exactly, but... Well, maybe it is after all.... Just be careful. I've seen a lot of injuries, even if I haven't seen exactly what caused them."