Night 57: M61-M70 Hallway

[unpriest]

It had sounded all so very hard to believe, the things that Vino-san and Maya-san had told him. Though Seishin had been skeptical, he couldn't help but think that something was terribly wrong with this place, no matter if the nurses were real or soldiers in disguise. The announcement at least confirmed as much, dropping the facade they had

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[doneinthree]

By the time the intercom switched on, Kirk was already fully changed, with all of his nighttime supplies waiting ready.  This time around, he hadn't even entertained the thought of shutting his eyes for a second - and with what he'd found in his box, beside his uniform, he wasn't sure if he could've slept anyway.

On his desk lay three items: an envelope, heavily blacked out with marker; a folded letter written in a familiar hand; and a photograph.  The first two he'd inspected enough times to have practically memorized them, and it was the picture he'd been staring at before Aguilar's voice came on.  His mom, his brother, Aurelan and their son.  The happy circle of his family, warm and complete.  If there was someone missing, it wasn't Jim - and he suspected anyway that that missing person was the one holding the camera with steady hands and an affectionate eye