Day 24: Recreational Field

[untime]

The second thing Riku noticed was that this Landels had the smell of a room that'd been drenched in bleach. Possibly one that had marinated in it for a longer period than it should have. Still, what it smelled like (aside from darkness) wasn't important in this instance, it was the facade the building had taken. A fairly solid one, in the way of

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[heartcrown]

What the hell was wrong with this day

[untime]

With the "lovely" gift-ball Riku received from his nurse, he'd wandered off to the center of the field.

It seemed that most of the those coming to this shift were incredibly tardy, that or he was ridiculously early. Regardless, it meant he should likely occupy his time with something, even if the idea of buying time felt much the same as insanity. If only for the questions of course, mainly why he was in a facility such as this instead of on Destiny Islands. Another lesser one was if he'd have to face a battle similar to Xemnas' to return to the islands, which was, unsurprisingly, an unpromising scenario. If he had to, he would, but he would rather be prepared than be taken aback

[heartcrown]

... Oh my. Kairi's eyes widened when the boy suddenly spun around to look at her, and she found herself actually looking up to see into his eyes. This had been the first time she had seen him -- actually seen him, not in Ansem's form -- in over a year. He had grown taller, his hair longer ... and his face had taken on a rather mature like appearance. When had Riku become so handsome? She knew the girls would be over him within seconds

[untime]

Kairi made him drop his ball with her unexpectedly expected pounce pounce. He didn't plan to do anything with it, making it an easy loss, but he didn't know if he appreciated being hugged so. Yes, he knew Kairi enjoyed displaying her affection to her friends, however he had always imagined her to recognize his boundaries. Normally she did, she hadn't rushed him when he'd reverted back to his normal self which proved that, and he enjoyed her company all the more for it.

That meant there must have been more wrong than he first believed. How routine.Before Kairi completely left his arms, he did give her a hug back. Somewhat hug, it was a Riku-hug. Seeing how 'twirl' wasn't included in that, she didn't get the same treatment as King Mickey. A shame that he'd go to those lengths for a mouse instead of one of the people he'd grown up with, but hey, Mickey had been the one to help him through Castle Oblivion. Without that guidance, he likely would have fallen back into darkness, rereleasing Ansem into the universe and preventing Sora from

[radiant_howl]

"Alright, Ashley, here you are. Look, there's already a few patients out here," The nurse smiled, which only made Luke all the more irritated. He was filled with the overwhelming desire to punch her in the face, but Luke knew it wasn't the right thing to do.

Oh, but he wanted to. He wanted to

[burningdigisoul]

Masaru's conversation with Larsa was cut short when that damn nurse arrived and herded him off to the recreational field. She seemed quite pleased when she was left with no resistance, probably thinking that sedation stunt had calmed him down.

"Don't get the wrong idea," he told the woman with a glare. "I will get to that Head Doctor bastard."

"Whatever you say, dear," said the nurse. Masaru wasn't sure if he'd ever wanted to hit a woman so much.

The woman dragged him along the field until they reached another redhead saying, "Here. Since both of you here for your first day, I hope you can look after each other. Try not to cause any more trouble, Mike."

"How many times do I have to tell you that's not my name?! It's-..."

The nurse was already gone. Masaru slumped into the grass with a loud sigh, hardly believing he was going to allow him to stay in this place any longer. Larsa owed him big time for this. But since he was here...

"Hey there," he greeted, giving the guy next to him a lazy wave.

[radiant_howl]

"How many times do I have to tell you that's not my name?! It's-..."

Surprisingly, that sentence was the one that first caught Luke's attention. He had just finished his journal entry, so a new distraction was welcome. Luke just looked at his new companion. The other redhead didn't seem too happy to be there either (no shit), and Luke returned the wave.

"Is the nurse calling you a girl's name too?" Luke asked, assuming that the other guy also was gifted with a stupid and gender-inappropriate name.

[burningdigisoul]

"....They're seriously calling you a girl's name?" Masaru looked a little surprised. Sure, there were people every now and then where it could be hard to tell, but it was obvious enough that this guy was male. After it sunk in for a moment, he really couldn't help it - Masaru burst out laughing.

"That must really suck," he said sympathetically, though it was evident that he still found it hilarious. "But at least they're not trying to call you something like Mike Rotch."

The last bit was said with quite a bit of distaste. If they were going to look down on him by not using his proper name, the least they could was find one that wasn't like... that. Ugh.

[empty_death]

Faust wasn't much for games, or playing outside, or, well... doing anything outside. So when his nurse led him outside and told him to 'have fun', all he could do was stand there and blink at her. With a sigh, the woman picked up a small black and white ball and tossed it to him.

"There you are, Mr. Klaus. Kick that around a bit." She sounded so cheerful, Faust wanted to put his fisth through her teeth. How could she be so happy at a time like this?!?

He looked down at the ball in his hands with confusion. Of course he knew what a soccer ball was, had even seen it on tv from time to time.

But that didn't mean he knew how to play it in person.

[materianinja]

((Hope it's ok if the ninja bothers you for a bit?))

When Yuffie heard that they'd be doing outdoor activities, she could have jumped for joy. Finally! A chance to be outside and actually do something. But..when she got there, she couldn't believe her eyes. What were these things? These weren't activities... They were kid games. Kicking around balls and stuff, that wasn't any fun. And here she thought there might be cool games. Figures.

Still, it was something to do, at least. Even if it was a sucky 'something to do'. Everyone looked preoccupied with one another, and not wanting a nurse to pester her some more, Yuffie decided to follow suit.

"Hey!" she grinned and greeted a very tall guy, holding onto a black and white ball. "Whachya got there?"

[empty_death]

Faust blinked down at the young woman then back at the ball in his hands. "It's a soccer ball," he said, holding it up with one hand.

He tilted his head. "Did you want to play?" Faust didn't seem to be the athletic type, which meant that people were shocked to realize that he, in fact, was rather...sporty.

[materianinja]

Yuffie looked at the ball that the man was holding up. "Soccer?" she repeated, giving him a slightly odd look. That wasn't a game she'd heard of on Gaia...

"I might play..." She drew the words out, almost taunting. "If you tell me what a 'soccer' is, first."

[i_slay_giants]

( From here)

Well, lunch had certainly been something else. Then again, Jack Horner hadn't intended to wake up incarcerated again so shortly after his escape, let alone in a similar- but not the same!- facility. Not that it mattered; he was already formulating an escape plan.

The nurse had just laughed quietly at him when he informed her that he was going to speak to Martin Landel himself and made some comment about the drugs not being quite out of his system. He'd have to cut out the middle man; there was no way he was going to accomplish anything if he was expected to go through nurses and orderlies to get what he wanted.

But here he was now, standing on what appeared to be a soccer field as various other patients filed in around him. It never did any good to be the odd one out. He'd have to find someone new to talk to, lest he wind up chatting with another little girl.

[i_slay_giants]

( Go here)

[flash_of_blue]

Elfangor felt a wave of relief as he stepped outside. He looked around and then frowned, once again his mouth didn't move the expression was only in his eyes. There was a fence around the entire yard. A fence. He made his face as emotionless as possible. It is only the Yeerks trying to play mind games, don't give them the benefit of seeing you worry. Still, there was the tinge of claustrophobia that he couldn't really escape.

He wanted to take off the slippers the nurse had put on him and run in grass, but it wouldn't have to same calming affect it had on him in his normal body. He didn't want to think of the soft human feet that needed to be protected from the dangers of the ground. He had always hated shoes and socks.

He needed to be formulating some sort of plan. The shock of being eaten by Visser's morph and then suddenly stuck in human morph had worn off. He felt ashamed of how he had acted when he woke, first being so stunned as to fall off the bed and then being unable to take action when a Yeerk finally did confront him.

[qui_gonjinn]

[Hopefully it's okay if Qui-Gon jumps in? :P]

Lunch had been somewhat productive, Qui-Gon Jinn reflected as he was led down the winding halls to this "recreation field". While he hadn't come any closer to discovering a way out of Landels or even learning more about Martin Landel in particular, he had gleaned some more information about Earth itself from Max. The planet, according to her, was mostly water with several large landmasses and one satellite (no mention if the Earthians had established anything on that moon or not, though). There was that, and the fact that his choice of hairstyle was apparently "strange" by Earthian standards.

I must speak with Obi-Wan next chance we have, Qui-Gon thought as he entered the recreational field. He could smell that wet scent of freshly cut grass, which was generally a greenish color here on Earth and not particularly high (or dangerous). The Jedi Master took a moment to glance around, taking in patient positions as well as where the staff where

[flash_of_blue]

[Of course it is

[qui_gonjinn]

"Visser?" Qui-Gon echoed. He hadn't ever heard that term before, but perhaps it was some kind of Earthian slang that was interchangeable for the position of Head Doctor? "The only person I know who is in charge of this place is a man called Martin Landel."

It saddened him to realize that this young man before him was another victim - a fairly new one, if he didn't know the general specifics of where he was now - of Martin Landel's manipulations. As far as he could tell, there wasn't a readily apparent rhyme or reason to what made Landel chose the people he abducted from their worlds; a reminder that Qui-Gon didn't know much, if anything, of the man. It would be difficult to attempt to counter him if he was still as much of a mystery as he was now.

The Jedi Master dipped his head slightly. "I'm Qui-Gon Jinn," he said by way of introduction. "And I, too, am a prisoner. Most of us are," he said, gesturing around him, and looked pointedly at the staff. "And as far as I understand it, none of us know how we arrived here."