Day 35: Bus 2

[scarletspeedstr]

Wally woke as the intercom crackled to life and was surprised to find himself back in his room. The last thing he'd remembered was feeling relieved at finally beating off those dragonfly-lizard things. There'd been that weird intercom message, then... he wasn't quite sure what had happened after that, but he was certain it hadn't involved falling

Comments

[mazoku_king]

The last thing Yuuri remembered was lying in bed with Wolfram waiting to sneak away. That was why the young Maou had woken up so confused when it appeared he'd somehow been returned to his own room

[arrogantflame]

Waking up that morning was more than a little hard.

Apparently Wolfram had completely crashed the night before, and crashed hard, because he didn't remember much beyond getting back to his room. He knew he'd desperately needed the sleep, so it was probably a good thing. But then... where was Yuuri?

Abruptly he was awake and sat up, the nurse who had been shaking him backing off to give him some room. He got dressed in the strange looking clothes he was offered, and then took the bag he was given without complaint, allowing himself to be led outside. What if it had all been a dream and Yuuri hadn't been there at all? He hadn't had time to check his drawers for the hidden sword.

His eyes scanned the crowd quickly, and luckily it didn't take too long before he spotted who he was looking for. Wolfram's heart thumped loudly in his chest as he approached. Relief and fear battled for dominance in the fact that he hadn't imagined Yuuri last night.

Without a word of greeting, he grabbed onto Yuuri's arm and dragged him into the closest

[mazoku_king]

Standing up on the balls of his feet, Yuuri attempted to peer over the taller patients to try and catch sight of the blonde Mazoku. Yuuri didn't think it would have been this hard to try and find someone of Wolfram's uniqueness, but apparently it was. Maybe he should start calling Wolfram's name?

The thought had only just passed through his mind before Yuuri found his arm suddenly seized. "Eh?" Wide-eyed, Yuuri helplessly glanced over towards the only pulling him as he was dragged along. "Wolfram?! What are you doing?" Righting his balance, as they both approached the bus, the young Maou whined. "Come on, I'm more than capable of walking on my own, Wolfram."

[arrogantflame]

It wasn't a matter of Yuuri being capable of walking or not. Although Wolfram was pretty sure that he was certainly more than likely to trip on his own feet if he wasn't careful. But he kept the thought to himself, and only let go once they were going up the steps. He made sure Yuuri went first, of course.

"Pick a seat," he nodded slightly. He would wait for actual conversation for when they'd actually started moving.

[broken_exorcist]

[Naruto]

Allen couldn't say he was happy to suddenly wake up in his room. He still didn't know if Rinali was okay or not and things just seemed like a real mess. Not that he got much time to think about it. It wasn't long before a nurse bustled in, carrying an armful of clothing.

Once again, it felt far too informal, but at least this clothing fit him better than last time. He didn't understand why so many people seemed to wear jeans, he'd thought they were mostly for miners or cowboys, but he supposed that trend had changed over the years. The nurse was nice enough to let him change in relative privacy, and the clothes were comfortable, even if they weren't something he'd usually wear.

In spite of his worry, the prospect of going to town and seeing new things and all the fascinating modern inventions was really exciting. He picked up a bag of breakfast as he boarded and seated himself near a window. It wasn't much, but last time they'd gotten coupons for all kinds of things, so maybe the same would hold true today.

[whirlingwinds]

Naruto hadn't woken up in the best of moods. Last he'd known, he'd been yelling something at Sasuke. The details were a little fuzzy, somehow, and he wasn't sure if it was due to...whatever it was the Institute did the patients for them to just wake up in their room like that, or because it had been a lot of things at once last night

[broken_exorcist]

Allen looked up from where he'd been staring out the window, lost in his own thoughts. A boy close to his age had decided to sit next to him. Allen didn't mind the company and this one definitely seemed friendlier than some of the others he'd met, so he returned the greeting.

"A pleasure to meet you," he replied, a little of his British accent and formality showing through. "My name is Allen Walker. I don't... believe I've seen you before. Are you new?"

The boy seemed to have some scars of his own, though his looked more like kitten whiskers than the ugly thing on the left side of his own face. It was only made more apparent by the dull red glow in his left eye. Seemed like the curse was always active with different kinds of Akuma in the area. The shinigami were okay, or seemed to be, but there were so many others it was hard to keep track of it all. He hoped it wouldn't put the boy off from talking to him though.

[whirlingwinds]

Naruto barely noticed anything odd with Allen's face, as he wasn't the type to really pay attention to that. The boy had answered him, and seemed okay with engaging conversation. Naruto smiled, glad for the distraction and the chance to, maybe, make a new friend.

"Yeah, got here yesterday, actually," he said, but then his smile faded slightly. It was nothing to be happy about. He shrugged, scratching the back of his neck. "So I guess I'm one of the new...patients, here, or whatever it is we're supposed to be."

[tyki_pon]

[For Dante!]Tyki woke up in his bed with a start, a little disorientated before realizing nightshift had ended and he was back in his room. With his wounds taken care of, too. Well, okay. That saved him all the trouble. He removed his hair-tie and placed his thick bottle-glasses on his nose instead. As if on cue his nurse walked into his room, carrying some clothing

[adevilmaycry]

A silver-haired man twitched as Tyki bumped his arm, sliding into the same seat next to him. "Hey," Dante said irritably, "Watch it."

He gave the man a once over and dismissed him. He looked like a worthless bum. He scratched at the bandaids on his face. Laying beneath them were mild clawmarks-- tokens of parting from those giant fucking mutant cats he and Lust had barely subdued last night. His hands and arms were wrapped in bandages he'd demanded. He preferred it this way. If nothing else, having them made him look cooler. Made up for the ugly greys. He'd actually been a little pleased they were giving him real clothes instead of ugly SMILEY rags-- but then again, he wasn't a fan of white. Or blue. Black and red, black and red. But whatever. Wherever the Hell Doyleton was (christ what a boring damn name for anywhere), it was at least OUT of the institute. Had it really only been a day? It felt like much longer

[tyki_pon]

Tyki hadn't exactly been paying attention to the people walking through the bus - he was more occupied with his breakfast - so the fact he accidentally bumped his less-injured arm against a person wasn't entirely unsurprising. But as laid-back as the Noah was, he couldn't say he was all that worried about it.

"Heh. Sorry, Sunshine." Tyki answered, referring to the other guy's obviously irritated mood. In contrast to the killing vibe that even his white side couldn't completely hide, he gave an almost innocent smile, like he was actually really sorry. Which he wasn't, but hey, never let it be said that Tyki couldn't be a nice guy.

'Watch it', huh? What a funny thing to say to a person who had thick bottle-glasses. Those nearly equaled blindness, now did they? Even when he technically didn't need them, but this silver-haired guy didn't know that.

[adevilmaycry]

Oh, now he had attention. 'Sunshine'? He wasn't getting away with that shit. Not after all the other stuff he'd been dealing with quite reasonably, so he thought.

He threw his arms over the back of the seat and glared. "You're pretty fucking happy for a guy in a mental institute. Did they forget your meds this morning?" Those glasses were so retarded and overemphasized- there was no way any doctor would make someone wear them. They had contacts now for people with vision bad enough to need those. So that, to Dante, obviously indicated, along with the overdone smile, that this guy was putting on one hell of a good act. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. Maybe he was just as crazy as Dante. The thought gave his voice a slightly calmer tone.

"Wonder where they're takin' us..." he said, glancing out the window.

Now, it's important to note that living in the apocalypse tends to make you forget what the world is actually supposed to look like. Fields, sunshine, normal, undestroyed buildings and no strip clubs; Dante hated it

[offduty]

Killing time outside in the town, no matter how completely freaking dull said town was, seemed a hell of a lot better than killing time in a walled up institute, so Reno didn't mind too much when his nurse shoved a bunch of stuff in his hands and herded him off to the bus.

He flopped down in an empty seat and leaned his head back. They hadn't gotten very far last night and he was starting to wonder if it was worth it at all.

What the hell. And where was Rude? He needed to drag Rude to the bar in town.

[for Momo, I believe?]

[hajike_tobiume]

Momo felt a little better after having actually made it outside the walls, but the shock of waking up back in her bed when she'd just been traversing the rocky ground at the base of the western mountains was not appreciate. It was all pointless. They were rats in Landel's cage and nothing they did was going to matter

[offduty]

As someone approached him, Reno tilted his head up to glance at her. He didn't really pay much attention before she spoke--superficial flirting from days ago was hardly something he kept at the forefront of his mind. It wasn't until she mentioned mysteries that he figured out who she was.

"Don't have your list," he replied easily. "But the seat's free."

[hajike_tobiume]

It was him. Momo smiled and sat down, folding her hands in her lap over the paper bag. "Aww, that's a shame. I could use a bit of a laugh," she replied. "I'm convinced this place lacks a sense of humor."

[wishescankill]

Once again, Anya found herself waking up in bed while in the middle of talking to the Scoobies. This was getting increasingly obnoxious. She had half a mind to take her irritation out on the nurse who had just walked in, until she saw exactly what the nurse was holding.

It was a shirt, a pair of jeans, a hoodie, and a pair of sneakers. But on the shirt was a picture of a bunny. It was leering at her, arms outstretched like it was reaching for her, and underneath it was written: Me Want Hurt You

[wishescankill]

Anya's head snapped up at the sound of a voice, prepared to offer some caustic remark. But then she saw the shirt the boy was wearing, and she couldn't help snickering.

"You look like an Easter egg." Pink? Really? Pink on a teenage boy? "Unless you're gay, the nurses here have an evil sense of humor," she said, pulling he hoodie tighter around herself to hide her own shirt (which she was sure had a big fat Approved stamp from Satan).

She turned her head to look out the window. Then she remembered that the boy had been asking permission to sit next to her. "Oh. Yes. Sit," she said, turning back to him.