Day 42, Afternoon: T&M Electronics

[fooledintuition]

Adachi hadn't expected the town to be so...tiny. A nice enough conversation on the ride over only did so much to aid the disappointment he felt. This whole mental institution thing was supposed to get his mind off of the whole "small, boring town" bit, not toss him right in the middle of another one.

Wonderful.

There had to be something that he

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[whohitreset]

Sen was so damn cute when she was embarrassed. ...She was cute all of the time, though. Except for when she was gorgeous.

Matt nodded at Lelouch's comment. There wasn't a whole lot they'd be able to get out of him at this point without getting threatening, which was definitely something they didn't want to do. He was risking enough just looking him in the eyes every now and then, given what Homura had said, and he made sure to keep his gaze focused elsewhere as much as possible without making it too obvious. At least if something happened to him, he had Sen there to tell him Lelouch's exact words.

"You have to wonder what the point of bringing us out here really is - aside from a show of power or something." Then again, did Landel really need any other reason?

[tostepforward]

The fact that they were all there and not where they were supposed to be seemed like more than adequate a show of power to Ayumu. She had no idea just how one could pull people from different worlds and times, especially not people who supposedly had special powers of some kind. The trip had done little to change her opinion, though she had to wonder if there was some kind of clue to a way home in this place.

If there was, would she even recognize it, in such a baffling array of unfamiliar devices? It wasn't as though she could tell Robin what she was looking for, either.

"Maybe they're doing something back at the building," she suggested, sounding hesitant to venture a comment. "Something that they need to get us away from, while they do it?"

[whohitreset]

"Hey, there's an idea!" Matt nodded at Sen, though he purposefully overdid the reaction a bit. It was a good theory, and he wanted to add 'just ignore this guy, he's a douche' but hopefully he managed to get the idea across all the same. That was something he should have thought about himself. What was a good reason got the head doctor to remove all the patients from the Institute for a day?

Lelouch clearly didn't want them around anymore, and Matt knew that they, or at least he, weren't doing the best of jobs when it came to ingratiating themselves with him. "Did you have something in mind?" He asked with a little conspiratory wink.

[tostepforward]

Ayumu had started to visibly droop a little at Lelouch's reaction to her suggestion, but at Robin's enthusiasm she straightened again and gave him a small, grateful smile. To all outward appearances, she was only there because Robin was, and only barely brave enough to speak up at all with a stranger there, much less try to contribute to the conversation.

As such she didn't speak up again now, only glancing from Robin to Lelouch curiously, as though all she wanted to know was what he might suggest to be more productive. Ayumu could guess, of course, that whatever it was likely involved the two of them leaving; he didn't seem to relish the idea of company at the moment, much less theirs.

Getting into his good graces was clearly going to be somewhat difficult, if this was how he normally acted (and she didn't doubt it). Right now the best course of action might just be to leave, lest they annoy him too much.