Dayshift 43: Waiting Room / Lobby 1 [4th Shift]

[not_rly_fai]

It'd been nice to talk with Subaru, if only to see that the young man was faring a little better than before.  He seemed to have the worst luck and unfortunately, there wasn't always someone there to protect those that needed it the most.  As he passed the Sun Room, there was still no sign of a post from Ururu either.  Things didn't look promising

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[gald_digger]

Just as Anise dreaded, the nurse who picked her up from the courtyard informed her that she would be having a visitor today. It wasn't a big surprise; her Mama and Papa came to see her the last two weeks. It was just like them to come regularly to check up on her. Mama was probably going to bring cookies again. She was really predictable sometimes.

When she entered the lobby, there weren't many people around, and Anise immediately spotted Sync sitting way off in a corner. He had a visitor, too? That was a surprise. He didn't really have any friends, did he? What was even more surprising, though, was what the nurse did next: she led Anise straight to him.

"Why don't you take a seat next to Stephen here? Your visitor will be here soon."

Anise just stood and stared at the boy for a moment, then whipped her head around to snap at the nurse. "Wait, why him!? Can't I wait somewhere else?" The last thing she wanted was for Sync to be there when her parents came

[damned_nurses]

Visitors' day was often stressful. Maybe it was because some of the patients were still excited from Saturday's Doyleton trip. It was difficult to explain why some of them found the sight of their loved ones disturbing, other than the fact they were obviously ill. Either way, she knew she had to watch the room like a hawk while everyone was visiting.

Occasionally there was a warmhearted exchange that made her smile, like when young Charles gave a present to Dolores and Stephen, and they began to talk to gether. They were adorable children, really. Seeing them made the difficulties of her job worthwhile.

Of course, just as she had thought that to herself, Stephen lashed out, squeezing his hands around Charles' neck in a horrifying choke hold. The nurse practically felt her limbs grow cold at the realization that Stephen was trying to kill his brother, but that didn't stop her from leaping into action

[damned_visitors]

"Hard... yes. It's hard to watch such suffering and be unable to help," the boy sighed, his hands sliding away from his face to cross neatly in his lap. "But it's okay." Though it honestly didn't feel it - Dolores was fighting so hard against the memories. He had expected it from his headstrong brother, but not from her. "You'll remember one day, and we'll all be able to be together again

[gald_digger]

Anise had figured Sync would have struck sooner if he planned to, and was completely caught off guard when the boy suddenly lunged at Ion.

"Stop it! Get away from him!" she screamed desperately, jumping to her feet. Her presents were dropped to the floor as she dashed to Ion's side. They were dear to her, being from Ion, but Ion himself was far too important for her to worry about damaging them.

The nurses made it there first. Though it was frustrating for those hags to be the ones to save Ion while she, his Guardian, was right there, Anise couldn't deny being glad that Sync was stopped as quickly as he was.

There was a moment of relief when his hands released their grip on Ion's throat, and Anise released a deep breath she hadn't even realized she was holding in the first place. She hovered by Ion in concern as he gasped - a horrible sound that only further drove home the fact that he was very nearly killed just moments ago. There was redness around his neck where the hands had been clenched. He definitely didn't look fine

[ran_on_empty]

Listening to Ion choke and gasp was enough to coax a wide smile from Sync's lips, eyes wide with excitement as he continued to strangle him. Part of him wanted nothing more than to snap that weak neck and be done with it, but it felt so good to drag it out like this. Even when Ion's nails dug into his flesh Sync could only chuckle. He'd nearly forgotten that anyone else was even in the room, focusing completely on torturing the other replica while ignoring everything else around him

[damned_visitors]

So his brother had chosen to desert him... to leave him. He couldn't go against that request - he wanted his brother to be happy, even if what made him happy now was the absence of his only brother.

"I'm sorry I can't die for you, Stephen," he said, his voice still shy from the red fingerprints pressed into his throat. It burned and ached, and it would be a long time before the pressure of those markings healed and were forgotten. "I hope you get better." It was his soft dismissal, in a way; he nodded at the nurse holding the sagging Stephen, motioning to his own nurse to hold him in case he fell again. He supposed his parents had warned the Institute about his weak health before they had gone. It must have been important enough to tell them, but he did visit quite often...

Charles looked away from his brother once more, forcing a smile at Dolores to ease her troubles, even when his green eyes were about to spill over with tears. "I'm sorry, Dolores. I should have known that would push him over the edge."

[gald_digger]

It wasn't much of a surprise when Sync blew off Ion's request, but even though it wasn't totally unexpected, it still bothered Anise. That, and his last words to her