Day 46: Intercom, Noon

[damned_intercom]

The intercom announcement commenced with its usual jingle.

"Hello, everyone, and I hope not too many of you dozed off in the Sun Room today! A ha ha..." The Head Doctor's chuckle was loud and confident; it seemed he'd completely and officially gotten over whatever had been eating at him just a couple of days before. He continued with a hearty: "

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[churchbelled]

This wasn't where Shizuru remembered going to sleep. She was certain of it. In fact, she barely remembered going to sleep at all. She remembered fighting, and she remembered watching a broken and feverish Natsuki; she remembered cool desperation to get her somewhere she could be safe. The idea that she would go to sleep at such a time? Nonsense. Pure nonsense

[churchbelled]

[to here]

[zip_it_good]

Dammit! Bucciarati thought to himself as he thrashed around in his bed, Just a few more inches! Come on!

All of a sudden, Bucciarati's eyes flew open. He paused for a moment as he took in his surroundings and then proceeded to jump out of the bed he was in.

"W-What the hell's going on?!" Bucciarati shouted, "Where am I?!"

"Michelangelo!" said a voice from behind Bucciarati, "Is everything alright in there?"

He spun around to face the voice, only to see a door slowly being opened. With no time to summon Sticky Fingers, Bucciarati could only stand there cornered, cursing his luck. He braced himself for the barrage of attacks that would undoubtedly follow the door being opened. Bucciarati gritted his teeth and braced himself when the door was finally opened, only to see...a nurse?

"Did you have a bad dream, Michelangelo?" she said delicately.

"Michelangelo?" Bucciarati repeated, his stance mellowing somewhat. He looked around to see if anyone else was in the room. She didn't mean him, did she

[zip_it_good]

[to here.]