You weren't so quick to gloat last night, asshole, Mello silently retorted as he listened to the announcement. He was in more of a hurry tonight than last, wanting to meet up with Teresa and get what they could from the doctor's computer, and still have time left over to get outside. He grabbed the pipe from its hiding place and pulled on his boots
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He didn't have much to take with him besides the flashlight, so it was easy to get ready to go. He picked the light up, put the map in his pocket, and pulled the bandages off his left arm. He felt much better knowing that they'd come off now, even if he didn't know how they managed to stay glued on all day. He tried to focus on what was going on now instead of then, though.
It was hard. He was worried about Usopp. He hadn't been able to do anything at all to keep his roommate from being dragged off by the staff. What were they going to do to him? Usopp was nice, and no one deserved whatever sick things the people here were doing. Allen hated thinking that people could be so cruel to each other, but he had to face that.
Maybe he could find where Usopp had been taken and get him back. He had to at least try.
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Eyes popping open, Bart shot out of bed, nearly stumbling to the floor as his feet tangled in the blankets. Had he seriously slept through dinner? Thank god he'd had a big breakfast and lunch, despite everything he had to worry about, or he'd be no good at all to Tim tonight! And the last thing he wanted to deal with was Tim's disappointment right now...
Grabbing his flashlight, Bart tore out the door, forgetting to check for other patients in his haste.
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As the broadcast died out and the lights went with it, Ritsuka sighed, rolling his head back. It was time for everything to begin anew then. Only something felt weird and as the nighttime broadcast started, Ritsuka realized that the sound was different. It was...richer? Fuller. It felt like his ears had popped and he could hear better; and his head felt heavier, his hair displacing differently. It took a moment, but then there was an uncomfortable pain in the base of his spine and even as he listened to the announcement overhead, Ritsuka grunted in discomfort, turning himself to the side in his chair.
And he felt something move on the top of his head - a flick of--
Holy crap. His hands shot up to his head, running through his hair and bumping almost painfully hard against his ears. His real ears. The second set that he'd been missing since appearing in this Institute. They flattened against his head and Ritsuka jumped out of his seat, banging his knee rather hard against the desk, letting out a ( ... )
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He opened his mouth to argue some more once the intercom died down, but whatever he was about to say died in his throat. For a moment, he thought the boy's hair was just doing something really weird but-- "Hey, be careful!" Nataku was on his feet in seconds. Though he didn't touch Ritsuka, he was only a couple of feet away, ready to grab him if he fainted or anything like that. "Is that supposed to happen? Are you ok?"
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"I-I don't know. It's--" Augh, his knee. With the initial shock over, the pain was kicking in full gear and Ritsuka sat down, rubbing his kneecap, grimacing slightly. Both his knee and his tail hurt, which wasn't exactly making things easy on him. And without a tail hole in the sweats, he couldn't...well, he couldn't let the tail out. With one hand on his knee, he reached up with his other and felt his ears, feeling the sensation not only with his fingers, but in the ears themselves. "It's...how I'm supposed to look. This is... weird."
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"Oh." Nataku managed to answer, more than a little curious. He'd recovered from the surprise pretty quickly. "Uh, don't take this the wrong way or anything but... What's that in your pants?"
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He trusted Homura and Homura trusted him. The familiarity of following his orders was comforting, a small step on a long path. It didn't mean much at all, however, if he expected the other war prince to do all of his thinking for him and hand him a role...gift wrapped. He didn't know what he'd done lately to deserve more gifts.
He would be talking to Kenren on the way at least. Nataku didn't think he would mind.
[timewarp to here]
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Unsurprisingly, Kenren had left for their mission by the time Homura made it to his room. All the better, considering that the demi-god knew he was running late for his own appointment. With a new member in his group, the appearance was hardly complimentary, to say the least. Still, he trusted Okita to make decisions in his absence, so Homura wasn't too worried on that front.
Not knowing which side of the room belonged to his friend, Homura opted to leave a note along with the bag. Borrowing a piece of notebook paper, Homura simply wrote Kenren's name along with his own. The details of what he thought the substance to be had to be kept in confidence. So he left the bag of fluid along with the label on one of the beds, hopefully the correct one.
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