Day 50: Patient Library (4th Shift)

[mitase]

Sakura had mentioned a library on the second floor, but there was one on the first floor, wasn't there? It was for the patients, sure, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be any useful books. Not that he knew for certain, since every time Hanatarou had been in there previously it hadn't been to pay a lot of attention to the reading material

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[falseblack]

He was tired--exhausted, really--and sleep was a far cry from possibility. Farther still was the chance to speak with a brother. Unless the link held a factor not yet realized, Albedo was unconscious. Asleep with no end in sight, it seemed. Like how Nigredo wished was granted to him.

A nurse fortunately noted the boy's condition and suggested he spend the remainder of his day in the library. He didn't oppose; memory had taken the environment as soothing, as something wanted. It wouldn't be bad to stay there until dinner.

Upon entrance, Nigredo took a seat in a vacant chair by a set of bookcases, eyes drooping in expectant boredom. He supposed reading would be a good way to pass the time, but with evening so close, it bordered on useless. His head hurt too much in any case.

[Keman]

[falseblack]

Movement brought the boy out of his thoughts, and he looked to find a teenager in his sights. Initially, Nigredo assumed he would be addressed with the customary greeting; retrospect, however, pulled in something entirely different in meaning. Eyes widened in surprise and partly in recognition; it was difficult to see this individual as what he claimed to be before.

"You're the...dragon from last night," he muttered. The one Albedo inadvertently (or so he hoped) pulled the trigger on. The fact someone came forward with that information likely meant that this was, indeed, their unfortunate associate.

The fact that he was also apologizing for the incident tugged at Nigredo's conscience. "It's okay. You don't have to--" He swallowed thickly. "--apologize." Albedo shouldn't have allowed the gun to fire, after all.

[sheisthecause]

The courtyard had been refreshing (so had the power walking; she really had to get more exercise aside from fighting monsters), but what Meche decided she needed now was a quiet place to warm up. The library seemed like a good choice. She handed her coat and boots back to the nurse and allowed herself to be led that way. Once she got there, she spent a minute or two studying the shelves before picking up The Crimson Fairy Book--she was always on the lookout for new stories to tell--and finding herself a chair in the center of the room