Some Like it Hot (Beginning Day 8)

[glaxcin]

The prison air is split by the piercing, wailing sound of an emergency siren. The Warden's voice calls out above it:

"All prisoners, please stand to attention. Do not panic. This is just a drill."The phrase is repeated twice more, after which all bedding for the top bunks in every cell - occupied and unoccupied - is returned, blankets, mattress,

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[romancenovelist]

Yayoi slowly blinked awake. Her alarm clock was certainly loud today! As she awoke a bit further, the acrid smell of burning cloth assaulted her nostrils and she remembered where she was.

She leapt from her bed gasping and covering her nose and mouth. She looked around wildly for the source of the fire, settling on the blankets.

This is just a drill the robot voice reverberated around her. She was really starting to hate that stupid robot. Fire drills generally did not involve actual fire in her Tokyo. Someday she was going to get out of here and file the world's longest complaint.

No time to think about that now, though. The smoke was blinding, and she couldn't see her new friend. "Nana!" she called worriedly into the smoke.