A Fortunate Arival

[despairing_hope]

[Arriving on Base]

[He was vaguely aware of waking up inside a small capsule. If he was to describe it he would liken it to one of those escape pods you see in scifi films. He might have had more to describe if he hadn't been violently jerked out of one perceived reality to another. After all, it was a little hard to go from a rather unpleasant state to suddenly waking up in a small capsule and being attacked by some horrible sea monster.]

Oh what bad luck!

[But as soon as he said that much a laser fired out and monster got distracted going somewhere else. before he knew it something was shooting him out and directly towards the base. Though his legs were a little wobbly, and he definitely needed a moment to gather himself it didn't take too much effort to board. As soon as he walked in he smiled cheerfully.]

It was lucky after all!

[Med Bay]

[Despite a safe arrival he was not in a good state. Being stationary for the minimum of a month, the maximum of who even knows is hard on the body, especially Nagito's body. For the time being he was simply resting in one of the beds, though trying to get up every so often to move around. However, staying here was troubling him. He had taken measure of himself, it was someone else. A person that worried him.]

I guess my assumption was true then....

[Did that mean he failed? He had to know... he had to know if his plan had been successful, if he had saved them! Still... if he was here....

He lifted up his left arm and stared at the hand there. That hand that didn't belong. A woman's hand with red nails....]

This really is unlucky in the end.

[Library]

[It was later at night and Nagito had more or less made camp in the room. There wasn't anywhere else for him to go. Taking a private room didn't feel right, and he couldn't bare the thought of sharing it with others. However, he liked the idea of being where all the books in this place were. He could read them at leisure, and unless someone told him he couldn't stay... well, it was a free space, right?]

Comments

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[soulfriend]

[It's a direct callback to his own arrival, except last time Kazuichi was the one in the bed; this time he's the one in the hallway outside who pokes his head in at the sound of a someone talking to themselves; both times, he's the one who screams.]

G, GAAAAHHHH?! Y-YOU!

[Last time it was pure fear and confusion, though. There's much of that in his reaction to seeing Nagito lying in the med bay bed, but there's anger, too, bubbling up so suddenly inside of him that he takes his breath away.

(Well, the screaming didn't help with that, either.)

He jabs a finger in the direction of the bed, red-faced and refusing to actually enter the room, which means he's screaming in the med bay and blocking the door, like an asshole.]

You've gotta be shitting me!

[despairing_hope]

[Kazuichi's scream startles him and he quickly looks towards the door while simultaneously putting his left hand in his pocket. He recognized that stupid scream. How frustrating. He really was unlucky!]

Kazuichi kun. How disappointing. I suppose this answers my concerns though. How sad....

[He sighs deeply, it was a mix of agitation and disappointed.]

Go away, I don't want to deal with your stupidity.

[soulfriend]

You go away!

[He spits that out automatically. It's the kind of thing you just say when you're thrown off kilter and grasping at straws, like your mom! Except, once it's out of his mouth, the rest of it comes with it: the truth behind the comment, not as casual as even Kazuichi thought it was when he said it.]

You . . . you aren't allowed! You're not allowed to be here! What gives you the fuckin' right to be here with us, you bastard?! What kind of sick fuck would give you a second chance after what you did?!

[despairing_hope]

Me? I'm not the one allowed?

[ His tone was condescending and still exasperated, however it also had a tired tone to it. He didn't need this, he didn't have the energy to deal with Kazuichi of all people right now. He had a lot of questions both about his location and his physical state.

He had read his profile, he had a basic understanding... but, it was different being in it. Not to mention he was dead! Even if it was virtual.... ]

After what I did?

[ Incredulous. ]

You're far worse. The fact you're alive is a travisty! The world was suppose to be saved, and yet... you are here!

med bay

[inject]

[ Well, it was here or the labs. And Valentine was one of the only medical people on board. Not a healer - someone with actual medical training. She popped in now and then. ]

I'm sure it could be worse.

[ She looked down at him, then back to the sheet she'd been studying when she came in. ]

At least the air composition doesn't burn off layers of your lungs, for example.

[despairing_hope]

[What a horrible thought. He tried to chuckle lightly, but he just couldn't quite muster it.]

Well...

[It really could... there was enough on his mind where he hadn't wanted to think that far though.]

I suppose at the very least in that case I don't need to feel lucky.

[What if something cracked? What if it flooded.... He had been so distracted by the foreign aspect of his entire situation that the anxiety of those worries hadn't shown themselves until that moment. Quickly, he needed to talk about something else.]

I'm sorry for having come here unannounced. I hope I don't get in the way of your work. It just seemed like a natural place to come to. You don't have to mind me.

[inject]

You won't get in the way.

[ Rather than comforting, it sounded a bit distracted and uncaring. Valentine, nurse though she was, could probably use a couple of lessons on bedside manner.

But she was too busy with more useful things, honestly.

Though she could give him a check up. ]

What was the manner of your arrival?

library

[sniptuck]

[ not being able to sleep, hajime had decided to sneak out of her of her shared room to find something to occupy her time. so she finds herself in the library where.... there is another person, apparently.

she waves. ]

Hello!

[despairing_hope]

[He looks up from the book he had in his lap and smiles. Maybe he should have tried to go around and introduce himself, but that's a lot for a first day. This way of meeting people was fine too though. Especially since he still needed to adjust to the reality of his situation.]

Hello! I hope I'm not in your way. It was late so I assumed there wouldn't be much traffic.

[sniptuck]

You're fine! I just couldn't sleep.

[ she tilts her head slightly while placing her hands underneath underneath her cheek, feigning the act of sleeping. ]

The library is for everyone so you can stay as long as you like.

Library

[lightbulbvampire]

[Kanaya was taking a break from one of her sewing projects and wandered over to the library to read a book.]

Oh, I was not aware anyone was sleeping in here. I apologize if I interrupted you in anything.

Library

[despairing_hope]

Ah, no, I apologize for being in your way.

[His tone was friendly and he even smiled. It wasn't a bother at all, it was only to be expected in fact. There were a number of people on this base after all... so many, it was almost worrying. But, there was no reason to think about that at the moment.

Especially since....

Was he dreaming? Or was this cosplay?]

Um... I can go somewhere else if it's a bother.

[Not that he wanted to.]

But it seemed like a nice place to stay.

[Those horns looked very real. Was he really seeing what he thought he was? Lots of questions raced through his mind but he didn't dare ask any of them yet.]

Re: Library

[lightbulbvampire]

It is fine, this library is big enough for the both of us and more. It'd be rather rude of me to kick you out when you were here first.

[She walks over to a bookshelf and scans the titles before pulling out the book about the AI Vampire. The library has a rather varied selection so far, ranging from trashy romance and vampires to philospahy book about the end of humanity and the meaning of hope. Kanaya settles down on one of the chairs in the room. Her skin starts glowing white and here eyes are now bright yellow. It's great when you are your own reading light.]

I agree that this room is indeed nice. Before we made the private rooms, I usually did my sewing projects in here.

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[occultural]

[ okay at least she isn't going to scream quite as loud as other people, but sonia does sort of jump when she hears that voice as she passes through the med bay. granted, he shouldn't be dead (though she remembers him dying), but awake...? he shouldn't be awake yet.

but her memories (incorrectly) tell her that naegi had promised going to ursula would be the way to wake everyone. she pauses in the doorway, eyes wide. ]

It...it really is...is everyone else awake as well? Where are the others?

[ there's relief mingled with hope in her tone, because they'd meant to wake everyone up. even komaeda. apparently. ]

[despairing_hope]

I don't know.

[He looked towards where Sonia stood, casually moving his hands to his pockets.]

Honestly I wasn't expecting to be awake.... I was hoping I would die.

[So had his plan failed or...? He was missing too much information. Things weren't quite what he had hoped at all. However... he needed a question answered before anything else. Based on what she was saying... maybe she knew the answer?]

Do you know who the traitor was?

[It was the most important question.]

[occultural]

[ oh. that's right. komaeda Did The Thing before learning anything about, uh, virtual reality being a thing. sonia is...not sure she wants to fully explain that, having just lived it, but. ]

...Of course I do. More importantly, I know that none of us were going to "die" on the island...though none of us could have known that would be the case. It was not quite a real place, Komaeda-san. I am not entirely certain that I want to discuss it with you when your last reaction to new information was to, er, do what you did, however.

library

[wearys]

[ magnus is just stopping in to pick up something for some late night reading, when he sees that someone has decided to make camp. and while normally he wouldn't care about that at all, it's not like these are the streets. all the rooms are free? why are you making camp in a library. maybe he's homeless and isn't used to having a real place to sleep? magnus would know that feel. ]

Hey, dude. You know there are bedrooms, right? Open ones, I mean. For free.

library

[despairing_hope]

Oh I saw those. Ursula san even suggested one. However it just seems wrong for trash like me to take a limited space. There are more people than rooms here, right? At least that's what it seemed.

[His tone was very pleasant and casual, he sounded rather joyful as well.]

Anyway, isn't there something comforting about libraries and books?

[wearys]

There are enough rooms-- a lot of them fit multiple people.

[ yeah ok def a homeless guy. who else would casually refer to themselves as trash?? though magnus isn't going to correct him since, hey, he could be legit trash. who knows. maybe trash people are a thing like dwarves and elves. ]

Yeah, but do you really want to live in one when there are better options?

med bay

[splinten]

[Er. Dirk looks at that hand. He was here to touch up on medical equipment but wow. That sure is something.]

With full consciousness of how phenomenally awkward this is in terms of a first meeting, do you need to get that replaced? It should only take a couple days to put something together.

[despairing_hope]

[He clutched it and turned to the side. He really hadn't wanted anyone to see it. He was still trying to process it even.]

I....

[What did he want to do? He wasn't quite sure. He knew he didn't want it.]

That sounds too simple.

[splinten]

[Dirk, on the other hand, is just really calm about all this. As usual.] I'm really fuckin' good at robotics. [So, not a problem.]

But hey, if you're happy with the model, no big deal.

med bay

[gnasher]

[a shark bleeding like a stuck pig walks through the doors to the med bay. is that enough mixed animal metaphors for you? if it's too many, what really comes through the door is a pink-haired teen with teeth that might look familiar. he's holding his forearm, which is sliced and oozing, looking very much like he's just showed up at the nurse's office, a little young and panicked]

[but seeing no one, he takes matters into his own hands, heading for the nearest supply cabinet and rummaging for bandages. it's a little clumsy, given aforementioned bleeding]

med bay

[despairing_hope]

[Did people just come here to hang out? Where did sick people actually go? Wait... what?]

Go away!

[He probably should have looked harder, but he was just not feeling it at all today.]

Re: med bay

[gnasher]

[Rin about half-jumps out of his skin, because typically the med bay is a quiet, calm place, and not full of yelling strangers with crazy scarecrow hair. he whirls around, dropping the bandages like he's been caught in some sort of heinous act, and the roll goes unspooling across the floor]

Haah -- ?!

[holding his arm to his chest, he stares at this newcomer, noticing three things in quick succession: the sickly tint to the stranger's skin, his sharp eyes, and what he swears is nail polish on one hand?]

I'm just grabbing some bandages, fuck, what are you yelling for?