[Week 3, Saturday: Ren]

[fallbymyhands]

[she gives him time, as she had silently promised. some hours after they've finished poking at Red's cell phone. it's late. too late. they should be sleeping. but some Dark Hour habits die hard, and Mitsuru is wide awake]

[she seeks Ren out wherever he may be, totally expecting him to. . . well. expect her]

There's another matter we should discuss.

[straight to business]

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[fallbymyhands]

[. . .]

[she shivers. she can't help it; it's like a chill just ran up and down her spine]

Like. . . the pain felt by whatever that child was resonated with them.

[le_mat]

...exactly. If they are in there... god, what might they have felt? What might I have done to them - to Talcott.

[fallbymyhands]

You didn't know.

[she points out quickly]

Whatever Red may have told you, it wasn't enough to tell you that burning the time out shack might harm. . . something.

[the planet? the rock zombies? she doesn't know]

[le_mat]

...

[She's not wrong, but he can't make himself acknowledge it either.]

I can tell you... Red and Stan are infected too. It's just, slower, in adults.

[fallbymyhands]

[. . .]

But Red is resistant to the mind effects the rest of us experience.

[le_mat]

I don't know if it's because she's an adult or something her employers help her with. But she said, eventually, she'll be just like the rest of us.

[fallbymyhands]

I wonder, then, if that's why that unusual scientist wished to experiment on her?

[le_mat]

Maybe... god, I hope not. I mean, I should be glad for a possible cure but I wouldn't want that guy close to even my worse enemy.

[fallbymyhands]

[. . . HM]

Do you think he's actively searching for a cure?

[le_mat]

I can't think of what else scientists would be in contact with Red for- that or a way to make the rocks worse.

[fallbymyhands]

Or to satiate their own curiosity. The unusual scientist did strike me as that type.

[le_mat]

Ugh, yeah he kinda did. He's from Ichigo's world... so it's pretty clear they're just grab-bagging anyone that will keep their little system running just like it is.

With how Ichigo reacted though... I wonder if they realize what kind of sicko they have on staff?

[fallbymyhands]

Based on how Red's boss reacted when we attempted to circumvent the camp rules with our vote, I'm assuming they do.

And I am assuming they hardly care.