Day 57: Patient Library (Fourth Shift)

[razing_phoenix]

That movie had been far more depressing than Guy had been ready for. It might not have been as bad if it hadn't all been based on real events, but knowing that people had tried so hard to escape only for so many to die was rather sobering

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[predictator]

It was with reluctance that Izaya left the game room, but it wouldn't do to spend all his time in one place since it was a free day, even with Mikado's rather distracting arrival. He would keep an eye on the boy from here on out, of course, but there were still others to play with, to observe.

He'd just been cutting through the Sun Room towards the library when a nurse approached him, handing him an envelope bearing heavy strike-outs across the front where a name and address had been removed. The only thing that remained legible on the envelope itself was 'Joshua Takahashi'... even the postmark had been obscured.

The nurse had moved on without so much as a word of explanation, and Izaya continued making his way to the library, where he found a chair in the corner to settle in. The letter addressed to him-more or less-piqued his curiosity; he could pick up a book after he'd satisfied that curiosity.

'Hey, idiot,' the first line read, and with each line that followed, Izaya grew more confused. Who was this from? It was signed '