The dinner announcement came as something utterly unexpected. Rather than Harrington's excited tones, the calm accented voice of the General drifted through the intercom speakers
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Rita had spent much of the day alone with her thoughts, looking over the bulletin, or updating her notes. Perhaps she could have learned more by approaching more people, but she simply didn't feel like it. She'd spent so much time meeting new people over the last few days that it seemed to be about time for a break from people, anyway. For someone who lived as a hermit for so long, the amount of socializing she had to do at Landel's got tiring at times
( ... )
Kairi walked down the hallway towards her room in a relatively happy mood. After all, Riku was back, and she was not only wandering around with him tonight, but with Sora as well. She had also gotten to speak to Kratos more, and had been able to take a shower. All in all, a good day
( ... )
Rita wasn't used to being comforted by others, and when Kairi sat close to her, she pulled her arms in closer to herself. She was still in shock, and her face was flushed from frustration at her inability to protect herself.
"They... injected me with something. They said it was part of their drug trials." She took a few deep breaths, then faced Kairi with a bitter expression. "Looks like they aren't voluntary anymore." Damn it... Were they eavesdropping when Rita was talking with Furudo? Did they hear her say how stupid it was to volunteer to be an experiment, and then decide to force her instead?!
Unforgivable. No matter what happened to Rita, she was going to find the ones responsible for this humiliation, and she was going to rip them to pieces.
Injected her with something? Kairi's face paled slightly at those words, frowning. What was going to happen? Last night they had been only if you wanted them - but now it seemed ... different. Now Rita had been forced to take the injection. What next?
"Are you going to be okay?" she asked her in a hushed voice, frowning. "Are you traveling around tonight with someone? Maybe it's better to stay in, that way you can ... be safe." She didn't know what kind of reaction Rita was going to have, especially considering Riku had said he had taken the drugs (by choice) and nothing had happened. Maybe ... nothing would happen.
Still, she didn't want to say that. If Rita went thinking that nothing was going to happen and suddenly something did, she was going to ... feel horrible.
Kairi was being kind to her, but Rita was too distressed to show any appreciation for it. What she needed right now wasn't kindness, it was a solution. Whatever was done to her, she needed to do something about it.
"I'm fine. I'll figure something out," she replied hastily, jumping to her feet and grabbing her backpack from her possessions. She opened it and pulled out a bunch of bananas and a box of crackers, then sat back down on her bed, ripping the cracker box open. "Like hell I'm staying in. I might as well sit down and quietly agree to be their test subject." There were few things Rita hated more than complacency. She shoved a handful of crackers into her mouth, defiantly.
There wasn't anything she could do before night besides trying to get her strength up, however. Rita's body was already small, and if she let herself stay hungry and weak, the drug would have a stronger, faster-acting effect, most likely. That was how those kinds of things usually worked...
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"They... injected me with something. They said it was part of their drug trials." She took a few deep breaths, then faced Kairi with a bitter expression. "Looks like they aren't voluntary anymore." Damn it... Were they eavesdropping when Rita was talking with Furudo? Did they hear her say how stupid it was to volunteer to be an experiment, and then decide to force her instead?!
Unforgivable. No matter what happened to Rita, she was going to find the ones responsible for this humiliation, and she was going to rip them to pieces.
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"Are you going to be okay?" she asked her in a hushed voice, frowning. "Are you traveling around tonight with someone? Maybe it's better to stay in, that way you can ... be safe." She didn't know what kind of reaction Rita was going to have, especially considering Riku had said he had taken the drugs (by choice) and nothing had happened. Maybe ... nothing would happen.
Still, she didn't want to say that. If Rita went thinking that nothing was going to happen and suddenly something did, she was going to ... feel horrible.
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"I'm fine. I'll figure something out," she replied hastily, jumping to her feet and grabbing her backpack from her possessions. She opened it and pulled out a bunch of bananas and a box of crackers, then sat back down on her bed, ripping the cracker box open. "Like hell I'm staying in. I might as well sit down and quietly agree to be their test subject." There were few things Rita hated more than complacency. She shoved a handful of crackers into her mouth, defiantly.
There wasn't anything she could do before night besides trying to get her strength up, however. Rita's body was already small, and if she let herself stay hungry and weak, the drug would have a stronger, faster-acting effect, most likely. That was how those kinds of things usually worked...
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