Where did my long weekend go?

[estirose]

So, now I have to retidy my house so that I can get HVAC contractor(s) in to give me bids. I took the house apart looking for my test materials for Monday's test.

At least looking where I was on Dots and trying to catch up.

Also, had long meeting at church to determine what we are doing as we go into suspend.

On the other hand, I'm now very relaxed.


Sometimes people came. Mostly the Troopers or scientists, to feed him or to poke at him. But sometimes the head of Yggdrasill came to talk to him about his experiences and to tell him that it was for the best; he and Kaito needed to be protected now that their time as Yggdrasill's guinea pigs had come to an end. Keep them out of trouble as the world fell apart.

Somehow, he kept all of them from finding the keycard and Lockseeds that DJ Sagara had given him. Occasionally, he tried reaching to the keypad, in hopes that he'd be able to unlock his door. But he hadn't been able to, not yet, no matter how much he tried. He'd been treated more than once for sprained muscles under the scientist Dr. Sengoku, who had looked at him with raised eyebrows and injected him with things that he wouldn't explain.

He was going to escape from there someday, but he hadn't the foggiest idea how. But he wouldn't give up, because he couldn't give up. He was needed, and no amount of misguided protection was going to make him feel otherwise.

Comments

[reka]

Wow, I never even considered what would've happened if Micchy hadn't broken them out.

Long weekends have a nasty habit of not actually being as long as assumed.

[estirose]

The sad thing, this is probably the best-case scenario of what would have happened if Micchy hadn't snuck in and followed their guards. I've been mildly spoilered, so I know that Ryouma's not a good guy (and he came off very creepy in his scenes with them so I'm not surprised), and the only reason they'd be alive is if he could find a use for them as test subjects. I don't think the stuff that he's injecting Kouta and Kaito with are good for their health.

[reka]

I think there would be people (at least the regular employees?) within Yggdrasil who would be against actually killing them, but since Ryouma seems to have a pretty long leash and assistants who are willing to look the other way, he wouldn't really have an incentive to make sure his experiments are relatively safe.

[estirose]

Yeah. I suspect that as long as Kaito and Kouta are relatively okay looking when Takatora visits, Ryouma could get away with a lot. As long as they're not too sick, I don't think Takatora would know anything's going on. After all, Ryouma obviously did have some plans in mind that had nothing to do with Takatora's idea to lock the two up and keep them safe (and out of trouble).

That being said, it sounds like a horrible fate to have. I don't know what's going to happen with the plot (other than Ryouma's going to be a rider), but I'm going to presume it's even nastier, given what happened to Yuuya.

[reka]

I love Takatora for his apparent blind trust that people will do what they say they'll do.

I'm trying to keep all my discussion to things I talked/thought about at about that point in the series, so I won't say anything about that. (Unless you want me to, but I think it's safer to err on the side of caution.)

[estirose]

Yeah, trying not to spoil myself. *wry grin*

Takatora gives me the "I am stressed out but I hired my subordinates for a reason, so I will let them do their jobs" kind of vibe. I find it interesting that he's not quite innocent because he seems to know what's going on, but holds it close to his chest so as to not alarm other people.