Haikei Keigugata Nanatsuboshi Gokuseifuku by Hiroyuki Sawano(continued)
Ryuuko quickly bolted when the noise happened and we didn't really see as to where she went, though Nonon attempted to follow after her. They both disappeared in the corridors, leaving the rest of us to figure out what the hell to do. Houka wanted to do whatever on his laptop, while Gamagoori suggested we go after 'em.
The hospital was something else, as it looked kinda tidy for a place that's been abandoned. As we continued further, we noticed how some of the rooms looked a little slept in and one room kinda smelled like pee. In the dust on the ground, there were little footprints. In the distance, there was a little voice calling out something like "Yuuko...?" and then there was something of a wail in the background.
As we walked through, looking for Nonon and Ryuuko, I felt like we were being watched. It was hard to describe the feeling and, on top of it, it felt like we were being followed. Shadows lingered in the corner of my eye, silhouettes of two figures, appearing and quickly disappearing, almost silently. All I knew is that we had to get our friend and GTFO. Dammit, Nonon, you just couldn't find different hobbies, could ya'?!
I don't know how long we were walking around but I do know that we heard some kind of giggling and then word "Play?" We looked around before seeing a little girl walk up to us, asking, "Play?" Similar to the Ryuuko, this girl didn't have any shoes and she looked a little scraggly looking. Yup, weird feral girls. For a moment, Gamagoori wondered what we should do with this feral girl. She looked at us, tilted her head, and then ran off. Great, now we gotta find another one.
I wanted that girl to just be a ghost but she was very real, alive, and she left behind footprints in the dust. In the distance, her little voice called out, "Yuuko, play?" Obviously, she was looking for Ryuuko, too, though for probably different reasons, as she just wanted to play. We continued looking for Nonon and I still felt like we were being followed. Eventually, we saw the scraggly girl and she actually came close to us, asking, "Play?"
We actually got a closer look at her. She had light-colored hair and she was wearing something similar to Ryuuko. Around her neck, she was wearing something that looked like a collar. A thing to note is that her feet didn't match and, relatedly, her hands didn't match either. Her eyes were blue and one of 'em seemed kinda messed up. In hindsight, those footprints might've been hers. She walked circles around us, tilting her head, here and there, as if to gauge something. After about three minutes, she scampered away going, "Not Yuuko!"
We continued after her, going further into the maze of hallways. Intermittently, when I didn't feel that we were being watched, there was a siren-like call. "Fuck all of this!" I told Gamagoori but he insisted that we go and find Nonon and leave, while Houka wondered as to where she could be. Nonon's explored this place so many times but, damn, I didn't want to run into more feral girls.
If it wasn't the idea of seeing weird, feral girls, it was the hospital itself. The damn place had been abandoned for years, since probably before the Event. Sure, it was still sturdy enough for weird, feral girls to shelter in it but it wasn't a place most people would even want to be near on a good day. A thing, I guess, about this place is that none of know why it was abandoned, what happened here, or why Nonon's drawn here. The only conclusion I could reach is that Nonon did stay in a hospital but I don't know if she stayed in this one or some other one.
After hearing a siren like call (again) and then the sound of Nonon screaming, I knew, by the end of the day, we'd have get Nonon and GTFO. We'd be damned if we left her here.
