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While it would have been much more preferable to head out in front leading the group, Aleecia ended up walking along in between Rika and Calvin a step or two behind, not knowing exactly where to go. Nariko had disappeared at one point, and while that made Aleecia feel sad, it probably would just make everyone else feel uncomfortable to have her around for now. The robot didn't seem to want to cause harm, but she didn't really have a choice, so there wasn't much of a chance of anyone else trusting her besides the Infinite Dice Master. 

As they walked, Calvin was nice enough to explain what was in hospital wing on the second floor, but didn't get as far as to say the resort half before they came upon the Diner. His voice trailed off and Aleecia could hear voices coming from inside. Stepping forward, Aleecia felt for the door and pushed it open. There seemed to be a group of Infinites talking in one direction, but she could tell there were other people eating quietly in the room. 

With the thought of this, Aleecia remembered her complete lack of socializing over her time stuck in this game. After what had happened with Shona, the blind girl had become completely dejected. What had really happened? There had been so many sounds and cries, and while Aleecia had gone out to save Calvin, that night had come with the realization that she couldn't do anything. She had only been able to stand there, not even able to watch in horror. Her insides had chilled and her heart hurt. Instead of mourning with the others, she mourned in her room.

If there was any silver lining to staying away from everyone, it was that her relationship with Ice grew. He'd come to check on her every once in a while, admitting that he wasn't exactly ready to face the others either. Ice had shared companionable silence with her and they had helped each other out if one of them felt nauseous or sick. So Aleecia's friend count had gone up a notch, which kept her loneliness from resurfacing.

The trial had taken everything out of her. She did her best to follow along with what everyone was saying, and had even added in important theories every now and again, but she was strained and in pain. Something was hurting in her head much worse than any pain she had felt in years. She had barely kept herself from trembling and grabbing at her head, but after the trial, she just couldn't take it anymore. Everything else had been a blur. The sound of Ice's worried exclamations, suddenly waking up in a pod to hear Krista and some other girl she didn't know. The two had frightened her, but luckily Ice had been there to calm her down. It was nice to know that the people she had met before still wanted anything to do with her... But what about the supposed new people?

Sure, Aleecia had taken glances at them during at the Court of Carnage, and they must have taken notice of her, but she had interacted with them. And after finding out that one of the newer Infinites had been the first blackened. 

Aleecia broke out into a cold sweat, but slowly put one foot in front of the other. The voices of the group sounded familiar, was that Mary? But she was also... She sounded like she was crying. Would it be okay to intervene? Aleecia held her hand out until she felt a chair and took a seat. Just take a second, a minute, an hour. Get your head around your problems and push them away.

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Ice had never been the social chardonai. He was always working or... pretty much anything and everything except making friends and having a social life. His time at the hospital was normally spent reading books he had checked out from the nearby public library, but only now did Ice wish he had bought a few so that they would have arrived in this game along with his other belongings. His time spent with others had gone up exponentially and... Now they all knew more about him then anyone bloody should. Honestly, all this yammering and trying had left the poor Blood Donor exhausted.

Which was why he was grateful to be by himself as he arrived at the ER. No one really went to the hospital wing on the first floor except for Calvin to go to the crematorium. With the knowledge that he wouldn't be running into anyone, Ice went searching for some kind of sling. After a bit of time, the Blood Donor found what he was looking for, but there wasn't much that could be done about a cast. Ice would have to venture around the hospital facilities later on, maybe even have to wait for a new floor to open before he could get proper medical treatment.

But to open a new floor... Was Ice even in any condition to try and fight another Carnage Sister Chassis? With this busted hand of his, he'd be much slower in a fight, when he was already so much slower than the sisters normally. How could he help, how could he not be some bloodied burden?

Ice walked out into the hospital hallway and tried to stop the tremors flowing through his body, the back of his skull hurt from resisting his memories. Now was not the time to go off the deep end, and he sure as hell wasn't going to. Ice breathed heavily as he leaned against the ER's wall for what felt like hours. Think of Aleecia, Krista, god even Rika, anyone to keep him from thinking of his siblings or that retched [i]snake.[/i] 

With a strained sigh, Ice brushed the bangs out of his eyes and started moving to exit the resort, when he spied another door. One that he had never wanted to venture into. There hadn't been much time to fully examine it before, but what about now? It would surely distract him and if she came... Then he wouldn't have to play nicecites like he had to with everyone else. His face quirked in a small sarcastic grin. So what would she do?