Thoughtless Tribulations

Chapter Two: Nuisance

"Nurse, the restraints are making my wrists bleed... is it too much to ask that they be adjusted more comfortably?" This girl was foolish. She was definitely too trusting and the type to be easily tricked. Almost immediately the nurse had responded, sympathy shown deep in her eyes. Her hands rose slowly and a little shakily up to her tightly bound left wrist and started to fiddle with the strap. Once it loosened, before the nurse could even process what happened the patient had harshly yanked her hand out of the restraint and reached over to the bedside stand in order to search for a weapon before grabbing a tray and bringing it down on her head. Pills and syringes that had previously laid on the tray scattered to the floor along with the girl, who had instantly gone limp and fell into a heap on the floor. Undoing the rest of the restraints on her remaining limbs, Roki stood up from the bed with the tray still in her hand. Something was wrong. Something awful was calling out to her and urging her to commit an atrocious act. She could no longer control herself. With a blank expression and empty eyes, she looked down to the unconscious form on the floor. Instead of leaving the nurse be, she got down on her knees, straddling her waist and setting her rump on the girl's stomach. She then proceeded to lift the tray up above her head and bring it down harshly once more. And again. And again. And again....

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"Would you like to travel with us?"

That sentence echoed inside that empty head of hers. It lingered there for many long seconds before she scrunched her face up in objection.

"Travel with you? I don't even know you!" She blurted out abruptly after such a long pause. With that, Eeez suddenly latched onto her other arm and looked at her with clear excitement shown in his blue eyes.

"Come with us, Roki! It'll be fun!" He exclaimed eagerly. Before a good strategy had come up to politely decline Eeez without trying to upset him, someone calling out to them had interrupted her train of thought.

"Hey, Tyki! We have the tickets." They all turned to see two young men holding suitcases approaching them quickly. The Shorter of the two was wearing a tan woolen cap along with a brunswick green overcoat, an indigo turtleneck along with a pair of worn jeans and a pair of knee-high boots. The taller man was wearing a baby blue hooded coat and a darker blue shirt with one green and one yellow stripe running horizontally along the fabric. His lower half was almost identical to the former's attire. His brown hair was cut straight in almost a bowl like fashion and there was a scar running from his hairline vertically across his forehead, stopping just above his right brow.

"Ah, Momo. Clark. I'd like you to meet Roki. She'll be traveling with us from now on." Both men's eyes widened in surprise.

"I neve-" Before Roki could finish she was cut off by one of the men.

"Wait... You're a girl?" The one with the hat asked. 'Well, at least I managed to trick someone.' She thought irritated. The other man joined into the conversation quickly.

"More importantly, when was this decided?" He looked questioningly to Tyki, who smiled dumbly.

"Just now. The more the merrier, I say. Besides, Eeez has taken quite a liking to her very quickly." They all looked down to the boy, who was still clinging to Roki's arm. She could feel her brow twitched in annoyance. It was almost as if she had no say in the matter, because before she could even get a word in she would be rudely interrupted.

"I guess that's true. Nice to meet you, Roki. I'm Momo." The shorter man said before pointing to the other, "And this is Clark." Clark smiled and gave a short wave. Tyki quickly stepped forward and grabbed a hold of the girl's upper arm before leading her towards the train.

"We can talk more once we get on the train." He said as everyone followed closely behind. Roki had decided not to argue.

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