[IC] Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

[SporkoBug]

Josh didn't turn to face Benjamin as he spoke to him, raising an eyebrow softly before he let out a small laugh.
"I was asked to come here." He spoke, "My skills in my area are almost unmatched by any other worker I've met."
"What skills? Manipulation of memories?" Dia suddenly spat with a sneer, "That's what I've known you for."
Josh gave a grin, moving his hand to wipe his mouth as he uttered some words into it. "You could say that, but I feel it in a different light." He started, "My ability is to be able to scan memories, occasionally I help with getting rid of anything too traumatic, or at least help with breaking it down so its easier on the person."

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Sara looked around as they walked, her eyes crossed eyes with the nervous man and she shot him a warm smile before she gave a bit of a wave to the other couple.
She wasn't used to being out this long, being this free. She wanted to let go of Marcs hand and just.. Run around for a bit, but they were heading somewhere else, somewhere Marc said she might enjoy, which she was more than happy with.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin had a pensive look as he examined Josh, but he refrained from commenting. Instead he turned to Ray to see if she was still with him and flashed her a reassuring smile. Josh had thought he had been smitten for her and he took a moment to explore his feelings. Ray certainly had a cute face, but at first she was just a patient who was like him and he considered her a friend. Again he felt a jab of annoyance a guy couldn't be friendly with a girl without people assuming there was love involved. But Dia, that was a different story. Maybe she was tangible now, but if she would have never been tangible it wouldn't have made a difference. Still, now that she was there was one thing he wanted to do. But preferable without Josh.

They were close to the infirmary now.

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A building with a neon sign came into view and Marc pointed at it. Moon Arcadep it said in bright yellow letters and Marc went inside.
There were sounds of shooting and some electronic victory tunes. The dance machine instructed the two players to get ready and from the car next to them came some racing sounds.
"How is the sound?" Marc asked as he turned to Sara.

[SporkoBug]

Ray seemed terrified as she watched Josh and Dia speak, before she looked towards Benjamin and gave a weak smile as well. "I..Is he dangerous?" She asked with a tilt of her head.
Dia sneered towards Josh as he spoke, "But yet you prefer to manipulate things." She spoke, Josh rolled his eyes and crossed his arms behind his back.
"Not maliciously." He said before Dia gave a bit of a laugh before he continued, "Not anymore. That was a long time ago princess."
Dia looked around to notice the arrows that pointed towards the infirmary. Finally.

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Sara looked around slowly, she moved her hand to almost cover her ears before she blinked and lowered her hands, looking around at all of the lights and colours.
Her eyes widened and a smile slowly stretched across her face. "This is amazing!" She spoke over the noise, she didn't answer the question at first. "I love this!"

She stepped along as she watched the screens on all the different video games before she looked back towards Marc, "I'm okay." She said with a nod, "Not too loud."

[Loksfjoer]

"I don't know," Benjamin said to Ray, "but I won't let him hurt you, okay? I'm your friend and we're going to get you back to your body."
The conversation between Dia and Josh got stranger and stranger; obviously they knew each other from a distant past and Josh had been dangerous once. If Dia didn't trust him, he would be careful around him too. Even though Josh claimed to not use the manipulation maliciously, he still would keep his distance from him. Manipulation was a breech of free will and he valued that highly.

When they approached the door, Benjamin stopped and looked around to see if anyone was here, but luckily the corridors were empty. Then he turned at the others. "So, how are we going to do it? Fake an injury?"

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"Right." Marc made an inviting gesture with his arm. "Which game would you like to play first?"
He was glad this wasn't too loud for her, seeing her this enthusiastic about the arcade made him want to stay here and let her experience the games. It would probably be a late dinner today this way, but that was okay. They didn't need to adhere to a strict schedule like in the asylum.

[SporkoBug]

Josh turned around as Benjamin spoke to Dia, "If you need help making it look like you really hurt yourself-" He started before Dia moved to stand in front of Benjamin with a glare.
"Touch him and you'll be sorry." She said before Josh gave a small shrug. Josh looked to Benjamin and Ray before he looked back to Dia and slowly walked off away from them, he held out his hand as a wave before he disappeared around a corner and his footsteps suddenly stopped.

Dia sighed slightly before she looked back to Benjamin, "How well can you limp?" She asked with a tilt of her head, "Maybe you had a bad fall from your... bed? and you twisted your ankle."

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Sara looked to Marc as he asked what game she wanted to play before she looked around more.
"I..." She started quietly, "I don't know. What kind of things can we do?" She asked before she noticed whack-a-mole. "That one." She said as she stepped towards it slowly.

She lifted the soft hammer with a bit of a blink, looking at it before she looked towards Marc again. "How do we play?" She asked with a laugh.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin glared at Josh. While he didn't get angry easily, Josh seemed to get that done effortlessly. He was glad Josh walked away and he turned to Dia.
"I can do that, but when they examine me they will see there is no swelling of the ankle. And I'd rather not have 'suffers imaginary injuries' added to my file." He examined Dia for a moment, he wasn't sure how long she would be tangible and visible, but hopefully long enough. "I bet they don't know the kitchen staff. Barely anyone from the kitchen comes in person to the asylum; they communicate mostly over the phone and through e-mails. I heard one of the patients needs gluten-free meals. Maybe you can complain to the doctor and ask if that is really needed, because they often have to make a separate dish for her. I could be the one who led you here."

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Marc looked at the game as he stepped towards it with Sara. He took his wallet to get a coin from it. "Here," he said as he handed it to Sara. "Insert it in that slot, push the red button and try to get a high score by whacking enough moles. You get tickets based on your score and at the end we can exchange the tickets for a small prize."
He took another coin for himself and moved to the Whack-A-Mole machine next to it, so he could play a round as well.

[SporkoBug]

Dia paused and nodded at Benjamins' words, "I like that." She said, she didn't pay any attention towards Josh anymore, she was too annoyed with him to even bother anymore. And anyway, they had a plan to do.
She looked towards the door and breathed in slightly. "Ray." She started, looking towards the spirit of her old friend, "Stay with me." She said before she flexed her body and moved to push the doors open quickly.

"I'd like to talk to a doctor please!" She called out, hoping to get someones attention without drawing too much suspicion.

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Sara gently took the coin gently, moving to put the coin into the machine before she watched the lights flicker and the machine told her to get ready.
She acted quickly, something seemed to just click in her mind, moving to hot the moles quickly and easily without falter. She wasn't looking at the numbers as she hit the moles, the machine beeped once it had finished and she looked to the numbers. A new High Score!! The machine said, and it started to spit out the tickets she had won.
"Uh, M..Marc?" She asked, almost surprised and a little spooked, "I...Is it suppose to be... doing this?"

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin followed Dia inside and smiled when she called out. He gestured to Ray to follow him as staff looked in Dia's direction and a doctor approached her.
"I'm the doctor here," he said as he examined Dia. "Can I help you?"

There weren't many beds here so it wouldn't be hard to find Ari. He hoped she was doing better now.

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Marc also inserted a coin and started whacking some moles. He noticed how good Sara was at this game, and how focussed she was. His final score wasn't as high as Sara's and shen she asked her question he almost laughed, but didn't. "Yes, you did great."
His machine also spat out some tickets, although fewer than what Sara had won.

"Would you like to throw some balls?" he asked as he pointed to the game where the only goal was to throw balls through holes.

[SporkoBug]

Ray followed quietly, too afraid to say a word. She watched as Dia turned towards the doctor with a bigger smile.
"Hello Doctor." Dia said towards the doctor, closing her eyes in a soft blink before she looked around. "My apologies for the intrusion." She had to pull down to her old bloodline, the royal manners.

She hated it.
"I was just wanted to ask a couple of questions, and I thought you were the one who would be able to answer them."

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Sara looked up towards Marc as he spoke about her doing great. When he pointed to the game, she paused with a small blink before she nodded once.
"Alright." She said with a small smile, it was weird being in such a noisy place but not have her dark spirit suddenly burst into control.

Sara gave a bit of a stretch, flexing her muscles for one of the first times in a while without worry of losing control. She gave a genuine grin to Marc as they stepped over towards the new game machine.

[Loksfjoer]

"What is it then?" the doctor asked. "I have work to do, so if you could make it quick I would appreciate it."

Benjamin looked into the first room, but that was empty. He looked back to see if Ray was still with him and moved to the second room. So far the staff was more interested in the interaction between Dia and the doctor than they were in work. It was probably a calm day for them.

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Marc gave a coin to Sara to insert in the machine and he walked to the machine next to it. He returned her grin; seeing her loosen up and enjoy herself made him happy.
"You know what," he said as he inserted a coin, "instead of a restaurant, how do you feel about getting some street food?"

The electronic scorebord came to life and Marc picked up the first ball to throw through a hole.

[SporkoBug]

"My apologies for taking your time sir." Dia started, thinking of the right words to say before she bit the bullet and started to speak. "I have to make the lunches for a new patient that is planned to come in, who has a gluten intolerance and I was wondering if it was something that is extremely severe or if the patient was able to live with things that were made around Gluten." She continued, "My other staff are unhappy with the idea of having to make specific meals for a patient whos' state might mean they won't even eat the food offered. It would be a waste of time, man power, money and food."
Dia let out a small breathe as she finished, keeping an eye on where Benjamin was- hoping that her words were enough to make an amount of time needed for them to find Rays body.

Ray floated behind Benjamin, but as he looked into the second room she suddenly floated in- drawn into the room by something.
She floated gently around the bed in the room, where her body lay asleep on the bed. "Its... me." She uttered out loud.

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Sara took the coin and looked at it for a moment, looking over to Marc as he put his into his machine and asked about street food.
She tossed up the options, especially now that she seemed to be clear of mind somehow.

"Street food sounds great." She said with a bit of a grin, putting her coin in and watched the machine wurr to life before she started to slide the balls into the ramp and watched some bounce off the holes and some hit others.

[Loksfjoer]

The doctor let out an exasperated sigh when Dia explained her problem. "Look, I know about your concerns, okay? But this patient has celiac disease so it's not just a gluten intolerance. It's a serious condition and you will make the meals for her whether she eats or not. The kitchen has to cater to specific diets if I instruct them to, because I give them for a reason. Unless you say I don't know how to do my job?"

"Yes, it's you," Benjamin said as he walked over to it. "And you need to get back in." He gently pushed Ray's body. "Ari, wake up. Ray is back and we don't have a lot of time."

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Marc nodded and focussed on the game. Somewhat, anyway, most of his mind was with Sara. He glanced aside; it was great to see her enjoy herself like that. And if they would put their tickets together, they would be able to get a somewhat decent prize for her. A stuffed toy or something, he was fairly sure she would like that.

[SporkoBug]

Dia gave a gentle nod at the doctors words, "Of course not, the others just had some concerns that they wished for me to bring it up with you." She said sweetly, "Thank you doctor, I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me." She fake looked around for a second, "Now I just have to find the patient who was kind enough to lead me here, He wanted to check in on a friend."

Ari slowly woke up, blinking as she looked at Ben in mild confusion, everything seemed to have worn off by now. "Benjamin..." She mumbled before she looked to Rays spirit beside him and hesitantly have a nod and stepped out of the body for Ray to go in.
Ray didn't seem to hesitate, stepping into her own body with ease as she jolted up, her heartbeat racing and her breathing shaky. She hadn't been out of her body like that for that long for ages. "What the fuck" She started, moving to touch her body in surprise, "Oh my god."

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Sara wasn't doing as well with this game as she was with the other one, half of her shots would miss, but she didn't care. She was having fun, thats' all that mattered at this point.
She let out a small laugh as her game finished before she looked down at the tickets printing out. "Not as many as the other game..." She said out loud, grinning almost ear to ear.

[Loksfjoer]

The doctor gave a curt nod and turned to his work again.

"Right," Benjamin said. "Ray, you stay in bed and when the doctor notices you are fine again he will discharge you. Come look for us when you are free again." He glanced over his shoulder. "Ari will stay with you, Dia can't. She's not a spirit at the moment and they will notice she is here." He placed his hand on her arm and showed a friendly smile. "Take care, we'll see you two soon."

He stepped back, looked around for nurses and went to find Dia so they could quickly leave before the medical staff would ask annoying questions.

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"You did great," Marc said as he took his tickets too. He was glad Sara seemed to be enjoying herself here. It was good to remember. Maybe next time they could go bowling or something.
"Would you care for another game?" he asked as he looked around. "A shooter perhaps? I'd challenge you to dance battle, but I really suck at that game." He laughed a bit as he rubbed the back of his neck. "You'd beat me within a minute."

[SporkoBug]

Ray looked to Benjamin as he spoke before she nodded and glanced towards Ari, who floated quietly beside her.
"Right." She said with a weak smile, "Thank you."

Dia almost ran into Benjamin as they both looked for each other. Dia grabbed Benjamins' hand and pulled him out slowly.
"Come on." She said with a small smile, "Is Ray okay?" She asked as she lead him out slowly, hoping no medical staff would start asking questions.

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Sara looked to Marc quietly, "I don't think I could do the dance game either." She laughed slightly before she looked around, "I don't think I'd be good at a shooter but we can try it out!" She said with a bigger grin.

Everything was going well, the spirit was keeping down; Sara didn't know if it was from her own strength or she didn't want to hop in control either, but she shrugged it off and wanted to focus on the current time.

[Loksfjoer]

The almost run-in startled Benjamin, but he grinned and folded his fingers around Dia's hand as she grabbed his. "She's fine. Let's get out of here." He followed Dia to the door, feeling a whole lot better now that Ray was well again and he had Dia with him. As they walked out he glanced at the clock and almost cursed.

"I bet they're already serving dinner," he said. "We better hurry. But we need to figure out how we can let you blend in with the rest. It might be suspicious to have an unknown patient."

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Marc went to a few games that had a screen and a plastic gun mounted in front of it. He gave Sara a new coin and he inserted one in the machine. "The aim is to kill the monsters that show up," he told her as the game came to life. "Good luck," he added with a wink.

[SporkoBug]

Dia lead him out of the medbay before she started to slow her pace a bit.
"Should I still act as a nurse or just as a patient?" She asked as she glanced back towards her human friend. She was... unsure if she needed to actually eat in this form. "Should.. we find Josh and see if he could help? He's the only one I can think that could help." She sighed, she really didn't want to have do deal with that bastard again any time soon.

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Ray sat in her body for a bit before she slowly sat upwards, she coughed slightly as she breathed in and shook her head as she tried to fix her now blurred vision.
"D..Doctor?" She asked as she moved to tug at the gas mask.

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Sara took the coin and watched Marc as he spoke to her, before he turned to his game.
She turned back to her machine and narrowed her eyes, suddenly focused on the game as hers lit up as well.

She moved quickly, attempting to shoot whatever showed up on the screen. Unlike the other games, she wasn't doing the best at this one.
Out of all the shots she managed to shoot, she hit just under half of them, only getting half of the amount of tickets as she would have gotten.

[Loksfjoer]

"Josh knows you and seems to listen to you," Benjamin said. "I better get to the mess before the staff gets angry with me, but you should look for Josh." He didn't like the idea of her going to Josh alone - he didn't like the man at all - but it was probably the best thing to do. "In a room where we have both staff and patients I think it would be suspicious to pose as either, so maybe lay low for now and I'll smuggle some food out in case you do get hungry."

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The doctor came into the room Ray was lying and briefly glanced at the screens before turning his attention to Ray. "It's good to see you awake. I'd like to keep you here overnight, just to make sure everything is okay. I ordered a meal for you and a nurse will bring it soon." He took his stethoscope to listen to her heart and lungs. "How do you feel?" he asked her.

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Marc did reasoanbly well with the game, he missed a few, but got a 84% score at the end. "Yes..." he muttered as he took his tickets. "Believe it or not, but this is a personal best," he said to Sara with a wink.
He looked at his tickets and the ones Sara had. It was probably enough for a small plush. "Do you want to play another game, or shall we look at what we can get with this and get something to eat?" he asked her.

[SporkoBug]

Dia frowned at his suggestion. "Yeah." She reluctantly agreed before she turned and gave Benjamin a hug, pressing her forehead against his before she turned away and headed off towards where she thought she could find Josh.
Josh would easily be in the staff room right? Or would he be somewhere else?

Dia walked along slowly, looking around with narrowed eyes. She had a feeling she would just run into Josh, as it always tend to happen. As if he could hear her thoughts, Josh stepped out of the shadows in front of her with a small smile.
"You're looking for me?" He asked almost cheekily.
"You already know the answer." Dia with a sneer, "I need your help."
"Aye, of course." Josh said with a wink before he notioned towards her for her to follow him as they continued to walk down the hall.

"You need to seem like a staff member, yes?" Josh asked with a raised eyebrow, Dia stared daggers at the memopath but nodded slightly. "I will have to have a.. talk with the receptionist, but I will be able to do it." He said with a chuckle, which sounded almost maniac.

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Ray moved towards the doctor with a blink. "I feel okay." She started quietly, "I don't really wish to stay here overnight but if you believe it's for the best then.. okay." She said with a defeated sigh.
"That's the food for tonight?" Ray asked after a moment of silence, "I feel... rested, not as queezy but I wish not to feel like that at all."

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Sara gave a grin towards Marc as he winked at her. "That's nice!" She said with a tilt of the head and grinned even more. "Mine was.. not so good hah."
She looked to the tickets as well before she looked up to Marc as he mentioned about if she wished to go get food or play more games.
"What would you like to do?" She asked, "I don'-" She started before her stomach snarled aggressively at the mention of food.

"My stomach wants food." She laughed before she offered him her tickets, "Where do we take these?" She asked.

[Loksfjoer]

The hug felt great and it was over too soon. Benjamin watched Dia leave, but then quickly went to the place the meal would be served and chose a table to sit. He got scolded for being late, but he didn't listen to that. They could scold him all they wanted, he didn't care. They put pills on the table, but he ignored it. He already had taken some that day, just to get out of that cell. Once was enough.

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"This way," Marc said and he led the way to the cash-out point. "Here, you can have mine. Count the number of tickets you have and then you can pick something worth that amount. All the prices are labelled, so you can just tell the man what you want and any spare tickets you can keep for the next time."