Defect | Open
Sheād hovered, unsure, by Hozumiās unmoving body for a few seconds after it had all ended, then promptly sprinted out of the room, dodging any attempts at interaction on the way. For about half an hour after the unfortunate finale of the talent show, Rei was nowhere to be found. (The female bathroom door, however, had remained locked for the duration of her absence. There was nothing suspicious about that at all.)
As much as she wanted to hide forever and ever until the ocean evaporated and Benjiro or Aiichiro could just punch the way out of the dome for everybody, it justā¦ didnāt make sense. For one, the entire ocean probably wasnāt going to evaporate all at once until the sun exploded, and there was no food in her incredibly clever hiding place, and - she really needed to stop stalling and open the door and get this over with.
Whatever āthisā was going to turn out to be, she had little faith in her abilities to handle it well after the last time she had made a decision, which she had spent the last half hour alternating between trying not to think about it and thinking about every possible way she screwed up today in front of everyone. Maybe the break would give them time to cool off a little, or maybe they might be hunting her down with pitchforks or ā or maybe just regular forks, she wasnāt sure they had pitchforks here, and she was never going to find out unless she unlocks this stupid door already.
With a final mental push, she ended up shoving the bathroom door open with waaaay more force than necessary. Oops.
She manages one step out of the bathroom, eyes on her feet and arms wrapped around herself, before she loses the will to walk any farther and freezes there as the door swings shut behind her. She keeps her line of sight glued to her feet, not able to bring herself to do anything more than silently cringe at the sound of approaching footsteps.
