R R I - REHABILITATION & REINTEGRATION INITIATIVE

Characters: Adam and Charlie
Setting: Kitchen, B Block, midday

Adam was feeling better after his conversation with Hunter. Maybe Wren’s cards were right. New people, new path. The whole ‘moving on completely’ from Kyle part was harder to digest, but at least he kept from going back to his room to see what Kyle was doing. No, instead he just loitered around until he was supposed to meet Charlie for lunch. He wasn’t exactly looking forward to this, but Charlie saying it was for Wren was motivation enough. He cared about Wren enough to try.
( the world's masked in shades of gray )

Characters: Charlie and Adam
Setting: Adam's new room (Charlie's old room), block B, morning

Adam run the whole way to his new room. Through the tunnel underground and straight on to the new door. He was close to time, he knew that. Too long loitering with Kyle, but he wasn't just running because he was out of time. The tears were falling before he'd left Kyle's side, but running helped keep them mostly at bay. Just as planned, his braclet with the ID tag on it, the one Kyle had re-made for him, opened the door to the new room he'd been assigned. Once inside, he realized, belatedly, that it was someone else's. That it wasn't his, it wasn't empty. Which meant either someone had his things...or his things were gone.

Adam didn't make it any farther than just inside the door. Someone else's things were scattered about, not his shield, his sword, the painting or the dragon from Wren. The clothes in the drawers weren't his either, if there were any in the drawers. That guitar in the corner definitely wasn't his. And Adam had no idea if he'd get his things back. Ever. It was enough to send him over the edge, sobs shaking his frame until he found himself on the floor, back against the door, alternating between sobbing and hyperventilating. Everything was gone. Kyle was gone and not just because Adam had been informed that it was better for them that they took time apart. Wren's name had been on the other list too, which meant his other best friend was gone. Adam was stuck in a room that wasn't his, that didn't have his things and he'd never felt so alone in his life.

( Not what he needed )

Characters: Adam, Charlie and Wren
Setting: Courtyard, before dawn

Wren stirred, making a small muffled sound before she sat up. Standing, she walked first toward the bed. Clipping the side of it, she kept walking, stopping in the middle of the floor. She kept standing there, for a few long moments, before back-pedalling quickly, toward the door. Hitting it, she fumbled behind herself with the doorknob, and somehow managed to get it open, starting out into the wee hours of the morning.

Charlie made a small grunting noise and turned over, opening his eyes. The jolt to the bed had woken him from his sleep and he looked up just in time to see Wren disappearing out of his room. “Wren?” he called, loudly enough that she would be able to hear him, but not loud enough to wake the neighbours. When he didn’t get a response, he headed out after her. It was the middle of the night - where was she going?

She was going out into the courtyard, stumbling slightly, bare feet in the grass. Stopping, she clearly flinched, arms coming up as if to protect herself. She gave a short little cry, before putting her arms up over her head and hunching down.

He ran over to her when she cried out, putting his arms around her shoulders and crouching down with her. “What’s wrong?” he asked. “Little Bird?”

( And it just HAD to be him... )

Characters: Charlie and Adam
Setting: Cafeteria, morning

( and they just don't see eye to eye )