Ordinary Days

[Ginrai]

"Having fun?  For that matter, get anything good to eat while there?"

~What the... ah, fuck!  So I take it we're going to have to leave tonight or tomorrow after I've passed the final check?  What're you guys planning to do after we leave?~

[Dracos]

"Yep.  All your favorites."

~Plan is to escape and then vanish into Gibraltar as best we can.  Huitz though wants to try and rescue that nutcase jap kid for some reason, but that's not important right now.  What's important is that you get up and moving as soon as possible~

Dracos

[Huitzil]

Wehn Paul walked in, he wasn't paying any attention to what Phil was saying, if he was saying anything at all -- he was drinking in as many details of the hospital as he could. Even when he gets to his friend's hospital room, he only gives him a distracted "hey" nod, as he tries to check out everything there.

What is the general mood there -- is it under control, or is it a panicked "ER" type place? Is only French spoken, or does he hear other languages as he walks by? How often does the PA come on calling Dr. Soandso to the suchandsuch?

What is the construction like? Is it a new tower of steel and glass, or is it an older building of brick and mortar?

The grim-faced guards at the doors -- what are they wearing, how many of them per door, do they have sunglasses, were any of them doing anything other than standing there looking grim?

The room where Parthipan is -- does it have a window, and if it does, where does it face? An alley, the front, the back, a fire escape, what? What floor is it on, and where is the elevator and/or stairs?

And in the room, what is there? A bevy of medical mechanica, an IV tube and a bedpan, something in between? Where is the call button? Where is the toilet, if there is one? Is there a nurse there now, or waiting outside? Is it justa  door to get in, or is there a "observation area" separated off by a glass wall? If not, are there any other ways of seeing into the room?

[Brian]

The mood is quiet, since you're not in the hospital proper (as far as you can tell);  You're in the recovery ward, which is the third floor of the east wing.  The only language you hear spoken is French, except for the conversation of your friends.  The PA is either muted, or just doesn't run through this section of the hospital.

The building looks like it was designed within the last ten years at most.  From the outside, the building is composed of plaster and glass.  It's probably got wire-mesh inside the walls to help hold the insulation in, though.  Inside, it's just thick sections of waxed industrial office wallpaper, and who knows what's beneath those?  The floor is linoleum, or some space-age French equivelant that happens to LOOK like normal, mortal linoleum, and the ceiling is the same hanging segments of tile you've come to expect from offices.

There is one guard per door, and when not looking grim, they tended to look like very tired police officers.  They didn't speak to eachother, each had a gun visibly holstered to one leg, and both hands clasped behind their backs.

Parthipan's room does have a window, but the building also arcs around, so it looks into a section of the hospital that's completely enclosed by its own design, and is then covered with a giant metal grill anyway.  You can see through it, and the grill on the other side of the complex has some form of mural on it only visible from here (it's impressionist, so no telling what it means other than, "People will pay for anything.  Idiots," though.  The grill looks like it could be climbed, if you could get into the hospital courtyard, and there are openings big enough for someone to squirm through.  Additionally, there's a balcony, at least on this floor, and this wing, that's accesible from the room you're in.  The window is sliding glass, and just slides open.

There's an empty IV stand that Parthipan has just been disconnected, and a heart-monitor (turned off), as well as two or three other pieces of medical machinery that you don't recognize, but could be hidden among the control panels of a NASA launch facility, and would probably fool you.  The call button is mounted on the bed-rail (right next to the remote for the television, oddly).  The bathroom is small, but functional, just a little booth in one corner of the room, next to the entrance.  You see nurses walking around outside quickly, but none waiting on this room (once they finish disconnecting his IV, and take the drip off elsewhere, at least).  There is no other way to see into the room that you are aware of, though for all you know, they could have cameras hidden inside the air ducts.

Your final observation is that you really need to push yourself to absorb this.  How DID Monk do it so easily?

[Huitzil]

Surreptitiously, Paul rolls up his left shirtsleeve at the cuff, so they're now even. He then goes out to the window and looks out, muttering to himself, to see which people or what area can see this window.

[Brian]

As far as you can tell (and judging by the opposite side of the courtyard) no one can see in through the grill.  Of course, it's across the balcony, not the actual window, so reasonably, there could be S.W.A.T. armored terrorists by the dozen on the opposite side of the compound.

Or nurses sneaking a cigarette break.

Or maybe nothing at all.  Either way, you see that the balcony circles all the way around the courtyard, and it looks like another one circles each floor.  There's a wide, clear, 'emergency only' fire-escape stairwell in each corner, and they're about one hundred meters apart.  The nearest one is thirty meters to your right.

[Ginrai]

~I see.  Are you okay with waiting until I'm fully recovered?~

Ginrai notices Paul quietly checking out the room.  ~You said that Paul wants to try and rescue the kid that started this?  From the way he's currently acting it looks as if that's still top priority for him.~

[Dracos]

~By fully recovered you mean able to stand up, walk to the plane, and run short distances if necessary, yes.  Anything more, no.  So better heal fast or suck it up.  As soon as you can pass physical to get out of here I want to be leaving.~

Dracos glanced over at Huitz, ~I dunno.  He got a crazy vision.  I think it's suicide and unless he convinces me differently I'm definitely leading the way out of here.  It looks more suicidal now seeing the place.~

"So been doing anything here other than being unconscious?"

Dracos

[Huitzil]

"So, Swarthington, you feeling any better?"

Heedless of Parthy's response, Huitzil looks at Drac then taps his temple, in what he hopes is the signal for "Brain-phone on line 1".

[Dracos]

Dracos leans back, giving parthipan some time to respond as he changes bases, listening to huitz.

Dracos

[Ginrai]

"Nothing much.  Just waiting for the time when I can be cleared to leave and get some real food to eat."

[Dracos]

"Ready to head to Gibraltar?  Or want to hang around here a few more days after you get ready?  Tour the city, see the sites and all?"

Dracos

[Brian]

After scouting the area, and trading mental notes concerning Paul's observations, Philip comes to the conclusion that springing the Box-Cutter Kid would be a cake-walk.

This is largely because the balcony is entirely unguarded, and you can't see into the balcony from anywhere except the actual balcony you're on.  The Box-Cutter Kid and the other terrorists are all held in interior-side rooms, which all (as far as you have seen) have sliding glass doors to the balcony.

Unless there's a guard in the room (which seems unlikely, but would be easy to non-chalantly check), all you'd need to do would be sneak in, make sure he wasn't cuffed to his bed, and walk him to the fire-escape.  From there, ditch his current clothes for someone else's spare clothes, and walk to freedom.

[Dracos]

"Hey Steven, let's step outside for a bit if you can.  This place has got to be getting to you, no?"

Dracos idly opens the door and steps out onto the balcony, glancing into a few nearby doors surepticiously as he checked the place out.  Notably looking for alarms, whether or not the people inside are restrained or not, are there guards inside, and hell, if he recalls any convienently located fire alarms near the entrance of the hospital.

Dracos

[Huitzil]

<I don't know, Phil. It seems too easy. If we just let him out of the fire escape, he'll probably get caught before he gets off the hospital grounds. There HAVE to be more guards than just those at the doors.>