Silver ice storm (Ami thread, Lime warning)

[Liddo-kun]

"Don't beat yourself up over it.  A lot of people would have done the same as you under the circumstances," Haruka tells her honestly, sympathizing with the situation Miss Nakahime had been trapped in.  "To be able to breathe if even a single second longer, most would pay a high price - almost any price for it."

[Anastasia]

Sighing, the bedbound woman simply nods to your words. "But...that doesn't make it right," she comments tiredly. "I..."

A long breath passes through her, as she seems to try and draw on her inner reserves to compose herself. "Thank you for your words, Haruka. Even if...even if...

Even if I can't take them to heart." Turning to Professor Tomoe again, then to Ami, "Where am I now?"

[Bean Bandit]

Ami seeing an opportunity to contribute, speaks up. "You're in the...infirmary in Mugen Gakuen." She tells the woman gently.

[Anastasia]

"Mugen Gakuen..." she murmurs, trying to place the words. "ISn't this...a school?"

Professor Tomoe nods crisply. "That's correct. For now, you need not worry about that, either. You're not being held in any sort of captivity beyond what your damaged health requires, and we're only interested in making sure you recover."

Giving Ami a look that draws Miss Nakahime's sight to you as well, "Ami,  if you would, there is a wheelchair in the next room down. Would you go fetch that? I'd like to attempt something, and I fear our guest may not be up to walking."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods, stepping back from the bedside. "Hai." Turning, she moves to the door, and slips out into the hall, moving over to the next room and opening the door.

[Anastasia]

It's a small storage closet, the wheelchair placed right inside the door. It's a simple enough matter to get it, you find.

On bringing it back, Professor Tomoe meets you halfway in, taking it. It's another simple matter to get your guest into the chair, her comments minimal except for the, "Where are we going?"

"Upstairs," Professor Tomoe explains simply. "Ami, would you come with me? Also...," he turns his attention to Haruka and Viluy, a questioning glance sent to them asking if they wish to come as well.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods briskly, standing attentively beside the wheelchair, waiting for them to begin the trek to the higher levels.

[Liddo-kun]

Haruka simply nods in reply.

[Anastasia]

Viluy nods as well, and the group of five head out. Miss Nakahime stares around, despite Professor Tomoe's obvious attempt to make it to the elevator before it reached that point.

"The architexture is unorthodox," he admits before the questions can start. "It was designed by someone with, ah, a taste for the oddities of western modern construction."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles slightly at that. "Or a severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder." she murmurs under her breath as she follows.

[Anastasia]

And thus, the parade makes it to the elevator, Miss Nakahime just nodding to Professor Tomoe's expliantion, and perhaps to Ami's as well.

You go one floor, to the ground level. Through the darkened, unused as of now hallways, heading to the school proper. "We're just going to go outside for a few moments," Professor Tomoe explains as you head into the well lit, normal schooling area of Mugen proper.

Reaching the nearest exit door, a little side thing half covered with snow, Professor Tomoe nods. "This won't be long, if you don't wish to expose yourself to the cold."

Miss Nakahime just looks on at it, face conflicted at the Tokyo winter wonder land spread around her.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami hangs back a bit, absently fingering her wrist where she'd worn the talisman almost non-stop for the past few days. Having a fair idea of what the professor is going to show Miss Nakahime, she decides not to brave the elements while her bracelet is stowed.

[Liddo-kun]

Catching the expression on Miss Nakahime's face, Haruka places a comforting hand on her shoulder.  "If you feel like you're not up for it, just say so.  We aren't here to force you to do anything you don't want to," she says assuringly.

To herself, what IS the point of going outside, I wonder.

[Anastasia]

Looking up at you, she nods. "Thank you, but...I'll go along with it. Even if you're just going to dump me in the snow to freeze...." Looking away, she sighs. "No, of course not, but...

I'm ready," Miss Nakahime says.

"Then..." Professor Tomoe nods, opening the door briefly as he and his subject exit outside. It's a see through door, giving you an excellent view once it closes. The Professor is shivering and rubbing his arms almost from the get go, while Miss Nakahime looks around a bit, and says something to the Professor - it's muffled by the door, however. He nods back, amid her glancing around and lack of shivering, then goes on a little more.

Once that's done, as if a frozen dinner out of freezerhell, he takes the both of them back inside. Miss Nakahime is rather somber now, and a touch confused, as the Professor makes a fair show of warming himself back up. "W-would one of you please take the wheelchair," he asks. "We'll head up to my office now. I wanted to elaborate the point with concrete evidence beforehand, as it was."

[Bean Bandit]

Having fairly guessed what the professor was up to, Ami slips over and takes up a position behind the wheelchair, nodding and smiling sympathetically at the pair.