Satoya began to turn and exit the room, taking a final look at the desk. He then shrugged and went in the exact directions he was told. He first went exactly to the right, and found that the more he went in this direction, the more, cleanlier? It became, as if someone or some people were keeping this part of the whole laboratory tidy and clean. He then went to the left, or at least what he assumed to be the correct 'turn' Kilasevra said.
He found himself glancing into a brightly lit hallway, where each room in it had lights that were turned off, except for one room that had them on. When he began to approach the room, he heard a couple having a small conversation quietly.
He proceeded to walk to the room, and entered it as cautiously as possible. He immediately saw two people, who seemed to be simply going about their day. One was a young man with white hair, and the other was a young blonde haired woman.
The young white haired man noticed him, and asked him in a respectful and calm tone, "you must be the new assistant of Roland. So what is your name?" He then smiled softly, before he grabbed a beaker and began to wash it.
Satoya paused briefly, debating whether or not these people are this normal in this setting, or if they are using some sort of manipulation tactic. Yet he answered, "Satoya Murayama."
"Oh, you must be Okamuran then? How'd you end up here?" The man replied kindly. He finished washing the beaker and placed it on a towel before looking up at him with curious eyes.
"Not so sure, myself." Satoya replied as he looked down and scratched his head.
Satoya proceeded to look up, and saw the blonde haired woman enthusiastically ask him a rather funny question. "Have you been to the Lake of Stars at Yoshioka prefecture?"
He replied in a disappointed tone, "unfortunately not, I live in the more western parts of Okamura." Before he did anything else, the man asked him to take a seat on the metal chair that was located next to a desk where two other chairs were.
"You two must be, Maverick and Loretta right?" Satoya asked finally. He took this assumption from the obvious detail that they both were wearing an ID card lanyard, with the white haired man being Maverick, and the blonde haired woman being Loretta. However oddly enough, this conversation felt too normal for a setting like this, and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
The white haired man nodded his head happily, and spoke, "of course, you seem to have heard of us, may I ask which of the other assistants told you of us?"
"Yurina."
"Ah, I see, then you must've been sent to find us I assume?"
Satoya nodded his head. Loretta, then sat across Satoya, and then proceeded to ask him yet another question. "So, how's the other assistants so far? If you met them, or if they are alive. We heard Ray and his brother were killed, so that's quite unfortunate. What about Yurina and Julius?"
Satoya turned to her, and began to think.
I feel like if I tell them Julius attempted to kill me because I'm a Truth Seeker would probably startle them, considering that I'm also assuming that every assistant of Roland is aware of what Truth Seeker blood can do..
Maverick then turned on the sink, and began to pour water into a beaker. He started to drink out of the beaker before sitting next to Satoya.
"Julius is dead. Yurina is obviously alive, I don't know her too well."
"Ah, Julius is dead, well, unfortunate however I was never that close to him anyway. He would always find clever ways to escape or at least attempt to, while also taking time out of his day to hit on Cylee."
Satoya raised an eyebrow at the new name, and asked him, "Cylee?"
"Cylee is another assistant, she was, to say the least, the most obedient, unfortunately we don't know her fate, but she was a sweet one, often speaks to us about stories of her and her twin sister." Loretta answered, she then reached for the beaker of water Maverick was drinking out of, and took a sip.
Oh… They are a couple…
Satoya narrowed his eyes at the sight, but sighed until he felt the need to ask another question.
"How come you two are so calm here? Everywhere I go is just a morbid sight."
The partners smiled at the question, before holding each other's hands on the desk.
"We accepted the fact that we'll both die here, and never find an escape to the outside world. So, we thought it'd be best to see if we can reach that Unreachable Solace."
All of a sudden, Satoya shed a single tear, and when he caught it, his teardrop was a crystal that seemed to be a combination of a snowflake and crystals. However the teardrop melted into a liquid.
He then remembered about a question he wanted to ask, ever since the conversation he had with Yurina prior to meeting Maverick and Loretta.
"Are any of you familiar with the name Suya?"
Satoya glanced up at Maverick. But Maverick shook his head softly, and then turned to Loretta, who like Maverick, shook her head as well.
"Well, is there anything else you guys can tell me about?" Satoya asked, he began to stand up and stretched briefly.
Maverick nodded his head, and responded, however the tone at which he spoke was quite serious and solemn.
"You are aware of Roland being the Cataclysm of the 8th Disaster right? Well, Roland had only been responsible for two incidents during the entire disaster. One was the Ichorblight Plague of course. Yet the other is the Three Hundred Sinner Party."
Satoya had the urge to ask another question, but he had another thought. He never had a genuine conversation here, and everything or every interaction he had here was simply an interrogation, but he also had a feeling that he had more knowledge then he originally did. Could it be the effects of Kilasevra working?