The Moon, chapter 25: Dejection

The wind that blew across the rooftop picked up suddenly. Susie's ruffled hair and patient's robe blew directionless in the wind as the low rumbling of thunder traveled through the air. Susie looked far into the distance to see rolling, pitch black clouds approach her, with sparse flashes of light flickering inside. Of all things, she didn't expect a weather system to exist here. Then again, who knew where “here” was? For all anyone knew, they could be on a different planet entirely. Susie supposed that she'd find out everything she needed when she met whoever was in charge. Whether the answers needed to be forced out of them or not remained to be seen. Hell, maybe she would use force anyway. She needed to make them pay for what they've done somehow.

“S-Susie? That storm looks kinda bad, we should get going...”
“Right.”
Another deep thunder crack rang through the air as Susie and Napstablook stepped into the elevator. After absorbing so much knowledge, she wasn't sure how to even start a conversation. What was there to talk about? The elevator doors closed. Napstablook pressed a button, but she wasn't sure which one. She was busy looking at her feet, and letting her consciousness dip deep into thought. The people back in hometown were probably worried sick. If, of course, they hadn't incinerated everything already. Don't think of that. Shut up.

“So, uhm... We're gonna head to the residential area now. I've restored all the rooms I can, but none of them are exactly, uh... furnished. So you'll be staying with Susie tonight. Your clothes will be there, too.”
“Okay.”
“It'll be confusing for a bit, but I'm sure once you two get to know each other, you'll be fine. I thought we were gonna go exploring for a bit today, but with the storm outside, I guess we'll have to make different plans...”
Susie felt her stomach gurgle a little. It had been a long time since she had eaten. Too long. Napstablook went suspiciously silent for a while.
“Right... I forgot you're not like the other Susie... f-for some reason, she doesn't need to eat or drink anything. She gets tired, but it's like some of her base needs that most people have... she just, doesn't. You aren't like her, probably, so... we're gonna need to find some food... somehow.”
“Don't get too worked up about it. I'm not picky. I ate chalk for years.”
“Oh. Well, alright then... We'll still have to see about getting you something though, c-can't just let you starve, you know.”
“Yeah.”
With a ding, the elevator doors opened, and the pair stepped out into the hallway.

The residential area was quite unlike the more sterile looking, white walls of the medical bay, and looked more like the elevator, with a deep red velvet adorning the walls from the waist up, while dark brown wood went from the waist down to the floorboards. Said floor was made of the same dark wood as the walls, but with a bright red carpet laid in the middle of the walkway that felt rather nice on her feet. Scattered across the walls were gold colored electric sconces which, along with various chandeliers, lit up dark wooden doors, numbered from one to however many this floor held. The numbers were stenciled on the doors in a sparkling silver paint. Susie assumed the doors lead to bedrooms. The entire place looked incredibly well kept and fancy, leading Susie to question Napstablook about the fact that every interior seemed like it had never been touched by the outside world.

“How does this place look so nice after so many years?”
“This body is really useful. I can fix and shine stuff up really easily with it, and I don't even have to know how to sometimes. The body just does it for me. It's kinda scary. It has a lot of other cool features too, like cooking and stuff.”
“Sounds nice.”
“It is. Oh, and there's a secret mode this body can turn into. I haven't figured out how to get it working yet, but apparently it's great at fighting stuff. Oh well. I don't really like fighting anyway.”

Susie didn't respond, and let the robot move ahead a little to lead her. She still thought her body was far too weak to be doing anything strenuous, and felt she needed a little more rest. Maybe after she properly met the other Susie, she could lie down somewhere. She'd take about anywhere at that point as long as it wasn't another hospital bed. In fact, she was pretty sure she would put a hole through the next thing that made anything close to the beeping of a heart monitor. She semi-stumbled down the hallway for a while until the path turned a sharp right down a passage nearly identical to the one she just traversed. They stopped at a door at the end of the hallway which, like the other doors, was made out of a dark colored wood. What set this one apart, however, was the golden “S” stenciled on the front. Napstablook, though it was unsolicited, attempted to give an explanation.

“S-So we think this meant “suite” originally, because this room is the biggest and nicest, but when S-Susie got here she decided it meant “Susie” instead. Isn't that n-neat?”
“I guess so.”
Susie immediately felt rude for responding so dully.
“God, sorry, it's just-”
“N-No, I get it... You probably need some time alone. Hopefully Susie is somewhere else so you can get that alone time.”

Napstablook proceeded to open up the door to the suite, which had quite the fitting name, if nothing else. Two purple velvet couches sat underneath a large silver chandelier that lit the quite large room. To the left was an open kitchen area with two fridges and marble counter tops, and to the right was a couple of wooden doors. She assumed one led to a bedroom. The other Susie was suspiciously absent from anywhere nearby. It was incredibly silent, making her feel a little uncomfortable. Parallel to the front door was a sliding glass door that lead out to an incredibly unstable looking metal balcony that looked out to the sea, and the hanging test chamber far beyond. Susie wasn't sure how she felt about having the place that was currently imprisoning everything she knew and loved directly in view at all times.

“Well, I'll let you g-get settled in, uhm, enjoy your stay and stuff...”
Napstablook sounded rather uncomfortable, and before Susie was able to say anything at all, he was already out the door. She didn't bother trying to run after him, and instead walked over to one of the couches and laid down. It was large enough to accommodate for her size, and was rather comfortable to lay on. The comfort faded, however, when she realized there was quite the similarity between this room and Hazel's. And then, she began to worry. She had been gone for quite a while now and if not Hazel, Toriel would surely notice her disappearance. They were probably worried sick about her, just as she was about them. Susie sat up on the couch and looked out the window to the steel entrapment miles away. Everything she ever knew... gone.

Susie felt her heart falter as homesickness began to sink in.