It was then that she noticed two very important things. It was the dishes she noticed first, stacked neatly if not a bit hastily on the countertop. After that, she noticed that both coat and boots were gone as well. Frowning, she grabbed her keys and left the apartment, looking around for the injured lieutenant. Perhaps the negaverser's shared the senshi's ability for quick healing. After a few minutes of wandering the halls, she gave up looking for him. Clearly he was gone, and perhaps it was for the best. It had been a risky move for her to take the boy in, and something she would think hard about before doing again. Making risky moves like that was out of character for the sensible headed girl. But there was something in the way he looked…so helpless. It wouldn't have been human for her to not help. Adira was aware that the hospital was overbooked as it was, and having another injured John Doe in attendance meant that he would likely have gotten overlooked.
It took her a few more minutes of getting ready to return her loft to normal. The blanket had been thrown in the wash, and thankfully nothing had leaked through to her sofa underneath. Dishes had been dumped (carefully) into the sink, to be washed at a different time. Vaguely as she was doing so, the girl wondered if they had unique fingerprints while in magic form, but she brushed off the idea. The glamour that protected them would probably protect everything. Returning upstairs, she grabbed a pair of flats, fixed her makeup, and then headed out the door.
Destiny City had still not returned to normal, particularly as close to the downtown area as she was. They patrolled heavily there, making sure to keep looters and vandals to a minimum. But mostly, the streets were barren, the whole city having turned into a modern day ghost town. It seemed that those who had not been affected by the coma had mostly left the city once the barricade had been lifted. Adira didn't blame them, as she waited with the doorman of her loft building. It wasn't long before Rupert arrived with the town car, giving her a quick hug before opening the door for her.
"We were worried about you, you know. All of us. Your mother has told me to convince you to return home now every time I talk to her." The older man gave her a knowing smile; the two both knew what her mother could be like.
"Well, I'm glad you decided to stick around Rupert. It means the world to me, really." She leaned forward and gave the man a squeeze on the shoulder. He'd always been her favorite help staff, and he'd been with the family for most of her life now.
"And leave you alone in this crazy city? Not a chance." It garnered another smile from Adira. He really did have no clue that she was part of the scandal in Destiny City. It wasn't long before the black car pulled up to Destiny City Hospital, and she got out, clutching her oversize purse. She planned on doing some mischief while she was there to one specific friend. After all, you didn't get an opportunity to mess with Seth Entietta without repercussion (at least, immediately) every day.
The front desk of the hospital was stacked with paperwork, and the nurse behind it all had to peek around them just to see her. "Excuse me miss, I'm looking to visit a few friends who are laid up here." The nurse looked at her understandingly before taking down names and looking up locations. Walking through the hallways proved more of a hassle than she had previously imagined. There were people in beds lining the hallways, little to no privacy. The coma had hit DCH more than she had ever though imaginable. It wasn't long before she found the first person on her list of those to visit in her hospital bed, looking pristine as she always did. Adira gave a sad smile before laying a single rose on the side of her nightstand. She knew it would probably wilt before the sleepers awoke, but at least the little water container at the bottom of the stems would keep it alive for a while.
She left the room, and wandered around for a while before finding the next. Seth wasn't too far away, laying just as all the others were, on a little hospital bed. Thankfully he had gotten a room with curtains. Raising an eyebrow at the sleeping form, she leaned over him and gave him a kiss on the forehead, ruffling his hair. "You had better wake up at some point and see this Seth. I'm sure you wouldn't want to miss it." Looking around for nurses, she got to work quickly. From her tote purse was taken the most disgustingly cute unicorn stuffed animal she could find. Shortly after that was pulled a small blanket, stitched with penguins and hearts. Thirdly, and lastly, was pulled a camera.
It didn't take her very long to cover the boy with the cutesy blanket, arranging it to hide the medical equipment and hospital sheets. After all, it wouldn't be a very effective picture if people could see it had been taken while in a coma! It also didn't take very long to insert the annoyingly pink unicorn in his arms, wrapping them around the small beast. She chose the hand without the IV line to lay above the blankets, making it seem more natural. Adira tousled the boys hair a bit before stepping back to review her work.
It was perfect. It wouldn't look like it was in the hospital at all if she cropped it right. A few snaps later and Adira set about removing signs of her prank. The boys limbs were straightened out respectably and the stuffed animal removed. The penguin blanket had been folded quickly and tucked back into her purse. A few more movements got his hair fixed and put the boy back into his original position. Smiling, Adira laid another rose on the table next to him, and after a second thought left the unicorn as well.
She visited the others on her list as well. A few acquaintances of her fathers, to leave a card and rose for. The few friends she had made in Destiny City received roses as well, and her spares were given to random coma victims who didn't have any tokens of being visited. With her mission for the day accomplished, the girl left the hospital and entered the town car somberly.
They just had to wake up, didn't they? There was no doubt in her mind that they would.
