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By around 1600 hours the next day, Niko had showered and reapplied his dressings once again, using the last of the gauze in the first aid kit of his dorm. "I'm going to need much more of this..." he thought, making a few actions to see if it would do its job. He still felt a bit sore, and his more major injuries still hurt, but he didn't feel overwhelmed anymore, at the very least.
Today Niko had a solemn expression as he walked off of the campus with every inch of his body covered in clothing - including a black ski-mask over his face. It was the same outfit he fore to the park the previous time - A black hoodie, black sweatpants, black books, black socks, a pair of black work gloves, and his headset. As he expected, a few students looked at him with expressions of confusion or fear, having no idea who he was. Surprisingly, he felt as if they would have acted the same way whether he was wearing his ski mask or not. This thought saddened him slightly as he walked off of the campus, making his way over to the busier part of town
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Once again, Niko made his way through the city, his pace slow, but much more controlled and with less of a limp. Niko made it through the various stop-lights and over to the park without much issue.He barely got out of the way of a rather inconsiderate bicyclist as he made his way into the park, but experienced no more interruptions as he walked through the place, looking around frequently. There were plenty of people walking around, minding their own business and living their own lives, but Niko was more interested in the park benches.
After wandering around the park for a few minutes, the boy sighed and sat down on a bench, slumping forwards. He was finally starting to feel how cold the world outside his encasement was, but estimated that he'd survive for another two hours without any major issue. As a result, he leaned back and turned his headset on, setting it to a relaxing, classical baroque piece as he waited, looking around at people as they passed by, as if waiting for someone.
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After awhile, Niko started to shiver, despite his self-insistence that he was actually not that cold. After a few minutes of shivering, he finally recognized that he was starting to become hypothermic, and quickly got up from the park bench. He moved quicker than before, but still quite slow compared to his normal pace, barely able to pass people as he walked back towards the entrance of the park. The boy only barely made it to the park entrance before beginning to shiver once more. He stopped at the entrance, looking around to see if anyone was following him, but he didn't see anyone in particular, so he continued on.
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Niko barely got back to his dorm building in one piece. He reached his near-frozen arm into his pocket and, in the least dexterous, most incredibly slow manner he could afford, he pulled the card key out and slid it across the activation pad, causing the door to unlock soon thereafter. Niko opened the door in the same slow manner and hastily made his way over to the elevator. Just like the previous day, he did so silently, and without paying heed to anyone else's voice - he was too cold, and the ringing in his ears too great, for him to pay attention in the first place.
Once he reached his dorm, in exactly the same manner as the previous night, he locked and dead-bolted the door firmly shut behind himself, then carefully rolled into the bed and fell asleep soon thereafter.
-Next Day-
Niko arrived in the cafeteria early the next morning, giving himself plenty of time to move more slowly. He gathered a tray full of extravigance, as he had done in previous days, then walked out to the cafeteria to look for his friends. He frowned, having not seen them, and took a seat at the nearest almost-empty table, then immediately started to eat as he waited for them. He wasn't nearly as perceptive to other people bumping into him as he sat in his chair, as a testament to his improvement. Additionally, he was not wearing sweat pants, but was instead wearing a pair of beige cargo pants which went down to his ankles, a baggy pair of pants which only barely suited his moderately kid-like physique.
Today Niko had a solemn expression as he walked off of the campus with every inch of his body covered in clothing - including a black ski-mask over his face. It was the same outfit he fore to the park the previous time - A black hoodie, black sweatpants, black books, black socks, a pair of black work gloves, and his headset. As he expected, a few students looked at him with expressions of confusion or fear, having no idea who he was. Surprisingly, he felt as if they would have acted the same way whether he was wearing his ski mask or not. This thought saddened him slightly as he walked off of the campus, making his way over to the busier part of town
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Once again, Niko made his way through the city, his pace slow, but much more controlled and with less of a limp. Niko made it through the various stop-lights and over to the park without much issue.
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