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Chapter 9 - 9. The Nursing Home

After one year:

It was a shiny hot weather. The time was around 4 to 5 o'clock. Rose walked around trees and tried to find a quiet and hidden place. When she found a place that is satisfying, she stopped there. This is one of opening in the edge of small grove far from the building. She looked around and searched the stones and the tree sticks and started to gather them together. After she gathered some more, she stopped and started to clear the floor from weeds and make a smooth, clean place. Then she dragged a big stone near the clearing. She took a thick stick and  sat on the stone. She fall in deep thoughts and draw something else on the floor. 

'I'm two years old now so they changed my room again. Even though change system, I managed to score some points towards my goals.'

'This nursing home is two-storey building with an enormous garden. We live on the ground floor and prohibited to go up second floor. 

Ground floor resembles a hexagon that consists of 6 pieces of triangles that have in a group of rooms. One of four triangles include 2 bedrooms, 2 feeding rooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 living room while one of other two triangles include 3 bedrooms, 2 feeding rooms,1 bathroom and 1 living room. There are  14 bedrooms, 12 feeding rooms, 10 bathrooms and 6 living rooms in total. Children that are smaller than 2 years old live in two different triangle. I think it is because they didn't develop enough to get toilet training so they changed one bathroom to another bedroom.'

Rose draw a huge hexagon. Then she draw lines between farthest corners and united them. 6 triangles appeared in the hexagon. Then she draw a small line parallel to edge of every triangle. A small hexagon appeared in the middle of picture: 'These are living rooms.'

Then she made 4 small square to rest of triangle: 'These are bedrooms and bathrooms'.

'Feeding rooms located to corner of hexagon which is the near stairs that lead to second floor while others rooms unite the triangle shape. Edge of triangles generates the big and long halls.' She erased the corners and made two small circles on every corner: ' These are feeding rooms.'

She looked at her drawing carefully.

'They separate the child according to age to every triangle. I changed my room two times so I know these two triangles while now I'm another new room now. The new room should be this.' She circled two of thriangles then she put an x mark on one of room in the third triangle.

'I heard after the garden, there is the jungle everywhere. This place is in the middle of the jungle that's filled with monsters and there are not any road through it. So I think they use the magic to come here or to go out. I think there is a transportation spot in the second floor. Workers rooms and cleaning rooms are also on second floor.

I also learnt the workers tolerance level or job limits. When I asked or wanted regarding to my physical health, they are very attentive but when it comes to learn about the order, they will be a mute. It's like some rule or restrictions place on them against leaking information. From things so far, they care about my health and try to make me a follower while they give me freedom to do anything in the garden. Still, I found and used some leeway to obtain other kinds of information while I was eavesdropping caretakers.'

When Rose was hiding, she heard from the caretaker Candy's mouth that It's easier job that's being a caretaker in early nurture branch where is here than mixed cultivation faculty. Here, the children are more innocent, docile and well-behaved than there. She was scolded often because of some children mischievous behaviors there but here children will come quickly when she called them. And lastly she said before going out that children are losing their charm and innocence after 6 years. 

'I don't sense any malicious intentions or any other purpose from the workers. I suppose I should be relieved. Since I can't change anything, I will live here 4 more years. Then I believe they will transport me another place because I didn't see any child that is 6 year-old or older in here and from Candy's words.

Additionally, I believe they didn't put any weird stuff for tracking because we are small. If I want to run, it would be a suicide because I heard wild animals and magic monsters live in the jungle but thanks to runes we are safe. Add to that I don't know what is my magic power or how can I use it.'

Rose was shaking stick randomly while she was thinking.Sometimes she was drawing random pictures, then erasing the pictures again. Then she heard rapid long siren sounds that is coming from nursing home. She turned towards the home and looked puzzled? 

' What's happening? This sound like alarm sound. Did some monsters or animals attack the runes or an emergency situation appeared? Whatever happens, I think I should firstly return, fast.'

She got up and erased the pictures with her foots then turned towards the home to return but before she couldn't take a step forward, she froze on the place.