It''s the middle of the night and I can''t sleep. We finally got a stable living space but it just made me more eager to figure out about the white void. What is it , why did me and Adam get out at separate times and why does Little Me hate it so much. Adam has been there too so he might have some ideas but he''s probably tired. He has to work and we''re going shopping. I don''t think waking him would be a good idea.


    I might talk to him at the shop I don''t know how but there''s probably a way. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve I want to just sleep and get it over with but my brain keeps running rampant. There is too much to think about right now I''d be exhausted if I don''t get some sleep. The whole reason we searched for Adam was to brainstorm together. I can''t do that if I''m a zombie when I wake up. It took forever but I finally drifted to sleep.


    Morning comes and Adam wakes us up to go shopping. I''m way too tired to think I''m sure I''ll come alive on the way there. We start heading into the store and I''m exhausted. I spent way too much time brain dumping last night. We walk into the store and my eyes are pretty much closed.


    Before I even get a grasp on what''s happening in the check out line I''m still tired but I''m finally awake enough to know I need time alone with Adam if we''re going to figure things out. I check the shopping list and make the first move. I turn around to Little Me and say "Racheal I forgot the pillows could you get them for me?" She got angry at me and just yelled at me to get it sense I forgot. I didn''t realize how much of a brat I was until now sadly she is right I did *forget* so I guess I should go. I went back and grabbed the pillows we paid for all our items and started heading home.


    I need another plan. While I was trying to think, Adam looked at the receipt and said "Wow I must have underestimated how much money three people would cost. Rachael you should probably get a job. I could recommend you to the hospital I work at; they''ll be happy to take you." That was a good move from Adam. If we both work at the hospital we should be able to get as much time without Little Me as we want.


    I ''ll follow along with this idea of course but it''s going to take more than recommendation to get me in the hospital. I still need a college degree and identification. When I thought about the things I needed nothing with Adam added up. First of all becoming a doctor in a month is hard enough and impossible if you''re starting at square one. Even the house was sketchy. If he has been here for a month he should be dead. There wasn''t any sign of a kitchen and there''s not even food in the groceries we just brought. Everything about him stops making sense, even something as simple as waking up on time to go to work shouldn''t be possible if he was human.


    I got to carless I thought Adam was guaranteed to be an ally but he could be a enemy he could even be one of *them*. If I follow along with the Adam''s plan there''s no way I could deal with Adam and Little Me at the same time. It''ll be suspicious for me not to address the problem at all but I don''t want him to know I figured everything out. So I went in the middle and said "That''s great Adam but are you sure all I need is your word of recommendation I mean you only been there for a month." He looked puzzled and said " They''ll probably just let you in when I ask to become an assistant there they just let me in with no questions asked. I don''t really get it but what I do get is that you be just fine if you just walk up to one of them and ask."Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    This is all so confusing. I don''t know what to think anymore. I just got to stay focused and take it one step at a time. Step one is finding out if Adam is really an ally. Assuming he''s telling the truth that solves problem one of not having enough time to become a doctor. Still how is he alive without being able to eat? This isn''t enough for me to accuse him of being an enemy but I don''t want to blindly call him a friend either.


    The two things that are bothering me are the fact he can live without eating and the fact he can tell time. I thought about how I was going to go about getting these two issues solved. I came up with an idea. I asked "Hey Adam, when are you going to work tomorrow?" He just said 3-8 with no hesitation. Is there something I just don''t know some easy way to tell time here? I thought about the hospital and remembered Little Me didn''t know I didn''t have an internal clock either. Maybe he''s the same. That makes sense but that''s assuming he''s not human. Who am I kidding? It was suspicious he was here to begin with. Without a Little Me he wouldn''t have made it past the void.


    We make it home the most dangerous place Adam and Little Me have me in closed corners. Showing that I know too much could lead to death. I have to survive till 3. I could ask for the time but this Adam seems smarter then Little Me. He might catch on to the fact I don''t have an internal clock so I''ll keep quiet for now. After we unpack he told us about the plan for tomorrow. I nodded and agreed and hoped it didn''t raise suspicion.


    I woke up the next day. I don''t know what time and I have no intention of asking. Right now Little Me is still asleep but when I walk out of our room I see Adam wide awake sitting down probably waiting for one of us to wake up. All I need to do is not act suspicious. What would I do if I didn''t know Adam was one of these creatures? I will probably try to talk to him about Little Me. It was what I was going to do until I figured it out. This is going to be difficult. I have to talk about these creatures without knowing too much about them but if I don''t do anything he''s going to catch on. I walked to him and said " Little Me is still asleep. Yesterday you asked me about her. To be real with you I don''t really know all that much about her but what I do know is she is my only source of info here so I can''t just get rid of her."


    Perfect if Adam and Little Me are alliances making it look like I can''t get rid of her would make them less likely to attack. He put his hands together and said "So what are you planning to do with her." Cutting straight to the chase I see. I''m just going to assume I was right about the alliance I think he wants to see what my relationship with her is like I try to make it positive as I can without being reckless. "I didn''t have one the whole time I was here. I''ve been looking for you. Little Me was always an afterthought." He thought for a bit and asked "Have you thought of capturing her?" Is this some sort of bait? Is he asking if I would attack her? I mean I would but I can''t let him know that we need to make it as positive as possible. "No I want to stay on Little Me''s good side if she''s giving us info I want it to be willingly."


    He looked at me with complete shock and I knew I messed up. The second it came out I knew how out of character it was. I never cared about Little Me''s feelings and I never cared for anyone else''s either and that look he''s giving me right made it clear as day I just been found out.