Snippet #1031769

The walk to his intended park was uneventful. By the time he got there the sun was high enough to beam brightly down on him, and people were out and about less sleepily than earlier. It made his heart race a little, passing people chatting with each other and with cell phones as they walked. He held his Lego blanket tightly around him as if in the hopes of blocking the sun and the city out. It was so bright out... His dark passenger seemed to writhe in his skull like a burning snake, very unhappy with the daylight, giving Matt a headache.

Making it to the park near where he would meet Rose the next night, he found his cluster of bushes, pushing his way through them to the small clearing inside where he would be well hidden. Wrapped in his blanket, he collapsed there and curled up. He pulled the blanket over his head to block out the sunlight as best he could and was asleep in no time. He would remain asleep there until sunset - if not later, considering he had been up so long into the day.
He was vaguely aware of a Nemesis meeting his Alter reminded him of just before he fell asleep, but didn't much care if he happened to be late to it. The leader's power was not lethal to Matt's dark passenger as it was to most people - but it was a very considerable inconvenience he worked hard to avoid, though one that he could eventually recover from nonetheless. But Matt wasn't worried about promptness. If his Alter was concerned enough to take over and get them to the meeting in time, that was up to him.