Day 64: Intercom, Evening

[damned_intercom]

When the cheery jingle sounded over the speakers, the Head Doctor could be heard humming a song that suspiciously sounded like pieces of "Superstar" from today's movie. Then, as if realizing people were listening, he abruptly cleared his throat.

"Good evening, patients!" he greeted after a quick recovery. "I do hope everyone had a pleasant day. And what better way to end things than with a scrumptious steak dinner? We'll be including fries on the side, as well as offering our usual assortment of water, milk, and juices. Of course, we also carry vegetarian options for those of you who don't eat meat. Enjoy!"

The intercom turned off, leaving the nurses to escort patients to their rooms.

((Please make all dinner threads under this post with your character's room number in the subject line. For updated roommate assignments, refer to the latest Lounge Post. Thanks!))

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[ninelivesonce]

Taura woke up for the second time, tucked into a couch in the Sun Room. She didn't remember falling asleep; that wasn't one of the symptoms, was it? The backs of her hands were clean, as were the fronts, and her stomach was loudly pointing out that it was in fine working order and empty, so she shrugged and followed the medics back to her quarters.

Something was different -- she'd arrived first, and nothing except two dinner trays was sitting out, but she had a feeling Wichita wasn't coming back. She'd had that for a while, but until they actually took her stuff away, Taura could hope. She could also wait for her new roommate to get back to start eating -- politeness mattered. It made them human.

Sorry this took so long!

[mirrorimage]

Nina was guided back to a different room than the one she woke up in. She wasn't sure why she was going to a different place this time until she found herself inside.

There was another girl there, and two dinner trays. But the other young woman hadn't eaten, which meant... she had been waiting for Nina? Nina felt both gratified and slightly guilty. Hopefully, the poor woman wasn't starving on her account.

The size of the other girl intimidated her slightly, but Nina still found a warm smile for her roommate. "Hello," she said, softly, with a kind of meaningful gentility too melancholy to be called sweetness. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting long."