Day 64: Cafeteria (brunch)

[gald_digger]

Well, that went well! Anise had gained herself a gorgeously handsome new friend. She just hoped that weird illness didn't get either of them killed before she could get to know him any better.

... Yeah, that was morbid. It was hard not to think about, though.

Before going to the Cafeteria, Anise made a stop at her room to grab her journal, maps, and a pen. Once she finished eating, she could get a start on copying the maps for Barnaby. He was going to be so glad he met her!

With that done, Anise made her way to the Cafeteria, where she picked up an assortment of food, making sure to get some meat, vegetables, and milk on her tray. She then sat down at a table and set her notes aside while she started on her meal. It was hard not to feel self-conscious about the rash on her arm, though the makeup she used had blended the discolored part enough that it couldn't be seen from a distance. Anise just hoped no one would come specifically looking for it.

[Ilia!]

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[oneman_onekill]

Well, it looked like Shiina hadn't given Harvey a straight answer either, not that Niikura was surprised, but the other man had also been able to pick up that something was definitely Not Right. 'Over her head' was certainly a new way of putting it, even though it fit the situation perfectly. Shiina really was in over her head, but the problem was that she didn't have much of a choice about it--well, she did, but she was choosing to not do anything about it. They had this weird thing going on where neither of them could decide on who needed to be protected more - her, the classic damsel in distress, or him, the endangered species - and all it was doing was putting them both in danger. They really needed to get that straight one day...

"Thought you'd say somethin' like that," Niikura said, letting just a hint of the doom and gloom bleed in. "I've noticed it too. Can't do much, unfortunately." Locking her in would mean locking himself in as well, and that would make both of them just as miserable, if not more than they were right now.

[dualistic]

In a way, Harvey could understand. Shiina was her own person, obviously, and as much as Niikura might worry about her, it wasn't like he could force her to do something she didn't want to. Or to not do something, in this case. He'd gotten past a point where he really cared about someone else that way, but that was because he'd been through the whole song and dance and knew what happened when it didn't go your way.

He wondered if his story would be a wake-up call for his kid. Still, that didn't mean he was going to tell him.

"I guess all you can do is keep an eye on her," he said, shrugging as he took the last few bites of his food. It was definitely getting easier (and less painful) to get things down now. Seeing how the food they were being served was actually good, it helped. Still, it looked like the nurses would be rounding them up soon, so before long he pushed his plate away.

[oneman_onekill]

"Yeah." Niikura too was finishing up his bowl of cereal. "Hopin' things will smooth themselves out somehow." That wasn't very likely, but he'd try his best to make it happen no matter what.

By now, the nurses were starting to move around the cafeteria to collect their charges for the next shift. He hadn't gotten much out of Harvey in terms of new information, but just the conversation had been good enough; all he'd been looking for was a distraction, after all. Info would've just been the icing on the cake.

"Eh..." Niikura let his spoon drop into his empty bowl. "Looks like it's time for the next shift." He stood up and threw one of his sloppy salutes. "See ya 'round, Dent-san."