envy_the_sinners: (Sad)
Scar ([personal profile] envy_the_sinners) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2012-07-19 01:40 am

DAY 65: Breakfast

Scar came to slowly, vision blurred and head throbbing. His memory of the previous night was vague and somewhat scattered. What he was most aware of was his renewed and increased hatred for the man called Lingormr. The Ishbalan didn't give a damn if he had been a special counseling patient. That bastard had enjoyed every second of tearing Scar to shreds. What he may or may not have realized was how much it had affected Scar emotionally. He had felt a renewed sense of drive at the start of the night; the disruption on the intercom and the news of the 'cure' had rekindled a fire that fueled Scar to drive forward. To have a little hope.

Lingormr had promptly crushed that.

He was in pain. So much pain. The cut on his hand was only fading scab at this point, but stitches now pulled at the deep gashes in his legs and back. Not only had the nausea not settled, but his stomach was beginning to cramp. The rash on his arm was impossible to hide without the old bandages covering it. It had nearly reached his elbow.

Scar's hazy eyes could make out the nurse, now pushing a wheelchair up to his bedside. This was humiliating. And he was too exhausted and hurting to lash out or become angry. He was just broken. He still tried to take some sort of grudging control, insisting that he didn't need to be pushed around, that he could at least turn the wheels of the damned chair himself. But he didn't make it down the hallway before the pulling and sharp pain in his back became so obvious on his face that the nurse took over.

He entered breakfast with a frustrated, tired, but overall defeated look to him. Scar felt too sick to eat. He sat at the table and brooded, wishing more than anything to simply be left alone.

[For Goku!]
complicatedliar: (the lost prince)

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2012-07-23 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Loki laughed quietly. "Well, you see. The difference between the rabbit out of the hat sorts and myself is that I'm not a charlatan or an entertainer. I suppose you could call me a sorcerer if that would sit better with you. Or..." He grinned, "a combat mathematician if you like the sound of that. But at its most basic, I impress my will upon reality, which is best called magic. Thus, I am a magician." Idly he traced a rune on the table with the tip of one finger. "The power I had last night was exceedingly limited to simple manipulations of light and sound for the most part. That is not my normal state."

He was rather surprised that Soma asked him if he had any insights on the subject. He had been here but a few days, which was barely the blink of an eye in the context of his life. She'd been the one who had dispensed all of the advice to him. "You would know better than I, dearest," he said. "Though I'd recommend against getting in to any sort of altercation during the day. They stick you with needles and it's not all that pleasant."