Day 65: Intercom, Evening

[damned_intercom]

As some of the clouds from earlier began to clear, the intercom jingle sounded over the intercom once again.

"Hello, patients!" came the Head Doctor's cheery voice. "I hope you're all feeling fresh and clean this evening! To top it all off, we've prepared a scrumptious herb chicken dinner for you to eat before bed. Of course, we have vegetarian options available, so please don't hesitate to ask the nurse if you're interested in that.

Also, since we have the pleasure of welcoming a few new patients into our family, some of you will be receiving new roommates. Let's do our best to give them a nice, big Landel's Institute welcome, shall we?"

The Head Doctor gave a friendly chuckle. "Well, anyway, enjoy your dinner!"

With that, the intercom shut off.

[Note: All dinner threads are posted in response to this entry. Be sure to check the Roommate Assignments if you're not sure what room/roommate your character has! Thanks.]

Comments

M2

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar finally left the Sun Room. He had been sitting there for nearly the entire day, but at least he had managed to get something done. He was still very much on edge about Lust coming to his room tonight, but he didn't really have a rational reason for that. She'd done nothing but try to be helpful since he had woken up in this damn hospital.

But old habits died hard. There would just always be an uncomfortable sort of unease associated with the homunculus.

First, though, he would be going with Tsubaki to be rid of his wounds. The cramps in his stomach still persisted in addition to his aching head and nausea, but at least he would be rid of his wounds.

And hopefully by the end of tonight the sickness would be gone, as well, and the looming sense of doom would go with it.

Re: M2

[unpriest]

His roommate was already inside when Seishin entered. He offered him a polite bow of his head in greeting before taking his seat. The man did not appear to be the talkative sort, so it was probably best if Seishin wouldn't initiate needless conversation. He didn't particularly mind the silence, in any case.

But the silence was a double-edged sword, in a way. His mind couldn't help but wander off to tonight's plans, his eyebrows knitting together in mild concern. The remaining part of the basement...The former priest couldn't help but experience a sense of dread as he wondered what would be lingering behind the last door.

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar gave Seishin a nod as his roommate entered. Scar sat at his desk, and nearly started eating before it dawned on him that that was probably not the best choice of action. Despite the aching, lingering hunger that came from hardly eating a thing all day, the less food that was in his stomach for tonight, the better.

His hand tightened slightly around his fork at the mention of new patients. So they were still pulling people here, were they? Scar set the fork down on his desk, moving to his bed to lie down. He wished he could clear his mind of what was going to happen tonight, but with nothing to distract him, it was all that stayed in the top of his head.

[unpriest]

Though he wasn't hungry, Seishin still forced himself to eat something. If he wanted to be of some use tonight, it was best that he'd eat.

Seishin looked up from his meal as he heard movement on the other side of the room, watching as the man went to lie down. The man still appeared to be suffering from that illness. There was a brief look of concern on Seishin's features, but the former priest knew he wouldn't be able to do anything.

He could only hope others were successful in finding a cure before the situation would escalate. With the head doctor's encouragements over the intercom, it would only be a matter of time before someone was able to pit the patients against one another -- someone like Toshio, who was able to lay bare the threat.

It could only end in bloodshed that way. The line that divided human and 'monster' was a thin one, after all.