Day 66: Breakfast

[nobleman]

What Guy had seen on that scan resulted in some mixed feelings. While he had expected to find something in Claude, seeing how he was sick, it hadn't been quite the same as what they'd seen when they had scanned that other ill patient two nights ago. What did that mean? It was possible that the shape of it just looked different because of where it was in Claude's stomach, but Guy couldn't help but feel that there was a deeper meaning to it.

Yet another thing that he didn't understand, then. With a sigh, he got himself up out of bed and went searching immediately for the single leaf that he'd taken from the X-ray room last night. It was stored carefully in his possessions box, which meant that he didn't have to worry too much about that.

While he wanted to quickly sketch the leaf's general shape to post on the bulletin, Guy wasn't given that chance, as his nurse showed up before he could even grab for his journal. He had to relent and let her lead him to the cafeteria for breakfast. While Guy considered stopping by the bulletin to leave a note, that could wait until after he ate. He suspected that Anise or Luke would try to find him as soon as possible to tell him about their findings, so leaving a note for them would be redundant.

He did need to ask about the clue from last night and see if anyone else had further insight on it, but that might be something Claude wanted to do, seeing how he had a better idea of who that baptist was and what it all might signify.

After collecting a small amount of food onto a plate, Guy took a seat near the cafeteria's entrance, keeping an eye out for any of his friends so he could flag them down as they walked in.

[For Anise and Claude.]

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[monkeyboy]

Goku woke up with a pounding headache that could crack the earth in half. It was hard to tell if he felt any better or if the painful throbbing in his skull simply masked the rest of his woes for the time being. For once he wasn't on his feet by the time the white witch came for him. It was up to her to peel him off the bed and get shoes on him before pulling him to the cafeteria.

By the time they hit the doors to the Sun Room, the young boy had perked up from the smell of pork. Of course, all too soon Goku realized they were serving those poor pig wieners again. It was hard to protest when they smelled so good and his stomach was so woefully empty. Goku made sure the woman got him extra bread and fruit to counter balance the guilt he felt for these martyred pigs before moving elsewhere behind his nurse.

Of course the first person he recognized was Taura. She stood out of a crowd even while sitting down. Without asking, he climbed up onto the chair in front of her and waited for the woman in white to set his plate down.

"Hi!" he greeted, as if nothing was wrong.

[ninelivesonce]

Son Goku looked like nothing at all had happened to him -- Taura wished she could be so blasé as to say she wasn't surprised, but it would be a lie. At least it was a pleasant surprise, which were rare. "Howdy, yourself. You seem to be feeling better."

Did he remember last night? And if so, how well would he react to her asking questions? She needed the answers, and other people could use them, too, but he needed to know that she wasn't angry at him.

[monkeyboy]

"Eh?" There was a pause between them as Goku fired up the dusty cogs of his brain so they could get to work deciphering this strange idea that he was somehow not feeling better earlier. The young boy had just woken up and there was no way the woman had seen him when he was asleep. But as soon as his thoughts dug any deeper, a fleeting memory of a terrible stomach ache and then nothing following it. It was just a black image interspersed by feelings of rage and destruction.

"Oh. Yeah, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore." He could eat whatever he wanted with impunity! "I dunno what was wrong with it..." The young boy hadn't eaten anything weird, at least not by this place's standards.

[ninelivesonce]

"And, um, the rest of you?" It had to hurt, having your body ripped apart and reformed. Didn't it? It seemed like it would, at least. "No, er, nothing wrong with it?"

Her brows knitted, and she poked at her food to give herself a moment to think. "Have you ever run across something that looked like a giant monkey, at least twice my height?" Maybe he'd recognize it, and would have some other explanation.