Day 69: Breakfast

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar scowled, both relieved and angry that he had woken up once again in his own bed. That lanky man who had become his new roommate on the night of his death was sound asleep one bed over.

This was coming to be the new "normal." It was infuriating.

As always, he begrudgingly followed his nurse into the cafeteria and took a seat. He preferred to file in with the majority of the patients in order to avoid sticking out, but no such luck this morning.

Scar stared at his food rather than starting in on it, despite the newly found appetite that had been lost thanks to that blasted sickness. He had a lot to think about. He hadn't managed to find Frank last night. The damn intercom had beaten him to it. And judging by Tsubaki's reaction to him, he had been out for at least a day's time. How many had noticed? Cared? It couldn't have been many.

But it was the few who did whose detection Scar was desperate to avoid.

[Eddyyyy!]

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[no_dont_go]

Aigis was not so deep in thought to miss the wave of a friend. Her radar seemed to zero in on Castiel and she headed that way, a slight smile working across her face.

"Castiel-san, it is..." her voice trailed off and she stopped a moment behind a vacant chair, contemplating her greeting, "... good to see you are as well as could be expected this morning." That would do.

She set the tray down on the table in front of her, assuming his wave had meant to draw her over to begin with. Aigis then took her seat and nodded her head in his direction. "I have not felt so ready for a meal in a good while."

[freewill]

The greeting that Aigis offered was a measured one, and understandably so. She knew the state that Castiel had been in, and while he was healing steadily, he certainly wasn't back to normal yet.

Granted, he could never be completely back to normal in this place. Not when he was confined to a body that wasn't truly his, cut off from using most of his Grace. He could hardly even spread his wings.

He nodded to her, though expressed some surprise when she mentioned that she was in the mood to eat. Would she feel that way if she was still sick? Castiel certainly hadn't felt up to eating much when he'd had the illness (and even afterward, due to the surgery), so was it possible that she'd already found the cure?

That would be good news, of course, but it would also mean that Castiel had gone to a lot of effort for nothing. "Have you found a cure?" he asked as he took a small bite of his own food. Surprisingly enough, it went down without a problem.

[no_dont_go]

Ah, the cure. Aigis thought back on the gift Sechs had brought her the night before. Had it really done the trick or was it only a placebo? The honest truth was, there was no real confirmation behind the theories surrounding most of the patients' cures. For all they knew, they were just being set up for failure.

But Castiel seemed to be someone who had faith, just as Aigis did. Some things had to be trusted. And true friends could always be trusted.

She gave a short nod and began peeling a banana. "Perhaps. A friend seemed to think he had the cure and he brought it to me the night before. I am unsure if it will be all that is necessary, however." She took a small bite off the end of the sweet fruit. "It seems much too easy."

[freewill]

So that was it, then. Castiel was silent for a few seconds before he nodded. In that case, the flower would once again need to be passed on. From Lust's friend to Aigis to who, then? At this point, Castiel would have to put up a note on the bulletin board and see if there was anyone out there who was still in need of one of the flowers.

"There haven't been any reports of the cure backfiring, so you may be able to breathe easily after all," Castiel said as he took another careful bite of his food. Despite Aigis' hesitance to do anything about her state, it seemed that she had come out of it better than Castiel in the end. He was the one who was still healing, after all. Nonetheless, he still didn't regret his decision to undergo the surgery, as something horrific may have happened otherwise.

"I had a flower I was planning to give you, but I'll need to see if there's anyone else who could make use of it." All in all, this was good news, even though Castiel was somewhat let down by the fact that he'd been too late to be of any help. In the end, he knew it was more important that Aigis had been healed as soon as possible.

[no_dont_go]

"Relieving," she agreed. Assuming the cures didn't have long-term backlash that wouldn't rear up until later. But she would put aside that worry for now and deal with it if it happened to appear.

Hearing that Castiel had saved a flower for her warmed her on the inside, though she wasn't sure what to make of it. He owed her nothing. Perhaps it was out of pure fellowship with his fellow prisoners that made him offer it, or simply out of worry for the livelihoods of others should she turn. "Very kind of you. I greatly appreciate the gesture, Castiel-san."

She smiled at him and took a sip of her drink. "I am certain someone else can benefit from your kindness. Do tell me if you have luck in your endeavor."

She tilted her head to the side, considering the situation as a whole. "I wonder what Landel thought he gained from all this, other than terror and loss of subjects. Perhaps the situation was only put in place to distract us..."