Day 69: Sun Room (3rd Shift)

[redcladidealist]

Tomatoes in both choices. Lloyd's face fell the moment he heard the announcement, and with a groan he let his forehead thunk against the table in the Sun Room. He couldn't even ask if he could have a sandwich made without tomatoes in it. The lunches were already made, his nurse holding one of each in her hands. Unhappily, he accepted the one that had meat. Maybe something could be salvaged from it.

Ignoring his nurse's cheerful parting words to enjoy his meal, the teen waited until she'd stepped away before he took his lunch out of the bag and started picking it apart - only to freeze, heart pounding unevenly. A deep, rattling breath had just- Lloyd didn't even finish the thought. Something was here! He whipped around, not even sure how he was going to defend himself. The only thing he had was one of those plastic spoon-forks, and if he was up against that same thing they'd run from last night-

There was nothing. Nothing but nurses and patients passing by. Not even any cats. No one else looked like they'd even heard anything. Lloyd's eyes darted around, but still nothing showed up.

Come on, I know I heard it...

[For Ed and Al!]

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[overlimit]

Rita shrugged. “I wasn’t expecting any help anyway.” Though such a statement could come across as bitter, for Rita, it was simply a matter of fact. She’d gone years without depending on anyone for anything. She could take care of herself. “I’ll handle it.”

And as far as ‘handling’ things went, there wasn’t much that could be done to begin with. A kid was dead, and nothing she or Taura or anyone did would change that. All that was left to do was to move on… and to take down Landel. The most any stranger could provide was emotional support, and that would just make Rita annoyed and uncomfortable anyway.

As she finished eating her sandwich, Rita started to wonder what the stranger’s deal was. “Anyway, it sounds like you’ve been keeping busy. How long have you been here? I don’t suppose you’ve found any good leads.” Or that he’d be willing to share, if he had. Still, she had nothing to lose by asking.

[voiceofthanatos]

"Only for a few days, I'm afraid miss." He could only answer. And every time night fell he was always running into a distraction or a roadblock. The daytime staff didn't help either and they were all but mindless robots in his own eyes.

"But I am Judge and I don't take these types of forced kidnapping and experimentation lightly." If he had any weight here this place would be sued from here to Sunday but that was neither or there.