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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[voiceofthanatos]

Yuri didn't have much planned today. His body settling into a routine at Landel's and it disgusted him how easy he was being controlled. Part of his body was bandaged underneath the clothes from where he suffered injuries from last night. But they should heal soon and only made certain movements a little sore.

Normally he would eat lunch by himself unless Barnaby or Kotetsu had asked to, which he didn't mind. It was simple courtesy. However the girl had taken his interest, recognizing her from the night before despite the changed clothes. He came over to her table, and spoke up. "May I sit here miss?" He asked politely.

[overlimit]

Rita looked up from her lunch with a tired stare. She didn't expect to be approached by a stranger. While Rita wasn't in much of a mood for socializing, she quickly realized that she'd sat near a large-sized table. She couldn't exactly insist that she needed all that space for herself.

"Sure, do what you want," she replied before taking another bite of her sandwich. Rita knew she couldn't take her current frustration out on a stranger, but that didn't mean she needed to go out of her way to be friendly, either.

[voiceofthanatos]

"Thank you very much, miss." Yuri thanked her and erred on the safe side of caution and sat down on the other side. He wasn't in the mood of socializing much either and had other things in mind. Mostly figuring out where to craft more weapons at just in case he ran into monsters yet again during the night. He couldn't just rely on his powers all the time when they left him winded after prolonged use.

But back to Rita, he asked another question after some time had passed and he finished half of his lunch. "Is something amiss?" He could pick up on her attitude, being a seasoned judge had it's advantages.

[overlimit]

Was something amiss? Was something ever not 'amiss' in a place like this? Rita probably could have launched into a rant about all the awful and ridiculous things that had happened to her, but she wasn't about to dump all of that on a stranger, especially since a lot of it touched on... sensitive stuff.

"Bad day," she grumbled in reply. "Bad week, really. Just about everything that can go wrong has gone wrong." She took another large bite of her food, and continued only after she finished chewing and swallowing. "But, whatever. I'm pretty sure everyone here has a sob story or two." Heck, the guy in front of her looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. Then again, maybe he always looked like that. Rita wouldn't know.

[voiceofthanatos]

"I see." He didn't really care much, but pretended to. His priorities were on escaping naturally, as he still held a belief that it was possible. That or the authorities would come for him, since a sudden disappearance for a major public figure wasn't a thing to take lightly.

"I wish I could offer some assistance to brighten your day, but my hands are tied here." This place was so restrictive and all about their activities, except when night fell.

[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.