Day 72: Sun Room (2nd shift)

[redcladidealist]

After eating breakfast, Lloyd gathered up his journal and pencil and followed his nurse out of the cafeteria. He made a quick stop at the bulletin to leave a note for Lee, then let her lead him on to take his shower with the rest of the adult men. Not sure how old Lee was, Lloyd kept his eyes peeled for him just in case, but again he didn't catch even a glimpse of his friend's shiny black bowl-cut hair. Okay, no worries. Maybe he was with the kids in Arts and Crafts.

Cleaning up quickly, Lloyd grabbed a towel and dried himself off, then got dressed and headed back to the Sun Room to wait out the rest of the shift. His nurse hovered at his side until he'd situated himself at a table, then she backed up and withdrew to the edge of the room to keep an eye on him from there. He was fine with that. Of course, it would have been better if she left the room completely, but at least she was far enough back that it felt like he had at least some privacy.

While he waited, trying to catch sight of Lee, he pulled his journal back out. As far as he knew, no one else had been to the third floor before. There weren't any maps yet. That was something he could fix. Picking up where he'd left off, the teen went back to his work on the sketch.

[For Tsurugi.]

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[armoredsoul]

"That's...!" Al bit his lip and looked down, not able to come up with a real retort. It had hurt, far too much, but he didn't want Scar to go through that, either. His past was even more painful than theirs, when it came to it. How would he react if Scar thought he saw his brother?

[fullmetalheart]

Ed frowned. "How about for the sake of everyone's blood pressure, we assume that won't happen again and that something else unpleasant is going to happen tonight instead?"

[envy_the_sinners]

"Think about the nights you have spent here, Edward. How often does something go according to plan?" He only shot the older Elric a brief look before returning to thumbing through the bulletin board, as if something else would have been added to it in the past few minutes.

Obviously, there was nothing.

Scar leaned against the wall, folding his arms.

"We will do what is necessary to advance."

[armoredsoul]

"The only plan that seem to work is me getting on the bad side of every monster," Al grumbled, crossing his arms.

He looked at Ed, then. "C'mon, Brother, let's go ask the nurses for something for our burns."

[fullmetalheart]

Ed frowned. "I'm fine. It's not that bad."

He's lying, but what else is new. Oh, and did we mention stubborn?

[envy_the_sinners]

"Go treat your burns," Scar growled to Edward. He could play the stubborn game, too, and he could win. "You aren't doing yourself or anyone any good by pretending to not need bandages."

Scar was hardly one to talk, but that didn't matter right now.

[armoredsoul]

Al nodded in agreement with Scar and reached over to poke Ed's flesh arm hard, to prove the point.

Honestly, you'd think the older sibling would be a bit more responsible.

[fullmetalheart]

Ed sucked in his breath with a hiss and glared at Al. That hurt! Not that he's going to admit it anymore than he just involuntarily did.

[envy_the_sinners]

This was getting ridiculous.

"Now." He pointed in the direction of a nurse standing by the doorway. His patience was running thin today.

[armoredsoul]

"C'mon, Brother," Al said, taking Ed's right arm this time and dragging him along to get some medicine.

[fullmetalheart]

Ed was very crankily dragged along by his brother. He still swears it isn't that bad.