damned_institute | Day 25: Intercom, Evening

The intercom clicked on with its usual jingle, the Head Doctor's voice carrying with a bit more authoritative ease than it had earlier.

"Good evening, patients, and I'm pleased to announce that we've finally finished organizing when our new batch of patients will be introduced, and unfortunately, it'll have to be tonight while you're all in bed. Truly sad, that, as I'm sure all of you are eager to see our new faces as soon as possible!

"In any case, the dinner that will be brought to you tonight will be herb-marinated pork roast with buttery corn-on-the-cob and fluffy mashed potatoes. Of course, we have our usual vegetarian salad available to those who request it, along with our regular assortment of drinks."

He paused and sighed. After all, it had been a long day.

"Oh, of course--Some of you may be unhappy to hear that Dr. Crane and Dr. Jiyani will no longer be serving us here at Landel's Institute. For those of you who were scheduled to have sessions with them, we'll be providing a substitute group therapy session in upcoming days. More details on that tomorrow.

"I believe that's all for now. Enjoy your dinner!"

The intercom clicked off.

[ As always, post to this entry with separate threads for each set of roommates. Thanks! ]

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"If you want it," Sai replied, still smiling. The smile weakened a bit with his next reply - not saddened, just weakened - and his attempt to appear apologetic seemed just as false. "Does it bother you? I'm trying to look friendly."

He didn't understand why Kurikara was referring to him as 'human' either. He would have to remember to ask where this boy was from at some point also. Perhaps people spoke differently to each other where he came from.

...The other worlds concept was never going to fully sit with him.

Kurikara blinked and tilted his head just slightly. Strange creature. He'd been verbally abusing his roommate since they met, and now he was actually offering food? If he had any caution in him at all, he would have thought it was poisoned.

"I don't need it." The words came out as a low, rumbling growl, more exasperation than anything else. He wasn't good with children.

He was trying to look friendly? Kurikara rolled his eyes. "What are you talking about? Don't bother. I'm not interested in friendship, false or otherwise." He leaned froward and cocked an eyebrow at Sai, offering another sharp little grin. "Your face is going to stick like that if you keep it up, and then I'll really get pissed off."

The smile fell from Sai's face again and he stared blankly at the other boy. "You're not the first to be bothered by it. I'm afraid I don't come across very sincere." The tray was pushed aside, out of the way. He had no doubt that someone would come and take it away at some point.

He stood up, making his way to the drawer where he had stashed all the gardening supplies from the previous night. They were still wrapped up in the shirt, and he dropped the load upon the floor with a loud 'clank'. His flashlight was there as well, and he tested the batteries again to make sure it was still working. Sasuke had said to get this metal to someone, because it could be made into weapons, but he hadn't told him who to take it to. He wasn't about to run through the halls with all of it again without a precise destination. He removed the two trowels he had used the night before, as well as a third, three-pronged sort of gardening tool. He also took the long-sleeved shirt they had been stashed in. He would need a makeshift belt again. The rest he could store away once more.

He then turned to his roommate who, though he didn't seem to like Sai all that much, was still in the same position he was and may therefore do well with a makeshift weapon also. "Would you like to arm yourself?"

Kurikara let out a sharp bark of laughter. "And I don't come off as very nice. We'll deal."

He watched Sai unpack his various tools and things, curious despite himself. He'd seen some if this stuff in the greenhouse, though he didn't actually understand what most of it was supposed to do.

He hopped off the bed and crouched beside the pile of makeshift weaponry. It would be a good idea to conserve his strength when he could. He picked up a trowel, blunt and awkwardly shaped. He needed to make himself a sword.

"This metal is decent for forging." He said, almost absently. "I'm taking this one."

Sai glanced over quickly at this. "Forging?" He was tying the shirt around his waist again, and he gave the ends a sharp tug to make sure it would hold. "I was told To gather metal to be made into weapons, but I don't know who to take them to."

Perhaps this boy would know, and he'd end up carrying the metal around with him tonight after all.

One more look around had him ripping out a couple pages from his, as of yet, unused journal and rolling them up, as well as grabbing the pen that came with it. Tonight he might have to give his skills a try. If Sakura had some hold on her chakra then he should try also.

"Ask on the bulletin." Kurikara said almost immediately. "Whatever you heard, it wasn't about me. I need tools to forge."

He stood, holding the trowel in one hand and made a smooth stabbing motion with it. It would do for now. "Do you have a map?"

"I don't," Sai shook his head and began tucking away the remainder of the tools and closing the drawer. He definitely needed to spend more time here gathering information. He still knew so little. "I could probably recall the steps I took last night, but I'm sure I've barely seen any of this whole place."

He began performing a few stretches, limbering himself up for running if he'd need to. It felt like he'd been stationary all day.

Kurikara rested a hand on his hip, looking thoughtful thoughtful. "Same here. Where's M23?"

As far as he was concerned, he was ready to go for tonight. He didn't trust Sai enough to take him to the other shinigami, but he would leave a copy of his map laying around the next day.

"Well, the doors are numbered. I think," he paused trying to remember the way they had gone the night before, "it might be in the rows of rooms next to these - on the other side of the restrooms."

If there was nothing left to discuss, then Sai waited for the doors to unlock. Once they did, he would attempt to find Sasuke. The other boy seemed to be situated in the same hallway.

Kurikara nodded. The door opened with a sharp click soon after.

With a careless wave over his shoulder, the dragon was gone.

Day 25: Intercom, Evening

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