Day 75: DAWN, MORNING, NOON, AND AFTERNOON

[damned_intercom]

As the day started, the weather only seemed to be improving, and some patients might even call it warm. Granted, the climate control in the building meant it wouldn't make a difference until someone chose to venture outside.

For now, though, it was time for breakfast, and the intercom came on to wake up all of the patients from their enforced slumber.

"Breakfast sandwiches... how could you not look forward to something like that, dear patients?" Even as Landel spoke, the nurses started peeking into rooms and rousing people from their beds.

"There's plenty to look forward to today, from the recreational field to the greenhouse. I hope that you all enjoy your days and your lunches."

As usual, lunch would be handed out in a paper bag, offering some fruit and vegetables to snack on, along with a sandwich as the main course and pudding for dessert.

"That's all for now!" Though the Head Doctor would be announcing the different shift changes throughout the day, as usual.

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Comments

[a_sin_for_him]

"You're drugged and you can hardly think."

Lust shook her head. The drugs were making this all that much more difficult, she was sure. But she couldn't stand listening to Scar beat himself down further and insist this madness. He was a man, not a carved soldier with only one face and mood to present at all times.

"Pull yourself together tonight, when this has cleared your system. I'm not going to be stuck fending for myself when the lights go out."

[envy_the_sinners]

Hadn't he pulled himself together enough?

Though, Scar supposed, he never had. Not really. He had kept on going, but he had never gathered himself. Never picked up the pieces. He'd let them cut him and cut him, as if the rage would keep him from forgetting. His pain had become his drive. Looking at a situation at large subjectively had always been nearly impossible for him.

Scar closed his eyes, growing frustrated as he tried to push himself out of the haze. He was starting to notice the pounding pain in his hand from where he had stricken the wall. The Elrics were gone. It wasn't fair, it wasn't the way things were supposed to end, but it had happened. It didn't matter how much Scar tried to find reason in it. It wouldn't change.

"You won't." He spoke as if it were obvious, as if it weren't a direct contradiction to what he had just been saying. Scar had two choices. He could fade into apathy, or he could keep going for her sake. The choice was obvious, when he looked at it that way. And letting this break him only ensured that Landel won.

Maybe he couldn't pull himself together. But he could keep at her side.