http://right-handed.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] right-handed.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2007-08-14 12:56 am

Day 26: Cafeteria, Lunch

Scar felt cold and sick, though more the latter than the former. As he rose from his bed, he didn't quite know which way was up, and the artificial light coming from overhead seemed as hot and as blinding as the Ishbal sun.

His head hurt, but that was nothing new. After all, the last thing he remembered from the night before was fighting a homunculus off of Lust and then having a conversation about events best left forgotten. The man hadn't been his brother. He just hadn't. And if what Lust had said they'd done to her was true...

Scar stood with shakiness that he wanted to attribute more to a bizarrely weakened physical state than a mental one. Had he been knocked out by some kind of lurking monster before the morning had come? He felt as if he had been out for days, being a veteran of such circumstances, though as he took the practiced role of being an obedient follower behind the nurse and orderlies that came for him, it didn't seem as if much had changed.

This place was probably just playing tricks on him again, and he was tired of being the man left out of the loop. He grabbed some food he didn't really care for and sat down, not seeing anyone he knew already seated. On one hand, he wished he had someone to talk to, and on the other, it scared him that he was no longer used to being alone.

He dug his fork into his food and tried to block out any related thought.

[identity profile] be-my-tool.livejournal.com 2007-08-15 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Zabuza looked at the man who had sat next to him. His eyes narrowed in a glare, but he was silent. After a moment he shrugged and focused on his own food. If the stranger wanting anything he would let it be known.

[identity profile] icy-demise.livejournal.com 2007-08-16 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
SubZero hadn't planned on saying anything, he really was not in the mood to talk himself, but there was something he couldn't help but comment on.

"Interesting teeth you have."

[identity profile] be-my-tool.livejournal.com 2007-08-16 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Zabuza grinned slightly. He was mildly amused but the statement. He looked back up at SubZero and nodded slightly. He wasn't about to say 'thank you' or any other kind of nonsense like that.

"Did you want something?" he asked, less annoyed sounding than he would have been normally. People didn't usually sit by him unless they wanted something.

[identity profile] icy-demise.livejournal.com 2007-08-16 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
The grin probably would have been frightening to some people with all those sharp teeth, but SubZero was not particularly concerned.

"Are you offering something?" SubZero disliked having to handle his business transactions himself, there was something to be said for having someone else pick out who he was going to kill and for how much... as long as there were no sorcerers or gods involved, then it got irritating when he couldn't refuse.

[identity profile] be-my-tool.livejournal.com 2007-08-17 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Zabuza shook his head. "Not if you don't want anything," he said. He turned back to his lunch and finished eating, ignoring the man as he did so.