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] itneverwas.livejournal.com 2007-08-23 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...it indeed seemed not every kind of world (or 'dimension', perhaps?) was the same. The majority of the worlds -- as strange they sometimes were -- were inhabitable.

"Then, from which world do you come from?" he questioned, finding himself mildly curious about the matter.

[identity profile] claire-ity.livejournal.com 2007-08-23 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Earth," Claire said. It still seemed strange to her that there were people here who'd never heard of it. "What about you? Do you have a home world, or are you always traveling?"

[identity profile] itneverwas.livejournal.com 2007-08-23 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Earth?" Xemnas once again echoed. It seemed many hailed from this planet, which was only fuel to the fire which was the Nobody's curiosity. Also, rumor had it this very institute was located upon this planet. How remarkable...

"I have some kind of home world, even though my world doesn't exist as worlds normally do." Xemnas began. "My world lacks the very essence that defines a world, therefore, it doesn't even exist. What is left is merely a shell, a mere echo of a world. It is a world that is, yet isn't."

A small pause, as if the Superior let the information sink in.

"I am from the World That Never Was."