Day 26: Men's Showers (fourth shift)

[whiteychan.livejournal.com]

The concept of showering with a bunch of children terrified him, but he refused to let it show. He was over 130 years old, and they wanted him to get naked and bathe, surrounded by kids very nearly a tenth his age. It was certainly inappropriate. On the other hand, he had to shower. It was his third day in this asylum, and he had not been given the opportunity for a shower yet. The idea of wiping off the filth of the last two nights seemed ideal.

Thankfully, he seemed to be the first one there. Maybe if he were quick about it, he could shower and leave before too many of the children came in. He got undressed, and stared at the showers for a second. They were significantly different from the ones he was accustomed to, but after a small amount of trial, error, and scalding hot water, he managed to figure out the system.

He'd just need to get through the showers quickly and efficiently, and then get the hell back to the sun room.

Comments

[broken-exorcist.livejournal.com]

"Of course not!" Allen exclaimed. "I'll... I'll still wash, I just don't... feel the need to expose myself in front of everyone!" He had already been trying to work out exactly how he was going to do that without looking like he was doing something obscene. And preferably without exposing himself in front of small children!

"I-I'll be fine, I assure you," he stammered.

[hellmunchkin.livejournal.com]

"Waaaah!" Phibrizzo exclaimed, looking wide-eyed and somewhat knowing. "So there IS something wrong with you! I knew it!"

He craned his head, looking Allen over. "What's wrong with you, Mister? You can tell me. Do you have a strange birthmark? Or maybe you have a tail?" He looked up excitedly. "Are you a dragon? Are you trying to hide your tail? That's it, right? Right?"

This kid wasn't a dragon; Hellmaster didn't get that vibe. Then again, his 'vibes' were off now that he was in a human form. Still, he didn't think Allen actually WAS a magical beast of any sort and certainly not one dumb enough to advertise, in the off chance the Mazoku lord had inadvertently uncovered something.

[broken-exorcist.livejournal.com]

"There's not, I assure you!" Allen pleaded, looking helplessly to the nurses. Was this child ever going to leave him alone? He clung tightly to his sodden towel, hoping the boy didn't get any funny ideas. "I'm not a dragon, don't be absurd!"

[hellmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Phibrizzo blink, innocently. "Then why do you still have your towel on? What's there to be embaressed by, if you don't have something 'indecent' to hide?"

He smirked and pointed to his face. "I'm Phibrizzo! What's your name, Mister?"

[broken-exorcist.livejournal.com]

Phibrizzo? Was that Italian? Allen shook his head, "Please Phibrizzo, just let me take my shower in peace, alright? I'm just... just not comfortable with the idea of this... public shower... thing. I just want to get clean and go about my business."

He sighed. He didn't want to be too mean to the poor kid, "I'm Allen."

[hellmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Phibrizzo nodded. "Where are you from, Mr. Allen?"

"And for that matter," Hellmaster said, looking as non-threatening as he could while he turned on the shower next to Allen so they could keep talking, "What is your relationship to Miss Rhode? She seemed really fond of you!"

[broken-exorcist.livejournal.com]

"Oh, um, no Mister, just Allen. Allen Walker." He edged away from the boy. He hadn't been able to get as clean as he'd like, but it was a far cry better than he'd been the last few days. It would do for now.

"Rhode is... ah, really someone you'd be best of staying away from." He wasn't sure how else to put it. "She's very dangerous. We're... well, back home... we're fighting on different sides of a war. I'm really not sure why she seems so... fixated."

[hellmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Now this was interesting. What war were Allen and Rhode involved in?

"A war?" The child-looking Mazoku pouted his lips. "What are you fighting over?"

Humans rarely had wars for the same reason the Mazoku and Ryuuzaku fought. Hellmaster was curious to learn the motivation behind this mortal altercation.

[broken-exorcist.livejournal.com]

Allen only patted the boy softly on the head as he walked past him, "It's not something you need to worry about Phibrizzo. We'll work things out, ok?"

And with that, he walked out, to change and get back to the others. He still had to try to find Ravi. He didn't know if speaking to Rukia and Renji and the others would be a good idea, but... he supposed he'd just see what happened.

[[to here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/178562.html)]]