Day 27: Lunch

[norainu]

Renji wasn't so certain what this grilled cheese thing was all about, but he liked the sound of some soup. Even if it was strange western soup, well... there wasn't anything bad people could do to soup, in his experience. His good mood was starting to fray at the edges, a little, from the strain of dealing with the Ichimaru issue, and even more from what had been on the bulletin board earlier.

He'd never had difficulty simply writing something before. But...

He shook his head as he entered the line. He didn't want to think about it. He wanted to hold on to the tenuous equilibrium he'd managed to find.

Renji got himself a large bowl of soup, water, and even one of those sandwiches, just to try it. Old habit, recently awakened, had him over to one side of the cafeteria, where the fewest people possible would have the chance to pass behind him. He sat there with his back toward the wall and started eating.

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[damned-nurses.livejournal.com]

The cries did indeed draw a nurse, along with two powerful orderlies. The men quickly moved to either side of the table, one man grabbing Bob's legs while the other jerked Brandon free of the man's grasp, causing the boy's shirt to rip in the process.

"Just what is going on here?!" Even as she spoke, the nurse readied a large amount of sedative, appropriate for a man of Bob's size. "Mr. Griffin, the Institute will not tolerate the attacking of others, especially innocent children!"

The man who had saved Brandon almost as quickly released him, joining the other orderly to forcefully pull Bob from under the table. It took nearly both of them to restrain him, the man's sheer size making the job difficult, but certainly one they could handle.

[canieathim.livejournal.com]

He wasn't going to attack the tasty looking boy! He was going to eat him! There was a big difference there! He punched and kicked and, most importantly, bit at the orderlies, hoping to get a solid bite of sweet delicious flesh. He was so very, very hungry. He wanted to devour them and taste their flesh and listen to them scream, but he wasn't as strong as he normally was. He should have been able to shrug them off and bite off their heads without a second thought. But instead he fought, and hoped that one of his bites would connect to some delicious and tasty orderly flesh.

[hellmunchkin.livejournal.com]

Phibrizzo watched the orderlies pull Gluttony back with amusement, though he didn't show it. Of course no one in their right mind would let the fat man make a meal of his flesh. He instead chose to run to Ginji and bury his face in his side, as if he were crying and scared.

"I TOLD you no one likes me!"

[repolarization.livejournal.com]

Ginji winced and put a hand around Phibrizzo. His shifted his weight to get more of it off of his bad leg. The pain was almost too much, but he wanted to protect the boy.

"It's okay," he said carefully, trying and failing to keep all the pain from his voice. "They'll keep that guy away from you."

[damned-nurses.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately for Bob, the "delicious and tasty orderly flesh" belonged to well trained (if still delicious and tasty) male orderlies, who had muscle enough between them to keep the man restrained. Obviously the patient refused to cooperate, and without further warning, the woman injected Bob with a large dose of sedative.

"Yes, you don't have to worry, Brandon." The nurse gave a gentle smile to the boy, her voice reassuring. "We're going to take him somewhere else now, and watch him to make sure he doesn't bother you again."

With a nod to the orderlies, the group headed off, the nurse scanning the cafeteria for an appropriate place to leave Gluttony.

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