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norainu ([personal profile] norainu) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2007-09-26 09:14 am

Day 27: Lunch

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.

[identity profile] notmyfather.livejournal.com 2007-09-28 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
No, it's fine. It's easiest to just use notes during the day, honestly. And he wouldn't be fending for himself. I trust Renji with my life, Shana. Valyn wet his lips, trying to think of how to explain why he trusted Renji so much.

Shana was just going to have to take his word.

Besides, it's up to Keman. It isn't as though I'm going to force him.

[identity profile] hamenleai.livejournal.com 2007-09-28 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alright," she acceded. Surprisingly, at the moment, she wasn't sure she wanted to spend an evening alone with Valyn just yet either. Things were still too overwhelming and awkward and she kept seeming to say the wrong things.

Besides, with him as injured as she was, her past plans for catching him alone were rather moot anyway...

[identity profile] notmyfather.livejournal.com 2007-09-28 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose I can work on the bestiary tonight, Valyn wrote. He may as well bring Shana up to date on what, exactly, they were doing.

We're making a list of the monsters we run into and jotting down notes about them. Where they seem to be the most, how they attack, their weaknesses....

[identity profile] hamenleai.livejournal.com 2007-09-29 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
"There's a lot of them, aren't there?" she asked curiously, glancing over at him, a small frown on her lips as she mentally prepared herself for what was to come, going over again what she'd learned so far.

[identity profile] notmyfather.livejournal.com 2007-09-29 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
There are. Valyn reached up and rubbed the bridge of his nose. And they're very dangerous and magic doesn't effect them all. Or doesn't seem to.

He'd encountered only a few of the beasts, but he knew enough of them to know each and every one was as dangerous as the next.

[identity profile] hamenleai.livejournal.com 2007-09-29 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"There's ones that magic doesn't affect?" she echoed, looking intrigued and leaning forward. "How is that possible? It doesn't connect or they're just immune to it? I've never heard of such things."