Day 30: Cafeteria, Dinner

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

The cafeteria was all but empty when Zelnick got there. He was a little disappointed; he had gotten the impression that patients usually ate dinner in their rooms, so he hadn't arranged to meet anyone, and there really wasn't anyone to sit by and engage in conversation yet.

Quietly, he collected dinner and a big glass of orange juice, and chose a seat near the food-serving counters. Talking for so long had made him thirsty... and, well, fruit juice was a luxury he had missed.

[Stalk away, my dearest Admiral. <3 ]

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[akarusa.livejournal.com]

"I am," she assured softly. "You too."

The mirror question was a good one. "A hand mirror could work, I think. Maybe the infirmary would have those... except I don't know for sure that there is one." It made sense, but nobody had ever found one that she knew of. "Hmm... I guess it's possible the employee locker room would have something. Look for compacts--and if you get any, can I have the half with the makeup?" She grinned a little.

Actually, wait... "You might have more luck in the patient possessions storage room. It's hard to get into and it won't be unguarded, but it has what we supposedly did when we were admitted. Almost any purse you can find should have at least one compact with a mirror, and it shouldn't take you too long to find perfectly round ones." Makeup and the assorted things that went with it really came in handy more than most people knew.

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

"The patient possessions room would probably be less well-guarded than the employee locker room. Relatively speaking. I'll try there first." Though how he'd get locked doors open was something he'd have to think about. He couldn't pick locks, and he probably couldn't kick a door down with one leg so weak that he needed a cane.

[akarusa.livejournal.com]

"I'd feel better if you went with someone..." He was the loner type, but just this once? She would have suggested Sei-chan, but neither of them could easily talk about him yet. "You can't be the only one who wants to get in there. Once you're in and the room's clear, everyone could go after their own goals."

Hokuto was well aware Subaru didn't talk to many people, but he could put up a notice on the board to get a group together. Or, if he wanted, and technically speaking, even if he didn't she could ask around for him. She had enough connections so she should be able to arrange something.

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

"I'll be okay, Hokuto-chan. From looking at the bestiary someone posted, it seems like what I ran into last night was among the worst things in this place, so if I could handle that I'm sure I won't have too many problems tonight." Of course, he'd been at full strength last night, and he'd had help, but he wasn't going to mention that.

[akarusa.livejournal.com]

He didn't have to. "Were you injured when you fought the monster last night?" Hokuto pointed out. Subaru was powerful, but home and here were two different matters. While he'd retained a lot of, maybe even most of, what he usually had, the monsters here were also very little like the ones he was used to facing. He knew how to prepare himself, but he still insisted on going alone, and that worried her.

Of course, she would have been worried anyway... this in spite of the fact that she didn't want him to worry about her. She was the big sister, it was different!

[broken-babylon.livejournal.com]

"Only a little. I'll be fine." Subaru was very aware, now, of how much magic he did and did not have here--wanting to find a mirror was part of his desire to at least take full advantage of what he did have left.

"I'll be careful, Hokuto-chan. I won't fight if I don't have to." Tonight was a personal mission, not a rescue mission, so Subaru didn't see any reason to stand and fight if it was clear he wouldn't win.

[akarusa.livejournal.com]

"Is your definition of 'have to' the same as I remember?" Hokuto asked. It came out a lot softer than she intended; she really wasn't dealing with things as well as she claimed.

The last thing she wanted to do in front of Subaru was let her voice crack, though, so when she spotted Naoya and someone very familiar she was glad for the distraction. Did she know the other man...? No, he just looked a lot like his companion.

...so much that he had to be Naoya's brother.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, maybe a little too quickly. "Naoya's brother is here!" How long had it been since she checked up on him? "Come on, let's eat with them!"

[[Dragging Subaru to here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/299179.html?thread=24224683#t24224683).]]