Nightshift 31: 2nd Floor Extra Storage

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Leon edged past Kadaj into the newly opened room, shining his flashlight around slowly to take everything in. These were different items than what was kept in the janitor's closet, and he hoped his companion came to appreciate the fact that they'd just found another storage room. Maybe he could pick up some more metal here. He motioned to a stack of sheets with his light. "That might be stronger material for carrying your things in if you can keep it held together."

Moving further in, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye that had him panning the light back around to get a better look at. Giving a sudden cry of "Aha!" Leon rushed over to grab what appeared to be a doctor's coat. He began humming merrily to himself as he shed the coat he was wearing, put this new one on, then put the original coat back on over it. (He needed the pockets after all.)

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He had a point-- not that this room was somewhere worth going, of course, but that one of the sheets might be better. Kadaj simply took one and wrapped it around the bag he already had, tying it in a few places to ensure it stayed secure. Maybe he could foist the sheet off on someone later, too. Making it into some kind of bag could also work, but he didn't have the faintest idea how to go about doing it.

"You seem happy," he observed, smirking at his com-pan-ion. What a sickening word. "How sweet. You do know that it's at least ten sizes too big for you, right?"

As he spoke, he sifted through some of the supplies, looking for just about anything that might catch his fancy. Burn cream... that would have been useful about a week ago, so why not now? He grabbed some of it, along with a few rolls of gauze. What else...

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"And?" Leon answered, voice still cheerful. "It's a bit like what I had back home, so I don't mind. They don't normally make them my size anyway." Granted, the one he had back home looked so much nicer than this very plain one, but he wasn't going to complain. He'd take whatever he could get.

Watching Kadaj, he pointed out one of the wheelchairs folded in a corner and smirked. "You could always wheel everything around in one of those." He found that mental image pretty darn funny.

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Kadaj couldn't think of anything to say that could make what Leon had just said sound even worse, so he simply stared at him with the corners of his mouth twitching before looking away with a small snicker. There were some times when laughing outright wasn't nearly as effective as pretending to try and hide it, and Kadaj could say with absolute certainty that now was one of those times. Poor, poor Leon.

"I think I'll pass," he replied eventually, still smiling but somehow seeming displeased with the idea at the same time. "The only reason I'd want to be near one of those again would be if I could push both it and whoever was sitting in it off of a very, very tall building-- a cliff, perhaps, or maybe a waterfall?" Which would be the worst, he wondered? He fell silent, still looking off to one side as he considered this. Probably the waterfall...

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Leon did giggle a bit at Kadaj's comment as he checked around the room some more. What an odd person. He just didn't know what to think of him. Who would envision pushing someone off a waterfall in a wheelchair? And it was hard to tell if Kadaj had actually taken the suggestion seriously despite it's obviously humorous intent.

Looking about, he couldn't think of anything else he had an immediate use for. He did briefly contemplate grabbing an extra pillow just for luxury's sake, but figured it wouldn't be worth lugging around and he didn't spend enough time in his room anyway. Was there anything his friends or his roommate would want? Finally, figuring you could never have too much extra cloth, he grabbed a folded sheet and tucked it under his arm.

"Anything else?"

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Disappointed that his efforts to annoy Leon had failed, Kadaj pouted and went back to hunting through the supplies. Aside from some of the medical supplies, most of the things here were so unwieldy; he'd have a hard time trying to haul any of it around and defend himself if something attacked, so what little he had interest in aside from what he'd already taken would have to wait. Typical.

"No, that's everything," he said, turning away from the pair of goggles he'd been inspecting and giving Leon a lopsided smile. "I'm surprised you're not taking another coat, you know. What if that one gets stained?" Stained with what was a question he'd leave up to Leon's imagination to answer.

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"Oh!" Leon slapped a fist into his palm. He hadn't thought of that. "You're right!" Hurrying back to where the coats were, the boy grabbed up two more and bundled them up with the sheet. It would get a bit hefty to carry under his arm, so he tied the sheet up like a sack and attached it to the end of the mop via the yarn-like strands on the head. Quite inventive, if he did say so himself.

"Thanks for that," he said to Kadaj with a grin, one hundred percent serious.

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... Kadaj hadn't meant to be that helpful, but since he hadn't been trying too terribly hard to insult Leon with that remark, he muttered a "you're welcome" that was only slightly begrudging and left it at that. He'd need to be more direct next time, he supposed.

"Time to get moving, then?" he added, heading towards the door. Whatever Leon's answer was didn't matter, in other words, because he was leaving now.

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