Day 32: Cafeteria, Breakfast

[darwinism]

Sylar's gears were still turning as the nurse and a burly orderly escorted him down long halls and through a strange, sunlit room. He'd been forced to drop his pen when the orderly had seen it, and since then, he'd realized that this place had better security than he'd originally anticipated, as well as a large population of patients. It looked like he'd have to bide his time for now, pretending to be this 'Zachary Blaine' and trying to figure out how the hell he'd gotten here.

His mind went over and over the events in Mohinder's lab, tracing every second that led up to his unconsciousness. According to the computer logs and the decked-out loft, Mohinder was working for the Company now, so had that woman with the electricity been an operative? Was this all a Company front? Even so, it didn't make sense for them to drop him off somewhere without any close supervision. They knew how dangerous he was. How special he was.

But right now, his abilities had been nullified and he was left only with the option of playing along. It was a very good thing that it was something he excelled at, even with his sudden loss of the cure clouding his thoughts and telling him to do something drastic.

Still, it was fun to take ahold of strings and let someone think they were pulling him when in fact he was the puppetmaster. Who knew? Maybe he could find a new toy now that his last one had worn out.

Sylar took his syrup-covered waffle to a table and tried to keep track of both the security and the people flooding in. Soon, he'd find an opening, a weak link he could exploit. It was only a matter of time.

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[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

Kurogane did not pay much attention to what was for breakfast or for where he took a seat either. Again. It had happened again! Much as he should have been used to waking up as though the whole night had been nothing but a mere dream, it continued to irk him how suddenly it happened. And yet again he'd managed to get nothing at all done.

Now after four days, he was starting to wonder if the kids were even still alive. The basement could not be a pleasant place, and this place was clearly given to torture. He knew the Princess, strong as she could be wouldn't be able to handle anything for too long, either physically or mentally. The kid was stronger, but he was still just that, a kid. He'd break too. Three days had been enough for the Magician, so now, it was either three days or a week they'd been separated by the time differences.

He had to do something tonight.

[killing-suzie.livejournal.com]

Jack looked up at his new friend and favored him with a gleaming smile. "Morning," he said. "Isn't waffle day great?"

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

At the voice, Kurogane came away from his thoughts to a very wide smile. Who was this? And what had he said? Wafusu? "Is that what these are?" he asked, then started poking the soggy bread thing with his fork. He'd never really questioned what food was so long as it tasted all right. This stuff looked kind of sweet though, like something the magician would have whipped up in Otou. He had a feeling he wouldn't enjoy it too much.

[killing-suzie.livejournal.com]

"Yep," Jack said, cheerfully slicing his to pieces so it'd be easier to eat. "Belgian waffles, to be precise. Thicker and more flavorful than their American counterparts, though not quite as sweet." He laughed. "So I'm guessing you're from somewhere that doesn't have waffles. Which narrows it down, since most intelligent beings I've run across have invented a waffle analog some time in their history. It's something of a universal connection between all beings."

[contentincloset.livejournal.com]

The man listed off more words that didn't register for Kurogane, but he was able to understand enough by what the other said. Another who understood that people could come from different places. Maybe he could get some information past what kind of food he was supposedly eating.

"Then what world is this?" he asked, looking up from the plate. There was a hint of annoyance in his tone since the man's comment had made it seem as though he didn't slate Kurogane as "intelligent" apparently. So what if he didn't know what a Wafu was!