ext_201930 ([identity profile] byname-bynature.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2008-09-10 08:17 pm
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Day 35: Twin Pines Restaurant

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Artemis walked into the restaurant and glanced around at the decor. He wasn't impressed, but he wasn't disdainful either. He simply smiled. It was nice... for a town with a population of barely three hundred.

The boy smiled up at the person up front. "Two, if you please."
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[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Sanzo didn't even bother to move the menu, his voice muffled behind it.

"I'm sure Landel has some kind of arrangement with them." he said. He turned the page. "Probably money."

Not that money would be enough if the people thought they were living next to a real insane asylum, much less let them right into town. No amount of money could cure fear. Whether they were actually insane or not wouldn't matter to these people.

He'd only seen Landel once, but that was enough: the man carried himself well, and he definitely had a presence.

The fucker had charisma, he'd give him that. It made him dangerous.

Sanzo set the menu down. "Hurry up and pick something. We need to have a talk."

[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-14 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
"About Kenren," Sanzo said. Now that Goku had tried doing his own thing (despite Sanzo's wishes) and looked for Hakkai and come up with nothing, it was time to come full circle and confront him on this other issue that he'd gotten pigheaded about. The chimp had his chance.

"I don't want to see you going near that asshole."

The monk folded his arms over his chest.

"You already proved my point earlier about Hakkai. You were confident that you'd find him, and you didn't. I want you to stay away from Kenren. Or are you going to have to be wrong about him too first?"

[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-14 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
"What, just like you were right about Hakkai?" Sanzo pointed out.

It was a low blow, but sometimes the monk had to fight dirty with Goku, if he wanted to drive a point home. Sometimes it felt like the idiot had selective hearing, which meant that what he was trying to do was pretty much pointless.

At Homura's name, Sanzo scowled.

"I'm fixated on him right now because he's a risk, and you can't seem to keep away from him, that's why." How hard was this to grasp? "You don't know what kind of person Homura is. But Kenren does. And he's willing to overlook how fucked up the bastard is and serve under him anyway. We can't trust him when his priorities are elsewhere, and when he's proven that he's willing to work with someone like him."

Normally Sanzo wouldn't give a shit if Kenren went off and did whatever-the-fuck he wanted, except he'd wedged a foot into their group. Goku especially was a problem: it was like a moth to flame.

"Do you understand why this is bad?"

[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-16 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Sanzo's mouth twitched a little. Maybe Goku didn't realize it, but he'd just pinned the monk into a corner. And he'd done it with only two words.

He'd already told the chimp what was wrong, glossing over the majority of it. Goku had obviously guessed there was more to it, and he was right. A lot of what the priest had found out about Homura was too close to home. He did not want to tell Goku anything that'd happened between him and that asshole.

The worst part was that Goku was perfectly within his rights to even ask it. It made sense: Sanzo told him something was bad, of course he couldn't just accept it as-is anymore. He'd want to know why.

Things were a lot simpler when Goku was younger.

"I already told you, idiot, he has an interest in the sutra," Sanzo snapped. It sounded weak, even to his ears. He had to resist going for a cigarette that wasn't on him, clenching his fist instead.

Where the hell was the waitress?

[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-16 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
The monkey'd fallen silent, probably trying to fill in the gaps that Sanzo wasn't willing to. He'd known the kid for so long that it was like reading an open book.

Although considering Goku, it wasn't like he could keep a poker-face anyway.

At least that was one thing he could count on. Goku was too naive to land on the other possibilities, and there wasn't any Gojyo around to give him any ideas.

Sanzo leaned back in his seat. "Don't think too hard on it. You'll hurt yourself."

[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-16 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
Finally. Where was she when he'd really needed a distraction earlier?

"I'll have a side of rice," he told her. He wasn't that hungry. Not with the prospect of having to watch the chimp dive into his food like that, and not with the way the conversation was turning.

He looked at Goku. Now the kid was getting weird again, an uncomfortable look on his face.

"And I'll take a steak as well." he added. Not that he was going to eat it.


[identity profile] 31st-of-china.livejournal.com 2008-09-16 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Sanzo set the water he'd about to drink down, and gave Goku a steady stare.

"No. I'm not." he said, the warning heavy in his voice. That was it, as far as he was concerned.

For once, Sanzo wasn't entirely sure what Goku was thinking. He'd have thought that since he couldn't come up with a good possible reason, then that would've been it.

Done and over with.

Why wouldn't the dumbass just drop it? It wasn't like he was as easy as the roach: he wasn't going to crack if prodded enough. It just proved that even Goku could be almost as stubborn as Hakkai when it came down to something. Just stubborn in a different way.
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