damned_institute | Day 36: Intercom, Evening

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Day 36: Intercom, Evening

The intercom's jingle rang out and the somewhat uninhibited movement that was going on between the main activity rooms halted as the Head Doctor made one of his usual announcements.

"Good evening everyone, and I'm very pleased to see so many of you in such high spirits after meeting with your loved ones! However, like with all good things, it can't last forever, so I ask now for nurses to escort our patients in the waiting rooms and in the main areas back to their rooms, where they will be treated with a special Sunday... steak! That's right: today, we'll be serving juicy, delicious steak with fries and cooked vegetables on the side – simple enough for everyone to like and good enough for everyone to thoroughly enjoy! (Our patients with specialized diets will receive their alternate meals, of course.) Our usual beverages are available, and for dessert, we'll be serving warm slices of apple pie.

"After all, patients, t's always wonderful to see all of you cooperating with the staff even when given so much freedom, so I'd like to personally thank and congratulate all of you for helping us, your family, and more importantly, yourselves. Hopefully, we can help you to a speedy recovery so that you can see your loved ones more often, but first... dinner! I hope to speak with you all again soon."

The intercom clicked off.

[ All room threads go in response to this post; please post your character's room number as the subject line of the initial post. Thank you!

On an added note, just wanted to clarify to players of characters who are canonly vegetarians and the like that you get to decide (within reasonable and realistic limits) what kind of diet your character gets from the staff. :3 ]

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"I didn't mean to bring it up," he said again. Taking a slow breath, he pulled back and smiled at Artemis. It was honest and warm, if a bit small and unsteady. He rubbed at his eyes again.

"I'm okay."

Artemis looked concerned. "Are you sure? You didn't... cry very long."

He felt his pride as a man deflate a little.

Haku laughed softly at that. "I'm alright. Please understand, before I came here, I hadn't cried in nearly ten years. I've cried now three times since coming here."

"I can understand that," Artemis admitted. Granted, he'd cried moments before coming to Landel's, but he wasn't very big on crying. He thought back. "I've cried... four times? Maybe five. I lost count somewhere a week ago."

Haku smiled and reached up to place his fingers on Artemis's jaw. "I know. And the times I've witnessed, you had good reason to."

He made a face and hid in his friend's shoulder again. "This, on the other hand, was silly."

Artemis smiled and put a hand on Haku's head. "Why was it silly? I think you were perfectly within your rights to cry."

"It was long enough ago I should have gotten over it."

"We live with the things we do, no matter how deep they are buried," Artemis said, his gaze fixating on the ceiling above them. "And the most painful ones always pick the most inopportune times to reassert themselves."

"Hey," Haku reached up and tapped the other boy on the nose. "We've had enough drama for one night, alright?" He smiled.

"Let's try this again."

Artemis blinked, "Yes, of course. What are we trying again?"

Were they trying the whole night over again? Artemis was a little confused.

Haku smiled and then shifted to tuck himself up against Artemis, taking one of his hands and placing the other boy's hand on his waist.

"There. Same thing, less tears."

Artemis smiled and settled against Haku. "Yes, I suppose this is better."

The boy swallowed. "Though... I can't breathe very well," he admitted. "Would you mind getting my tubes for me?"

Haku reached over and picked them up before carefully reaching to place them back on his friend.

"I told you you shouldn't have gotten up," he said, moving back to his spot, mindful of the oxygen tubes.

Artemis rolled his eyes, "I'm not going to suffocate and die from a few unoxygenated minutes. Especially when I could exercise my caring and giving nature in so opportune a moment." He smirked lightly down at Haku.

"Though I can't say that I've ever had a friend shove tubes up my nose. This is a first."

Haku smiled. "I've had practice," he said. "well, with the tubes anyway. I don't think I've had to shove them up a friend's nose before."

Artemis wasn't sure he wanted to know why Haku had practice shoving tubes up people's noses. He decided to ignore it. "You can keep my handkerchief, by the way."

"Thank you." Haku smiled. "I'm afraid I don't have anything to offer in return."

For a while he was quiet, enjoying the feeling here.

"I want to know what your language sounds like."

Artemis blinked. Yes... he'd forgotten that Haku wasn't speaking English. And that he was technically speaking in Japanese.

"I don't know how I would convey it," Artemis thought for a moment. "But I can speak Japanese," he said in a very formal, businesslike tone.

Haku frowned. "Japanese? Everyone here assumes I am Japanese and from Japan. I don't know the country though."

Artemis looked puzzled. "Perhaps you are from a world where it doesn't exist as a country, but as a geographical location..."

He studied Haku's face. "Your features are distinctly Japanese. And you've used Japanese words before. Like 'yukata'," the boy frowned deeply.

"I'm not even familiar with the name at all. I've only heard it here." He frowned in thought.

"All the places in my home are named for either their climate, or what they are known for... Interesting that I would resemble a people I don't know and use the same words."

"It is..." Artemis said, thinking. "It truly is curious, this various dimension and world theory. But I'm not complaining," Artemis smiled. "It brought me to you," the boy said in German. It was the closest language to English that Artemis knew. Certainly it made him sound a little gruff, but...

Haku blinked at the strange language and then laughed. "That was strange," he said. "But interesting. What was it?"

He never could pass up a chance to learn.

"German," Artemis answered. "It's called German. Spoken by people in Germany. It isn't a very pleasant sounding language, but its one that is closest to my own."

Haku frowned and sounded out the words. "Ger... many." He wrinkled his nose. It didn't sound right to him. "German is spoken in germany. If it's close to your own, then it is harsh-sounding like ....German?"

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