Day 37: Sun Room

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Joe had read some of the larger notes stuck up on the bulletin board when the announcement came on the intercom. All things considered, this Landel guy didn't even seem so bad. Even if these people were held here against their will, he was certainly nice about it.

Apparently, the new patients - including Joe - were to hang around in the Sun Room or go to Arts and Crafts with the kids. Well, there was plenty of information on the board, including maps and descriptions of monsters, for Joe to prepare for the nighttime, when he could seriously get going on fighting his way out. He could look for where the boss would probably be waiting, or where his V-watch might be, and figure out how to fight the monsters. In fact, he had plenty of time to work all that out... but this the first time he'd had to really relax since he got his powers. So it couldn't possibly hurt to enjoy the calm period, could it?

The red-head stepped back from the board, and hopped back onto a comfy-looking couch to digest in the sunlight. He reached up to pull his cap down, and sighed when he realized it wasn't there. "Oh well, nothing's perfect. I still wouldn't call this hell."

[free!]

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Artemis gave a noise that sounded like a cross between a laugh and a snort. "Did you save whales at some point?"

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"I eat dolphin safe tuna." Badou assured him. "That's gotta count for something."

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"Dolphin safe tuna," Artemis pondered this for a moment. "My goodness, that's almost like saving the whales, assuredly!" He wondered vaguely for a moment if he himself ate dolphin-safe tuna, or if he had been consuming dolphins.

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"You're such a dick, Arty." Badou flopped down beside him. "I don't even know if we have whales anymore."

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Artemis took the insult in stride, his expression falling a little. "There aren't any whales where you come from?"

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Eventually he was going to have to explain this insults-are-a-form-of-affection thing to Artemis. Badou shrugged. "I don't know. Probably not? We did some pretty nasty things to the world."

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Artemis considered this for a moment, "Tell me Badou, what year is it, where you come from? Or how do you denote time?"

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"When I left it was early august. The third maybe?" Badou gave him the year too, though accuracy was always dodgy at best. "Why?"

(ooc: Stretching my canon knowledge here. XD Assume it's somewhere very roughly around 2500. They achieved telecommunications in space and advanced bioengineering, but then everything collapsed at some point before Badou was born.)

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('Kay! ♥!)

Artemis nodded, taking in the information. That was quite a far bit into his future. "I'm from the summer of 2006," he sighed. "It's dismal to think that the world you describe could be mine. That's all."

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"Better get started on those whales then." Badou replied, ribbing him lightly. "You'll be dust long before then anyway, unless you're developing eternal youth potion as a hobby."

He hesitated a moment, then shrugged, looking up at the ceiling. "What are things really like, anyway? I heard they had wires all the way to the stars, but it sounds like bullshit to me."

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"In 2006?" Artemis chuckled. "We have communications to the stars, but wires? Wires are rather passé. We just use rather strong radio waves to reach those... fortunate souls who travel among the stars."

The boy smiled, fondly remembering the moment he'd spent on the moon.

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"Damn, I guess I lost that bet." Badou looked forlorn for a moment. "Anyway, don't worry too much about it. We've still got decent Italian restaurants."

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Artemis chuckled. "Well thank higher thinking for that," the boy said, rolling his eyes a little. "At least I know that when I come out of being cryogenically frozen, I will be able to have decent cannelloni."

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Badou snorted. "Maybe less than half-decent by your standards, Mr. Fowl." He mimicked Artemis' disgusted face. "I'll just live off salad, thank you. Is that lettuce fresh? It might give me aids.

"You're better off unfreezing in a hundred years. We hit the golden age somewhere between then and now."

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(WOW I WIN. 8D;;;;)

"That isn't my fault," Artemis said hotly. "...and you can't contract AIDS through lettuce. It's impossible. A host of other diseases, probably, but certainly not HIV."

He smiled to himself, amused for a moment. "Yes well, I really have no reason to freeze myself. So perhaps I'll stick with the whales."

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(I still lu. ♥)

"I thought you'd gotten used to me saying things like that by now." Badou replied, unrepentant as ever. "Come on, confess. You were planning to freeze yourself but the horrors of future lettuce turned you off."

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(ilu2 bb. ;A;)

"It's true," Artemis said, deadpanning. "My elder brother died consuming wild greens. Since then, the phobia has come to haunt me, even in my sleep. Oh!" He put a hand to his forehead, "Is there no rest for the wicked?!"

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(they're so cute it kills me a little ♥)

"Poor thing." Badou continued dryly. "You'd better eat plenty of deep-fried steak for lunch. I know how much you like that."

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(inorite? ;A; WE JUST CAN'T STOP.)

Artemis couldn't help it. His lip twitched a little. Deep. Fried. Steak. How did one ruin a perfectly good steak? Why, batter it and fry it, of course. Stupid Americans.

"Oh of course. I'd live off nothing but fried steak if I had the chance. But alas, me and my allergy to meat."

It was true, really. Artemis' stomach still turned at the sight of meat. He hadn't quite figured out why this was happening, though.

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(I JUST CAN'T QUIT YOU BB. T_T)

"Allergic to meat and terrified of vegetables. No wonder you're so scrawny." Not that Badou was one to talk, really. Since he hadn't tried it yet, Badou pinched Artemis' cheek. "Don't worry Artykins, I'll keep the big bad dangerous food away from you. Nothing but fresh strawberries and a hundred times purified milk from purebred Swiss cows for your delicate little stomach."

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(WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO? DDDD:)

Artemis let Badou pull on his face merely because he was so startled that someone would actually have the manhood to try it. He gave Badou a flat look that clearly said, 'Remove yourself from my face.' Or, 'I'm an irate nephew of yours.' Either one.

"Strawbewwies and miwlk," Artemis tried to speak through the pinching. He ended up sounding like an idiot. "Chawming."

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(/NEVER QUITS. Except now I'm off to bed. ;o;)

"Just like a big boy." Badou wondered why Artemis ever expected those sullen glares to do more than egg him on. He let go and gave Artemis' cheek a little pat. "Is milk going to offend your delicate sensibilities too?"

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(SLEEP LIKE A SLEEPY THING! \o/)

"Not if it's properly processed," Artemis said, rubbing the offended cheek and looking sullen. "And for the record, I enjoy vegetables. And... usually meat. But I am used to them being prepared in a very specific way."

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Badou rolled his eye. "Aww, your life is such hell. Remind me never to cook for you."

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Artemis gave Badou a sad smirk. "Can you make a sandwich?"