http://emotionl4arobot.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] emotionl4arobot.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2009-01-11 12:39 am

Day 38: Patients' Library

The intercom rang out, disrupting what had turned out to be a rather pointless breakfast conversation, at least in Brainiac 5's eyes. He couldn't wait to put more distance between himself and Scar's blather of how logic, of all things, might not work the same way in this dimension. It was almost enough to make him believe that the man may very well have been a lion originally after all, as he'd never heard anything so very... ignorant and uneducated.

He quickly finished up the fruit he'd been nibbling on - he was no longer as hungry as he had been - and looked around automatically to see where Clark was. Unfortunately with the press of people around, some being led off to the library and others to the mentioned 'therapy sessions' - if that was what they really were - he had lost sight of the Kryptonian. Still there wasn't many places he could go, so Brainiac 5 would be able to catch up with him eventually to check on his condition and try and learn more about what had happened last night. That the Chapel had healed him - admittedly by passing his injuries to another - was interesting, but far more important in his eyes was what had happened to Clark and his powers. They hadn't been working correctly and that worried the Coluan boy more than he would normally have admitted. Without Clark's abilities... he wasn't sure what they would have to rely on in order to escape.

Another problem he would have to deal with was Grell... or, if he was to believe the notes on the bulletin board, the person pretending to be Grell. But that was going to require more careful planning before he made a move. Come to think of it, he had agreed to meet another in the library today on that same post that had sparked this whole mess. At least then he would have something of interest to look forward to, as he doubted any of the 21st century books were likely to be worthwhile to someone of his advanced intellect.

Following the nurses led him to what must have been the library; a reasonably large room filled with a range of archaic books on tall shelves, a few tables and chairs interspersed around the room. The Coluan boy couldn't refrain from wrinkling his nose in distaste as he entered the room, not liking the cumbersome books and the dust that he knew would have gathered on them; he much preferred the clean arrangement of his C.O.M.P.U.T.O. systems back in the Legion headquarters. It was much more practical then shelves and shelves of books on fictional worlds and dated information.

Trying to avoid as much of the room as possible, Brainiac 5 settled himself down on a chair to wait, keeping an eye out for a tall, dark-haired man with a red... something on his forehead.

[for Homura]

[identity profile] intoindra.livejournal.com 2009-01-17 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
"It matters if I don't want to spend the rest of my life fighting inhuman monsters," Roland pointed out with an almost-teasing level of sagacity, but the point did stand. If he was going to be a coward and walk away from his own world, he might as well go for a jackpot instead of just a booby prize. Of course, he hadn't decided what course of action he was going to take, but at the least, he knew that he had those options. Home was where the heart was... and for Roland, that was his comrades and his friends. In other words, in a real sense, this was 'home' far more than the other place had wound up being.

Ah well. It had to be getting close to that time, and he'd spent more than enough of Peter's time as it was. So the pale man stood up, offering his hand to the other guy. "...but that's enough about that for now. Stay safe, all right?"

[identity profile] human-sponge.livejournal.com 2009-01-17 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Guess you'd better figure it out, then," Peter joked in return. Part of him really wanted to know what Roland's home was like after the hints that he had gotten about it, but now obviously wasn't the time for that. He would just have to make sure to track down the man again some other time. They seemed to have a tendency to run into each other.

As Roland stood up, Peter did as well, grasping his hand and nodding. "You too," he said, firmly. After just letting someone's life slip through his fingers, he really couldn't afford to lose someone else who he was starting to get to know.

That taken care of, Peter exited the library out into the Sun Room, fully intending to check that bulletin board.