damned_institute | Day 39: Intercom, Evening

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Day 39: Intercom, Evening

The Head Doctor seemed a little rushed as he spoke on the intercom, not taking as much pleasure as he usually did in describing the delicious food that would soon be served.

"Hello, everyone! Tonight is turkey night, which means turkey breast in a great turkey gravy with some nice turkey sides: peas, herb potatoes, a small garden salad, and for dessert, a slice of pumpkin pie. We of course have vegetarian substitutes available, as well as our usual assortment of drinks.

"...I believe that's it! I'll talk to you soon!"

The intercom clicked off abruptly.

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Today had turned out just how Sanae had wanted it to: he'd found a Partner and made plenty of headway toward acquiring the All-Important Items. Granted, Godot hadn't replied back yet to his post, which made things tilt toward a Plan B, but he was sure that either way things would work out.

Jiraya wasn't in the room when he came in, so Sanae settled into his desk chair and dug in eagerly into the turkey dinner while he waited for his roommate.

Jiraiya arrived soon afterwards, looking like he was deep in thought. His discussion with Kakashi had been one he'd rather avoid, but he valued the man's opinion. Kakashi had been right that Jiraiya would have to be more careful of how long he spent with Naruto during nightshift in the future.

What was also surprising is that Kakashi didn't know what his subordinates were up to. It hadn't occurred to Jiraiya at the time, as he had been concerned with other things, but it was plainly obvious now. Sakura, Naruto, and Sai weren't working together with their captain in the slightest.

But despite that, Jiraiya still smiled when he saw his roommate, even as he gave him a somewhat annoyed look, "I'm not sure if I should be mad or happy with you."

Sanae swallowed the turkey he'd been chewing. "Feel free to be both if you like." He knew what Jiraiya was referring to, and frankly, the barista had no regrets concerning what he'd written over the board. It wasn't as if he'd said anything that was relationship-breaking, after all. ~~And Joshua would have definitely been crueler.~~

He motioned toward their dinner with his fork. "And the salad's a little wilted, but otherwise it's not too bad tonight." He would wait a bit for Jiraiya to settle in before springing Plan B on him.

Jiraiya smirked at Sanae's reply, then went to sit down at his desk. "Well, that's good to know. At least they don't feed us actual hospital food. Could be worse."

He started eating, then glanced at Sanae. "Need any weapons? Renamon and I got some last night. Scalpels, although I might be able to make some bigger knives prior to nightshift starting."

"Yeah, could be jell-o twenty-four seven," Sanae said offhandedly. He didn't have anything against jell-o, but having it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner would probably end up making him sick. And malnourished. Which would be counter-productive.

"And I think I'll take you up on the offer," he said in between bites. "Can't say I'm very good with any weapon, but I'm even worse hand-to-hand." When he'd been a Player his psych had revolved around different decals he would paint, which had effectively rendered him a long-range kind of guy.

"Also, I got a favor to ask: would you mind if I tagged along tonight? I had plans, but it looks like they've been postponed at the moment." And he really needed to get out and get a feeling for the kind of turf he'd be tagging.

Jiraiya made a face at the idea of nothing but jell-o. He continued eating, not eating horribly fast, but not eating slow, either. He didn't have time to enjoy dinner if he wanted to get things done before nightshift.

"Against some of the things I've seen, going hand to hand is suicide," Jiraiya replied easily, but he had to think about the second. "Hmm, I don't have any plans after I meet Renamon, so why the hell not? It's better to go in pairs than alone."

He then grinned a bit wickedly. "You'll probably be left outside the door for a bit when I see Renamon, if you're okay with that."

Well, he'd taken care of back-up plans fairly quickly, although hopefully he wouldn't end up being a drag on Jiraiya. None of his angel powers seemed to be working at all, which left him pretty much an average joe. And average joes didn't usually have ninja training, or any training at all for that matter.

"Should've figured," Sanae said. "And thanks, man. I promise I'll give you two some privacy." He returned the grin. "Yep, I'll just mind my own business..."

Jiraiya rolled his eyes at that, but he was still smiling, "Just don't go starting rumors about what we did. I might get mad. Or Renamon might--and she has this nasty new clawed glove weapon...."

He let that hang in the air for a moment, then went back to eating rather happily. Jiraiya was joking, of course (for the most part), but he still enjoyed it.

"Aw, I'm not that kind of guy," Sanae said, flapping a hand. "Have a little faith; I'm not some kind of lurk." And he really wasn't, even though his job kind of required him to be sometimes. It was for the Players' own good though, really.

He munched through his salad. "So...what do these scalpels look like? Standard lab stuff?" If he was going to be relying on a scalpel for protection, he might as well take the time to familiarize himself with it.

"I was kidding, you know--you're not that kind of guy," Jiraiya replied, echoing what Sanae had said.

As to the next question, Jiraiya nodded. "Standard lab stuff. Any idea how many you want?"

Sanae laughed. "Just making sure."

He considered Jiraiya's question. "I have no idea. If they break easily, I'm sure I'd want like four or so for back-ups. The scalpels I used back in school were a little on the flimsy side, if I recall. 'Course, here in a professional environment, I'd wager things are a little stronger."

"Five sounds about right," Jiraiya nodded, then grinned. "They should be decent enough, from what I've seen of them."

Jiraiya glanced over at Sanae again. "Any ideas what you want to do tonight? I'd rather see more of the Institute."

"Good to know that at least this place appreciates quality," Sanae said wryly. There was a positive!

The barista shrugged. "Kind of want to do some exploring myself, to get a feel for this place. Gotta scope out some potential sites and all that."

"Well hey, they did pick us, you know," Jiraiya pointed out, grinning.

"Exploring it is, then," he smirked--and that's when the doors unlocked.

"... Earlier than usual," the Sannin blinked, then shrugged. "You go look at what areas you want to look at--I gotta see my kid before we go."

Jiraiya stood, quickly changed into his clothes, and pulled out Naruto's box. Hopefully what was in it would cheer up the kid a little. Naruto had been through a lot today.

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