http://whiny-egomaniac.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] whiny-egomaniac.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2009-04-05 02:35 pm

Day 40: Lunch

*hobble wobble*

"Damn that SCOURGE!" Starscream cried out, the slowly-filling cafeteria producing a jarring echo of his raspy voice. His limping, already bad enough from not knowing how to properly use his crutches, was now exacerbated from the injuries he'd received the shift prior. Despite the gauges in his non-casted leg so lovingly provided by the aforementioned 'patient', Starscream could still put some weight on it, but not so much that he could really stop and rest; relieving the soreness under his arms was out of the question. The nurse that walked behind him with his tray, already upset at having to deal with yet another troublesome inmate, was growing rather impatient as his charge slowly made his way down the food line.

"Just...give me a standard serving of the aquatic creature's flesh, some of those fried potato slices, two bananas, and three bottles of juice," Starscream sighed, his anger from just a moment ago assuaged by the physical exertion needed to move the way he did. "I'm going to sit down here...bring it to me when you're done."

He was hardly surprised to find that one of the bananas was completely bruised along its inner curve, or that the handful of 'chips' on his plate were all on the small side. Tired and frustrated as he was, however, he could barely muster a 'damned flesh-creature' before moving his fingers to the plate, picking one of the longer 'chips' and shoving it into his mouth listlessly.

There was an unusually high concentration of sodium chloride crystals on it. Of COURSE.

[For Tony Stark]

[identity profile] fourtharcana.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
"I bet she'll come around," he said, with a nod. "And of course I'm not going to tell anyone about this. I don't particularly feel like testing the limits of executions, nor do I feel like having another talk about all of this with Ken. Seriously, of all the things to have that kind of curiosity about..." Akihiko shook his head, trying not to think about it too much. That conversation was definitely one he didn't want to relive.

[identity profile] whos-da-man.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I see," Junpei replied, a grin spreading across his face.

"You choked, didn't you? On the birds and bees talk." His grin grew.

[identity profile] fourtharcana.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
"No. I just...well, you answer questions about that from an 11-year-old who's too smart for his own good and just keeps coming up with stuff you never -- okay, maybe you would have, but most people wouldn't come up with," he answered, glaring across the table.

[identity profile] whos-da-man.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay. I'll talk to him and answers the questions you fail at," Junpei replied. Clearly, he knew more than Akihiko did. He'd certainly be experiencing it sooner than his senpai anyways.

...unless Mitsuru decided to take matters into her own hands.

Nah.

[identity profile] fourtharcana.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think that will be necessary," Akihiko snapped back. "Somehow I get the feeling you'd only encourage him to ask even more questions on the bulletin board. And does anyone really need more hard questions on the board?"

[identity profile] whos-da-man.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
At the mention of questions on the board, Junpei looked sufficiently humbled, as if he knew something very poignant about the board.

"Uh... no. I was planning on being a good senpai to him," Junpei replied. "He doesn't have any family, you know. Someone's gotta explain this stuff to him." And wasn't going to be all awkward and shit like Akihiko obviously had been.

Fail, senpai, fail.

[identity profile] fourtharcana.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, it's been explained. With diagrams and everything." Though, really, the entire world would be better off thinking that diagram never existed in the first place. "Which led to a mess on the board the likes of which the world has never seen before."

He shook his head, trying not to think too hard about the mess of sticky paperwork that those two posts on the board had made. "So, really. I don't think it needs explaining again."

[identity profile] whos-da-man.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Clearly, Junpei had missed something and was sufficiently disappointed.

"...alright. I'll just let him know if he has questions, I can answer them, but he'll have to ask me in person. That work better?"

[identity profile] fourtharcana.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I'm not explaining what you missed," Akihiko said, catching that disappointed look. "Neither is anyone else, I suspect, so it's not worth it to ask."

He sighed a little, looking a bit resigned to that being the best he could get. "All right. Fair enough."