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] pleading-ngri.livejournal.com 2009-04-14 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Phoenix. It's nice to meet you." He was a little relieved by the change of topic, to be honest. Going any deeper into the whys and wherefores of that grudge meant a long story of murder, murder, poorly-conceived romantic choices, and more murder. Sen seemed like a nice young woman. There was no need to bother her with all of that.

He offered his hand to shake, automatically, and hadn't even finished extending his arm when he remembered that she might not be able to reciprocate. The retraction was a little clumsy, salvaged only by an embarrassed "-ah, sorry." Smooth. Very smooth.

"I didn't - yeah." He scratched at the back of his head, if only because just dropping his hand to the table again seemed even more awkward. "Is your arm okay?"

[identity profile] tostepforward.livejournal.com 2009-04-14 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
The awkwardness of the gesture was noted, but Ayumu took it in the sense that it was meant - it appeared that this 'Phoenix' was polite enough, and seemed to be genuinely friendly. Despite the fact that he'd somehow annoyed the white-haired man enough to want to throw paper projectiles at him, of course, but sometimes nice people just attracted enemies.

She smiled at him and shook her head a little to indicate that she realized the reason for the apology but didn't feel it was necessary, and just moved on. "Oh, it'll be fine, I'm sure. It's hardly injured at all." It was the truth, after all, even if she did say it in a 'I'm trying to be brave' sort of tone. "A...friend and I ran into a little trouble last night."