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]
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[personal profile] madeinthehrl 2009-04-16 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I'd like to see those powers some time," said Soma seriously as the intercom crackled to life. "It sounds like they could come in handy.

"The doctors here probably removed your clock, just like they dulled everyone else's powers." Her face hardened slightly at the thought. "It's completely unfair. The proper thing to do is to let us fight them on even terms. I'd like to see them keep me here if I had my GN-X with me."

"What a thing to say, Maria!" chirped a voice behind her, and she whirled. Why hadn't she heard the nurse coming?

"My name is Soma Peries!"

"None of that, now," said her nurse in a sickeningly sweet voice. "Come along, it's time to go outside! Say goodbye to Frederick."

"Goodbye, Tony," said Soma pointedly, standing up, and offered a very slight smile. Names were names, whatever the woman said. "I hope we can talk again sometime."

[identity profile] tony-castaway.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good-bye, Soma," Tony murmured. At least she wasn't so upset and turned inward like that Skuld lady. His nurse didn't even bother with polite talk. She took him by the arm and led him out of the cafeteria. Because of where they were going, Tony didn't dream of protesting.