Day 46: Lunch

The mere fact that she'd been susceptible to whatever hold the Institute had had on her yesterday was sufficient to leave Ayumu both upset and angry - no, not angry, downright furious, both at herself and whoever was responsible for that. But there was also the fact that because of it, she'd lost out on an entire day of work, and in several ways had ruined some of what she'd done already. That little conversation with Himura the day before, for instance, was something she'd sincerely prefer not to remember if she'd had any choice in the matter.

Unless the man was a complete moron, which, unfortunately, was one thing she couldn't believe of him, he had to have realized just who her brother was. After all the effort to keep that fact quiet (not exactly a secret, but certainly not advertised; half the Shinsengumi probably never even realized it because there was no reason to) she'd gone and chatted about it with him. Told him all about it, practically painted a bright target around a weakness that shouldn't have existed in the first place.

She'd spent the shift in the Sun Room pretending to sleep, while in truth forcing herself into calm. After years of practice she could shunt away the useless and distracting emotions, focusing only on what was important and needed to be at the forefront of her mind, and by the time the intercom signaled the lunch period she was feeling considerably calmer. The time to silently observe others had, as well, alerted her to something she probably should have noticed earlier: Mello was back. Would her previous objective be reinstated now? He seemed to have far less of a bulletin presence this time, so perhaps not. Still, though, it bore investigating.

None of her thoughts were visible, of course, as she moved through the line, examining the lunch selection somewhat dubiously. Now with the benefit of Yuuko's memories she might recognize the food, but she certainly didn't share the enthusiasm for it that her imaginary self apparently had. Ayumu skipped past that part and settled for the salad bar and some bread, then positioned herself in a place where she could watch both the door and the rest of the room, setting her journal open in front of herself as though planning to write something. There was far too much that she'd missed, too much work to do now.

[for Okita]

[identity profile] timeseal.livejournal.com 2009-12-24 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
... Was this kid actually inviting him to kill him tonight? The offer was tempting, oh so temping as Rolo just looked the kid over. Black eyes, bandages, and a sling. Unless this kid was some martial arts master, he would fall fairly quickly, even without the use of his Geass.

Oh, that would be wonderful. Someone he could actually kill. Rolo actually paused thoughtfully, looking off to the side as he seriously considered this kid's offer.

It was obviously a trap. No one wanted to die, and it was never easy. Even with his Geass, the place had to be perfect, the cameras had to be out of the way, the murder weapon (and murderer) had to "disappear." But Rolo did want to know what this kid was thinking: a silly ploy for "revenge", or did he really want to die?

"... No thanks. Where are you going?" So, in other words, he was interested but it just depended on where.
godforsaken: (hey man why are you staring.)

[personal profile] godforsaken 2009-12-24 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Sync wasn't sure why the kid was taking so long to respond. His current state should've been enough to show that he wouldn't have been able to completely defend himself. Surely the brunet wasn't actually trying to be cautious about such a seemingly simple job. The God-General rolled his eyes while taking a few more bites of his pizza as he listened to the latter's answer.

"Aren't you contradicting yourself?" A simple 'yes' or 'no' would've sufficed, so he didn't know why the latter was asking for details.

"Just the chemical storage," He finally answered in a plane tone. "But I doubt you'd know where that was since it took you so long to even make it to the F-Block last night."

[identity profile] timeseal.livejournal.com 2009-12-26 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," Rolo replied, ignoring the kid's attempts to ... well, he guessed the kid was trying to rile him up. But Rolo wasn't interested in that, as the kid revealed something else that was actually worth his attention: A... chemical storage? Rolo knew where the pharmacy was now, but now he was truly intrigued.

It was really hard to ignore the jabs at him, though, but Rolo managed to ignore that long enough to try and formulate a response. Well, even if he wanted to follow this kid and then kill him... It could have been a trap. How did he know this kid wasn't just planning to lead him to some random room where others were waiting? Rolo couldn't imagine why, unless this kid really was angry at him for interrupting his suicide attempt.

Oh boo hoo.

"Mm," In the end, maybe it wouldn't be worth pursuing, as Rolo knew he had better things to do. On the other hand... "Sure, why not?"
godforsaken: (lost and too alive to stop.)

[personal profile] godforsaken 2009-12-28 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Sync honestly hoped that the latter didn't think that he was actually worth any effort to trick or ambush. In reality, all he wanted was a source of entertainment, and if the brunet really was going to attempt to kill him then it didn't bother him to do a bit of coaxing. Of course, if he really did prove to be a threat then he had no qualms with killing him either. It was as simple as that.

In the end the replica simply nodded, finishing the rest of his pizza before responding.

"Your room is located in the block above the female block, right?" Honestly, his tone made it sound more like a statement than a question. After all, the latter seemed to have been going that way when he was trying to move him to his room. "You can wait outside your hall and I'll meet you there."