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norainu ([personal profile] norainu) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2007-04-04 07:27 am

DAY 23: BREAKFAST

That hadn't felt like an entire night.

And his goddamn head hurt. Pounded, even. Enough that he wondered if he was going to end up playing another round of "Christen the nurse" this morning.

Maybe it was because he'd spent so much time and energy trying to find Nowe. That could be the reason behind both those problems. Just the thought of it made his stomach turn, made him want to fucking choke something.

Still, there was shit to do. He forced himself out of bed to put away his pens and the other leftovers from the adventures that didn't happen last night. He'd have to try to talk to Sora today, to see if they could just do tonight what they were going to do last night... and to see if the kid was doing alright.

...he just wished his head would stop hurting. That was probably the result of just how badly he'd overreached himself the previous morning.

The nurse that showed up to get him was cheerful. He grunted at her, listening to her with only half an ear until she mentioned all the excitement, about someone pretending to be a patient, all that crap that Landel had mentioned.

Renji gave her a narrow-eyed look. "Dr. Landel is a goddamn lying coward, and he's lying about that, too," he said. Whether it was true or not, there was only so much good cheer he could take on a shitty morning. "I hope he chokes on a cock." No matter how much venom he put in that statement, it wasn't enough.

Then he had to listen to a lecture about language and gratitude for the rest of the walk to the cafeteria, so maybe it wasn't worth it after all. She dragged him through the breakfast line, and he ended up with granola and toast and tea and a cinnamon roll, because not even a shitty fucking night could ruin his sweet tooth. Though that thing was looking a little too sweet.

The cafeteria was pretty much empty; he had his run of the place. He sat himself about as far from the doors as he could get, and proceeded to stare at his breakfast.

[identity profile] notmyfather.livejournal.com 2007-04-06 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Long enough." Once more, Valyn shrugged. He was what he was, and he couldn't change that. Ancestors knew he'd tried. And while he as young for one of his kind, he'd seen more and done more than Lords centuries older than him. Change wasn't easy for Elvenkind. Not when you were beaten and manipulated and conditioned to think and act in a certain way.

"But it really doesn't matter if I change or not. My ideals are unchanged, the only difference is in how I address them." And he would never let go of his ideals and his dream. No matter what happened to him.
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[personal profile] screwthegods 2007-04-06 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Homura nodded slowly, smiling to Valyn. "Hold on to your ideals, then." All else aside, that was something Homura could respect: having a dream, however unobtainable, and striving for it with all your might.

For Homura, that was the ultimate goal of life.

[identity profile] notmyfather.livejournal.com 2007-04-06 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't intend to let go of them." Not that Valyn was in any position to do anything about it. He was far from home, with no idea which way the war was going. He didn't even know if Shadow was alright....

"Is there anyone from your world here?" he asked, as it seemed a good place to change the subject. And he was curious if it was common for only one or two people to be taken.
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[personal profile] screwthegods 2007-04-06 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Homura recognized the subject change for what it was, but went with it easily enough. There was little more that would be offered on the topic of Valyn's idealism, and Homura didn't have the interest to pry.

"Four others that I know of." He paused, needing a moment to list the names Valyn might recognize. "Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai, and Kenren." It made Homura smile to think of them. He wondered how each had fared after the previous night. Doubtless they had gone wandering, and had encounters of their own...but his worry was only so strong.

None of them would let themselves be killed so easily.