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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] angels-inflight.livejournal.com 2007-04-06 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Naminé seemed oblivious of what sticky fingers did to hair, since she ran her own sticky ones through her golden locks absentmindidly, grinning and nodding her head eagerly in response to Axel's offer.

"Would you? I'd love to go there! It seemed so much fun, with all the shrinking, and the cards, and talking objects! I'm so disappointed that the Mad Hatter wasn't there to see Sora when he went to Wonderland," Naminé sighed. It was his unmerry birthday or something of that sort.

"And Atlantica, that'd be a fun place to go, don't you think? I've never gone swimming before," Naminé continued to muse, now staring off blissfully into space. She had always daydreamed about where she was going to go when she was set free from Castle Oblivion, but... when it all came down to it, she never actually did any of those things. None of them at all.

Something else bothered her though, something a bit more confusing...

"Would it work, though? If I do not rescue and complete Kairi, she might not return home to Destiny Islands. And you were the one that opened the way to The World That Never Was for Sora, even if you haven't done it yet. What if... what if we change that? Do you think everything will end the way it did before?"

[identity profile] bond-off-lame.livejournal.com 2007-04-08 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
"You're forgetting that I was the one that kidnapped her in the first place." Axel mused with a grin as he finished his last cinnamon roll, using his pants as means of a napkin in an attempt to get rid of the stickiness. He had to convey his opinions with a snort when the girl rambled on about her own wishes, but that didn't mean he wasn't enjoying Naminé's fruitful imagination.

"Never gone swimming? Huh, that's weird, and here I thought Demyx would have the right mind to teach you." The Nobody chuckled, finally giving into temptation and ruffled the blonde's hair affectionately. "I don't think I'd be the best person to teach you, because of my affinity and all, but a bit of practice never hurt anyone. In fact, I don't think most of the Organization's ever gone swimming before so you wouldn't be the only one on the boat."

Axel sighed.

"Anyway, things may or may not change, depending on how 'going back' works here. All I know is that if I came from any earlier time and decided to lay low after I escaped, Sora would never have made it out of Castle Oblivion in the first place."

[identity profile] angels-inflight.livejournal.com 2007-04-08 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Naminé shook her head. She never forgot about things.

"Kairi would have found another way. She was determined to get back to Riku and Sora..." She smiled softly, remembering how bold Kairi had been back then. "I believe she would have found them one way or another. Who knows, maybe I would have helped her."

The Memory Witch had no time to add another comment, for the intercom went off and the nurses were coming. She was rather disappointed to know the Arts and Crafts Room wasn't an option.

"Oh, well. I'll see you later, then," She said. It looked like they weren't going to be going to the same room this shift.