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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] pimp-plan.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Zelos smiled then, more of a secretive smile than the usual flirty one. It was almost dangerous. "Heh. Beauty and brains. But you're going to have to convince me a little harder if you want a full answer."

He wasn't about to tell her, oh yes, I simply took this from a dead man I failed to help. Suddenly he wondered where Aerith was.

The intercom cut in, announcing showers just as a nurse came by. Unlike Hisoka, Zelos didn't shy away from her. Instead, his grin became flirty again. "See? Take a note out of this lovely lady. She's eager to get me undressed!"

[identity profile] per-ardua.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Raine made herself take a deep breath; it was okay, no one here had reason to wonder what she was... if anyone saw her ears as she was washing her hair, it was unlikely they'd wonder.

Right?

Seeing Hisoka sink down onto the table actually made her worry for a moment; she had little doubt he was lying about not being hurt. She could heal him anyway, since he didn't need to agree to it...

When a nurse came over to collect her and Reinforce, though, she decided it was best to wait on that. She didn't know what would happen if the staff saw her using magic.

She realized she'd never gotten a chance to eat anything, but the thought of being found out put enough of a knot in her stomach that she found she wasn't hungry anyway. If other worlds had half-elves known for anything like what they were in hers... she'd be looked at as no better than the Landels staff.

Maybe it was a good thing that the spell "Nurse" was almost undoubtedly beyond her capabilities here.

[identity profile] 1imited-edition.livejournal.com 2007-04-09 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Rein eyed Zelos. A compliment and dismissal in one. He wasn't becoming any clearer. Though she was disappointed not to have learned anything from this first probe, she felt an unfamiliar thrill at the developing game.

Unfortunate, then, that the nurses came to interfere. Inconvenient automatons... but there would be time later. A game worth playing was worth taking time to play. For now, Zelos was on probation.