http://part1of3.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] part1of3.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2007-04-11 11:45 am

Day 23: Lunch

The second the intercom sounded, while the man on the intercom was still talking, Ashton pulled himself off the couch in the Music Room and slowly made his way to the door. He walked, glided even, as if he were a ghost in a dream. The nurses had already filed up to escort the patients to the lunchroom, and one bustled over to walk Ashton those few feet from one room to another.

"You're not looking very well, Mr. Pritchett," she said cheerfully. "Didn't you enjoy your shower?"

Ashton replied with a small, forced smile, then shook his head. He didn't feel like talking now. Though the nurses were pushy and downright annoying, he figured he owed this one at least a little explanation. They didn't know - or didn't believe - what went on after dark, but he owed them the benefit of the doubt. "Bad day," he decided on telling her.

Bad day indeed. The showers and the music had done nothing for his nerves. But then again, what could get that graphic image out of his head?

He glided ghostily through the taco line and settled on two chicken and bean tacos, with chips, a scoop of guacamole, two churros on the side, and a glass of apple juice. He wasn't used to this sort of food (save the juice) and he wasn't even sure he'd eat it, but the chances were high that he'd be able to pass it off on someone.

He was on the verge of tears again, too. What he would have given to just sit down next to a barrel and eat a hamburger.

Thank goodness the cafeteria was bare just now, too. It left all the corner tables open, the tables that shouted 'Don't talk to me, I'm brooding over here.' He sat at one, pushed his food a little away from him, and buried his head in his arms.

[identity profile] shiki-master.livejournal.com 2007-04-16 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
So no one could get to this guy? No, Tsuzuki refused to believe that. Where there's a will, there's a way, right? And there was most certainly a will to stop this before anything worse happened. To them or the other 'patients'...

"Maybe we can get to him when the nurses aren't around to drug us?" Kind of like how they had singled out Maria's mother, way back when. People were always more easy to deal with when alone... The tricky part was getting them that way.

[identity profile] somber-secret.livejournal.com 2007-04-17 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hisoka raised a skeptical brow at Tsuzuki's suggestion. The other man had no idea how impossible that suggestion was...

"That would be a wonderful idea if it was possible. He stays in his office both day and night but exactly where that office is no one can say. An even bigger problem is he seems to be keeping surveillance of some sort because he knows almost everything that goes on here..."

The boy frowned at an afterthought, didn't the bastard doctor mention an intruder this morning?

"There is one person who seems to be able to get under the Head Doctor's skin though..."

[identity profile] shiki-master.livejournal.com 2007-04-17 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Tsuzuki frowned, hearing how well guarded the intercom man was. The ringmaster of this particular circus.

"He can't really stop us if we wanted to find him, could he?" That was a bit crazy. They were shinigami, after all. They could just shift their energy or something. As far as he knew, Muraki was the only one who was any match for a shinigami... And Muraki, well... Muraki wasn't a problem anymore, right?

Still, it was good to know who could be used against this man. For once, Tsuzuki seemed a little serious when Hisoka mentioned that someone could find where the man was. "Who?"

[identity profile] somber-secret.livejournal.com 2007-04-17 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hisoka frowned a bit more.

"He probably could considering-" before he could say any further the boy was cut off by the sound of the intercom clicking on announcing showers for the children. Hisoka was moments away from murder.

Showering? With others?!

...And WHO said he was a child?!

The shinigami couldn't fight the glare as his nurse approached.

"Nevermind."

Reluctantly pushing himself to his feet, Hisoka spared his partner with a clearly displeased look.

"If we don't meet up later keep an eye on the bulletin board, it's in the Sun Room." Of all places. With that, the boy stalked off.

[identity profile] shiki-master.livejournal.com 2007-04-17 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Tsuzuki frowned when the announcements went off. He could tell that Hisoka was annoyed. Probably at the mention of children, if Tsuzuki knew anything about his partner at all.

"Um, ok..." he replied as Hisoka headed off. Well, he'd just have to wait until Hisoka was done, right? Grabbing what was left of his food, Tsuzuki hurriedly downed it before heading out to the Sun Room.

Wouldn't hurt to check the bulletin board thing... Then maybe take a little nap~.