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damned_institute2010-06-27 11:20 pm
ninelivesonce) wrote in damned_institute2010-06-27 11:20 pm
Entry tags:
- brainiac 5,
- callisto,
- claire bennet,
- germany,
- japan,
- kenshin,
- matt,
- mele,
- minako,
- scott pilgrim,
- sylar,
- taura,
- the flash,
- venom,
- yukari yakumo,
- zack
Day 50: Sun Room (4th Shift)
The Sun Room was dark when Taura re-entered it; her eyes adjusted quickly, but not quickly enough to avoid one of the 'techs coming over to talk to her.
"Were you going to join us for the movie, Kitty?" she asked, waving a hand at what appeared to be a 2-D projector screen.
"Movie?" This was, apparently, the wrong question to ask, as the woman's face fell into a moue of practiced disappointment.
"You can't keep doing this to yourself, Kitty." Doing what, exactly, was something 'Kitty' was evidently supposed to know. Then the screen flicked on, and some sort of advertisement was playing while a staffer adjusted the volume. Oh. The term was unfamiliar, but entertainment hadn't changed that much.
"I mean, er, what movie is it?" Taura rumbled, keeping her voice low so as not to interrupt. That must have been the right question; the woman brightened back up and started explaining.
"King Kong!" she said, clearly expecting a reply. Then she sighed, and continued. "It's about a giant ape, brought back from an exploration," she began. "It's also a love story -- oh, just trust me. It's a classic."
"The ape falls in love?" That sounded a little outré, at least by Institute standards of entertainment. Not by Jacksonian ones, but those Taura had been just as pleased to leave behind.
"Oh, nothing like that. Well, the ape does fall in love -- but it's just a beast. Why, Fay Wray doesn't even come up to its waist." Taura blinked at her again. What did height have to do with it, anyway? She was leaning, just a little, without even realizing it. Perhaps looming would be a better word. The 'tech blinked back, and then finally the penny dropped. "Oh...oh. Maybe it wouldn't be to your taste, dear." And with that, she scurried off to adjust a chair that was already facing the screen quite adequately. Taura sighed, and slipped through the gathering crowd to the bulletin board.
[Zack]
"Were you going to join us for the movie, Kitty?" she asked, waving a hand at what appeared to be a 2-D projector screen.
"Movie?" This was, apparently, the wrong question to ask, as the woman's face fell into a moue of practiced disappointment.
"You can't keep doing this to yourself, Kitty." Doing what, exactly, was something 'Kitty' was evidently supposed to know. Then the screen flicked on, and some sort of advertisement was playing while a staffer adjusted the volume. Oh. The term was unfamiliar, but entertainment hadn't changed that much.
"I mean, er, what movie is it?" Taura rumbled, keeping her voice low so as not to interrupt. That must have been the right question; the woman brightened back up and started explaining.
"King Kong!" she said, clearly expecting a reply. Then she sighed, and continued. "It's about a giant ape, brought back from an exploration," she began. "It's also a love story -- oh, just trust me. It's a classic."
"The ape falls in love?" That sounded a little outré, at least by Institute standards of entertainment. Not by Jacksonian ones, but those Taura had been just as pleased to leave behind.
"Oh, nothing like that. Well, the ape does fall in love -- but it's just a beast. Why, Fay Wray doesn't even come up to its waist." Taura blinked at her again. What did height have to do with it, anyway? She was leaning, just a little, without even realizing it. Perhaps looming would be a better word. The 'tech blinked back, and then finally the penny dropped. "Oh...oh. Maybe it wouldn't be to your taste, dear." And with that, she scurried off to adjust a chair that was already facing the screen quite adequately. Taura sighed, and slipped through the gathering crowd to the bulletin board.
[Zack]
no subject
A couple of staff nearby made shushing noises. Taura dropped her voice to a baritone whisper and continued. "I wish I had better news for you." Another round of hissing noises answered this; she glanced over her shoulder. "You must have a lot of questions. Should we go somewhere else?"
Taura wasn't sure she had many answers, but she'd give as many as she had. Almost everyone here had been remarkably kind; Cissnei among them. She owed her friend at least that much.
no subject
So it was bad news, then. Zack wasn't all that surprised, even if he'd been holding out a little bit of hope. He just hoped that Cissnei was okay, wherever she'd ended up. In any case, it looked like they were going to have to move if they wanted to continue this, which was fine by him since the bulletin board didn't seem like a good place to have a conversation of this nature.
"Yeah, that sounds good. Any preference? I'm good with whatever, but... there's a library here, isn't there?" Zack hadn't gotten the chance to visit it yet, but now seemed like a good time. "That might be best." It would hopefully be quiet enough there for them to talk about this without too many interruptions.
no subject
No, not claimed. Just implied. She hadn't been lying so much as dancing with the truth. It was a subtlety Taura was still uncomfortable with doing herself, though she understood the necessity. Miles could tie the truth into ribbons and then still take her breath away with honesty -- or maybe the latter was just the power of his bright eyes. He was better at this part, too, though at least Taura's news wasn't the really bad sort. Just the ordinary kind of bad.
"Yeah. It's right over here." She'd only been in there once -- or 'Kitty' had. But she knew where it was, and her long legs carried her there in just a handful of steps.
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