Mar 09, 2011 12:03
leela,
kirk,
s.t.,
klavier,
japan,
tsubaki,
badd,
anise,
minato,
the doctor,
sam winchester,
firo,
goku (dragonball),
taura,
dexter,
franziska,
claire bennet,
kinomoto sakura,
peter parker,
snow,
lunge,
lana skye,
ruby,
mello,
soren,
brainiac 5,
the flash,
roxas,
albedo,
stefan,
peter petrelli,
mele,
damon,
two-face,
ritsuka,
lion,
rapunzel,
erika,
edgar,
canada,
the scarecrow,
sync,
matt,
maya,
zevran,
battler,
spock,
zack,
kratos,
l,
shinji,
kenshin,
bella,
scott pilgrim,
gumshoe,
ax,
claire littleton,
sora,
gren,
prussia,
claude,
renamon,
guybrush,
dean winchester,
byrne,
guy,
kairi,
venom,
nigredo,
ilia,
kibitoshin,
lightning,
rita,
alaric,
yue,
sasuke,
aidou,
claire stanfield,
edward cullen,
kaworu,
mccoy
You know, given the circumstances, Sora seemed to be adapting pretty well. Not that this was too big a surprise from the other people he'd already met, but still. If they weren't both wrist-deep in soapy water, he'd have thought they were chatting across a table at a diner somewhere.
He wondered if Sora had parents or something. If it made a difference-Sam wasn't a hundred percent sure whether it was possible to be missed in the first place, but he was leaning towards the answer to that being a no. His own case wasn't much to go off of (hunters made it a point to disappear even before they, well. Actually disappeared), but there was Peter's brother. Senator, wasn't that what his roommate had said?
He nodded at the confirmation. "It's probably just one way of divvying up the hierarchy." He wouldn't be surprised if it got down to the higher ranks having some kind of authority over the lower ones. It'd be the easiest method of breaking any sort of solidarity. Though at this point, it was too early to tell how far this was all gonna go-but he figured assuming all the way was a pretty safe bet.
Curious, he glanced at Sora. "Did he say anything else?"
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His hand was starting to feel sore from all of the monotonous scrubbing, and so Sora took a moment to wring the sponge out and then get some fresh water onto it. This seemed like way more work than fighting monsters to him, but he realized that probably wasn't the case for most people. His life hadn't exactly been ordinary for the past year or two.
At Sam's question, he took a moment to think back on the conversation he'd had with that soldier. It hadn't been that long ago, after all. "He said that if I continued to behave, I'd be treated well. I'm not sure what that means, but he did let me write on the bulletin board before coming in here."
He had no idea if either of his notes had been responded to yet, but he hoped that at least Venom got back to him. He wasn't going to keep his hopes up for Riku. Sighing, he started to clean again. At least the chore did a good job of distracting him from certain thoughts.
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"Keeping your head down does sound like a good idea," he agreed. It'd probably be harder for some than others, though. Harder for most, even, because he'd figured out pretty quick that a good chunk of the people pulled into here weren't exactly the type to do as they were told. Hell, even he was finding his patience fraying, if he had to be honest.
He shifted along the floor. Man, this was some bad planning. Like, logistically speaking. People were gonna just keep stepping into each other's newly cleaned areas. He knew cleaning wasn't the point, but still. There should've been a system and the lack of one bugged him in that irrational way.
He started to say something else when he saw Sora's beret start to tilt again, the way it'd been doing this whole time.
"Oh, hey-" He reached up and pushed it back into place before it could fall right off. He hadn't missed the soldiers getting on people's cases about the state of their uniform. "Your hair really doesn't like being covered, huh?"
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Either way, he'd been behaving well enough so far, and while the general's attitude annoyed him, Sora was able to focus on other things and distract himself so that he didn't lose his temper too much. He wasn't that happy about having to clean the floor, but having someone to talk to made it ten times better. He always thrived around company.
But then his hat was starting to fall again, and both of his hands were wet with soapy, dirty water -- he flailed for a moment, not wanting it to fall again, but Sam came to the rescue.
He tilted his head back as Sam pushed the beret up to make sure that the hat was fitted more firmly onto his head. Even with that in mind, though, it probably wouldn't be long before it slipped off again. The boy sighed and nodded (though only barely -- any sudden movements with his head would probably send the beret toppling). "Yeah. Basically the only thing that makes it go kind of flat is if it gets wet..."
Normally he had no problem with his hair, but in this instance he was getting a little frustrated. Then again, he could always blame the hat instead. Why did they have to wear one?
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...Yeah, okay. This place was definitely driving him crazy. Oh God.
He scrubbed the floor a little harder, as if that would turn his thought processes back to normal.
"Maybe they'll let you bobby pin it on," he said wryly. It was only then that it suddenly clicked where he'd heard the name before. Or seen, actually. He didn't know why he hadn't made the connection immediately. Part of it might've been because he hadn't expected it to be someone so young, but in hindsight, he should've guessed from the tone of those notes that they'd been written by a teenager.
"Hey, uh. You're the one running the Arts & Crafts thing?"
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He was probably thinking way too hard on this, though; it was causing his movements with the sponge to become more erratic. Eventually he stopped himself, glancing over to Sam with a smile. "Thanks for the suggestion! I'll ask them when the shift is over." The guy who had woken him up had seemed nice enough, so hopefully he was the one who'd take him to the next shift too, and then he'd have his chance.
Sora was pretty surprised when the club was brought up. He hadn't realized that even people who weren't members noticed that sort of thing, and it made his smile grow. "Yeah, that's me! Ahh, though I still have to put up the post for today," he realized, frowning to himself as the words came out of his mouth. He'd completely forgotten because of everything else that had been going on.
"But were you interested in joining? I can answer any questions if you are!" Sora knew that he needed to be better about recruiting, so he quickly jumped on the opportunity now that it had been brought up.
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At the question, he looked over. He hadn't expected Sora to leap on it like that. He pushed his sleeve back up, leaving damp spots in the material. Something told him that if Sora had had a clipboard on hand, he would've whipped it out and started collecting Sam's name and email address.
"I don't think I can, sorry. I've got...people." Who need me, he couldn't quite bring himself to finish. The kind of guilt that accompanied turning down a solicitation for a donation crept up in him. He knew he shouldn't be so caught up in his own problems, but there wasn't any way around it: he was. Still, from what he'd glimpsed on the board, it did look like Sora had a pretty solid group of helping hands. "Though if you ever need anything in particular, you should let me know."
It was more than an empty offer; if Sora did ask, he knew he'd help. It was what he was supposed to do, after all, and it continued to bother him that he wasn't doing it more. He knew it bothered Dean, too. The lack of any real hunting, that was. This place made it damn near impossible, but regardless-
He shook it off. Ruby. He'd agreed for a reason, hadn't he? Dean had been one. This was the other.
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"That's fine!" he quickly shot back, shaking his head and waving Sam off. It looked like his hat was behaving for now, which was good, and so he made sure to keep working at a new spot on the floor as he spoke.
The offer that Sam gave afterward sounded familiar. He'd heard it from Tsubaki and Scott, too. They'd said something to the effect of being too busy to commit every night, but that they might be able to help with specific things. Sora knew that it was more or less a polite refusal, and he didn't hold it against them, but he got the point.
"Don't worry about it," he continued. "But was there anything else you wanted to know about the club?" Sam had asked for a reason, right? Or had he just been curious? A lot of people tried to track Sora down because he'd been around so long (and now the label on his dog tags would make that clear), so maybe it had something to do with that.
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