Day 55: Courtyard [2nd Shift]

[sheepwood]

After what seemed like an eternity of being amused, irritable, bored, in pain, in excruciating pain, and any combination of those, Guybrush was met by the same soldier who had led him to the cafeteria. He wasn't offered a trip to the Sun Room to check the bulletin board, but didn't push for it anyway. That would have been more walking, and moving

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[zack_fair]

That wasn't much of a reaction after everything else that had been explained, but Zack figured that Lightning was just letting it all sink in. Also, it was probably hard to know how to feel about it when he was speaking in such vague terms. And on top of that, what could you really say to someone who had died only to come back in the middle of a fake mental institution turned fake boot camp? With all that in mind, Zack could see why she was rendered speechless.

The intercom kicked everyone into action, though, as the soldiers started to move around in search of their assigned "cadets." Zack took in the words that had been announced, realizing that both he and Lightning would have to report. It couldn't be for anything good, either.

That also seemed to have spurred Lightning to give him some parting words. Everything she said was true, but it was also stuff that he'd already thought about and decided on his own.

"Don't worry, I have no intention of doing that," he said with a small smirk as he gave her a thumbs-up. He knew it was evasive to be making light of something that was actually very important, but that was just how he operated. He would definitely take her words to heart, though.

He could feel one of the soldiers boring a hole in his back, so he figured it was time to go. Giving the girl a quick wave, Zack nodded. "I'll see you around, Lightning."

[thestormishere]

Although Lightning was more or less adapted to being around people with less-than-solemn attitudes by now, that didn't mean it didn't still irk her when someone threw her a flippant response when she was trying to be resolved in her own way. She didn't bother sighing aloud at Zack, though... she'd save that for what she considered a worthier target: their military escorts.

She figured anyway that the actual meaning of her words were probably lost on the man- she could already tell that he was one who was likely all 'live life to its fullest' and that kind of thing, but there just wasn't time now to further explain. Therefore, her expression remained unchanged through the exchange, even as he moved to go and she opted for one last remark.

"Call me Light," she said simply, using that as her own farewell as her gaze drifted away to rest on the nearest, boulder-faced soldier instead-- and noted with disdain that it was one of the men she'd attacked the previous day. Regardless, she had no intention to directly 'report,' even as she refolded her arms and turned towards the door. If they intended to punish her further for something she still found entirely justifiable, then they would have to be the ones who came to her.