Astor hadn't talked much after introducing himself, which hadn't bothered Terry. With all the crap their little hospital of horrors piled on the patients, he couldn't blame a guy for not wanting to open up to some stranger. Plus, not talking meant he could get a decent meal in, and then check out the bulletin for the latest in Landel's news and
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Instead she was stuck at a table with construction paper, glue, glitter, and other useless stuff. At least in flower arranging class, they'd been learning something useful. But here? First of all, Sakura didn't have a creative bone in her body. Her family's crest was a plain white circle for crying out loud! Sure, she could organize things by color, value, height, whatever, but make it just to have it look pretty? Ha.
There was absolutely nothing even remotely practical to making anything with this stuff. She sighed, picking up a white piece of paper. Maybe she could at least write up some explosion notes. They probably wouldn't work, not without chakra, but at least it would give her ( ... )
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Still, when the nurse sat him down and dropped what looked like garbage in front of him, then mentioned making flowers, she had to admit, she was curious. She might not be able to make them, but she could arrange them in a way that was supposed to be pretty. Or at least that's what her teacher said.
"Can you really make flowers out of that?" she asked, raising an eyebrow and tapping her brush on the edge of the plastic cup full of water they'd given her to paint with.
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"Um. K-kind of...?" he replied, reaching out to pick up one of the wire things and examine it closely. "They don't, um, look all that much like real flowers. Not really." But he'd pretended, because working with even fake flowers felt kind of like home.
Everything here was just a false imitation - the flowers, Hisagomaru, even his own abilities - but he was willing to accept what he could for now. At least until he managed to get back home again.
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"It's a really good start," he said, trying to sound encouraging. "But there's lots more space on the paper."
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He looked forlornly at the page, frowning a little and looking around at the table of supplies. More space on the paper...
"Euh..." Kurt leaned over to the kid again. "What should I put on the paper? I didn't really think I would put anything else on it..." Logan would laugh if he could see him now... Arts and Crafts Failure Seeks Advice from 10-Year-Old. He would've never heard the end of it.
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She couldn't say she had much interest in the crayons and - while it was pretty - glitter, but there was paper there and she knew a little about origami. Certainly there wouldn't be any objections to making some things? It might even cheer people up a little if they were just left around for them to find.
With that, Euphy nodded and set herself to folding cranes.
[for exorcist-Kagura, IIRC?]
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After she had finished her shower, her nurse had shown her to the arts and crafts room. Looking around, Kagura wasn't exactly sure what she should be doing; she wasn't exactly in the mood for drawing. Even though she tried to ignore it, her drama with Yomi last night was still fresh in her mind.
"Sara, why don't you help Diana out with her origami," said her nurse.
Kagura could certainly fold cranes, but she didn't want to intrude on the other girl. Unfortunately, with her nurse ushering her forward, she had little choice in the matter. At least, the nurse had chosen to give them some space.
"Um, hi. I'm Kagura. Need some help there?"
[Sorry for the delay]
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Euphemia turned and smiled at the woman that had sat down next to her. "I'm Euphy," she said, and then nodded, passing a pile of paper over. "They say the more people the merrier, right?"
She paused, trying to figure out if she wanted to try and string these together now or wait a while. She decided waiting would be best.
"So, where are you from, Kagura-san?" She added the honorific without thinking too much about it. It was simply a matter of respect in her mind - even though she tended not to use them with friends after a while.
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"Yeah," Kagura cheerfully replied, returning Euphy's smile with one of her own. The pink-haired girl seemed like a nice person that Kagura could get along with. She even knew how to use honorifics. Kagura hoped they could become good friends. "I'm from Tokyo, Japan. What about you Euphy-san?"
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"Here, Sarah, why don't you sit with Jonathan? Perhaps you can help him with anything he needs, considering his current health," suggested the nurse. Hime only gave her an irritated look, but it only met the back of the woman's head since she was already on her way to round up the next patient. Once again stuck babysitting another, Hime sighed once before dismissing her displeasure; there was no point in subjecting the poor boy to her temper because of these people who dared push her around ( ... )
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"Oh? You were caught up in that?" she asked, leaning an elbow on the table and her chin on her hand. "And just what was that all about?"
She had been hoping he'd been one of the "mysterious deaths" that had been reported, but then she recalled that those who suffered such incidents bore no sign of injury come morning, so finding them would be more or less by chance. At least Kagura's doppleganger story made more sense now.
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He had an aimless look about him as he was led in to find a seat. Rather than sit alone, as he knew he had a look about him at the moment that would prompt others to pry, he sat down across from someone who already looked discontent.
"Do you not like art?" he asked Terry, getting himself a clean sheet of paper and a black marker.
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But complexion aside, Terry welcomed the conversation. It was either that, or stare at glitter for however long the torture lasted. "Art? I don't mind it. But you can't tell me this counts as art." Waving a hand over his evidence, Terry let out a sigh. "It's almost as bad as Family Studies. Almost. Either way, I think I'd rather be playing a vid game or something."
Whoever this guy was, he seemed more comfortable with the supplies than Terry was. "What about you?" Terry nodded his head just enough to indicate what the guy was holding. "You're one of the few people who've walked in without looking horrified. Are you an artist?"
It might be worse if the guy was. What self-respecting artist wanted to use this junk?
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"I'm something of an artist, I suppose." The paper was set aside and a new one pulled in front of him. That one he didn't get started on immediately. "The materials don't really matter when you're just doing something to keep your hands from being idle." And that's all this was. It wasn't even usual for him to use art as a means of taking time to ponder things. It was strange. "I don't usually sell my art in any case."
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Luckily, a distraction was quick to appear, and at the pale kid's hands no less. "Woah. You always draw that fast?" Terry might not have been so impressed, except what the guy had drawn was actually really good. Seemed like the sort of thing Dana's dad might like. "You might want to rethink marketing them. If nothing else, you'd be able to get orders out quickly."
The remark about materials made sense, but Terry still wasn't going to open up the glitter. He'd feel a little self-conscious even doodling around a guy this good. "Name's Alex, by the way. Nice to meet you."
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