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Day 48: Courtyard

Mar 07, 2010 12:36

"I could tell you some stories," Yuffie suggested brightly, "of unquestionable legality." Illegality, that was. Petty little things like the law didn't usually mean very much to her, except for the times when she had to uphold it. Always fun for the breaking, though, the law, and messy for the clean-up. Just the way she liked it ( Read more... )

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idontregret March 7 2010, 19:46:01 UTC

It was cold outside, and Heat didn't want to be there. As his name would suggest, he and the cold didn't exactly mix well. Unfortunately, he wasn't given much of a choice. The nurses wanted him outside, supposedly in order to get him to work off whatever excess energy he might have. They bundled him up in a couple extra layers, and he was still too sedated to fight them off properly (though one of the orderlies received a kick to the shins and he was threatened with solitary confinement ( ... )

human_sponge March 8 2010, 05:17:29 UTC

Talking to Alita had given Peter the chance to vent about last night at least slightly, although vent wasn't even the right word. Peter wasn't mad about what had happened, necessarily. It was more than he was confused, upset, worried, and crushed that someone as nice as Roland had been forced to such a terrible end. Losing control of himself and becoming some sort of monster that couldn't tell between friend and foe, only to go so berserk that there was no choice but to attack him ( ... )

idontregret March 8 2010, 08:10:06 UTC

Heat had closed his eyes, but he pried one open as he heard footsteps approaching. He vaguely recognized the man as one he'd seen before - the one who'd been injured the night before and had been rescued by a handful of women. So he'd want to talk about Roland. Didn't that just figure.

Unfortunately, he wasn't in the best of positions to be ignoring him. The demon shifted, trying to make himself more comfortable since it looked like he was going to have to stay awake rather than be allowed to take the nap he'd been considering. No way was he getting up, though. If this guy wanted to talk to him so badly, then he could join him on the ground. He gave a single grunt of acknowledgment and nodded toward the space next to him.

"So sit down. I'm not goin' anywhere." This man already knew what he was. There wasn't anything for him to hide. He could only expect the worst for this conversation, really, and he didn't care. Normal humans couldn't sympathize. Not unless they were someone like Fred.

human_sponge March 8 2010, 08:28:37 UTC

That was a far better response than Peter had expected. Maybe it was because the guy was too cold to get angry, although wouldn't it have made more sense if that'd exacerbated his mood? There wasn't much point in trying to analyze all of it, though, since he'd just been given his chance to talk ( ... )

idontregret March 8 2010, 09:33:04 UTC

"Landel?" Heat snorted. "If he hadn't been here he wouldn't have been stuck on this place's weird timetables. He woulda been able to hunt whenever he wanted, or would have at least had more opportunities. In that way, it's Landel's fault. Otherwise?" His tone was lighter than usual, and lazy. He followed his words with a short chuckle and a shake of his head.

"Nah. We're demons. That's what we are. We devour our own kind to survive and if we don't -- you saw." Heat had never been one to beat around the bush and he saw no reason to start now. He'd never feared retaliation, either. In fact, he was smirking a little as he turned his head to gauge the man's reaction. "Why's it matter? You make friends with him or somethin'?"

He'd called his name out then, hadn't he? It figured that the Lokapala leader would have made other acquaintances before he'd arrived. That was probably why he and Argilla got along so well. They were companionable. Heat just ran people off.

human_sponge March 9 2010, 03:42:59 UTC

The moment that Heat used the word 'hunt,' Peter felt that his question had already been answered. It seemed like there was an uncomfortable weight in his stomach now, and he shifted slightly, disturbing the ground around him. His shoes scraped against the dirt and he frowned to himself. As he'd thought, then. Roland had lied to him, or at least kept something from him.

There was that word again. Demon. So Alita had guessed right. This meant he really was going to have to ask Sam about all of this. Not that he imagined his roommate knew anything about Roland or Heat, but he'd probably be pretty interested to know that there were apparently demons in this place. Peter would have to be careful with how he told him, though.

While Peter had been planning to ask Heat what he meant by "our own kind," he was derailed from that when the redhead asked what he took to be a pretty flippant question. How could he be so calm about this when Roland had just died because of this place ( ... )

idontregret March 9 2010, 05:32:00 UTC

"His comrade," Heat corrected. "Or I guess maybe... he's the comrade of my comrades. We didn't actually work together much before." No, he'd been too busy trying to destroy everything that had ever meant anything to him. His mind was a still a bit too fuzzy at the moment for him to try and work out a proper connection. He and Roland had some time to bond after death. That was what was important.

He shook his head. "Roland was more sociable than me. Most of them were. I'm not surprised he made friends with you." That certainly put him in an unfortunate position when the tuner had lost it then, didn't it? He'd probably been coming by to see him or something. Wasn't that how it always went? "Not surprised he didn't tell you, either. Why would he want to?"

Hadn't Peter seen?

"Issat all you needed?" He hoped so. It was far too easy to talk in his current state, especially since he didn't really have any reason not to.

human_sponge March 9 2010, 06:06:26 UTC

So the relationship between the two wasn't even as close as Peter had guessed. Why had Heat been in such an uproar last night, then? Maybe it was due to the fact that even if he hadn't known Roland well, he still understood whatever had caused the man to go into that frenzy. And it was something that Peter would never truly be able to wrap his head around ( ... )

idontregret March 9 2010, 07:42:09 UTC

What, he wanted the whole explanation? Heat sighed, leaning his head back against the wall again where it lolled slightly. "Humans, demons... They've both got the right amount of..." What was the word? He gestured vaguely with one hand, trying to to get the proper terminology to come to mind with little success. "...Stuff. Normal food, normal meat... that won't do anything for us. Humans aren't as good as other demons either, but if we've lost it we aren't going to be able to tell the difference. If we're hungry enough we might not care anyway."

There were plenty of times in the past, once he'd reached the real world, that it hadn't mattered whether or not the soldier he was devouring was actually a tuner. It was all just another meal. It wasn't as if anyone in the Karma Society had been born a demon anyway. None of them had been.

He peered at Peter through a curtain of red, smirk gone but still somewhat apparent in his tone. "So yeah. Roland was a cannibalistic, man-eating demon. Just like me."

human_sponge March 9 2010, 08:27:45 UTC

So either a demon or a human would do. Peter scratched the side of his head and then shoved some of his hair back behind his ear as he thought it over. When it was put that way, it almost made him think of vampires or something. Not that those were real, though... wait, hadn't he just been fighting off zombies a few nights ago? Maybe that was a better comparison ( ... )

idontregret March 9 2010, 08:56:19 UTC

"Yeah, that..." The demon stopped mid-sentence, frowning and repeating what he'd said over in his mind. That night when he'd attacked... what girl? When had he fought a girl since he'd been in the Institute? For that matter, when had this man even seen him before? There'd been that girl on the rec field when he'd first arrived, but they hadn't actually fought so that didn't count. Bleary eyes focused a bit, and he uncurled just a little. "I haven't attacked any girl. What the hell are you talking about?"

Was there another tuner here he was being mistaken for? It might be possible in the dark - he wasn't the only one out of all the tribes with red hair. He thought he recalled someone else mentioning that he might have been there before as well, but he'd dismissed the issue soon after it had been brought up.

human_sponge March 9 2010, 22:06:45 UTC

What? Peter stared over at Heat for a moment as he tried to determine if he was playing dumb or actually serious. It was only then that he noticed that the man's eyes weren't focusing properly, and that he was probably under the effect of a light sedative. It wasn't too surprising, with the mess he'd made at breakfast. Unless it'd happened even before all of that.

Did he really not remember? It was possible that he'd been in such a hunger craze that his memories of the incident were cloudy, but that was just Peter making conjecture based off of what he knew, which wasn't much. "You did," he said, his tone leaving little space for arguing. "It was a while ago. I didn't see you actually do it, but I saw the aftermath. It happened somewhere near the stairwell." It all still stood out clearly in Peter's mind. He'd been with Brooklyn that night. Brooklyn, who had been gone for a while now. He couldn't help hoping that the kid was all right, wherever he was.

idontregret March 10 2010, 00:27:09 UTC

A while ago? How long ago was a 'while' in this guy's terms? Heat glared. He didn't need to be blamed for things he hadn't done on top of what he might do or had done. "I haven't even been here a week," he explained, "and I haven't attacked anyone aside from those that work here since then." Or perhaps that's what he was talking about? Except no... he hadn't attacked any of them near a stairwell.

"I would have remembered." If he'd lost himself to the hunger completely, it was doubtful he'd still be around. Even in a berzerker state when his thoughts were more animalistic, he still had enough control over his actions to recall what had happened once he returned to normal. This guy had to be referring to someone else.

Not that it was any of his business who he attacked in the first place.

human_sponge March 10 2010, 04:56:16 UTC

Peter was no mind reader (not when he wasn't around that cop, anyway), but he was fairly certain that Heat was telling the truth. He'd seemed genuinely confused when Peter had brought up the attack, and yet he was certain that this was the same person he'd seen that night. Who else would have run around biting girls, anyway?

There was really only one explanation, then. Luckily, Peter was pretty familiar with the idea of people disappearing and then reappearing with no memories. Well, it wasn't lucky in that he'd had to go through it so many times already, but at least it meant that he wasn't too disoriented in this situation.

"I guess you were here before," he said as he glanced out across the courtyard. "Had anyone told you about that?" He looked back over to the sedated redhead and raised an eyebrow. It was odd to think that he could have spent a few days here and not have figured this out by now.

idontregret March 10 2010, 07:11:53 UTC

"Someone might have mentioned it." Frowning, Heat tried to recall the conversation. He hadn't cared enough at the time. "It didn't make any sense then and it still doesn't. I haven't been here before." He normally would have used a harsher tone to argue with, but at the moment he just wasn't feeling it.

A sudden breeze made him shudder and his arms, already crossed against his chest, were pulled a little tighter to him. How long was he going to have to sit out there in the cold? A guy could get sick out here, and the nurses claimed to care about their patients' well-being. Thinking about the cold was a bad idea, as it only made him feel it more.

"I don't know who you saw before, but it wasn't me. It's impossible that it could have been." When would he have been brought there and why wouldn't he have any memory of it? Heat didn't pay much attention to the board except when it came to getting a hold of his comrades. There was a lot he'd yet to figure out.

human_sponge March 10 2010, 08:06:20 UTC

For being a demon that had to eat other people in order to survive, this Heat guy didn't seem to have a very open mind. Peter let out a small sigh, more to himself than anything, as he prepared to explain. He knew that he wasn't obligated to give the information, but he'd come here with questions for the redhead, so it was only fair that he tell him something helpful in return ( ... )

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