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Day 19 - Male Showers

Oct 26, 2006 11:50

It was in complete silence that Zack was moved from the cafeteria to the showers. Usually one would have expected him to be chatting with the nurse despite the fact that she happened to think he was a certain Parker Johnson, but... No, not today ( Read more... )

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not_a_savior October 27 2006, 04:48:41 UTC

Before Nowe knew it, his nurse had come over to the breakfast table, explained to him that it was time to head for the showers, and was leading him toward where all the other 18 and over males were headed. He looked around him, and as his nurse ordered him to strip down and take a shower, he found himself hesitating. The rest of the men in there seemed to be rather... large, to say the least. They were all huge and muscular, and Nowe, while not exactly scrawny, felt a bit nervous entering a shower full of guys that were, for the most part, seemed at least twice his size ( ... )

class_one October 27 2006, 04:56:31 UTC

Unfortunately, through a combination of too hot water and consuming thoughts, that attempt to not startle him failed. Zack jerked, tensing out of soldier's instinct as he swiveled to face the stranger.

Right. He was in this place, Landel's, and this was just another patient making sure he wasn't about to have a breakdown.

The problem was that he wasn't sure how to answer that question.

Zack paused, attempting to collect himself. It wasn't hard to realize that if he were in the other's shoes, he'd be doing the same exact thing.

"Hey, it's all right. Um..." He sighed and ran a hand through his long, black hair, which had lost some of its spikiness under the weight of the water. "I'm not doing so good, but... Well, I've got to keep going, right?" The intensity of the water's temperature was starting to become obvious to him, especially when he glanced down and saw how flushed his skin was. Frowning, he leaned forward to turn it down to a more reasonable temperature.

not_a_savior October 27 2006, 05:04:45 UTC

Nowe tried not to flinch himself when he realized he'd managed to surprise the other man despite his efforts, and upon the man's response he stood awkwardly for a few seconds. It was difficult to find something to say, and somehow standing there completely naked wasn't helping either. Nowe wasn't really used to communal showers. Hell, he'd been raised by a dragon for the first few years of his life, he wasn't used to showers.

"Again, it's probably none of my business, so I don't blame you if you don't want to say anything about it, but... did something happen? I mean, it's depressing that we're stuck in this place to begin with, but it seems like something more happened to you than just that." Nowe paused awkwardly again. He was sort of just rambling, trying to make some kind of conversation. He'd noticed how hot the water was, the empty look in the man's eyes... he recognized it, that look of numbness. It was how he himself had looked in the mirror after Oror had been killed.

"You've lost something... someone... important ( ... )

class_one October 27 2006, 06:22:49 UTC

The awkwardness went completely over Zack's head. Once again, he'd been doing this sort of thing since he was sixteen, and he was technically twenty-three now, though dying made him feel a good deal older than that. Normally, if he wasn't so distracted by everything that had gone wrong, he would have noticed how nervous the other man was and would have tried to accommodate somehow, but at the moment he wasn't focused enough for it ( ... )

not_a_savior October 27 2006, 06:36:57 UTC

"Oh, I see." Nowe said. Maybe this hadn't been a good idea. He was running out of things to say, but he'd wanted so badly to help this person. He had to keep talking, find something to respond with ( ... )

class_one October 27 2006, 06:54:06 UTC

While it was a bit odd to speak to someone while shampooing his hair, Zack had carried all sorts of conversations with his fellow SOLDIERs in the showers. Granted, this was probably the most serious conversation he'd ever had in a shower room, but he felt the need to be clean. It wasn't as if he'd actually done anything wrong, but he'd promised to keep Cloud alive. And he hadn't ( ... )

not_a_savior October 27 2006, 15:50:09 UTC

"Oh, I see." Nowe bit his lip, turning his gaze to the ground. This was a lot harder than it should have been. He needed to learn to stop throwing himself into situations where he eventually ran out of ideas. He wished Urick was with him, the man was older and had more experience, and he'd know how to deal with a situation like this ( ... )

class_one October 27 2006, 17:34:49 UTC

It wasn't really a problem that the other man had been left with a loss for words. Speaking to someone that was going through something painful was never easy; that Zack knew from experience. He appreciated the effort--even with the horrible crushing feeling bunched up in his chest, he realized that this stranger was doing the best he could ( ... )

not_a_savior October 27 2006, 22:24:38 UTC

"Well, that's the ideal. I'm not so sure about the reality." Nowe's tone was doubtful. He remembered the conversation he'd had at breakfast with Kadaj, and the young man's absolute scorn of humans. It reminded him of the dragons and various other creatures from his own world who all seemed to share the same sentiment. Nowe figured Kadaj wasn't the only one who felt that way, either ( ... )

class_one October 27 2006, 23:31:07 UTC

There was a certain truth to what Nowe responded with. Even if it would make sense for all of the patients to unite under one cause - that is, getting out of the institute - the chances that it would actual work that way were slim. There were enemies among them--already, Zack could say with quite a bit of confidence that he would refuse to work with Hojo. He had to believe that there were similar situations among the other patients. "Well, some of us should be able to get along, at least," he said with a sigh ( ... )

not_a_savior October 27 2006, 23:33:37 UTC

"Oh, I know Kadaj. He's the one I was sitting with at breakfast. He's got... Um... Silvery hair, down to about here..." Nowe gestured on himself to show Zack, "...And some long bangs in front of his face. And green eyes, that kind of look like cat eyes. You might not want to talk to him, he's kind of cynical, to say the least ( ... )

class_one October 27 2006, 23:57:34 UTC

The physical description was helpful, though Zack probably would have been able to pull Kadaj out of a crowd without knowing. "I don't exactly want to talk to him," he explained with a sigh, "but it has to be done, unfortunately." No, he could hardly imagine that would be a fun conversation ( ... )

not_a_savior October 28 2006, 00:27:45 UTC

"Ohhh. I think I get it," Nowe said, looking back down at the bottle again and nodding slowly, "Though I still don't see why regular soap isn't good enough." He shrugged, and started to gingerly scrub it into his scalp, looking up as Zack excused himself.

"Alright then. I hope you find some answers, Zack. Good luck!" He gave a wave with his soapy hand as the dark-haired man walked away, and then leaned back to rinse the-- shampoo, did he call it...? What an incredibly weird name! --out of his hair. He watched as it turned into soapy bubbles and ran down his skin and into the drain, just like regular soap would. He touched his head lightly. His hair didn't feel any different, just... Wet ( ... )

class_one October 28 2006, 00:31:54 UTC

[ Zack's wandering over here. ]

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