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Day 57: Sun Room [Third Shift]

Jul 01, 2011 00:48

Brunch had tasted delicious as usual, but he still felt guilty for enjoying it when so many other patients weren't as fortunate as him and Ritsuka. Still, he'd be lying if he said he wasn't grateful for his meals. His appetite had been pretty spotty during the week after his "sleep study", so Claude wanted to think he was making up for lost time ( Read more... )

claude, zex, guy, ted logan, tsubaki, peter petrelli, edgeworth, ruby, dean winchester, england, sam winchester, prussia

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full_score July 1 2011, 01:44:03 UTC

He was a little surprised to hear Guy hadn't tried to vote, but Claude could understand why he wouldn't want to participate if he didn't know much about the available titles. Then again, he had a feeling most of the people here didn't know much about them, seeing how there was a significant non-Earth population. Not only that, but there were many Earthlings who weren't from this time period. Claude himself couldn't even say he'd watched The Great Escape before ( ... )

full_score July 4 2011, 00:02:16 UTC

"Well, it makes sense that they'd be allowed recreational activities," Claude pointed out. "There are rules about how prisoners of war should be treated." The fact the British and American characters were pilots might have given them slightly better accommodations than some of the other prisoners of war as well. "It's just interesting they were able to use singing to their advantage like that," he added ( ... )

razing_phoenix July 4 2011, 02:09:22 UTC

"Rules?" Guy asked, but quietly and mainly to himself. They didn't really have the time for Claude to get into any drawn out explanations right now. Still, it would have been nice if they had been given the same treatment here. Considering how they had been pulled from countless different planets, though, it wasn't such a shock that they weren't even being treated like basic citizens with rights ( ... )

full_score July 4 2011, 08:08:48 UTC

"Kind of like international laws," he clarified, just as quietly. There was more he could have said on the subject, but in the end it didn't matter so much right then. If Guy was still curious about it later, he could ask about it then ( ... )

razing_phoenix July 5 2011, 06:02:09 UTC

It seemed that the movie was just getting more and more depressing, considering how after the death of one of the prisoners they were then shown another who was suffering from blindness. Guy realized that a true story wasn't going to be extremely uplifting, but he also couldn't stop his thoughts from drifting to Claude's temporary blindness ( ... )

full_score July 5 2011, 18:59:55 UTC

He hadn't expected Guy to notice his gaze. Apparently, though, he'd been following his train of thought. Before Claude knew it, Guy reached out and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. Of course I'd stick with you, he seemed to be saying. In some ways, the gesture was an even firmer way of saying it. Actions were stronger than words, and the warmth of Guy's hand was a tangible way for him to understand the sentiment ( ... )

razing_phoenix July 6 2011, 01:26:13 UTC

Once Claude had given his hand a squeeze in return, Guy pulled back, settling his hand into his lap again. He figured that that had gotten the message across well enough, and he caught Claude smiling out of the corner of his eye. It was good that the whole issues of Claude's blindness wasn't even relevant anymore, but the sentiment had still been shared, and that was what mattered ( ... )

full_score July 7 2011, 03:39:11 UTC

"Yeah," Claude murmured with a nod. The trains were, of course, much different in his own time, but he saw no reason to bring that up right then. Still, it was interesting to learn that Audlrant didn't seem to have any trains. For a society that had apparently developed a form of cloning, one would think they'd have that kind of transportation ( ... )

razing_phoenix July 7 2011, 17:59:39 UTC

Seeing how the action and tension of the movie was continuing to build, it was getting more and more difficult to have conversations between the scenes. Guy didn't mind, though; in fact, he was completely enthralled with what he was watching. This was so different from reading a book! He still thought books were valuable, of course, but actually getting to watch things happen and hear people's voices and have the music to back it all up made for a completely different experience ( ... )

full_score July 8 2011, 05:06:19 UTC

Claude had to admit he didn't think that anyone would actually try stealing a plane. That took some serious guts. Then again, those two prisoners had already jumped off the train, so they were obviously bent on doing whatever it took to get out of Germany. Claude couldn't blame them for that ( ... )

razing_phoenix July 8 2011, 19:09:11 UTC

To go from one exciting chase to another (what was that man riding? It was like a car, but meant for only one person) was more than he could have expected, and yet Guy wished that they had stuck with the plane, as they called it. He had a particular fondness for things that flew through the sky, especially now that he realized he was missing a chunk of memories having to do with that very thing. This other chase was exciting in its own way, and yet he was glad when the action cut back to the plane ( ... )

full_score July 9 2011, 04:57:27 UTC

To think they'd jump off a train and steal an airplane, only to run out of fuel and crash! Claude knew he should have expected at least one of them to get killed, but it was still made his stomach turn a little bit when it happened. Why hadn't they just captured both of the prisoners? It didn't seem fair ( ... )

razing_phoenix July 11 2011, 21:46:49 UTC

Unfortunately, it seemed like things were really only going from bad to worse. The man on the strange one-person car ended up crashing too and was rounded up in turn. The leader of the group and his partner were also apprehended eventually. There was really only one man who seemed to be making it, and that was because members of some rebel force were helping him out... by killing. It wasn't the sort of thing that left a good taste in Guy's mouth ( ... )

full_score July 17 2011, 23:54:41 UTC

Claude's hand balled into a fist. That German officer even lied about why the prisoners had been killed. Claude acknowledged that fighting was often times a fact of life, but it was still unsettling to watch such a tragic movie about POWs, especially given their own situation. While it was no secret Earth's world wars had been brutal and horrifying, he didn't understand whether there was some significance behind the military choosing to show this.

"Is this supposed to be some kind of threat?" he quietly muttered, though he couldn't quite mask the edge in his voice. By now he was barely even paying attention to the final scenes, as one of the surviving prisoners was being led back to a cell.

"There had to be a reason they picked only war movies to show, right?" Claude added, though he wasn't exactly expecting an answer. Or was he thinking too hard about it? Then again, he doubted the military made any arbitrary decisions.

razing_phoenix July 18 2011, 05:00:47 UTC

"Maybe not a threat, but they're at least trying to make some sort of point," Guy replied with a sigh, not even bothering to keep his voice down. There was already a lot of murmuring going on among the crowd of viewers, so he was pretty sure most people were having conversations similar to theirs. It was cruel to have them watch something like this, even if it had been put up to a vote. All the other choices had probably been just as bad.

One character kept his freedom, but the others had either been murdered or sent back to prison. As the credits rolled, Guy slumped back onto the couch and closed his eyes for a moment.

"You know, the one they showed last week was also sad, but not like this." The tragic tale of that overgrown ape and how it was misunderstood had been sympathetic, but it had been impossible to relate to what they were going through. This was salt in the wound.

full_score July 18 2011, 06:10:16 UTC

What kind of point? That resistance was futile because they'd all get crushed if they tried to escape? The movie had said it was dedicated to the 50 men who'd been murdered, but he somehow doubted the military was interested in everyone having a thoughtful moment of silence for them.

"Well, it sure seems like a threat to me," Claude grumbled, his frustration clearly evident in his voice. "Movies are supposed to boost morale. This just felt like a way to kick at us while we're down!"

He'd really been looking forward to watching today's movie with Guy, too. Granted, from a technical and narrative perspective, it could actually be considered quite good. But their captors' choice of subject matter for today's viewing was nothing short of cruel.

While Claude had never seen the original King Kong with his own eyes, he knew how it ended. Guy's observation was interesting, but Claude didn't think it was difficult to understand why this particular show felt like a punch to the gut ( ... )

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