Day 30: Sun Room (Fourth Shift)

[full_score]

((Reserved for Dias.))

The shower shift had been a bit brief for Claude's liking, though he figured it had more to do with the fact they didn't get to bathe very often, and less to do with finding the shower rooms enjoyable. Then again, did anyone really enjoy communal showers

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[contentincloset]

[waiting for that idiot Fai, I believe]The shower had helped. Now his head was much clearer, and he could think straight for a change. Maybe now he'd be able to process just what was going on with this world beyond what the magician had told him the previous evening. So much had happened differently during the day

[not_rly_fai]

Yuuhi was far from feeling alright when the nurse led him back into the Sun Room, telling him he really ought to try to make more friends. The boy in the shower recognizing him as... as the person he used to be, that was a scenario he'd been completely unprepared for. He was used to running away from his problems, but here... they just seemed to keep coming, piling up one after another. Everything he'd feared, everything he didn't want to face.

The room was still fairly empty when he arrived, which meant it would be difficult to avoid one of the faces he recognized. He planned to steer clear of the shinigami of course; this morning had just been a fluke, but Kurogane was another matter altogether. If he was going to avoid awkward conversation though, he would have to keep things light, not give any time for it to take a serious turn. Business as usual.

With a sly grin, he crept quietly behind the couch(though surely the ninja had an inkling he was there), then reached out to cover Kurogane's eyes with his fingers, "Guess who

[contentincloset]

It was still pretty quiet in the room when his thoughts ended up interrupted. Someone was coming up behind the couch, and they weren't being all that discrete about it. He felt no threat from the approaching presence and followed it right until it was behind him.

"Come ou-" he started, but stopped the instant he felt the fingers wrapping around his half closed eyes. His words trailed off into a low growl when he heard that annoying voice accompanying the hands. "Get off," he then ordered, "or lose your fingers." He couldn't help his annoyance at the man's childish actions. The day had not been kind to him so far, and the last thing he needed was to have to deal with his companion.

He needed to though and on a much more serious level than Fai would probably like. So, to make sure Fai didn't attempt to run away, he reached up and took a hold of one of the other's wrists, holding tightly.

[not_rly_fai]

"Awuuuuuu," Yuuhi whined, "no cheating!" He didn't move from behind, not that he'd be able to easily, with Kuro having such a tight hold on his wrist. Besides! How could Kuro tell him to get off if he was hanging onto his arm like that?!

"Come on, guess!" Part of him just enjoyed playing around and teasing Kurogane, but part of him really, just... wanted to hear him say it.

[captain_hunam]

Well, that had been an... experience-- hopefully one Zelnick never had to experience again.

Though clean and dressed again, his face was still warm with embarrassment when he settled on a couch in the sun room. He was hardly in a mood to deal with Admiral ZEX, if Admiral ZEX it was, but Zelnick had named the time and place; it would be... really rude to not be there.

So he sat on the couch, leaned back to make himself comfortable, and--

Oh.

The soft, glowing light was... natural light, the sun filtered through a blue atmosphere. It was the sky, EARTH'S sky, bluer than he had ever thought possible, with clean white clouds scuttling across it...

Zelnick was entranced, the sight of something he'd worked towards with a thousand days of staring at starscapes, right there above him, pinning him in place. Blue sky...

[wantsyourzex]

To say ZEX was very excited to see the human Captain again would have been something of an understatement. He had long hoped for the chance to speak with the human face-to-face and now he finally had his chance! While he would have preferred the ease of movement his natural body would have provided him, he could hardly think of this opportunity as anything but wonderful. Even if they were in this strange place, surrounded by strange people, caught up in some strange plan that he didn't understand, at least they'd have each other.

ZEx was well caught up in fantasies of how wonderful their reunion would be when he finally caught sight of the human. Staring up at the sky (which was blue, ZEX noted... perhaps this was not Earth?) with that flexible neck of theirs, and at the sight of him ZEX could have fallen in love ten times over again.

"Oh Captain! You really are here!" ZEX was delighted and it showed, even though he was clumsier than ever. He kept his one hand over his eye as he gestured vaguely with one arm in an attempt at a VUX

[captain_hunam]

Zelnick was startled out of his halfway reverent mood by... someone very human who acted very much like ZEX, which was a bit jarring. Didn't crazy people often thing they were great military leaders of the past? But if that was the case, this guy had it down perfectly, right to the odd laugh, and moved as awkwardly as a child, and had even recognized Zelnick.

Staring at the man, Zelnick waved a hand in greeting and managed a slightly strained, "Hi to you to, uh, Admiral."

[wantsyourzex]

"I know, I know, I find it quite mystifying myself." ZEX laughed again, still obviously excited, and he held out one hand, all his fingers pressed tightly together. "I still don't know how such a thing was accomplished... had I known about such a procedure, I would have-... well, I don't know if I would have partaken, exactly, but I would have at least investigated. While I may have only the utmost respect and admiration for your species, I'm still rather fond of my own body. Although being human has opened up some new possibilities..." ZEX paused, smiling to himself for a few seconds. "If only this clumsiness would pass... your center of gravity is quite different from ours, and

[heavens_too_far]

Dias had certainly had better days, even in this place.

When the riot had started, and he'd realized River was in the middle of it, the possibility of his not participating had flown out of the window. He'd launched himself at the first orderly standing between himself and his surrogate sister, with every intention of fighting his way to her side...an attempt that had failed spectacularly, as apparently the staff had learned to keep a close eye on him for signs of violence. He'd been swarmed within moments, and felt that prick in his neck that signaled the heavy drowsiness of his being drugged...the effects were only now starting to wear off, and his accompanying orderly was still hanging around almost too close for comfort

[full_score]

Claude was glad Dias had sought him out. As worried as he'd been about the blue-haired man, he wasn't in the mood to organize a man-hunt at the moment, especially if it turned out that such a thing was uncalled for. And, thankfully, it was, because, well...there was Dias, alive and well.

The question apparently caught Claude off guard, and he subconsciously moved to shove hands into pockets that he belatedly realized weren't there. "I-I should be asking you that, shouldn't I?" The Earthling let his hands fall awkwardly to his sides. "But, yes, I'm, uh, fine." He managed a faint smile. "Thank you."

He eyed the swordsman for a moment, trying to find any signs of injury or illness. Dias seemed to be carrying himself well enough, though he looked like he'd seen better days. "When that riot happened today, I was wondering if you'd managed to stay clear of it or not. It was pretty chaotic, so I had no way of seeing you for myself." He frowned a little. "You're okay, though, right?"

[heavens_too_far]

"I didn't try to stay clear of it," Dias replied flatly. He couldn't remember if Claude knew about his connection with River yet; Dias didn't think he'd told him, certainly, but it was possible Ashton had mentioned it at some point...Dias decided to assume that Claude didn't know, since if he had then he'd have all but known Dias must be involved if River was. "I was trying to protect River. But they overwhelmed me before I could get five yards." He wasn't exactly happy about that; even without a sword in his hands, he felt like he should have been able to get through anything that tried to stand between himself and River, and that not doing so was some sort of personal failure.

At Claude's inquiry as to his health, he shrugged slightly. "The sedatives are wearing off" was his noncommittal reply. "With how tired you looked just now, I thought maybe they'd gotten you with some, too." Apparently, he'd been wrong; Claude had looked tired when Dias had first addressed him, but he seemed entirely alert now.

[full_score]

River. That was the girl he'd caught a glimpse of in the cafeteria, wasn't it? Claude hadn't been sure at the time, especially considering the chaos, and how she seemed to disappear from view after he'd turn towards Asch and Guy for that moment. Not to mention he'd only seen her once during his first night, and he hadn't exactly been trying to remember her face at the time

[heartofrevenge]

[free for pestering]"Here we are, Mister Smith!" the healer escorting him said, opening the door and ushering him inside. "Now, there's an assortment of things for you to do here if you would like

[broken_babylon]

Subaru was slowly starting to get used to all the foreigners here, but the tall man with the startlingly blond hair and blue eyes nonetheless drew his attention. He seemed to be in something of a bad mood, but at the same time he seemed just a touch lost as well. At least, he had still bothered arguing with the nurse about his name, which most people gave up on pretty quickly.

Both to speed his familiarisation with westerner etiquette and to possibly help out a new patient, Subaru approached the man tentatively. "Pardon me, would you mind if I joined you?"

[heartofrevenge]

Nakago didn't turn to look at the other man, simply kept his gaze turned up towards the sky above. It had been ages since he had seen sky like that... the last time he distinctly recalled seeing a sky at all, the sky had been dark and Seiryuu himself had been winding through the clouds.

"I would not mind," he said after a moment when it became evident to him that this other man wasn't about to leave him be until he received an answer. He finally turned his head to look at the man before him, where it would become evident to the stranger that Nakago, at least, wasn't truly the westerner he believed him to be. There was a slight upturn to his eyes that would indicate some Asian heritage, but it was all but it was all but invisible to most unless they were specifically looking for it. "Do as you like; it matters little to me."

[broken_babylon]

"I apologise if I'm intruding. I just happened to overhear your confrontation with the nurse, and I wondered if you might be new here." Subaru did not take a seat, quite ready to back off if the blond man genuinely does not need any information or help. He couldn't help but feel a bit sad at the rebuff, but that was his problem, not the stranger's.

[stray_shinigami]

Normally, Renji would have gone for one of the other rooms, probably the arts and crafts room so he'd have a table to draw maps on. Instead, he sat himself down on a couch near the door and just waited, looking for Rukia. He wasn't going to start feeling better until he saw her and knew she was okay.

[feel free to bother; he'll be running to grab Rukia once she appears, but since she's backthreading, that won't be for a while.]

[haiiro_no_chou]

[From here.]

Despite the hassle of not being able to walk properly, that had probably been the fastest Rukia had washed herself since she'd been adopted into the Kuchiki Family. She loved bathing, and took her time whenever she could, but she hadn't had a chance to see Renji yet that day. It was getting late already, and she just needed... him.

A different nurse from her usual wheeled her into the sun room. Rukia spotted Renji right away and told the woman that she was fine and could manage by herself. Steering the wheelchair was a little odd, but she made her way around the few obstacles without any collisions.

[stray_shinigami]

Renji was on his feet immediately, hurrying over to meet her. Yeah, it might piss her off; she never wanted any help. But he needed to make sure she was in one piece, and now. He grabbed on to the odd wheeled chair, hand white knuckled. "What happened?"

[haiiro_no_chou]

Rukia looked up at Renji, a little wide-eyed. "I, uh," she stuttered, "just ran into a big... bug... thing. Last night." She shrugged, looking away. Losing a fight to a scorpion wasn't something she was very proud of.