Day 30: Cafeteria, Dinner

[captain_hunam]

The cafeteria was all but empty when Zelnick got there. He was a little disappointed; he had gotten the impression that patients usually ate dinner in their rooms, so he hadn't arranged to meet anyone, and there really wasn't anyone to sit by and engage in conversation yet

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[contentincloset]

[Completely open]Moving again was once again a welcome thing. The Sun Room incident had kept him from being able to rest, both his own mess with Fai, and the following one with the chase. Though he wouldn't admit to it, the man who had chased after another giggling idiot was... very familiar. He'd been sure to note their faces, particularly the one belonging to the one being chased. People like that were ones that he should avoid. He had the magician to deal with, and that was enough

[be_my_tool]

[hope you don't mind.]

So that had been Uchiha Itachi? Admittedly, Zabuza's first impression wasn't all that... impressive, but in this place it was hard to find out how strong a person really was. Perhaps the Uchiha clan hadn't really been as strong as everyone had thought? Perhaps they were all like that brat Sasuke? Then again, Zabuza knew better to judge a person's strength without fighting him, and part of him really did want to fact Itachi, just to test how powerful he really was.

Zabuza grabbed some meat to eat and then turned to go to his usual table where he always watched the door. Some other man was sitting there, but that didn't stop him. He wasn't shy and he didn't run away just because someone else was sitting in his spot. Instead, he just went over the table and sat right next to the man, not even paying him any attention. He also completely ignored the orderlies following him around because of his part in the riot.

[contentincloset]

[More grumpy Ninja meetings! XD Yay!]

Fai had yet to come in when a stranger joined Kurogane at the table, sitting directly beside him. It felt too bold of a move to have been unintentional, but since the man wasn't paying him any mind, Kurogane had no problem with it. There was no malicious intent so far as he could sense, even if he did feel something ominous about the other's presence. Nothing he hadn't felt before though. Seishirou had the same feel (both that he'd met), as had many other assassins of his home world before he'd killed them

[be_my_tool]

Zabuza watched Haku walk into the room and get some food. He sighed slightly and sat back, openly relieved before he closed off his emotions and started to eat himself.

"You waiting for someone?" he asked the guy next to him, still not looking at him but at least not completely ignoring him.

[wantsyourzex]

ZEX engaged the nurse who accompanied him in small talk to be polite, but when they entered the cafeteria he broke off mid-word in favor of something infinitely more important. Where could his human have gotten off to...? Surely he must be here.

Ah, there he was. Unaware of his presence for now, but that was fine with him. He liked the advantage of surprise. Rather than exercising his usual caution about human foodstuffs, he picked up a little of everything available for dinner, and tried to keep everything in balance on his tray while he walked. Ironic that a body that was so stiff and rigid would feel so untrustworthy.

He glanced around with the intention of making it look like he wasn't making a direct line for the Captain, but he found that he couldn't keep it up for very long.

"Fancy meeting you here, Captain!" ZEX said, with a perhaps inappropriately satisfied smile. "What are the odds? Hee! Hee! Hee!" Mmm, he's so beautiful. After a short pause where ZEX practically leered at him without much shame, he adjusted his tray

STOP STALKING ME YOU STALKER. <3

[captain_hunam]

Somehow, Zelnick was entirely unsurprised when ZEX came up to him-- the admiral was hardly subtle about it. Still, he wasn't going to protest the company. Yet. Probably.

The leer was met with an incredulous expression, and the nearly-toppling with a choked laugh that Zelnick quickly forced to silence. ZEX really wasn't used to his body, was he? Doing his best not to laugh (while Zelnick's reservoirs of tact were nearly empty, he still had a trickle of the stuff for times like this), Zelnick shrugged and motioned to the seat next to him. "Go ahead," he said, voice carefully level.

stalk is such an ugly word O3

[wantsyourzex]

"Thank you, Captain." ZEX tried to sound dignified, but he was grinning far too widely for that. It was interesting how it seemed to be a natural human reaction to pleasing things... he was glad at least that expression didn't require too much thought to pull off correctly.

Again, ZEX sat quite close to him, although he did leave room to work his elbows without hopefully jabbing the Captain in the ribs. Human joints were strangely sharp at points for some reason. Although he was close enough to brush against his leg every now and then, purely accidentally of course.

"Do all your foods require... your skull protrusions?" ZEX poked his pork with one finger, which then cautiously went in his mouth.

The truth is often ugly~ :B

[captain_hunam]

ZEX looked a little too pleased-- what, had he expected Zelnick to tell him to sit somewhere else?-- and sat a little too close, but at least Zelnick wasn't pinned between him and the couch arm anymore. In fact, Zelnick could easily slide his chair a few inches away from ZEX, to make the space between them a bit more comfortable-- comfortable for Zelnick, that is-- and did so

"Our teeth?" Zelnick asked, though he was pretty sure that was what ZEX was talking about. "Yeah, most solids need to be chewed before you can swallow. There's a few exceptions-- your mashed potatoes, for one, are soft enough that chewing doesn't really have a purpose." Zelnick scooped up some of the potatoes with his fork and ate them, then paused, staring at his plate. "This is really good," he said, surprise clear in his voice.

[endlessjune]

[ waiting for Hanyuu~! ♥ ]

The rest of the shower was uneventful, as Rika and Hanyuu had to leave Mion and Rena to their own devices. Rika briefly wondered if she would be able to squeeze some information out of Rena, but... well, Rena and Mion would hopefully tell her about the events of last night eventually.

But it still frustrated Rika, to never be able to find out what her friends were thinking. She was aware, as always, that something was wrong, but she never knew the extent of her friend's suffering until it was too late.

Well, at least she had Hanyuu to tell her everything, as usual. But now, even her friend didn't really know what had happened to Mion, it seemed. After getting her dinner, Rika sat near the door so that she would be able to spot Hanyuu once the other girl walked through the door.

[meironohosoku]

For the first time since realizing she had gained a physical form, Hanyuu wished she could become invisible once more. At least then she'd be able to listen in on important conversations, and report back to Rika accordingly. Unfortunatly, as with everything in this place, the matter was out of her hands, and the spirit was forced to continue without knowing what had happened.

The cafeteria was still emptier than usual when Hanyuu entered, making it easy to spot Rika. Her first thought was to immediately return to her friends side, although she did have enough of a mind to get some dinner first.

Setting her tray on the table, Hanyuu sat beside the other girl and commented, "That... didn't turn out so well, did it..?"

[endlessjune]

The former god wasted no time returning back to Rika, although that did little to improve Rika's mood at the moment. The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she was. Of course, she was always frustrated with their situation, but at least in Hinamizawa, things were always the same. She had come to expect the cycle of death and rebirth

[meironohosoku]

"I... I don't know, Rika," was all Hanyuu could think to reply. It wasn't the first time she had heard Rika speak that way, although usually that sort of talk was saved until the time of her death drew near. Of course... here, they were required to adhere to a new timeline; one that they had no knowledge of.

"Mion hasn't done anything wrong. You haven't done anything wrong. None of you deserve that sort of punishment." Hanyuu wasn't sure why anyone would want to exert that type of punishment and power in the first place-- especially if the targets were people only trying to live a full life. Wanting to live was only natural, and living was not a sin.

...or was it? Rika had died, and yet here she was, over a century later. Perhaps this was a form of punishment... If Rika was meant to die--

No, no! Hanyuu shook her head, refusing to let her thoughts go there. Rika deserved to live-- they all deserved to live! They had done nothing to deserve this type of fate. The one to blame was the one who had committed that first murder all those

[stray_shinigami]

Renji felt a little better, after seeing Rukia. Yes, she was hurt, and obviously worried about her brother. And it was still disconcerting that she was minus a couple of toes. But she was still basically okay, and that was the important part. Beyond that, there was something for her to do tonight that would help her feel useful but also keep her from getting hurt more. It was a solution he liked.

He didn't feel light-hearted precisely when he got his dinner, but he did feel relieved. And the food looked pretty good. Maybe this Western barbecue would taste like Chinese barbecue. He really liked that stuff. And even better, he managed to get his mashed potatoes without gravy so he didn't have to waste the time scraping the nasty stuff off.

He took a seat where he'd be able to keep an eye out, though he wasn't looking for anyone in particular, and started eating his dinner.

[heartcrown]

[ i hope this is okay? if not beat me please HAHA. ]

Overall, the shower shift had been a good experience. Kairi was in a good mood after Naminé’s kind words, and now she was all re-bandaged and ready to go. Her hair was still damp (she had tried to towel it off the best she could) but it wasn’t all that bad.

Moving into the cafeteria, she even waved goodbye to her nurse when the woman left. Dinner in the cafeteria was a weird thought, but she really had no qualms over it. Rukia was a nice girl, but she couldn’t help but sometimes feel claustrophobic in that tiny room. At least now she was able to eat with whomever she wanted.

But who?

The place was mostly empty, and she sighed. Well, so far there was no one she knew - Oh, except for Renji.

Kairi blushed as worry filled her. Should she go and greet him? She hadn’t spoken to him in a while as it were anyway … so …

Moving silently towards Renji with her tray balancing in one hand, Kairi gave the older man a shy smile and waved with her wrapped hand. “Hello, Renji.”

[stray_shinigami]

[*squee* I gets a Kairi!]

Renji looked up from the pile of food he was in the middle of demolishing, swallowed hastily, and grinned. "Kairi!" More than a little concern colored his expression, though, as he took in her bandages and remembered what Sora had said this morning. "Please, sit. Are you okay?"

[heartcrown]

Kairi sat down opposite the man with a large smile, staring down at her food with a quirked eyebrow before once again looking up at Renji. “Oh, I’m fine! How’re you? It feels like ages since we’ve spoken or anything.”

She was sure that Sora had spoken to him about what had happened, so she was sure he was going to ask sooner or later. At this point she was in too much of a good mood to really dwell on the horrifying things that had happened the night prior. “I hope you’ve been well?”

[killing_suzie]

Jack was amused. Highly amused. Not that he wasn't normally, but he found the idea of all the prisoners that had gotten into fights having to sit bracketed by the large, knuckle-dragging orderlies. It made him more glad than ever that he'd just slept through the entire mess.

And there was barbecue. He was a big fan of barbecue; he'd spent a little time in the United States, in Texas to be precise, during the mid-twentieth century. Those people had made barbecue into an art form. He doubted this would be up to the standards, but it was still certain to be better than anything he'd been able to get in Wales for the last decade.

He loaded his plate up and found himself a place to sit; there weren't many people in the cafeteria yet. Hopefully someone interesting would sit near him soon.

[clockmongler]

[Feel free to Falcon Punch me if you're waiting for someone else. 8D;]

Insolent nurses... Luxord tried to get into contact with Naminé when he was sure she was properly dressed and clean, wanted to warn her about her pathetic Other... And of course, Nursey McNursingson just had to deny him this because she "didn't want him causing another scene."

Fine then. He'd do it on his own time. Obnoxious, rude little...

With the conversation with Anya still fresh in mind, X entered the cafeteria (and made a face at the offered pork. Disgusting.) to see a familiar face. Perfect.

"Pleasure seeing you so soon, Mr. Harkness," the Nobody greeted, smile wide. "And how has this fine facility been treating you?"

[killing_suzie]

Jack looked up at Luxord and grinned. "Hey, handsome," he said. "It's going rather well, all told. This is the best barbecue I've had in decades." He made a sweeping gesture at the chair across from him. "Please why don't you join me. A meal's always better with good conversation, isn't it?"

[clockmongler]

"Still the charmer, I see," Luxord laughed before taking the offered seat. Although, truth be told, he wasn't about to concur with the Captain and touch the barbecued food. He had his salad (smothered in ranch dressing, as always) and tea, therefore fine without icky revolting pork.

The Gambler pulled a deck of cards from his sleeve, eyes a'glittler with amusement and maybe just a touch of menace. "You seem rather cheery, Mr. Harkness. Care for a game?"