Dayshift 43: Waiting Room / Lobby 1 [4th Shift]
It'd been nice to talk with Subaru, if only to see that the young man was faring a little better than before. He seemed to have the worst luck and unfortunately, there wasn't always someone there to protect those that needed it the most. As he passed the Sun Room, there was still no sign of a post from Ururu either. Things didn't look promising
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From the moment he'd thought the words 'emotionally and physically exhausting', Depth Charge should have realised what was waiting for him. Oh, no, not even that bolthead of a Head Doctor's death could stop them from making his day just that little bit worse. Only in this case, 'a little' was probably going to turn into 'a lot'.
The nurse escorting him to the waiting room chirruped away about how nice it was to be visited by friends. He didn't respond, too busy concentrating what little energy he had for this on keeping calm to think of a halfway decent response that wouldn't get him sedated. Because, even if he was at the end of his tether, there was no way he was going to try and worm his way out of this, none whatsoever. That would have been as good as admitting defeat then and there.
Depth Charge took a seat, staring at fists clenched so tightly in his lap the knuckles looked as though they could burst at any time. So. Who would the slaggers throw at him
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"Detective Price!" the kid half-yelled, waving cheerfully and obviously thrilled, and bound across the room on lanky legs to Detective Aaron Price's side, making a move to hug him before the older man caught up and caught him by the back of his collar.
"Chip, settle down," he ordered, with quiet authority, and gently pushed the kid towards a chair facing their friend and coworker before nodding solemnly to same. "Aaron," he greeted, softly. "How're you holding up?"
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"This is the single worst joke I've ever heard," he managed eventually, staring dully across at his teammates. "And I've heard a lot of jokes."
X, he could have handled. At least he knew where he stood with X- over him with stasis cuffs in one hand and an energon pistol pressed to his temple. But these two...
Surprised or not, however, it wasn't long before the initial shock wore off enough to make way for a far more typical reaction. Eyes narrowed and almost growling, Depth Charge spat out a flat, empty laugh. "How am I holding up? How the Pit do you think I'm holding up?!"
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Manchu's smile didn't slip away. In fact, it intensified as he watched his sister pointlessly argue. Her time here had done little to alleviate that pleasant attitude, which was such a shame. Manchu really did miss breaking her bones on the occasion, back when she still showed potential.
But now what was she? So weak and pathetic, her ferocity dwindled by the friendships she had formed. She didn't deserve any freedom at all. He was hoping she'd learn to be a bit more aggressive while trapped here, but it was doing the opposite.
Another oh well. It was her loss.
"By the way, nurse, when is it dinner time?" Oh, that was an ugly face she made.
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"A visitor...?"
He'd heard about these so-called 'visitors' from the bulletin board, though never once did he expect to get one himself. In the end, he couldn't think of anyone who would have a big impact on him (who wasn't already in this godforsaken building), so the God-General merely shrugged before following his nurse out.
The walk to the waiting room wasn't all that far, and Sync situated himself onto one of the seats in the corner before the woman spoke up again.
"Now wait here, Stephen. Somebody else will be with you shortly."
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When she entered the lobby, there weren't many people around, and Anise immediately spotted Sync sitting way off in a corner. He had a visitor, too? That was a surprise. He didn't really have any friends, did he? What was even more surprising, though, was what the nurse did next: she led Anise straight to him.
"Why don't you take a seat next to Stephen here? Your visitor will be here soon."
Anise just stood and stared at the boy for a moment, then whipped her head around to snap at the nurse. "Wait, why him!? Can't I wait somewhere else?" The last thing she wanted was for Sync to be there when her parents came ( ... )
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"Come on, Anise. I promise I won't do anything embarrassing this time." Of course, the moment both nurses left them the replica's expression transformed into something more sinister. It was only then that he leaned back, eying her form up and down before sneering.
"After everything that happened last night I'm surprised you're still alive, but it must be easy when you don't have to babysit anyone."
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Anise could only think of one person, but she didn't want to believe it.
Sync's comment earned him a sharp glare from the girl. Bastard. How could he say a thing like that!? Well, actually, Anise knew full well how he could. He just didn't care. Getting upset was exactly what he wanted from her, so she tried not to indulge him, turning her head away quickly and putting on a haughty front. "Hmph! Looks like I managed better than you did, anyway." She saw bandages on his hands, at least. He definitely didn't get through unscathed.
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Touya'd been taking a nap in the Sun Room when his nurse shook him awake with a bright grin plastered on her face. At that moment, Touya had known something was up. And thanks to Yuki's warning that morning, he knew what it was.
"Get up Thomas, you have a very special visitor today!" the nurse said, barely able to contain her giggles. Oi he hoped she wasn't giggling over his father. Oi that would be gross.
Minutes later, he was sitting on a couch waiting for his nurse to come back with his visitor. He hadn't seen anyone that he recognized in the lobby--maybe there had been some kind of mistake.
...though he couldn't help but feel like he was about to be assaulted. Or have his train of thought suddenly interrupted. It was a weird feeling, to be sure.
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And her grip was strong enough to prove that, too. Or to smother him, perhaps, but wasn't that was love was about?
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Why was Nakuru on him, her arms trying to squeeze him to death? Why was she even here to see him? What about his father? There wasn't even a strong enough bond between him and Nakuru for her to be all over him like this.
"Oi, Nakuru," Touya growled, trying to take her by her shoulders and let her off of him. "What are you doing here?"
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The pout only deepened, and she gave a dramatic sniffle before burying her face against his shoulder. "Of course I came here! I had to come see you here in this dreadful place because I missed you soooo much!" she wailed, the fact that her voice was muffled by his shirt doing nothing to impact the ear-piercing quality of her voice.
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Lockdown was led to a room he'd never been in so far, which the nurse called the 'Waiting Room' and told to have a seat. The bounty hunter did as she said, mostly because he was rather curious to find out who wanted to see him. Still, he told himself to be on his guard, just in case this turned out to be a trap or something.
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He pulled down his purple sunglasses to take a look, "There's my favorite customer! You know, when I heard you finally went over the deep end I said no way, not Lance! Straight as an ar- well, a lance! But hey, I guess everyone needs some R&R now and again, right? How're they treating you?"
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No way, it couldn't be... But the voice and mannerisms were all too familiar. Even the man's purple glasses reminded the bounty hunter of a certain mech's big, purple optics.
Leaning forward a little, Lockdown asked, "Swindle, is that you?"
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"You know me, it's your old friend Stan, the most honest auto parts dealer this side of Rio Grande!"
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