Day 57: Cafeteria

[gald_digger]

Edgar's charming company had raised Anise's spirits enough that not even the Head Doctor's voice could bring them back down. Besides, she was feeling pretty sure that Landel wasn't actually around. To begin with, it wouldn't make sense, and secondly, his announcements sounded suspiciously like ones she'd already heard before. While Anise wasn't

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[vsyourface]

"Ew ew ew ew ewwwww..."

Scott was already missing the cookies and cereal from the night before. He was sure the pink goop on his plate was very nice and full of nutrients that would make his body love him forever, but when it was put up against stuff that didn't, you know, taste like wallpaper paste, it kind of put the gruel in a tough place. Thus, in all likelihood, it would never, ever be the recipient of Scott's love and affection, no matter how much it tried to please him with vitamins and minerals.

But they were stuck together in a loveless brunch relationship for now, and so Scott was forced to take it over to a table with him. "This suuuuucks," Scott whined to himself as he took an empty seat.

[Come smack your bitch up, Erika]

hi scott.... /breathes on

[witchdetective]

It was a good thing that Erika remained suspicious of the Institute and abandoned all hope, because she was still quite upset at the fact that the nice dinners were now seemingly a thing of the past. That alone made her cheer Landel's apparent attempts to regain control as she received her pink gruel. Since she was in a bad mood, she planned to find someone she hated and bother them to make sure her misery was shared. And it looked like she chose the right time to be mad, because the target of her hatred was alone at the moment.

Erika was very quick to secure the seat in front of him, slamming her tray down and ignoring the bits of gruel that went flying as she gave the boy a very insincere, devious smile that could clearly state her intentions and feelings. Erika was expressive like that.

"It's been awhile, hasn't it?" She sneered, finally sitting down after making such a dramatic entrance. "I didn't want you to think that I forgot about you."

No one creeps quite like you~

[vsyourface]

Scott was so wrapped up in convincing himself that he wasn't tasting the food in his mouth that he didn't even see anyone coming. The only warning he got about his new tablemate was sudden SLAM! followed by a glob of gruel shooting at his cheek.

"Gah! Ahagh haaagh!" Scott coughed, clutching his throat with one hand as he tried to recover from accidentally sucking brunchfast into the wrong tube. It took him a moment or two, but thankfully, Scott recovered from the point of certain asphyxiation, after which he fixed the girl across the table with a "What the hell, lady?!"-type glare.

"What the hell, lady?!" he coughed out, wiping the gruel off his cheek and taking a drink of water to wash down the indignity. "Wha- Been a while since what? The last time you tried to surprise the life out of some poor, hapless soul? Holy god, why would you- Who are you, even

of course <3 I always creep lovingly....

[witchdetective]

Now that was the reaction she wanted to get. Erika was pleased that not only did the boy remember, but he was appropriately terrified of her even though she hadn't gotten any time to properly harass him and make him pay. Certain things had to be obtained first, though now that she had duct tape, the possibilities seemed to stretch out for miles before her. For now, though, merely striking terror into his heart with some psychological warfare seemed to satisfy the detective

[vsyourface]

Truth be told, Scott wasn't so much terrified as he was in a state of intense "I so do not want to be here right now."

Whatever this girl could attempt to do to him, Scott was pretty sure it couldn't be much worse than some of the stuff that people like the exes or Porky had tried. That did not mean, however, that he had to be excited for whatever she did try. And from the look on her face, Scott was betting this girl wasn't planning anything along the lines of, say, a magical rainbow vacation where they both rode unicorns into the sunset.*

"Look, can we do the whole sadistic vengeance thing some other time? I am so not in the mood right now," Scott groaned deeply, head banging down on the table next to his tray. "I've got a thing in a place to be at tonight, and it'd be kind of sucky if I showed up to it carved into little bits or something."

* - Though, that would be pretty awesome if she were, thought Scott.

omg so sorry for the delay T_T

[witchdetective]

Scott's suffering was, in a word, delicious. Erika savored it, enjoying the tone of frustration and annoyance. Most people might have been put off that their threats weren't being taken seriously, but Erika welcomed it; the best way to attack someone was to trick them into letting their guard down. That was how she got Natsuhi, and how she was preparing to get this boy as well. Whatever she had planned for him, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as the punishment she could have dished out if they were on another gameboard, so he should have been grateful for that.

Instead, he asked her to postpone her plans for revenge. Postpone! As if he could just ask nicely and she might consider it, and then tell him

Same here! orz

[vsyourface]

"Really?"

Scott raised his head up, blinking. Someone was actually listening to his whining for once? Nice! He still wasn't a fan of the clearly Evil Dominatrix of Evilness look that the girl had on her face, but pssh, whatever! He had just gotten a free pass on doom! Score!

Feeling considerably better now, Scott started back in on his food, somehow managing not to choke on the taste again. "So what's up otherwise, then? What kind of plans've you got? Are they cool plans?" he asked casually, assuming that if he wasn't fighting for his mortal well-being anymore, he might as well shoot the breeze. They were both here until they finished eating, after all. What else were they going to do?

klfdjsf if you're not cool with backthreading, let me know

[witchdetective]

Did he actually believe her? For a moment, Erika considered that this boy had somehow seen through her and was trying to present himself as someone too stupid to have fun with. The mishap on the bulletin board might have also been staged, solely to present himself as a target that would be too dull to harass. Unfortunately for him, while Erika considered that possibility, she also decided she didn't care. Erika was a girl who was able to find excitement in anything, so Scott could have been a bigger idiot than Battler and she still would have found some amusing way to torture his spirit and crack his will

A round or two more is probably good! Thanks again for sticking with the thread! 8D

[vsyourface]

Scott laughed out loud. "Dude, like I'd tell you! You're probably gonna stalk me like a creepy blue ninja later this chapter if I give you that kind of info!" What did she take him for? Some kind of idiot doofus?

"But I can tell you," he went on to brag, "it's probably cooler and more important than whatever exploration you're doing. 'Cause our group is just cool like that. Oh man, it is all going down tonight!"

No one had ever said that Scott wasn't some kind of idiot doofus.

how can I not enjoy this thread... ;u;

[witchdetective]

That stung. Erika did her best not to scowl too deeply, because while Scott proved himself to be of average intelligence, he was also still giving her information that she needed. Like that he was in a group, and whatever they were doing was going to be finished tonight. Funny, that all sounded extremely familiar, like almost identical to what she had planned if her suspicions were correct. Erika didn't know of any other place other than down where the most interesting explorations were going to be had. But knowing his location wasn't as important as knowing exactly when his group business would be finished.

"Oh, you got me. Such a shame," She commented dryly, examining her fingernails so she looked bored about the whole thing. "I'm glad that your own activities are so exciting and full of drama because I'd hate to interrupt your groupwork. I'm glad it'll be finished tomorrow though."

Even if Scott tried to deny that, she'd probably be able to read his reaction. This boy... was not subtle about anything, she noticed.

It is a thing of beauty... *_*

[vsyourface]

"Darn right it's a shame."

The girl was looking bored, so Scott took that opportunity to force down the rest of his food. "We'll have to see what 'finished' means, I guess, but if it's something cool, I'll be sure to let people know," said Scott pushing the bowl away from himself when he was done. A bit of the gruel remained, but not so much that he felt guilty about wasting perfectly good wallpaper paste, at least.

It was not long after that that the third shift announcement chimed on overhead. Scott's head perked up. Oh right. Today was Free Choice Day, wasn't it? He hadn't gotten a visitor on these Sundays yet, and as far as he knew, he wasn't about to start getting any now. Thus, Scott knew exactly where he was headed next. It started with "G" and ended with "ame Room."

He waved as he pushed himself up from the brunch table. "All right, well later, then, Doom Chick!" He never had gotten her name. "Don't try setting my room on fire! Someone already tried that before, and it didn't work too well!"