The Demi-Fiend returns!

[demifemme]

Who: Shura and OPEN
Where: Apartment building in Pisces
Summary: Shura tries to go back to her apartment from the Hospital.
Warnings: None so far!


Fortunately, the trip between Caduceus Hospital and the Visitor's apartment building in Pisces was a short one. Wheelchair-bound as she was now, thanks to trying to fight her Shadow, Shura didn't think she could have taken the humiliation of a longer trip. In addition to that, Hinoto-Ri itself had not really been designed for people who couldn't run. Getting in and off the tram was a pain, not to mention that to access an elevator, she had had to get off at the main station in Pisces and wheel herself all the way back to the apartments. Just as her still weak arms had about fallen off, she found herself in front of the building, and the five concrete steps leading to the main entrance. Fuck, she had forgotten about that. She honestly felt like crying, right now.

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[poorlittleblueburdie]

Well all right, then! He'll place the box on the table for her, and by the time she's done eating, he'll be sitting on one of the other chairs a little ways away, quietly preening his wings, holding them around himself so they were in his lap for him to work on more easily. He had gotten up a few times, mostly to take away any trash for her as she ate. He seemed content enough to play waiter for her.

"Would you like me to fetch anything for you to drink?" A bit late, perhaps, but she'd been so busy with her food, he felt it would've been more rude to interrupt. "I could find some tea, or juice, or milk...? Or hot chocolate...?"

[demifemme]

"There's green tea in the cupboard," she pointed out as she leaned back. She'll need to lie down in bed or something after all this food... Tea should help her digest.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

He gave her a nod, and found it without much fuss, quickly taking care of that. For all the things he didn't know, he was familiar enough with this, at least, and set the cup of it down in front of her gently.

"I hope that's right...?" He pulled his wings up behind him again, offering her a smile. "Should I put the leftovers away? ...or... is there anything else you'd like me to help with tonight...?"

[demifemme]

Aaah, tea. Drink of the gods. Shura started by taking a long sip, letting the heat of the tea warm her up and soothe her body.

"Put the leftovers away," she said. "Then I want to lie down and sleep."

[poorlittleblueburdie]

He gave her a bob that was somewhere between a nod and a bow -- maybe more of a curtsey -- and got the rest of the food into the freezer and... then paused, looking into the fridge.

((Full of old stuff, right?))

[demifemme]

Yep, absolutely. The fridge is stock full of food either past its date or on the verge of going bad. There is nothing that would be safe to eat or drink in there aside from a jug of water.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

He's going to pause, once the fridge door is open. He can smell enough of it to know better, even if he's not exactly all that familiar with human cuisine.

"Would you mind if I... um... cleaned this up?"

He's trying to keep a straight face. He really is.

((...meant to write ice cream, not imply the eel was going into the freezer too there. Wow, I must've been tired. Sorry.))

S'okay

[demifemme]

"I don't mind. Knock yourself out. I mean, if left up to me it's probably gonna take a while before I can kneel and clean this thing."

[poorlittleblueburdie]

He took a deep breath, nodded, and then set to work clearing it out. Some things got a little sniff at them, but some, he could tell at a glance. Didn't take him too long to empty the fridge and pull out a trash bag for it. Another sniff at the empty fridge, and he pulled out its little shelves and drawers entirely, to wash them out in the sink.

...Which apparently involved sticking his hands in plastic garbage bags, rather than washing anything barehanded. But at least he was cleaning it up for her, and being quick about it?

He nodded at the filled trash bag. "I'll take that out in a moment. Should I bring back more of the eel, to replace it?" He sounded like he might've been teasing, but... it was a serious question, all the same. She liked it, so why not?

[demifemme]

Shura shook her head. "The eels won't last that long in the fridge, and hell knows how fish gone bad stinks. With the elevator I should be good to go get more another day. MY arms are just dead today."

[poorlittleblueburdie]

He nodded and finished cleaning out the fridge, to put the leftovers away in it. "Was there anything else I could do for you tonight? And... should I check back tomorrow?"

Yes, he was offering to keep this up.

[demifemme]

Shura looked at him a bit dubiously. Why was he so keen on helping, anyway?

"If it amuses you to see me crippled."

[poorlittleblueburdie]

His wings fell a few inches at that. "Is that the only reason one would aid another, where you're from?"

[demifemme]

"Hm... maybe not the only one, but it'd be one of the main reason, yeah." Oh, Vortex World.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

"Well, it most certainly isn't, where I come from." Oh, non-Vortex worlds. "I'm sorry to hear it's so for you."