Thread: The beast of innocence.

Jina tossed a sideways glance at the doctor as they walked through the corridors, A break through you say, hmm? Any day. Well, let me know how that goes for you. As far as trying to scare me goes, I've had the boogeymen waving their guns at me since I was three. You do the psychology on that. If she does end up killing me, then my life would have finally ended on an interesting note. Everything else is same old shit, different day. She plunked her folder into the processing tray at the computer station for one of the staff to catalog the data and file it away. Then she turned to head back up to the regular section to resume her usual rounds there. Several days passed of short chitchat, in and out sessions with Winter before Jina finally arrived with a little more than the peppermints she had started bringing after that first day. This time she came with a thermal plastic bag one normally used to keep groceries warm or cold in the car. She waited until after she had taken the usual vital signs for the logs before revealing what she had brought with her. Since you have put up with a diet meant for morons in the hole for as long as you have, I decided it wouldn't hurt to be naughty for once and bring you something that normally I wouldn't bring anywhere near a hospital, she said as she opened the bag and pulled out two happy meal boxes. They looked identical, though one had a cheeseburger and one had chicken nuggets. The chicken had a piece of popcorn codfish slipped into it. Each came with plushie green plastic ball toys that could be bounced around. Most kids get to eat so much crap food like this that we doctors tend to yell at the parents for starting them on it, but if there's anyone that deserves a happy meal, it's you. She passed the hamburger one to Winter first so she could have a real happy meal before the other one made her a very unhappy camper. They're called happy meals because they come with free surprise toys for people to play with. Most of the toys suck these days, but the ball can never go wrong, she explained as she picked up one of the balls and bounced it off a wall then caught it. Jina bounced the ball a few more times before purposefully missing so that she could use the commotion of going after the ball and looking stupid to toss a whisper into Winter's ear. Only eat the other one if you want to try to run. A small piece in it will hurt. She picked up the ball and bounced it around idly as she talked more to cover her tracks, Sorry if these are stupid. I thought you might get a kick out of them for a little while. My brother and I use to get into fights over who got which happy meal toy. Half the time the toy would get broken somehow in the scuffle. Most kids take so much of their lives for granted. I'm ashamed of having been one of them. It's like... you're having to live your life backwards. Started with the hospitals and nursing homes with their irritating staff, half of which mistreat you just for the hell of it. She knew she probably wasn't making much sense with most of what she said, but she was in a rant mood. Pretending the ball she kept whacking against the wall was the head of one of the many people on her shit list. Blinking, she stopped and passed it to Winter to throw around. It was Winter's present after all. She just hoped the girl didn't hate her for what she'd set up.