02-03-2015, 05:15 PM
Lisel met her halfway down the hall. Her fellow doctor was looking worse for wear. "You're still up? What's going on?"
Torri asked as the other woman fell into step alongside.
"You forgot about Michael didn't you?"
Lisel asked, her accent mumbled with fatigue. Torri's frown was confused.
"I didn't forget about him. I'm going to find him right now. Assuming he's awake."
Even as Torri replied, her mind was canvasing all recent memories for something she'd forgotten.
Lisel shook her head. There was a hesitancy in her voice, like she feared being the bearer of bad news. "He needed a place to stay. You assigned him a room, but never told him about it."
Torri stopped, blinking in disbelief at her co-worker. "You never told him where to go?! Rather than speaking to him yourself you just let him pace around, exhausted?! Don't you know who he is?"
She felt her voice rise. Lisel held her ground, but her voice was sheepish.
"You said you were going to. I assumed you had before you disappeared with Marcus."
Torri tensed, but she barely held back the snap of a tongue. Not to mention she didn't appreciate Lisel's tone regarding Marcus. She hadn't exactly disappeared with anyone, but her fears were coming true. It had looked strange. Either way, she had said she'd tell Michael herself, but she didn't think Lisel would act unreasonably.
"Fine. Thanks for the reminder,"
she added, jaw clenched and went off, hurrying a bit more, now. She and Lisel parted ways after that, but Torri was already trying to figure out what to say to Michael.
She found him on the Facility main level, obviously not having gone down another level to rest.
She took a breath, smeared her hair back behind her ears, and interrupted him. Like everyone else at this time of night, he was tired and tense. "Commander. I hear that you need accommodation. Unfortunately the only place for you is in a recently vacated cell - unlocked, of course."
Torri asked as the other woman fell into step alongside.
"You forgot about Michael didn't you?"
Lisel asked, her accent mumbled with fatigue. Torri's frown was confused.
"I didn't forget about him. I'm going to find him right now. Assuming he's awake."
Even as Torri replied, her mind was canvasing all recent memories for something she'd forgotten.
Lisel shook her head. There was a hesitancy in her voice, like she feared being the bearer of bad news. "He needed a place to stay. You assigned him a room, but never told him about it."
Torri stopped, blinking in disbelief at her co-worker. "You never told him where to go?! Rather than speaking to him yourself you just let him pace around, exhausted?! Don't you know who he is?"
She felt her voice rise. Lisel held her ground, but her voice was sheepish.
"You said you were going to. I assumed you had before you disappeared with Marcus."
Torri tensed, but she barely held back the snap of a tongue. Not to mention she didn't appreciate Lisel's tone regarding Marcus. She hadn't exactly disappeared with anyone, but her fears were coming true. It had looked strange. Either way, she had said she'd tell Michael herself, but she didn't think Lisel would act unreasonably.
"Fine. Thanks for the reminder,"
she added, jaw clenched and went off, hurrying a bit more, now. She and Lisel parted ways after that, but Torri was already trying to figure out what to say to Michael.
She found him on the Facility main level, obviously not having gone down another level to rest.
She took a breath, smeared her hair back behind her ears, and interrupted him. Like everyone else at this time of night, he was tired and tense. "Commander. I hear that you need accommodation. Unfortunately the only place for you is in a recently vacated cell - unlocked, of course."