I10DT: The Tour Stops Here

[Haley Crusek]

"And so then, I just blew the hell out of the entire obstacle course," she laughed as they walked into the mostly-empty (for now) hall. "Showed that stupid computer who's the boss. But even with that sarcastic fucking computer? It's badass, the Danger Room. And here's the most important part: the Dining Hall. Part kitchen, part sparring hall," she smirked.

[Paul Valmont]

"Heh... I'll cover your back while we run in for food," he joked, looking around. "A lot like the Academy, I guess," he admitted.

[Haley Crusek]

Haley picked up a lot of surface thought chatter from the cafeteria's few occupants--mostly things along the lines of "See? That's the girl! Yeah! She got her ass *beat*...her nose doesn't look broken?....yeah, man, but look at that forehead! I can see that bruise from all the way across the room."--she shook her head to try and clear her mind, but still felt a lot of eyes on her.

"Need to buy fucking stage makeup to cover this fucking thing up," she grumbled under her breath.

"Yeah. It's a school cafeteria," she said to Paul, trying to distract herself. "Food's pretty damn good. Not as good as our dinner on the beach, either, but more or less free on the meal plan."

[Paul Valmont]

"Well, I can't go giving you dinner on the beach all the time, or you're going to get spoiled," he joked. "Gotta save that for a special occasion."

[Haley Crusek]

"Me? Spoiled? Never," she smirked, loading up her tray with a salad, some soup, and a chicken sandwich. "Dunno how you feel about meatloaf, but the stuff they have here is honestly pretty good. Almost as good as my mom's,"

[Paul Valmont]

"Yeah, well, I guess my mom did make a good meal," he allowed. "Never really made up for the fact that, y'know, you had to be home to get it."

[Haley Crusek]

"I never minded home unless my brothers were being brats," she said, leasing Paul to an empty table. "But being here more on my own is pretty cool."

[Paul Valmont]

"Well, home's... boring," he said. "And when you can be anywhere..." he shrugged, letting the statement speak for itself.

[Haley Crusek]

"I can't step through a doorway and go anywhere I want, so..." she smirked.

"But now that you're here, I guess I can," she added with a smile as she speared some salad and took a bite.

[Paul Valmont]

"I know, I know, everyone wants to use me for my magic doorways," he joked. "That's why I started charging for it."

[Haley Crusek]

"I clearly need to find a way to make money with my powers," she smirked. "I'm not getting the babysitting cash I'm used to, and it bugs the hell out of me, even though I don't really ever need to pay for anything here."