<M_O>	Alfred helps Amir find his way to the cafeteria without wasting too much time getting lost. He drops him off and speeds back down the hall to finish polishing the floors with sweat or something.
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	* Cindy_Birghtford	is sitting on the opposite side of the table as Miss rhodes, her food long cold and and glaring at the woman.
	<M_O>	It's a very long table. Miss Rhodes is faaaaaaaaaaar down at the other end with a smile as she enjoys a bowl of ice cream.
	=-=	Cindy_Birghtford is now known as Cindy_Brightford
	* Cindy_Brightford	isn't still staring at her food, hunger is starting to make that chiken really tasty, "You can't expect me to trust you after all that." She says not paying attention to the man entering the cafeteria
	<Amir_Mittal>	There is a green haired girl at the very far end of a table with some woman. Amir ponders this as he goes to get some food and drink.
	<M_O>	"Don't be so sour over! It wasn't that bad!"
	<M_O>	*get out of here over
	<Cindy_Brightford>	She slams her fist on the table, "You drugged me and put me in a vat of liquid!"
	* Amir_Mittal	grabs a couple small snack bags of popcorn and a water bottle. Oh man this looks awesome. He grabs a third bag of popcorn.
	<M_O>	Miss Rhodes smiles and gives Cindy a dismissive wave.
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Then how I can be sure this food isn't drugged!"
	<Amir_Mittal>	Disappointed he puts back one of the bags and heads towards the table with the popcorn bags cradled in his left arm and his water held in his right. He stops inbetween the two. This isn't awkward. He tosses Cindy one of the bags and turns to Miss Rhodes as well, "Hi."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Its a human rights abuse for god's sake!" She pushes the plate away
	<Amir_Mittal>	Amir smiles his usual smile.
	<M_O>	"Hi!" Miss Rhodes *smiles* back at Amir. "You must be Doctor Mittal! Miss Brightford! Say hello to the good Doctor, please!"
	* Cindy_Brightford	grabs the bag and looks at miss Rhodes again, "Is this another trick of yours? No thanks." And she tosses it back to Amir
	<M_O>	"If you just say hi, then I'll leave you aloooooone! You won't have to worry about me anymore!"
	* Amir_Mittal	nods, "Nice to meet you ladies." He throws the bag back at Cindy more persistently, "No, I am not a trick. I'm a doctor. I don't even know this young lady you seem to insistently hate."
	* Cindy_Brightford	takes a closer look at the man and says, "Hello."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"You would hate her too if you knew what she did to me, but I guess you already heard most of it."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Yeah. Sounds like you had a hard time with the LCL." He opens up the bag left in his hands as he sets down the water. "You should eat though. I mean, you look hungry. I just grabbed that off the shelf there." He says pointing behind him.
	<M_O>	Miss Rhodes pushes herself away from the table and stands up with a giggle. "It was nice getting to know you Miss Brightford! Doctor, I'll be seeing more of you later I'm sure!" She walks away and out of the cafeteria to bother someone else with her everlasting smile.
	* Cindy_Brightford	grabs the spoon and begins talking in a very calm tone, "I'll eat everything only if SHE promises it isn't drugged, and I will promise not to gouge an eye out. Though if she breaks it I won't hold myself accountable."
	<Amir_Mittal>	Amir gives her a very stern look.
	* Cindy_Brightford	looks at him and smiles, flicking the spoon as she does so.
	* Amir_Mittal	winks. "Not the best first impression. I bring you food that probably isn't drugged and you immediately go for the eye."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Oh I wasn't talking about you, I meant her. She's a scheming bitch so theres now way to guarantee you're not part of her plans." She puts her spoon down, "Besides I wouldn't take your other eye, it would be plain old mean." She smiles again.
	* Amir_Mittal	is standing. Why is he still standing. He grabs a nearby chair and drags it over near Cindy to sit next to her. "I've literally just gotten on base about an hour ago and saw her for the first time." He gives her a perplexed look, "You don't know who I am do you?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	He doesn't say that in an imposing way, just a casual question.
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Not a clue, thats why I'm so suspicious."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Ah!" He smiles, "Well it's nice to meet you Cindy I'm Doctor Amir Mittal, your team's Director of Operations and caretaker." He extends a hand to her.
	* Cindy_Brightford	raises an eyebrow and glances suspiciously at his hand, "Nice to meet you. So that means you're going to be taking care of me from now on?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Yup. You and the other three. The living quarters will be prepared in a weeks time."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Three others?" She looks up at the light, "At least there will be others my age. Everyone here is so boring" she glances to Rhodes, "Or horribly mean."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	glances to where rhodes left the cafeteria*
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Yup. Dalton, Micah, and Thomas. You're stuck with three guys around your age and me. I kinda feel bad for you."
	* Amir_Mittal	chuckles.
	* Cindy_Brightford	's cheeks flush a bright pink, "Living in the house as three boys?...I...don't know..."
	<Amir_Mittal>	He laughs again, "Oh you'll get over *that* quick. Boys are gross. I would know. Well maybe I don't. Maybe you're a slob too and it'll be perfect." He shrugs, "Your hair is rather green though."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"I hope that isn't a side effect of LCL."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Oh no, its always been this way,"she says happily as she grabs a few strands to look at it, "My parents used to say it was a genetic defect."
	* Amir_Mittal	shakes his head, "I wouldn't say defect. It's unique is all. Kinda pretty even." He takes a drink from his bottle of water.
	* Cindy_Brightford	starts eating from the bag of chips he gave her, she first inspects the first chip carefully, looking it over, smelling it and even giving it and experimental lick, after a few seconds she finally puts it in her mouth and begins chewing it.
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"It gave me a ton of trouble in elementary and it still does."
	* Amir_Mittal	looks disappointed. "Yeah, people tend to be assholes about things that are different. Sorry to hear it though."
	* Cindy_Brightford	sighs loudly, "Oh well, I won't hear from them again now that I'm locked up here."
	* Amir_Mittal	smiles, "It's not all bad. I'll make sure it isn't. Besides, you're doing a lot of good here."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Well, the haven't told me squat so if you could explain everything to me feel free to do it. I'm sure as hell not going to hear it from that elusive bitch."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Wait, really? Well uh, what have you been told so far?"
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"A history lesson about volcanoes and just a minor mention of stopping monsters, monsters that make earthquakes? I have no idea, it sounds like something pulled out of a fairy tale."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"So anything you wanna tell me?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Yeah, that about sums it up. See the eruptions weren't a natural occurrence. Something caused them and we found out what that something is. Then we built special weapons designed to fight them. You and the boys come in when those weapons can only be used by people young enough and lucky enough to be able to synchronize with the machines and use 'em. "
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Congrats. You're lucky."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Lucky isn't the word I'd use, getting kidnapped and drugged aren't anywhere near lucky." She says dryly
	* Amir_Mittal	shrugs, "I wouldn't call it kidnapped. Now drugged, I don't know the whole story behind that."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Then what would YOU call it? I was living pretty well, I even had a garden."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Drafted."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"It's not a pretty word, and it's not fair that you were taken away from home, but that's what it is and I am sorry."
	* Cindy_Brightford	sighs and eats another chip. I'm starting to hate this place more and more. "At least I hope my room is better than the one I'm living at now, being the heroine of mankind and all."
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	* Amir_Mittal	smiles again, "I'm sure it'll be great. So tell me about yourself Cindy. We're going to be living and fighting together, might as well get to know one another."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"I...well...I like reading lots of books, of all kinds, science and romance are my favorites." She says in an uninterested tone of voice. playing with the ends of her hair.
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Like science fiction? Cool. What was your home like?"
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"No, I mean science books, like chemistry and stuff. And my home...well lets just say it was in this small village in the middle of nowhere in northern italy, good wines there." She turns and looks at him straight in his eyes, "What about you old man?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Oh, right. Still cool." He chuckles, "'Old man.' I'm only twenty-four."
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	<Cindy_Brightford>	"You're older than thow thirds my age, you're old to me."
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	<Cindy_Brightford>	older by two thirds my age*
	<Amir_Mittal>	"You can probably tell from the accent I'm from India. Raised in America of course, grew up in a town in Pennsylvania. It was alright there. We avoided the ash, we avoided the nukes, we were pretty lucky I figure. Big fan of American movies and music growing up. Sped through school and went to college studying politics. Eventually signed up with the UN to do some good and help people."
	<Amir_Mittal>	He taps his patch, "That's where I got this shiner."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"At least you had a choice." She said bitterly.
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"I also hate amercan TV, its so wierd in a bad way."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Pft. Their old movies are where it's at."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Old? From what year?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Eh, I don't know the years but westerns, war movies, noir, that stuff's awesome."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"What kind of music are you into?"
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Well I never saw too much of that stuff until recently anyways, by that stuff I mean TV and movies. So I can't really say I know that. As for music...something upbeat, maybe some tecno if I'm in the mood for it."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Jazz?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Jazz rules."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Never heard it, no one at school like it."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Your generation is so lame."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"Maybe but its a lot better than you."
	<Cindy_Brightford>	"So what exactly happened to your eye?"
	<Amir_Mittal>	"A blunt object and a lot of pavement."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"And lot of desperate people with nothing to lose."
	* Cindy_Brightford	finally finishes eating that bag of chips, which did nothing more than stir her hunger. "Sounds...pretty bad."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"Riots are rarely good."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"I was in Pakistan in '17. I was 19 years old, wearing a blue uniform, and I felt like I could make the whole world better by myself."
	* Cindy_Brightford	licks her lips as she looks at the plate of chicken and rice in front of her. But decides otherwise, "Yeah... nice meeting you by the way, I'm going to sleep off my hunger, don't trust this food."
	<Amir_Mittal>	"You could just get something else?"
	* Cindy_Brightford	glances at the recently closed cafeteria. "I think not."
	* Amir_Mittal	holds out his barely-touched bag of chips towards her.
	* Cindy_Brightford	takes and and runs off to her room.
	<Amir_Mittal>	"We'll talk later," he says with a wave.