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6:30 AM - Basement Bathrooms

Gross as they were and as God-awful an experience his hygiene routine was now, Lex still made a point of showering every morning (now with even more soap), exfoliating, shaving, moisturizing, and combing his hair. He contemplated trimming his now full beard back to the classic 5 o' Clock shadow, but decided against it. Not yet, anyway.

7:30 AM - Cafeteria

One of the island's know Coffee Whores, Lex stood in line for a cup of black tar, patient on the surface but dead and screaming on the inside. Caffeine was dearly treasured these days, now that he no longer had immediate access to The Good Stuff.

A small part of Lex hoped that Ami hadn't gotten rid of his runic coffee maker.

7:45 AM - Libraries

"Morning." Lex greeted anyone present when he opened the doors to the archives, not so jovial, not entirely sad. Just the defeated neutral that had come to reside over everything Lex was or did in the past month.

The scruffy man settled into "his" chair, pulled out an old tome on folktales of the arctic, and began the slow process of translating and cross-referencing, making notes in his notebook about anything to look into later.

1:00 PM - Cafeteria

Lex really missed having his own kitchen. And someone to cook with, or for. He took all that resentment and stabbed at what was supposed to be a piece of sweet and sour pork, breaking the plastic fork he was eating with.

3:00 PM - Gym

It was going to be a long, long night in the infirmary tents - it always was - and Lex was going to need the boost of endorphins from a good hour's worth of exercise. Push ups, pull ups, a few rounds on the punching bags. He wasn't aiming to get swole, just to keep his body pleasing.

5:00 PM - Infirmary

Another cup of coffee in hand, and scrubs on, Lex checked in with a few other Hunters and grabbed some clipboards, medications, and endless pairs of gloves before ducking out to see his first patient.

2:00 AM - Basement

9 hours later and Lex was just getting back to his basement room, groggily making his way down the hallway, coat covering his scrubs. It stunk down here, unlike the coastal air, and the promise of darkness and a lonely, creaky twin mattress was not in the least comforting. God, did he need a smoke.

3:00 PM - Gym

Using half the equipment was now out of the question. Any sort of weight lifting beyond handweights and kettle bells might as well be thrown out the window. A number of arm-focused machines, too, were now impossible.

But Kostya wasn't going to give up. His body was a tool, worked to exhaustion, and yet he didn't care. Just a little bit further, he thought, turning up the treadmill to a higher difficulty, sweat pouring down his brow, a snarl on his face. Just a little faster, and--

Someone came in, and he turned the machine off immediately, eyes downcast. For once, his arm wasn't covered, and Kostya hurried to shrug into a hoodie to fix that.

1:00 PM - Cafeteria

Lex's furrowed brows loosened up considerably when the other plate entered his field of vision, picking his head up to give Noemi a friendly smile. "Hey there, Noemi." He sat the fork shrapnel to the side, folding his hands on the table top. "Everything's fine, dear. Just fine." Another bright smile, a tip of his head towards the Mist. "and how are you, my dear?"

7:30am - Cafeteria

"Morning," came a nonchalant greeting, followed by a yawn. Dillon had found himself behind Lex in the line for coffee, and was somehow managing to take bites out of his sandwich with his eyes closed.

He shuffled forwards, eyes still held shut as the line inched ahead.

Then suddenly, completely unprompted, the trainee's eyes flew open as he gave the life hunter a very serious stare.

"Can you tell Robert to stop bothering me. Thanks."

[2:00 AM - Basement

"Christ, Maeb, get that s**t outta my face." Lex grumbled, taking the cigarette from between her delicate fingers and slipping it into his own mouth, taking an extensive drag, then handing the cancer stick back to her.

"What're you even doing down here, petite renarde? Shouldn't you be dozing on in your ballroom?" Groggy though he may be, Lex was still entirely capable of sassy flirtation. The same s**t that put him in his current situation. Only then did he notice the coffee sitting by his doorway. "I didn't realize you moonlighted as The Caffeine Fairy."

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1:00 PM - Cafeteria

No, he had not been well. Dark circles were taking up residence under Lex's eyes, he hadn't trimmed his beard in weeks, and he was actually starting to look close to 30. Lex pursed his lips into a smile regardless, lying through his teeth. "Yeah, yeah I've been good. Just working for Ams and Sunny at the same time, same old, same old."

He hadn't seen Ami in weeks.

"You should always eat, Noemi. You can't work properly if your body isn't fueled." He scolded lightly, tsking as he shook his head. "You're taking quite well to being a nurse, though."

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