[ makes a noise not like it hurts but like he's annoyed at the bonking. it is a big difference!! ]
Yeah. I don't know, it started shaking and falling apart, so we ran out of there. The other two couldn't walk, so I grabbed Tem and shoved Vane on... we had these creatures with us? I guess they weren't real in the end. But the one who followed me around was sort of a giant wolf. So he was carrying Vane. And then he wasn't.
[ doesn't sound like he feels bad about the fall part but. y'know. context. ]
[ he's fine. ace has a plushie of him now. which i keep forgetting to mention he is carrying around everywhere ]
I think it's still in there, but it's seen better days. [ which is a long-winded way for him to kind of attempt to open it again and just. hiss a little. no let's not do that ] I doubt I'm gonna be seeing out of this one anytime soon.
It's fine if he can't. Besides, everyone's yelling at me to go to the hospital. Can't wait for Will to look at it. [ which he will go, later, but he looks like he wants to 0%. the scar thing makes him laugh softly ]
Uh, obviously! That's the first thing that a tough guy should have, right, is some sort of impressive scar. [... very carefully brings the towel down, but he can probably tell she's looking at his poor eye with a little frown, even with his 20/0 vision.]
What about the rest, you're all bloody everywhere. [she can probably figure out where he was/is injured based on where she's got stains across her hoodie, honestly.]
That's true. So long as they're not on your back, anyway.
[ that's where a coward gets scars!!! also oh good he didn't ruin the cat hoodie. he hesitates because she's already frowny at the fucked up eye, but otoh it is honestly the worst of it, so... ]
The stuff under bandages is... I got bit by this weird, giant dog thing. Vane patched me up, but it wasn't so bad. [ he gestures with his (mostly) uninjured arm vaguely at his torso and his arm, where it is covered. then he gestures at his bleeding side and his leg ] The dragon grazed me a few times here and there.
[ there's a pause ]
Also I was hit by lightning twice, but it's fine.
[ this is why he is overall. crispy. and looks like shit. ]
[no nico ruined the cat hoodie. also i realize i called that sweater a hoodie when it doesn't have a hood but i'm assigning it hood. anyway, she looks him over as he explains.]
-- Twice? You know the bad luck effect was like two weeks ago, right? Jeeze. [is he... still bleeding at his side and leg, because she's going to start ripping up the towel as bandages if they are.
she is trying so hard to not freak out because he's like, fine, he's not out of it or anything but. she knows how squishy people can be, even if they're really cool and shounen.]
[ yeah he would still be bleeding it was. pretty recent. he sort of laughs weakly ]
The dragon had lightning. [ to. expand. ] I think Tem ended up getting hit too... [ pensive. he was uh. a little preoccupied when it happened. ] I tried to keep the thing's attention on me, but it didn't always work.
[ he's not out of it because his pain tolerance is like. ridiculously high, not because he is any less killable. so honestly he just has a bad habit of going way past human limits and then passing out. woopsies. he's not at that yet though which is what matters ]
okay well, she will rip the towel up and hand him a piece.]
Hold this over your side, stupid. [she will wrap his leg. someone can do real bandages later.]
You never know when to quit. [she huffs. she's... glad he protected temenos, because she likes him a lot, but also.] I should've been there with you, I would've done a way better job helping you take it out.
[ oh. he holds the towel over his side with a bit of a hum like "oh, right, i am still actively bleeding". "you never know when to quit" though... he laughs, but not like it's funny. just like. she's absolutely right and he knows it ]
Yeah. I don't. Never have. [ he hears what she means when she says she should've been there, but he still shakes his head ] S'alright. Our attacks didn't actually do anything until Tem got some access to magic at the last second. The big wolf was doing all the work for me. You'd have hated it.
[ ace sure did! he would like to fight and be less useless, please. ]
Ew. [he's right that does sound like it sucks. not that she would've been able to do anything because again she is useless without her shapeshifting, but you know.] Whatever. I could've been the wolf.
[but this is just her being a brat. she ties off the towel, and then:]
[ ... ah. it'd be quite the week to try it too, he knows. he doesn't have his usual power that makes it incredibly annoying and ill-advised to try, and he's injured. still.
he grabs his hat, which is admittedly a little singed by now, and plops it down on her head ]
You should be pissed. [ lightly. ] There's no one here I wouldn't be embarrassed to be killed by.
[ugh. she loves this stupid hat, and her hand automatically comes up and touches it. reassuring. it's reassuring, that he's here and it'd be stupid for people to try to make him go anywhere.]
Yeah, I'd have to pretend I didn't know you if you got killed by like, literally anybody here. [but, you know. reigen killed yae miko. and she knows how tough yae was.
her fingers run over the brim of his hat, and she doesn't meet his gaze.]
It'd be better. I'd never live down being that much of a loser.
[ there's a pause as he looks at her. he can't guarantee no one would ever target him, even though i, zia, know that the world is against me, ]
... You know, I'm just as worried about anyone targeting you. [ she doesn't have her own powers right now, either. but he's not saying it because of that, but because he's worried about it every damn week, and he's not sure if nimona knows that ]
[there's a couple different answers to this that fight to crawl up to the surface, and what makes it out is the one she wants to say the least, which is:]
... A lot of people here like you. [ it's what he starts with, because he actually-- he gets that sentiment. more than she knows, and more than he needs to say right now. but the follow up probably hints at it anyway ] I know it's different. And it probably feels unbelievable, a lot of the time.
she struggles a lot with this, and he probably knows that. it's absolutely unbelievable to her that there are people who tolerate her existence enough to keep coming back. it's fucking terrifying. because this is about the point, this is the turning point - this is the longest it ever is. there's a line that she will cross and it will be one more person, it'll be a whole group of smiling faces that turn sour and the worst part is she doesn't know where the line is. she will just walk over it on accident one day and that'll be it.
she runs her fingers over his hat again. trying to remind herself she should enjoy what she has.]
It doesn't feel real, sometimes. [she wonders if this is death, sometimes. if she managed to do what she was going to do before she got here.]
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Date: 2023-10-13 01:40 am (UTC)[she says, huffily. she does stop when he speaks up, looking at him like she'll stop if he wants her to.]
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Date: 2023-10-13 01:43 am (UTC)... Okay. [ not so much sounding surprised she wants to (at this point), just a little wry ] Sorry it's a mess.
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Date: 2023-10-13 01:51 am (UTC)[she will keep cleaning his face!]
Did you at least take its eyeball back?
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Date: 2023-10-13 01:56 am (UTC)[ so. sure? lets her ]
Also, it wasn't a stab. It was a swipe. [ UNIMPORTANT. ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 02:31 am (UTC)[dabs his face but like she's bonking him.]
... The world exploded? Okay.
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Date: 2023-10-13 02:34 am (UTC)Yeah. I don't know, it started shaking and falling apart, so we ran out of there. The other two couldn't walk, so I grabbed Tem and shoved Vane on... we had these creatures with us? I guess they weren't real in the end. But the one who followed me around was sort of a giant wolf. So he was carrying Vane. And then he wasn't.
[ doesn't sound like he feels bad about the fall part but. y'know. context. ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 02:59 am (UTC)she finishes his face, and then brings another part of the wet towel to try and clean his hair too.]
What are you going to do about your eye? [...] Is it gone?
[i guess she hasn't really looked closely.]
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Date: 2023-10-13 03:23 am (UTC)I think it's still in there, but it's seen better days. [ which is a long-winded way for him to kind of attempt to open it again and just. hiss a little. no let's not do that ] I doubt I'm gonna be seeing out of this one anytime soon.
[ if at all. ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:18 am (UTC)Ssssstop that. You can still see okay out of the other one, though. [...] Maybe Will can heal it. When he gets his power back.
Even if you can't, it's still super cool. You're gonna have the coolest scar ever.
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:23 am (UTC)It's fine if he can't. Besides, everyone's yelling at me to go to the hospital. Can't wait for Will to look at it. [ which he will go, later, but he looks like he wants to 0%. the scar thing makes him laugh softly ]
Yeah? Think it'll make me look tougher?
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:29 am (UTC)Uh, obviously! That's the first thing that a tough guy should have, right, is some sort of impressive scar. [... very carefully brings the towel down, but he can probably tell she's looking at his poor eye with a little frown, even with his 20/0 vision.]
What about the rest, you're all bloody everywhere. [she can probably figure out where he was/is injured based on where she's got stains across her hoodie, honestly.]
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:35 am (UTC)[ that's where a coward gets scars!!! also oh good he didn't ruin the cat hoodie. he hesitates because she's already frowny at the fucked up eye, but otoh it is honestly the worst of it, so... ]
The stuff under bandages is... I got bit by this weird, giant dog thing. Vane patched me up, but it wasn't so bad. [ he gestures with his (mostly) uninjured arm vaguely at his torso and his arm, where it is covered. then he gestures at his bleeding side and his leg ] The dragon grazed me a few times here and there.
[ there's a pause ]
Also I was hit by lightning twice, but it's fine.
[ this is why he is overall. crispy. and looks like shit. ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:41 am (UTC)-- Twice? You know the bad luck effect was like two weeks ago, right? Jeeze. [is he... still bleeding at his side and leg, because she's going to start ripping up the towel as bandages if they are.
she is trying so hard to not freak out because he's like, fine, he's not out of it or anything but. she knows how squishy people can be, even if they're really cool and shounen.]
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:44 am (UTC)The dragon had lightning. [ to. expand. ] I think Tem ended up getting hit too... [ pensive. he was uh. a little preoccupied when it happened. ] I tried to keep the thing's attention on me, but it didn't always work.
[ he's not out of it because his pain tolerance is like. ridiculously high, not because he is any less killable. so honestly he just has a bad habit of going way past human limits and then passing out. woopsies. he's not at that yet though which is what matters ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:50 am (UTC)okay well, she will rip the towel up and hand him a piece.]
Hold this over your side, stupid. [she will wrap his leg. someone can do real bandages later.]
You never know when to quit. [she huffs. she's... glad he protected temenos, because she likes him a lot, but also.] I should've been there with you, I would've done a way better job helping you take it out.
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:54 am (UTC)Yeah. I don't. Never have. [ he hears what she means when she says she should've been there, but he still shakes his head ] S'alright. Our attacks didn't actually do anything until Tem got some access to magic at the last second. The big wolf was doing all the work for me. You'd have hated it.
[ ace sure did! he would like to fight and be less useless, please. ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 05:59 am (UTC)Ew. [he's right that does sound like it sucks. not that she would've been able to do anything because again she is useless without her shapeshifting, but you know.] Whatever. I could've been the wolf.
[but this is just her being a brat. she ties off the towel, and then:]
You can still fight, right? If you need to?
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:03 am (UTC)You're a much cooler wolf, but this one wasn't so bad.
[ the fight thing makes him huff ]
Do you think I'm a weakling? 'Course I can. If I couldn't fight just because of a little vision loss, I would've never made it anywhere on the sea.
[ it's an exaggeration very. clearly. considering "little" vision loss, but he is also sincere in his belief ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:11 am (UTC)No, I don't think you're a weakling. [...] I just wanna know how mad I'd have to be at you if I woke up and you were dead.
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:16 am (UTC)he grabs his hat, which is admittedly a little singed by now, and plops it down on her head ]
You should be pissed. [ lightly. ] There's no one here I wouldn't be embarrassed to be killed by.
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:21 am (UTC)Yeah, I'd have to pretend I didn't know you if you got killed by like, literally anybody here. [but, you know. reigen killed yae miko. and she knows how tough yae was.
her fingers run over the brim of his hat, and she doesn't meet his gaze.]
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:29 am (UTC)[ there's a pause as he looks at her. he can't guarantee no one would ever target him, even though i, zia, know that the world is against me, ]
... You know, I'm just as worried about anyone targeting you. [ she doesn't have her own powers right now, either. but he's not saying it because of that, but because he's worried about it every damn week, and he's not sure if nimona knows that ]
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:31 am (UTC)I'm surprised someone hasn't already.
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Date: 2023-10-13 06:47 am (UTC)she struggles a lot with this, and he probably knows that. it's absolutely unbelievable to her that there are people who tolerate her existence enough to keep coming back. it's fucking terrifying. because this is about the point, this is the turning point - this is the longest it ever is. there's a line that she will cross and it will be one more person, it'll be a whole group of smiling faces that turn sour and the worst part is she doesn't know where the line is. she will just walk over it on accident one day and that'll be it.
she runs her fingers over his hat again. trying to remind herself she should enjoy what she has.]
It doesn't feel real, sometimes. [she wonders if this is death, sometimes. if she managed to do what she was going to do before she got here.]
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