he really does jump a little, sorry, he's a baby, but once he realizes that it's tears he'll calm down some. coming over, digging around in his pockets for anything at all that she could use as a handkerchief? eventually he produces a mcdonald's napkin with code-breaking notes scribbled on it. ]
[that's fair, she doesn't even know what to do with it. she hasn't cried since she was six years old, and now she is and it sucks, actually, she doesn't want to. it hurts? it probably shouldn't, she thinks, but it does.
she takes the napkin, and holds it, but she doesn't want to bleed all over it even though he handed it to her...]
I can't stop. [she says, with a hiccup. she sounds vaguely annoyed by this.]
[ yeah, that's familiar enough too. he has cried a few times since he was six, and probably pretty recently, but he gets the frustration with having to be forced to go through strong emotions and then you can't make it stop. reaching over to pat her on the back. ]
[she hiccups again, and winces. he might hear the whistle in the way she breathes in and out, like there's something punctured in there. it's probably fine. the arrow isn't in her back anymore, so he might see the arrow hole there when he pats? i will be nice and say he doesn't directly pat her wounds.
she holds her axe tightly.]
I can't. [she says, with a little cough. but she doesn't linger on that.] Rin - did you talk to Rin?
[ he has gone to wait for rin but imma set this before since we haven’t gotten super far.
anyway his medicine skills are Not high. he recognizes that she probably got shot and is having trouble with that but the collapsed lung is beyond him - so he just has to worry about it and have no idea what to do. ]
He’s not back yet. Helped Rang back to the hotel and then came to find you.
Yes. We were like Buzen and Matsui. And the rest of them... they were part of a battle in history that we weren't supposed to change. They weren't supposed to survive. We had to fix it.
[ well fortunately (unfortunately) he had seen buzen and matsui’s memories so he gets what happened here pretty quickly, actually. yeah. that makes sense.
yikes!
]
… I’m sorry. [ … ] I know it doesn’t mean much right now, having had to do it already, but I don’t think its any of their destinies to die here. Or I can’t think that anyway.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
he really does jump a little, sorry, he's a baby, but once he realizes that it's tears he'll calm down some. coming over, digging around in his pockets for anything at all that she could use as a handkerchief? eventually he produces a mcdonald's napkin with code-breaking notes scribbled on it. ]
Ah ... here.
no subject
she takes the napkin, and holds it, but she doesn't want to bleed all over it even though he handed it to her...]
I can't stop. [she says, with a hiccup. she sounds vaguely annoyed by this.]
no subject
[ yeah, that's familiar enough too. he has cried a few times since he was six, and probably pretty recently, but he gets the frustration with having to be forced to go through strong emotions and then you can't make it stop. reaching over to pat her on the back. ]
Just try and breathe.
no subject
she holds her axe tightly.]
I can't. [she says, with a little cough. but she doesn't linger on that.] Rin - did you talk to Rin?
no subject
anyway his medicine skills are Not high. he recognizes that she probably got shot and is having trouble with that but the collapsed lung is beyond him - so he just has to worry about it and have no idea what to do. ]
He’s not back yet. Helped Rang back to the hotel and then came to find you.
no subject
she'll survive. she dies later in the night so it'll be fixed by friday, hooray!]
He was brave. [she says, distantly, staring down at her axe.] Thank you. For helping him.
[she wipes her face with her sleeve, and just smears the blood around instead.]
no subject
I— sure. I’ve been through one of these. I know they aren’t easy and this one seems particularly bad.
[ um]
You can use the napkin … [ dont correct a dying lady on her manners ……. ] Rang said Haru was there.
no subject
It was... [it was bad. she trails off. she will use the napkin next since he told her to.]
Haru was there. [a beat.] Wolfwood, Nahri, Lambda and Hikari were also there. We were weapons. They were part of the stage.
[technically buzen and matsui were also there but she doesn't register it as strange because like... sword memories.]
no subject
You mean weapons like Buzen and Matsui? On a stage?
no subject
Yes. We were like Buzen and Matsui. And the rest of them... they were part of a battle in history that we weren't supposed to change. They weren't supposed to survive. We had to fix it.
[she reaches for her axe again, just holding it.]
no subject
yikes!
]
… I’m sorry. [ … ] I know it doesn’t mean much right now, having had to do it already, but I don’t think its any of their destinies to die here. Or I can’t think that anyway.