006 - action/voice; i came in like troy walking in with pizza

[geonomy]

Who: Clay Terran + You people
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: On the Iskaulit
When: June 7th, a bit after this

[You know, Clay hadn't been expecting a day like this. All he was doing was going to the Iskaulit to do some workouts in the gym, even bopping to a tune playing in his head.

Of course, that all comes a stop when he sees the mess before he sees anyone else. Blood trailing through the hallway, like someone had been walking with it. His stomach churns a bit, and his first instinct is to flee and get someone with medical help. Like Jennifer, or Beverly, or...

But no, he's here, and he... doesn't really realize just how bad it is yet. He returns to his shuttle first to grab the first-aid box, then heads in to see who needs his help.

And upon following the trail, well... Turns out, it's a lot worse than he thought it'd be, and that instinct from before comes back full force. He's only had some lessons, he's not prepared for this level of medical trauma, he really isn't -

And that's why he'll be calling out on the comms - not video, because there are kids on the network, but it's pretty clear by the state of his shaky voice that this is definitely an emergency.]

I-I need doctors - healers, medics -

[He takes in a deep breath - ]

I need all medical personnel to the Iskaulit right now!


((ooc: Everyone's free to branch off, tag other threads, etc! This is a general rescue/medical aid post for Winter's wrecking ball.))

Comments

[nerdeology]

[Huh. That means Koala's mentioned him, then. Makes it easier.]

That's right. Can you tell me what happened to her?

[namisan]

[Cole, actually. Wouldn't stop talking about Sorey, and Mikleo got thrown into the discussion as a consolation prize.]

Winter tried to kill her. I don't know if she sustained damage before I got there, but when I arrived he'd just thrown a punching bag at her. [Her voice is tight on that fact. She'd thought Winter was just reserved, but beating on kids...?]

She's concussed, and a few of her ribs are broken.

[nerdeology]

[He doesn't know who this Winter is, and right now he doesn't care, either. The list of injuries is enough for the moment.

He rests one hand on Koala's forehead, and the other on her chest, and with another bout of chanting and a return of that same healing light, he starts to knit her body together again. It'll take a minute, but before too long, he withdraws and goes back to the comm.]

That should do for now. You can't rush head injuries too much, so we'll need to let her wake up on her own. At the very least, she isn't in any danger.

[namisan]

[She watches with a lot of curiosity, but she can see the swelling on Koala's forehead lessen herself and breathes a small sigh of relief, reaching out to smooth some of that hair down.]

Thank you. The less she's hurt when she wakes up, the better.

[nerdeology]

Yeah, I agree. I'm glad it wasn't worse than it is, but...

[Poor kid's already been through a lot, she doesn't need all this added trauma. He'll be keeping an eye out for the aftereffects of this one.]

At least things seem to have settled down outside, for the moment.

1/2

[scrubscrub]

[SUDDENLY BWAH?!!?!?

BIG ROUND KOALA EYES HAVE OPENED]

2/3 wow

[scrubscrub]

[She sits up sharply, not quiet noticing the two around her - well, okay, not really noticing Mikleo at all, but not even noticing Nami either. She looks ready to bolt, gasping, an edge of panic in it that she... can't remember why it's there.

Shouldn't she be running?? Should she be running?!]

SOMEONE-!!!

[scrubscrub]

... A-ahm...

[She looks around slowly, eyes falling to Nami, expression one of queasy confusion.

She feels... a bit off. She feels better than -- what she can remember. But where's...

Oh-]

Miss Nami...?

Guess who forgot to track this

[namisan]

Ye--

[Nami jumps a bit at the sudden wakeup call, so let's just put that conversation on hold. She smiles tentatively as Koala finally gets oriented.]

Hey. Mikleo's here, too. Everything's over.

i almost did too

[nerdeology]

[Well, that was faster than he'd expected. It's a good sign, at least- it means her head injury is probably less severe than it had initially looked.

He raises his voice a bit so it'll come through more clearly on the comm.]

I'm glad you're awake. How do you feel?

1/2

[scrubscrub]

[AHM. AAAH. Um.

She looks between them, smiling like her life depends on it.]

I'm fine, I feel fine!! Everything is fine; I'm sorry for fainting! I...

[scrubscrub]

[.... b-buh.

OH, IT'S SO HARD TO FIGHT.

And she's in no position to stop the tears that spill the instant she tries to fake it and make it.]

I - I'm okay!! I'm sorry, I don't know why, I'm...!

[;A; I'M ALIVE AND I WAS SO SCARED.]

[namisan]

[baby :c

Nami's face crumples just a little in sympathy, and she sweeps Koala up in her arms before she can think better of it (what if it still hurts?), folding her in so she can cry into Nami's collar instead.]

It's okay to cry! No one's going to blame you for it. It was scary and Winter's an asshole and I'm gonna yell at him a lot later, okay?

[It'd be nice if she could actually see Mikleo, because it's hard to juggle a crying child and a comm at the same time. After a moment she eases it down on the table instead so she can still talk, hands free.]

[nerdeology]

[Oh geez. He's glad Nami's here to hug her- he's not the best at that anyway, but if pressed he would... except he's invisible, and the last thing he wants is to startle her. Especially when she's already upset. He leaves her in Nami's hands for the moment; her check-up can wait.]

It's just as she says. We're glad you're safe, but you don't have to be okay with what happened.

[scrubscrub]

[She shakes her head against Nami's bosom, wiping her eyes and nose quickly. She shouldn't let herself lose so much control! It's just not good!]

It's — It's just been a long time since anyone's been so...

[No, best not revisit that terrible memory.

Even Arlong had limited himself, when he was cruel. He hadn't tried to kill her like that; knock her around, sure, but never like that. She's not sure what to make of it, that Winter was more vicious than someone who utterly despised humans.]

W-why would he do that? I had met him before, and he was so much nicer...

[namisan]

[Go ahead there's plenty of it She rests her hand on Koala's hair, letting her sob it out, and gives some thought to that question herself.]

I don't know. But I'm going to find out.

...Mikleo. You don't have any idea, do you? [There's more going on outside the bar, so maybe it's come up or been discovered or--]

[nerdeology]

I don't, sorry. No one can see me anyway, so I just passed through and healed wherever I could. I don't even know who Winter is.

[The situation seemed severe enough that he knows to save the questions for later.]

[scrubscrub]

[She wipes her eyes, reeling her emotions back in. She's surprisingly good at it.]

He... He didn't even say anything.

His face was just... empty... He didn't look like he felt much of anything.

[namisan]

[She's only met Winter a couple of times. It's not enough to work out what might have been going through his head. (Or not going through it, from Koala's description.)]

What happened? Did he just... attack you the second he saw you?

[scrubscrub]

[She swallows hard, recollecting that frightening moment in time.]

I... ran over and touched his arm. Because he was hurt very badly, and I thought...

I had thought whoever was hurting people, that they'd hurt him.

That's when he grabbed me, though; he wasn't... angry. He wasn't anything.

[nerdeology]

That does sound strange... he's normally not like this?

[Having never met the man before, he's a bit lost about what to expect.]

[namisan]

The times I've met him before this, he's been kind of shy. But friendly enough. [For someone with no social skills. Nami frowns.]

I don't know enough about him to know if this is in keeping. Maybe it's some kind of trauma reaction.

[scrubscrub]

A... trauma reaction?

[She's not really sure what that means, not really.

She may have her own form of that she's usually unaware of, but you know.

Obviously not attacking people.]

[nerdeology]

You mean he may have been acting on instinct?

[What, they have some sort of ticking time bomb wandering around the place? Scary.]

[namisan]

It's possible. [Though she's troubled. That might be a reason, but what set it off?] I don't know enough about him or what was going on. I'm mad at him, but-- I'll find out why, before anything else.

[He could also just be a psychopath, let's face it.]