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week 1, thursday AGAIN

[sengokus]

[where is this. is he in his room or the med bay. either way mineo's going to let takeru go free just because of the giant mess of Everybody Else

but he will be going to find him afterward]

So what are your injuries?

[he decided against asking in public for takeru's privacy but also. hello????]

[dotcom]

[ he is, in theory, clean. as clean as you can be after doing an extreme version of carrie but.

but he points at his right side. his left leg. his chest. his right arm.]

Pretty cut up from plates.

[ then at his shoulder and leg. ]

Some worm thing was trying to eat me.

[sengokus]

Plates? A worm?

[where does he even start with this, but at least he accepts the explanation well enough. he looks upset - in the firm line of his mouth, an anger that seeps into his bones - but he just furrows his brow]

... did you get them all wrapped already? Cleaned?

[dotcom]

Yes. If you want to take a look, go ahead.

[ there's not much bite to his words. ]

The four of us individually all passed out doing whatever here, and woke up somewhere else. The only thing we had on us were lighters. When we got a better look at the room, it was all... bigger than us. Either we were shrunken, or it was just too big. We were attacked by these worm things that were trying to eat us, but we escaped into another room that was a bedroom.

[ he stops there. ]

[sengokus]

[mineo pauses for a second before he just nods.]

... yeah. I'll help you rewrap them.

[but he'd rather take inventory of takeru's injuries for himself. just hearing about it doesn't sit right with him. he'll gesture for takeru to at least sit somewhere so they can keep talking while he checks]

What was in the bedroom?

[dotcom]

[ he'll sit down, and then talk.

well, it takes him a few extra seconds to start talking. ]

A child. We took her with us. It was... really cold, and the lighters made it a little warmer, but being close to her helped the most. [ ... ] The next room was-- I'm not sure how to describe it. Something like a restaurant? There were people eating at a long table. We had to sneak across it and not get eaten.

[ ... ]

That's where our injuries mostly came from.

[sengokus]

... plates?

[he repeats the word with a little more context this time

and he just looks a little sad, a little thoughtful as he thinks about sheila's words. 'not all of us'.]

So - what, the whole place was trying to eat you five...?

[dotcom]

Yeah. Harrowhark actually got chewed on. The kid saved her.

[ ... ]

We went to a classroom next. Another creature that was trying to eat us. We got separated for a little bit, but we managed to kill it. Oh, I used the power I got on it, so I don't have it anymore.

[sengokus]

Chewed—

[fuck. okay. mineo decides he can't just like. sit here and listen to this so he'll actually start removing takeru's bandages now if only to give him something to do besides feel mad and helpless.]

.... but you got witnesses, and I knew what it was beforehand, so... alright. [in case anyone gives takeru grief]

What the hell....

[dotcom]

[ that's fine! and like he said, mineo will find cuts! just... rather large ones, since they were pretty giant plates he was injured with. each one differs with how deep and wide it is. ]

They don't know, actually. We were... busy. But I'll explain to them what happened.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he nods.]

Okay. You don't really have any reason to lie, so I'm sure they'll believe you.

[even though his brow furrowing just gets worse when he looks over these injuries. once more, with feeling: what the hell.]

.... what happened after the classroom?

[dotcom]

[ he glances down at his hand. ]

We were separated from the kid, and came back here.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

Do you know the kid's name? A description?

[he

he doesn't know if he can try to help find them but. it feels like something he has to at least try.]

[dotcom]

... no name.

[ maybe a name, but he doesn't think the word she gave them was a name. ]

She looked... after she took off the paper bag, disfigured.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he'll quietly start rewrapping takeru's injuries]

... what else was she wearing? How tall?

[he doesn't know if it's possible to find her - but he can at least make the effort]

[dotcom]

I don't know what her height would be here, since everything was off there.

[ but he like? gestures? it's. Very Short. ]

[sengokus]

I guess in comparison to you, if she was your size and not... everything else's.

[but he will accept the. Very Short. and this will admittedly make him feel even worse later in the medbay!

. . . . ]

How're you feeling?

[dotcom]

[ mods: tiny hand
us: screaming

but he shrugs. ]

I'll cope. It was just a lot of things happening at once, so I didn't get to process it while it was happening.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he's just quiet for a second but - ]

... I know I'm not Yanagi-senpai, or even Shiraishi-san or Okazaki, so I might not get stuff right away....

[he can acknowledge that but - at least he thinks he's somewhat okay at dealing with people. even if he thinks he's clumsier with takeru than most.]

But you know I'm here if you need anything, right? I'll try to support you, however I can.

[dotcom]

[ he doesn't answer right away, instead staring at mineo's face like he's searching for something in it. ]

I'll be fine. The kid might not have even been real, since so much stuff here seems to be illusions.

[sengokus]

[hope takeru finds what he's looking for!

but he's just going to tilts his head at that]

... but she helped you, right? So even if you can say that maybe it was all an illusion, that doesn't change how you feel about it.

I'm not saying you have to feel bad after all that but - .... it just wouldn't be a surprise if you did.

[dotcom]

[ ... ]

Don't mention the kid to other people. The others probably aren't going to openly talk about it. I don't think I'm going to bring her up either.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he nods. even though if he thinks that means, if anything, takeru really is pretty affected by it.]

Yeah, I won't.

[ . . . ]

Are you gonna ask the Avatars about her?

[dotcom]

About the whole experience in general, since what the fuck.

[ what the fuck! ]

[sengokus]

[he nods at that]

Yeah. Makes sense. I'll do the same then.

[now that he knows where the boundaries are for who he can talk to about it.

. . . . ]

.... I tried to text you, while you were gone. It came up with a read receipt - but with the timestamp fifteen minutes before I even sent it. Vira-san gave me the same error.