Day 197 | Closed/Open

[amnesiadragon]

Who: Ryu (4), Ryu (3), Paarthurnax, and then open.
Open: Closed first thread, but open for people to yell at him as he recovers later.
When: Day 197
Where: Near the entrance to the Skyway; later the hospital.
What: Ryu… is not the smartest of dragons. Through a combination of monster attacks and just being plain clumsy he's managed to injure himself fairly badly.
Format: Doesn't really matter to me. Tooooo meeeeee~.
Warnings: Gross medical things, broken bone.


[The Skyway is dangerous. They've all established that multiple times, through injuries and - well. Night. It's safer to go out in a group, but as long as he isn't planning on going somewhere dangerous it should be okay, right? … Unfortunately, things don't work out that way all the time, and they haven't now. On his way back from the standing stones, the ruins that still call to him, Ryu had encountered a few monsters. Normally, this isn't a problem, but he quickly starts becoming overrun. There's too many out right now, and he makes a dash for safety - only to dash right off the Skyway. His eyes widen and he flails for the edge, but the winds of the Skyway lift him back up, up, up - and down to the ground, scattering the monsters and leaving Ryu dazed. His arm hurts, in a way that surprises him with its ferocity. He stands and stumbles back to the Bastion slowly.]

[When he does manage to reach the Bastion again, he lands in a heap, cradling his arm. As long as he holds it in this position it doesn't hurt quite as much, but he's still only vaguely aware of his surroundings at the moment.]

Comments

~some time later~

[amnesiadragon]

[He's still not feeling well, curled up in a bed in the hospital. His arm has been splinted, and it's hanging out to the side as he shifts and tries to find a comfortable position. He's not really tired, but he knows he needs to rest.]

[Some company might be nice, though.]

o/

[daughterofursa]

[She doesn't know this Ryu very well, but he did help her out recently, and she should look out for him in turn. Especially since the people in the Bastion are the only ones she has now. She's trying to reconcile herself to that.

Not that that makes her any good at visits like these. What would her uncle do? Maybe she should have brought him tea?]

...hey.

['Hello' is always a good place to start a conversation?]

[amnesiadragon]

[He recognizes that voice. He struggles to sit up, wincing a bit.]

... Hi.

[daughterofursa]

Take it easy.

[She motions for him to lie back down.]

I just wanted to see how you were doing.

[amnesiadragon]

[He does lie back down, pouting a little. He knows he has to be still but he doesn't wanna.]

I'll be okay, I think. I landed on it badly.

[daughterofursa]

[She glances over the splint.]

I guess this is something that healing magic can't fix.

[She isn't really sure of the limits of it, though.]

[amnesiadragon]

I think it can help, but it'll take time. It's not the same as a cut or something like that.

[daughterofursa]

Of course not.

...though, I've never had a broken bone. [So it's not like she says that so adamantly thanks to personal experience.]

[amnesiadragon]

I haven't had one before, either. I've fallen off of a cliff before onto my face but I guess I have a hard head?

[daughterofursa]

[What.]

Must've been a really short cliff.

[amnesiadragon]

I think I was just lucky that time. And Nina has a lot of healing spells.

[daughterofursa]

["Lucky," right. She's just going to assume he fell into a bush or something to break his fall.]

Well, hard head or not, you're obviously not invincible.

[amnesiadragon]

Yeah, I know. I'm mortal, and will be until I find my other half... still...

[daughterofursa]

Your other half? [Somehow she doesn't think he means that in the romantic sense. She shakes her head.]

You should try to be more careful.

[amnesiadragon]

Yeah. I'm half of the Yorae Dragon. He's the other half. It wasn't supposed to be like this, but the people summoning us kind of... messed up.

[freedom_engineer]

[Well, Ryu, looks like you've got a visitor. And he's knocking on the door frame.]

Hey there.

Heard you hit a spot of trouble, and it hit back.

[amnesiadragon]

[Ryu looks up, and then quickly looks down, slightly ashamed.]

Yeah. I fell off and I landed badly when the wind caught me.

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin walks over to him, and reaches out to tussle his hair.]

Just means you'll watch your step more in the future, huh?

You lived. You'll be more careful. That's experience for you.

[amnesiadragon]

[He nods, and smiles a little bit.]

Yeah. I didn't mean to worry anyone.

[freedom_engineer]

So what were you doing out there alone?

[Colin grins down at him slightly, before reaching out to grab a chair and sit beside his bed.]

[amnesiadragon]

I...

[He shakes his head. There's no good excuse.]

The thing from my home that showed up... at least, I'm pretty sure it's from my home. I can always feel it pulling me. I don't know why. I feel better when I go there... I think it might be where I was first summoned.

I just... it feels right to be there.

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin remains silent for just a moment.]

What is it, anyway? It sounds rather important to you.

[amnesiadragon]

That's just it. I think it's where I was summoned, but I don't know. I don't remember anything from before Nina found me, since Fou-Lu and I are separated by time as well as being in different bodies.

The... the place I found... it's two stone platforms. There's a bridge between them, and an archway. There's symbols written there that I can't read. But... but it helps. I could sense Fou-Lu in my world, but I can't feel him here. It feels so empty. It's like... it's like...

[He looks down at his arm in the splint.]

It's like if an arm or something was suddenly gone. Not torn off, just... stopped existing. It feels wrong. Incomplete. It didn't feel complete before, but now I can't sense him at all and... and...

[He's not good at talking for a long time, or about getting his point across. He lifts his good hand to his face, scrubbing at his eyes.]

He's not supposed to have been able to be killed. He can't be gone. The rest of them can't be gone... they're gods. Gods aren't supposed to be gone like that. Even if... even if he and I are incomplete, I survived and... and he didn't. But he slept for hundreds of years and woke up. He's the stronger half. If anything I should have...

[He can't talk anymore. His throat feels like it's closing up, choking on tears. He lets out a pained sob, wrapping his arm around himself.]

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin keeps listening intently to Ryu. When he sobs, Colin reaches into his pocket and takes out a handkerchief.]

Hey, Ryu... Take this.

[He puts the handkerchief in Ryu's good hand. Then he stands up, and he moves to sit on the bed on the side of Ryu's good arm. Then, he simply leans over and hugs his friend.]

Armageddon doesn't care. And no, it's not fair. Not in the slightest. Gods can die, just as easily as mortals. And it. Is not. Fair.

But you're here. And that's important. Because it means Fou Lu and Nina aren't gone. Not completely.

[He puts his palm against Ryu's chest, over his heart.]

[amnesiadragon]

[He wipes his face, and wraps his arm around Colin's back.]

I just... it hurts. It feels wrong. I don't... know exactly what to do. But... but I'll do what I can to help people. That's all we can do.