thebastion | Day 122: Rough Awakenings

Who: Ippo and anyone who wants to visit
When: Day 122
Where: The Hospital
What: The Sleeper has awakened and needs a little help getting back up on his feet
Format: Any
Warnings: Hospital Things, a little blood, and maybe some sad talks

[The scene in his mind kept replaying over and over and over, as if some cruel tormentor had strapped him into a chair and was forcing him to rewatch one of the most painful experiences of his life while he was completely separated from it; only able to watch helplessly as he was impaled by Rin and had his face ground into the dirt repeatedly. Each time he felt himself slip a little further away, more and more until he was simply ready to close his eyes to escape his torment and never open them again; but it was then he heard a voice in the back of his head. It was small at first, but eventually he could make out Coach Kamogawa's stern voice, yelling at him to yell up and feeling the sting of his hand on his back. Then came Kimura, Aoki, Takamura, even Miyata joined in the rising chant for him to stand up.

Then his other friends from the Bastion joined in, Seimei, Night, Alucard...and Rin; the chorus of voices had reached a pitch in his mind where everything else was blocked out, and then his eyes opened now glowing a fierce green. His teeth and fists clenched in unison as his body sidestepped the oncoming sword that was to impale him again and his body coiled like an angry cobra as he prepared to strike the fake Rin; her smug look now contorting into something akin to fear.]

This isn't real...you're not real..NONE OF THIS REAL!!!

[He yelled at the top of his lungs as he swung his fist in a heavy arch, his gauntlet screaming towards Fake Rin's face with enough force to break down a brick wall and just as it made contact...he woke with a start. His eyes shot open and the first thing he noticed was the distinct sound of a fast paced beeping which was slowly starting to level out; or rather the first thing he noticed as that he had something shoved down his throat which he quickly pulled out as he began coughing violently. Once he pulled himself under control, he looked around slightly as his eyes adjusted to the light of the room as he tried to figure out just where on earth he was; he had been in Jawson Bog last he remembered...and now...was this the hospital? Had he somehow gotten back to the Bastion?

There were more questions than answers at the moment...but he was in a warm bed and there didn't seem to be anything around that was going to cause him harm; so he simply leaned back into his bed and continued to let his eyes adjust. Hopefully someone would be around to explain the situation to him soon...that or he'd have the strength to get out and move on his own; either way, it was just a waiting game for now.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Off the top of my head? With this system, a jab to the temple or the sternum will kill, no question. A jaw show will permanently maim your opponent. A boxer's best targets go from being knockout blows to killing blows. You'll need to learn alternate targets if you don't want to kill. Hips, shoulders, things off center mass. No head shots.

You'll also need to learn exactly how far to pull your punches. A typical Un-augmented boxer can throw a punch in the range of five to seven megapascals. The impact trigger will likely have to be set to four point five emmpas, so you can throw a weaker punch without triggering the laser.

In other words, you'll need to learn exactly where that trigger is so you can avoid pulling it if you have to.

Yeah...hopefully I won't have to use it on anything other than the monsters out on the Skyway; but that's all good stuff to know. Especially how hard I can hit before the laser goes off.

[There wasn't much sense in wasting a shot if he could help it, he was sure the lasers wouldn't be in infinite supply after all.]

Master your gear, and you'll never have to worry. Master yourself, and your foes will always have to worry.

[There's a smile again]

When you're in better condition, I'll go over all of this with you in greater detail. Sadly, I'm not a combat instructor, so.... I'm not quite sure how to TEACH it. But I can definitely build training equipment just fine, if you can teach yourself.

Hmmm... I should probably look into a gym, we haven't got much exercise equipment here.

[There he goes on another thought tangent...]

[A gym? Now there was a concept Ippo could really get behind!]

A gym would be great! I mean...I already have a heavy bag I could donate to that, and it shouldn't be too hard getting a hold of everything else we'd need too!

A speed bag, a heavy bag, some weights, some bars... Treadmills and stationary bikes can be easily built from scrap... I wonder if we can spare the water for a pool, building a filtration system wouldn't take too long...

Let's see, there's a little over two dozen of us...

[He's mostly talking for Ippo's benefit, though part of it is talking to himself too. He's running calculations in his head as he goes.]

We'll probably need a mid-size building to everything. I'd like a gravity chamber for advanced strength and resistance training, but I don't think we have the materials for that yet...

[Another glance for Ippo]

You might want to save your shards for that, now that I think of it. With the wounded we picked up yesterday, a gym where people can train and rehabilitate will probably be very, very useful.

Maybe we can even get others to help! It'd be great to have a gym here and it would definitely be helpful.

[Congratulations Colin, you've got Ippo all riled up and the smile on his face looks like its about ready to rip itself off and run away.]

It WOULD be nice to have a dedicated place to work out again. Having to scrounge up eight hundred pounds of weight and run around the rim of the Bastion is a little frustrating every morning. And before you boggle at the weight, my body's been augmented for heavy weights and gravity, among other things.

[Have a laugh, Ippo]

Sounds like you and I have got a project, once you're on your feet again.

[Yeesh...and here Ippo thought he was pretty strong physically; looks like he still had quite a ways to go. However, it was good to know Colin was on his side, and if they were both working towards a Gym, then it was all the better.]

It definitely sounds like a reason for me to get out of here sooner than later; I'm excited just thinking about it!

[You too can lift ten times your body weight Ippo, if you have several cybernetic surgeries and gene-tweaking. If it's any consolation, you can still probably out-fight Colin. Strength isn't everything, even if it helps.]

Good!

If you need another boost, we're going to have new fresh fruit tomorrow, and once I can teach Rin to roast the seeds, a steady source of caffeine too.

IF she'll roast the seeds for me, I said the wrong thing to her before our expedition and she's upset at me. Still don't know what I said...

Oh...I'm sorry to hear that; but Rin doesn't strike me as someone to hold a grudge for very long. I'm sure if you talk to her about it, you can work something out.

[Rin as he knew her after all was a pretty straightforward person most of the time; so he was confident they could patch things up. Or so he hoped at any rate.]

I'm hopeful too, but that was my attempt to patch things up after a rough first day.

I'm... a little clumsy with my words, most of the time.

Yeah...I know what you mean.

[Given Ippo had improved upon his rigid ways since arriving here; most notably he had stopped calling everyone "-san", "-chan", or "-sempai" after their names. Probably a welcome change in the eyes of the others.]

Words...are hard to get a hold of sometimes; but I've found if you can find the sincerity behind them, then you can usually work things out for the better, you know?

Sincerity is not a problem. Filtering... THAT'S a problem. I speak engineer. Give me a technical issue, and I'm fine. Give me a social issue, and I'm blunt.

That's not usually the best conversational habit.

Oh...I'm not really sure on that one, but I am sure that you two will figure out something at the very least. I mean...if we're going to be here, we might as well sort our issues out, right?

We'll get it figured out.

[Colin gives a crisp nod, not seeming terribly worried.]

Worse comes to worst, I have to learn to cook my own food for a few months.

[To that Ippo shook his head, he wasn't going to let his friends go toe to toe like that; not if he could help it.]

If it comes to that, I'll have a word with Rin. She's a good friend, so I'm sure she'd be willing to listen to what I have to say.

That may be the best way to go about it if I can't patch things up with her tomorrow.

I'm hoping the gift of fresh fruit will soothe her frayed nerves, but... Well, like I said. I said SOMETHING wrong, and I still have no idea what it was.

Well...if that's the case, with Rin it pays to be straightforward about it; so just let her know that you're not sure what you said, but you want to apologize for it. That should work...I hope...

[He'd never really had Rin mad at him before, so he wasn't sure how to deal with her anger beyond what he knew of her personally. Sure she'd been annoyed with him, but that...it came from a place of caring, a very loud place of caring.]

Day 122: Rough Awakenings

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