Day 154

[individuating]

Who: Hikaru Hitachiin and anyone willing to help out
Open: Open
When: Day 154
Where: Open Plains
What: A rough landing, and a new arrival.
Format: I'll match whatever
Warnings: Someone's had a very unfortunate landing, and may end up quite antagonistic. Also, drama.


When Hikaru wakes, it's not to the sound of an alarm or the smell of breakfast being delivered. He's not surrounded by perfectly plush pillows, and he's not laying on top of the best mattress money can buy.

When Hikaru wakes, it's to a horrible, sharp aching pain in his arm. He fails to notice anything else - not the grass he's on, the clear and open sky, or the very distinct lack of the luxuries he's used to. Just the incredible pain, which immediately brings tears to his eyes and sets his body to gasping for breath. On instinct, he rolls onto his right shoulder to curl around his arm - broken, a perfect fracture of both the radius and ulna. He doesn't know that; all he knows right now is that something is terribly, terribly wrong and he's starting to panic.

"Kao--", he gasps out, his first conscious reaction being to call for his twin. "Kaoru!" Where was he? They were never far from each-other. He grits his teeth, trying to work past the pain. What was going on--?

And with a sudden burst, he remembers. They were chasing after Tamaki - he'd been driving the horse carriage. Kaoru had told him he was going recklessly fast, but they had to or they wouldn't be able to catch up. Then... he doesn't know what happened, but he remembers being thrown from his seat. Did the carriage hit something? Was Kaoru okay?!

With great effort, he heaves himself up with his left arm, panic for his twin overriding his own pain. His eyes quickly scan the land before him, searching for any sign of Kaoru. There are no roads in sight; he must have been thrown really far. Panicking, he quickly gets to his feet, stumbling but ignoring his dizziness and clutching his right elbow in a lame attempt to stop his arm from being jostled. He blinks rapidly, trying to clear the tears from his eyes, and looks around hopelessly - Kaoru could be anywhere.

His first few steps are hard to take; his entire body aches, and it's hard to keep himself moving when every step sends a shooting pain through his legs. He's scared, he's worried, and he needs to find Kaoru - these are the only things that keep him going.

Comments

[individuates]

[The anklegator in Rin's lap gives a little huff and rolls over contentedly, now there are three people in the room that she adores. Still confused, but belly rubs make things better]

[Kaoru sighs quietly, because he sure did catch that wince.]

I told you, stop that. See, this is why we need to get you taken care of. Taisan… he's not dangerous. Just annoying. And with a pretty high opinion of himself.

[come to think of it… gee, who does that remind him of?]

[yinyangfox]

Uh, correction. I am totally dangerous. [ He drawled with a pout, snapping his fingers, a flame appearing in his palm before puffing out. ] I mean I can turn into a damn flaying, shrieking ball of fire.

And you're totally off base - you're cute and all, and so is he since, you know, you're pretty identical - but uh, I've got a hot piece sleepin' upstairs. And lets be real - Alu-boo is so much hotter than both of you, and I make a better red-head. So its whatever.

Also, is your bro on the level, because he hasn't noticed he's on a floating island, you're holding a spiked crocodile-snake and now he's floating.

What's that you say? But Taisan, he isn't floating? GASP. Shock and awe, you're totally right. [ Another snap of the fingers, and sure enough, Hikaru was no longer touching the ground, his body weightless. ]

Oh look, he's flo~ating. And he can't fight twisty space anti-gravity woobidy boogity stuff so while your concussed jerkface brother is all free-balling, we should probably get him to the hospital and maybe sedated. Or I can sedate him. you want me to sedate him? I can do that. You want em to do that, Rin? He's bein' kind of a prick.

[hellpyre]

So can I and you don't hear me braggin'...

[Even though she totally does.

The comment about Alucard got a "when did that happen?" quirk of her eyebrow, but she doesn't ask, and there's kind of a half-shrug at the idea of it. Everyone hooking up at the end of the world, no big deal.]

I think he's in shock, Taisan. ... so yeah, sedate him. It'll be good for him.

[Okay maybe she was a little vindictive about the voyeur and furry comments.

Sorry, Kaoru.]

[individuates]

[he tries to hold on as Taisan sends Hikaru floating out of his arms - wants to grab for him, he does but he knows how he hurts and he doesn't want to make it worse - but if he doesn't grab for him, for all he knows Hikaru could go, and he doesn't want that to happen, and it actually throws him into rather more of a panic than is reasonable, given the situation.]

Stop it, stop it Taisan, stop it. [glancing between the three of them, reaching for Hikaru to try to gently pull him back down] Nobody is sedating anyone, now stop it.

[his voice comes a little shrilly but he can't help it - he wasn't exactly calm in the first place, and certainly not ready to let go. Could have picked a better time to prove a point, Taisan.]

[Tama-chan, meanwhile, is not happy that Kaoru isn't happy. She rolls off Rin's lap to come to his side instead, baring her teeth and hissing at the two of them - probably the closest either of them have seen her to angry.]

[individuating]

[The fire had actually been a pretty cool trick, and it was interesting enough that he was willing to put aside his annoyance and trust Kaoru's opinion.

...But then the nonsense words start, about floating islands and crocodile snakes, and the only thought Hikaru has is 'this guy must be high'. Though a spiked crocodile snake did sound pretty cool.

And now. Now he feels something disorienting; it feels like he's... being pulled up from Kaoru? If Kaoru's voice is shrill, it's absolutely nothing in comparison to Hikaru wordless cry of surprise. He instantly struggles, grasping at his twin with his left hand, and without thinking tries to do the same with his right. The only thing that accomplishes is a searing, white-hot pain as he yanks his arm roughly against his makeshift sling. He chokes on a gasp, bending over double in an entirely instinctual attempt to protect the arm. He was light-headed before, but it's nothing compared to the narrowing vision he's getting now. He's floating. He swears to God he is floating and his arm is on fire. Kaoru had better be fine with Hikaru's hand clinging onto whatever part of him tightly, because he doesn't have a choice in it right now.

Dammit Taisan, surprising a guy like that when he's already in a bad state isn't a very good thing to do. It would probably be much kinder to go ahead and sedate him now before he starts to shut down again.]

[yinyangfox]

[ The shikigami blinked slowly, tilting his head to regard the twins, particularly Kaoru. Their panic was a curious thing, and not entirely understood, but he felt the fear. What mad him stop, however, was Tama-chan. As a more animal than human person himself, he felt more direct kinship to the little Anklegator, and was disappointed by her anger.

Shrugging and stepping forward, Taisan clapped a hand over Hikaru's eyes and just like that, the boy was overwhelmed with a need to sleep. His limbs became heavy, his brain sluggish, his eyes filled with the sandiness of being open for too long. Stepping back and dusting himself off, Taisan shrugged. ]


What a bunch of drama queens you are. Tch. All this shrieking and flapping, like a bunch of hens. He's not going to float away for goodness sake. Calm down already. And you! [ He turned, crouching and pointing accusingly at Tama-chan. ]


You don't hiss at me, little miss! I've got orders and this idiot has a broken arm. you think these kids standing around like a bunch of dumb turtles is fixing anything? He needs to go to the hospital and he's being a belligerent little shit. Don't you start, too.

[ The shikigami stood, drawing himself up and staring hard at Kaoru with blue eyes, one hand jerking in a gesture to one side. ]


Well? Take your stupid brother to the stupid hospital and fix his stupid arm. And while you're at it, see if they have replacement attitudes.

[hellpyre]

[Whoops. That had not gone at all like how Rin had expected it to. She had just been teasing, really, but Kaoru's reaction made her regret even letting that much out. She went quiet again, realizing that if she had been in Kaoru's place with Yuki, she probably would have had the same reaction.

She moved off the seat and went to her knees, pulling Tama-chan back in to her arms to calm her down, watching them all with a worried, guilty expression.

This was just not a good day for her...]

[individuates]

[Tama-chan gives Taisan an extra hard hiss before Rin takes her, nipping at her hand with rather more teeth than necessary, and comtinuing to make all the dissatisfied noises. Nope, sorry. Whether she likes you or not, you upset Kaoru, you upset her.]

[He doesn't care even that Hikaru is holding his hand painfully tight. It hurts more to see him hurt like that; his grip is nothing. Once he is safely back in Kaoru's arms he checks him over frantically just to be sure that he is just sleeping and not... not anything else, God forbid, before looking up at Taisan]

Believe it or not, I do actually get it. He was a mess when he got here and I wanted to actually calm him down a bit before dragging him to the hospital. Because I was worried about him, because I was selfish, because I just wanted to be with him and make sure he was okay. Not that you'd understand any of that, would you? For all you want to look like us, and act like us, and love like us, you're only ever going to be pretending to be like us. [looking towards Rin, holding Hikaru a little bit closer] ...and you? I don't even know what to say to you.

[he pushes his hair off his face frustratedly, then gets to his feet, bringing Hikaru up with him. He knows what he said was horribly out of line, and he will feel awful for it later when he looks back on it. But he is too highly strung to care right now.]

Fuck, whatever. You have a problem with me, take it out on me. Don't use my brother to prove a point.

[hellpyre]

[Rin said nothing. Even when Tama nipped at her hand hard enough to draw blood, she didn't cry out. Her head stayed down, shoulders tensing when Kaoru spoke to her, a tremor working through them. Slowly she let Tama go back down to the floor and rose.

Without a word, she stumbled out of the house, leaving the Kaoru to deal with his brother and Taisan alone.]

[yinyangfox]

I like you Firecrotch, I really do, but you need to remember something. [ Taisan leaned in, arching a brow slowly as he lowered his voice. ]

I don't work for you. My main priority is Foxface. He said get this kid to the hospital, I'm doing it. You can have your little reunion when he isn't in danger of an infection or poisoning because marrow is leaking into his bloodstream, yeah?

[ The shikigami sniffed, leaning back and dusting his hands off. ]

Now, if you want to make sure he's not getting jostled about and you're grinding bones, I can float him on over to the hospital. Or you can keep being a nervous nag and burning your bridges, because I'm pretty sure you just ran Rin right off the reservation. I know you're glad to have your brother back, but if you want to fall back on old habits, you might remember that your life isn't just about you anymore. [ He hissed, jerking his head in the direction of the upstairs rooms. ]

Lets get this kid to the doctor.

[individuates]

["Let's". As in "Let Us".

Us Right. Yes. Let's.

Kaoru just... holds Taisan's gaze as he makes sure he has a secure hold on Hikaru, then starts out of the room, lips pressed into a thin line]

[at this point, he really doesn't care how petulant he may be coming across. He just wants out of here right now and like hell he's handing Hikaru over to anyone else]