Day 250 [Open]

[bakegarasu]

Who: Otoha and the Bastion.
Open: Open.
When: Day 250.
Where: Near the entrance to the Skyway.
What: A new face shows up at the Bastion, and he's injured.
Format: Either.
Warnings: Possible language. Blood.

[As evening falls, a young man in his mid-to-late twenties lands on the Bastion from the Skyway. The landing is easy, as if he's been doing it for a long time, but there's something dripping from in his sleeve. His expression is neutral, and he scans the area for any sign of danger.]

[The place is inhabited, he can tell, but by who or what he has no idea. His hand comes up to rest on his sword's hilt as he starts walking, and any movement towards him will get a scowl at the very least. Only the very silent will be able to sneak up on him - though for the moment he's just walking slowly. Blood drips in a trail on the grass behind him, but he doesn't seem bothered by it, at least.]

[He might need some help, though.]

Comments

[scary_music]

[And Otoha encounters a spazzy rocker, who isn't going to try to sneak up on the scowling man]

Uwah?!?!

A stranger from the skyway, dripping with blood...!!! Can you walk?! Wait, of course you can, you're walking right now!!!

You're not dying, are you, scowl-chan?! Ibuki can take you to the hospital!

[bakegarasu]

[He turns to stare at her more fully, blinking in surprise. He hasn't been called by a '-chan' in... pretty much ever.]

... It's pretty hard to kill me.

[... Huh. Is he still bleeding? He glances back for a moment - oh. Guess he is.]

Don't worry about it. Happens all the itme.

[scary_music]

[She gives everybody -chan, don't look too much into it]

... Ooh, still, that looks really bad! Do you really want to bleed all over the place, scowl-chan?! That's a bit gross, isn't it? Ew!

Just sit in the hospital for awhile! You'll heal up faster there than just walking around like that!

[bakegarasu]

Why do you even care?

[He should be figuring out where he is, not wasting time with a crazy kid.]

[scary_music]

...

Because there's not very many people around anymore! But besides that, Ibuki would hate to see some stranger show up here just to die! That'd be really sad!

Come on, come on, if it's not as bad as you say it is, then it won't take the hospital too long to get you better!

[bakegarasu]

[His stance relaxes, very slightly, though he still looks suspicious. Hospitals... he's never liked them much. They're boring and always react badly to his 'condition'. But he nods, slowly. Fine. He can always leave if he doesn't like it.]

[scary_music]

Okay! Just follow Ibuki! That's me: Ibuki Mioda!

[She'll start leading the way]

Oh! Oh! So, what's your name? Or should Ibuki just keep calling you scowl-chan?

[bakegarasu]

Otoha. No 'chan'.

[Respect isn't a huge thing for him, but he's definitely not a -chan.]

[scary_music]

Ooh.... You're one of those dark and broody types, aren'tcha, Otoha-chan?

[aprettyred]

[ Its the red on the ground that she notices first. The only color she can see, it stands out a lot.

So she stares at it for a moment, before realizing it wasn't something pretty red dropped, but blood.

That can't be good.

Oh look. Its a trail.

Hello person at the end of the trail, there is a small eleven year old staring at you now. ]

[bakegarasu]

[He turns and - oh. He relaxes significantly at the sight of a small child. He has no desire to just go off on a kid unless they start attacking him.]

[He doesn't say anything, not yet, but just looks down at her. Hi?]

I FORGOT TO MENTION SHE READS MINDS, its in her journal for more details-

[aprettyred]

[ The only 'attacking' she does is via cute. ]

Red is pretty, but your red shouldn't be out.

[ She points at the nearest bit of the trail, then at him. ]

... unless it isn't your red?

[bakegarasu]

It's mine. Don't worry about it, it doesn't hurt.

[It can't. It's okay, though. He's used to it.]

[aprettyred]

[ She frowns a little at that. ]

... isn't it a bad thing when it doesn't hurt and you're bleeding?

[bakegarasu]

I just don't feel pain. It's okay.

[aprettyred]

Oh.

[ But this is something else to think about. ]

.... How do you know you sprained your ankle or something then?

[ Feeling pain can be useful! ]

[bakegarasu]

I can feel it tug, but it just doesn't hurt. So I have to check.

[notduchess]

[ Hello Stranger, have someone else who carries a sword. Only Duke is also in something that looks vaguely like a knight uniform. Oh well. ]

The Bastion isn't like the Skyway. [ Tension is pretty easy to read from people with weapons. ]

Even if you get into a fistfight and fall off the edge, the wind will just drop you back off.

[bakegarasu]

[... Uh.]

O... kay?

[That was not advice he was seeking, but sure.]

[notduchess]

Everything here is tamed. [ Random things rather than straight up "Hi your world is gone" is Duke's new attempt at this. Sorry, the knight isn't terribly social. ]

... So don't worry about the dragon, he's very nice.

[bakegarasu]

... Dragon.

[Seriously? He's... not so eager about dragons given the last dragon-shaped thing he faced tried to kill him a lot.]

[notduchess]

Dragon. His name is Paarthurnax, he eats the mammoths, and holds lessons in his language.

[ Duke would be less eager, but dragons don't look like monsters back home. ]

And the foot-tall ones running around are basically cats. And if you think you see a glowing person about this tall - [ The knight indicates fingertip to elbow. ] Faeries live here too.

[bakegarasu]

... Huh.

[He looks down at his hand. Maybe he should wrap up his injuries.]

[notduchess]

... and unless you're weirded out by magic, I can help with that.

[ There, that makes sense as a conversation track, doesn't it? ]

... And if its not your thing, there's a hospital.

[bakegarasu]

... Magic doesn't bother me.

[It used to, but... well. Yeah.]