Post-Heavy Quest Clinic Mingle

[heartonachain]

Who: OPEN!
What: Everyone come hang out at the clinic because HOW many of u got beat up by the mega raid boss... come on, be honest. Alternatively check up on your friends to make sure they're not dead! or y'know you're at the clinic for different reasons/volunteering/actually sharing the new lore we all just got/whatever you want ok i'm not a cop anyone is welcome here, it's a public space
When: Late February
Where: The Clinic™
Warnings: ????? injruies. blood. Angst, maybe. the possibilities are endless

Comments

[seacub]

That's because I was the one running interference... [he mutters somewhat darkly, only to sigh.]

Anasui doesn't always team up with me. I went with Laios and Kris this time, and we had to go back the same way that took us to Glimmora in order to get back home anyway. ...Really, a lot just went wrong despite all the preparation.

[firstrateduelist]

You ran interference.

[It isn't a question. It's also not a happy statement. The scale on his tailtip makes an audible CLINK as he twitches it into the floor, not unlike a peeved cat.]

Enlighten me, would you--why did you choose to go on such a dangerous mission, and why did you decide to run interference? I'm certain I've seen Laios before, he's a Boltund. A large dog. Three times larger than you.

Perhaps I'm the stupid one, because I can't understand why in the hell you would put yourself before him. I may not know all of the creatures here, but I am learning. I read.

[The statement is punctuated with him drumming his claws on the book he was reading. Once. Just to prove his point.]

Well? Is it ego? Is it some misplaced sense of responsibility? Go on, you're the expert here, tell me.

[seacub]

[A calm blink. He's not surprised by the words exactly, but it is weird to hear. After all...

...he's always felt like the adult in the room, mentally.]

I'm 'Ground Type'. Resistant to fire, and...well, ground. Poison, as well. In fact, I'm considered stronger against it. ....Laios is Electric type.

He's weak to ground. Kris didn't have those advantages... ...but Kris gets distracted easy I noticed.

....both got poisoned while we were in the field. ...so it fell on me to choose a path home.

It's like I said. ....The path back to recovery was the same path that brought us to Glimmora.

We went through the forest, and foraged for berries to stave off the worst effects until we made it out. ...the problem is just that we didn't make it out.

[firstrateduelist]

[Kaiba lets out an annoyed snort after Emporio finishes speaking. None of that was an acceptable answer as far as he was concerned, but it wasn't a stupid answer, either. Clang goes his tail.]

So your partners were useless. I already knew teamwork was a dubious concept at best, but this is just sad. And it doesn't absolve you, either. You're not an adult, you should quit acting like it! There are others here who can throw themselves into the line of fire that aren't as puny as you are, and they probably should have!

[He won't add that he might have been better suited to this himself, because at the end of the day, he hadn't gone on any of those quests himself.]

[seacub]

....Who said they didn't?

[It's a good point. A direct one, certainly.] ...We were all brought here in similar condition. ...All three of us were beaten pretty badly, and they definitely took blows for me.

[Choosing not to beat around the bush any longer, Emporio looks at Kaiba with a ducked head.] ...I... ...I'm glad you care. ...It's nice, really! ...But...

...I'm just acting like 'me'. ...This is just...who I've been since before I came here. Maybe I couldn't fight like this at home, but that doesn't mean I wasn't still helping others through them. I just...

...if this can't count as acting like a 'kid'... ...If I ever didn't, I probably wouldn't be here now.