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Zexion (Enigma/Glade/Dark [Vade]) (readbytwilight) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-05-27 22:48:00

Entry tags:

!days 240-249, excel, gokudera hayato, kuroba kaito, takizawa yuta, wanijima akito, zexion, {{{akatsuki chika}}}, {{{zelgadis greywords}}}, ~{the kid}

Who: Hydracula
Where: On top of SKULL MOUNTAIN
When: Day 241, afternoon to evening
What: so about that undead judge-controlled zombie raptor and its friends

[Those out and about in the early afternoon may have seen the combined members of Hydra and Vulpecula (minus a few) coming home from the east, looking dusty, occasionally bloody, and more than a little haggard.

A few hours later, wounds are cleaned up, the unconscious have been put to bed, and the occasional figure in green or orange can be seen on the hat's rim. One, in fact, has been there almost consistently, sitting on the beams of the pulley and looking east.]

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	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	Tch. There's t'fun part. [He sits there for a moment, weighing things.] Nothing's fucking worse than getting woke back up when you're comfortable. Lets just get this over. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-28 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	[Lets Arson assemble bandages and boiled water, concentrating instead on removing the ruins of Sparta's shirt.] What do you know of your injuries? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	[There's a vague displeased hiss now and then but otherwise is staying still for this.] Worst of it's upper body... Nothing's broken, don't think anything's severed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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readbytwilight
2011-05-28 09:21 pm UTC (link)

It speaks well of your skill, to come away with so little after being pursued by so many.

[Somehow gets it off without resorting to cutting it, not that there's much to save. It's left to soak in a bowl of cold water while Zexion starts cleaning off enough of the dried and drying blood to get an idea of the damage underneath.

. . . a few seconds after starting, he gets up, coming back with a cup of herbed something.]

Drink this.

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	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	[Takes and drinks it in a few long gulps without question. At least it's much easier to get Sparta to finish bitter things. He sets it aside, moving with very slow, careful movements.] Heh. Only managed to escape because we're the same kind of hunters. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-28 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	[Reaches out to take the cup, but . . . stops when Sparta says that, finally shaking his head as if to clear it.] You are, yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	... You okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-28 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	I am not sure. I learned a great deal about how those lizards attack their prey, and while it does not feel unnatural to have done so, sorting through the memories has taken some time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	... Through their memories? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-28 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. Scowl had tranquillized Chika to prevent him from attempting to retrieve Lucky. Lucky herself was the chosen target of a judge incarnate, and had been rendered helpless with no hope of rescue. And I did not agree with your decision to act as a decoy, however sensible it may have been from a tactical perspective. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	It was better than all of... [Hang on.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	[Click.] So that ... whirly thing...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-28 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	[Resumes cleaning, much as if they were discussing nothing more important than the weather.] Cyclone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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be_my_chum
2011-05-28 11:03 pm UTC (link)

[Cleaning is revealing a lot of nothing cuts and bruising for a lot of it, but the chest and back have a wide, deep swath where it looks like sheer momentum, a lucky angle and speed was all that kept a raptor from biting him in half. The rest are simple slashes, deepest being along the arms...]

... That's what must have given me that star- FUCK! - start. ... Sounds like a hell of a price.

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readbytwilight
2011-05-28 11:17 pm UTC (link)

It had no effect on the judge's own, but I held the rest of the pack back for long enough to order Lucky protected and the ceiling brought down.

[Holds Sparta's shoulder on the pretence of steadying him, squeezing perhaps a little firmer than required.]

Scowl fled the blast with Chika, Zelgadis flew alone, and I carried Arson and Boomer. The dust and debris gave us enough of a start to break free—we managed to stay close together after that.

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	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	[Conversation is a great focus. He doesn't answer immediately, just giving a mute nod, running it over again in his head. They DID get lucky during it in a lot of wa... ...] During the blast? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-28 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	Everyone was moving before the first stones hit the floor. Arson and Boomer were the only ones who saw what became of Lucky, but Beast's rage was enough to inform us that we had been successful. Of all that raptors are capable of, there is little in their abilities that would allow them to dig. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-28 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	... No I aint doubting you got everyone fucking out of the way first. ... After I get some fucking sleep, I think I need to talk to Scowl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-29 12:05 am UTC (link)
	[Holds Sparta's gaze . . .] Unfortunately, I do not know where he is. [. . . and drops it.] This outing seems to have proved particularly stressful, and the past days have not been kind to him either. If he has already retired, it may be best to let him rest. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-29 12:14 am UTC (link)
	[Glances up, and scowls... Then just settles again.] Tch. I'm not going anywhere. You got the antiseptic right? Lets just get this part over with. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-29 12:21 am UTC (link)
	I do, yes. And thread&mash;the gash along your side is too deep to leave unless you assured several days of rest. Please let me know if, at any point, you find the reed's effects insufficient. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-29 12:24 am UTC (link)
	There's a Judge frothingly pissed off at us. There IS no way to assure several days. [And just nods slightly at the last.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] readbytwilight 2011-05-29 12:42 am UTC (link)
	[Starts, then, working more efficiently than compassionately.] No. Though that brings to mind a question I have been pondering since our return here: given the extend of his rage and the fact that he is a judge, why are we still alive? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Evening] be_my_chum 2011-05-29 12:56 am UTC (link)
	[Even with the painkillers, there's really not going to be any answering for a while here. It really isn't until there's a break - and several moments into that, for more supplies or merely the first set of stitching done that he catches his breath] Messenger's game... ... was weak, 'cause he hadn't run any... Beast never did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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readbytwilight
2011-05-29 01:14 am UTC (link)

He appeared once previous to this. He gave his name and, if he is to believed, a warning of some kind. That appearance was followed by a group of raptors attacking the blanks of the North Block. According to Scowl, given that it was well over two hundred days ago, only a handful of those here now experienced it.

[Time spent with leather and fabric has paid off; the stitches closing the gap in Sparta's side are neat and almost ruler-precise.]

Given Messenger's deterioration simply over the time we have been here, that Beast has survived at all is curious.

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