We're more than carbon and chemicals

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: Fighting Third Party
When: 26th, 27th, 28th, 1st, and 2nd
Where: The Southern Farmlands
Summary: See here for overall details.
Rating: Probably gonna be gorey in places :|a

DOESN'T NEED A CUT. People should know how this works, if not, just follow other people's lead. I'm gonna set up some strategist threads at the top, for the four strategists to use if they want to, otherwise people should start their own threads.

((Mod Note: Since this has been asked a few times, just fyi, the livestock do not talk. Happy hunting!))

Comments

[breaks_destiny]

[Whatever, dragging both our loser asses to where it's safe. And suppressing the urge of banging his head against a wall hard until it breaks in an attempt to clear it. It would certainly not help to clear his mind.]

[emp3thy]

[No it would not, it would just make him as useless as Minato is right now. but soon enough they'll be inside, and as safe as it's possible to be right now.]

[breaks_destiny]

[There are several doctors in the draft, or so he remembers. But he doesn't care. There's only one doctor he wants, in fact he would want her even if she wasn't a doctor, he wanted her as his personal doctor of sorts even when she was just a teenager and didn't have medical training. So there's only one person whom he searches for as soon as they are inside.]

Ami-chan! Ami-chan, I need you, please!

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Mercury comes quickly the second she's being called for, and quickly moves to help the other two. Her eyes look them over quickly for a first appraisal.]

[breaks_destiny]

[His mind is still fuzzy and dizzy, really he's more focused than Minato but it's not easy. He has the strange feeling of being standing over an edge, ready to fall from it into a spiral of madness again.

He eyes the blue haired girl, he recognizes her, but his mind doesn't immediately click on the fact that Mercury was Ami all along. He's just focused in finding Ami and he forgets about this thing.]

Mercury! Help me, I need to find Ami-chan soon. Minato hit his head and he's bleeding and I'm not in better shape, have you seen her?

[emp3thy]

[Minato has completely forgotten about Keiichi having an outbreak, or really much of anything from the past half hour. One moment he was fine, the next he's like this. The pounding in his head makes him not too concerned though. He just... wants to sit down.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[It seems like both of them need help if Keiichi doesn't recognize her and Minato looks like he's not doing well. Mercury glances from one to the other. No time for that immediately.]

Where were you hurt?

[breaks_destiny]

[But he wants his Ami not Mercury- wait, that voice...]

Minato tackled me to help me dodge an enemy and we rolled too far and his his head, he also has problems with keeping balance or his recent memory I think... And I almost tried to tear my throat out when I had an outbreak of the syndrome...

[Got your hands full already, Ami-chan?]

[emp3thy]

[it may have been soft but he heard and understood that last part :|] What?

[He tries to twist while still using Keiichi as support to look at him...]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[She stiffens, but soon shakes her head to clear it. She can't get emotional or panicky right now; she has to solve this.]

Your medicine? [She asks this to Keiichi.]

Where is the pain exactly, and how does it feel? [This to Minato. Her hands are quite full, yes.]

[breaks_destiny]

[Shush Minato, you're at a worse shape than he is.]

I've some on me, but I need you to give me the shoot. I can wait though... I... I think I'm stable and here I can relax.

[He will also need help with those wounds in his neck but Minato is at a worse shape.]

[emp3thy]

It's just my head. Look after him first.

[Keiichi's medicine is much more important. ...in his opinion anyway.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Leaving Mercury to decide what to do. The one thing she disliked about being a doctor, though it had been endlessly helpful to building her up, was having to find the right answers herself and find the confidence to believe in them and carry them out.

Both seemed stable. Keiichi's medicine would take just a moment, while she needed to check Minato more thoroughly if there was a possible head injury.]

The medicine first.

[breaks_destiny]

[He could push Minato, force him to let Ami check him. But when Ami too agrees with him... He knows there's no point in arguing over it. He knows it. But he's still going to argue, Minato's wound is more serious and risky, isn't it?]

Minato's in worse shape! He has memory loss and problems with balance, he hit his head, isn't he more urgent? I know he will take more time but making him wait may make things worse!

[Minato is the one who is more hurt. The one who's in even higher danger. So why does he have to be first and make Minato wait? Is he the only one here that worries over Minato getting worse in a matter of minutes?]

[emp3thy]

I'm fine, Keiichi. Just take the shot. [He can't relax knowing that Keiichi was sick enough to start clawing his own throat. If he does end up fainting or similar, it could set him off again.

...Regardless, just pick something and let him sit down, please.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[And that's why she hates having to make the decision. But she stands by it. The medicine, of course, only takes a moment to bring out, dose properly, and stand by Keiichi ready to administer it without a word. What can she say?]

[breaks_destiny]

[Nothing. She can't say anything. Keiichi takes it, but he's obviously not happy. In fact he shows an even worse expression than before, one that says that he wants to either yell at them both or something else not nice.

But fine. Whatever. He lets her give him the medicine, are you happy now?]

Now help Minato. Unless he wants to wait more until his brain explodes or something.

[A glare to the Minato that he left sitting to take the medicine. Is this enough or do you want to really die?]

[emp3thy]

[Minato seems completely oblivious to the expression though. Keiichi took it so now he's safe, which means he can relax. In fact he looks a bit like he's nodding off sitting up now.] Thank you.

[It's not a bad wound, honestly. More like a bruise that broke the skin. The bleeding has already mostly stopped. His brain won't be exploding, the biggest problem is that he definitely has a concussion now.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[This won't take long to confirm, especially since she suspects a concussion anyway. The problem is the treatment for that is, well, nothing; monitoring and rest.

She starts by asking questions about the symptoms, even as she works to gently clean away the blood.]

Have you had dizziness? Nausea?

[The list continues straight from the beginning.

[breaks_destiny]

[It's good that it's not something serious. It's really good and relieving.

But it could have been. Minato could have fallen into a coma while Ami gave him the stupid medicine, or something worse.

At the end, no matter what, he's just fucking useless and puts his friends in danger. Keiichi stays, but just to be sure that Minato will be fine.]

[emp3thy]

Yes... And a little.

[His eyes flicker over to Keiichi. Now that he's seated and trying to concentrate on talking, his head isn't swimming quite as much, and he can see the dejected look on his face. With that, he reaches for Keiichi's hand, to pull him back over. He needs to sit down too.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Once the stream of questions is over, and she's satisfied his pupils are twins of each other, Mercury seems satisfied.]

It seems to be a mild concussion. Please rest awhile, and I'd like to see you often enough to monitor your condition. Please also inform me if anything changes.

[breaks_destiny]

[He doesn't want to sit down. What for? It's not as if it would do anything at all, nothing would change.

He has been training for the possibility of being drafted. He has improved a lot, he even managed to secure the presence of the medicine in the village so the syndrome wouldn't be a problem. But it still is a problem. And he is still weak. He knows that he alone can't do anything, he knows it very well from past experiences, from memories of fragmented worlds. But he can at least be strong enough to reach out his hand with others, to grab someone's hand and together be strong enough to defeat anything. He was strong enough for that in Hinamizawa.

But here he's not. He tries his best, he tries to be able to stand on the same level as Minato but all he manages is to get in the way, to give Minato problems, to get him hurt. He isn't even good enough so that Minato's treated first. Maybe he just isn't good enough for anyone outside of Hinamizawa... No, maybe he isn't good enough even for the people of Hinamizawa, but there wasn't anyone better either so it didn't matter.

He sits but only because not doing so when Minato requests it may cause him even more problems and Keiichi's tired of that. He listens to Ami's words vaguely, relieved that it's nothing serious, but that still doesn't change the "what if it was something serious".]

So he will be fine? How's the wound?

[emp3thy]

[Concussion... well that makes sense. It feels a bit like the time he got hit in the head with a box during photography club, though he hadn't actually gotten a concussion then.]

All right. [He looks over at Keiichi now. He still seems down. He'll need to talk to him but... later. He needs to rest first, or Keiichi will just worry more.]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[The truth is she's been frazzled. With so many injuries, so many mishaps, her skills and determination have been taxed.

But she won't give up. So Ami turns to Keiichi.]

He'll be fine as long as he has rest. If his condition changes, I'll notice it right away.