lucetilogs | New Species Event - Mass Interaction Log

Oh. Um, that's very nice of you. [And you...might have been right to be, Robert, because when Giles tries to get back to his feet he lets out an involuntary snarl of pain before flopping back to the ground.]

Bugger.

I am... Professor Robert Alexander Hastings. [He briefly pauses.] ... As a turtle. In the event you couldn't tell, which I would hardly blame you for.

[And that painful little noise is definitely getting Robert's attention.] Should I fetch a... doctor... for you? ... Assuming I can find one in this state? I have only minor medical knowledge, and... well, I am not particularly used to the anatomy of winged reptilians.

You and I both.

H-Hold on. I h-have an idea. [Rolling back onto his back again, Giles goes very, very still.]

[Robert just sort of stares a bit.]

... And what exactly are you attempting to do, if I may ask? [Robert doubts that laying extremely still is going to really help matters, but...]

[Giles sighs in irritation and opens his eyes.]

I was never that good at this before. [He flops back onto his side and winces.] Trying to fix dragon bones when I was never able to fix human ones is probably beyond silly, in fact.

... You were attempting to fix your own bones? [Robert just blinks. Hello, novice to magic speaking.]

Well... I suppose it would be difficult to do so when it would be hard to even ascertain what they look like. Or what other properties they have. Though, I must say, I would be entirely fascinated to see that myself.

Precisely. [Novice to healing magic replying. It doesn't actually exist back home. Not like here in Luceti, at least.]

So. Off to the clinic, then. Hopefully someone there knows something about dragons. Or, um, "Night Furies". Which is apparently what I am.

If all else fails, Helios can probably manage something.

I could accompany you to the clinic, if you would like. I remember where it is.

... I had to take Helios there once. [That is not a memory Robert wants to relive, the image of Helios covered in blood...]

As for treating your species - Toothless, the Night Fury, had a human friend that I spoke to. It is a pity I do not know where that friend is, because zie would probably know something about the treatment of Toothless' species.

And I could call Helios for you, if need be. I would presume I could more easily operate the journals than you can, at the moment.

I'm glad you did. [And that's not a picture Giles even to begin imagining, that of Helios covered in blood. He's almost had a fit about that more than once.]

Oh, and I've met him. Hiccup. He's a small floating green star right now - not sure how much help he'll be.

[Giles takes a few cautious steps forward. His chest twinges a bit, but it's uncomfortable more than anything else.]

...I might take you up on that, actually. But until then, let's try for the clinic.

He needed it very desperately at the time... [Robert averts his reptilian eyes from the Night Fury's face.] And there is... very little I would not do for Helios' sake. Taking him to a clinic when he needs help is something anybody sane would have done for a friend. [Especially a friend who I still have remnants of attraction for.]

A... floating... green star? ... As in, an actual star? ... How does that even fit in Luceti?

[Robert carefully follows at Giles' side, both leading him to the clinic and trying to keep an eye on his pace. If he's in too much trouble, Robert will get his journal immediately. He pretty much always has it on him... though as a turtle he hasn't had anything to really clip it to.

Maybe he should wear a belt like Donatello.]

[Yeah, sorry, Robert. But after his minor...okay, not so minor...meltdown in front of Helios, Giles will be avoiding any and all mention of his housemate as deftly as he can.]

Anything can fit in Luceti. As a matter of fact, Hiccup currently fits in Luceti better than I do.

[He's favoring his right leg as he tries to keep any pressure off his broken rib. But otherwise, Giles is walking normally enough, for a dragon. Walking requires far less lung power than flying.]

[That's okay. Robert still has a little awkwardness about Helios himself. Still remembers kissing him... And now that he's with Don, that kind of memory seems like a bad thing to keep going to. Especially when he knows it wouldn't work.]

... I... presume he's more something small, then. Like an Asteroidean. A sea star, that is.

[That slight limp is a little worrisome, but it's not like Robert could really prop a whole dragon up. At least the clinic's within view, now.]

... I'm not sure what I could really do for you if it is rib damage... I believe they would have to set somewhere. Or... [A thought strikes Robert.] Doctor Faye-Ling healed Nu with one of the Filial Spirits' magic... [A slight sigh escapes the turtle at this.] I wish I understood how exactly that worked.

Nu?!

[Giles lets out a growl at the mention of that particular robot. Loudly.]

No. Absolutely not.

[Robert flinches at that loud growl. He can't help it. Why is the association with Nu such a bad one?]

...

I d-didn't mean Nu would be involved. Doctor Faye-Ling is a neutral party. She... simply assisted me, with healing Nu when she was attacked.

... I don't understand what has occurred between the villagers and Nu. Apparently, something has happened there, but... [Robert's tone turns nearly helpless.] ... I only spoke to Nu once, and she seemed... She was just a person. And that random attack in the square was completely unprovoked. No sapient should be treated like that; it's entirely unethical.

[And this is after Yuber nearly attacked and killed Robert for trying to protect and heal Nu. He still fervently feels that there was no right for anybody to attack her, especially not in the way that had happened.]

... B-but it was only a suggestion, anyway. Just... somebody with Filial healing magic... as much as I would prefer to use conventional medicine, the technology here is uncomfortably... ancient.

Would you say it's any more "ethical" to slice people open and dump their bloody corpses in the bakery for their friends to find?

Because I wouldn't.

Nu murdered two of my friends, along with that monster Yuber. They weren't the first, and they are good people who suffered and are still suffering under their death penalties.

I've dreamed of doing what Luffy did to her. [Giles, on the other hand, is resolute. Yuber is the only one of the two he's ever spoken to, and that's the only reason he holds more hate for him than he does for Nu. But to see one of Link's murderers hurt and beaten? It had been a good thing for him to see, even over the journal's video feed.]

[And Robert just goes stock-still and stares at Giles at that, open-mouthed.

The first rational thought he has is that Nu lied to him. She said that she wasn't aggressive.

The second rational thought he has is that she might have killed him, then, if Yuber hadn't chased him away.

The rest of his rational thought goes towards trying to formulate a sentence.]

... What... why... What reason would anybody have to do something so utterly barbaric? [Hurting somebody at all was horrifying enough. Killing two people, presumably innocents, and slaughtering them and leaving their corpses to be found...

Still. Still. Robert still can't justify attacking somebody. But he doesn't say that, now.]

... I... I am sorry, Giles. I... didn't know. [I didn't know she was capable of that.]

[Giles stops when Robert does. He watches the scientist carefully, probably guessing most of the thoughts that are going through his head.

For a moment, the Night Fury looks almost pitying.]

She seems to ally herself with Yuber. And...these two friends of mine were the ones who killed Yuber the last time he started attacking villagers. [He can't give Link and Sheik's names, not yet.]

Perhaps she has some degree of affection for him. I don't know. And I don't particularly care.

...I wouldn't have known either, if I hadn't spoken with these two after they returned. Don't blame yourself. Some villagers can be like that - deceptive and dangerous. We have a shapeshifter hiding somewhere around who is almost as bad.

... I think they care for each other. Or something. Wh-when... when I tried to give Nu medical assistance... Yuber showed up. [Robert's shaking. Just slightly, but he's shaking. He stares at the ground, at his hands; anywhere but at Giles.] ... He threatened... t-to kill me if... if I didn't get away from her.

... And she could have killed me too. [Suddenly he realizes just how important it was that Litchi was there, and how much she was risking for his sake.

He actually sobs a bit.] D-Doctor Faye-Ling put herself in the way... for my sake...

[Giles bites back a sigh. Then he sits down in front of Robert and lowers his head to the turtle's level, eye-to-eye. Even if his eyes happen to be a lot bigger than Robert's right now. So he's a bit hard to ignore.]

It sounds as though it was her choice to help.

You have nothing to be ashamed of. There are any number of people here who would have done the same for you.

...have you checked in with this, this Doctor since then?

[Robert shakily meets Giles' gaze after a moment, a hand defensively going up to his face. It doesn't really do much, but it does give him some stability.]

... I didn't want her to be injured as well...

And, yes. I have... spoken with her. It seems that Yuber and Nu never attacked her... I suppose that perhaps they were just more interested in Nu's continued safety than in taking the life of my friend.

[Robert shudders bodily. It looks a bit strange to see on a turtle. He's even instinctly scrunching inward a bit, but like the other mutant turtles, he can't retract fully into his shell. Just enough to make him look a little ridiculous.]

... Luceti can be so dangerous at times... so much more than Terra ever was. Ever. For any reason.

[The problem with going from a bipedal body to a quadrupedal body is that all of Giles' normal instincts for body language and his habits have gotten turned on their head. And, with as big as he currently is, he's had to be so very careful even being near most of his friends.

Barring his own voice and his own explanations, which seem to really hurt more than help, he can't do anything to stop Robert being so upset about the whole thing. It's an impossibly frustrating feeling. So he just tries to keep his tone of voice as light and quiet and non-threatening as possible.]

I'm glad to hear she's all right. It sounds as though she's a very good friend.

[It actually doesn't make a significant difference in Robert's case. In fact, he may even be able to read Giles' body posturing better now than he could before. That's just how pathetic he is with emotional cues.

And really, it's more the fact that death happened in Luceti and it was deliberate. Death is something that Robert has never seen in this context. It's terrifying... terrifying to know that it haunts everything here, that suddenly Luceti isn't safe, isn't sane.]

... I... I would hope she thinks so too. ... Gods, if they had killed her... [He wrings his two-fingered hands.]

... I am sorry, G-Giles. I... [He trails off, sniffling just slightly.] Thank you... for explaining that to me.

[He's honest about that. Even if it's painful and terrifying, Robert would rather know. He always wants to know. Even if it kills him a little inside, he always wants to know.]

[If he can, his readings will be rather confused. Giles can barely read his own body posturing. So much of it usually relies on working hands.]

If you're not certain, you should probably speak with her more. That's the best way, in this place.

And upsetting people with the sordid details of the places they live and the monsters rampaging around them reminds me far too much of my old job. The sentiment is appreciated, but there is absolutely no need to thank me.

... I should talk to her, yes. I only hope this experiment has mostly left her alright.

[Try to pull yourself together, Robert. This is unprofessional.] ... Your world is a dangerous one too, then?

[He looks genuinely sad. Just... sad.]

It seems that all of my friends live in worlds fraught with danger and violence and cruelty. If I could take you all to Terra, I would. Gods know that you all seem to need a place that would not deign to destroy you.

[He shakes his head a bit.]

... A-At any rate, we should get to the clinic before it gets too late. Hopefully another doctor will be around...

[Giles tries to look reassuring. It isn't easy with an entirely different face.] For an experiment? Everyone seems to be doing well enough for themselves, apart from the species confusion and extra legs.

And that's very kind of you to offer, Robert. [Except it's too late for Giles, far too late.] But honestly, I've never liked computers much. I'd be horrible company in your world.

I'm sure someone will still be there. If not, I'll wait. Or we'll call Helios.

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