TERRACE Draft - Remaining Days

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: All hell breaks loose
When: From the 27th to the 1st.
Where: TERRACE!
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post covers the second to sixth day! Be sure to check the info post on the timeline to know what's up. At 2AM on the 27th, the attack will break out while most people are sleeping. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Some random NPC quotes about the island itself.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

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[gleamed]

[ Her brow creased. ] They're being taken care of. It's alright.

[ She takes a deep breath. Not all wounds bled on the surface. ]

I'm here.

[fabrecation]

[... It's still a surprise to hear that people actually want to listen, and not tell him to raise his chin and suck it up and move on. It's why he glances at her, then down again, and he keeps quiet. It seems like he won't take up her offer for a moment, but then he takes in a deep breath of his own.]

I hate this. I hate this every time it happens. [He shuts his eyes, reliving that horrible feeling every time blood spills on his hands.] People say it gets easier, but I - it never does. Not for me. And I hate... I hate seeing what "getting easier" does to people.

[They get colder. They take a life without a hint of remorse. And for someone who shakes and trembles and feels tears in his eyes every time the light goes out of someone else's, that's very hard to see. Terrifying, too.]

[gleamed]

[ Rapunzel’s hand tightens in her lap as she bites her lower lip. She knew exactly what he meant. She’s only been on a battlefield for a few days, but she already knows - war changes people. It hardens their hearts. And who can blame them? If they didn’t, they would break, or die.

And that was why she didn’t fight. Maybe it was selfish, but she didn’t want to turn hard. Even if it meant she could protect people she cared about. ]

This is my first time on a draft. [ First time seeing so much death. She speaks quietly. ] I had no idea...how terrible it would be.

[fabrecation]

... I'm sorry.

[His own hands tighten where they are, one on his knee and the other in his hair. It's certainly not the first time Luke has seen war and death, and he'd be stupid to believe that it's his last. And it's terrible every time.]

I'm glad you're here. I mean, in the clinic, and not out there. At least you're helping people...

[All I'm doing is ruining and taking lives and slowing people down.]

[gleamed]

You're helping people by fighting out there, too. [ She spoke softly, but resolutely. ] You're making it so people in here can be safe.

[ And so they don't kill them all, she thinks to herself. ]

[fabrecation]

I'm not doing much. Every time I do, my hands end up shaking, and...

[He tilts his head away and clears his throat, willing the shakiness out of it.] I know, I'm being stupid. It's not easy for anyone, and here I am acting like some little kid.

[gleamed]

[ She shook her head. ]

No, that's not it at all. You're brave to go out there at all. And there's nothing wrong with being afraid. [ A beat. ] Being afraid, knowing it's wrong...that's what makes us different from them.

[fabrecation]

... I guess so. [Being told that it's tough yet he has to do it, having special precautions taken in the past because of his fear - It's hard to believe Rapunzel because of that, even if it does make him feel a little better. She can do that, with him.]

I just feel like I'm slowing people down. They... I get told as much, too. [He finally does look at her - or, at least, her shoulder.] Sometimes I feel like I'd be better off helping out here than fighting out there.

[gleamed]

[ She could keep drilling it in, how she didn't think he was wasting anyone's time or slowing people down. But instead, she uses another tactic that she hopes will help him see his self-worth a little clearer. ]

...Do you want to help me tend to some patients?

[fabrecation]

[That makes him really look at her, his eyes meeting hers rather than her shoulder, and lift his head up a little.]

Y... You don't mind?

[gleamed]

Of course not! A second pair of hands is always helpful around here.

[fabrecation]

Oh... sure. Okay!

[Luke does a last swipe under his eyes and nose, then uses the wall to help stand himself up. He still looks a little unsure, a little hesitant... troubled, too. There's still the whole thing with Asch... But at least he looks better than before.]

I don't really know a lot about first aid stuff... I can heal a little, though.

[gleamed]

[ She claps her hands together excitedly. ] You can? That's wonderful! Don't worry. I'll tell you exactly what to do.

[fabrecation]

[He raises an eyebrow at her enthusiasm, then gives a sheepish little smile as he glances to the side.]

Thanks, Rapunzel. I might be a little slow at it...

[gleamed]

That's alright. When taking care of people, a slow and steady hand is better than a hasty one.