[Video/Voice] Backdated to late morning of the 13th

[fabrecation]

[The view is nothing but the sky. The rain that falls on it. Blood staining the entire side of the camera.

The voice is shrill. Frantic. Trembling and pained.]

Suh - Somebody – I n-need a healer by the back of the Battle Dome right now! Asch is - hkgh -

[Then there's quiet muttering, as if he's speaking in a whisper to someone else. A whisper that cuts off for a moment, then turns into a hurt sound.

And then nothing else.]


((ooc: Aftermath of this. Rapunzel is chronologically first, but anyone can reply whenever they like /o/))

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[meritocracy]

[ natalia cannot speak, there is bandages around her throat, and smashed legs. the bandages have already pinkened at the tips with dried blood and she is still so pale. no sound escapes her lips as her fingers touch the screen, eyes wide, body fit to shatter.

Luke..? Luke?

she lies in her sick bed with feverish eyes. ]

[action]

[grapecape]

[That doesn't sound good.

Ondorus has to take a moment outside of the library to mentally examine a map, but once he's gotten himself oriented he rushes to the location described.

...it doesn't look good, either. That's a lot of blood.]

Who requires healing?

[action]

[fabrecation]

[There isn't a response to that. Just labored, shaky breathing, and the sound of rain.

Luke isn't paying attention to any of the voices. He only focuses on his healing, and how he feels weaker by the second.]

[action]

[grapecape]

Right. Okay. The motionless one - that's where most of the blood was coming from. Ondorus hurries over and kneels down, reaching out and touching what looks like a point beside a major wound. His fingertips glow for a moment -

.....(oh.)


He glances to the side, quickly examining the conscious young man, then murmurs something like "stay still" in a calming tone before doing the same to his wound. The healing is slow and caps off before too long, but starts from the inside and works out.]

[Action]

[distressedude]

[There's no pause to hesitate. The moment he hears Luke's voice come from the journal, he's on his feet and running out the door. House One was a far way from the Battle Dome, but that didn't matter. Luke was hurt. Asch was hurt -- potentially even more so than Luke. And he didn't have to piece together the reasons as to why.]

[The curse slot. Perhaps with one more day, he could have arranged with Guy to remove it. Just one more day is all he would have needed... but he shouldn't have waited at all. There had been more than his own health and Guy's well-being on the line. He knew that, so why didn't he...!!]

[But cursing himself isn't going to make him run any faster. Plenty of people visited the battle dome every day. All he can do now is run and hope that someone would get there in time to do something. Please be okay... both of you, please be okay...!!]

[Action] Time to skip forward a little bit!

[relinquishing]

[The crowd is, more than likely, considerably smaller by the time Ion makes his way into the forest behind the Battle Dome. Luke is gone - taken to the clinic in a hysterical rush, refusing to be parted from his original's side until he himself had slipped into unconsciousness.

Those left hovered around the two men that remained. One group stood examining the bloodier of the bodies - one didn't have to look twice to realize it was Asch. The others mingled around the still, unresponsive blonde. Attention has already been given to the majority of his wounds, even temporarily so. But Guy still hadn't opened his eyes.

Whether that was a concern or a comfort was yet to be seen.]

[Action]

[distressedude]

[Just as it doesn't take a second glance to tell the body laying there is Asch, it also doesn't take a second glance to realize something terrible has happened. If Luke isn't here, he must have been taken somewhere to be treated. It doesn't look as though anyone is healing Asch anymore... and with those wounds...]

[His gaze only lingers a moment or two before he closes his eyes and pushes himself forward. He needed to check on Guy. He was the only one he could help right now. Kneeling by Guy's side, he turns to whoever happens to be closest, assuming they were the one who had been healing him.]

Has he been unconscious since you arrived here?

[video]

[moehealer]

[Oh that doesn't sound--or uh, look--good..]

H-huh? Luke? Um.. I'll be right over there, okay?!

[video]

[fabrecation]

[She won't get any response to that. The view is the same, though the blood is starting to wash away from the camera. The only answer she might hear is Luke's own ragged breathing.]

[action]

[fourteen]

[ She doesn't even wait or try to reply. Perhaps admirably, she doesn't even hesitate -- doesn't let the shock numb her limbs. She moves reflexively.

Luke will find Xion next to him shortly, with wisps of darkness still curling around her body as she kneels, focuses, and heals what she can. ]

[action]

[fabrecation]

[Rapunzel's there, and Luke seems to be alternating between healing Asch and telling Rapunzel as best as she can that she needs to heal Asch. The motions nearly make him lose his balance, as all he has is his right elbow to lean heavily on. And when Xion comes, he doesn't seem to notice.

At least, he won't notice unless Xion tries to heal him, and then he'll look up at her, his own healing going off its mark because of it.]

H-Heal him, nnnot -

[action]

[frost_jewel]

[By the time she gets there from the village clinic, it seems quite a few people are handling what they can. Mia recognizes Luke - mostly through his association with Xion - and he's being taken care of, so it's the other one she'll try to--

Oh. ...Oh, no.

Her face hardens and she kneels beside him anyway. There's something she can try, and perhaps too much time hasn't passed and the dampening of her abilities inside this place won't matter and she holds out her hands and asks, very politely, for some help.

...But no matter how strong Balm's revival Psynergy is, it isn't going to work this time. Even if she tries to help using her own.]

[action]

[fabrecation]

[There are already a couple of healers there, mainly Rapunzel and Xion herself. But no matter how much they might try to heal him, he protests, saying that Asch needs it. It - It doesn't matter if Asch doesn't respond to the healing, as long as he's healed somehow, as long as he's brought back to him -

So when another girl gets there and tries to heal Asch, Luke gives her a glance before trying to add some of his own healing power. His dims and flickers like a lightbulb that barely works, and his isn't even close to being good in the first place. But he has to try. He has to try.]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Luke! What's going on? What happened to Asch?

[... never mind, he can ask questions later when he gets there.]

Just hold on, I'll be right there!

[Voice]

[fabrecation]

[There won't be any response to that. It's mostly just the rain, though Luke's heavy breathing might occasionally be heard over that.]

[gleamed]

[Rapunzel is out for a pleasant walk around the village this morning, but things quickly turn knotted. Knots in her stomach as she hears this message while flipping through her journal; knots in her hair as she frantically pulls it into her arms so she can run.

They need a healer. She can heal. And her walk has brought her quite near the battle dome, so it isn't a long journey.

She just hopes she gets there soon enough to help. What had happened? Why was Asch hurt? Luke sounded hurt, too--and she just has to keep running, clutching her hair close as she closes in on the bloody scene.

Blood. Lots of blood. Tears fight to prick at her eyes they they're subdued by her sheer assertion that she has to do something.]

Luke! Luke--hang on, where are you hurt the worst? I can--I can heal you--[She's unraveling her hair from her arms now as she kneels down next to him.]

[fabrecation]

[For the moment, Luke still has his gaze on Asch's face. It wavers slightly, but he's the only one Luke can focus on. For a moment he doesn't even hear Rapunzel's voice, and it's only when it registers that he twitches slightly and breaks his gaze to look up at her, eyes flashing briefly.]

Asch - Asch needs it more tha - an me! H-Heal him!

[bloodybishie]

[Prince hears the call over the journal. He was in the kitchen of CH6, quite close to the bettledome, but now he's running over as fast as he can. He doesn't know these people, but something has gone badly wrong, and they need all the help they can get.

There are a lot of healers already there when he arrives, but they are all clustered around the blond and one of the redheads, who is desperately trying to get to the other. The last man is not moving. Only the other redhead is making any effort to heal him. Walking to the still, long-haired man, Prince places two fingers on the side of the man's neck... and reaches up to close his eyes.]

[fabrecation]

[The action makes something snap in Luke, even with him being nearly ready to pass out. It's the fact that it's so final, and how he can't see his eyes, eyes that are identical to his own, save for how lifeless they are compared to his frantic ones. He wants to see the light in his eyes again, and he can't if he - ]

Wh-Wha - Sss-Stop! You...

[Video/Action]

[broji]

[About a dozen thoughts race through Ginji's mind when he sees this. It's impossible to tell what the situation is from Luke's transmission, but it's clearly serious, and, if he's not mistaken, critical.]

[Ginji's words tumble out in a rush, although he's managing to keep panic mostly under control, save for the rapidly sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.]

Luke, you have to calm down! You're both near the Battle Dome, right? I can be there in a few minutes. Just try to stay together.

[And off he goes. He's not a healer, his first aid skills are mediocre at best, but there's got to be at least something he can do.]

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[There's no response, save for the rain. Luke doesn't even scream out when Asch dies, only a hurt little sound thanks to the link being severed. He can't accept it, he can't lose him, he doesn't know what to do otherwise.

It's why when Ginji arrives and there are already a couple of healers, Luke is the one who keeps trying to heal him, who keeps arguing with the healers that they need to heal him. Even though Asch is clearly dead, staring lifelessly at the sky, Luke isn't giving up. He can't. He can't.]

[lostinmyway]

[Grune stops in the middle of measuring out flour for a batch of cookies. She doesn't know who that person is, but he sounds very, very scared and hurt.

She looks over at her journal, open on the counter next to her, and....




She sets down the measuring cup and the flour. She doesn't know where Norma is right now, or she would call her, because Norma is a wonderful healer. She doesn't think there's much time, though.]

I'll be right there. Don't worry. I'm coming to help.

[She closes her journal and leaves House 34 at a pace that would surprise many.]

[fabrecation]

[There's no answer through the journal, only the sound of rain and Luke's heavy breathing. After a minute, though, Rapunzel's voice is there, but what goes still doesn't sound good at all.]

[Video]

[meteorical]

[Her healing most definitely isn't the best in the village, but it's enough, and this is Luke and that alone has her running toward the dome. He can probably tell that she's headed that way.]

Luke! Talk to me!

[Video/Action]

[fabrecation]

[He won't talk to her. Luke's far too busy trying to bring Asch back to him, trying to get those eyes to light up again, trying to understand what just happened and unable to really process it.

There are several healers by the time Kairi gets there, though Luke's trying to bring their attention to Asch. It's a lost cause, though, and Luke's the only one using whatever he can to try healing him.]