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

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[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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[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.]

[Action]

[broji]

[Ginji arrives waterlogged and panting. He didn't stop once on the way, and as he tries to recover himself and have a look around... Well, it doesn't take long to piece together the obvious. How exactly, Ginji doesn't know, but Asch is unmistakeably--]

[Ginji's jaw clenches and he has to fight not to squint his eyes shut against the image. Something he's feared might happen sooner rather than later, and now it has without warning.]

[Asch is dead.]

[The pilot stands rooted there for a few moments, but it's Luke's persistence that finally draws his attention away. Breathe, Ginji. You still have work to do.]

Luke...

[Ginji steps forward slowly and reaches towards the redhead's shoulder.] Luke. Th...there's nothing we can do for Mr. Asch...now. I'm sorry.

[Action]

[fabrecation]

[No, no, that can't be - Even Ginji -

Luke's eyes widen with a flash of rage and panic, even though they were half-lidded from exhaustion before. He moves up as much as he can with one very tired arm, to grit his teeth and look up at the pilot before the two of them.]

Sh-Shut up! Don't... Don't...!

[Don't say that.]

[Action]

[broji]

...

[Ginji knows better than to push him, not with that look on Luke's face. He gets the feeling Luke is beyond listening to him, no matter what else he says or how much time passes without Asch responding. Probably still in shock...]

[The pilot lets his hand drop, his expression sympathetic. And wonders...which one of them is right? Accepting what is and doing whatever you can with what you have or stubbornly fighting against the impossible because you believe in it that much?]

...Okay. I won't.

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[Luke lets out a long sigh, his head drooping down and his eyes slowly returning to their exhausted, incoherent state. Then, shakily, his hand reaches out again to try to heal Asch more; the light in his hand only barely flickers, dying out easily, just as much as his own energy.

Ginji hit the nail on the head right there. Luke was definitely still in shock, and all of the pain he's in is making his teeth clench and his fingers curl and held back noises of pain to escape from his throat. He may even forget that Ginji is there.

That anger wasn't directed at Ginji, really. It was just... at the situation. At anything that might be a further threat to his original. The last thing Luke can do at this moment is think straight, after all.]

[Action]

[broji]

[None of which are good signs. Ginji watches Luke with mounting concern. He's injured himself and looks positively exhausted. If Luke doesn't stop soon, they might have yet another death on their hands, and Ginji can't just stand around and watch that happen.]

...Luke, I know you want to help Mr. Asch, but you really should lie down. I don't think he'll be very happy if he wakes up seeing you like this.

[The line of his jaw tightens, but he keeps talking anyway, whether or not Luke is paying him any mind.] Just for a minute, okay? We'll stay with him while you rest.

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[fabrecation]

[The reason he stops isn't really because of Ginji's words. But, rather, how he stares at Asch with exhausted eyes, which shut, and Luke's head drops to the ground as he breathes shallowly. He only stops because he can't go on anymore.

Thankfully, that's about when the other healers go in and get to work on him, now that he can't fight anymore.]