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week 3, tuesday.

[infreefall]

[ sometime in the afternoon, ochako comes out of the ruins. there is an arrow in her leg, but she’s walking, so she’s fine! surely! she doesn’t even seem to notice it!

she does, however, notice claude? and immediately turns to go back into the ruins. Maybe if she’s quick enough he won’t see her?? too bad that limp is still slowing her down! ]

[riegan]

(I also hate this image thanks a lot)

Hey, Ocha-- (And then she's turning heel and THERE"S AN ARROW IN HER LEG?? And of course, he isn't going to let that go so he gives chase!! He's chasing her down and just gonna

Grab her by the arm? Wrist? Hand Uwah this is really romantic in some shoujo context I guess.) Hey! Where d'you think you're going like this?

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[ oh nooooo this is awful! the very last thing she wanted! and all escape routes are sealed off as long as he's holding onto her... wait why is he - what? ]

I'm fine! It's just a couple of scrapes - it'll heal in no time. It's nothing to worry about, really!

[ does everyone here really think she's that delicate? ]

[riegan]

Just a few scrapes? (Oh, boy... He sighs and gives her a very gentle tug to get her attention. He knows how she is! She's an easily flustered sort of girl but he needs her to focus right now,) Ochako... you have an entire arrow in your leg.

(Look?)

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What? No, I dodged them all, I just...

[ her voice trails off as she looks down and sure enough, there's an arrow right above the stab wound in her leg. she stares at in shocked silence for a good, long moment. ]

Is that why I tripped...? I thought it was just a rock. [ aaaaaaa ] I-I don't know how to deal with arrows yet...

[ archer-san didn't teach her that?! ]

[riegan]

(Yeah, that sure is an arrow and now that she sees, he can let her go. )

Hey, relax. (Which, sounds like the dumbest thing in the world to say to someone who's just been shot at!! But he means it,) You're in luck, okay? Claude von Riegan, the best archer in the Leicester Alliance, at your service.

(He can take care of this. He's been in enough battles!! )

Let's get you back to the town so we can get you taken care of.

(And he looks down at her leg before he goes anywhere,)

... You really don't feel anything?

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[ what the heck is a leicester alliance. she has no idea? it sounds impressive, though, so ochako just nods. ]

Okay...

[ she's still kind of screaming internally? because of claude or the arrow, who knows. either way, this isn't how she pictured today going! ]

Nothing. I thought it was just weird, but... [ now there is an arrow in her leg. ] Guess it's pretty bad, huh?

fights my notifs...

[riegan]

Yeah, you really shouldn't be walking around like this.

(... And he's just gonna, come over to pick her up. Princess carry. Quickly--)

Relax.

(Please don't make this worse!!)

Re: fights my notifs...

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[ the internal screaming reaches a new pitch. her face starts to go red, but instead of letting claude see her blush again, she immediately covers her face with her hands. her voice is muffled underneath. ]

Riegan-san... I can still walk...

[riegan]

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Look, it's not a problem.

(ANd it doesn't have to be weird either? He's just going to start carrying her away from the ruins and towards the tree and, eventually, the bridge into the town but they still have some time until they really get there so, )

What were you doing, anyway?

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[ once some of the heat starts to fade from her cheeks, ochako lowers her hands a little. she's still red, but it's fine? maybe? she's never been carried like this before, how embarrassing. ]

Exploring? I just wanted to see what was there.

[riegan]

I get that. I just thought people would be more careful with the traps by now.

(And quickly,)

It's not your fault you didn't notice if you can't feel it.

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I didn't know there even were traps until I got there! I thought I dodged them all!

[ sure she was limping but that was already a thing? so like, ]

[riegan]

(Maybe someone should have made a public service announcement about the traps after exploring yesterday,)

If all you have is one arrow then I'd say you dodged most of them which is impressive. I got hit once and had a few close calls.

(She might notice a few scratches on his face and his clothes are a little cut.)

Have you noticed anything else strange? Can you feel me right now?

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[ she tries not to let the flush deepen at that, as she slowly starts to lower her hands from her face. ]

No... It started yesterday, but I didn't think that much of it.

[ and now there is an arrow in her leg. embarrassing. ]

[riegan]

Voice, touch, taste, smell... I think I'm starting to understand what's going on here.

(Senses. People are losing their senses.)

It might pass in a day or two... we'll have to see. I was able to speak again today but Yona still hasn't recovered her voice.

(And across the bridge they go, into the town! They're almost there.)

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It's probably like the shocks. Every week, there's something like that, but it always changes.

...It's going to make it really hard, if someone else dies this week.

[riegan]

It depends on who has which effect... not being able to feel pain could help someone put up a fight longer, maybe get the upper hand...

(But then they'd be looking for someone who maybe killed in self defense and big yikes there.)

As usual, everyone needs to be careful, but especially those that end up losing something bigger like their sight or hearing.

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Mm... But if it can change, it'll be harder to keep track of everything. Just because someone is blind today doesn't mean they will be on Thursday night, or on Saturday. That would make it harder to figure out what's happened.

[ at least thinking this out is helping her calm down a little? ]

...And if someone regained their sense of touch after killing someone, they'd have a better chance at hiding any wounds they picked up, or at least explaining them away.

[riegan]

Things to keep in mind this week...

(Because someone is definitely going to die given the patterns so far!!)

If it helps, I haven't been able to taste or smell since this morning. I shouldn't complain given some of the other stuff people are dealing with... but one of the most disappointing feelings in the world is probably sitting down for breakfast, getting ready to start off your day.... and getting nothing out of it.

(HE LOVES FOOD? THIS IS SO ROUGH.)

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[ she tries to stifle a laugh, but it's only sort of successful? it comes out as more of a snort. ]

At least you aren't still hungry...?

[riegan]

... Are you?

(Can you?? Feel hunger if you lose your sense of touch???)

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[ this is an excellent question that i did not consider until this very moment. neither did ochako, apparently? it's caught her by surprise. ]

No...? [ why does she sound so unsure. ] But I guess I didn't really think about it before I left the inn this morning... Elsa-san's usually the one who reminds me about breakfast.

[riegan]

Then let's get something to eat later, too.

(And to the first aid station they arrive! He'll set her down and begin to rummage around for some supplies. Bandages, alcohol, cotton swabs, the like. When he returns, he kneels down in front of her with his collection beside him,)

Let me see.

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[ oh no... she doesn't answer that, focusing instead on gently patting her cheeks to convince them to stop blushing. or maybe she should... hm. ]

Would it be easier if I took the bandages off? It... looks pretty close.

[ the arrow is a little higher than her old injury, but close enough that they might get in the way...? she'll unwrap them herself if it'll help, trying carefully to avoid the arrow. ]