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[hot_mess_express]

Who: Heroes
When: Day 36 night
Where: Back outside the train

[Well. You’re all in some kind of. State. A rather chagrined voice mutters on the wind;]

That isn’t quite how I envisioned it going…

[At any rate! There are new stars in the sky in ginger goldenrod, thyme apple and senna terracotta.

Well how are you all doing?]

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[nihilmancy]

Worm. I-It crawled inside when we lost.

[She raises her head to look up, and opens her eyes, which is a mistake, because she sees corpses everywhere, corpses that she made and squeezes them shut again, putting her hands on her temples.]

I-I can't... right now- I see things.

[desirestruth]

...Hallucinating like Crow.

[Does he also have a...parasite? No, worry about that later.]

Hlasoh, listen to me. I can get it out, but it's going to hurt. A lot. Do you trust me?

[nihilmancy]

I don't trust anybody- but I want it out. It already hurts anyway.

[And momentarily, she's surprised that she said that, but she's miserable enough that it just passes by.]

[desirestruth]

Alright, just don't attack me for this.

[Just. Gonna hand her a handkerchief.]

Put that in your mouth, I don't want you biting your tongue. It's in your...chest? Stomach?

[Just gonna casually open her dress up so she doesn't gotta shred through it...]

[nihilmancy]

Closer to stomach-

[She bites down hard, squeezing her eyes shut- this is deeply uncomfortable and undignified, and the idea of being partly stripped like this where people can see is horribly shameful, but she can feel shame later because she just wants this gone

she tries her best to hold still while voices whisper poison in her brain, telling her that it's better she suffers and dies.

Maybe it's fitting that she should only be "cured" in the most painful and shameful way possible.]

cw: gore, body horror

[desirestruth]

[There isn't any time for naeva to recognize or acknowledge this trauma. Time is of the essence, especially once this stops.

Her magic is powerful enough to stop the bloodflow, make it clean when she slices Hlasoh's stomach open with a single, razor-sharp claw, but she knows it'll still hurt and the scent of blood still is overwhelming. she has a minute, maybe two, maybe five, to reach in and take hold of the parasite, forcibly wrench it free of her body.

It's not a clean or elegant surgery, and the eerie lack of blood spurt may make it even more horrific. No, this must happen fast, and it must happen now.]

Re: cw: gore, body horror

[nihilmancy]

[Her body jolts violently, and her scream is suppressed by the handkerchief. She knew this was going to happen, but it's hard not to scream and move around when you are being sliced open and panicking besides. Still, to Hlasoh's credit, she does what she can to stay still, and she knows that Naeva will struggle to hold back her own bloodthirst- she just needs to go to the numb place again. Tune it all out, even if it's hard when all of the visions and voices in her head won't stop and she groans at the horror of it all.]

cw: gore, body horror

[desirestruth]

[The good news is, Naeva is fast, wrenching the thing out and crushing it in her hands. The bad news is, healing with her blood magic...hurts. The body stitches itself back together, wounds closing, organs mending, muscle and skin knitting back together as blood flow resumes, and every second of it is agonizing.

To say nothing of how hungry naeva must be now...

But it is done, and Naeva drapes her coat over Hlasoh and turns away, to hide how hard she's shaking.]

cw: gore, body horror

[nihilmancy]

[Even so, it's terrifying for Hlasoh- something on a deep level just resists having somebody cut you open, stopping the flow of blood, reaching inside you, feeling around your organs, and pulling something out that you can't see. But all of this is an effective distraction from the hallucinations, so in some sense, she is almost grateful for it, and grateful for the excruciating pain of her body stitching itself back together, the bizarre jolt of her circulation starting and stopping, her organs being damaged and healing.

She huddles under the coat, shivering herself and breathing hard. For now there are no visions, and the voices are barely audible.]

...Thank you. Truly.

[desirestruth]

...You're welcome.

[Her voice rasps like a rattle, sore and tired. Crow and...Lucky, he said? Two more people. Can she do this twice more? She can't not. 80H is a healer. Maybe ask her...If nothing else, she doesn't seem to hold Crow any ill-will.]

The others, were they also...?

BOND

[nihilmancy]

[She draws the coat around herself and sits up.]

...Yes. Both of them.

[After hesitating for a moment, she reaches out and brushes Naeva's hand, pitiful and needfully.]

bond? bond.

[desirestruth]

[She shudders a little bit, has to retract claws, but she'll slowly, carefully, take Hlasoh's hand.]

...Well, let me get you back to your room so you can rest, first, mm?

Re: bond? bond.

[nihilmancy]

[Squeezing it lightly for just a moment before letting go.]

I, ah, I'll get there myself. I want to see if people are alright first.