END OF ARC 1: DAY 169-170 DOWNTIME

[asgardmods]

[The first battle is over, but the second will begin any time. For two days, the enemy forces will remain on the other side of the battlefield, working on strategy and tending to their wounded. Both sides have taken heavy losses, and the Arena is full of the hurt and dying.

The battlefield itself has turned to a bloody, muddy mess. The elves will be asking the Army Engineers group and anyone else willing to help them lay timber and gravel out to make the ground easier to walk on for the next battle.

What will you do in your breathing space? Keep working, mourn your losses, or retreat from the horrors of war?]


[ooc note: This log takes place IC on Days 169-170/Nov 4-7. Please be sure you've read the plot post and the battle log's starting info thoroughly. Make absolutely sure that you include the day/rough time in the subject line of top-level comments, as well as if your thread is open or closed.

In addition to the battle log, there is a full-event log for those hiding out in Folkvang here. If you have any questions, please direct them to the mod post so everyone else can see them!]

Comments

[lethechained]

... Mm. At least that way, you'd know if you had somewhere else to go or not. It's--... much harder, if you feel trapped. [Someone's got personal experience, it seems--]

[tenacityformed]

[yes, good duckling, come with him.]

Hey, we'll take what we can get right now, right? Better than nothing...

[which he's gonna need if he needs to give energy to people in the future.]

[occulthymns]

Tell me!

[occulthymns]

[She won't c: And she does an excellent job of ignoring his shirtlessness as she takes her bag off, then gets up to grab a wet cloth and towel. Once she returns she'll start cleaning the blood up.]

[lethechained]

Hee...! With the right tools, of course. [Which may be her hands, who knows? Just keep guessing, Ven. 8|]

Mm-- yes and no. It depends on how severe their injuries are.

[faints]

...Do you think we'll be able to do this?

[parasiteye]

I just want to go check out a few things alright?? It's quiet now so it's the perfect chance.

[tenacityformed]

[doesn't say anything for a few moments. He doesn't have to ask what. But truthfully, he's got no idea. Zero. He's only been here for a few weeks, after all. There's nothing for him to compare it to other than his own experience, which has never been on such a...large scale. Truthfully he doesn't care what happens so long as the people he's concerned with stay safe, but on the other hand, if they LOSE...that might not matter. Still, he doesn't know what the gods might have up their sleeves.]

...Dunno. You've been here longer than I have...what do you think?

[saving_sound]

[Hibiki just gives a weak nod, settling down to rest. Even if she does manage to sleep, it's not going to be very restful... The slightest sounds will wake her immediately.

And the place being what it is, well... There is a lot of rolling and small, murmured noises. None of which sound very happy.]

[occulthymns]

What things?? [She glances around, then leans in, lowering her voice.] You're not going to do any looting, are you? You'd better not...!

[saving_sound]

"I-I don't...?" She looks herself over in confusion. She isn't injured, and she's been careful to clean the blood off whenever she treated people. Why wouldn't she look fine?

[lethechained]

[Naminé watches Roxas go briefly, but there's still enough to work on that she's quick to turn back to Lea. Her mouth threatens to pull into a frown as she gets a better look at the remaining wounds, but she keeps it in check. She's seen worse, after all - it's just especially unpleasant when it's someone she knows who's suffering from them. Her eyes shift up toward his, and the gritted teeth definitely don't go unnoticed. She works out a smile for his sake.]

Something like that. [She glances very quickly back at where Roxas is.] I can certainly make it look a little better, at least. [Even so, she pauses for just a moment before edging over a little so that she can at least block the injuries from view until Roxas gets close, should he choose then to return..]

[tenacityformed]

Thanks.

[tries to relax again, watching in the direction that Roxas left to see if he can tell when he's coming back...but also as a distraction to not have to watch his body put itself back together. Namine can probably see the discomfort on his face when she begins, but it's a lot better than having a side that's hamburger.]

[faints]

[ His blonde hair sticks out quite well in the crowd so it won't be hard to spot him; and although there's a line it won't take him more than a few minutes to have gathered the supplies he requested. It's probably for the best that Roxas isn't there to see just how bad things are. ]

[lethechained]

Of course. You're welcome.

[Naminé's quite preoccupied with her work, especially since this is the delicate part with a wound that deep, so it takes a little while before she can look up again. When she does, her eyes run a quick circuit of the crowd, confirm Roxas' position - still distracted, good - then shift back to her current patient. She can see that discomfort, indeed. She gets back to work, silent a few moments, then,]

Are you still doing all right, Lea?

[He hasn't got any assistance with the pain right now, after all, and this one's probably going to be a rougher than the other one was as it heals.]

[rocketpunches]

[ Well, it's obvious whom it once belonged to. Alisa climbs up the ledge and offers him a smile. ]

Even strangers require respect. Those are the rules... Shinji. I am Alisa Bosconovitch.

[ She grabs the handle. ] Have you piloted a machine like this before? Its functionality is quite advanced for the technology it implements.

Gmail didn't notify me, and please ignore the wrong account ;;

[burntviolet]

Uh... Doctor-san.

[ So subtly that she nearly jumps, concentrated as she was with her work. ]

Er... I thought I could make my powers more useful- other than carry people...

170, Arena

[seventeenpills]

Hisao had found someone pouring warm drinks. He was in desperate need of one right now - he took a cup of black tea and went to find somewhere to sit down.

As he was about to rest and take a sip, he caught a glimpse of someone he'd been wanting to see for a while. So, instead of drinking the tea he'd gotten, he pushed himself to his feet and walked through the crowd to her side.

"Hey. Tea?"

[rocketpunches]

[ Alisa's ready to block and disarm him, but his feint is successful and knocks her off balance.

Yet, no bruises. Just scratches that don't bleed.

She quickly jumps back on her feet, crouches and turns sideways to jab at his stomach. A steel punch aimed at his jaw follows. ]

[sworntovalor]

[He offers a tired smile at the question]

I'm well. [Better than he expected to be after a battle like this; but one doesn't sit in a corner like that alone after such a battle without cause; most people tend to stay as close as they possibly can to their surviving loved ones. It's so much easier to worry about someone else than focus on hid own head.]

Would you mind some company?

[He could use the break as well, as much as he's loath to admit it.]

[tenacityformed]

[He opens his eyes - not really sure when he'd closed them, and gives her a strained smile.]

Nn--yeah. M'fine. Don't worry.

[tries hard not to shift, but it hurts almost as much as when it first happened, and he's biting the inside of his cheek to keep from making too many noises.]

[faints]

...I don't know. [ After what he saw yesterday? He's not sure they'll be able to do it. It's so easy for someone to get hurt, so easy and it only took a second for Lea's life to be put in danger. And the enemy just seems so...powerful. ]

I just want everything to be okay.

[parasiteye]

Wh--looting?? [ He...actually hadn't considered that yet. Good idea Euri ]

I was thinking of something else, actually.

[lethechained]

[... It's times like these that she wishes her powers could alleviate pain as well, rather than just the source of it. Such thoughts, however, do no one any good at the moment. She casts a look around in search of someone she knows to have such a power, but she finds no one and would find it troubling to ask them, anyway, given that it would inflict suffering on them as well.]

[Fine, then. She'll just have to keep trying to make as short work of this as possible. Using what part of her mind needn't be focused entirely on healing, she considers her options. There's not much that she can offer without the proper supplies, but-- she can think of at least one thing she's seen some people do. Frankly, it seems more psychological than physical, but such things apply to him now, don't they?]

... You can hold my hand, if you'd like to. Until Roxas gets back.

[burntviolet]

[ Hanako will return with a spare blanket she found amongst the stocks piled up somewhere. Carefully, she unfolds it and drapes it over Hibiki. She tries to hide her frown, her expression turning sad rather than neutral or comforting. ]

Here.