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[squartatore]

Doesn't look good...

[since she went to bed early, Sayaka missed all the ruckus going down last night. While headed down the steps of Gaudium Tower, the journal catches the tail end of her thinking aloud, but also distracts her from noticing another presence until it gets close...

...too close.

The cat springs.

Everything happens quickly. Before she can react, the cat has already begun making its escape. Thrown off balance, the leg she was taking her next step with gone, Sayaka tumbles down the stairway, journal landing somewhere in the distance. The open pages record a shocked cry fading as she falls further away from them, mixed among sickening thumps]

[much, much later, unknowingly dictated:]

WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING?!

[ooc: open to responses for either part! the second is journal-only.]

Comments

Dictated

[cyan_maid]

[Holy moley, that scream! Jane can barely breathe after hearing it. After checking her tower for the source and coming up short, she deduces that it had to have come from the journal-

And then she hears your dictation.]

Excuse me? Excuse me, are you alright? Do you need some help?!

dictated

[squartatore]

[she's recovered her journal by now, but none of her composure; Jane's voice is what makes her realize she was broadcasting something that definitely was not meant to be overheard]

... No. [not alright, would like help, though she hasn't the foggiest what could fix herself] I'm in my room.

There's something on the loose.

Dictated

[cyan_maid]

What is it, what did it do?

Are you sure you don't need any help??

dictated

[squartatore]

Unless you can give me a leg to stand on again, I really doubt it. [her regeneration magic worked --works! -- on everything. Except the disgusting stump at her hip]

Watch out for a cat-like creature. It's been attacking people since last night.

Dictated

[cyan_maid]

...Oh my-

[A sharp gasp.]

Y-you're really missing a leg?? Are you bleeding - wait, that is an idiotic question. Do you have anything to stop the bleeding????

[Yep, that bit about the cat went right over her head.]

dictated

[squartatore]

I'm not bleeding at all! My leg's just...gone! [whoops, there we go, running headlong into hysterics territory again]

Dictated

[cyan_maid]

It's GONE?!?

How?!?!?!

dictated ;;

[billiardsplz]

Sayaka? Sayaka! What the hell is going on!?

dictated

[squartatore]

[the reply is delayed for obvious reasons, though when she speaks, panic remains evident in her voice]

I fell. Stay out of the castle! It's not safe.

dictated

[billiardsplz]

You know that I know that that's a crap excuse. And you're going to get an earful later on that, but right now, that's not important. What the hell happened?

dictated

[squartatore]

I fell! It's not an excuse! [fhl he's going to search for her, isn't he]

dictated

[billiardsplz]

[he sighs] I know you're trying to keep me safe, but I don't know what to expect if it's dangerous. Just telling me that it's not safe isn't going to protect me. Kids got kidnapped because the adults decided not to tell them about the creepy monster person thing going around kidnapping them!

dictated

[squartatore]

What are you going on about -- [no, now's not the time]

There's a weird...cat-thing running around. Other people have been attacked by it, too.

action.

[mom_to_us_all]

[The cry --she could hear it from both, the journal and somewhere close. Being on one of her routine patrols, had paid off at last. The wolf runs towards the noises, arriving too late to see anything else but someone on the floor.

She approaches and recognizes Sayaka, but Amaterasu freezes for a moment before going any closer. What in the name of the gods was going on here?! Why was the kid missing her leg!?

At last she hurries near her, whining and yipping at her, trying to help her in someway. What happened here?!]

action!

[squartatore]

Ah...

[is it a gasp, or is she trying to call out to Amaterasu? She doesn't know. The fall evidently knocked the wind out of her, and while Sayaka's still (almost miraculously) conscious, pain and disorientation keep her from attempting to get up.

In the end, she just rolls onto her side, in the direction the barking came from. Speech will come later]

action!

[mom_to_us_all]

[She doesn't care much about an explanation right now, but take the girl somewhere safe. Somewhere like the clinic, maybe. When Amaterasu is close enough, she grabs Sayaka from her clothes as delicate as she can, lifting her into her back. She's not going to let her fall.

Her room is closer though, so she will get her there better.]

action

[squartatore]

[yes, this works too. No resistance from her end -- she can fix herself with magic, but not out where anyone might see, which would only invite troublesome questions. Those are especially unneeded right now. The comfort is much appreciated]

action

[mom_to_us_all]

[Once they get to her room (and after the door decides to cooperate with her) she lies her down on her bed. Licks her face several times in what she thinks might be soothing, then examines her leg... What the heck? Who did this and why?]

action

[squartatore]

[Sayaka has a lot to say, most important of which being a warning about the cat-like creature she'd barely glimpsed. Something like this, she can still cope with, but the other residents are at risk.

If only she could gather her strength, cut off the pain long enough to speak...it's as though a fog clouds her higher faculties the more she lies down. Instead, she reaches for Ammy's head and strokes gently -- feebly -- without a word. Regeneration can wait...she'll hold out...]

action;

[whitecovered]

[A benefit to being a book was that, frankly, he had no limbs for the creature to steal. Hence why he's floating nearby, wandering the halls, and comes across...this scene.

...There really are no words.]

...Good sweet lord.

action;

[squartatore]

[blearily gazes at Weiss from the foot of the stairs. That sounds about right. And she can't really ask him to pull her up or something]

Go. [owwww, it hurts to talk] Warn the rest.

action;

[whitecovered]

[He could use Dark Hand or...something! Though that probably wouldn't be good for the either of them anyway.]

I will...but what of yourself?!

[Honestly, he had no room to talk, considering the stunt he pulled back home.]

action;

[squartatore]

Just need some time. [what's a fall compared to getting pierced through various places? Granted, that time had been when she shut the pain off, but it'll be fine. She'll be fine. She has to convince herself to make sure she doesn't zone out and faint]

action;

[whitecovered]

[He floats for quite a while, deliberating what to do. His journal was elsewhere. And he'd be a hypocrite if he didn't trust her enough to handle this alone (and he trusts that she knows what she's doing, given that she told him that she only needed time; possibly some regenerative ability?), considering the stunt he pulled back home. But if she died, the guilt would weigh on him too.

...Hrgh.]

...Gah. Very well! I expect you to be alive and breathing, at the very least, by the time I return.

[He turns around, preparing to float off to wherever he has to.]

action;

[squartatore]

[oh, the irony.

She can admit to being thankful for his concern, awkward as it may be, and is also glad that he doesn't linger or ask too many questions -- now is not the time, both for herself and the other residents. A hand goes up in acknowledgment]

Thanks. I'll wait.