Catch-All for Valvatorez

[specialdog]

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[omegathree]

What kind of hurt? Slash? Burn?

[He moves right along, but that's a weird question.

Val was the one who put himself in that situation so the only answer is.]

I did.

[specialdog]

[ Hmm. She kind of has to accept it, honestly. With how many people left that mess injured, she can't really turn the blame on any one person. As much as she wants to. She can't even entirely blame the person who hurt her. ]

... Stabbed with a dagger. We bandaged it up right away, but I'm supposed to change that stuff out, right?

[omegathree]

[Val's sturdy enough anyway. A cut from the back of his knee to his ankle is going to suck, but it's not going to kill him.]

You were on the battlefield as well?

Yes, to keep the wound drainage from soaking through the bandages.

[specialdog]

Mm. Sort of. We were just delivering med-kits, but...

[ Well, it wasn't much safer. ]

... Anyway, I don't know how to do that.

[omegathree]

Some say that's more difficult than a straightforward battled. Did you at least have a weapon on hand?

[He nods.]

Alright. I can do that for you.

[specialdog]

[ She just. Shakes her head... Valvatorez taught her to use a sword, a little bit, but she probably would have just hurt herself if she tried to use one. ]

I had my box-cutter. [ that counts, right?]

... Thanks. I... Appreciate it. [ Why was that so hard to say. She's so used to being mean and demanding and ungrateful, oops. ]

[omegathree]

[... He doesn't sound accusing. It's just a fact.]

That's much closer quarters than a sword.

You're welcome. [Not a singular problem being polite about it.]

[specialdog]

But I'm just more comfortable with it... I don't usually have to fight for myself, you know? And I had Kinjou-san with me.

[omegathree]

We could've gone over knife fighting as well... We'll add it to your lessons.

... Ah, yes I remember him. That was the man who asked everyone to strip last trial.

[specialdog]

I have to do more lessons?

[ Valvatorez you are the only person here who could just announce that she's doing something and have her GO ALONG WITH IT. Even if she complains, because she was under the impression that being told how to hold a sword once constitutes a complete training in combat. ]

... That was bad, but he's usually not asking stuff like that!

[omegathree]

It's good to diversify the weapons you're used to using. The more you train, the easier time you'll have in battle. Leveling up your skills.

[That's not how complete training works, Akane? Please?]

I didn't know you knew each other well.

[specialdog]

[ Okay but to be fair Valvatorez's idea of training is also wrong!! She can't level up!! She just sighs and accepts it though, because she loves him... ]

I wouldn't say we know each other well, but I like him. He's smart.

[omegathree]

[Leveling up!!! Is how you get better! Even if it's in a less visual sense. Her exp meter isn't going up, but her experience still is.]

It's good you're getting along with people.

[He'll push open the door to the boutique and lead her inside before testing some clothes for fabric feel.]

[specialdog]

Some people better than others...

Cinnabar still doesn't seem to like me much...

[omegathree]

I did use my power on them, but I don't know what it did. They seem to same to me.

[specialdog]

Maybe it made them like someone else. Have you asked them how they're doing, socially?

[omegathree]

Is that suspicious?

[specialdog]

[ Akane, used to manipulating every person she comes in contact with: Not if you don't make it suspicious?? ]

Mm, you could find a way to ask casually, I'm sure? Like just saying that you've noticed they're not very social, and wondering if they've been doing any better lately?

They're your partner, after all. I don't think it's strange to worry about them.

[omegathree]

[Val: about as subtle as a tire iron. He's the idiot who usually gets manipulated into other people's grand schemes without even noticing.]

I suppose there are ways to ask. For now though, let's deal with your injury.

[Since he's found something that seems about the right absorbency and texture to make into a makeshift bandage.]

[specialdog]

[ Akane is pretty plainly disappointed, but less in him and more in the power outcome. She nods and looks around for some kind of seat or something, for now... ]

So that's what happens when the corruption hits other worlds, I guess?

[omegathree]

That seems to be the case. More reason to stop it here, if it's possible.

[He starts ripping the cloth into more manageable pieces while she looks for a place to sit.]

[specialdog]

I wonder.

[ Despite what they've just seen, she is still unconvinced? But she does find the benches outside of the dressing rooms and that's as good a place as any. She takes a seat and slips her hoodie off. ]

[omegathree]

[He takes the seat next to her, putting his cane aside and starting to undo the bandages on her arm. How bad is the cut?]

[specialdog]

[ It's... a pretty good stabbing. Probably she should have stitches or something but????? What can you do??????? At least she hasn't been making it worse since she's been really careful with it. ]

[omegathree]

[Yeah, unfortunately while he could suture it, he doesn't have the tools for that around. ]

Did you clean it out with antiseptic? [He'll pull out a small tube of the stuff.]