[semi-open] did u hear the joke about the dragon

[perfectstrike]

Who: perfectstrike & anyone who might have cause to try to call Peko to check up on her after the CERESTour!
When: just after the CERESTour into the next day (ic: 1/26-1/27)
Where: CERES Hospital
What: Peko got herself injured during the CERESTour and is patently confused as to why people keep visiting her.
Rating/Warning: Warning for blood and talk about injuries, but nothing gorey or gruesome.

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[Immediately following the tour, Mosley had kindly ushered group three to the hospital for their sustained injuries. Peko, having gotten herself hit with the sharp end of a not-so-virtual dragon's claw, had needed to be rushed to get several nasty-looking gashes cleaned and stitched, along with some smaller burns treated. Swords aren't much good against things that can fly and breathe fire, after all.

Some time later, she can be found in the wing tended to by human and humanoid doctors (no androids here, please), seated quietly in one of the beds with her eyes closed as if she's asleep. The heart rate monitor is beeping quietly and steadily, and there's an IV hooked to her right arm to replenish some of the fluid she'd lost from bleeding everywhere earlier. All in all, though, she looks fine! If the ripped and bloody sailor suit in the corner and the fresh white bandages covering her left bicep and peeking out from above the cut of her hospital gown over her chest are any indication. At least the gown is cute, with happy little robots printed in a pattern along the fabric. To promote organic healing, of course!

Before the Cerevice goes down, though, she'll be answering calls with voice and just generally trying to rest and recover in the hospital. She's fine, though, really--!]

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[impheired]

[But it's what he does best! As evidenced by the fact that he's still not elaborating, just continuing to stare at her with an expectant smile on his face.]

[Apparently his mind is made up on this.]

[perfectstrike]

[You're a piece of shit and you should feel like a piece of shit, Kuzuryuu.

But Peko just sighs, because it's not important enough to argue with him about, and reaches back to struggle a little with pulling her pillow down into a less vertical position. She'd gone through all that effort to prop it up earlier, now apparently she has to try to get them back down.

Ow.]

[impheired]

[Here, hold on he'll help. It's the least he can do, since you're indulging him while he's being a little shit. There.]

[He'll just take his seat again once Peko's all situated, crossing his legs and folding his arms over his chest once more. Apparently he fully intends to just sit there the whole time. 0k.]

Sleep well.

[perfectstrike]

Y-you don't have to stay...

[Not that she minds, but what are you going to do, just stare at her for the hour or so while she sleeps? Go do something interesting, she'll be fine.]

[impheired]

I know I don't.

[But he wants to be there when she wakes up. Also it's not like he has anything interesting to do, really. Especially with the Cerevices out of commission.]

[perfectstrike]

...Thank you.

[More warm feelings... at least this time, the heartrate monitor doesn't freak out as she rests her head back against the pillow and closes her eyes. Rest would be good for her, he's not wrong... now she just has to try to actually fall asleep, which is easier than it seems. Apparently she was a lot more tired than she'd thought.

Please go have a snack or something, Kuzuryuu, she's probably going to be passed out for at least an hour or so.]

[impheired]

[Nope. Not moving. He's not really thinking about food right now. Though he does end up dozing off for a little bit himself. Not too long, just a short twenty minute or so power nap. He wakes back up before Peko though, and proceeds to amuse himself by flipping through one of the magazines from her bedside table.]

[Not that it's particularly interesting. MAN IF ONLY HIS CEREVICE WASN'T A BRICK RIGHT NOW.]

[perfectstrike]

[What is your magazine about, bocchan? It's just over an hour before she blinks blearily awake, momentarily disoriented by the unfamiliar sight of the hospital's ceiling above her. Almost immediately she's reminded of where she is and why she's here by the sharp pain of tense muscles tugging against her stitches, her face scrunching up with a grunt of pain. Okay, time to be awake.

Just a moment after that, and she's quickly turning her head to see-- yep. He's still there. And that, at least, makes her kind of feel good.]

What... [And she has to pause and swallow, because now her mouth is dry. Hang on, let her get back to work trying to sit up.] What... was on the computer?

[Incredible.]

[impheired]

[Kuzuryuu glances up from the magazine at the grunt, putting it down once it becomes obvious that Peko is actually awake. He chuckles a little at the question. Jeez, Peko, you don't waste any time do you? Though...he supposes he already knew that.]

You want something to drink first?

[You sound a little parched.]

[perfectstrike]

[She just nods as she forces herself upright, carefully turning her head to try to find the pitcher of water the nurse had left behind. It's here somewhere... completely out of her reach, of course.]

If it is not too much trouble...

[Because she knows by now if she tries to get up and get it herself, he'll throw a fit. Not... that she terribly minds it, but she'd rather he not.]

[impheired]

[Of course it's not trouble, come on Peko. Who do you think you're talking to here?]

[While she's sitting up and getting situated, Kuzuryuu locates the pitcher and pours Peko a glass of water, handing it to her once she's made herself comfortable.]

[perfectstrike]

[She just murmurs a quiet 'thank you,' as she takes the glass, sipping from it carefully. Man, not having the use of one of her arms really sucks, otherwise she'd be able to take the pitcher and pour it herself without worrying about the glass tipping over. This is a Pain.

But while she's sipping at her water, she's waiting patiently for him to continue his story. She went to sleep and woke up again, so what's stopping him?]

[impheired]

[He's waiting till she's fully awake, duh. What's the point of starting an important story when she's still in the process of waking up?]

[But she seems to be fine now though so he guesses he may as well get on with it.]

Alright, let me just start by saying that the damn thing was password protected and we wasted way too much time trying to guess the password.

[They wasted so much time trying to guess the word "butts". Truly they are an embarrassment.]

But once we finally got in, we found only three things on the computer. A bestiary, a Flora and Fauna Registry, and something labeled Elementals. No points for guessing which one we went through first.

"Elementals" was a document about what sounded like either people or creatures with powers matching the four elements: water, air, earth, and fire. CERES seemed to be looking for them for some reason, though they weren't having the best luck from the sounds of things. The water elementals were listed as impossible to find. The only thing they knew about them was that they exist and they can breathe underwater. The air elementals weren't easy for them to find either, but they at least knew where to find them. Apparently they live to the north, and from the sounds of things, the atmosphere wouldn't be breathable without them. They didn't say how hard it was to find the earth elementals, but they said that they were the easiest to negotiate with. It also said that they have an "unerring sense of direction when it comes to locating things. And then...there were the fire elementals. CERES finds them troublesome, probably because they're the easiest to find but want nothing to do with whatever CERES was trying to offer them. They breathe fire when they get excited or pissed off.

[Sound familiar?]

There was more to the document, but I didn't get a chance to read it before that creature broke out of the tube. And I already told you what happened after that, so I didn't get a chance to look at the other two documents either.

[perfectstrike]

[She stays quiet while he explains, just sipping at her water until the glass is empty. Her eyes widen in recognition when he mentions the fire-breathers, though, glancing toward the tattered remains of her sailor suit. That doesn't surprise her at all, that description, and she just nods slowly.]

I see. That makes sense.

[She hums quietly and sets her now-empty glass down, twining her fingers around a strand of hair instead.]

I wonder if any of them are still alive, or if Vincere decided upon a more... permanent way of maintaining his new holdings.

[impheired]

The more I think about it, I almost wonder if...that thing Cerberus killed might have been a water one. Like...maybe they DID finally find one but never got around to updating their notes.

[He's not sure he hopes this is the case though...]

But, if I had to guess, he either sent them packing after taking their land or killed them. I mean...this is the first I've ever heard of this. If he just assimilated them, you'd think we would have heard something about elementals by now. Or at LEAST the fire or earth ones, since they seem to be more common...

[perfectstrike]

I don't know.

[She only hums quietly, glancing toward him again. Whatever happened with that... monster, elemental, thing... she wishes she'd been there. Not because she particularly cared about seeing it, but because Kuzuryuu could have been in a dangerous situation without her.

Then again, she's glad he wasn't in hers.]

But I agree in your assessment. As of now... there is not much that can be done to uncover more information, unless we can manage to return to that area. I'm certain their security will be tighter in the wake of the tours.