[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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[perfectstrike]

I see.

[Peko frowns slightly and glances toward one tulip in particular. There's a little folded piece of paper near it, mostly covered in scribbles to cover what would have been words on it. If Yang follows Peko's glance, she might see the corner of a very cute drawing still visible. Hits on one of Yang's teammates...?

Well, no one would hit on her, Peko Pekoyama, so she's not really seeing the connection.]

In any case, what did you and Kirkland uncover?

[flaredo]

Huh-- [ For a moment, she's distracted, eyes drifting over to the flower, the paper with... well, she can't exactly tell what it is. ]

The colony while it was still being built... and knocked down by earthquakes. But that speaker said the earthquakes weren't natural ones, either.

[perfectstrike]

Is that so...?

[Earthquakes, huh? In the quake of what Kuzuryuu had told her:]

I wonder... if they are not natural, if it is what the young master described to me as "elementals." Apparently his group found a computer system with information about different groups native to this... planet.

[From the way she says "planet," it's obvious she still can hardly believe this.]

One of whom were fire-breathers, as we heard. I have to wonder if the earth ones described are responsible for the earthquakes you experienced.

[flaredo]

Well, if they were as unhappy as our fire-breathing buddies about things getting settled, I could see them trying to take down the buildings.

... Or something related to it. Did his group find anything that said what happened to the natives?

[perfectstrike]

No, they did not. I believe the gist was that...

[Give her a second, she has to think back.]

Water elementals are hard to find, and can breathe underwater. Air elementals are hard to find, but may be to the north, and are responsible for breathable atmosphere. Earth elementals are easier to negotiate with, and have a good sense of direction. Fire elementals wanted nothing to do with CERES, and breathe fire when angry or excited... is what the young master reported.

[flaredo]

... Huh. So there's four kinds... but if the Earth ones are so reasonable, it doesn't make sense that they'd cause an earthquake. Unless, you know, CERES pissed 'em off, and I know they're capable of that.

[perfectstrike]

[She huffs a quiet, not-quite amused laugh through her nose and shakes her head.]

Yes, if nothing else, CERES does possess that particular talent.

[Oh, but that's right, getting back to Beacon for a second--]

Arc recommended a detective -- Sannomiya Shiho -- to me to analyze the substance I took from Mosley. Would you trust his judgement?

[flaredo]

... Well, I'd trust his judgment on anything other than flirting, at this point.

[ High praise, coming from Yang. ]

I don't know that person, but he doesn't usually go for anyone questionable...

[perfectstrike]

You keep mentioning "flirting"...

[First while they were in the diaries themselves, and now here. Why does this keep getting brought up...??]

[flaredo]

Ah, yeah, that's sort of his bad habit. He flirts with pretty girls and he's terrible at it.

[perfectstrike]

...I see.

As long as he can fight well, that's all that matters.

[flaredo]

He can. Not as well as me, but...

[ SO MODEST. ]

[perfectstrike]

[SO MODEST but Peko's not helping,]

That's true. You are a very good fighter. I would have rathered you have been at my side in the September virtual diary.

[flaredo]

Aww, Peko... don't worry, I'll stick with you the next time we run into a virtual diary.

[ Because it happens so often?? ]

[perfectstrike]

Hopefully there will not be a next time.

But I am glad you were not injured like I was. I... have never had to stay in a hospital so long. It is quite frustrating.

[flaredo]

I heal pretty fast... but how long are they keeping you in here, anyway?

[perfectstrike]

Not long. I intend to leave tomorrow.

[...Implying that she's going home whether or not she's released. Really, these girls.]

I would leave today, but with as much blood as I lost... they wanted to keep me under observation. The young master has been here most of the time, so... I suppose it is not so bad.

[While it is frustrating, having Kuzuryuu here makes it ten times better. And all her visitors? Definitely at least a couple times better than that, even.]

I was not expecting anyone to stop by. T...thank you.

[flaredo]

Remember, it's a friend thing. [ Yang smiles warmly, turning the half-eaten apple in her palms. ] Me, the others, that young master of yours... we all want to see you better.

[perfectstrike]

[The friend thing is still weird for her... maybe someday she'll get used to it.]

Yes... I am not much use to anyone while in this condition. All I can hope is that we will not see a "glitch" of any kind any time soon.

[But wait, that's missing the point a little. It's not about how useful she is; even she understands that now, even if it's still hard to grasp.] And... I am grateful that we are... friends.

[Peko please. Don't act like that's so hard to say.]

[flaredo]

... Are we able to smile about it yet?

[ Because it looks like that took a lot out of you, Peko-- ]

[perfectstrike]

...

[Smiling, right...

She purses her lips tightly together and appears to be doing her best to think about it. A couple seconds, and her face starts paling a little as she grits her teeth.

That's the only change. Help her.]

[flaredo]

... O-okay, whoa, stop! Breathe! Don't pass out on me!!

[ ABORT ABORT. ]

[perfectstrike]

Ah--

[Whoops. She just gives Yang a bit of a helpless frown and shakes her head.]

I am sorry. I... will keep working on it.

[flaredo]

Recovery first. We can have smile lessons later.

[perfectstrike]

I'll keep working on it, [she repeats, a little embarrassed now.]

It should not take me very long to recover. The medical technology is rather more efficient than it was back home.