[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--!]

Comments

[deontology]

Is that so?

[He looks legitimately interested in that, at least, tilting his head slightly.]

...He has been requesting that I teach him. ["begging" "demanding" "jumping out of bushes to beg more"] He is certainly not lacking in enthusiasm, but that is not enough to become disciplined in the use of a sword.

[So it's...good at least hear Peko's analysis of his fighting abilities. Sousei's still not considering teaching him, because he really doesn't take on personal students that easily, but...well, he's curious.]

[perfectstrike]

I think he could benefit from your teaching.

[Never let it be said that Peko isn't honest about anyone's fighting ability (even Kuzuryuu's, after a fashion). But as for Jaune himself...]

He doesn't have the kind of temperament that I would normally associate with a swordsman, and as for his discipline... [she trails off, making a bit of a face. Sousei's definitely right in that, at least. An idiot who can't keep himself confined to his hospital bed to recover, and makes silly drawings in the effort of making one of his teammates feel better... it doesn't seem much like a samurai to her, at all. But even still,]

...But he has the kind of unwillingness to surrender, and strength to leap into combat to protect his comrades, even with his ability, that I would hope for in a fighter.

[deontology]

[Yes, there's certainly no discipline to be found there, but...that's some pretty high praise coming from Peko, and she is the one who saw Jaune in a legitimate battle situation. (Sousei's giving him a pass on the arrival battle situation, as anyone would be disoriented upon arriving...perhaps......)]

It may be worth his while to continue to practice and learn, yes.

[Sousei's not going to take him on though, because Sousei is stubborn doesn't have the patience for undisciplined people...]

There are many ways that he can continue to learn in a place like this.

[perfectstrike]

[Perhaps... if nothing else, Jaune holding his shield is useful as mobile cover.

But it's really not Peko's concern whether or not Sousei wants to train him, and were her arm uninjured, she'd shrug.]

That is true. If he wants to improve, it is up to him.

[There's more than enough fighters here who are willing to teach people, anyway, what did Sousei do to get him so interested...]

[deontology]

[Jaune is useful as a meat shield, noted.

But that much is true; he nods simply, seeing no need to carry on a conversation that they both already clearly agree upon. Rather--]

I will leave you to your rest, then. Should you require more details about my tour or any others I learn about, contact me.

[Fair's fair; he knows he can trust Peko with the information.]

[perfectstrike]

I will do so, thank you.

[She nods and starts to try moving her pillow down again to resume resting. Before she fully relaxes again, though, she adds a quiet,]

And thank you... for stopping by.

[deontology]

...Certainly. Your well-being is something I intend to keep track of.

[He may not be Tenka, no, but....keeping track of everyone and making sure they're all okay is important to him for his own reasons, even. Peko, especially, is someone he understands more than the majority of the people he's met here. That much is enough to look out for her, even if Tenka hadn't adopted her.

Besides, she's impressed him with her poise as well.

But for now, that's too close to Feelings, so he's gonna just turn on his heel after that and go. BYE PEKO.]