[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]

[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.