mayfield_rpg | eighth ; never going to another carnival ever

[ A : ACTION : 1251 WILLIAMS ROAD : MORNING ]

[ Warren is back! Awake, alive.

Also bleeding.

Yes, while his legs are no longer missing, he has fairly decent lacerations just above his knees, and the flow of blood really seems to not want to stop. He swears, hauling himself gingerly out of bed and towards the bathroom where he bandages himself up. Just as gingerly, he makes his way down to the kitchen, thinks better of it, and heads to the living room.

It seems to have taken its toll on him, because he collapses on the couch and falls back asleep. ]

[ B : PHONE CALL TO ANDERS : AFTERNOON ]

Please tell me you're around. I've got a problem... make that two problems.

[ C : PHONE CALL TO THE TOWN AT LARGE : AFTERNOON ]

I never did like carnivals all that much- now I suppose I have another reason entirely to hate them.

Did anyone find anything useful in that place? It was-- I almost want to call it a Mayfield prototype. New and small, and malfunctioning badly. I didn't... last long enough to really find anything.

[ A beat ]

I would also like to learn the name of the young man who shot me.

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Maker's breath!

You're back! I -- what is it?

I'm sort of bleeding all over the place.

... I'll be right there.

[And he will be!]

I'm at 1251 Williams Road. Door's open.

[ He's going to. Lay back down in the meantime. ]

[He doesn't bother answering, just heads on over to do what he can.]

[ True enough, the door is open. Warren himself is dozing on the couch, blood seeping through the bandages on his legs. ]

[... seeing that, his immediate reaction is to check for breathing, and a pulse. Once assured his fellow mage is still among the living, it's time to see what the damage is.]

[ He's not very deeply asleep, and Anders moving around wakes him up. ]

... It could be worse, believe me.

[ The cuts aren't terribly deep, and the blood is just sort of oozing slowly. It just doesn't want to stop bleeding. ]

Edited 2012-07-12 05:42 (UTC)

Let's see if we can't make it look better, then.

[In what is probably a familiar move by now, he holds his hands out, the blue light gathering under his fingers.]

What happened?

You're going to have be more specific. A lot of things happened.

Let's start with what happened to your legs.

[Which he's doing his best to heal.]

...

I lost them.

... what do you mean, 'lost them'?

Oh, you know how you just misplace things sometimes.

[ SIGH ] They were cut off, Anders.

I gathered that.

But I was expecting more of an explanation why.

[ H shoots a very brief glare at the healer, but he's too tired to really act out further. Another sigh, this one more tired than annoyed. ]

If you went through a certain area of the funhouse you ended up in... it almost looked like Mayfield in the beginning stages. The carnival was there, four houses, and the church.

I was exploring one of the houses and found a dead body in the living room- someone had scrawled "don't look behind you" on the floor in its blood. Naturally, I tried not to look behind me- at least not until I was out of the room.

When I turned around, there was literally nothing there. It was like reality just... stopped. Everything behind me was simply gone, and the nothingness kept getting closer. I tried to outrun it, but I just didn't make it out of the damn house in time.

It took my feet first. After that I was pretty much fucked.

Maker's breath...

[That's a lot to take in. An awful lot. But his focus has to be on healing, not on trying to puzzle that one out.]

[Hopefully, the magic of mages can overcome whatever it is causing Warren's legs to bleed constantly.]

[ The bleeding will stop, but the cuts will mostly stay as they are. That's how he revived, and how he will stay ]

... Don't wear yourself out.

[That won't stop him from trying. He's always put his full effort behind his healing session, and this is no different.]

[Even when the light in his hands starts to flicker, before snaking its way over his skin like fine cracks.]

[ oh, he recognizes that. ]

Anders. [ His tone is forceful, warning. ]

[It still takes him a moment or two to pull back. When he does, the light vanishes, and he looks like a man who's just run a marathon.]

... They won't heal.

I can see that.

Don't worry about it. At least I'm not going to die of blood loss.

[He scrubs a hand over his face, trying to steady his breathing.]

You're telling a healer not to worry about wounds that won't heal?

It's Mayfield. Let it go.

It's not that simple.

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