Halloween party - part five!

[elegante_events]

As the red mass slithers away through the bowels of the boat, passengers who took the deal will vanish as well.

The Captain turns to James LaPointe, the heron at his side; he's furious. "Fool.The doctor doesn't reply, and the rest of the crew, clearly shaken, remain silent but for Redd's First Mate

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okay let's try this one more time

[unamvirtus]

He doesn't really know what he's feeling at this point-- it could be anger, or sadness or panic or relief. There's a whole mess of things inside his head, tightening his throat and turning his stomach to a knot of ice, but it's all buried under a thick sheet of... nothing. It's a scary thing, feeling so numb as he walks through the masses of injured passengers, like he's just not really feeling anything at all because he just doesn't want to right now. He just needs to make sure everyone is alright, that's all. That's all

[havea_heart]

With Bennett gone, or, more accurately, Bennett's blood gone, Herz is slowly coming back to reality.

Key word: slowly.

He's not entirely aware of his surroundings past them being Foreign and Cold. He's still shaking, curled into himself on the floor. He doesn't think he wants to be here, where ever here is. He'd rather be in his room.

He died, why isn't he in his room?

[unamvirtus]

Well... Herz definitely looks a lot worse off than he is, at the moment. Link himself is having a little trouble keeping himself grounded to reality-- and this is something he doesn't know how to react to. How did Herz end up in nothing but a sheet, and-- thank goodness he doesn't look hurt at all, but what happened to him? Why does he look like that?It really hurts him to see it, but it's still buried under his veil of numbness for now so the blow is at least lessened somewhat. In an almost mechanical fashion, he stumbles his way over and drops himself down next to Herz with a foreign clunk of heavy metal he hasn't heard in a while. It's still weird being bigger than usual compared to the view of the world he usually has-- but it isn't much more than a dull thought before he turns to look at the figure next to him. Link has a deep cut on his cheek, dangerously close to his right eye and still untended to along with the rest of his injuries. He's acknowledged for himself, if anything, how lucky he is that the bird who gave him that

[havea_heart]

Herz hears you at least, though his reaction is belated by a few seconds. He starts, shivering and shaking and pulling away from the sound of fucking metal--

Too many legs, too many legs, too many legs--

head whipping around to point wide, scared eyes in Link's direction. This time, the blood is frightening, but doesn't distract from the familiar blue eyes.

Herz has no idea what you're doing here, Link. What are you doing here, Link?

[unamvirtus]

"Hi," Link whispers back as soon as Herz looks at him. It's the only way to keep his veil from tearing open, to just look okay on the outside for now-- the way Herz is staring at him scares Link more than he thought it would, and its much harder to keep himself from giving his friend the same look back.

His shoulders sag with weariness, and he cradles his right arm a little more firmly, forcing away a sharp noise of pain. He'll have to get as comfortable as possible, if he's going to stay here for a while.

[havea_heart]

His eyes rack across him and Herz is becoming aware Link is a mess.

"bbb-b--bleeding.

"Bleeding You--y-you're bleeding." Its all he can think to do with the information. He's not going to touch him. No, he's still too foggy for that. But this is Link--he has to show concern. Hesitant, stuttering concern.

[unamvirtus]

He nods back slowly, quickly raising a hand to wipe away the blood dripping from the wound on his face before it returns to his arm, pulling it away from Herz's reach just in case he tries to touch it. It doesn't look like Herz is thinking about it, yet just in case... Link doesn't really know how serious the gashes on his body are, but judging by the pain of them he'd rather not have Herz see.

"Mhm." He murmurs back, voice still at whispering level. "I'm okay though."

[havea_heart]

The responses are slow from his side. He's used to slightly better conditions after something nice and traumatic, usually involving isolation. It's a little much to expect his brain to have its shit together just yet.

Eventually he nods. It's a twitchy motion. His breathing is still fairly erratic.

Think it's pretty safe to say something broke it, kid.

[unamvirtus]

He's worried that touching Herz, maybe even just leaning into his side or hugging him will provoke a bad reaction-- it kind of hurts that he needs to consider such a thing, but he can understand. This hasn't been a good night for anyone at all.

He shifts slightly so he's turned towards Herz better, but he immediately regrets it. A sharp flare of protest from his worse off leg makes him stop before he completes it, and he settles himself down again, making sure he doesn't look away from Herz throughout just in case.

He really wants to know what's happened to Herz, but now definitely isn't the time to press. Link doesn't know how good he is at a soothing tone here, but he's at least trying.

"Slow breaths..."

[havea_heart]

Okay. Okay, no. He sees it that time. He sees it, it registers. Link's in pain. Link is important and he's in pain.

This is not conducive to slow breaths, sorry.

"Y-You're hurt. God, y-y--yyy-y-yy--y-y--you're--you're--" Hurt. You're hurt.

Herz doesn't know what to do if you're hurt. He doesn't know what to do with himself right now, forget his littlest buddy. This is freaking him out.

It's official. They both could use an adult.

[unamvirtus]

Uh oh. That is absolutely not what he was going for, here-- he definitely regrets moving now that Herz is freaking out about it too. His throat tightens further and he can feel hot tears starting to build up, but he vehemently tries to force them back anyway. He's not going to cry, not now; he needs to be strong for Herz and reassure him. He can't do that if he's allowing himself to break down, after all.

He tries to get out a "Stop", but his mouth opens and nothing comes out. When he does manage to speak again, his voice is high and shaky despite his efforts at keeping it calm.

"It's-- I-I said it's o-okay--"

/Gets all snuggly next to

[havea_heart]

Large, shaking hands take his shoulders. Herz's control is laughable right now. They grip Link hard.

"You--y-you--you have to--you have to get--y-you need--" He swallows. He knows he's not making sense. He just can't think. He can't think clearly. "D--ddd-doctor. You--y-you--you--you need--you need a---a-a-a-a doctor."

He is not a doctor, Link.

/SQUEEZES

[unamvirtus]

It takes everything he has to keep himself quiet when Herz grips his shoulders-- that hurts, but Herz doesn't realize he's doing it, so Link definitely isn't going to point it out. He bites his lip until the ache is bearable and his throat isn't quite so tight, even if the shakiness in his voice isn't any better now.

"No, I s-- said--" His voice breaks then, and he can't even bring himself to try again. Link doesn't know how he's going to reassure Herz is he can't even convince him that he's okay.

Can I but in? 8D

[thenotmagician]

And then Zeke is there, already patched up thanks to Jael. The scene in front of him isn't good. Like, at all.

Don't worry, damsels in distress! Your knight in shining armor is here!

...Well, he's an adult, at least. Zeke walks over quickly and squats his sorry self down nearby.

"Oi, Herz! Link!"

8D PLEASE

[havea_heart]

The new voice doesn't register, but the shadow that falls over Link? That does. Herz reaction is pure panic. He jerks the boy forward and holds him protectively, fearing this new-comer. Fearing what they could do to them both.

But especially Link. Link's hurt.

It...takes way longer than it should to recognize Zeke for who he is. Herz lets out a shaky sigh of relief. And...doesn't let Link go.

Ahhh, Zeke, get the poor kid out of here before Herz Hurts Him Worse!

YEAH D8

[unamvirtus]

He's just about to turn his head to look for the familiar voice when he's jerked forwards, and he's caught too off guard to suppress his reaction. He emits a small cry of pain, but he has enough sense in him to bite his lip again as hard as he needs to, to muffle the rest of the sound before it can escape. As hard as he's trying not to be obvious though, he's tense and shaking slightly in his efforts to stay calm when Herz is holding him and freaking out and he's freaking out and oh god this is just horrible.

He turns his head enough to look nervously at the source of the voice, relieved as well to find Zeke there. Link very tentatively raises his uninjured arm to hold onto Herz even though he's pretty sure it's not gonna do anything to make him let go-- but maybe he'll know it's okay then.

Plus, not even Link can deny this this is a little uncomfortable when all herz has on is a sheet.