fall out

[moondropkick]

[off to the side of the mess hall, Judith is crouched over something.]

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[hardlyboy]

... Judith-san?

[moondropkick]

[tensing up, but not turning to look at her]

Ah, Naoto, you ... might not want to ...

[hardlyboy]

What's wrong? Are you alright?

[walking over to]

What is--

[moondropkick]

[hovering over the body of an eviscerated familiar looking fifteen year old girl ha ha ha]

[hardlyboy]

--Rita-san!?

[immediately kneeling next to Judith]

[moondropkick]

She's been like this for a while.

[hardlyboy]

[checking her pulse]

What-- what on Earth happened?

[moondropkick]

I don't know-- I just found her here.

[hardlyboy]

[pales when she doesn't feel a pulse]

She's... no. No!

[moondropkick]

You think I didn't already--

[catches herself before she can lose any more composure, hands fisting in Rita's coat where she'd been checking the wounds]

[hardlyboy]

No, I-- I didn't mean--

[covers her mouth briefly]

She needs to be... moved. The hospital doesn't-- if she's... I've heard-- the healers are incapable of reviving right now.

[moondropkick]

[SOB various other vesperia party members have shown up, la la]

We're taking her to our cabin.

[hardlyboy]

Alright. Is there-- there must be something I can do to help.

[moondropkick]

Come with us?

[hardlyboy]

Yes-- yes, of course.

[moondropkick]

[cue most melancholy walking procession ever]