{002} ☼ I wake up, it's a bad dream

[ruby_nova]

[It's taken her a while just to think of what to write here. The first stroke of the "T" is alone for a moment before the rest follows.] They said I was too young to give blood at the clinic, but I tried to help with some other work. I wish I knew medicine, or something more useful.

Comments

[feathered_earth]

I know it's hard not to feel useless, but you really shouldn't. Whatever help you can give is worth a great deal. Even the small things... especially the small things.

[ruby_nova]

Thanks... Cara, right? It's just that I really feel like I should be able to do more to help.

[feathered_earth]

That's me.

It's not a bad thing, to feel like that. You'll figure out the different things you can do as time goes on. But even if you don't think you're doing enough, we'd be much worse off if there weren't people like you doing what feels like little stuff.

[ruby_nova]

Oh, good. I remembered!

I want to protect people. That's what my heart is telling me. Even if I can't remember my past, that's one thing I know for sure. I don't know if I'm that strong, but I'll do whatever I can to help in the mean time.

[seeya_next_life]

Hey, wanna go hit the Yard? Might get your mind off stuff. I could use a field trip myself.

[ruby_nova]

Lea. That sounds good to me. Should I meet you there? But I'm not sure what you look like...

[seeya_next_life]

Yeah, just meet me there. By the elevator, okay? [no more passengers in the portals for a while.... @_@]

And I'm pretty hard to miss--I'm taller than like everybody and it looks like my head is on fire.

[ruby_nova]

Head on fire? Is your hair orange?

[bloody_pens]

... It's hard. But you did all you could; that's all anybody could ask of you.

[ruby_nova]

Thanks, Derrick. I'm trying my best. I'm still unsure about a lot of things, but I am sure that I want to help however I can.

Are you all right?

[bloody_pens]

It's a good attitude to have.

I'm fine, thanks for asking. I gave some blood myself and have been making sure my brother's okay.

[ruby_nova]

They wouldn't take my blood because I'm too young, but they tested me and said that my type was O+. I guess that's good to know, just in case!

Your brother is Genius, right? It must be nice to have family around.

[gene_driver]

...At least you remained rational and tried to help instead of making it worse.

[ruby_nova]

Well, I wasn't there when it happened and I don't think I know anyone who was hurt. I hope I'd be able to keep my cool if I were in the middle of the situation, too.

[gene_driver]

Regardless, you didn't panic when blood started to appear on the journals.

[ruby_nova]

It was still scary, though. Did you not get worried at all?

[unprotagonist]

Perhaps you could assist with cleaning up the Bazaar. You could also run errands and buy minor supplies for the medics.

There are endless smaller ways to make yourself useful. Find them.

[ruby_nova]

Yeah, that's what I'm doing. I know there's a lot of clean-up after a situation like this.

Who is this, by the way? I'm Nova.

[unprotagonist]

Burn.

If you're squeamish, don't bother coming.