[Tyr... The last thing she wants is for him to end up with an infection because of the curse, so she wets the cloth with fresh alcohol and starts to clean this side, too.]
Don't worry about it... After you're fixed up, we should take a look around the house.
[ He takes in a sharp breath and releases it slowly. It really, really stings... ]
Yeah... I probably can't use my staff with this wound, but I still have my fire rune and blastia if anything shows up... Make sure you stay close to me.
[Rita leaves the bottle of alcohol on the counter and pulls out a box of bandages now. If he has a different reason for staying put than knowing he has to be bandaged, Rita doesn't realize.]
Good. It's not like we can just split up to look when anything can happen.
[ He might not even need it, but if there's something here and he needs to fight, he doubts the magic will keep the wound from reopening.
And the wound...it makes him think of Rita's scar again. He looks over at her as she wraps the bandages, and bluntly asks: ] How did you get that scar? I...don't remember anything about that, either... [ If he ever did, but he won't rule things out now. ]
[She figures that Tyr's probably forgotten that kind of curse entirely, too... As she finishes wrapping the bandage around his shoulder and secures it with a small clip, she thinks about how to explain it.
But she's never good at anything besides blunt explanations.]
I was hurting people...so somebody else had to stop me.
[ He assumes she means someone other than him... He knows curses like that exist, but they never happened to them. It's something that only ever happened to other people on the network.
When the bandage is secured, he turns around to face her and reaches for her hand. ]
Rita... It's- It's over now. You don't have to tell me what happened.
[It isn't that she doesn't understand why he's saying that. Rather, she's just a little surprised...but grateful. Even if he doesn't remember that she did it to him the second time...
That's exactly why she wouldn't want to talk about that time.]
[ He offers her a small, reassuring smile. He doesn't even remembering everything, but he knows how much memories hurt... She doesn't need to go over them with him. ]
It's fine now... I think it'll heal up pretty easily...
[After Estelle left and came back, Rita never wanted to tell her what happened, either. Maybe whether or not it's right for someone to forget painful memories isn't so clear-cut...
At least his shoulder's all right. It shouldn't even leave too much of a scar, she hopes.]
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Date: 2012-11-18 11:51 pm (UTC)[Tyr... The last thing she wants is for him to end up with an infection because of the curse, so she wets the cloth with fresh alcohol and starts to clean this side, too.]
Don't worry about it... After you're fixed up, we should take a look around the house.
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Date: 2012-11-18 11:55 pm (UTC)Yeah... I probably can't use my staff with this wound, but I still have my fire rune and blastia if anything shows up... Make sure you stay close to me.
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:09 am (UTC)There.
--And I could say the same to you, you know. I can still use my whip.
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:18 am (UTC)I know you can--and I want to stay close to you, too.
[ He stays sitting right where he is, though. ]
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:49 am (UTC)Good. It's not like we can just split up to look when anything can happen.
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:52 am (UTC)Exactly. [ He's so, so glad they're on the same page for once... ] Especially if this is a curse... It's starting early.
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Date: 2012-11-19 02:50 am (UTC)Most start right at midnight, right? We just don't always notice right away...
[Is it going to get worse? This month is going to be the new October...
Lost in her thoughts, she starts wrapping the bandage around his shoulder, maybe a little too tight.]
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Date: 2012-11-19 02:54 am (UTC)[ Though he sounds a little bitter about that. Every month from now on, they'll need to be careful.
And he knows she's making it too tight, so he reminds her: ] The bleeding already stopped. You can loosen it...
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Date: 2012-11-19 03:26 am (UTC)His reminder gets her attention, though and she moves to pull them loose.] Oh...sorry.
[She starts rewinding the bandage, not so tight this time but secure enough that it's not just going to hang there, and glances at his face.]
How's this?
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Date: 2012-11-19 03:30 am (UTC)[ He might not even need it, but if there's something here and he needs to fight, he doubts the magic will keep the wound from reopening.
And the wound...it makes him think of Rita's scar again. He looks over at her as she wraps the bandages, and bluntly asks: ] How did you get that scar? I...don't remember anything about that, either... [ If he ever did, but he won't rule things out now. ]
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Date: 2012-11-19 02:31 pm (UTC)I don't think...you ever knew that I got it. It was during one of those random curse weekends... [She wonders if he remembers the event at all now.]
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Date: 2012-11-19 02:43 pm (UTC)Sorry... I didn't know things like this happened before...
[And no, he doesn't remember anything that happened...]
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Date: 2012-11-19 03:17 pm (UTC)It's not your fault.
[And she doesn't just mean the problem with his memories...]
We... I don't think we were really friends when it happened.
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Date: 2012-11-19 06:14 pm (UTC)[ It must be pretty old, then... He can hardly remember the times where they couldn't stand each other. ]
...Still, I'm sorry... It must have really hurt...
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Date: 2012-11-19 07:22 pm (UTC)It was okay... I was the one who was cursed.
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Date: 2012-11-19 07:24 pm (UTC)[ He really doesn't understand what she's saying... That she hurt herself? No... ]
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Date: 2012-11-19 07:52 pm (UTC)But she's never good at anything besides blunt explanations.]
I was hurting people...so somebody else had to stop me.
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Date: 2012-11-19 07:58 pm (UTC)When the bandage is secured, he turns around to face her and reaches for her hand. ]
Rita... It's- It's over now. You don't have to tell me what happened.
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Date: 2012-11-19 08:11 pm (UTC)[It isn't that she doesn't understand why he's saying that. Rather, she's just a little surprised...but grateful. Even if he doesn't remember that she did it to him the second time...
That's exactly why she wouldn't want to talk about that time.]
Thanks... How's your shoulder?
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Date: 2012-11-19 08:15 pm (UTC)It's fine now... I think it'll heal up pretty easily...
[ Since they got to it quickly... ]
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Date: 2012-11-19 08:37 pm (UTC)At least his shoulder's all right. It shouldn't even leave too much of a scar, she hopes.]
Good... Let's check on Riou and Flynn.
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Date: 2012-11-19 08:41 pm (UTC)Right... Riou's always been fast, though, so I'm sure he'd know if something was happening right away.
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Date: 2012-11-19 09:01 pm (UTC)[The City doesn't let her forget...]
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Date: 2012-11-19 09:03 pm (UTC)No- but his pet can probably pick up on that kind of thing for him.
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Date: 2012-11-19 09:36 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, that flying rat thing.
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