week 3, wednesday

[ninjay]

[ jay returned to the room tuesday night extremely late and covered in what appears to be blood and guts. the left sleeve of his shirt was also torn, as if something clawed or bit through it. if jake had tried to get anything out of him, he would only have answered with a "not now" before immediately going into the bathroom to get less fucking gross and then he promptly went the fuck to sleep.

on wednesday he spent the day primarily holed up in the room, sleeping for most of the day. he does not explain what the hell happen until about evening when he finally looks towards jake. ]

Hey. I need your help with something.

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[potentite]

[Since Jay said 'not now', Jake did assume Jay would eventually talk about it, though he couldn't help worrying about him. At least he didn't seem injured or, if he is, it isn't as bad as some people lately. When he asks him, Jake straightens up.]

Oh, yes, of course!

[ninjay]

[ he gets off the bed to rummage through the drawers, pulling out disinfectant and bandages. ]

I need to change my bandages, but it'll be easier if I had someone helping me.

[ there's a moment of hesitation before he pulls his shirt off. his left arm is pretty bandaged up! it's fine though. ]

[potentite]

[Oh. So much for the hope that Jay made it back uninjured.]

Yes, I will. Just sit with me, um, facing me I mean. Do you need any of my painkillers...?

[ninjay]

You need those more than I do.

[ he unwraps the bandages with his other hand, revealing... it kind of looks gross as hell. there are a bunch of bite marks, small in size but they look human. the skin around it is sickly green, and kind of like it had bubbled. it's rough, buddy. ]

I may have gotten a little over my head last night.

[potentite]

Oh sweet ball busting christ. [Oh.] Erm, pardon my French. But that is a virescent wound you're sporting. What on earth did this to you?

[At least he starts grabbing the disinfectant Jay got out and starts, very gently, rubbing it into the wound.]

[ninjay]

Your rat friends from the sewers. Apparently they migrated to the library.

[ oh wait. ]

The building in the town that's locked but not burnt.

[potentite]

Goodness gracious, I'm glad we avoided them.

[Sure he's missing most of his leg now but he could be missing most of his leg and be chewed up.]

I suppose that must be another place the sewer comes up. I mean, obviously, the sewer should be in theory connected to every building but... [He keeps cleaning the wounds carefully. It already looks infected to him, so he wants to make sure he's thorough.] Was there anything else in there?

[ninjay]

Gigantic spiders that bleed acid and Fluffy, the... um, pet dog of your sewer goddess.

[ his tone implies that it was fluffy who was the main problem. ask him about fluffy, jake. ]

[potentite]

Mammoth spiders are vexatious. [He had those! He hates them, too.] But what ho! You met a dog?

[ninjay]

She called it a dog. It had a collar, like a dog.

[ it was not a goddamn dog. ]

It was this gigantic beast that almost ate Kaito. I don't even know how to begin to describe it other than it's a miracle we made it out of there alive.

[potentite]

[Oh, well, he's both glad and sad it's not a dog.]

I'm concerned that despite doing away with her, she seems to have shown up with a pet.

[ninjay]

Her pet's dead, which she didn't sound thrilled about.

[ he winces as jake works on his wound. ]

She knocked us out immediately after and we woke up in Kaito's room.

[potentite]

Oh! You managed to slay the beast? Excellent! That is one less creature at least.

[Jake finishes cleaning it, seeming satisfied finally, before he starts to wrap it, slow and careful and firm.]

[ninjay]

I was wearing it when I came in here yesterday.

[ he's referring to all the blood and guts that was on him. ]

[potentite]

How did you manage it? [He isn't trying to pry but he's still a little concerned about the fact that the sewer goddess doesn't seem to want to stay dead.]

[ninjay]

I... can't say.

[ he at least looks apologetic. ]

I wasn't told how much about that I'm allowed to reveal. I'm sorry.

[potentite]

[He shakes his head, smiling.]

It's all right. I'm glad you're both safe at least. Is Kaito injured as well?

[ninjay]

His arm is, it's in a sling. He also fell from pretty high up, so he's probably bruised.

[ a pause, and then, ]

Yukina was with us as well. I don't think she's going to be out much the next few days, but... well. You'll see either on Friday or Saturday.

[potentite]

[He frowns.] Well... as long as it's all things that will heal soon enough...

[He'd feel awful for them having to deal with being at the same disadvantage as he and Andersen are now.]

Did you find anything that might help us?

[ninjay]

We didn't have any time to explore, really. When we came in, we discovered the creature was asleep so we had to move quietly. But the acoustics of the place was damn awful, so it woke up anyway.

[ who builds libraries to be so noisy holy crap ]

But... The woman, she said something that makes me think that we'll be able to look through the library starting next week, since we killed its guard.

[potentite]

That would be nice. I'd like to take a look myself if there isn't any danger next week.

[Since, well, he can't fight very well like this. And Jay knows he has a weapon but he'd rather not reveal that to everyone.]

A library has to have something of note.

[ninjay]

Just know that it'll probably be messy.

[ at least they didn't accidentally burn it down like the people who explored the church did. ]

[potentite]

It's okay, I'm used to gore. The important part is that you slayed the beast and we're free to explore and plumb the depths of archaic knowledge.

[ninjay]

I hope it wasn't a complete waste of time.

... Although I can't say I regret going. I'm sure if someone attempted to go in by themselves, they would have died.

[potentite]

[He finishes securing the bandages and nods.] I'm really glad you had each other's backs. No one should do anything alone here, no matter how simple it seems.

[There's a slight frown on his face. He's kind of mad at Dave but. Dave is dead, so.]