courtyardCharlotte - Sam - received a look of shock, and that was it.
He was falling.There was surprisingly little going through his head as the ground rushed up to meet him. So this was it. Would it hurt? It definitely wasn't the way he had expected to go. He wondered if this meant he'd get a chance to talk to Death again,
one last time --
His body slammed into the tangle of thorns spread over the wall.
There was no reason to expect a
miracle. And yet, somehow, he'd traded the full force of the drop for lacerations by sharp curving thorns, vines snapping and sparing him the worst of his own momentum. He hit the ground, but not at full speed - and bounced back. Lucky was caught hanging in the vines, in the shredded remains of his jacket.
And everything hurt.
It took a few more seconds before he was brave enough to try opening his eyes again. There was blood dripping down his face, arms, and everywhere else from several nasty-looking slashes. His ears were ringing and all the movement around him was a vague blur, save for the few people who had come close enough to see with his glasses askew. He was distantly aware that parts of him were not responding like they should have been, but his thoughts were too cloudy to make sense of it. He shouldn't have been alive right now, and it was confusing the hell out of him. Either Charlotte was just toying with him, or she was very bad at finishing the job.
"Should have-" He struggled for breath. It hurt to talk. He wasn't really looking at Wilson, or Quinn, or anyone else. Just staring out in the direction his head was tilted. "Expected that--"
Lucky coughed, a spray of blood, and his eyes seemed to actually focus on Quinn. He reached out and managed to get a weak grasp on his sleeve.
"Tell Gale... I'm going to
k-kill- ugh-" The hand let go and dangled, leaving Quinn with a bloody handprint on his nice white coat. "Forget it."
The pain was creeping in, on the edges. With every movement he made the places where things had been broken were making themselves known. He didn't know how Mimsy had found him. Or if she was even really there. Maybe he was just imagining this. There was no witty reply to her offer - just a pleading look. "H-help."
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HP: 18 OW
counter: 4
runic torch (spent)
runic bandages
runic trapping gun