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Ganymede had made it very clear to pretty much anyone that got anywhere near him that he did not like to be touched- Foras knew this best. So when the other boy had placed his hands on Gany's shoulders, his attention was immediately drawn to him. Usually touch hurt, or was at least very uncomfortable, but Foras was being gentle. He was about to ask what Foras was doing when the hybrid leaned in and-- kissed. Kissed him. Oh. Oh. His eyes widened, markings sparking to life in little sputters of light- how was he supposed to react to this? Numbly he at least partially kissed him back- this was admittedly something he'd wanted for a while but was too scared to do.

Foras leaned back, and his attention remained fixed on him. Of course he had to say something cheesy like that. Classic Foras, saying just the right thing to cheer him up and maybe also annoy him just a little. Still, he nodded slowly, eyes focused on Foras's. "I b--believe you." About the first bit, anyway- old wounds were far too deep for him to want to put too much thought into Foras's second statement. He allowed himself to be drawn into the hug, and rested his head against Foras's chest. "...I-..." He should say it back. It was true, so why was it hard? "I love you too." There... quiet, not really all that audible, but... confirmed.

Leopleuradon

Ava left- or rather, retreated after a freshling had gone to speak to her. That... really just made him even more worried. He rocked in place slowly, wringing his hands as he observed with wide eyes all of the search party members come over to the medical station for treatment. Oh, those bites looked bad.

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It seemed that Foras' gamble had paid off. It was hard to hear, but there was a confirmation there. There was no doubt that Gany and Foras had been through a lot together, but this would probably be the hardest thing they ever had to deal with. Just getting through this day and the days after. Whatever ends up happening, at least they had finally admitted to each other how they felt.

"I knew you did." He released Gany and gave him a little 'boop' on his nose. He was trying to act a little more like his old self, before this whole fiasco. They couldn't leave the bunker now, those things were right outside and probably trying to figure out how to get in themselves. Their only hope was that someone would come and rescue them all. Take out those monsters outside. Somewhere the people of Below were uniting, gathering what they could, and working on a counter attack.

"Right now, let's just sit down and be together." He just wanted to be with Ganymede right now. He didn't want to think what was outside the bunker at all.


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"Sitting... yeah, that sounds good.". Ruby felt suddenly, and alarmingly, tired. She supposed the adrenaline must have worn off, but that didn't account for the small, slow spin the room did right in front of her eyes. She led Chunli to a wall, gently touching the Chimera's arm. It was partially for sake of not losing her in the crowd, but partially for her own sake. She needed to feel grounded, connected to the world around her. Her legs were shaking, maybe from all the running she'd just had to do. She'd never run through those halls like that when she was late for class. Sleeping for a year or so sounded like a good deal right now.

When they had finally slid down the concrete in the bunker to settle on the floor, Ruby leaned her head back against the wall. "Did you see those things?" she asked Chunli. Ruby herself had not had a good look. "They were shaped like people but... were they scary or what?". Scary was an understatement. They had been attacked.


Magician Arcana

Coco was still really upset, they had found the freshling, but at what cost?? Would she die? Would she turn into a zombie or a cannibal?? Coco was still crying as she pondered all the big scary stuff, how many had been bitten? Would they ever get better? What was going to happen to everyone?? How long would they be down here?? Would they run out of food and water??

If they didn't die of their wounds would they all starve?? Coco's arm was still bleeding from the humanoid teeth marks torn into her upper arm. If somehow she got through everything else, how badly would Coco's arm scar? Would her arm ever work as it did before this all happened? Would Coco still be able to be the artist she wanted to be??

What if she lost dexterity in her hand on the arm that was wounded?? All these questions ran around in Coco's head and there likely wouldn't be many answers if she let any of the questions out. Coco kept her mouth shut, she would apologize for yelling at Vanna but she feared all her questions would just pop out and she would be even more afraid than she already was.

Arabelle accepted the bottle back and took a shaky sip, spilling just a little. She lowered the bottle to her lap and glanced over at the milling group of people.

"So they found the child huh. That's good."

She made a face as a wave of nausea swept over her, doing her best to ride it out. The noise of all the people felt like it was suddenly pressing against her ears, filling her with more irritation and the urge to cover them. Strange, she should probably have been more worried to hear the school had been invaded as well, but it was like irritability was winning out over fear in her mind.

Arabelle pressed a hand to her forehead and applied pressure, sighing and trying to bring back some more focus. "Injured people. I assume with bites?" A harsh chuckle devoid of humor escaped with her exhaled breath. "Well I guess now's the time to take notes. If it's the same people, those with injuries are going to start feeling pretty bad once the adrenaline begins to settle, and there won't be much the nurse can do."

She winced as her shoulder sent another throb of pain out, but it was such an all-encompassing ache that sometimes it almost felt numb. "I don't know what those people are or what happened to them, but..." Arabelle looked up at the kid. It she wondered if she might be frightening him. Some were pretty sturdy, but you never knew. "This isn't like anything I've felt before. It's like I wasn't just bit, I was poisoned. We don't know anything about those people, so maybe it's not too far a stretch to assume they're venomous."

The pain from her leg intensified, to the point where tears streamed down her cheeks. The edges of her vision was dark and fuzzy, but she clung to consciousness. This seemed like a highly impractical time to pass out.

Everything was getting more than a touch fuzzy when Chervil burst into her vision. She nodded weakly to his questions. "Yeah. Illya saved my from them." She took a deep breath and glance down again at her mangled leg and knee. "Is this beyond your skill to patch up?" Adee tried to force a hopeful smile, but perhaps it came across as more of a grimace.

She tried her best to keep her thoughts away from if there was someone in the bunker equipped to deal with this sort of a medical emergency. ... Or perhaps this wasn't quite emergency levels. She sure hoped it wasn't.

Kunibert collapsed on the floor of the bunker like a fire that had gone out.

So tired. So weak. He was bleeding. No one seemed to have noticed. Where were the others? Had he abandoned them? He thought of Gaius, who was so young, but so brave, and Ashi who was so frightened. He didn't like to think he'd left them there. He didn't like to think that the b*****d that had bitten him had gotten them. What if it had? What if it had grabbed them with its claws, and talked to them...whispered...

Marsh had crawled out of his blood-stained pocket and was meowing loudly into his ear. He tried to brush her away, but she was having none of it. She nipped him--lightly--gently--on one of his leaves. He sat up with a yelp of pain. "Marsh!" he shouted. The kitten flinched, then cautiously moved forward to nuzzle his hand. He sighed and scooped her up, then made his way, limping and stumbling, over to the nurse's station.