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 Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 5:09 pm
"It's not your fault.." he murmured while looking out the elevator doors. Thankfully there wasn't anyone in the area as far as he could tell. As for Mitsu's question, he hesitated on answering that.
"I think so," he finally answered, though he wasn't too certain about that. It really depended on how far they had to go, "What about you? You're hurt too.."
Shun could see she wasn't very comfortable either and he tried to do what he could to not lean on her, but it wasn't very easy to do. Around then he realized something that might be important as well.
"s**t... my dagger," he uttered. The one that Nyx had knocked out of his hand had dropped to the street level. Not only did it have her blood on it, but it was covered with his prints. Most likely it wasn't too far from where the shifter had landed as well. It was then that he realized he probably couldn't go into a hospital without questions being asked. His other dagger was still coated and he had a number of throwing blades on him.
".. We can't go to the hospital."
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:15 pm
"I'll be okay..." Though Mitsu wasn't too sure. Before she could heal so it wasn't much of a concern...somehow in a few short months she had become accustomed to it and now that she couldn't heal it was hard to cope with.
But when Shun suddenly mentioned his weapon and said he couldn't go to the hospital Mitsu looked wide eyed. "W..what? Why?" She asked, panic bubbling up into her voice. "I can't treat all these wounds, Shun. We need to get you somewhere that can help." It was so hard to think at this point. Her brain wasn't processing information like it should have between the horrible situation and the blood loss. "I'm guessing you lost one of your daggers, right? Where? W-we can go g-get it." She had a rather strong will up until this point but she was starting to lapse back into her weaker demeanor, the stress making her stutter.
Looking for the exits Mitsu decided to take the one that didn't lead out into the main road. With any luck they could continued to avoid people like they had been doing, it would be difficult to explain this situation. "W-we can always hide y-your other weapons. W-we could have been mugged?" Mitsu didn't like lying but it seemed like the only choice they really had at the moment.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:01 pm
"By the fire escape.. where Nyx fell," Shun replied, "There'd be too many questions.. They'd start asking who did it and stuff..."
Trying to think of what they could do, he moved his hand from his wound to his pocket, grabbing a hold of his cellphone. He wasn't too sure if Jare, the healer would be willing to help him again so soon. Staring at the device, he was trying to decide which of his two options would be better to go with.
"I don't know.."
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:20 pm
"W-we can't just keep wandering around. You might bleed to death." Mitsu hesitated when they got to the exit looking around to see if anyone was close by. There were only a few cars out this direction so hopefully they wouldn't be suspicious.
Leaving the building Mitsu headed for the alleyway where the fire escape was. Looking up she finally understood why there had been so much noise. How had the fire escape come loose like that?
"D-Do you see it?" Mitsu asked turning her attention back to the ground. The alley was full of trash and debris and she was scared she would see Nyx's body.....but it was no where in sight. Just a puddle of blood on the ground and a smear mark like something had been dragged away.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:41 pm
There was very little doubt that he would indeed die if they kept wandering without getting him some help. A small part of him wondered if that would really be a bad thing. He generally didn't fear death, after all.
Once they were on the side of the building with the fire escape, Shun stared at where Nyx's body should have been. The way the blood was smeared made it seem like she had been dragged off... but by what? The possibilities were a bit worrisome and somewhat disturbing. Not saying anything on that, he looked around and saw a faint glimmer where his dagger laid.
"Over there," he said while motioning to it.
Before trying to move over towards it to pick it up, he glanced over at Mitsu as something came to him.. and it made him wonder if it was a legitimate reason for her. It might not be the complete thing, but...
"Mitsu.. do you pity me?" he asked quietly.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:01 pm
When Shun motioned to where the dagger was Mitsu headed over that way with him, her stance staggering a bit here and there. Seemed the whole event was finally catching up to her.
She knelt down to pick up the blade for him but was suddenly caught off guard by his question. "W-why are you asking that all of a sudden?" She questioned finally standing back to her feet. Though she had to ask herself, did she pity him? It was very likely. He had seen a lot of hardships in his short life and had suffered greatly but...that wasn't why she was friends with him.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:05 pm
Feeling and seeing Mitsu stagger a bit with him, Shun uttered a few low words before wincing. Soon, small black but faint tendrils could be seen leaving his body and moving to hers. He figured he may as well try to help her a bit while he had the chance.
"I just thought of it.. but please answer me there."
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:29 pm
Mitsu paused when she saw the black wisps heading toward her. She had seen this before...he had done this at camp. Though if she had been conscious she would have remembered he had done it for her in the alleyway as well. "Shun, you can't use your magic. You need to stop." Placing a arm over her stomach she put a bit of pressure down to help slow the flow of blood. The more weakness she showed the more likely he was to worry...so she was just going to have to pretend everything was fine.
Though, to answer his question she hesitated. "I don't know. You've had to endure so much, I feel bad that you had to go through any of it. But, that's not why I'm friends with you or why I care. You've been there for me, stood by me and protected me, I want to do the same for you..." Though Mitsu paused for a moment before turning that same question back around. "Do you pity me?"
She didn't really wait for an answer as she tried to work her way under Shun's arm again to lead him down the alley and toward the Immediate Care Center that she had mentioned previously. They would work out a plan on the way, at the moment Shun needed help.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:43 pm
Shun closed his eye for the moment as he was trying to focus. While the fact that his magic used his blood as a sort of fuel helped take the strain on his body away, it wasn't a complete substitute.
"If we both collapse, we're screwed," he said lowly before opening his eye again. Looking at her as she replied, he slowly shook his head.
"No. Knowing what has happened to you bothers me for sure... I don't like to see you in pain, I hate what's happened to you.." he started, "But despite everything that's happened you've still stuck by me. As much of a complicated and confusing thing it's been to realize it .. it was also you who found this when I didn't even think it existed.. "
His hand was placed over his chest as he said that. He soon cringed and grabbed his wound again, slowing down as a result.
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:01 pm
Mitsu looked worried all over again as Shun clutched at his wound. Pulling her arm away from her stomach she pressed her hand over his to help apply more pressure. "We can talk about this later, okay? Let's just get you to help for now."
It had to have been the longest walk Mitsu had ever undergone. While the short use of magic had helped slow the bleeding she was still unsteady on her feet by the time they were outside the Immediate Care Center and it wasn't entirely from her being light headed. Shun was taller and weighed a bit more so it was a little awkward trying to help him along. She was at least numb to the pain at this point though she seemed a little out of it. "G..Give me your weapons. I'll hide them. They can't question you about something you don't have."
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:07 pm
The assassin didn't say anything to that as he was focusing most of his attention on keeping in motion. He was forced to cut off his magic because of this, but it didn't help clear his head at all. Shun's vision blurred now and then, but at least they were almost there.
"Where.. are you going to put them..?" he asked, sounding tired. He went on and removed his two daggers... as well as the other ten smaller blades that were hidden around his body.
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 3:27 am
While Shun rummaged around for his weapons Mitsu took off her jacket and laid it in her arms. She figured he had a few weapons but she looked frazzled with each blade he managed to produce on his person. How was there so many? When he finally placed the last sharp object in her arms Mitsu looked up at him in a awkwardly curious way.
"A...are you sure that's everything?" She was a little afraid to ask thinking he might find another arsenal of items to hand her. This was already going to be a bit more difficult than she imagined.
"I figure if I keep them with me they will be less likely to find them. I guess I could always stash them out here if I need to."
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:51 am
".. That should be it," he confirmed while looking at the little pile of weapons he had placed in her arms. Shun didn't seem to like the idea of them being stashed away out here, but he supposed there wasn't much that could be done about it.
"The throwing blades are expendable... its my daggers I'm more concerned for," he said, hoping she could try to keep those on her person at the least. As he said this, he cringed briefly as the gunshot wound started to act up again. He seemed unsteady as it happened, but he didn't topple over.
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:15 am
"Okay," Mitsu nodded. "I'll keep those with me then." But when she said that Shun suddenly winced and Mitsu was certain she didn't have much time to hide anything. Wrapping her jacket tightly around everything she hoped it wouldn't be called into question. "Come on, let's get you inside."
Trying to hurry now she held her jacket close to her body hiding the blood running down her front. If they focused on Shun hopefully there wouldn't be a problem.
As the automatic doors slid open the woman at the reception desk looked up briefly. "Please sign...." But she did a double take seeing the pair come in. The boy looked very wounded...and bloody. "Oh God. Charles! We have an emergency!" She called back before hurrying away from her desk to come around to the lobby.
"Set him in a chair dear, careful careful." The woman tried to help ease Shun down her eyes taking in all the damage. "My god, what happened?"
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:58 am
Shun did his best to keep up with Mitsu, though it wasn't easy. He felt incredibly worn outside of the pain, so he couldn't move as quickly as he would have liked. But they had managed to get inside without him falling over in the very least. Gritting his teeth as he was set in a chair, he glanced over at the wolf girl briefly before looking at the woman that had approached them.
"Got attacked in the alley..." he murmured. That much was probably apparent though, but he didn't want to say too much. It was a little hard to come up with something at the moment considering everything, but he was at least trying to think. He supposed it was a good thing that Nyx's body had disappeared as well. It meant the police weren't likely to find it and possibly piece things together.
The assassin hadn't moved his hand from the gunshot wound. He could still feel some blood trickling away there, as well as from the exit wound in his back. A part of him was beginning to think that he might not make it, even with the medical help.
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