chroma | catchall for vin

[countermeasures]

i haven't had coffee yet so this won't be pretty yet

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[countermeasures]

You're welcome.

[she smiles, and gets back to work.]

...I'm glad that you made it back, Miss Vin.

[allomantic]

[there's maybe a tiny hint of a smile, even though it's exhausted.]

...I'm fairly sturdy, I've found.

[countermeasures]

Good. I'd be quite cross if it was any worse than it is.

[she'd have to go beat the ass of whoever did that to vin with her wimpy doctor arms]

[allomantic]

...It is kind of you.

[countermeasures]

[she smiles again]

...this is what I learned medicine for: to help people I care about. I'm glad to be able to put my skills to good use.

[allomantic]

Mm.

[she looks grateful, but she stays quiet for now to let jiuqing finish.]

[countermeasures]

[and so she does!!



i'll be honest i don't actually know how to treat all of this and i don't want to spend all my time googling it to try to figure it out. luckily, jiuqing knows what she's doing so you can assume vin has been well tended to]

[allomantic]

[you are very valid

she's taking a little breath of relief when it's over, at any rate.]

You have my thanks.

[countermeasures]

I'm glad that I could be of help.

[allomantic]

...I wouldn't want to hold you up if there are others to attend to.

[countermeasures]

They're resting now. [I'm just going to say everyone else who's in the medbay is conveniently asleep and that's how this conversation is actually private.] I'd like to keep you company, if you wouldn't mind it.

[allomantic]

[entirely valid once again! she pauses, a bit surprised, but then nods.]

...If you would like to.

[countermeasures]

I would.

[...]

You don't have to talk about what happened. If you don't want to, I won't press you. ...but carrying those things alone can be painful, so I'd be glad to listen if you wanted to talk.

[allomantic]

[she pauses for a moment, expression tightening.]

...I am not sure what to say about it.

[countermeasures]

...you don't have to say anything if you don't want to.

[...]

It's just... If you do think of something you want to say, or if it's too painful to keep to yourself... I hope you know you can talk to me.

[allomantic]

...I may have been luckier than most.

[a beat, deciding how to say this.]

The most disturbing thing was - each of us saw someone we cared for being killed. Ryunosuke thinks it was some kind of illusion. But the person I saw... [deep, shaky breath. ] They have... have already been lost to me. So nothing has changed even if it were real.

[countermeasures]

[oh...]

Why would they show you that? It's... That's just...

[allomantic]

...I wish that I understood why. Or if there was even any purpose beyond cruelty.

[countermeasures]

Were they... trying to get you to do something? Was it some sort of hostage situation?

[allomantic]

[she shakes her head.]

Not quite... But we had to fight the people who killed them afterwards.

[countermeasures]

[oh. bad.]

...that explains how you all got so hurt.

[allomantic]

I do not understand why... What the point was. But before everything started, we saw someone refuse to participate, and they were killed. So - we seemed to have little choice. But, it is a shame, what happened to the other three.

[countermeasures]

I don't understand the point of it, either. But... I'm glad that you came back to us.

[...]

What happened to them...? Their injuries, or was it something else...?

[allomantic]

[nodding.]

Their injuries. I don't know Marceline that well, and Garou is... [she pauses.] But Kumon has been very kind to me so far. I would have preferred not to hurt any of them.

[countermeasures]

["garou is..." yeah, that's valid.]

...I'm sure they know that. [...] Which doesn't change what any of you went through, but... I'm sure they know that you didn't do it because you wanted to hurt them. You were just protecting yourself.