[hello, vax! assuming he, at some point, wanders through the central node, he'll find jiuqing - who has a mark on one cheek that looks like it will eventually be turning into a bruise (i feel he would know what that looks like given his everything), sitting on a bench and contemplating one of her acupuncture needles.]
Hmm...
[this is where i'd normally have her look up after hearing footsteps but he is stealthy so for all i know she wouldn't hear them i will leave that up to you]
[ vax is in fact very, very stealthy! poor jiuqing
he is however not trying to sneak up on her, so. when he realizes someone else is around, vax comes out of Stealth Mode and tucks his hands in his pockets. he is now much more feathery than the last time she would have seen him, but - ]
What've you got there? [ once he comes into view. ] And - hold on. What happened to your face?
[ for the first time I'm not playing a danmei or someone who would have ANY idea what that is, but, he scooches closer to take a look at the needles. ]
's good. That you can treat it, least. Didn't your thing say you were a doctor?
Yes. To put it simply, it's a form of medical treatment where you insert needles at specific points in the body to stimulate healing. Of course, it's a bit more complicated than that, but... that's the general gist of it.
[they're pretty thin needles! ...but if she can make them sturdier, they'll probably be useful for the clowns and monsters and ghosts.]
That's right. You don't need to worry - I've dealt with much worse things than a simple bruise.
Bandages would be better for that. But it's good for pain relief, and clearing up tension, and helping to diagnose illnesses that aren't so easily seen at a glance.
...for a mark like this, there won't be any need for the needles. It will probably bruise, but that will fade on its own after a few days, and in the meantime applying cool water to it from time to time will help keep the swelling down. It's not severe.
[you wanted jiuqing to parkour and you will get it
which is to say! she's walking down the stairs from the metallic apartment (girl, just use the elevator), but at some point when vax is close enough to see it, she loses her balance. but when she tries to brace herself to fall, she finds herself pushing off the stair, jumping up onto the railing to re-steady herself, and then leaping down the rest of the way and landing easily, right at vax's feet.
all of our threads are just jiuqing being a badass which is fair. he watches her just yeet down the stairs, ready to like throw out a hand to catch her just in case?
and then he's the one who trips when he steps forward ] Fuck - [ bye ]
[jiuqing surges forward to try to catch him, but unfortunately she's still only got a strength stat of 10. but then it also looks like vax isn't too heavy? i'm overthinking this.
anyway she will attempt to keep him from going splat right onto his face but whether or not she's successful is up to you.]
[ he doesn't fall on his face!! thank god!!! but he does sort of awkwardly catch the railing with his hand, which hurts like a motherfucker. he's more startled by the entire experience than he is anything else, staring at the ground for a second before back up at jiuqing. ]
[she has never been that coordinated in her life. that was the kind of feat she'd expect out of him? she certainly wouldn't expect to see him stumbling around and having to catch the railing.]
when he's stable, he'll find that jiuqing is there in the medbay! she's been in and out of here all day long, which is probably no surprise. just for the ease of pcing i'm going to say her medical skills are back for now... but they may switch out later.]
Sir Vax'ildan? [whew] It's good to see you awake...
[she will enlist chang geng's help in getting that splinted before they head to the game room]
That's hardly your fault. [she smiles] And this is still less work than I had regularly before we ended up here. You don't need to apologize. Just allow me to do what I can to help you.
[ his smile is very soft and genuine, at least. thank you for splinting his leg. ] 'm used to the pain, so don't go easy on me, yeah? Pickle's healing's all warm with light and shit, but stitching your bones back together hurts like hell no matter how you do it.
I'm going to do what I need to do to treat you regardless of whether it hurts or not.
[so, like. if there's no way around it? yeah, it's gonna hurt.]
But we have things that can ease the pain, so it'd be cruel not to use them. If it still hurts after that, though, you'll just have to put up with it, and in that case I won't go easy on you!
it looked like you took another turn in the healing pod? how are you feeling?
[he had a leg!! it was attached!! she didn't get a great look at it before getting frozen and then after the waxification she got the hell out of there pretty quick but now that she's had a chance to calm down she's checking in.]
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