chroma | catchall for kumon

[countermeasures]

im too tired to make visualosities rn

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[9mon]

Let's not have a repeat of that. Even if there aren't any monsters here it could end up being really bad!

[countermeasures]

You can say that again. It was... surprising, to see people act the way they did after ingesting them. [she gives the bottle a little shake] Although... this doesn't seem to be something you should swallow.

Perhaps it is for topical use...

[9mon]

Eh? How do you know the difference?

[countermeasures]

The consistency of it seems a bit wrong. If someone was ill, I'm not sure it would go down easily.

[9mon]

Huh... Maybe it's like... disinfectant?

[countermeasures]

Maybe...

[well! she considers that for a moment, and then - figuring that if she's going to do this anywhere it might as well be here since there's plenty to help fix it if something goes wrong - pulls her lisa frank knife out of her bag and stabs kumon in the chest--

okay no she doesn't do that, but she does nick the palm of her other hand with it. then she pours a small amount of the liquid onto it and rubs it in...]

...ah. It numbs it. That makes sense; it will make bandaging up wounds a little easier.

[9mon]

[stab me, coward.

He watches her do that and...]

Eh- is that okay? Even if it numbs, don't you still have to worry about infections and stuff?

[countermeasures]

You do - but numbing it sometimes makes it easier to clean the wound out properly. If a patient is thrashing around because it hurts when you try to clean it, that makes administering the proper treatment much more difficult.

[9mon]

[He nods slowly.]

That makes sense. Sometimes it's better if they can't feel what hurts, right?

[countermeasures]

[i have this horrible feeling like this is foreshadowing somehow]

It makes it easier to help them in some cases, yes.

[9mon]

[He's just a little baseball guy.]

Did you have a lot of cases like that?

[countermeasures]

[i swear to god, mira.]

...some, recently. I accompanied the army to the battlefield to serve as a doctor, so some of the injuries I've been treating have been quite severe.

[9mon]

Yeah... If they're on the battlefield they must be rough...

[countermeasures]

Don't worry. I still don't understand much about this place, but at the very least, no one appears to be at war here. We shouldn't be seeing injuries of that kind.

[9mon]

[Yet.]

Yeah, so far it's just been some strange monsters roaming around? But they're all gone now.

[countermeasures]

[I SWEAR TO GOD.]

Yes! And if they know what's good for them, they'll stay gone!

[9mon]

Did you have to fight them?

[countermeasures]

In a manner of speaking... I tricked the purple goop in the labs into gobbling them up for me.

[9mon]

That's really smart! I wouldn't have thought of that.

[countermeasures]

It was partly out of necessity... the goop was coming for me, and it was going to be either them or me. And I certainly wasn't going to allow myself to be eaten!

[9mon]

That's quick thinking!

[countermeasures]

Thank you...

I really hope no one will have to think that quickly again though!

[9mon]

Hopefully there won't be more monsters roaming around!

[countermeasures]

I could quite happily go the rest of my life without seeing any of those again, yes.

[9mon]

I don't wanna fight a monster without some kinda superpowers...