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Post by Rain on Jul 18, 2012 6:39:23 GMT -5
This is initially April and Meowrin ONLY but it will expand to involve the rest of Hades Party later.
April winced a few times as she disembarked the pirate ship, gait lopsided and face pained. The t-shirt and jeans she was wearing were literally soaked in blood, though she'd stopped the bleeding for now. Still... maybe she should have come back straight away and not pursued a younger Kirei first...
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 18, 2012 10:52:11 GMT -5
Meowrin had wanted to go along with them, sure. She thought it would be pretty fun, but unfortunately something came up and she was too busy to accompany her friends. If she'd known that being an Overlord would be such hard work, she might have reconsidered the decision she'd made all those years ago. But there was nothing she could really do about it now. Besides, discounting the new responsibilities she'd had to take on, she rather liked how things had turned out; especially since it meant she and her friends had a whole world to themselves now. And besides, she'd had some time to think of some fun stuff to do with April once she got back. Eheheh, with the things she had in mind, she was sure her friend wouldn't be able to walk straight for we-
"...Wh-what..."
Oh. Oh no. No, no, no. That's not right at all. This isn't happening, right? The Overlord could only stare in pale faced shock when she set eyes on April. What had happened? Why... Why was she covered in blood? And... And what happened to her arm!?
"A-a-april... Wh-what... Wh-why..." Her lip quivered in panic as she stood there, frozen in terror at her friend's state. She couldn't even bring herself to give her a comforting hug. All her mind would register right now was that April was hurt, and in a very bad way. What... What had happened...?
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Post by Rain on Jul 18, 2012 11:15:25 GMT -5
"Umm... it's nothing," April insisted, realising just how utterly moronic this lie was a few seconds later as she stumbled on a misplaced rock and winced in pain once more, "Okay, okay... I may have forgotten how stubborn Zouken was and got my forearm devoured by Crest Worms."
It was a rather shameful thing to be admitting but... it wasn't as if she had that much choice in it, was it? After all, she couldn't just pretend that it had fallen off and it was pretty clear that she had gone after Zouken.
"I managed to kill him and Kirei, though!" the white haired girl said, smiling wanly despite the bloodloss.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 19, 2012 16:57:14 GMT -5
Of course, she didn't care about what she'd done, or who she's killed, or how it had happened. All that mattered was that April, one of her dearest friends, had been hurt like this. It didn't matter how or why, all that mattered was...
"It... It's not nothing, April..." The pale faced catgirl muttered, before her trembling hand grabbed April's sole remaining arm. "We... We need to... To..." Her mumbling cut off as she used what little reserves of strength she had at the moment to drag the white haired girl to the hospital. She needed to be treated. She needed to be cleaned up. They needed to sort this... It's just a missing arm, right? Meowrin had been through worse than that before, and they fixed her all up good as new. But... She was a demon, and April, despite all of her power, was still just a human...
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Post by Rain on Jul 19, 2012 17:14:04 GMT -5
Putting on a brave face, because this rather hurt, especially now that the adrenaline was wearing off and she was acutely aware that something important and major was entirely missing, April allowed herself to be dragged off towards the hospital, glad that this place was pretty sparsely populated. That meant much less need to explain why she was blood-soaked later on... well, if they managed to undo the damage. Right now, she'd settle for the pain to go away in some way.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 21, 2012 19:51:00 GMT -5
Soon enough, Meowrin had dragged April to the hospital, where the healer demon Camphor did her best to treat the wound. All she could really do was stop the bleeding, ease the pain and clean the wound, however. When asked why she couldn't regrow the arm, she confirmed Meowrin's fears by telling her that her spells wouldn't work that way on a human; at her current level, all she could do was at least make sure April didn't die of blood loss.
"...Hurm." The catgirl sat by April's side the whole time, watching in silent agitation as the procedure was performed. After Camphor was finished and left to tend to other patients, Meowrin gave the silver-haired girl the tightest hug she'd ever given. "I... I'm sorry... If I'd have been there, maybe... Maybe..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 21, 2012 19:56:28 GMT -5
Feeling at least somewhat less sticky, now--Camphor had removed the t-shirt, though the stained jeans remained--and rather drained, April awkwardly returned the hug. She guessed that she'd have to try and find something in the future that could replicate the missing appendage from nothing... and circumvent the fact that no trace of injury remained.
"Don't blame yourself, as it is, you'd probably have just gotten more hurt by Zouken than I was," April said soothingly, forcibly sitting down onto a bed and pulling Meowrin with her, whether this meant that she was kneeling or sat on the unpleasantly stained jeans, "Or I would have gotten hurt all the same. I was too cocky, Moe; don't blame yourself."
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 7:11:36 GMT -5
"But... But if anything had happened to me, I could've just been healed, or ressurected..." Meowrin muttered as she sat beside April, her eyes beginning to water. "But you... If anything happened to you, then... Well..." She eyed the now less-bloody stump for a moment, before wincing and averting her gaze to April's face.
"I... I just..." Tears began running down the Overlord's face, her lip trembling in worry at her friend's condition. "I just... Don't want... I don't want to lose another friend..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 8:04:28 GMT -5
"You're not going to lose me," April said firmly, drawing the girl in closer and squeezing just enough to remind her that 'human' strength was considerably lower than what she had, "If worst comes to worst, I have enough random shit stockpiled to save my own life. Look... I lost to Zouken because of my own arrogance. It's not going to happen again, Moe."
In a vain attempt at being soothing, she started stroking small circles on Meowrin's waist. She highly doubted that it would work, especially since she was sure that it was meant to be the back, but she couldn't help but try, really. Just... keep stroking and hope for the best.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 12:48:01 GMT -5
"B-b-but... I just... Don't want you to get... Hurt..." Meowrin sobbed, as she wrapped an arm at the girl sitting so close to her. Even if she was strong, even if she had the strength of a demigod, she was still ultimately a fragile human. It had been in the back of her mind for the longest time, but this had pulled it right to the forefront.
"Heh... Eheh..." Although she laughed as April stroked her, it was hollow and almost joyless. The only real reason she was laughing was due to how sensitive she was; maybe it was due to her heightened senses as a demon, but she'd become rather ticklish since the transformation. "It... It won't ha-ha-happen again, April... I... I'll make s-sure it d-d-doesn't, okay?"
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 12:57:48 GMT -5
"Yeah, it's fine, just don't get yourself hurt in the process..." April said, glancing down and noting just how horribly stained her jeans were, "Look... I need to at least get out of these jeans and clean the rest of my body, do you think you can let go long enough for me to do that, please?"
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 14:14:03 GMT -5
"Oh, um... R-right, right, sorry!" Meowrin quickly let go of April and got to her feet. "Um... Whilt you, um, change... Um... Should I, uh... Sh-should I..."
She gulped. Why was this so difficult? She was an Overlord. She was supposed to be strong, and brave, and not have stupid little panic attacks like this. But...
"...Should I... Tell your s-sister about this? Or, um... Or anyone else?"
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 14:18:16 GMT -5
"You should... probably tell Rain, I don't think she'd be particularly rational if she just saw me," April said hesitantly, also climbing to her feet and stretching rather awkwardly. This was going to take a lot of getting used to... especially because she was, or had been, right-handed. Well, Servant agility might help lower the difficulty somewhat but still... "You gave her a phone, right?"
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 14:22:29 GMT -5
"I... I did, although she hardly ever picks up..." Letting out a half-hearted laugh, the Overlord pulled out her phone and began skimming through her contacts. "Um... Do you... Need any help?" She only had one arm now... That would take some getting used to. She'd need help with a lot of the things she took for granted from now on. Dressing herself would be one of them. And as her friend, Meowrin had to ask if she wanted any help. "If... I mean, um... I can always call afterwards..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 14:24:32 GMT -5
"I... my back has already been washed, so I think I can manage the rest," April said, smiling, "But thanks for offering."
With that, the white-haired girl turned towards the showers inside the hospital, the sound of running water a minute later indicating that she at least hadn't had any difficulty getting that far. There was probably plenty of time to call Rain and wait for her to show up, too.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 14:27:34 GMT -5
"Alright then, if... If you think you can do it yourself..." Meowrin took a deep breath, and selected Rain's number. She wasn't looking forward to this. She just knew Rain would take this badly, and she didn't blame her at all.
"...Hurry up and answer, damn it..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 14:54:25 GMT -5
For once actually located somewhere with signal--she really needed to upgrade this phone, pre-radio worlds still managed to have appalling reception and that's where all the swordfighters were--and quite out of sight, Rain sighed and answered when she heard the opening strains of Carnival Phantasm playing. Check, and... Moe, right.
"Yes?"
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 15:01:09 GMT -5
"Um... Hey, Rain, um..." How to say it? She had to tell Rain about what happened, but... How? This wasn't exactly an easy thing to bring up. But... She had to tell her. Taking a deep breath, she tried her best...
"April... April was off on her own, and, um... And..." Deep breaths, deep breaths. This was hard enough to talk about in person, but over the phone? It was a miracle she could even get any words out at all. "She... She got hurt. Really badly... It's... It's her arm, um... She, um... You'd better come here quick, Rain. P-p-please..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 15:05:18 GMT -5
"Where, exactly?" the slimegirl asked, tilting her head to keep the phone firmly in place as she took her stance. Slicing a hole to the planet was easy enough but the right spot? She kind of had to know where that was beforehand. Damn awkward teleportation slash... still, it was kind of a secondary effect of Tsubame Gaeshi, once she'd paid attention to how the attack actually functioned.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 15:11:49 GMT -5
"The... The hospital. In the castle." Meowrin stammered into the phone. It was a wonder she hadn't dropped it yet, seeing how much she was shaking. "Just... Hurry, okay? It... It's really... You n-need to be here now, Rain. And... And try n-not to be t-t-too upset, please..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 15:16:17 GMT -5
Growing increasingly worried by hearing someone as generally cheerful as Moe on the verge of panic, Rain slashed through the air and stepped through the ensuing rift, turning and sealing it up as soon as she got there. She did not want a random samurai following her through and causing more problems. Then she turned around to look for her sister, seeing only Meowrin. So... not bedridden, at least... that was a good thing, right?
"What happened?" the slimegirl demanded, sheathing monohoshizao.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 15:24:59 GMT -5
"Wah!"
The shock of everything what had happened had taken it's toll on Meowrin's usually heightened senses, and she jumped in panic as Rain suddenly appeared behing her, her phone finally dropping to the floor. She'd forgotten about her little warp sword technique. How could she forget about that? Was she really that shook up right now?
"Um... Well, um..." The Overlord nervously twitched, her breathing still rather short. "Um... Her... Her arm... It's... It's..." Gulp. "...Her arm... It... She... She l-l-lost it..."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 15:28:06 GMT -5
"What?" the blue girl hissed, taking the sword and dropping it on the bed, then moving well away from it. She knew enough about herself to recognise that being near an extremely dangerous weapon when she was about to lose her temper was a bad idea. Something hurting her little sister was the easiest, quickest way to make her flip, even with doing the same to her girlfriend, "How the hell did that happen?"
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 15:33:56 GMT -5
"I, um, well, uh, um..." Well, at least he was taking it better than she'd expected. Still... It was painful to see her like this. She knew that the two sisters cared very deeply for each other, and that nothing would upset her more than knowing that April had been hurt in some way. She'd seen her flip out over April suffering far more comparatively minor injuries before, and it was amazing she was able to contain her anger even this much with what had happened.
"It was... Z-z-zouken," she muttered, finding it hard to look Rain in the eye. Even after all April had told her, she still felt responsible. If only she'd been there with her... "Zouken M-matou. She... That p-plan you had... She d-d-decided to... And then... The... The w-worms, and... I'm s-sorry, Rain... I should n-n-never have let her g-go on her own... This is all m-m-my f-fault."
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 15:38:19 GMT -5
"Even dead the fucking bastard still ruins things!"[/i] Rain said, not even listening as Meowrin began to blame herself for everything and slamming one fist into a bed, the frame creaking but holding up just fine as the body part lost coherency. This repeated itself several times until the sound of water cut off and a door opened, a still-drenched April dragging herself out of the shower and bracing herself for what was about to follow.
Not caring that her sister was naked, Rain's expression froze before she broke into a predictable sprint and tackled her to the ground, clinging for dear life and muttering indecipherable things under her breath. She seemed rather more relieved than Meowrin did; possibly due to inherently expecting the worst of things.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 15:42:25 GMT -5
"I, um... I mean, um... If you... If you w-want to be alone, then, um..." Meowrin stammered, backing off towards the door. Of course they'd want to be alone. And it was better that way. That way she wouldn't screw up yet another thing. Soon enough, her back was right against the door. "I... I'll j-just leave you two f-f-for now, okay?"
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 16:00:50 GMT -5
"Just... stay close?" April asked, voice muffled by the jelly-like substance covering her mouth. She wanted to give her sister time to calm down, even if that meant spending half an hour being hugged with no chance to escape, but she really did't want to have to go and find her friend afterwards. She probably had to try and get HER to calm down... and also more used to the idea, really.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 17:11:02 GMT -5
"Um... I, uh..."
Sighing, Meowrin left the room and slid down to the floor, leaning her back against the wall next to the hospital door. At least she wasn't shutting her out, that was good. There was nothing she could really do for her, but if April wanted her to stay near, she would respect her wishes. She was technically her best friend, after all, even if their friendship was rather unorthodox when compared to the usual standards for such things.
"...I just wish... I could've been there..." she sighed to herself, as her eyes began to droop. Soon enough, she'd fallen asleep in the corridor.
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Post by Rain on Jul 22, 2012 17:15:02 GMT -5
It was about half an hour later that Rain finally let go and, muttering something about 'needing to vent', slashed her way out of the hospital. April then quietly emerged, not having found anything to wear and pretty clearly naked as she looked around for the catgirl. Seeing her sleeping peacefully, a cat-smile broke onto the white-haired girl's face and she padded over before waking Meowrin up.
By tickling.
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Post by Mahou Moerin on Jul 22, 2012 17:23:27 GMT -5
"...Hnn..."
"...Uwaaah..."
"...Eheheheheh..."
One thing to note about the human known as Moerin was that she was rather ticklish. It only took a little bit of tickling to make her break out into hysterics. And since all of her senses had been heightened during the transformation into the demonic Meowrin, well...
"Ahahahahahah~! H-h-hey! Q-q-q-quit it!" The Overlord scrunched her face up as she began giggling uncontrollably, rolling about on the ground as April tickled her.
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