grimmoired | CHAPTER 2 ; MINGLE

The Story Continues...
CHAPTER 233 Narrators Remain ;

There’s nothing to shake up the feeling of helplessness and betrayal quite like some renovations.

Residents in the castle will find a gentle rumble stirring them out of their sleep on Monday morning, and if they choose to find the source of the noise, they’ll notice a newly constructed staircase on the second floor. It stretches up, up, up and will guide the Narrators to a third floor with all types of new installments to the castle.

Go ahead, crack open a book, try your hand at some potion mixing.

What could possibly go wrong?

Just as last week, the morning that the dining hall opens, the tapestries of Ann Takamaki, Soo-won, and Dave Strider will all suddenly catch flame from the bottom, burning up and up until the entire tapestry is gone.

Anyone who ventures outside will also find that the scenery has warmed up considerably. Snow no longer dusts the ground, but rather the warm sun and pleasant chirping of birds greet you to the castle grounds. The area has also been expanded, a new jousting grounds available for play and recreation. A set of stables stands next to the grounds, but anyone who ventures inside will find only hear the occasional, phantom whinny of a horse and – find some rather large feathers?

Interesting.

Finally, partners will find themselves unable to rest peacefully yet another week. While no paranoia creeps over anyone’s shoulders, when night falls and they find themselves sleeping, they’ll instead see dreams – or rather, some memories of their partner. Apparently the Crafters would rather that you all get to know each other sooner, rather than later.

Hopefully you don’t see anything you’re not meant to.

Welcome to Week 2, everyone! Today we've introduce new castle locations and brought a new round of partner effects, so please review those, including the Outside section on the Locations page. If you'd like to have your characters interact with the laboratory, please feel free to PP the mods! We would also like to remind players to submit all of their Prologue PCs and new PCs at the Private Conversations page and review the weekly ooc notes for important details in the castle.

Something exciting will be arriving on Wednesday, June 20th so keep your eyes peeled for that as well.

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[oh my fuckin god yall this castle is FALLING APART AT THE DAMN SEAMS.

Anyway they don't have medics but they can have a Souji, who's functionally useless!! He'll rush over anyway, though, reaching out in case they need any extra support and/or help like. Lying down or something?!]

--I can get bandages, or cut more if we need them. Do we need anything else?

[Water, probably. Needle and thread??]

[ YOU HAVE TO WALK DOWN A PATH TO GET SOMETHING YOU WANT, OKAY. ]

Reyna... her back needs to be looked at.

[Okay look true, TRUE, BUT ALSO???? Y'all.

Anyway he'll just nod and go off to fetch some fabric strips, water, and alcohol from the kitchen. Sake and not wine at least... That's the best disinfectant he can think of!!

Also, since Reyna asks to check Kyouka's injuries first--]

I'll look at hers in a moment. May I see yours?

[ She nods and she removes herself away from Reyna, taking very good care not to startle the bunny. She hisses under her breath and turns to show her side to Souji.

Something pierced her side straight through. ]

[With Waver now handling Reyna, time to figure out what's wrong with Kyouka!

A WHOLE LOT, APPARENTLY. Souji's quickly dousing cloth in the alcohol so he can start to disinfect and get a better look at what they're dealing with here, but he sure looks concerned.]

What in the world happened to you?

[ She'll hiss whenever the alcohol is applied and try her best not to tremble from the sting. ]

We were— caught unaware.

[Caught unaware, good lord... His brow furrows a little and he tries to keep his hand gentle. After cleaning the blood away and making sure the wound itself is disinfected, he starts unrolling some of the cloth strips.]

I'm not a medic, so if this needs sutures or cauterization, I don't know that I'd be of any help.

[ Her wounds probably need either or both, but she's also not a medic so she doesn't know. She'll fake it until she makes it. ]

You are doing enough. I won't die from this.

[HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WITH BETTER MEDICAL EXPERTISE WILL STEP IN THEN good work squad.]

I know. [Kyouka still has paths to walk that hopefully don't involve things that stab her.] -Hold your arms up?

[So he can start bandaging, for now, wadding up a good amount of cloth to press directly against the wound so he can bind it in place. Not as good as stitches, but it'll slow the blood flow, at least...]

You'll need to find someone else to take a better look at this.

[ Her arms go up as smoothly as she can handle it, which includes her gritting her teeth. ]

... It'll be fine. [ She grimaces two seconds after saying that. ] It will heal.

[EXTREME UNSURE. He's as careful with bandaging as he can be, at least.]

It will heal if you care for it properly.

The body is resilient.

[ She's a bit stubborn. What child likes going to the doctor's?

Or in the case of Grimm, the as-close-as-you-can-get-to-a-doctor's? ]

Yes, but would you take a gamble with it here?

[KYOUKA PLEASE!!!! He'll clearly have to be a close-as-you-can-get-to-a-doctor escort.]

Yes.

[ So yeah, clearly, he must be an escort. ]

[JUST A LONGASS SIGH. HE WILL BE ONE!!!

After he makes sure these bandages are secure.]

--Not too tight?

[ She's fourteen and entering her teenage rebellious stage. ]

It's fine. I've had worse.

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Bandages— and something to disinfect the wounds.

[Reyna takes a breath.]

Treat Kyouka's injuries first. I've had worse than this.

[A CURT NOD and he's off to go get the aforementioned supplies. Kitchen sake, water and bandage strips for all...! He'll deal with Kyouka first, as asked, but--]

Your back was hurt?

[bless souji for his efficiency]

I don't— I don't even know how it got behind me. But it's... [She grits her teeth.] It's a shallow cut. I'll be okay.

[It's not shallow. Reyna is a liar.]

[Gotta be efficient in these things!!

Anyway, Souji is just giving her A Look™.]

It isn't. [He doesn't need to see it to know. He's been around plenty of injured people, okay.] ...But you will be okay. [THANKS WAVER.] What is it that you're talking about?

[it's shallow enough!! ...is what her expression says. it's fine, except it's not.]

What do you mean..?

[don't judge her for being confused, she's suffering blood loss

~~judge me for being confused though it's late and i'm tired~~]

[this is what happens when u mcds at 1am]

Whatever it was that got behind you?

[ waver's going to turn to souji, his expression full of concern ]

Do me a favor and take care of Kyouka. Disinfect and clean her wounds. [ then, he turns to reyna ]

I'll focus on you. You say you've had worse than this, but this amount of blood isn't something to laugh at. [ ... ] Would you let me see your wounds?

[Waver gets a quick nod in response.]

Alright, I'll handle it.

[ISH?? HE'S STILL NOT A MEDIC but he can at least make sure Kyouka isn't dying. Godspeed, you two.]

[the look on her face very much says "do i have to"]

...back in our room. I'll have to take off my armor for you to see it properly.