outsidebones | week 1 curfew

[this is fine

he's had a chance to clean up since they got back, so his clothes are free of blood and hiding most of his injuries. he still has a gauze patch placed over his left eye socket. cleaning up probably took him just long enough that when he got here, he didn't have time to leave before the door locked when he saw the others, so now he's just sitting in a corner looking incredibly guilty and awkward for Reasons. this the worst starter sorry about him]

[well. she'll come over from where she's sitting near lup, frowning.]

...Rupert, are you alright?

[i hope they killed each other in a rap battle :( ]

[he nods.]

Yeah, I'm fine. [quietly enough that lup can't hear it:] She needs your help more.

And I will give her my help.

[...]

Did something happen between the two of you?

[after a moment of hesitation:]

It did, but - if she isn't ready to talk about it, I probably shouldn't, either. She didn't do anything wrong, though.

Alright.

[she'll accept that calmly.]

How injured are you, still?

Um...

[he glances down towards his arm.]

This isn't bleeding anymore - same with the one on my back. The bruises are all gone, too. I definitely owe you one. [as for his eye, well:] I don't think - there's a lot to be done about the rest at this point.

You don't owe me anything. It was an exchange.

[with claude. but she probably would have done it anyway.]

Perhaps additional help will be possible next week.

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[ after a bit he'll come and sit next to him heavily, leaning over to take a look at what he can see of the eye? making sure it looks okay at least. ]

Still hurt?

[his eye socket is completely covered with a gauze patch, so he can't see it at all, but it doesn't appear to be actively bleeding! so that's nice.]

Not as badly as I was. I'll be okay.

[ Reaching over to squeeze him on the shoulder. ]

That's not a "no" you know.

[he looks grateful, but he glances towards lup for just a second.]

...I don't think I should really be the one complaining right now. But - thank you.

[ she's fine. she's fine! ]

... You'll be alright. You can talk to her soon, once it's all scabbed over a bit.

[he nods absently, but after a moment:]

It's probably a better idea to let her decide when that is, though.

[... Looking between him and Lup in concern, but. She settles down next to him.]

How's your eye doing, sweetie?

It's... not bleeding anymore.

[silver linings!]

[ looks like, 5% awkward about this ]

[he does not see this because he only has one eye]

[ this works perfect for cloud thanks ]

[ hm! ]

… At least you’ve got no lack of options for ways to cover that once it’s healed. [ costume city costume city ]

How’re you holding up? You gave me a hell of a scare when I couldn’t get through to you.

[after a moment, a little apologetic:]

Oh - right. Sorry, I saw the message when I got back to my room, but I figured I could check in with you tomorrow. I'm glad we ran into each other before then, though.

Yeah, I figured what happened when you came back all— [ he gestures at the eye. ]

Guess we know we can all get a heads up here, if someone’s missing.

[there's a little nod]

Right... Something like a roll call wouldn't a bad idea.

I was able to talk to someone about the fact I couldn’t get through to you, but interestingly Aquila didn’t seem to release anyone was missing. Or maybe they just didn’t want to talk about it.

[ … ]

We could… if we’re going to start to have meetings or something sooner rather than later.

[ also me: but the sense of surprise… ]

[they will conveniently forget about this because i also want to preserve the sense of surprise it's fine]

...I'm not really sure how much we should be trusting the staff. They could have been lying, though I guess I don't really see what they'd gain from that.