Higurashi aftermath

[sharpasafawkes]

[IN OUR LAST EPISODE Shaun and Cesare had a little trip down to the labs, if by "trip" we mean "a magical adventure full of torture-filled antics". Needless to say there's one historian laid up in a hospital bed, more or less asleep and bandaged like you wouldn't believe.]

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[sharpasafawkes]

[KERSLEEPIN']

[maleborgia]

*lies there bored for a bit. nudges Shaun once but when he gets no response he settles down and goes to sleep as well.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[later and sleeping still but, WHY THANK YOU CAMP]

[maleborgia]

*shhh, the child is asleep*

[sharpasafawkes]

[unconsciously moving around in his sleep, twitching, as if in a nightmare.]

[maleborgia]

*drifting in and out, it's too early still to be properly back asleep, and then--*

Ah.

*very carefully sits up*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Sleepin' bird, sleepin', slightly featherless on the back bird.]

[maleborgia]

*...very, very softly pets*

[sharpasafawkes]

[this would be a happy little noise if, say, Shaun wasn't having a nightmare right about that.

So have one avian freakout, please]

[maleborgia]

*draws his hand back, upset and startled and maybe a little hit by those wings*

[sharpasafawkes]

[well it goes from freakout to "tiny little ball of shaking and feathers" in a few moments so. What do?]

[maleborgia]

*watching cautiously, then puts his hand out slowly and just barely touches Shaun on the wing*

Are you my bird? Or are you Shaun?

[sharpasafawkes]

[those quick breaths and terrified sounds seem pretty human]

[maleborgia]

*bends over so he is eye level with Shaun*

Are you all right?

[sharpasafawkes]

[All signs point to "no"]

Get away, please get away...

[maleborgia]

...

*lies down with his chin in his hands*

[sharpasafawkes]

[There's sheer terror here, words that could be cries of "not again" and him almost begging not to be hurt.

There's also a bit of something underneath the line of feathers, too ordered to be part of the burn]

[maleborgia]

*lying still!

and then cranes his neck a little to look at the bald area*

What happened? Were you plucked?

[sharpasafawkes]

[Yeah, that's writing, familiar too. Oh right, and a nasty mess of scar tissue from third degree chemical burns.]

God, just get it over with...

[maleborgia]

...I can't read all of it. Were you burned? Why is there writing on your back?

[sharpasafawkes]

[Just sounding wretched by this point]

Stop drawing it out! Please- ...Just please make it quick this time.

[maleborgia]

*just kind of looking at him for that :|a*

I don't understand what you mean. Wait a moment.

*gets up and walks into the adjourning bathroom, fills his hands with water and comes back, putting them in front of Shaun's beak*

Here. Drink this.

[sharpasafawkes]

...What's in it?

[maleborgia]

Water. I got it from the other room.

[sharpasafawkes]

Why?