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[danzan]

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[danzan]

I was b-- [ His head turns sharply at the sound of something shifting, and though his ears pick it up as something wheeled moving in a room closed by a door, he still walks the opposite direction of where the noise came from. ]

...born with them.

[retrorsum]

( river hears it as well, more than happy to avoid the noise. she might like adventures and can't resist a locked door but knowing there was danger here river wanted to avoid it. she had good self-preservation despite her other instincts )

Sounds painful.

( especially given how they looked )

[danzan]

My lot in life. [ It's the very epitome of a verbal shrug. ]

You get used to pain.

[retrorsum]

That I know.

( she avoids looking at him when she says that. river knows pain -- the first part of her life was spent growing up in pain. physical, emotional. some that could never heal.

her attention focuses on a door, starting to head into that direction )

This way.

[danzan]

[ So Logan follows her dutifully, slipping into comfortable, mission-oriented silence.

There's no time to mourn here. ]

[retrorsum]

( river pushes the door open, it being one of the few in this hospital that is unlocked. the next room is a mess but for now they are the only ones in that room. she sets to looking around, seeing if there are any supplies that they can take back that haven't already been collected )

[danzan]

[ While River uses her eyes, Logan uses his sniffer, and what he finds is an opened bottle of sedative-- the sort you required a syringe to use. He cups this in his palm, figuring he might as well. ]

Hey, you see any bandages, could I have 'em?

[ He's preeeeeetty much gone through his supply with how October went. ]

[retrorsum]

Getting into trouble is starting to sound like a habit.

( and if river didn't know any better she'd think that he enjoyed it. she knew why she liked him though considering he was good in a pinch and knew what he was doing. and would dive into trouble

she will, at least, share some bandages. maybe not all of them though )

What happened after I saw you last time?

[danzan]

Eh... [ He makes some brief, waving gesture with his hand, tipping it from left to right. ] Helped more families, mostly.

But there've been more beasts the later into the month it got.

[retrorsum]

Describe them.

( she keeps searching, a slight frown on her expression. after her... mishap in the hospital she'd kept herself out of trouble for a little bit, reading what she could rather than diving into danger. research was a strength of hers )

[danzan]

The families or the beasts?

[retrorsum]

The beasts.

( sorry, logan, she's not a people person. and it sounds like you've got the families covered )

[danzan]

They all looked different. [ And he's seen... far too many in the span of thirty or so days. ] You'll have to be specific.

The biggest one? Smelliest one? The one that beat me up most?

[retrorsum]

I'd be more concerned with that last one than their sizes.

( big beast didn't necessarily mean dangerous beast. she didn't always look that dangerous and then... well, he knew how that went )

[danzan]

All right. [ He finds another bottle, this one of pills, and though he might not know what they do, he keeps them as well. ]

It sucked my soul out of my body.

[retrorsum]

( she turns to look at him, search abandoned, expression concerned )

How?

[danzan]

I don't know how it works. [ He barely knows how his fucking phone works, for one thing. ] I just know the creature had me slammed into the ground, opened its mouth, and breathed in deep.

And my soul... a lot lighter than I thought it'd be, actually, came outta my chest.

[retrorsum]

( river looks appropriately disturbed by that. there aren't many things that terrify or disturb her but this has managed to be one of them )

You got it back somehow.

[danzan]

Yeah, blind fucking luck. [ Logan's trying to make it sound like it didn't shake him as much as it actually did.

Chances are he's not doing a bang-up job of it. ]

It was like losing my life and my memory at the same time. Nothing flashed behind my eyes because there weren't any memories to hang onto.

[retrorsum]

( there's a sigh. river doesn't quite know what to say -- she's died before but something like this? all of her memories had been intact, or at least the ones that the silents hadn't removed. her head had been fucked with a long time ago )

If only staying away from them was such an easy thing.

( no doubt they were still out there )

[danzan]

Least not all of them are soul-suckers.

[ One last bottle, and that's all he has space for in his pockets. God damn it. ]

...I should've brought a bag.

[retrorsum]

Use my pockets.

( and whilst they didn't look very useful, women's pockets never were, she's managed to stash far more than should be possible in them. advanced physics is wonderful )

Though if there are creatures here that can do that it makes me wonder what else there is.

[danzan]

Nothing good. [ Logan takes the bottle he'd kept in his pocket, sparing it a look, and then hands it over to River with a raised brow. It occurs to him that she'd been scavenging the whole time... he wants to see her slip this bottle in with all the rest, curious how it'd work (and if there'd be any clinking sounds). ]

Sometimes the monsters don't even look like monsters. First one I saw looked just like a little boy.

[retrorsum]

( she was expecting him to be dubious about her pockets considering the only decent ones were in her jacket. river takes the bottle from him, tucking it into the top right pocket inside her jacket, looking at what else is close to him )

And those that we saw.

( the first monsters that they'd seen -- a girl, dolls. anything seemed to wish to kill them )

Nightmares are real.

[danzan]

[ So it just fits in perfectly... convenient. ]

If you believe this place is a dream, then yeah. Nightmares're real. [ He picks up one last thing-- an antibiotic that helps with sepsis. Logan's not good at medicines, but he knows this one intimately. It'd saved lives out on the battlefield.

He gives it to River for safekeeping. ]

Dream logic ain't good for me. You know the moon's been off for two months now? [ He shakes his head. ] Fucks with my instincts more than anything else.

[ And he's an animal who relies heavily on them. ]