thefoundation | Week 4 event

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round 2

Week 4 event

INVESTIGATION (?)

Friday morning comes and goes with no dead bodies to discover. Saturday morning passes with no trial. For two days, it seems like the Lady might be keeping to her word. This might truly be a week of rest, with no outside trouble brought in.

(She takes no responsibility for the incident in the vents, so.)

But then on Saturday night, close to midnight, the sound cuts off throughout the resort. The cause of the sudden quiet is unknown, but one thing is clear: something bad has happened.

Investigate?

??? GUESTS REMAIN.

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[Aaaand Medic has the good luck of walking into the room just as Ripley gets shot. Then Rean, then Atsushi.

Jesus fucking Christ can he catch a break today

Atsushi is... very clearly a goner. While he desperately wants to go to Ripley and help her, Rean looks like he's the worst off of the two, so he trains his Medigun on him and gets to work.

Just wait till he finds out about Snake]

[Hi Medic you don't need to wait he's right here, just kind of...sinking into sitting on the floor now he's healing Rean because uh. Shooting him right now would just be counterproductive.]

[Snake you literally JUST barely escaped death yesterday god damnit]

you look like you're in bad shape. what happened.

[Medic winces at the remains of Rean's arm as he works on wrapping a tourniquet. Once he's got that out of the way, he moves on to the spider limb. He doesn't seem all that phased by it.]

Became a cat toy.

[He grunts as he speaks; with all the adrenaline, the pain had been easier to push through, and it was starting to get out of his system.]

It's just a blow to the ribs...could've been worse.

[As evidenced by Rean.]

[Squints.]

youre lucky that there's people who need my attention more immediately or I would be strapping you to the nearest bed for the foreseeable future.

ribs broken?

[Hnrnrhghgh.]

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were coming on to me.

[But no. Someone's just died and there's a spider abomination here and it's kind of not the moment.]

Could be. I can't really tell.

[It just hurts like hell that's all he's got.]

maybe if there were less dying people around, yes

another time

try not to move around much. dont want you puncturing a lung

Never seems to be a shortage of those.

[Said with considerable bitterness. He hates...everything about what just transpired, pretty much.

He sighs, and leans back against the wall.]

I'll try, but it's too late to tell me that now.

Are you saying you've already punctured a lung because I swear to god if you die on me right now I'm not gonna be happy

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[Ripley winces, trying to put pressure on the wound on her arm. She's bunched up her sleeve around it, but it's clear that both the cloth and her hand are stained red. She sees the equipment approaching and grimaces.]

Didn't think they'd get so mad about me trying to defend myself.

[Once the situation with Rean is at least temporarily handled, Medic gets to work with Ripley. He immediately works on tightening a tourniquet, only bothering to write something down when he's made some progress.]

fairness is not to be expected from them

[She lets out a dry laugh.] Of course not.

[Ripley watches Medic work, a trickle of sweat running down her face. She casts a glance towards the others, particularly Rean.]

To think that I trusted him... [She grimaces, shaking her head.] What're the kids saying?

which one? tiger or spider?

both are foolish. one trusted himself and his ability to keep people safe too much. the other thinks he can work with a parasite, i suppose.

the kids think this can all be solved with the power of friendship. obviously.

[Her expression darkens as she stares at the ground. She lets out a quiet, humorless snort.]

Of course. Where was the power of friendship when he tore apart Cynthia? Or when he drained--

[Ripley grits her teeth and lets out a pained hiss.]

--I'm fine, keep working. [She sighs.] Just because things happen doesn't mean you can't take responsibility for your actions.

believe me, he's very repentant in the afterlife

I believe he means it. that doesnt mean i forgive him or think anyone should

unfortunately, most of them already have, without him even doing anything to prove he deserves that forgiveness

[And, ok, a tiny part of him is a little bitter about that. Atsushi kills a girl and severely injures multiple others, and everyone flocks to saying he did no wrong. Meanwhile, Medic's made a conscious effort to tone himself down and act less. Exuberant to curb the distrust some of these teenagers and young adults have for him- the same distrust that got him killed.

Part of that has been natural- of course he doesn't like seeing kids die, he doesn't like these parasites killing and taking over teenagers and this resort forcing them to play in this game, and the longer its gone on the more morose he's gotten- but there has been some deliberateness behind it, and it's starting to exhaust him.]

[She scoffs.]

Is he, now? Wonder if it took him dying in order to do that.

[She falls quiet, surprised at how unexpectedly bitter that sounded. She sighs, running her free hand through her hair.]

I'm sorry. He's probably here, isn't he?

[She doesn't want to be this bitter, dammit. If things could be solved through talking things out or...maybe just being nice to other people for a change, Ripley would appreciate it.

But the world doesn't work like that. An android sends your crew on a suicide mission for the sake of the company and expects you to come quietly. An alien threat slaughters your entire crew without any remorse or any attempt at communicating its intentions. Ripley hadn't forgiven them. Hell, she hadn't even forgiven herself for killing Dallas and Brent after they begged her to kill them.

A tiger beast slaughters someone and causes lethal injuries to multiple others and she's supposed to forgive him because he's sorry?]

We'll see about forgiveness when he brings Cynthia back to life.

He is. Not right next to you, though. He offered to help with bandaging people up, but I wanted to help you myself.

He can't, but Ichigo and Szayel can. Eventually.

And I'm going to do what I can to learn the method they use, too.

I'm not trusting another person with recreating my body.

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im sorry i cant be serious for an extended period of time

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thank u nick

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[Oh, that sure is a ghost coming to help him. They haven't really ever talked, but there's no time like the present, right?]

Um... Medic, right? ....Thanks.

[Here's a bloody stickynote for your troubles.]

it's my job. even if you are(were?) trying to kill us, i suppose

how's the pain on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the worst

[Ah. Just going to take that note. Trying to kill them indeed.]

That's... probably where things get complicated now.

[But anyways, maybe it's better to focus on being a good patient for now.]

Uh... maybe an 8? It's been better since Makoto and Cinque healed me.

when has this not been complicated?

aside from the arm and the leg, are there any other injuries? i dont want to overlook anything, but obviously these are taking priority

[He goes back to cleaning his wounds with disinfectant.]

Point, but it was probably simpler when we really were just trying to kill you guys.

[Ye good olde days of two weeks ago or... something. Life felt a lot more black and white that time, at the least.]

No, that's pretty much it. It really could've been a lot-- [Oh wait let him cough a couple times there.] worse.

mhm. so you did want to kill us at that time?

... How many times do I have to tell you kids that hiding things from your doctors is incredibly stupid

[Just. Pulls out a stethoscope and takes a listen to them Lungs. And the heart too, while he's at it.]

Oh, uh. ...Sorry.

[His lungs... well, there's some abnormalities there that seem to indicate some degree of airway obstruction happening, although it's not like it sounds like it's fluid or anything. His heartbeat is slightly faster, but it doesn't really sound abnormal; that's probably just because of his breathing issues, honestly. But while Medic's checking him out, he'll answer the question at hand.]

I'm not so sure I'd use the word 'want', but I didn't have a problem with it. I can't say anything about the other two's reasons, but I wasn't really going to turn down an opportunity for a meal when it was presented to me.

[Fun! If Medic's surprised by the abnormalities, he doesn't show it. He places the stethoscope aside and writes another note.]

Ah, animal instincts. So you would say that you were not coerced or forced into this role, then?

And what does Rean feel about the arrangement?