036: All of the Ink That Was Bled From Her Hands

[contract_star]

[Hei appears with a small desk in a spot on the Plane out of the way of the normal traffic. Hei is sitting at the desk with a couple of bowls of ramen beside him as well as a cup of tea. He's writing in your basic composition notebook; he seems to have filled up a few pages already. He also seems quite intent on whatever he's writing.]

[Oh, and you might notice that one of his forearms is almost completely wrapped in bandages.]

Comments

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Is sitting a ways a way, doing pretty much the same thing. Does not notice you, Hei]

[lamb_of_gold]

[Oooh dear] What have you done to yourself.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

S...signore?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou, ever the lurker, notices this and is concerned about the bandages. He approaches... before he remembers their last conversation, and puts it together with the notebook. He stops, thinks for a moment, and then turns around, considering dropping from the Plane entirely.]

[contract_star]

[Hei is too focused to notice Misaki either, until he pauses to reach for a new bowl of ramen and spots her.]

Ah...doing work as well?

[contract_star]

[Blinks.] Hm? Oh. You mean this? [Shifts his bandaged arm, which moves rather stiffly.]

Acid burn. I had some difficulties once I reached Diva's house.

[contract_star]

[Looks up at the sound of her voice.] Hello, Henrietta.

[lamb_of_gold]

May I see?

[contract_star]

[Hei almost doesn't notice Ryo until he reaches for his tea and spots him.]

Ryotarou, wait a second. I have a question.

[contract_star]

[Sighs.] I just got finished bandaging it again.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Are you all right?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou stays where he is, not turning around, but not leaving either.]

... What is it?

[lamb_of_gold]

Don't unwrap it then. [Takes a bit of a closer look, not touching] Painful?

[contract_star]

It's not so bad. [In other words IT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCRUCIATING AS IT WAS YESTERDAY.]

[contract_star]

I'm alright...oh. [Looks at his wrapped arm.] I was in a fight with some other Contractors.

[contract_star]

How tall are you? I want this to be accurate.

[lamb_of_gold]

So you won't mind if I poke it? [Is becoming fluent in Hei!Speak]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[... Ryotarou just sighs. He's not quite sure what to feel about Hei expecting him to help him with this.]

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

What happened to you?

[contract_star]

...Um... [He might have just gone a bit pale.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Twitch] Yes. What are you doing?

[contract_star]

[Hei shrugs and turns back to the notebook. Airily,] I'll just guess, then.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

Hello.

[contract_star]

[Blinks and looks up.] Hm? Oh, I was just in a fight with some Contractors. The Syndicate is impatient.

[contract_star]

[Looks up and smiles.] Hello again.