The first is that Miku is a smart dog, so at the sound of the whistle, he does turn around to run back towards them. They can even hear the distressed barking as the dog runs closer. Unfortunately, the cop and the wolf are also behind him.
But Tanaka is also here. ]
Do something...? Hm. Maybe a scenery change?
[ The static noise returns. It gets louder, and the next time they both blink-- it's suddenly dark outside. They're in the same spot as before, but the cop and the wolf are gone. Miku is next to them, limping slightly; it looks like something hit him while he was running away, maybe. ]
[ well. shouting that out pretty much took the last of his strength, so. as miku comes running towards him, the entire world starts to tilt sideways, and ichiro grits his teeth. the last thing he thinks before he loses consciousness is something along the lines of iris is going to kill me
-- and then it turns out, he doesn't lose consciousness at all! that's nice.
maybe? ichiro blinks once, twice, three times from where he is just an absolute fucking heap on the ground, still, covered in blood and somehow alive, and it seems like their fucked up voice actually came through. incredible.
he pushes his weight up onto his elbow of his good arm and forces himself into a more upright position, struggling a little until he can prop his back against a tree. the good news is that his hoodie is already ripped thanks to varying wolf attack injuries so he uses his good hand to tear off a strip and motions for mabel to come over so he can bandage up her foot while he's bleeding everywhere. it's fine. ]
Home - yeah, yeah I want to go home. [ that comes with a wheezy, a little hysterical, not really full of humor laugh. he wants to go home to winter dorm - or better yet, to ikebukuro. to his brothers. not to wherever the fuck his place is taking him.
gotta keep moving to get back, though. can't slow down, now. ] ... Where's home? Like this? At least... least item drop a first aid kit or something.
[ they're just gonna have to walk. ichiro pushes himself up to a standing position unsteadily, hand on the trunk of the tree, turning his head to spit blood wherever mabel can't see him. is there a big stick somewhere he can use as a walking stick because that's just what he's got right now. he's too stubborn to stay down and the need for medical supplies is going to win out over everything else - otherwise he will bleed out in this forest and he is not going to die here.
so. first thing is bandaging mabel's foot, at least quick enough that she can hobble. second thing is using his teeth and the remainder of his sleeve to tie fabric tight as he can around his upper right arm, which is dangling uselessly now at his side, just broken bone and bloodied tissue. ichiro gives a jerk of his head towards the edge of the path, unsteady but worried. can they see the end of it anywhere close by? ]
[ They can't see the end, but at least they can see buildings sticking out over the trees, so they at least can tell they're not too far off from exiting the park.
Nothing happens, other than the chirping of night critters that surround them. The park seems less busy at this time of day. ]
[ With her foot bandaged and the two of them setting out, she clutches Miku in one arm and fisting her hand in the back of Ichiro's sweater for balance with the other. As she walks, she limps--trying to keep all her weight on the ball of her foot to avoid the injury, but pain still radiates with each limping step.
She sniffles as she goes, eyes too focused on making sure she keeps taking another step, and another, to notice anything about her surroundings. ]
[ even now, he's going for soothing, reassuring, trying to tell mabel that things are going to be okay. ichiro is pretty much useless for anything involving scouting because he is dizzy as all hell, but his adrenaline is keeping him on his feet and moving sluggishly forward, leaving a bloody trail on the path behind him and letting mabel balance using him as well. the tips of his fingers are starting to go numb, at this point, but he's pretty aggressively pretending he's fine. it's cool! it's fine! ]
The voice said break in. When we get there... check and see if the windows are open. I can... I can bust the door down. If we need it.
The walk down the path remains peaceful; wherever the wolf and cop are, they don't seem to be in the immediate vicinity. With their slow pace, it takes them a while, but they will eventually reach the end of the woods, which is also the end of the park in general.
In front of them are more buildings that seem to be a mix of apartments and businesses. While it's not rundown, it's also not in the best shape-- this area is definitely not where the city's tax dollars are going.
A few stores down, they can see a sign for a doctor's office. ]
[ thank god. this neighborhood they've stumbled into just honestly reminds him of home - for the first time, it feels a little bit like being in ikebukuro. there's a quiet wave of homesickness under all of that pain, but he pushes it down for now and nods to mabel, starting to beeline directly for the doctor's office.
that good might've been for the grappling hook or just the fact that they found it, but. he's gonna drag himself to the door and lean his bad arm against it, all of his weight pressing into a solid surface so he doesn't have to keep holding himself up. sorry for the blood on your door, npc invisible doctor.
... and then try knocking and try the knob with his functioning hand. just in case? you never know?? ]
[ It doesn't open. There's a snort, which was definitely Tanaka, but the voice doesn't say anything.
There are two large windows in the front, but also a small alley to the side of the clinic that they can explore. No one is outside in general, but in the surrounding buildings a few lights are on. None are on in the clinic. ]
[ well. forget this alleyway, there's two windows right here just begging to be broken into!
Mabel lets go of Ichiro's sweater so she can pull out her grappling hook and shoot it straight through the glass. We ain't got time to try to be polite or sneaky about this!! ]
The window breaks, and no alarm goes off. They can crawl through, but they will most likely get a few more cuts from doing so since they're now going through a smashed window.
The front of the doctor's office is just a lobby, with a small waiting room and front desk. If they want to get the goods, they'll have to walk through the door leading to the back where all the supplies are and where the doctor sees their patients. Everything is dark and silent. ]
[ Mabel gently tries to throw Miku through the broken window to a chunk of floor that isn't colored in glass. And then she immediately goes to crawl through, stomach first, which inevitably cuts up the entire front of her sweater and probably draws blood. Especially when she gets through to the other side and crash lands on even more glass, slashing up her hands and getting small shards ground into her hands as she crawls through. fuck all y'all i'm feeding MYSELF with injuries now
She yelps with a cry of pain through all of this, and crawls over to the wall inside to try and pull herself back up. She offers a bloody hand back to Ichiro. ]
mabel just goes yeeting through while ichiro is pulling himself off the door, so he has exactly enough time to see her fuck herself up, and lets out a half exasperated, half worried, scolding: ] Mabel, be careful.
[ he still manages to get that worried scolding big brother voice even while he sounds like he's like minutes from death? incredible. ] Unlock... unlock the door, if you can.
[ because he does not think he can actually hoist himself through that front window despite thinking he could bust open the front door five seconds ago. i'm gonna assume she can and if not he will hoist himself through the window with a lot of struggling so we can keep things moving.
once they're both inside, he'll look to make sure miku's okay, take a look at their surroundings, and limp over to the door to the back, getting blood all over the floor. well. if invisible cops show up to arrest them for property destruction, they will have a much easier suspect than a dog. ]
[ She can, in fact, unlock it, unless Lisa decides Mabel said fuck you to Ichiro.
Miku is okay, besides the previous injury. She's just settling down to rest as they do their breaking and entering.
The door to the back opens easily, and Ichiro will find that he can either just go into the rooms where doctors see the patients I know they have an actual specific name but I refuse to google it. But there's also a door that says EMPLOYEES ONLY, a door marked as the bathroom, and then the way to the other side of the front desk where the receptionist would normally sit. ]
[ yeah fuck you ichiro you gotta crawl through the glass like i did
nah, she lets him in! Mabel hobbles through the office until she finds one of the patient-seeing rooms and pushes the door open with a quiet grunt of pain. ]
Here! Ichiro! There's gotta be something in here, right?
[ do they actually stock these rooms full of supplies cuz i feel like they always have to bring in everything themselves ]
[ please he is so injured. ready to die on this floor from glass.
anyway he is in absolutely no shape to get anything done besides get his injuries taken care of so any exploring is gonna have to be up to mabel! she can move around a lot better than he can right now, so he eases into the room and leans against the examination table-chair thing i refuse to google also, resting his good arm heavily on the surface so he doesn't collapse. ]
We need... bandages. A sling, if you can find one.... disinfectant, something to use for a tourniquet. I probably - I need a lot of stitches, but that's gonna...gonna have to wait.
Miku. [ he whistles for their pup, again, in case he decided not to follow them. ] It's gonna be ok, Mabel.
Hey. [ less flipping off anger this time but talking to their ceiling voice not friend. ] How far away is the apartment. Are we... gonna run into any other drama?
[ The supplies aren't in here, so Mabel will have to look elsewhere. Miku does pad into the room at the sound of the whistle, and lays down at the foot of the exam table.
At the direct question, Tanaka answers. ]
It's about a block away. If you keep your heads down it should probably be fine!
yeah he can't really follow can he. now that he's up on this table he's probably not getting back to a standing position until he can get bandages. his blood is all outside blood right now so he just wheezes a - ] Be careful. [ when mabel goes scurrying out of the room and drops his head back on the table so he doesn't pass out. ]
A block. [ great. ichiro does not trust that sentence at all.
whatever fuck it he's basically dying on this exam table rn and super worried about mabel so might as well shoot his shot. ichiro closes his eyes. ] Hey. Can you fix my mic while we're here? Please? It'll help me protect Miku better in case shit goes down. Then I can stop asking you dumbass questions all the time.
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The first is that Miku is a smart dog, so at the sound of the whistle, he does turn around to run back towards them. They can even hear the distressed barking as the dog runs closer. Unfortunately, the cop and the wolf are also behind him.
But Tanaka is also here. ]
Do something...? Hm. Maybe a scenery change?
[ The static noise returns. It gets louder, and the next time they both blink-- it's suddenly dark outside. They're in the same spot as before, but the cop and the wolf are gone. Miku is next to them, limping slightly; it looks like something hit him while he was running away, maybe. ]
You should head home.
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[ She sniffles, and then...the time of day changes? Mabel blinks through her tears. ]
What...? [ she spots Miku at their side and tries to gently reach out to him. ] M-Miku...you're hurt too?
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-- and then it turns out, he doesn't lose consciousness at all! that's nice.
maybe? ichiro blinks once, twice, three times from where he is just an absolute fucking heap on the ground, still, covered in blood and somehow alive, and it seems like their fucked up voice actually came through. incredible.
he pushes his weight up onto his elbow of his good arm and forces himself into a more upright position, struggling a little until he can prop his back against a tree. the good news is that his hoodie is already ripped thanks to varying wolf attack injuries so he uses his good hand to tear off a strip and motions for mabel to come over so he can bandage up her foot while he's bleeding everywhere. it's fine. ]
Home - yeah, yeah I want to go home. [ that comes with a wheezy, a little hysterical, not really full of humor laugh. he wants to go home to winter dorm - or better yet, to ikebukuro. to his brothers. not to wherever the fuck his place is taking him.
gotta keep moving to get back, though. can't slow down, now. ] ... Where's home? Like this? At least... least item drop a first aid kit or something.
[ jesus. ] Is Miku bleeding anywhere...?
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[ Miku seems to have gotten scratched by claws; his side is bleeding. He just curls around Mabel, snuggling close to her.
Tanaka talks again. ]
If you follow the path through the woods, there's a doctor's office along the way. You can break in and treat Miku.
[ Tanaka does not care if Ichiro and Mabel treat themselves. :/ ]
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An apartment...? A doctor's office? [ those things sound so good, so helpful right now, but... ] H-how are we supposed to get there?
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[ they're just gonna have to walk. ichiro pushes himself up to a standing position unsteadily, hand on the trunk of the tree, turning his head to spit blood wherever mabel can't see him. is there a big stick somewhere he can use as a walking stick because that's just what he's got right now. he's too stubborn to stay down and the need for medical supplies is going to win out over everything else - otherwise he will bleed out in this forest and he is not going to die here.
so. first thing is bandaging mabel's foot, at least quick enough that she can hobble. second thing is using his teeth and the remainder of his sleeve to tie fabric tight as he can around his upper right arm, which is dangling uselessly now at his side, just broken bone and bloodied tissue. ichiro gives a jerk of his head towards the edge of the path, unsteady but worried. can they see the end of it anywhere close by? ]
Come on.
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Nothing happens, other than the chirping of night critters that surround them. The park seems less busy at this time of day. ]
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[ With her foot bandaged and the two of them setting out, she clutches Miku in one arm and fisting her hand in the back of Ichiro's sweater for balance with the other. As she walks, she limps--trying to keep all her weight on the ball of her foot to avoid the injury, but pain still radiates with each limping step.
She sniffles as she goes, eyes too focused on making sure she keeps taking another step, and another, to notice anything about her surroundings. ]
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[ even now, he's going for soothing, reassuring, trying to tell mabel that things are going to be okay. ichiro is pretty much useless for anything involving scouting because he is dizzy as all hell, but his adrenaline is keeping him on his feet and moving sluggishly forward, leaving a bloody trail on the path behind him and letting mabel balance using him as well. the tips of his fingers are starting to go numb, at this point, but he's pretty aggressively pretending he's fine. it's cool! it's fine! ]
The voice said break in. When we get there... check and see if the windows are open. I can... I can bust the door down. If we need it.
[ can you, right now, ichiro? can you? ]
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The walk down the path remains peaceful; wherever the wolf and cop are, they don't seem to be in the immediate vicinity. With their slow pace, it takes them a while, but they will eventually reach the end of the woods, which is also the end of the park in general.
In front of them are more buildings that seem to be a mix of apartments and businesses. While it's not rundown, it's also not in the best shape-- this area is definitely not where the city's tax dollars are going.
A few stores down, they can see a sign for a doctor's office. ]
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Ichiro, look! There it is!
[ she can't point at it, but she tries to use the hand that's fisted in his sweater to tilt him in the direction of the doctor's office. ]
Don't...if we need to break in, I can use my grappling hook! You don't have to...
[ cuz uh, bud, she gets that you want to protect her but you are Fuckt Up right now ]
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[ thank god. this neighborhood they've stumbled into just honestly reminds him of home - for the first time, it feels a little bit like being in ikebukuro. there's a quiet wave of homesickness under all of that pain, but he pushes it down for now and nods to mabel, starting to beeline directly for the doctor's office.
that good might've been for the grappling hook or just the fact that they found it, but. he's gonna drag himself to the door and lean his bad arm against it, all of his weight pressing into a solid surface so he doesn't have to keep holding himself up. sorry for the blood on your door, npc invisible doctor.
... and then try knocking and try the knob with his functioning hand. just in case? you never know?? ]
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There are two large windows in the front, but also a small alley to the side of the clinic that they can explore. No one is outside in general, but in the surrounding buildings a few lights are on. None are on in the clinic. ]
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Mabel lets go of Ichiro's sweater so she can pull out her grappling hook and shoot it straight through the glass. We ain't got time to try to be polite or sneaky about this!! ]
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ichiro flips off the sky with his good hand while this is happening fuck you tanaka ]
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The window breaks, and no alarm goes off. They can crawl through, but they will most likely get a few more cuts from doing so since they're now going through a smashed window.
The front of the doctor's office is just a lobby, with a small waiting room and front desk. If they want to get the goods, they'll have to walk through the door leading to the back where all the supplies are and where the doctor sees their patients. Everything is dark and silent. ]
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She yelps with a cry of pain through all of this, and crawls over to the wall inside to try and pull herself back up. She offers a bloody hand back to Ichiro. ]
C-Come on, Ichiro! Um. I can help you!
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mabel just goes yeeting through while ichiro is pulling himself off the door, so he has exactly enough time to see her fuck herself up, and lets out a half exasperated, half worried, scolding: ] Mabel, be careful.
[ he still manages to get that worried scolding big brother voice even while he sounds like he's like minutes from death? incredible. ] Unlock... unlock the door, if you can.
[ because he does not think he can actually hoist himself through that front window despite thinking he could bust open the front door five seconds ago. i'm gonna assume she can and if not he will hoist himself through the window with a lot of struggling so we can keep things moving.
once they're both inside, he'll look to make sure miku's okay, take a look at their surroundings, and limp over to the door to the back, getting blood all over the floor. well. if invisible cops show up to arrest them for property destruction, they will have a much easier suspect than a dog. ]
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Miku is okay, besides the previous injury. She's just settling down to rest as they do their breaking and entering.
The door to the back opens easily, and Ichiro will find that he can either just go into the rooms where doctors see the patients I know they have an actual specific name but I refuse to google it. But there's also a door that says EMPLOYEES ONLY, a door marked as the bathroom, and then the way to the other side of the front desk where the receptionist would normally sit. ]
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nah, she lets him in! Mabel hobbles through the office until she finds one of the patient-seeing rooms and pushes the door open with a quiet grunt of pain. ]
Here! Ichiro! There's gotta be something in here, right?
[ do they actually stock these rooms full of supplies cuz i feel like they always have to bring in everything themselves ]
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anyway he is in absolutely no shape to get anything done besides get his injuries taken care of so any exploring is gonna have to be up to mabel! she can move around a lot better than he can right now, so he eases into the room and leans against the examination table-chair thing i refuse to google also, resting his good arm heavily on the surface so he doesn't collapse. ]
We need... bandages. A sling, if you can find one.... disinfectant, something to use for a tourniquet. I probably - I need a lot of stitches, but that's gonna...gonna have to wait.
Miku. [ he whistles for their pup, again, in case he decided not to follow them. ] It's gonna be ok, Mabel.
Hey. [ less flipping off anger this time but talking to their ceiling voice not friend. ] How far away is the apartment. Are we... gonna run into any other drama?
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At the direct question, Tanaka answers. ]
It's about a block away. If you keep your heads down it should probably be fine!
[ Probably. ]
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Th-there's nothing in here! Um--maybe the employee room?!
[ she hurriedly, clumsily limps over to the door and tries to push it open. She sure hopes it's unlocked! ]
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yeah he can't really follow can he. now that he's up on this table he's probably not getting back to a standing position until he can get bandages. his blood is all outside blood right now so he just wheezes a - ] Be careful. [ when mabel goes scurrying out of the room and drops his head back on the table so he doesn't pass out. ]
A block. [ great. ichiro does not trust that sentence at all.
whatever fuck it he's basically dying on this exam table rn and super worried about mabel so might as well shoot his shot. ichiro closes his eyes. ] Hey. Can you fix my mic while we're here? Please? It'll help me protect Miku better in case shit goes down. Then I can stop asking you dumbass questions all the time.
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Meanwhile, with Ichiro, Tanaka just hums. ]
... fiiiiine. But the next time I tell you to do something, you have to actually listen the first time. Okay?
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