All these wet noodles, good lord.

[velocirainbow]

[ So sometime late into Sunday, right before sunset, Cielo can be seen running through camp, soaked, and bleeding profusely from one of his arms. He's just screaming like an idiot, out of breath, making hand gestures at anyone in the cabins or the lodge. He doesn't stay long in one area, looking for help wherever he can.

He is also, incidentally, looking for Stan if he can find him. ]

Help--de clearin'--everybody real badly hurt, we need first-aid, I can only do so much, bandages...! Anythin' you got! An' pain medicine! We gwon need a lot!

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[lovebun]

...Yeah. But... I still hope you get that chance.

[ She'll rest her arm across her eyes. ]

...Sorry. We made the wrong decision.

[ She's been quietly beating herself up, Minitsuru. But even you should have enough awareness of how much it takes for her to break down like this in front of someone. ]

...We really screwed up. I wanted to help, and I thought... If we told anyone, Nine and Ichigo especially would argue to come with us. And I didn't want either of them hurt after all the loss they've had. With the information we had, it... It was a decision that made sense. It didn't even seem that dangerous. Then, all of a sudden, it went from seeming like hardly dangerous at all to... Well...

[killtheanimals]

You did.

[Bluntly, at the first part.]

You all decided you knew what was better for us than we did. And then you all nearly died.

[He doesn't have the patience for tact.]

[lovebun]

Sorry.

[ She knows they messed up. She's probably actually beginning to cry. ]

...I'm glad... You didn't go, though. ...There were... Water-logged corpses that grabbed at us when we first went in. ...You, Richie, Eddie... Even Boa... None of you needed to see that.

[ She's only fourteen. She doesn't always think things through. ]

I know you've probably seen a lot of awful things... But no one your age needs to see that. Just hundreds of them, floating there, writhing at you and grabbing at you and trying to drown you.

[ Usagi is Not Okay, sorry Minitsuru. ]

...So I'm glad you at least... Didn't get a chance to see that.

[ Genuinely relieved. ]

[killtheanimals]

Corpses don't bother me.

[Immediately dismissive. He rises to his feet.]

...I'm tired. If you have anything important to say, say it now.

[lovebun]

...You'll get out of here, Mitsuru. I'll do what I can to make sure of that. You're the kind of person who deserves better than they've been given.

[ That's it. Sorry, Mitsuru. ]

[killtheanimals]

I wouldn't place my bets on that.

[But that's all he says before he turns to leave.]

[lovebun]

...

[ She just. Opens her brooch and stares at the Silver Crystal. ]

...Take care, Mitsuru.