exsilium | [ Rather Late Evening Video / Action ]

[ OOC: Takes place a little bit after this thread ]

[ Excuse her network, for interrupting your late evening, and if the feed is a little shakey. She's fumbling a bit with it, but uh... Lucy isn't really in the best condition right now. She's out of breath, and her voice is strained, but serious. She actually drops the device once or twice before she manages to get it somewhat stable. ]

H-hey. There's... something at the beach - some weird..dangerous thing.
...agh be really..careful if you go there tomorrow; I -

[ Whoops, dropped the device. Dangit. Mind the sand, as Lucy carefully lowers herself to the ground to pick it up - and from that angle one can actually better see she's... kinda bloody. Mostly on her arms, but there's some scuff on her body and... and her right arm is kinda limp, her right hand twitching. ]

I chased it off but if it comes back...

[ Okay she's already at the end of her reserve energy, so she sort of stumbles, letting out a small yelp because broken arms aren't fun. ]

J..just be careful.

[ This time when she drops the device, she doesn't bother picking it up again. Because the feed ends. She'll still respond though, she's just hurting and tired and... for reasons she didn't go into, really really upset. Anyone who might come across her will probably see her sitting at the base of a tree, resting up the depleted energy because srsly guys she can't move. ]

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[ Right. Right. Of course he will there's... he can't fall to something like that. Not if even she was able to chase it off, no way. But at the same time, she worries. Feeling his own means of comforting her at least helps her calm a bit more, enough that she lets out a quiet sigh, leaning her head against his back briefly. ]

You better.

[ There's a bit of a smile in her voice at least - she knows Natsu won't let her down. Lifting her head again, she's almost disappointed that they were nearly there - but it's not like she can take a whole lot of enjoyment out of this situation. Just the comfort. ]

There it is.

[ And they will have healers and blessed blessed drugs that will probably make her really loopy but she doesn't care. Just so long as it stops hurting. ]

[ ooc: ahaha i just realized something. When the parasite is tracked down, it's not going to have the key on it anymore - Catsovi will have it. Loke's key is going to have -catsovi's- scent on it too. If Natsu's met him ... ahahaha ohgod. ]

Who do you think I am?

[He states puffing his chest slightly in an attempt to goof off and raise her spirits. Still their journey comes to an end and he can already see people waiting for them after seeing that call and him storming out like he did.]

I wish Wendy was here...

[Not that he didn't trust the doctors of this place but he put way more value on his precious not!little sister's abilties as a fellow dragon Slayer.]

[He hasn't met Catsovi no. But if the parasite left any of its scent on Catsovi, it will end badly regardless.]

[ Lucy giggles at the familiar boasting from her friend. Who indeed? ]

THe strongest guy I know?

[ Well.. it's true. He is the strongest guy she knows. Just don't let that praise go to your head. ]

I do too.

[ Her healing magic would have had Lucy's arm feeling fine a heckuva lot faster than the healers here probably would - plus she missed the little Dragonslayerette. ]

[Awww come on he can let it go just a little can't he?]

That too! I was gonna say "your partner, Natsu the great salamander of FAIRY TAIL!" But yours is better.

[He smiles thinly as they both admit to missing the little dragon Slayer. He follows one of the medical staff to a bed where he gingerly sets Lucy down on her back taking extra care with her arm.]

[ Oh all right, just a LITTLE. ]

The Great Salamander, huh?

[ Lucy makes a face, amused at that. ]

Course you do. I have a way with words, remember?

[ Once she's settled and the medical staff starts buzzing around them though, she is distracted from almost everything else- she has to focus on the instructions from the clinic doctors when they gently test her arm, eliciting winces of pain that she can't quite hold back this time. At least it's determined that the injury isn't too severe - no surgery would be needed or anything. Her arm would have to be put in a sling though. But she expected that much. ]

Yup.

[He grins cheekily glad to see some semblance of happiness back in Lucy's face.]

Oh I know that. I'm the one who said it after all.

[Still he watches the doctors work on her giving the diagnostic. He relieved the damage isn't as bad but now that Lucy is safe there is only one thought in his mind. Retribution. Still he doesn't leave right away and waits for Lucy to be given the all clear by the doctors.]

I figured you'd remember that.

[ Lucy murmurs it quietly, but she doesn't have a doubt in the world that he'll hear. He hears and remembers every part of their conversation, after all. Even though she smiles, there's that shadow to it that doesn't quite touch her eyes, still worried over the loss of her key. Briefly she looks away from her friend, if only to accept much needed painkillers for the arm, while another nurse busies herself with cleaning up the blood from her arms and bandaging the wounds on the other side of her. The doctor however, heads over to Natsu, to assure him that the injury wasn't severe and they felt she would be able to be out again later in the evening. Lucy would insist on nothing less anyway. ]

[ By the time the injuries were bandaged properly, the medicine was beginning to kick in, but Lucy still looked over towards Natsu a bit worriedly. Don't do anything -CRAZY- okay. She doesn't want to see you in here too. .. though the odds of that were pretty slim. ]

[Yes his memories for everything except names, was quite the dark hole sucking in and storing everything. And even know it focused on Lucy's state, feeling his outrage growing by the moment.]

[He wouldn't promise to not do anything crazy but he was definitely coming back to her in one piece.]

Sleep. I'll take care of everything before you wake up.

[ Maybe it's just her, but sitting there while the staff tended to her injuries, watching Natsu look that way -- it almost felt like back home, before Natsu went to fight Sting and Rogue with Gajeel. ]

...

[ Yeah, that's her, she's being silly. ]

All right.

[ She manages a half smile for a second or two, before she starts feeling herself getting dragged to sleep. ]

I'll... talk to you later.

[ Everything will be all right, she knows. ]

Yeah. Have a good sleep.

[He watches her eyes drift closed before walking out of the room. He has a freak to beat up and stolen goods to recover. And nothing was going to get in his way. He is out of the encampment before anyone can even think of stopping him and heads back to the scene of the attack. The trail starts from there.]

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