Knives Chau ♥ Chau Down #10 ♥ [Video/Text]

[kniveschau_down]

[Knives turns on her faciliberry, the camera work more shaky and naseua inducing than that movie Cloverfield, because she at the moment is trying to outrun a giant-ass crab who's shooting cannon balls at her. While smoking a cigar. While being submerged in water.

It definitely doesn't help that giant, solid text boxes keep falling on top of her

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in person

[shardsofmemory]

[Roxas bites his lip, falling to his knees beside her. A gentle hand on her shoulder is a signal to keep down, don't move, wait for him to look her over and heal her.

Normally, he'd cast the spell first. But this week, when it causes.... well, he's focusing on the bleeding, mopping up the blood with extra padding and bandages he always keeps in his bag. It's easy enough to disinfect and clean the wound before wrapping it again, and he rubs the same disinfecting salve on the burn on her leg afterwards. The other wounds aren't serious enough to give that much attention, but healing will help.

Healing, which he really doesn't want to do, and his trepidation shows on his face as he looks up at her, biting his lip.

Well, it's now or never.] Heal. [The word causes green light to surround Knives and sink into her skin, healing a little more than 20% of the total damage to her body.

At the same time, emptiness sweeps through him like a cold wind, erasing all feeling and meaning and worth. His eyes go blank, his hands fall slack, because why is he even here if it doesn't mean anything, if there's nothing inside him? No heart?

Roxas hates this part, so far]

Re: in person

[kniveschau_down]

[Knives does her best not to make a sound or squirm too much when Roxas starts treating her wounds. While she's used to pain and injury due to her training, she's not quite used to being this seriously hurt to the point that she needs rely on another person's help.

It's weird being a patient after all the times she played healer.

It's even weirder being healed by magic.

Her eyes widen in astonishment as she becomes surrounded in green light and her wounds start to magically heal. She isn't 100% percent all fixed, but man she feels tons better than she did minutes ago.

She inwardly sighs with relief, and turns towards Roxas to thank him with a smile when she notices the odd expression on this face. The emptiness in his eyes.

Concerned, she takes one of his hands into her own and gives it a reassuring squeeze. It's not much, but she hopes the gesture will help him.]

in person

[shardsofmemory]

[Roxas doesn't notice, at first- too caught in feeling like nothing, not even a feeling-- but after a while some light starts to come back into his eyes and he gasps through his nose, quiet but startled. Blue eyes flicker to Knives. For a moment he looks terrified, but too soon it's gone and Roxas is shaking his head.

It's fine.]

in person

[kniveschau_down]

[From Knives' perspective, it doesn't seem all that fine. Still concerned, she gives his hand another squeeze before letting it go.

She then fishes her faciliberry out of her pocket, and types the following message:]

thank you so much! you don't even know how much i appreciate your help, dude.

are you ok, btw?

[She shows him the screen, worry still clear on her face.]

in person

[shardsofmemory]

[Roxas nods twice, getting his own faciliberry out to type back:]

i'm okay it just feels weird when i talk is all. it's some inside thing that happens. are you okay??

in person

[kniveschau_down]

[Knives furrows her eyebrows, not really understanding what he means. But she'll take his word for it. She types back:]

i'm fine! feeling way better than i did before. i just need to rest for a few more minutes and i'll be good to go.]

[She smiles to emphasize her point.]

besides, i'm tough. i can handle alot of things.

in person

[shardsofmemory]

[That's more a relief than anything. His smile is a little hollow, like there's nothing behind it and more on reaction than anything, but he types a response anyway]

okay good. should i wait with you or are you alright? you probably shouldn't talk again. otherwise those boxes will get you.

oh, and if you want more healing Sora or Axel should be able to help you, and i can check back tomorrow and do it again.

in person

[kniveschau_down]

[She can tell his smile isn't a genuine one, and this makes her worry. To her, Roxas seems like the kind of guy who only smiles real smiles. She wants to help him, but doesn't know how to. And by looks of it, he probably wouldn't allow her to pry into his problems anyway.

/sigh. All she can do now is make sure she shows her gratitude towards him.]

don't worry. i'm swearing off talking for the entire week. i won't even let out a peep.

you can leave if you need to. i'm meeting up with a friend in town anyways.

thanks for the offer though! and i'll be sure to keep that other thing in mind. hopefully, though, i won't need any more healing this week.

thanks so much again! if you ever need anything, you can always ask me. i'll do my best to help you any way i can!

in person

[shardsofmemory]

[Usually, he does. Right now, there's nothing behind it. Talking this week kind of sucks. He types back pretty fast regardless]

good! it can be kinda hard though like if you get attacked make sure to tell someone!

what's your name, by the way? i'm roxas if you need my help. and thanks for the offer

in person

[kniveschau_down]

if that happens, i will so call for help! there's no way i'm going to take on a bunch of monsters by myself in this condition.

i'm knives chau. it's nice to meet you, roxas

[She sits up--something she can do with much ease now--and holds out her free hand for him to shake.]

in person

[shardsofmemory]

[Roxas smiles at her- every time it gets more genuine as the nothingness fades- and takes her hand, shaking it firmly. Then he quickly types out:]

nice to meet you too. i'll go, 'cause i think i have to heal someone else really fast, but i'm glad i could help. talk to you later?

in person

[kniveschau_down]

[And there it is! A real smile!

Smiling, Knives returns the handshake and then let's go to quickly type:]

for sure! and hopefully we can actually talk talk instead of relying on texts next time.

anyways you should get going! thanks again!

[She slowly stands up and gives him a farewell wave.]

in person

[shardsofmemory]

yeah exactly. i'll see you later. [He gets up himself, wincing slightly just because he's been sitting so long and these monsters are taking their toll. With a wave back, he's gone into... a bloom of darkness that pops up around him, gone as soon as he disappears into it]