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[antiheaven]

[Accidental video]

[The video switches on to reveal Ashura in his bed, tangled in the bedsheets and breathing heavily and panicky]

Ah...! What in--- W-was there a battle? What happened?!

MEGUMI! Nanoha... Vivio! Please...!

[And as he struggles to free himself of the uncooperative sheets but only succeeds in falling out of bed, you may notice that those

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you have been missed baby ;; //action

[roseblooms]

!!

[ And she's just arrived home, so she hears Ashura instantly. ]

A-Ashura?!

Sorry for the fail ;;; //action

[antiheaven]

Megumi!! Thank goodness you're okay!

[If she doesn't look up, she'll have a bloody kid tackleglomping her very soon.]

[ooc: It's in the wee hours in the morning here. See you tomorrow. o/;;;]

NO FAIL HERE. :D //action

[roseblooms]

[ Not that she'd mind, of course, but she does step in quickly to find him. ]

Of course I am, darling. Whatever happened to you?!

[ooc; Sweet dreams bb <3 ]

<3 ;;; //action

[antiheaven]

Ashura woke up like this! Ashura thought someone had been killed, that there'd been a battle...!

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[roseblooms]

[ She doesn't seem to look like she's at all bothered about the blood, kneeling quickly and moving her arms out to take him by the shoulders and lift him. ]

There's no battle, luv. This is a manky, terrible curse...

[ You'll see why she isn't worried about getting blood over her soon enough ]

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[antiheaven]

[Well then, in that case he'll cling. God, he was so scared she had been killed.]

Lots of different things are happening to a lot of different people, right? It's no one's blood...

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[roseblooms]

[ She wouldn't die-- or make her kids worry for her by getting into danger. At least she's promised herself that she won't, and she moves her hand over the back of his head, hushing him in soft tones. ]

It... shouldn't be. I've had blood on my hands before, though... I wonder if it means what I thought it did.

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[antiheaven]

[He's slowly calming down a bit as she does that, but still holds on to her like he's afraid she'll suddenly disappear.]

Y-you...? What? What does it mean?

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[roseblooms]

[ She realizes she said that aloud, feeling just mildly guilty that she did and shaking her head, she tries to focus on her magic for now, which would start to 'heal' their natural states and begin to remove the blood from the fabrics of her and Ashura's clothes and skin and start to disintegrate it. Blood outside the body is an impurity, after all.

It'll probably come again, but at least with this small spell, it won't stay on him for long as long as she's nearby. ]

I'm not sure exactly, but...

[ She carries him over to the couch, resting her cheek against his hair as she strokes it and letting him stay on her lap. ]

Some friends of mine who were fighters had more blood on them, like you, while some only had their hands stained. So I'm guessing... it's the blood you've shed at any point.

Don't let that scare you, though. This City likes it when we're disturbed.

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[antiheaven]

[He's a bit too distracted to notice or care what she's doing, especially since the blood in itself doesn't bother him that much. He simply buries his face against her chest and tries not to think of the smell.]

The blood Ashura's shed? But... [He really can't remember ever bleeding this much.]

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[antiheaven]

[But wait!]

Did you bleed a lot??

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[roseblooms]

[ the exclamation surprises her, and she stares at Ashura in confusion, before she moves a hand to his face and shakes her head. There are a lot of awkward connotations that can come from that sort of question, but she knows what the boy means so ]

No. Not at all. Very little in fact.

[ A weak smile; then a slightly serious expression. ]

Have you... fought in battles before you came here, Ashura?

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[antiheaven]

That's so good... Ashura doesn't want to see you hurt ever. [He touches her hand with his; nevermind the blood.]

...Eh? Yes, lots of times, but Yasha always protects Ashura, so Ashura's been fine.