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[balancin]

[Doll isn't looking so well. In fact, she's looking rather green.]

Boris... There's candy all over the bloody tent. Can you... [she clutches at her stomach] Ugh. Can you get rid of it before I... urp...

[The poor girl gets up and stumbles outside, leaving the Dreamberry behind. The sound of retching follows.]

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[carnivalcat]

[concerned Boris is concerned, but still on the other side of the city after he had a little nasty run-in with Ace. he's a little short of breath, but since he's a trooper or just really dense he hasn't gone home yet.]

Doll...? I leave you alone for a day...

[balancin]

[returning now with a tissue for her mouth. she sweeps a mound of candies off her bed with one arm.]

I-I couldn' help it! All I've wanted to eat these past few days has been... [she squeezes her eyes shut, still looking very nauseous.]

[carnivalcat]

[He can't help but laugh, and hold on, suppressing a wince.]

Alright, alright. I get it. I'm going home as soon as the bleeding stops, then I'll take care of the candy. I suggest you stay away from the food stalls, though.

[balancin]

You're bleedin'?? What 'appened?

[carnivalcat]

... Is there any way to say 'I got attacked by a psychotic knight' that won't make you concerned?

[balancin]

No! And why shouldn' I be concerned?

Forget about the sweets. I'll 'andle that. You get back 'ere so I can wrap you up.

[carnivalcat]

Aw, Doll. This is only a scratch! You're getting worked up over nothing.

[Then again, Boris considers anything that won't instantly kill him as a scratch.]

[balancin]

So let me get worked up. S'better'n bein' about to puke...

[carnivalcat]

... true.

[a defeated sigh]

Give me about five minutes and I'll be home, alright? I'll rush.

[balancin]

Don't rush! Take it easy!

[carnivalcat]

[he pauses, confused. until he manages a laugh again, holding back the same wince]

Doll doesn't realize the Cheshire Cat goes where he wants, when he wants, does she? Make that two minutes, if you're so worried.

[and there's some shuffling as he makes it to his feet, a showy appearance of a door forming out of thin air, and he walks right through. now he's in the carnival grounds~]

[balancin]

[:o]

O-oh wow!

[Doll is a bit slack-jawed for a moment, but then she's heading back out of the tent and toward where she saw him appear on the Dreamberry.]

That's a little more than a scratch, you dumb cat. Sit down somewhere comfy so you don' aggravate it more.

[carnivalcat]

I take offense to that.

[But he'll listen and goes to settle down somewhere, because Doll said so. :| And now he waits.]

You're still getting worked up over nothing.

[balancin]

S'not nothin'! If somethin' 'appens to you, where does that leave me? Augh. Let me find where I stashed those bandages...

[carnivalcat]

[a weak laugh]

If something happened to me, you'd be just fine. You'd just have to wait out until Julius comes into this world, and then I'd be replaced once he fixed my clock. Then Doll would have another Cheshire Cat.

[balancin]

[Buh?]

B-but what if I don't want another Cheshire Cat? What if I only like this one?

[She's wandering off as she says this, locating something to wrap him up with. When she returns, she baps him lightly on the nose.]

Don't talk like that. I'd miss you.