[IC] Fallout

[foreverjustice]

[ There's a young man lying on his back on the floor somewhere in the middle of a corn field. It looks like he took a couple of spiked candles off his arms, but there's more on his chest and legs. He's still breathing. ]

(( Follow up of this thread in Road's post! Open to everyone. ))

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[damntease]

[ a butterfly flits over and alights on one of the still-stuck candles! If an expressionless butterfly could seem interested, it would. ]

[foreverjustice]

[he's still trying to move, but stops to look at the butterfly]

[my_pleasure]

There you ar-

[ it's followed by someone, who stops in his tracks, looking only mildly surprised. ]

[foreverjustice]

[turns to look at him, fighting to remain conscious]

[my_pleasure]

Well, looks like someone's got themselves in a bit of a predicament.

[ kneeling down, looking at how the candles are embedded... ]

[foreverjustice]

I should've been more . . . careful.

[winces in pain, still looking at him]

[my_pleasure]

That seems to be a given. Hmm... should we pull them out?

[foreverjustice]

I was . . . trying, but-- [makes a pained sound] The hospital. I should go . . .

[my_pleasure]

Sounds like a good plan. But... can you even get up~?

[foreverjustice]

. . . No, I don't think I can.

[my_pleasure]

That would make getting there a bit hard, then. Ah, too bad we can't just bring it here.

[foreverjustice]

[keeps silent only for a moment, pensative]

I remember you . . .

[my_pleasure]

Lots of people do, it seems. Am I really that memorable?

[foreverjustice]

[chuckles a bit, but the gesture is weak]

. . . Perhaps. [then tries to stand up, but he seems unable to sit up straight]

[my_pleasure]

That doesn't seem like such a good idea there.

[foreverjustice]

[is kneeling on the ground now, despite his bleeding]

I don't wish to die.