Re: Red (1d/?)
anonymous
September 26 2011, 04:19:50 UTC
He finished up as quickly as he could, noting as he did that several of the wounds would probably need to be sewn shut. Whoever had done this hadn’t done so systematically; there was no pattern to his injuries...whoever had done this wasn’t experienced with torture. But who? That would have to wait. “Now we just need to bandage you,” he said softly. Matthew didn’t give any indication that he had heard.
Ivan got up and grabbed a stool from the corner of the bathroom along with several towels. Lucky they were dark-colored, he thought, blood always looked more shocking on white. He took Matthew’s hand and after a minute or so managed to get him unsteadily to his feet. He held out one of the towels and handed it to him straight away - “You can put this on,” - and Matthew started trembling again and wouldn’t look at him, but he wrapped the towel around his waist. He sat down when Ivan told him to - flinching, and Ivan didn’t want to think about that - and Ivan sat on the edge of the tub, and patted off the excess water carefully with the other towels he had.
“It is almost over,” he explained slowly, as he put his supplies in order, and uncapped the bottle of vodka. He could do with some, right now, he decided, and drank, before continuing. “What I am going to do next will hurt. Your injuries need to be disinfected and bandaged. Some of them must be stitched, da?”
Matthew blanched and Ivan wished fleetingly that he didn’t have to do this. He drank, again, and a thought occurred to him.
He held the bottle up to Matthew’s lips. “Drink,” he said. “It will help you forget.”
Matthew drank.
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Translations: Shto dyelat’ - What should I do? (lit. What is to be done?) Kto vinovat - Who is to blame? Uspokoytes’ - Relax. Vsyo budet khorosho - Everything will be fine Vsyo budet v poryadkye - Everything will be okay
Ivan got up and grabbed a stool from the corner of the bathroom along with several towels. Lucky they were dark-colored, he thought, blood always looked more shocking on white. He took Matthew’s hand and after a minute or so managed to get him unsteadily to his feet. He held out one of the towels and handed it to him straight away - “You can put this on,” - and Matthew started trembling again and wouldn’t look at him, but he wrapped the towel around his waist. He sat down when Ivan told him to - flinching, and Ivan didn’t want to think about that - and Ivan sat on the edge of the tub, and patted off the excess water carefully with the other towels he had.
“It is almost over,” he explained slowly, as he put his supplies in order, and uncapped the bottle of vodka. He could do with some, right now, he decided, and drank, before continuing. “What I am going to do next will hurt. Your injuries need to be disinfected and bandaged. Some of them must be stitched, da?”
Matthew blanched and Ivan wished fleetingly that he didn’t have to do this. He drank, again, and a thought occurred to him.
He held the bottle up to Matthew’s lips. “Drink,” he said. “It will help you forget.”
Matthew drank.
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Translations:
Shto dyelat’ - What should I do? (lit. What is to be done?)
Kto vinovat - Who is to blame?
Uspokoytes’ - Relax.
Vsyo budet khorosho - Everything will be fine
Vsyo budet v poryadkye - Everything will be okay
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Very much looking forward to the next update!
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Or your capital will become Warsaw! XD
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