Who: Elliot, Leo, Noel, Mami, Vanessa, and whoever else asks to join.
Where: An empty (probably debris filled) field in Espoir
Style: Either
Status: Semi-closed
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All the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again. )
What Leo didn't like was the fact that she would see the state Elliot was in, and that was bound to be unpleasant. He wasn't entirely sure how, yet, but he knew it would be.
He did, however, try not to think about it too much because what was important now was that Elliot would live, Leo would still get to see him, and whatever happened from here... It just had to be dealt with as it came around, right? Although that was easier to think than truly believe...
Although it was easier not to think too much about anything when he was caught up in making sure not to stumble over anything and drop Elliot, or just drop Elliot. Because Elliot was pretty heavy, really, and Leo still felt exhausted from all kinds of things, but, well... people did say that when needed, the body could do amazing things.
When they reached the camp, Leo couldn't quite believe he had actually managed to carry Elliot on his back all the way.
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"We're here," she points out the obvious as they approached the tent that was going to be their temporary home for a while. The guns in her hands dissolved into golden particles of light. They were safe, for now.
Truth be told, Noel was a bit worried about how Vanessa would react, but... It was important for her to know that her brother had returned. She reached out and pulled the flap of fabric that served as a door aside, holding it to allow Leo to enter with Elliot in tow, ready to follow as soon as they were in.
"Go inside and set him down."
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Go inside and set him down.
She glances back at the sound of Noel's voice, rubbing at her eyes to focus them on just who is entering. She sees that servant first, and it makes her blood pressure rise into dangerous levels. Immediately she sits up, ignoring the lightheaded feeling that accompanies it and prepares to scream. But then she notices who he's carrying, and her expression turns weak, nervous and allover shocked.
"Elliot...?" she whispers as she rises to her feet and stumbles towards the three of them.
"Elliot?! Is he...? Elliot..."
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He doesn't really want to face Vanessa, because afterwards like this, when he's not quite as shocked from waking up to Elliot dead, he's honestly a little frightened of her. And he has no intention to say anything at all to her either, but when she asks...
Well, he figures he might as well.
"He's alive," he practically croaks out, but leaves the rest of the explanation to Noel as he moves to lay Elliot down.
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"All his major injuries have been healed," she adds, not sure how else to explain things. "He's going to live, but he needs plenty of rest and care."
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"How...how did this happen?"
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He's done talking.
So he'll... wait and see what Noel comes with while he slumps as much as he can without anything to lean on, next to Elliot.
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"He was healed by magic from a passerby," she explained with a weary smile. She had to get that person's name soon. Noel felt indebted to her. "Elliot... will be fine."
Well, not entirely. They had to take care of him and make sure he recovered smoothly, but... For now, they didn't have to face the burden of losing him.
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But she can't bring herself to care too much about the impossibility of it. After all, she herself had been killed and brought here after by the same type of impossible magic. Her hand briefly ghosts over her neck as she watches Leo slump down next to her brother, but then she also drops down to her knees on his other side and reaches up to grab his hand gently, as though she's afraid of rousing him at first. When he doesn't wake up, though, she leans over and presses her forehead against his knuckles, fingers still laced loosely around his.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you."
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At her action, Leo turns his head away, finding looking at it very difficult. Because this... this is what he robbed Elliot off, after all. This family closeness. And even if he at least had Vanessa pretty much until the very end...
That's how it is.
He had nothing, personally, against just having one of those blood siblings around, but that wasn't at all what mattered. After all, what matters most is Elliot.
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