1 - New Arrivals [Holo]

[myveryownriot]

"OW! Bèn tiānshēng de yìduī ròu. Ain't met a doctor yet didn't get into it for th' pain-causin' part." Jayne's grumbling's precedes his entrance into view, shoved along by an exasperated looking Simon. He'd head for that stupid chair where the doc does all his torturing, but...it looks to have disappeared. "Wha

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[adpartesdolent]

Ignoring the pedestal nearby-- and in fact, the whole room for the moment-- Simon reaches again for Jayne's arm. "Another few steps and you'll actually fall, so just let me look and then we can both move on."

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[myveryownriot]

And again Jayne jerks away, but maybe not so hard this time. On account of not wanting to fall and crack his head and make Simon laugh at him.

"Fine, but ain't nothin' wrong no more so you just keep your...hooks an' knives and such to yourself."

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[adpartesdolent]

At this point in time, Jayne falling and cracking his head open might be more entertaining than usual, so his caution is well-placed.

"Just the saws, then. Would you hold still, I haven't even touched anything yet."

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[myveryownriot]

"Don' want you touchin' nothin', it ain't hurtin' no more!"

It's the honest truth too, there's blood still on his sleeve but his flesh feels good as ever.

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[adpartesdolent]

Holding up his hands in defeat, Simon backs away as much as the small platform will let him. "Fine. When your arm falls off, you can attempt to reattach it yourself."

For a man built like several brick walls, Jayne is closer to a small child than the mercenary he is when it comes to anything medical.

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[myveryownriot]

That's 'cause docs're all two steps back from professional torturers, and Jayne likes keeping all his parts where they're supposed to be.

"Yeah, well maybe I'll do that." Kaylee'd help him, Simon ain't the only genius-like one in these parts.

That platform thing is kinda small. Maybe he won't be the one takes an accidental tumble...

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[adpartesdolent]

There's something to be said here about how it's not the doctors that are sadists, but Jayne that encourages sadism in those not naturally inclined to it; however, taunting the large man with the large gun while trapped in a fairly tiny room is above and beyond the call of duty.

"I'll be sure to look appropriately solemn at your funeral."

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[myveryownriot]

Oh sure, probably all the docs say that sorta thing. To hide their unnatural inclinations, and all. Jayne might not be a prissy school-educated mama's boy, but he ain't a fool.

"Ain't gonna be no funeral 'cept what's comin' to the húndàn got me stuck here with you." He cradles Vera in the crook of his arm, comforting-like.

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[adpartesdolent]

Yes, Jayne. All doctors are merely a step away from whips and chains and gags. You've discovered their deeply hidden secrets and rituals, and now must suffer the cost.

"You'll lose enough blood to weaken you beyond repair, your immune system will shut down, infection will set in, and you'll die." That is, of course, doctorly concern in his voice and not a small amount of bloody-minded glee.

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[myveryownriot]

For someone supposed to be so smart, Simon sure is dumb sometimes. And that thought's entirely gleeful.

"Look here, I ain't losin' no blood an' dyin' 'cause there ain't no more wound!" He balances Vera on his shoulder and shoves his arm in Simon's face. "Now shut your yap and don't do nothin' suspicious-like 'til I figure things out."

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[adpartesdolent]

Yes. Simon is the dumb one, here. Excellent deductive skills, Detective Cobb.

"Thank you." Simon grabs hold of the out-thrust arm, inspecting it carefully. "...You're right." It pains him to say that, by the way. Letting go of Jayne's arm, he shakes his head. "You had a cut the length of both my hands, and it's gone."

That worry is upgraded to 'needed now', at this point.

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[myveryownriot]

Well he's not the one ranting over things that ain't even wrong anymore, is he?

"Well I see why you're th' genius," he mocks, twitching his arm like he needs to get the feel of Simon's hands off. "So I reckon we're dead or we're someplace where they got some kinda fancy healin'-from-a-distance machines."

He doesn't mention that 'dead and gone to hell' could be downright likely, considering the company he's keeping.

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[adpartesdolent]

Things that aren't wrong that should be, and not only because Jayne brought the injury upon himself.

He won't even be addressing that pathetic attempt at mocking. "If we're dead, I hardly think we'd end up together. Or that death would look so much like the clean room at MedAcad."

They are, for once, in agreement.

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[myveryownriot]

"Well you sure ain't my idea of a hundredfold reward." Jayne can't think of any version of a decent afterlife that has Simon hangin' out in it. Makes him shudder just to think on it.

"I say we break out an' shoot anyone gets in our way." This would Jayne's standard plan of escape, by the way.

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[adpartesdolent]

"Whereas I hoped for this day." On this, again, they seem to be agreed, although Simon's meta shudder is far less ostentatious.

"...I'll try and contain my shock." That would be Simon's standard plan of wishing Jayne was a slightly more educated ape.