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Third Case [Voice]

Nov 30, 2011 08:52

[He begins by speaking in a quiet voice, almost to himself.]

Ah, this is much more painful than I anticipated.

[Shinichi is silent for a moment, then speaks up a a very calm and controlled voice.]

I have been bitten by a snake. A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is my best guess based on the appearance of the animal. Crotalus Atrox.

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[Video]/[Action] coolguysangel November 30 2011, 16:34:26 UTC

[Ran nods.] I'm on my way. [She shuts off the video and heads to the back of the wagon.

While stepping down, Ran tries to scan over the landscape to the east (or what she thought was east, at least) of the wagon in hopes of spotting a clear path to Shinichi.] Ah! [She spotted the fire in the distance, but her fixation on it was short-lived, as her shoes didn't have quite the traction that her usual shoes back home did.]

Kyaack! [Ran felt her foot lose its hold on the edge of the wagon. Unfortunately the fall was too short to give her the opportunity to go limp so her fall would be broken. First she heard a hollow crunching sound, followed by a painful heat in her foreharm.]

Ow...owowowow...[Ran didn't allow herself any time to brush herself off. Snake bites were serious, and the pain in her arm was sure to go away...]

Shinichi! Can you hear me? [Ran slowly started to straighten out the arm she fell on, but the pain was starting to get sharper. She instead held it up to get the blood rushing from the front of her wrist to the back of her elbow instead.

Now, to find Shinichi...]

[Action] modernholmes November 30 2011, 16:58:25 UTC

[Shinichi frowns as he sees Ran approaching in the distance. There was something odd about the way she was holding her arm.]

[Action] coolguysangel November 30 2011, 19:59:01 UTC

[Ran approached Shinichi, and slowly knelt beside him, looking at him with a frown.]

For someone so observant, how did you not see the snake?

Re: [Action] modernholmes November 30 2011, 20:10:57 UTC

[Ignoring that question in favor of something more important.]

Ran. What happened to your arm?

[Action] coolguysangel November 30 2011, 20:40:16 UTC

[Ran opens the first aid kit with both hands to indicate that it was nothing. Wincing, she realizes she probably needs to slow the use of that right arm...] I slipped.

[Ran turned to look at Shinichi's foot.] Show me the bite?

Re: [Action] modernholmes December 1 2011, 14:01:24 UTC

[He gives her a suspicious look. He hadn't missed that wince. But he nods at his foot. He had already sliced the pant leg up and removed his shoe and sock.]

I need the long bandages and the pressure bandage. I'll need something to create some suction as well.

[Action] coolguysangel December 2 2011, 20:48:56 UTC

[Ran's face flushed.] Wh--suction?! [She'd seen the movies, the dramas where someone would suck out the venom with their mouths. B-but...She looked down at Shinichi's foot, suddenly overcome with a bout of shyness.]

Re: [Action] modernholmes December 2 2011, 20:51:46 UTC

...Oi. Just what are you thinking?

[Action] coolguysangel December 2 2011, 20:56:47 UTC

Eh?! [Ran tensed.] N-nothing j-just...[She gulped and looked down at his ankle, pressing her lips together.] I should have brought something to clean it with before I...

Re: [Action] modernholmes December 2 2011, 20:58:56 UTC

Before you what? I have to get back to the wagon before I can do any kind of treatment beyond wrapping it. Of course these kits don't have what would actually be useful.

[Action] coolguysangel December 2 2011, 21:00:18 UTC

[Hrrrnnngh Shinichi, why are you making this more awkward than it has to be?!]

But you said I had to suck out the venom first, right?! [Her pitch is about an octave higher than usual, but you know, it's all cool.]

Re: [Action] modernholmes December 2 2011, 21:05:03 UTC

[For a moment Shinichi is speechless. Then his face colors faintly as he realize just what Ran had thought.]

Idiot! That only happens in movies! It's the worst thing you can do for a snakebite.

[Action] coolguysangel December 2 2011, 21:09:09 UTC

[Well, way to make her feel stupid Shinichi! You jerk!]

W-well how else am I supposed to suck the poison out?! [That probably came out more like an indignant shriek than a question.]

Re: [Action] modernholmes December 2 2011, 21:20:34 UTC

We need to create a device that will do it. Breaking the skin with a knife and sucking out the poison by mouth has killed many people through infection and blood loss. Applying a tourniquet will damage the limb more than the venom will. Modern field snakebite kits come with suction cups or other extractor devices.

[Action] coolguysangel December 2 2011, 21:40:29 UTC

[And just like that, he ignores the fact that he just insulted her...!]

Well then, you'll have to figure that part out once we're back in the wagon.

[That only sounded a little huffy.]

Re: [Action] modernholmes December 2 2011, 21:46:10 UTC

Most likely.

[He glances over at her.]

The bandages, Ran? And is there any disinfectant in there?

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