Where what is? [Open]

[goromical]

Characters: Gorobei, Komachi and whoever decides to come help them.
Content: After hearing a distress call, a few kind-hearted people come to the rescue of one hurt little girl.
Setting: Melior, where most of the city is destroyed due to the Silvana explosions.
Time: Evening
Warnings: Possibly more Komachi-torture...?

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[white_hymn]

Rushing right to the scene as quickly as her feet could carry her, Yuna dash through the city heading right towards the shopping district that she was sure had to be the spot where that distressful message originated from. It wasn't unlike her to speed off running towards the aid of another, especially since this young heroine cannot seem the understand the concept of 'No'. Yuna is kind woman, the kind of woman who always tries her best to help everyone even when she should be helping herself. She is a selfless and determined individual with a heart made out of gold.
Yuna didn't bother to tell Rikku why she was heading off the ship today, fearful that her cousin would try to talk her out of helping this poor and that little girl named 'Komachi'.

"Oh no..." A section of the road where the mechanical horde attacked was blocked off by military guards from the imposing Victoria II. They fenced off the route that lead to the shopping district because of the wobbly structure of a few destroyed buildings. In concern for local pedestrians, they closed off this road towards the shopping district in cause more than just a few bricks come falling down but to Yuna, this just wasted valuable minutes.

"Oh! Hm...!" Charging right towards the guards and the high silver fence, Yuna leap right over the gate without even as much as a scratch. The officers yelled and tried to grab her but they were far too slow. Landing on to the ground with a faint thud, Yuna glanced back for a second at the guards before rushing into the ruined district.

It was evening and most of the street lamps in this part of town weren't functioning anymore after the horrible battle. Yuna stopped in mid jog to snatch out a glowing white crystal from her purse. Despite the fact she originally attended the Academy of the Arts for acting, Yuna still practiced using magick on her free time. The white mana crystal she held in her hands was small enough to fit in her hands but bright enough to form a halo of light around her.

"Hello?" Yuna called out as she wandered aimlessly.

"Anyone here...?"

[goromical]

As the room Gorobei was currently situated in became even darker - the few street lights not broken in the fiasco provided very little light through the window he was sitting under - he found himself feeling more and more groggy. Perhaps he shouldn't have found such a comfortable spot to rest.

At the sound of someone moving around outside, Gorobei was fully alert once again. He might not have been able to fight off anyone who was looking for him with ill-intentions, but he would definitely be able to run if that person looked at all shady. The man currently working his way over to the shop looked friendly-enough and, more importantly, did not look to be much of a fighter or even to be carrying a weapon.

Just as he was about to call out to the man, he noticed a girl running through the street as well. She seemed to be glowing strangely, but Gorobei was going to assume that meant she knew enough magic to help Komachi, not to hurt her any further.

With one hand around Komachi's waist and the other gripping his sword, Gorobei gave out a hoarse-sounding yell, "Over here!"

[isntthatwright]

There they were! Phoenix picked up the pace, stumbling a little, but within a minute or so he made it over to the building Gorobei and Komachi were in. "Are you all right?" he asked, walking inside. "Where are you?" The place was even darker than it was growing outside, and Phoenix looked around for the person who'd shouted.

[komachibi]

Komachi stirred at Gorobei's yell, pulled out of a vague and confusing dream, most of which she forgot as soon as she woke. Opening her eyes to darkness, she blinked a few times, shifting in Gorobei's lap.
"Mn? Gorobei? Where're we?" she mumbled, rubbing her eyes with one hand - she'd tried with the other first, forgetting momentarily that that would hurt, and the pain brought her more fully awake.

The sound of an unfamiliar voice made her jump, and she looked nervously around the shop, glad of the protective arm Gorobei had around her.

[reaperbait]

Rhyme hadn't really waited for Ness or Hana to get completely finished with their packing up. There was a girl in danger and Gorobei needed help.

She didn't know Melior very well, but she did know where the spider attack had been. She saw it from the air when they had landed, and she'd seen the edge of the damage earlier as well.

She had to help.

She ran the last half of the way there, journal and medical kit all bundled up together in a backpack. Yuna - from her ship - and a spiky haired man she didn't recognize were heading into the shop. That had to be the place.

"Hello! Mr Gorobei? It's Rhyme."

[white_hymn]

"Ah?" Yuna was startled when she heard a call in the distance, the same voice she remembered from earlier. Just when she was about to respond, she heard the voice of another man who was heading right over towards the gift shop nearby. Assuming that this other person was here to help, the brunette rushed right over towards the abandoned store.

Stepping into the shop after the guy, Yuna smiled at Phoenix warily. "Did you hear the message too?" The brunette asked as she held up that glowing mana crystal, using it's eerie glow like a makeshift flashlight. She glanced over her shoulder when she noticed a little blond girl coming towards the shop.

"Oh?" Yuna recognized the girl from the ship but she didn't know her name but she definitely recognized her face. The little girl was probably one of the nurses upon the ship for she remembered seeing Rhyme a few times with Ness within the infirmary whenever she passed by.

"Rhyme?" She called out to Gorobei. "I didn't know anyone else from the Way heard the message." Yuna was definitely glad to see someone from the ship here.

[isntthatwright]

Phoenix nodded at Yuna. "Yes, I did. I'm no doctor, but I thought I might be able to help. Somehow." Although from the looks of things, I'll just be in the way....

Still, he wasn't about to leave now. He'd stick around and do whatever he could.

[goromical]

"Yes!" That had to be Rhyme. Although Gorobei hadn't known the girl for very long, he doubted that many other younger girls were scrounging around in the rubble looking for him and Komachi. "Be careful of some of the glass by the entrance!"

At Komachi's question, Gorobei offered her a small smile, although he was unsure how well she could see it through the darkness of the night. "We're taking shelter in that gift shop you found earlier. I've found a few people willing to help you out, they're just outside now."

As the volunteers started to come closer to the shop, Gorobei held Komachi a bit tighter in reassurance. "These are good people," he promised Komachi, although he trying to settle his own fears with those words just as much.

[reaperbait]

"Hi." Rhyme waved at Yuna and Phoenix. She recognized Yuna of course, from around the ship, but she had no idea who Phoenix was. Both of them looked and said they were here to help, though, so that was meant she could trust them.

She heard Gorobei's voice. She didn't know him very well at all - she'd only been on the ship for a week or two at the outside - but she was pretty sure that was him. She scrounged her way through he glass.

Gorobei's leg was bloody, but the blood seemed to be more caked on, the girl whoever, her whole arm was bloody and it looked far more recent and fresh.

"Are you alright?" She looked at the little girl, worried. The started to open up her medical bag. Of course she wasn't alright, but calm patients were better patients. "I'm Rhyme and I'm here to help you." Even though she was really nervous, she put on a cheerful face for her patient.

[white_hymn]

She smiled at Rhyme slightly before glancing over towards the injured pair. It was rather dark out and with power knocked out in this section of town, Yuna knew she would have to rely on her mana stone to provide more light. "Here..." Yuna shrugged off her purse and handed it to Phoenix. "Hold on this, alright?" Her bag must have felt a little heavy since she packed it to the brim with bandages and antiseptic. She also had two other mana crystals lurking in there, just in case the energy within the one she is using now happens to die out.

Kneeling down next to Rhyme, Yuna sat the mana crystal down and allowed it's glow to illuminate the dark room.

"Hey, what's your name?" The brunette asked once she glanced over to Phoenix again with a bright smile. She could tell he was little nervous about being here but she was glad that someone else came to the aid of this man and what she assumed to be his daughter.

"We might need your help getting them out of here. It's not safe to be in this area."

[isntthatwright]

"A-all right," Phoenix replied, taking hold of it in both hands. What's she got in here, rocks? he wondered. It was a relief, though, to find that some real doctors had answered the call. He'd do anything he could to help, and right now, that meant following instructions.

He nodded. "I'll do all I can."

[komachibi]

At the sight of the strangers entering the shop, Komachi tensed slightly, leaning close against the comforting bulk of Gorobei's body.

She nodded nervously in answer to Rhyme's question, half turning her head to face the older girl, but keeping the rest of her body pressed close against Gorobei. Biting her lip, she managed a feeble smile to match Rhyme's. "I'm okay," she lied in the bravest voice she could muster, though the blood on her arm and clothes and the tearstreaks on her cheeks clearly gave that the lie.

[goromical]

"It's okay," Gorobei assured. It was obvious that Komachi wasn't going to snap back to her normally happy self no matter how much he told her things were going to be okay. The words came out instinctively anyway; it was the only thing Gorobei could think of to help the situation.

Eyeing the mana crystal cautiously, he asked, "What's that going to do to help?" Growing up in a farming community had made the man paranoid about anything magical. He didn't trust these people much, maybe Rhyme a bit more than the complete strangers, and if one of them happened to be some kind of super-powered mage, he wouldn't hesitate to cut them down and run for it.

Phoenix, who seemed to be a bit nervous, was making Gorobei nervous too. "Were there a lot of people out there? Anyone trying to fix this mess? People salvaging the abandoned stores for valuables?"

[reaperbait]

Rhyme pulled out bandages, iodine and alcohol to clean the wound. "Will you please let me see your hand?" She asked the girl, trying to be as comforting as possible she started to clean the wound and inspect it.

She did look back at the mana crystal. "Well, it's good for light, or if I get really tired Mr. Gorobei."

She didn't know anything else, and to be honest she was much more focused on Komachi than anything else. She needed to get a better look at what was wrong before she could decide if they needed to go back to the Way or not.

[white_hymn]

Yuna chuckled lightly at the samurai's question knowing all too well that some people just do not trust in the supernatural. She thought it would be best to set down the mana stones around and about within the abandoned shop. The better the lighting, the better Rhyme can assist Little Komachi who seems so frightened by their presence alone. If Rhyme needed her her help, Yuna would surely patch up any scratches and minor scraps with healing magicks.

"Do not worry, sir!" The brunette said towards Gorobei with such a sweet smile. "I'm just making sure we have enough light to see..." She trailed off for a moment, her bi-colored eyes focusing upon what Gorobei's wounded leg.

"How badly were you injured...?" Yuna asked as she approached him. She knelt down next to the samurai, trying to tell if the blood was his own or not.

"You two must have been trapped here during the fire fight between the Silvana and those machines, am I right?"

[komachibi]

Komachi nodded and held out her arm to Rhyme. She bit her lip, a little worried that whatever Rhyme was going to do would hurt.

She stared at the glowing mana crystals with wide eyes. While she had a little of the same nervousness about magic as Gorobei, that was overridden by fascination with the strange shiny things. She wondered exactly what sort of strange people it was that Gorobei had got to come and help them.