4th Sweet Escape - Savor the Pain

[willkill4candy]

[ The Dreamberry is kind enough to click on a couple of days after the destruction. In the far back of the residential district where the statue tore through, debris from fallen buildings is strewn everywhere amongst the snow. The feed seems to flicker weakly, and it settles on some rubble that has fallen. ]

...Nnh...

[ On the screen, slender

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[video]

[hastablemanners]

[...That did not look good.]

Hey, kid! Can ya hear me?

[ Voice ]

[willkill4candy]

[ He looks to the screen, and sees... a talking cat. For a moment, he thinks he's back home in Konoha, however, Itachi's mind slowly reminds him that he's dreaming... and still in Somarium.]

...Yes...

[video]

[hastablemanners]

What the hell happened to ya?

[Although, all things considered, it's pretty obvious what happened to him. That walking statue must have caught up to him.]

Anyone out there lookin' for ya?

[ Voice ]

[willkill4candy]

[ Good question. ]

I don't know.

...Two d-...two days...

[video]

[hastablemanners]

[That sounds a lot like no. Or at least enough like no that he wouldn't be able to forgive himself for hanging up on this guy.]

Where are you?

[video]

[willkill4candy]

...Somni... [ A pause. ] ... Residential... district.

[video]

[hastablemanners]

You sit tight. I'm gonna come an' find you.

[Just give him a second to check that Ragna is still breathing and he'll be on his way.]

[ Action ]

[willkill4candy]

[ Itachi finds himself closing his eyes in an attempt to sleep away the day again. Perhaps there was hope someone would finally find him. The right half of his body from the shoulder down was trapped under the rubble--he was pretty sure it was holding his entrails inside of his stomach. There was far too much blood for that not to be the case. ]

[ He could wiggle his toes somewhat on his right foot-- he could feel the leg wasn't crushed underneath the stone slab but its position kept him from moving it. ]

[ Itachi released a faint breath, watching it disappear into the cold air. ]

[ Action ] oh man multiple action threads, whats the protocol here?

[hastablemanners]

[It won't be too long before Jubei manages to find him. That ring of blood is a bit of an unfortunate giveaway as to his location in the rubble. It looks a hell of a lot worse in person than on the Dreamberry.]

...You awake?

[He's kicking himself for not trying to rope some kind of medical help in to coming with him. The meager first aid supplies he's brought along aren't likely to do a damn thing.]

[ Action ] Oh god, with time paradoxes, I say one or the other happened depending on situation XD;

[willkill4candy]

[ Itachi's eyes open slowly. It really was a talking cat... just like at home. ]

...Yes.

[[ OOC: BTW, love you for actually being one of the few to acknowledge time paradoxes, seriously. I try to avoid them cause sometimes they drive me crazy, hahaha. BUT I FINALLY GET TO RP WITH JUBEI. ]]

[ Action ]

[hastablemanners]

[He gives Itachi an apologetic smile, that to be completely honest, is not all that reassuring.]

That thing really did a number on ya, huh.

[He starts to brush the snow off of him in an attempt to assess the damage.]

What's yer name, son?

[[OOC: I have been waiting eagerly for the right opportunity to thread something :D ]]

[ Action ]

[willkill4candy]

Itachi. [ He could barely feel the movement of Jubei; he had gone mostly numb from the injuries and the cold. ]

[ Action ]

[hastablemanners]

How much of yer body can ya feel under there?

[ Action ]

[willkill4candy]

Not much. [ There was a pause. ] ...I'm pinned down by my arm and stomach... I... I can... still move my leg... [ The slab of concrete had been tilted just right and missed it. ]

[ Action ]

[hastablemanners]

[Well that was a good thing, right? Something must still be intact under there.]

Listen to me : I could lift this thing off you no problems, but I gotta be honest with ya - I don't know what kinda condition yer gonna be in.

I mean, I can patch you up a little, but I ain't a doctor or nothin'.

[ Action ]

[willkill4candy]

[ Itachi merely stared at the talking cat. ]

...I...

...I've had worse. I'll be... fine.