VOICE

[fuckpicasa]

[he sounds a bit pained, but still attempting to be obnoxiously cheerful]

Hey, anyone know how to fix a broken arm? It's starting to hurt. In several places.

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[switchingonyou]

Um, so, I have an anatomy and physiology textbook back in my room and I took the course for like, two semesters in college and theoretically I know how to set a broken bone?

[fuckpicasa]

Fantastic! Now the real question is how good are you theoretically with multiple fractures.

[switchingonyou]

I... uh. I'm good at puzzles?

[fuckpicasa]

[oh god is this actually his best immediate option

yes, yes it is]

[CLENCHES HIS TEETH] Let's do this thing.

[switchingonyou]

Okay! Okay. Okay.

[DEEEEP BREATH]

Okay. Icandothis.

[looks at textbook]

[looks at Matthew's arm]

[takes another deep breath]

Do you have any vodka?

I GUESS THIS IS ACTION THREAD NOW??

[fuckpicasa]

[swallows dryly, and then forces a SUNNY SMILE~] Nope!

YEAH I GUESS SO

[switchingonyou]

Okay! Awesome. Sweet. Fantastic.

[nervous laughter]

[pokes Matthew's arm]

So... does that hurt?

COOL BEANS BRO

[fuckpicasa]

[just inhales sharply and makes a strained series of noises in the back of his throat

that means yes tai]

/SOB TAI

[switchingonyou]

Uhhhhh okay.

[takes his arm in both hands and sort of... feels it to see where all the pieces are]

[oh fuck]

[those are a lot of pieces]

...Do you want to bite down on something?

[fuckpicasa]

[breathing a little heavily and definitely sweating] Good -- good call. [grabs a fistful of his shirt in his good hand, pulls it up, and jams it into his mouth]

[pauses]

[pulls the shirt back out] Hey, I'm...generally a nice guy and you seem like a lovely kid, but I swear to all that is good and holy, if you hesitate in the middle of this, I might end you.

[huffs through his nose and shoves the fistful of shirt back in his mouth]

[switchingonyou]

[SO NO PRESSURE THEN]

[is hyperventilating just a little]

[starts trying to get all the bits in the right places]

[shifts the skin of her arm open so she can see what the bone is supposed to look like]

[tries not to cry]

Icandothis!

[fuckpicasa]

[BITES SO HARD DOWN ON THAT SHIRT and slams one foot on the ground REALLY HARD, letting out a loud, muffled grunt and some indistinguishable noises that sound a lot like "YOU FUCKING BETTER" but might not be, who knows]

[switchingonyou]

[is reasonably sure that all the bits are sort of in the right place now]

...Does that feel right? I mean, is it all messed up still? Can you tell?

[fuckpicasa]

[spits the shirt out] I can't tell anything over the burning pain in my arm so I think you're going to have to make that call. [LOOKS A LOT LESS THAN PLEASED]

[switchingonyou]

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa] Okay. I think it's... right. Ish.

[grabs a roll of bandages and starts wrapping up the arm really tightly]

To bad there's no cast stuff, huh?

[splints it with a few sticks she found and WRAPS EVEN TIGHTER]