98 Near Disasters

[cal_sitter]

Video/Action Post[Niko is a study in perfection, his lean body carefully maintained at the height of fitness, warm olive skin taut over whipcord muscles, not even a strand of pale blond hair out of place in its tight braid

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[tehpuck]

[And Robin, who was busy ignoring Holly, and thus his PDA, only notices Niko has updated until several moments had past. He rushes to the apartment.]

[cal_sitter]

["Too slow Goodfellow," Darkling would say. Niko is rapidly bleeding out, and it isn't long before he's collapsed to the floor beside a growing pool of red.]

[tehpuck]

[The door is locked! Not that that'd ever stopped Robin before. A few moments, and the lock is picked. Robin rushes in, amazingly avoiding knock anything over in the process. He does, however, manage to piss off a cat.]

Niko! Niko, what's- [He sees the blood, and abruptly turns in the opposite direction, searching for the bathroom's gauze.]

[cal_sitter]

[Turns onto his side and coughts, bringing up more blood.]

Darkling ...

[It's cold. Niko fights the urge to close his eyes, focuses on the bundle of fur cowering under a couch he doesn't recognize.]

voice;

[captainshort]

[Holly was searching the network to keep tabs on friends. Today was one of those curses and... d'Arvit, she knew it.]

Niko!

[cal_sitter]

[Not in any position to answer. He doesn't even know there's a computer that's recorded the incident.]

voice;

[captainshort]

[And she's listening anxiously. It sounds like there's someone there. She tries again, speaking his name urgently when she catches Robin's familiar tones in the distance. Could she leave Trouble alone with an alternate!Artemis?]

Niko? ROBIN? D'Arvit, answer me!

voice;

[tehpuck]

Holly! Get over here immediately!

[Doubtlessly, Holly has never heard Robin in this state of panic. He hardly recognizes his own voice, much less has he ever used it in the City.]