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[smokesordie]

Characters: Eyepatch/Badou (smokesordie) & Paladin/Cecil (mythgravenblade)
Date/Time: Forward dated December 23//Afternoonish
Location: Wellspring Island
Rating: PG13 for Eyepatch's mouth, and that's probably it
Summary: A chance encounter. Awkward times is a go, considering their last meeting. Also, fkkn Madagascar.

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[mythgravenblade]

Paladin had just stepped out the door when he heard the shouting, and almost jumped himself--not only at the sound, but at a figure with blood on his face and distorted features, a figure it took him a moment to recognize as Eyepatch, Rabbit's friend.

"Are you all right?" He asked as he headed in his direction, tossing off a quick heal for the bloody nose and fishing through pockets for some spare gauze to get rid of the blood with.

[smokesordie]

In a very petulant sense, Eyepatch really wanted to be angry. However, one moment the pain was shooting, the next it faded away, and so the bulk of his irritation subsided for the moment--more so when he took a much needed drag from his cigarette.

He blinked rapidly, not looking any less confused. Belatedly, he recognized Paladin. Holding the cigarette to his mouth, he forced a cough. "Peachy keen," he rasped, though his tone of voice sounded a fair deal calmer than previously. His eye flitted toward the bridge and the barrier blocking the path. "Uh. Is there a way to open that?" Yes, getting cigarettes took priority over a bloody nose.

[mythgravenblade]

He smiled momentarily at the signs of the vanishing injury and held out the gauze--then Eyepatch said something about "opening that" and his brow furrowed in confusion. In truth, he'd been too focused on Eyepatch--but now that he was closer and paying attention to things other than a patient, he could see the bubble around the island. "Not again," He sighed, resting one hand against it, pushing half-heartedly, though he knew it wouldn't do any good. "These have been springing up all day."

[smokesordie]

"Huh?" He glanced down at the gauze that was being offered. "Oh, thanks." Taking the gauze, he unceremoniously shoved a piece into one nostril. This healing trick vaguely reminded him of when he had first met him with Rabbit, though he pushed those thoughts out of his mind quickly.

"Again?" Eyepatch arched a brow, thinking over what that meant. Not that he could make any sense of it, but really, he long since stopped expecting much to in the Sphere. "So... does that mean it will go away?"

[mythgravenblade]

"You're quite welcome," Paladin said, then added "There are sinks inside if you want to wash off the blood.

"And these...bubbles," He almost sighed again in general exasperation at them, "have been appearing all day. We're not quite sure yet what causes them, but we know they're quite impenetrable, though they will go away in time." He paused before adding the part that had made this such a headache, and to which Eyepatch probably wouldn't react well to at all: "Generally about an hour."