☘ 011; [action; dated to 7/7]

[riastrad_ridire]

[ooc: sorry for the spam, but kattu took a hiatus and i figured might as well get this up 8|a]

[introspection]

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A

[fatesjanitor]

[...Man and he was just getting ready to have a good day at work too.]

What do you want?

[riastrad_ridire]

...nothing. [He scowled, turning his back on Archer without a second thought. As if to say he either didn't consider Archer a threat or simply didn't care.]

[Lancer hesitated for a second instead of simply walking away as he should have--if this happened to Rin then there was a chance Connla could have ended up the same way. Could he really just walk away without confirming that one way or the other?]

[fatesjanitor]

...If you have something to say, then hurry up and say it.

[riastrad_ridire]

[He glanced over his shoulder, shrugging as if it was nothing. Archer wasn't stupid, he knew that much.]

Is that other kid you're living with still okay?

[So eventually he'd figure out why Lancer made a point of asking things like this. Assuming he hadn't worked it out already.]

C

[chest_forest]

[Varric wasn't one to pry, bu when a co-worker suddenly came in with bandaged hands and happened to be chain smoking then it may possibly be a concern to him.]

Sure looks like you took a beating. Maybe problems a shrewd dwarf merchant can help you take care of?

[riastrad_ridire]

What, you think I lost a fight?

[For whatever reason, Lancer laughed at that--though it sounded more sarcastic than anything else.]

Not a chance.

[chest_forest]

I wouldn't go that far, it looks more like someone might have focused on your hands on purpose. Or maybe an accident.

Either way it looks like you're not going to be too eager to be pouring drinks tonight.

[riastrad_ridire]

I've had far worse, and I've still got one hand that isn't broken.

B

[fated_blade]

[She still felt like she was in a daze...her head rung in a strange way, but perhaps some fresh air would--]

O-oh...Lancer.

Re: B

[riastrad_ridire]

[His hand twitched, sending another sudden shock of pain through broken fingers. Huh. Might have to do something about that.]

[That voice was familiar, distracting him from the ache in both hands at the moment.]

I'm really not in the mood for-...

...did you just call me Lancer?

[fated_blade]

...yes...I did.

[Scratching her head]

I apologize for...a few days ago. I am not sure what came over me.

[riastrad_ridire]

Looks like it happened to a lot of us.

[Lancer crossed his arms, ignoring the pain in his broken fingers as well as the cuts on both hands.]

B

[lunawolves10th]

It would appear you have injured yourself, brother.

[Booms a very familiar voice, and the armored marine approaches Lancer somewhat gingerly, unsure of his mood.]

What troubles you?

[riastrad_ridire]

...

[Shit. Shit, he didn't know and Lancer would have to be the one to tell him. This just kept getting better.]

...It looks like my Master hasn't snapped out of the most recent shit Mayfield's decided to pull on us.

[lunawolves10th]

[ Garviel turns on the tree. He punches it too. The tree does not survive the encounter, shattering asunder and falling slowly from the force of the armor-enhanced Astartes. ]

Terra!

Is there no mercy, no respite here? She was everything to me, my oathsworn partner. And now she's... so far away. And neither of us can save her.

[ His chest heaves one, and then the anger seems to slip away. ]

You know, she'd be yelling at us, acting like this. Anger and sulking is uneccesary flab on the mind, she'd say. We need to think of.... something. How to break this town and bring her back. We must.

[riastrad_ridire]

You're right. She'd probably be giving me hell right now. [Lancer raised his unbroken but still bleeding hand to his head, sighing.]

That's assuming she doesn't come out of it on her own. We don't know that she won't, and I've already seen a few people from back home pull it off.

[But always the wrong people. And it was never Bazett that looked at him with anything but that blank and mindless smile now.]

B;

[partytoastess]

[ Someone is a bit startled at the sight of Lancer bloodying his hands. Nena's immediate reaction is to freak out ]

B-bro....W-what's wrong?!

[ She seems to be lingering in a place between horrified and despaired. She'll just look at his hands and then cringe before her face turns from devastated to furious - though if any talk with Lancer previously indicated, Nena would never be angry at him, or wrathful to this extent. ]

[riastrad_ridire]

...Rin's droned. She was acting weird on the fourth, but I thought she'd have snapped out of it by now.

[His voice was surprisingly calm for someone that'd just broken two fingers punching something.]

Why are you looking at me like that?

[partytoastess]

Rin will be back. She can't leave because she promised to be my friend forever!!

[ And now, Lancer, you get to see just how terrifying Nena is. Her face quickly turns into one of the most furious faces that have ever existed. ]

I am going to find Lucy Smith and tear that bitch's throat out for troubling you! Whoever is responsible for this droning is going to die!

[riastrad_ridire]

...

[He couldn't really say that shocked him. There'd always been something off about Nena, not to mention Lancer kind of had a history of associating with crazy women.]

Don't. You'll only get hurt, you know that.