Farewell Happy Fields!

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Farewell Happy Fields!

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What: Aftermath of Anoli Attack: Hospital
Where: Leo Ward - Caduceus Hospital Headquarters
Summary: It is the aftermath of the Anoli attack on the Closing Ceremonies. The injured have been taken to Caduceus Hospital Headquarters, and it is time for reflection, visting, or old-fashioned escapes from the hospital rooms.
Warnings: Mild squick if people want to describe their wounds in explicit detail.

Caduceus Hospital Headquarters. It has a distinguished history within Hinoto-Ri, boasting of a staff of well-trained Healers, as well as possessing the most cutting edge medical technology possible. There was no limb they couldn't reattach, no organ they couldn't replace... - they even claimed to be able to bring someone back from the dead (with the small disclaimer that it could only occur under certain conditions and with an obscene amount of luck).

So needless to say, the hospital was more than well-equipped to deal with the aftermath of the Anoli attack on the Closing Ceremonies.

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Nearly every hospital bed had been filled by an injured patient that night. The A&E room had been in constant chaos, with civilians crying and shouting, searching for loved ones, or demanding to see doctors or healers to help so-and-so...

There had also been plenty of reporters milling about, shouting and crying over the status of the Mayor's Secretary, and whether the Red Lion had really died at the scene, or if he was still alive and well within the safety of the hospital's ICU.

By the time morning broke, there was a false sense of tranquillity within the hospital. The healers had been pushed to their limits with the sheer number of patients being wheeled in and out of surgery, but otherwise, the situation had finally gotten under control. Now, both civilians and visitors were merely waiting for word of the conditions of their injured friends and family...

[Welcome to the winding down of the event! You are now at the hospital, where you may be visiting the injured, or be one of the injured yourself! Those with RED injuries will be in the ICU, and those with YELLOW injures will be in normal wards, for obvious reasons. Those with GREEN injuries wouldn't have had to go to the hospital at all, so they are free to come and go as they wish!

You may all start your threads and mingle!]

Comments

ICU

[andcarryabigknife]

You might wonder why you haven't seen Gale helping out during the Anoli fight. Well, it was both simple and complicated. The simple, short way to answer is that he got trampled nearly to death by the panicking civilians trying to escape the stadium when the Anoli attack began.

Don't worry though, he's been saved at the last second, which is why he's now resting in the ICU with an oxygen mask on his face and a painkiller drip being fed right into a vein of his hand. Visits are limited in time as he needs to rest and heal.

[hinoto_npcs]

Knock, knock at the door.

"Nurse time, just to warn you~"

There was a delay in the woman coming in however, because of how she had to wheel her cart in the doorway. Seemed she was here for typical upkeep- checking the oxygen, the IV, changing out the bag, and the like.

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale slowly opened his eyes and focused his suspicious gaze on the nurse. Call him crazy, but the fact that so many Anoli had been hidden in plain sight has made him a little paranoid about this place.

"When... when I..." He wasn't exactly at his most coherent, however. Painkillers side effect.

[hinoto_npcs]

The nurse immediately stopped in her upkeep, frowning delicately and leaning over Gale.

"When you...?"

Frankly, she was surprised he was even vaguely aware of his surroundings. "Would you like me to get the doctor?"

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale tried to move, but the pain flaring up kept him pinned down. "Who'reyou?" he finally puffed out in a breath.

[hinoto_npcs]

The nurse clicked her tongue, her tone turning much more soothing. "Don't worry, you're at the hospital. I'm a nurse, I'm here to check on you."

[andcarryabigknife]

"Oh." That made sense. Mostly. He'd never been in a hospital, but now that the nurse mentioned it, a ton of vocabulary was coming to him, terms he didn't even know existed, all related to this foreign concept of hospital.

"I... hurt."

[hinoto_npcs]

"Here, I can help with that-"

She rushed over to a small tray, then back to the IV to inject something in to it; whatever it was had a near-instant effect of soothing the pain, and feeling oddly tingly. The needle was promptly disposed of, and she once again stopped at Gale's side.

"It should kick in pretty fast!"

[andcarryabigknife]

Indeed it did, scarily so. "Wh..."

But Gale had no time to protest as his eyes rolled back a bit and his entire body relaxed, pain replaced by sleepiness.

[itswhoopasstime]

"Gale?"

Maya frowned slightly as she approached the bed, having been told by the nurse on duty that while it was perfectly okay for her to visit, she would have to keep it brief. She lightly touched her fingertips to her lips before helping herself to the hard plastic seat beside his bed, concerned.

He looked terrible, but at least he was in the best place he could possibly be.

"What happened to you?"

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale opened his eyes at the sound of Maya's voice. Ah, someone he knew. He was grateful for that.

"Maya..." he said, muffled by the oxygen mask, "... I have failed."

[itswhoopasstime]

She shook her head, hoping to discourage that line of thought.

"You were hurt. That's not your fault." Not as far as she could tell, anyway.

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale grunted as he made a move that might have been him trying to sit up. His broken ribs would not allow that shit to pass, however. "Crowd control... deficient."

What he actually meant was that usually, when her ordered a crowd to move one way, it fucking did without question.

[itswhoopasstime]

She grimaced, reaching out to lightly touch the back of his hand. "The crowds did this to you?"

[andcarryabigknife]

"Yes," he coughed out, then grunted in pain. How many broken ribs? The doctor had told him, but he didn't recall. Her touch of his hand surprised him, but he didn't move away from it. He seemed to remember that gentle touches were often a way to comfort. It did feel like it was working for him as well.

"Good to see... you are not... injured."

[itswhoopasstime]

She nodded slowly, wincing when he coughed. "I managed to stay safe. Maybe you shouldn't try to talk so much... it's hurting you. I could just sit here with you for a few minutes, if you like."

[andcarryabigknife]

"If... it's not a bother." The city had to be a mess by now. He didn't want to take some of Maya's valuable time if she had to be elsewhere.

[itswhoopasstime]

"Of course it's not." She smiled encouragingly, hoping to set him at ease. "I just got back, you know. I don't have many friends in the city, but you were the first to stop and say hello when I returned. I would be more than happy to sit with you as long as the nurse will let me."

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale smiled ever so slightly under his oxygen mask, a rare sight if any. "Then... stay."

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

There's a light rapping at his door during one of his visiting hours. "Yo, is there a Mr., uh, 'Gale' here? I've got something for you courtesy of Mays," he replies. He winces when he sees the guy. "Whoa, is this a bad time?"

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale tries to look at his visitor, but it's a little hard with the neck brace. "Who..."

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

He shows off a bit. "Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate! (tm) Well, okay, more like mighty delivery boy today, but eh." He digs around, pulling out a gift basket from a rather improbable place (how was that NOT noticeable in his pantsline?) as well as a small card. "Lessee, how's this go again... oh, right. 'Just a friendly little delivery from the Mays Corporation, wishing you a quick recovery after your brave actions during our recent crisis!'" He smiles a sort of awkward smile, which eventually kinda collapses. "Sorry, not really my idea."

He looks around. "Anyway, where do you want me to put this?"

[andcarryabigknife]

Gale was in no condition to point, so he simply whispered "Here," hoping the mightypirate would put it on the empty table near his bed and not actually on him.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

"Sure thing!" He plops the basket down at the requested spot. "I tell ya, though, I got a lot of deliveries to make. Things were pretty nuts back there, huh?" He rubs the back of his neck. I don't think I really followed along that well with anything the weird guy on the screen was saying before everything kinda exploded though."

❤

[poorlittleblueburdie]

Gale gets a visitor while he's asleep -- a blue bird demon person he'd met at the New Year's party earlier that month.

Avitus winces a little, recognizing him as he looks him over... but rather than try to wake him up to talk to him, he pulls his hands out of his wing, where he's been preening again, and pulls out a big feather. It's not quite sixteen inches long, maybe half a foot wide, just a big round black plume. He runs his fingers over it, making sure the barbs are all properly locked, and lays it on the blanket where it'll be out of the way, but Gale can easily find it when he comes to again. He stands there silently a second, just listening to his breathing, telling himself that the man will recover... and then turns, and just as quietly as he'd entered, leaves again.

So Gale has a new snack (pfff, there's no meat on it) thing to inspect, when he's up later.