video; cw for sudden blood in this post

[storyseeker]

It's been a few days now, so I assume everyone's aware of all the weirdness that's been happening with people's powers. The thing is, it's not all happening at once, or to the same degree—some powers went haywire right away, others haven't seen much change.

The healers have that side of things covered, but I thought maybe if we track what's happening, whose powers are malfunctioning and in what ways, we could be in a better position to...

[Elena pauses and closes her eyes for a moment, visibly swaying as something comes over her.]

Help...

[Out of nowhere, a cut opens up on her forehead and a streak of blood runs down her face. Then a red spot appears on her shirt, and another, and another. And then she collapses, because the grenade shrapnel wounds she was ported in with have reappeared out of nowhere. Bad luck has dramatic timing.]

[ooc note; network replies will obviously be delayed! Archie is coming to give her a healing hand, but he can be joined! Actions threads after the first response are welcome too. Plotting comment is here if you want to touch base first.]

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[h2no]

Ey, yo! Long time no see, huh? You talkin' like doctor's logs--

[h2no]

Wuh-oh.

[he's already releasing crobat HE'S GONNA DO HIS HEAL THING... even if he's not sure after his own shit earlier he'll have enough energy. whatever. now isn't really the time to be insecure over something stupid.]

Elena? Can you say where you are, lass? I can-- I'll come get you!

[storyseeker]

[Elena's not in a position to understand how or why this is happening, despite what they've all heard about injuries suddenly recurring without cause. Shock has a way of doing that.

Dimly, she hears someone calling her name, and she fumbles for her device, though she never gets a grip.]

Archie...? I'm...home...

[h2no]

[it's what happened to him, though he lucked out and turns out he could heal himself. this looks just as bad - worse, even - and he knows how quickly he almost bled out. he's on crobat already, pushing it to fly as fast as it can.]

You're-- [he wracks his brains trying to remember where she said she'd lived before, fails to come up with a location. stupidly guesses, because heropa is where he is right now.] --in Heropa, aye? [must be. he saw her in heropa during that mirage shit, right?] Can you tell me the number?

[storyseeker]

[God, it hurts so much. This shouldn't even be happening. She can't feel the shards of metal tearing at her skin; the shrapnel was removed long ago. But the cuts and bruises are there anyway, as deep as she remembers.]

Eight—eighteen.

[hardcut]

[ Holy mother of peat moss.

Anyway. Arthur can figure out this dude is on his way or was, so: ]

She okay? Fucking hell.

I'm next-door if you need anyone to fetch something.

[h2no]

[it takes him a while to reply, mostly because shoving healing rainbows into elena's face, but he gets there.]

I think she's gonna be fine-- she's not bleedin' out anymore, anyway. I think how much more help that can be offered is down to her now, seein' as she's lucid.

...

...Maybe just listen out in case this all happens again. Fuck knows how power healin' is gonna hold up with the nanites buggered.

[hardcut]

Glad to hear you got to her.

[ Eesh. ]

Yeah, I'll do so. And uh, reckon I'll call later to check in just in case. [ That last bit slightly louder like, over Archie's shoulder ?? can Elena hear him ?? how does talking to multiple people on the network work, he's from the 6th century man. ]

voice | softly checking in

[fehus]

All good?

text about an hour after

[h2no]

yeah
i told her to go to hospital as well just in case cause i don't really exactly know how my stuff works







that was terrifying
you do this every day??

Re: text about an hour after

[fehus]

Yeah. Fun, right? Way low mortality rate here at least, which is nice.

Text

[bookkeeper]

[ What a complicated morning. Here Nate had gone off to work like normal thinking it would be a good one, that he'd shoot some texts over to Elena throughout the day during his breaks, do that whole thing one does when their relationship is going nice and well and there's a beautiful cloud nine feeling.

Wrong.

The second he'd opened his mouth to respond to a co-worker's greeting, Nathan knew something had been wrong. No words wanted to come out. There was no sound. Try as he might, nadda. And now this?

This was the icing to his cake. A cake of panic and dread— cold dread. Nightmate inducing dread.

"—something happening with people's powers—"

But that couldn't mean that... ]

Elena? ELENA

[ Will she hear her communicator go off?

His hands are shaking. He starts for the nearest exit in the museum, not caring that he's in the middle of a shift. ]

elena ehy HEy
shit is anyof this going throughh?
im comkng for you
hang in there I'm coming on my way

not text

[storyseeker]

[Sorry, Natio, your Elena is in another castle.

Just kidding, she's lying on the floor bleeding.]

voice | QUITE A WHILE LATER

[storyseeker]

I am now.

[Elena sounds tired and a little embarrassed, but composed.]

I'm sorry you had to see that.

[storyseeker]

I had those injuries when I first got here. The nanites helped heal them, so I guess that made me susceptible to them coming back. Like no time had passed.

voice | post-archie heal

[fehus]

Maybe keep a healer or two from that post on speed dial? Um, hi. I'm Magnus. How are you feeling?

voice | post-archie heal

[storyseeker]

After that, I think I will. [She sounds less scared than embarrassed right now, though.] I'm Elena—and much better, thanks. I don't suppose we can pretend that display didn't happen.

Re: voice | post-archie heal

[fehus]

How was Archie's bedside manner? [you can hear a small, soft smile, at least] It wasn't that embarrassing. I've seen way more embarrassing wounds, anyway.

Um, what kind of patterns did you want to talk about?

[storyseeker]

It was just fine.

[He was saving her life. That's all that matters.]'

Just...who's this happening to? How many of us? How long have the people it happened to been here? What are their powers? Kind of a whole survey.

video

[khajidont]

Oh crap, Elena, do you -- hey, is anyone there yet?! I can get her to a hospital!

video - obvi later

[storyseeker]

I'm okay. [And sounding very tired.] Archie came and got me stable. Nate's taking me to the hospital.

[khajidont]

Okay. As long as you're sure. If you gotta get there quick, I'm your man.

[ He's quiet for a second, trying to figure out what's going on, from what reports he's heard. ]

Let me guess: your old wounds opened back up.

[storyseeker]

Was it all the blood that made it obvious?

[A weak smile. Ha, ha. Yeah it's not funny.]

It's more like they reappeared. There was nothing to reopen—scars, yeah, but they haven't even been sensitive for months. It's like I just arrived all over again.