Entry 595; Day 1177

[misterblackbird]

I had forgotten the depths of the cruelty of which the City was capable.

~C.

[ooc: tl;dr incoming--Cain just had to kill a ghoul version of Suzette. It all happened off-stage, but (gore warning; proceed with caution)...she seemed almost to have just arrived in the City as another newcomer. This, of course, is not true at all, and Cain was suspicious, though also hopeful--maybe she had been brought into the City. But, she attacked him, of course. Cain tried to shoot her (having taken to carrying his pistol with him after the ghouls starting showing up), but failed in striking her sufficiently in the head or heart (perhaps as much because he couldn't bring himself to as anything). Caught in her grip and trying to escape, he ended up having to beat the ghoul to death with a fireplace poker. She did succeed in biting him--several times. So he'll be feverish fairly soon hereafter. If anyone needs him, he'll be sitting before that same fireplace with (or perhaps watching over) the manged remains, still bloodied and bruised and bitten. Please consider all responses to be somewhat delayed in coming. Also: no filters!]

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[beyourarmy]

You're welcome.

It's not any problem, either. It's what friends do, right?

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[misterblackbird]

Yes, I think it is what friends do...

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[beyourarmy]

Then you don't even need to thank me.

[They land soon at the hospital, but Setsuna doesn't leave immediately.]

You got anyone else here that might wanna come check up on you? I don't want to just take off on you.

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[misterblackbird]

[He's looking worse now than he did even a little while ago...]

Rosella is as likely as anyone to come and see me--if it's safe enough for her to leave the Warehouse. I should be all right. Why else am I going to a hospital if not to be looked after?

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[beyourarmy]

Yeah but.... [A stare around the sterile place.] Hospitals just seem so lonely, that's all. Anyway, they said they'd help you out.

I'll try to check in with you, okay?

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[misterblackbird]

Yes, all right, if you insist.

Mind yourself out there. If I know the City, it's bound to get worse before it gets better.

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[beyourarmy]

I do insist.

[A grin.] Don't worry. I'll be careful! Nothing can really hurt me, anyway. [And with that, Setsuna finally leaves Cain's side.]

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[misterblackbird]

[Cain will very soon be in the grips of the fever and its attendant delirium. He will call for Riff, beg for Suzette's forgiveness, ransack the bedclothes for a weapon to use against his father, and plead with his Aunt Augusta. He'll be wretched and exhausted, but he'll survive. He'll be thinner and paler the next time Setsuna sees him, but he will survive...]