RR: *follows too*
II: Do you want me in there, or would I be in the way of something?
II: Do you want me in there, or would I be in the way of something?
*calling back,* "My sisters shouldn't be back for a while, but if they do return early, it would be nice if you could talk with them. It would be more substantial than a note." *continuing on down, the walls soon turn out to be covered in a clean, smooth metal. the basement is a miniature bunker/armory of sorts. various closed boxes and cabinets can be seen, locks on all of them... some kind of bright yellow object can be seen emitting static as it sits on a table... there are 5 other doors leading to other rooms here* "the medical room is right this way" *continues on into a well stocked emergency first-aid room* *she wasn't kidding when she had mentioned being among the ones doing the rescuing*
[@==] impressive... [==@]
[@==] impressive... [==@]
II: *settles in to wait upstairs, pouring herself some more tea*
RR: *nods*
RR: *nods*
[==@] pleaseliedown...
"ok" *she does so*
[==@] [=@=] wewillneedtoputyoutosleep. [@==]
"I know how operations go. just knock me out 'doc'"
[===] [=@=] verywell... *after a moment, a crystal protrudes from their cloak, and a flash of light puts them to sleep* [@==] thiswilltakesometime. unlikethelasttwowemet,these14aremuchmorestable. wecan'tjustslipinbetweenthecracks.
[=@=] *they start preparing, things moving about in their cloak as they curl up on the floor to build the tools needed*
"ok" *she does so*
[==@] [=@=] wewillneedtoputyoutosleep. [@==]
"I know how operations go. just knock me out 'doc'"
[===] [=@=] verywell... *after a moment, a crystal protrudes from their cloak, and a flash of light puts them to sleep* [@==] thiswilltakesometime. unlikethelasttwowemet,these14aremuchmorestable. wecan'tjustslipinbetweenthecracks.
[=@=] *they start preparing, things moving about in their cloak as they curl up on the floor to build the tools needed*
[===] wewilllikelylearnwhyoncewe'reworking... [===] ... [=@=] *a minute more, and they raise up off the ground, several different sizes and shapes and colors of crystals float out of their cloak, and 2 'stab' into her, doing no visible damage*
[===] ... itisokifyoudon'twanttowatch...
*there isn't anything going on upstairs, other than the fire in the fire place suddenly going out*
[===] ... itisokifyoudon'twanttowatch...
*there isn't anything going on upstairs, other than the fire in the fire place suddenly going out*
II: *it's a little strange, but not too worrying really*
RR: ... *she feels like she should watch, out of respect for what this person is doing for them, and in acknowledgement of her part in it*
RR: ... *she feels like she should watch, out of respect for what this person is doing for them, and in acknowledgement of her part in it*
[===] *they continue their work, stabbing the small, spear-like shards into her body, still not doing any visible harm* ... well,welearnedofhertrustandkindness... theyoncetrustedanotherskindness,anditturnedtheirwholelifearound.
[===] ... mmmh... thiswillprobablytake... about5hours. sorry. *they set to work, slowly moving the shards along within her body, cutting sorting healing patching sealing seeing breaking changing and all in tiny amounts, slowly extracting the core of one darkmatter from the whole*
RR: *she stands, until she decides she'd rather sit... finding herself hungry, she remembers she still has Hamnet's leftover pretzel bits in her sylladex, and eats those. Odds are Hamnet forgot about them, and they can always get more later*
II: *eventually she'd check her hourglass to see about how long this would take, so she wouldn't come down to interrupt them unless something happened*
II: *eventually she'd check her hourglass to see about how long this would take, so she wouldn't come down to interrupt them unless something happened*
*looks like... in three hours, one of her sisters would arrive, and in 5 hours is when the operation would most likely be over, barring any events to effect it*
... *if no one does anything else, then the next noteworthy event would be the arrival of said sister*
... *if no one does anything else, then the next noteworthy event would be the arrival of said sister*
RR: *eats, watches, dozes some... It's been a tiring day*
II: *when the sister arrives, Abby is playing a card game on her laptop*
II: *when the sister arrives, Abby is playing a card game on her laptop*
*the door can be heard opening, as a larger purple shadow person enters, a yellow striped witches hat over their head, pulled far enough down to cover where eyes might be. their yellow hair is neatly cut, a distinct line right across their head* "guh?" *she makes a slightly surprised noise, as she sees a note by the door, and she heads into the den, seeing II* "who are you."
[===] *work continues, a few shards now locked into place*
[===] *work continues, a few shards now locked into place*
II: *setting the laptop aside* You must be Vivian's sister. My name's Abby. My friends and your sister are downstairs working on something--she said she left you a note.
"yea. I saw the note. Said to say hi. And that shes helping someone with an operation. I'm Marilyn. who are you?"
I'm Abby. And, I'm the transport, mostly. My friend Sophie gave me a call, said she and the Heir needed to take a trip, and asked if I could help. So I did, and now I'm waiting up here, while they're down there.
"an heir? what are they to inherit?"
[===] *work continues...*
[===] *work continues...*
...you know, I'm not sure. Where we're from, a lot of people end up with those kinds of titles, and they don't seem to mean what you'd think they'd mean. Like, I got "Sylph", and I'm still not really sure what a Sylph is, but it sounds cool. And it means I get to use this thing. *indicating the hourglass*
"guh" "that looks cool!" *they start to reach for it for a closer look, being a more physical learner*
[===] *a crystal is cutting in a neat circle, while a dozen others line the ring around it* weareatthepartwherewearesepperatingit... workfromhereonoutwillbeonclosingthingsbackup... [===]
[===] *a crystal is cutting in a neat circle, while a dozen others line the ring around it* weareatthepartwherewearesepperatingit... workfromhereonoutwillbeonclosingthingsbackup... [===]
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