The Bunker of "Safety"

[othellovonryan]

[You find yourself in a large stone room. It has enough room to stand up, even for the tallest, and plenty of space to walk around. Likely Donnie absolutely exploded the insides of this rocky area to make this much space. The walls and corners are cut cleanly thanks to his mystic tools.]

[In the ceiling, recessed with some metal holders are crystals that shine with a warm light. A magic sunlamp.]

[There are a few inches of water on the floor, and probably most impressively is he's managed to make it so the water cycles through to the ceiling to make a light waterfall across all the walls. There are some polished boulders that provide some dry spots in the room.]

[But do make it very hard to try and write or carve things onto any surface in the room.]

[There is also a door with no handle on this side. It's half slid into the stone and has a metal cover, though any investigation will reveal the door is very thick, so probably stone makes up its center.]

[When people being dropped off]

[They can tell Donnie is coming back because the wall with the door is suddenly covered in a purple pink wall that will be shoving them across the room to push them away from the door. Then he'll open the door and drop off the person he's caught, or the food for people.]

[Each time the wall comes up, almost everytime, the walls seem to be getting...pinker.]

[Just for you guys: The Things Donnie is collecting from his connections for all this nonsense]
-Space Titanium to make Fabrications stronger from Korone
-His strength Plus Korone's strength when she's nearby until she bites someone else.
-Glyphs from Hunter
-Ninpo is always a thing
-Kraang things from Danger Memories
-Sedatives, so many sedatives
-Randy's orbment which comes with tech magic like FIRE, strength buffs under conditions, up his crit range for harder hits, makes him faster.
-Crow's guns

Comments

[bluediligence]

[

PERKS

UP

Complete with floofy wing flutter ]

Well, in that case! I'd be very, very happy to work together with you. Donnie-kun won't know what hit him.

[wroughtandtempered]

[ ...oh no. that's cute.

another pleased whuff, and some splashy noises as she uncoils a bit ]

Can I come over?

[bluediligence]

Yeah, feel free! Just lemme know if you're gonna touch me at any point, please. I'm blind, and my reflexes are a little ...

[ trails off, shuffling on her boulder to make space ]

[wroughtandtempered]

Yeah, same. —Reflexes, I mean. ...Coming up on your left.

[ which her voice and the soft splashes of her picking her way over confirm. the latter are pretty quiet, though; not deliberately so, but. predator gonna predator. ]

What happened? You weren't when you visited.

[bluediligence]

Noted. [ easy acceptance. SOLIDARITY. ]

[ she tilts her head just a bit, clearly but fairly casually tracking Eve's approach. ]

Monster attack in the forest the day before the fire. I've been blind since, and it messed with my abilities too. [ a pause ]

Well, most of them. Donnie-kun's taking advantage of one of the ones that's still working.

[wroughtandtempered]

[ flopping over against the boulder once she gets there, leaving a little distance between them ]

...I can ask Paracelsus to look at you once we're out. If you want. ..."Taking advantage"?

[bluediligence]

I —

If it doesn't get better in the next few days, maybe. [ The idea of having a complete stranger that close to her is a yikes when she feels so vulnerable. ]

[ Relaxes a little, angling slightly more in Eve's general direction. ]

"Taking advantage" isn't the best way to put it. I gave it to him willingly, before all of this nonsense. [ Fidgets with one of her primary feathers. ] It's, uhm. A strength boost. A pretty hefty one.

[wroughtandtempered]

Yeah, no pressu—

[ ...

. . . ]

Oh, fuck.

[bluediligence]

Yeah. Fuck.

But!

[ a (light) clap of her hands ]

There is a bright side! I can get the buff off of him. It's just. Uh.

[wroughtandtempered]

[ ... deadpan ]

Awkward and-or fucking stupid?

[bluediligence]

Kinda both? Mostly it's really embarrassing, so please don't tell anyone.

[wroughtandtempered]

[ a muted slosh as she starts to try to roll belly-up, and then remembers both a: her legs and b: the water all over the fucking floor that would be annoying in her fur ]

...it's not anybody's fucking business unless you say it is. I won't.

[bluediligence]

Thanks.

[ Puts her face in her hands, nobody perceive her please and thank you.

... deep breath. okay. quietly, so only eve can hear. ]

I have to bite someone. Hard enough to leave a mark.

[wroughtandtempered]

[

don't laugh

don't fucking laugh she's obviously embarrassed by this do not fucking laugh ]

Oh shit, we're twins.

[ THAT IS NOT MUCH BETTER EVE ]

[bluediligence]

[ peeks out between her fingers, not that she can see. ]

Uhm. We are?

[wroughtandtempered]

Fraternal or whatever, not identical, but. I can heal people by biting them.

[bluediligence]

Oh wow! Now that's a cool power!

[ IMMEDIATELY DISTRACTED FROM EMBARRASSMENT ]

And it's a cool coincidence, too! Who'd have thought? But I bet you've got way better teeth for it, mine are all flat.

[wroughtandtempered]

[ a couple of splashy thumps that might or might not be tailwags (they are absolutely tailwags) ]

It's my venom that does it, so the fangs are kind of a package.

...I wonder if prosthetics would count. To bite with.

[bluediligence]

[ did she get a tailwag

god she wishes she could see, this is rude. bullying behaviour. ]

Venom, huh? Mine's just the mark. [ uncrosses her legs to tippy tappy against the rock. taptap. ] Prosthetics ... y'know, that's a good question! I know pens and stuff don't work, but fake teeth might be close enough.

[wroughtandtempered]

...maybe something to try later.

But— I can handle a bite. If it needs a mark, I'll have to shift, but that'll make it easier to deal with my legs anyway.

[bluediligence]

I'll add it to my to-do list. [ Her long, long to-do list.

BUT.

Her shoulders straighten. ]

Are you absolutely, completely sure you'd be comfortable? With the bite -- and uhm, like I said, I should be able to help with your legs too, if you can guide me.

[wroughtandtempered]

As long as it's not near my neck. I've had bites from a lot sharper teeth.

...Do you know how to reduce a shoulder? I fucked up one leg on each side, so that'll be both my shoulders in my other shape.

[bluediligence]

[ she actually flinches at the word "neck". just a little, her wings doing a little flick-ruffle. ]

It can be anywhere you want.

[ MOVING ON — ]

Both shoulders? Ouch, but it shouldn't be a problem. I've had plenty of practice. [ Doing it blind will be different. ] I'm trained in first aid and field medicine.

[wroughtandtempered]

[ ... noting that, quietly ]

Same on all accounts. I could even probably put them back myself, but it'd be a fucking mess...

...Hold on a second, then. I'm going to climb up.

[ more shifts and splashes as she drags herself up onto the boulder— and then the smooth hiss of scales becomes the shift of fabric, and there's an abrupt restrained hiss of pain ]

Motherfucker. Ow. Okay. ...Can I touch your left hand?

[bluediligence]

Ouch — yeah, no, thank you for letting me help. [ Sometimes you have to make do with what you've got, and sometimes what you've got is nothing but your own two hands.

But that's not right there and now. Korone is here and she's she's happy to pitch in. ]

Go for it. [ She offers up her left hand. ] I'd offer you some painkillers for after, but I think Donnie-kun took my medical supplies when he frisked me. Rude.