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[craters]

❝Hi, you've reached Haruno Sakura. If this is a medical emergency, please leave your name, location, and a brief description of the injuries.❞

𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧 🌸 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 🌸 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

（ ooc; if you'd like to handwave her healing/helping your character, feel free to reply and just put HANDWAVED in the subject line. helps me keep track! ）

Comments

text; un: strife

[mercedis]

No problem. It also doesn't hurt to have a healer owe me a favor.

[ 'Horace' ... ]

Who came up with that name? It sounds pretty [ weird ] regal.

[craters]

I don't need to owe you a favour to help. My assistance is on the house!

It was one of the little girls I see sometimes... she fell in love with him and insisted he 'told' her his name was Horace.

Sometimes you just have to go with it, you know?

[mercedis]

Probably won't make much if you do all your favors for free.

[ His version of showing mild concern. ]

That's really kind of him. Hopefully he didn't give her a fake name. Guys can be the worst, but I'll assume that Horace has all the best intentions. I hope he'll treat his little love right.

[craters]

Oh, I'm not really concerned with money to begin with. I'm of the opinion medical care should never have a pricetag.

（ a dirty ninja socialist, her. that it's meant as concern just sails right over her head, because wow, not used to that.

also? that is... insanely cute of you, cloud, and she finds herself giggling a bit to herself as she responds: ）

I'm sure he'll do his best! He seemed like a pretty stand-up guy to me. But I suppose we could always send you along if it seems like he needs a talking-to, huh?

[mercedis]

Make sure you at least have enough to take care of yourself.

[ Nice girls and their need to help everyone... He definitely knows someone else like her who also needs to be reminded of that fact.]

If it comes to that. I've been known to be a bit intimidating. I won't hesitate to put a guy in his place.

[ Yeah, sure, real tough guy here. ]

[craters]

You don't have to worry about me, I promise!

You, intimidating? I don't know about that... I think I'd have to see it to believe it.

（ sorry, cloud, she is going to tease you mercilessly... ）

[mercedis]

( embarrassed but used to it. )

Guess I'll have to come by on a day you're in the clinic and intimidate all your plushies.

[craters]

（ oh no, precious. ）

Well, if you're planning on doing that, just let me know first! I'll try to make sure there's some lunch available for this... endeavour of yours.

[mercedis]

Seems kind of backwards to feed a guy for being scary, right?

[craters]

Is it?

I guess I'm doing this all wrong, then... you can walk me through the proper process after you're done lecturing the plushies...

[mercedis]

( he gets the distinct feeling he's being teased... )

Yeah? You gonna help too? Somehow I think you're probably a little good at lecturing...

[craters]

（ a perceptive young man, this cloud... ）

I can always take a crack at it. I'll have to defer to the expert, though...

[mercedis]

What do you think I look like? In person, I mean.

( come to think of it... )

What do you look like?

[craters]

I'm definitely envisioning a beard. A big, bushy one. Maybe it hangs down to your belt? I can't be sure.

（ what is the truth.gif. ）

Me? I'm hard to miss. Bright pink hair.

[mercedis]

( damn, he can't even begin to live up to that. )

Pink hair. Got it.

I'm a little more clean shaven. You know, food and twigs and frogs can get into beards. Don't like it.

[craters]

... frogs...?

[mercedis]

...Frogs.

[craters]

（ naruto what did you do... ）

Do I even want to know? This sounds like a story...

[mercedis]

Didn't happen to me, but someone I knew growing up... Did you grow up in the city, the country, the mountains, or?

[craters]

A village... but it was surrounded by wilderness. Lots of mountains and trees. And I was an outdoorsy sort.

（ look, no she is not. but when you're a ninja, you go where you need to go. and since she's not really admitting that part... then 'outdoorsy' it is. ）

[mercedis]

Oh yeah? Guessing you're pretty athletic, then... You know how to catch fish and build fires and mountain-climb and all that?

[craters]

Yep!

Why do you ask? Does this have anything to do with frogs in beards?

[mercedis]

Well yeah. Easiest way to get a frog out is fire.

...I'm kidding. I was just curious. I guess.

And it tells me more about what you look like, kinda.

[craters]

I can think of at least three other things I'd try before resorting to fire. What sort of beards do people grow where you're from?

（ please... terrible. ）

Hoping to recognize me in the street?

[mercedis]

Sorry. Hoping not to make a fool out of myself if I come by and mistake someone else with pink hair for you.