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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

[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.

[craters]

I promise, I'm the only one working at the clinic with pink hair.

But if you're that curious...

（ she sends him a quick selfie, nothing particularly posed or fancy in any way. her hair's currently a bit of a disaster and she looks like she probably hasn't slept all that much recently, but at least she's smiling and flashing a little victory sign. ）

[mercedis]

( she's cute, and he at least knows enough not to mention that she looks exhausted. )

Yeah, that's pink. Thanks for the heads up.

You have the kind of face that's probably pretty comforting to people that come by for help.

[craters]

What, you didn't believe me? 😋

I guess that's a good thing, though! I get told I'm scary sometimes, haha!

[mercedis]

Scary? Hmm.

No, you've got no beard. Not scary at all. You'd be classified as something else.

[craters]

（ excuse her, this calls for another selfie.

in this one, she has pulled her ponytail around to the front of her face, into an incredibly improvised beard secured with her elastic. her hair isn't long enough to do anything elaborate like braid it, but it at least provides the ... illusion? of a beard?

look, it's very scary, much serious, wow. ）

How about now?

（ you know, it's been a while since she's just been silly about anything, too focused on her work. so it feels good to just... goof off. thanks, cloud. you're a pal. ）

[mercedis]

( honestly? feels kind of nice to not be so focused on the rest of the fresh hell around him... and it's nice to have someone to talk to. )

Yes. This is actually legitimately terrifying.

[craters]

（ hah, nailed it. she actually giggles a bit on her end, delighted. ）

See? Told you!

[mercedis]

I'll have to step up my game if I stop by.

[craters]

Well, I'll look forward to it.

I should get back to work, Cloud, but... thanks. This was a fun chat.

Don't be a stranger, okay?

[mercedis]

Sure. Take care of yourself in the meantime.

[craters]

Yes sir!