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❝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! ）
（ 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! ）
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Date: 2022-11-03 07:47 pm (UTC)But if you're certain...
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Date: 2022-11-03 10:49 pm (UTC)By the docks, yeah? I'll be there in 15.
[ he shows up looking not too worse for wear... there's a scab on his cheek and maybe a faint stain or two on his clothes, like they were bloodied and then washed clean again. ]
Hope it's not a bad time.
[ he offers her a smile and a wave with his good hand, and then holds it out for a friendly shake. the other's bandaged up and held loosely by his side. ]
And, nice to meet you in person. You look just like your picture.
[ that's partly a joke, and partly because he's not used to meeting people from the internet (or even photography in of itself)...! ]
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Date: 2022-11-04 12:51 am (UTC)he literally just ran face first into a particular insecurity of hers, and she reaches up instinctively as if searching for bangs she can flatten over her forehead.
it's been years since she had them — she's grown out her hair in a neatly uniform bob that's just long enough to pull back, but the scars from childhood name calling and the tendency for people to point out someone's worst feature hasn't quite faded with time. her hand's muscle-memory creep for bangs turns into tucking the strands that have escaped from her messy bun behind her ears, and she clears her throat, before stepping in to take his hand. ）
It's not a bad time at all, I'm glad you thought to come by.
（ she likes being relied on like this. it's making up for a lot of years of feeling useless. ）
It's so strange to meet each other first through the phones, right...? I'm not used to that yet.
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Date: 2022-11-04 01:37 am (UTC)he just grins and nods. ]
Definitely. I guess it's kinda like writing letters... but way faster. And with the option of sending extremely realistic paintings.
[ he never made a profile of his own, though... ]
Thanks for being willing to meet a faceless stranger.
[ (TECHNICALLY SAKURA WAS FACELESS TOOOOOOO but he remembers the pink hair... that's not helping, i know...)
meanwhile, if she manages to unwrap the bandage... she'll see there's a nasty gash in his palm. miraculously he hasn't lost too much blood, or gotten terribly infected (though his concern is that it will, very soon), thanks to what little magic he's managed to retain control of. it's not a pretty sight, but he imagines it's far from the worst a medic has seen. ]
...Had a bit of an accident during the festivities. [ so this was about a week ago...? ] I've... been hoping it would take care of itself, but it hasn't exactly been cooperative.
cw: mention of self-inflicted wounds
Date: 2022-11-04 01:52 pm (UTC)（ if she ever finds that puck, she's going to murder him. it feels like she's spoken with a half-dozen people now that had done some harm or other to themselves during that cursed festival.
she does take a quick peek under the bandages, lifting the edge of it with a pen as her hands aren't yet clean, mostly to see what she's dealing with, and then — ）
Take a seat.
（ she directs him to a chair, and is already scrubbing up so she can put gloves on. ）
Was this self-inflicted?
（ she's guessing so, but. good thing to establish. ）
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Date: 2022-11-05 04:05 pm (UTC)he takes a seat and shakes his head. ]
No. Someone else got a little too excited over cat-and-mouse party games.
[ he doesn't see a reason to lie about it, though the truth is admittedly abbreviated. ]
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Date: 2022-11-05 06:27 pm (UTC)You mean in the maze?
（ local woman, 19, suddenly deeply suspicious. ）
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Date: 2022-11-06 02:05 am (UTC)That's the one. Did you go there yourself?
[ sounds like maybe she was there? if so, HE SURE HOPES she had better luck than he did. ]
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Date: 2022-11-06 07:37 pm (UTC)（ felix, her mortal nemesis.
once the bandage is cut away and it and the dressing disposed of, she looks up at him, head tilted faintly to one side. ）
Just want to doublecheck — it's okay if I use my healing on you, right?
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Date: 2022-11-06 10:29 pm (UTC)[ she seems perfectly competent and capable of fending for herself, but that isn't a situation he wishes on anyone in any case. he studies her for a moment, before smiling wryly, ]
Guess I should be feeling sorry for the other guy.
[ RIP FELIX!!! hopefully one day he'll catch them throwing hands in person... so he can laugh and root for sakura.
also, her question isn't one he'd been expecting and he considers for only a moment before answering, ]
Yeah, unless it comes with any funny side effects. You're not gonna turn my hair green, are you? [ please! no! ]
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Date: 2022-11-07 04:25 pm (UTC)（ she sticks her tongue out briefly in a universally teasing gesture, and then more seriously: ）
No, no, no side effects. Just plain healing. I just like to ask first, not everyone is comfortable with it from a near-stranger!
（ but now that he's given permission, that's cause enough for her to let her focus slip a little, reaching within herself to those deep, verdant reserves of energy. her chakra feels like a spring morning, brisk and warm and bracing, like clean air and cleaner water and the deeply cathartic sound of spring rain over rooftop tiles. those without chakra can't see it, but he'll be able to feel it as she holds a hand over his wounds.
the chakra will wash over him, invigorating and strangely green. flesh knits together, and the infection that's brewing but not yet fullblown is soothed. this is
a simple wound, nothing having damaged the tendons or structure of the bone beneath, and while it takes a considerable amount of effort to heal it, she knows that's more the effect this place has on her powers than her own skill.
finally, she moves her hand away. a scar is left, still faintly red and raised, but whole. she wipes her brow with the back of her forearm, and exhales with a huff. ）
How does it feel now?
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Date: 2022-11-08 05:41 am (UTC)Hmm... I think I could pull off pink. [ a friendly wink. ]
No worries. I wouldn't be here if I didn't trust you.
[ that said, sylvain's risk assessment leaves something to be desired... but that's neither here nor there. he's quickly proven right, anyway. her chakra manipulation is leagues above anything he can muster with what little Faith (hah) he has, potent enough it's almost a surprise.
he watches with obvious fascination as the wound seals itself, trying but unable to identify the energy that pours into his hand. it's not quite like the magic he's familiar with back home, though it feels just as personal. he flexes his fingers, then curls them into a fist, pleased to find there's no pain or discomfort in the movement. ]
Good as new. Thanks, you're pretty amazing!
[ he does notice, however, that she seems to be taxing herself. or at least, it's not an effortless ordeal. ]
...Mind if I return the question?
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Date: 2022-11-09 01:26 am (UTC)（ is she trying to avoid that question? absolutely. she even holds out a hand expectantly as if the joke (and it is a joke!) of asking for money will deter him.
haha, genius plan, can't be stopped. ）
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Date: 2022-11-09 01:34 am (UTC)So...?
[ no takebacksies ]
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Date: 2022-11-09 01:59 am (UTC)she gives the coin a flummoxed look. curls her fingers over it like a racoon with a shiny object.
and then (equally innocently) asks — ）
Sorry, was your question again?
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Date: 2022-11-09 02:53 am (UTC)Are you feeling fatigued?
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Date: 2022-11-12 09:51 pm (UTC)I'm always a little tired, healing people here. But it's not anything a good meal or some sleep won't overcome. Satisfied?
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Date: 2022-11-13 11:52 pm (UTC)...As long as it's nothing serious.
[ he gets that sometimes it's easier to stay busy than to have no purpose at all. but too often good intentions lead to burnout... ]
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Date: 2022-11-14 02:20 am (UTC)See this? You only ever need to worry about me if this disappears, okay?
（ it's... a drastic oversimplification of... everything, but it's what she's willing to divulge at the moment, so it'll have to be enough. ）
Ah! That's not to say it would mean I was dying, or anything like that. It would just mean I'm really out of energy.
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Date: 2022-11-17 01:54 am (UTC)Huh.
[ curious. he just chalks it up to "another mysterious and inexplicable power," but won't read too much into it, if it doesn't look like she's eager to explain. he does have one last(?) question, however. ]
And you'll let someone know if that happens?
[ hopefully the devices make it much easier to communicate, in such an event... ]
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Date: 2022-11-20 08:56 pm (UTC)If I'm in danger? Yes.
（ no. she would literally rather die. maybe she'd contact naruto, or... d? but anyone else? she absolutely cringes away from the possibility. she's tired of being vulnerable, of needing help, of being saved. she wants to stand on her own two feet even if it kills her, and it truly might in this place.
it's an acceptable level of risk to her, at least. ）
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Date: 2022-11-22 03:11 am (UTC)also that doesn't sound convincing at all, but only because sylvain is surrounded by capable and headstrong people in his life who need to be coerced into rest and reliance. ingrid and dimitri immediately come to mind. ]
Good.
[ he doesn't believe her, but there as to be other ways to look out for her. least he can do to repay the favor, especially since she isn't accepting his payment. :) ]
In the meantime, don't forget to kick back and have fun when you can.
[ you know, so she doesn't keel over from overwork... ]
Didn't you say something about multitasking?
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Date: 2022-11-27 03:03 pm (UTC)You don't need to worry. I have plenty of fun! Why do people keep thinking I don't?