[ Does having bleeding ears make the tornado siren better or worse? A mystery. That's the second item on their to do list bright on the TV screen, isn't it?
She frowns because she has no clue what that means and turns her attention back to Childe(?). I hate Childe Genshin Impact's clothes, but Medb will maneuver his stupidly tailored shirt to see where that wire goes. ]
[she notices there's a blue wire sticking out from under yuri's shirt, when she checks. there are no items or anything in the other people's clothing - well, except for on harrow. harrow has a bottle of golden liquid in her pocket when sqx checks. does she take it?
aoi is just chilling by the vent. the thudding sounds are louder around here.
endorsi finds a yellow wire sticking out of white's shirt, straight out through the cloth. when she looks a little closer, it seems like there's something under his shirt, though she'd have to take it off in order to see better.
as for medb, she manuevers childe's stupid crop top thing to find that his chest is just... made of wires? it's a panel, opening out on either side, with a mechanical heart and a jumble of wires in various colors. the red wire is sticking out obnoxiously, free unattached to anything in his chest.]
[under yuri's shirt, huh? well, she'll just have to take off his shirt to get a better idea of what's going on with that... which she'll do after checking on harrow.
she does indeed take the golden liquid! she also checks harrow over for any wires that might be peeking out, and she'll look under her clothes to see where they lead if she has to. aoi please come away from the vent so she doesn't have to do double body duty.]
[ aoi doesn't want to strip these dead bodies though? why is that a thing we have to do!!
but in the interest of speeding things up she will come over and check harrow... she feels bad making everyone else do it, after all... while checking harrow's body and the wire, aoi glances over to? childre? ]
[when sqx takes the golden liquid, she feels as though it's... very important to someone.
harrow has a pink wire sticking out, and it leads to a similar panel. white has one too, endorsi will find. the rest of the wires all seem to be properly connected, it's just these lone ones sticking out from the panels.
medb picks up the red wire...
all at once, the backs of your necks are... itchy? and kind of sore. if you reach up to touch, you find a wound that wasn't there before. obviously you can't see the back of your own neck, but to everybody else, it looks almost like an ethernet port shaped wound has just been jammed into the back of your neck. touching it makes you feel dizzy and tired.]
[she doesn't know enough about computers to know what a port is, but she reaches up to touch the back of her neck as well - and closes her eyes as the vertigo and exhaustion take over for a second.
once that ends, though, she's also trying to see if there's any way to connect white's stray wire to the panel attached to him.]
Medb experiences the dizziness and tiredness, too, because she can't not touch. She stumbles a little and holds herself up on the chair Childe is seated in. ]
[the loose wires do, in fact, have connectors at the ends. and they do seem to match the gross new neck ports, wow!
there doesn't seem to be any other way to connect the wires at first glance, though endorsi is welcome to try and dig around in white's circuits if she really wants to.]
[sqx is still slumped over, feeling dizzy, because she hasn't fully pulled her hand away from the neck port. dumbass.]
...should we...?
[put them in?? she can't see anyone else's from this vantage point but hopefully someone who is looking can tell if there's like. matching colors or something. do their neck port wounds come with helpful color-coded outlines or something.]
...I get the feeling all of us are going to have to do it. Four of them for four of us, right?
[she doesn't really want to mess around with the panel on his chest, though somehow this course of action doesn't seem quite right, either. neither did crawling into an ominous dark vent, though.
there's a moment where she does glance at aoi's port wound to make sure they aren't color coded, like sqx suggested they might be - but if they aren't, she'll plug white's into her own neck. or try to, given that she can't see it at all.]
however, all of the girls except sqx are just yoloing, so it's fine!
endorsi plugs the port in. medb plugs the port into aoi.
they feel - fine, for a moment. and then there's a whirl of color, only visible to them. eight colors flash wildly, almost seizure inducing, and then there's a burst of pain, centered around the back of their necks. it feels like something biting them, and then trying to crawl into their heads, itching up the backs of their skulls. something warm and furry wraps itself around them, and their vision shorts out.
tired. you're so tired. you're so tired of this, of being here. maybe you should just crawl into bed and never get out again. never go back down again. you're exhausted, every day, every week, for weeks, for months.
their energy is sapped out of them - it's enough to bring them to their knees. the wires rip out of their necks violently, zipping back into harrow and white's chests, and harrow and white disappear in a burst of grey smoke.
well, sqx was considering plugging it in, but that's - concerning? this entire thing is concerning. she reaches out like she wants to try to steady endorsi and aoi - whoever's closest, really - but gasps when white and harrow vanish.
she glances to medb]
...should we also...?
[if medb goes for it and plugs her own in, she'll do the same; if she doesn't, she'll standby to keep an eye on endorsi and aoi until they've gained their strength. ...the jittering of the unidentifiable bodies out of the corner of her eye gets her to spare a glance in their direction, though.]
The physical pain and sensations bother her, but it's the emotion that really gets to her - for someone as driven and motivated as she's always been, this kind of emotion is... Well, she hates it. She's trying to push herself back up, but she's too tired.
She does turn slightly to glance at the two bodies, letting out a shaky breath when she sees White disappear.]
[ 1) aoi and endorsi falling like that is bad. 2) medb doesn't know if white and harrow disappearing like that is a good or bad thing 3) she thinks the unidentifiable bodies jittering is bad
Medb was closest to Aoi because she had to put the cord into her port, but her bias is Endorsi, so she goes to check on her. I'm so sorry, Aoi. ]
How are you feeling?
[ She spares half her attention on the jittering bodies, though, and she frowns before addressing SQX: ]
I feel like we will have to, but I don't know how long it takes to recover, and we don't know if those bodies will move in that time.
[ Medb may be chaotic at times, but she unfortunately doesn't want to die here. ]
but she still takes the help up, because she doesn't think she could manage it alone, and she doesn't want to slow everyone down. you know it's really hard to get up when you're this tired...?
[She reaches for Medb's hand, trying to pull herself up once she has that assistance, though she looks - hesitant, maybe? It would be so nice to just stay there—
But she closes her eyes, trying to shake off that thought.]
...I'll be fine. [But.] If you try it, be careful, okay? I'll cover you if they do anything before you're back on your feet.
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She frowns because she has no clue what that means and turns her attention back to Childe(?). I hate Childe Genshin Impact's clothes, but Medb will maneuver his stupidly tailored shirt to see where that wire goes. ]
What...?
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aoi is just chilling by the vent. the thudding sounds are louder around here.
endorsi finds a yellow wire sticking out of white's shirt, straight out through the cloth. when she looks a little closer, it seems like there's something under his shirt, though she'd have to take it off in order to see better.
as for medb, she manuevers childe's stupid crop top thing to find that his chest is just... made of wires? it's a panel, opening out on either side, with a mechanical heart and a jumble of wires in various colors. the red wire is sticking out obnoxiously, free unattached to anything in his chest.]
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she does indeed take the golden liquid! she also checks harrow over for any wires that might be peeking out, and she'll look under her clothes to see where they lead if she has to. aoi please come away from the vent so she doesn't have to do double body duty.]
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but in the interest of speeding things up she will come over and check harrow... she feels bad making everyone else do it, after all... while checking harrow's body and the wire, aoi glances over to? childre? ]
... Robots?
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she takes his shirt off, though, to see what's underneath.]
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[ Androids? Cyborgs? Medb doesn't know the difference. ]
I have a red wire over here. I think... we need to do something. For how to update.... them?
[ Maybe. She doesn't know if these are the mini integrated life forms or whatever. Is her hearing even good enough to hear the thudding from the vent?
Danger could come, and their damaged hearing will kill them.
Anyway, if it's not attached, she's just going to pick up the red wire. Hope this kills her. ]
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harrow has a pink wire sticking out, and it leads to a similar panel. white has one too, endorsi will find. the rest of the wires all seem to be properly connected, it's just these lone ones sticking out from the panels.
medb picks up the red wire...
all at once, the backs of your necks are... itchy? and kind of sore. if you reach up to touch, you find a wound that wasn't there before. obviously you can't see the back of your own neck, but to everybody else, it looks almost like an ethernet port shaped wound has just been jammed into the back of your neck. touching it makes you feel dizzy and tired.]
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and then winces at the sudden soreness. she reaches up to the back of her neck and feels around, and...
oof. slumps over a bit, putting one arm out to steady herself on the table.]
...nnh.
[she glances at the different colored wires, then brushes her hair away from the back of her neck]
What... is this? I can't see it.
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A port...?
[ do these loose wires have a connector at either end of them? perhaps one that matches our gross new neck ports? ]
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once that ends, though, she's also trying to see if there's any way to connect white's stray wire to the panel attached to him.]
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Medb experiences the dizziness and tiredness, too, because she can't not touch. She stumbles a little and holds herself up on the chair Childe is seated in. ]
Are we...?
[ Hm. ]
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there doesn't seem to be any other way to connect the wires at first glance, though endorsi is welcome to try and dig around in white's circuits if she really wants to.]
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...should we...?
[put them in?? she can't see anyone else's from this vantage point but hopefully someone who is looking can tell if there's like. matching colors or something. do their neck port wounds come with helpful color-coded outlines or something.]
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she turns her back to medb, revealing the port! ]
Let's try. Plug Aoi in...!
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[she doesn't really want to mess around with the panel on his chest, though somehow this course of action doesn't seem quite right, either. neither did crawling into an ominous dark vent, though.
there's a moment where she does glance at aoi's port wound to make sure they aren't color coded, like sqx suggested they might be - but if they aren't, she'll plug white's into her own neck. or try to, given that she can't see it at all.]
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If there aren't any colors, she'd still do that.
She hopes this doesn't end poorly, but they won't be able to go anywhere without doing anything, she thinks. ]
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however, all of the girls except sqx are just yoloing, so it's fine!
endorsi plugs the port in. medb plugs the port into aoi.
they feel - fine, for a moment. and then there's a whirl of color, only visible to them. eight colors flash wildly, almost seizure inducing, and then there's a burst of pain, centered around the back of their necks. it feels like something biting them, and then trying to crawl into their heads, itching up the backs of their skulls. something warm and furry wraps itself around them, and their vision shorts out.
tired. you're so tired. you're so tired of this, of being here. maybe you should just crawl into bed and never get out again. never go back down again. you're exhausted, every day, every week, for weeks, for months.
their energy is sapped out of them - it's enough to bring them to their knees. the wires rip out of their necks violently, zipping back into harrow and white's chests, and harrow and white disappear in a burst of grey smoke.
two of the other unidentifiable bodies jitter.]
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well, sqx was considering plugging it in, but that's - concerning? this entire thing is concerning. she reaches out like she wants to try to steady endorsi and aoi - whoever's closest, really - but gasps when white and harrow vanish.
she glances to medb]
...should we also...?
[if medb goes for it and plugs her own in, she'll do the same; if she doesn't, she'll standby to keep an eye on endorsi and aoi until they've gained their strength. ...the jittering of the unidentifiable bodies out of the corner of her eye gets her to spare a glance in their direction, though.]
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[ aoi collapses to the ground and then just stays hunched over. she'll just take a little rest... on the floor... it's fine... ]
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The physical pain and sensations bother her, but it's the emotion that really gets to her - for someone as driven and motivated as she's always been, this kind of emotion is... Well, she hates it. She's trying to push herself back up, but she's too tired.
She does turn slightly to glance at the two bodies, letting out a shaky breath when she sees White disappear.]
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2) medb doesn't know if white and harrow disappearing like that is a good or bad thing
3) she thinks the unidentifiable bodies jittering is bad
Medb was closest to Aoi because she had to put the cord into her port, but her bias is Endorsi, so she goes to check on her. I'm so sorry, Aoi. ]
How are you feeling?
[ She spares half her attention on the jittering bodies, though, and she frowns before addressing SQX: ]
I feel like we will have to, but I don't know how long it takes to recover, and we don't know if those bodies will move in that time.
[ Medb may be chaotic at times, but she unfortunately doesn't want to die here. ]
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...
[eyes the jittering bodies]
...I'm not sure we have much choice at this point...
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but she still takes the help up, because she doesn't think she could manage it alone, and she doesn't want to slow everyone down. you know it's really hard to get up when you're this tired...?
but she'll try. ]
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But she closes her eyes, trying to shake off that thought.]
...I'll be fine. [But.] If you try it, be careful, okay? I'll cover you if they do anything before you're back on your feet.
[giving her hand a little squeeze.]
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