voidbreaker | KARA and LILI

[ here and there, he might give a groan, or a hiss through his teeth. but kara forces himself to be still while they tend to the wounds. ]

...At least the old wounds should be gone tomorrow.

[ quiet lili is concerning, but not letting kara bleed out is ... more so, right now. honestly. ]

...

[ he sticks it down with some extra tape, and then sits back himself. ]

Well, you're not gonna bleed out of those ones. [ idek if he needs stitches i'ma just (waves hand) it's done. ] Or your new ones now.

[(waves hand) done! no more bleedy injuries.

but lili's going to just... sit down on the other side of kara and sigh. she reaches for his hand again, if only for something to hold onto.

but she'll look up at ash]

.... thanks.

[ kara nods, and he'll give lili's hand a weak squeeze. ]

Thank you. You didn't have to help. [ sigh. ] ...I wish it wasn't him.

Mm. S'fine. You're a big guy, it'd be tough for one person to deal with all these wounds.

[ after a moment he just folds his arms on a spare bit of the bed and rests his head on them. he's tired. ]

... Yeah. That wasn't fair any way you look at it.

[ . . . . she reaches over kara with her free hand to pat ash on the head. this is part of her thanks. but also. please rest, ash.

but she'll sit back down and pull kara's hand closer to her, holding it gently between both of hers.]

.... none of this is fair.

...No, it isn't. But we can stop it soon, right?

[ mmrrph. he makes a kind of... grumbly noise, and then adds: ]

We'd fucking better.

.... I think I heard them say prenup today.

[she sighs faintly]

So all the teams will be one for the coming week, and all old injuries will be disappearing. I still have the serum...

[she looks over at kara - ] For the end, I think I'll give it to you.

[he'd need it more than she would, in a fight.]

[ he looks sharply at lili, and instantly regrets it when the movement pulls on his shoulder a little. there's a wince, but he tries to ignore it. ]

Only if you're sure, Lili.

But we still don't know how to summon the pink creature, right? We're just stuck waiting until it shows up.

[ ash waves a hand ]

Even if it sucks, we've got to do the pink task this week. Zenitsu's postcard mentioned it won't show up if we don't.

[she brings kara's hand up to her mouth so she can press a brief kiss to his knuckles.]

I'm sure. Don't make it worse before I can heal you. I'll make sure with Flayn that she's okay with but she and I... we both know that we're not meant to aid in a proper fight.

[ . . . . but she sighs at ash's words]

It's going to be something horrid, right?

...Alright.

[ she isn't wrong, after all. lili herself is neither strong nor experienced enough for a proper battle, and her own injuries would do her no favors. flayn might stand a higher chance, due to her training, but she, too, lacks strength. it's the logical move to let ookurikara, who was made for war, deal with it instead.

someday, though, he hopes that they can stand on the same battlefield together, if their must be another battlefield at all. ]

If it means finishing this, we'll have to deal with it no matter what it is. We'll find out tomorrow.

[ you kids ok there? ]

What he said.

We don't have much choice. If it's really bad, we figure out a way to get through it with minimal damage.

[ash would get to smooch if kara didn't say no :( ]

... more meetings, is it...

[she sighs.]

I'll talk to Akira. If people want to hear from me less, I'd understand.

[ i'm ignoring both of you. ]

More meetings, once we figure out what they're demanding.

[ he looks at lili, though, concerned. ]

If they're angry that I survived, they should be taking it out on me. Not you.

[ ray... brutally abandoning me... ]

Wild idea -- they could take it out on no one and get this whole situation over and done with in half the time.

[ he's exhausted by this. ] Factions was the kind of shit I was hoping to avoid.

[she's shaking her head]

No one's been rude to me so far, you don't need to be mad. [lowkey that was kind of what started it - but she can't say she doesn't love his loyalty.] But as much as I agree with Ash...

[ . . . . ]

I have no interest in factions. Even when I was the one upset last night, I agreed to work together with everyone. They owe me the same, considering who they all still voted for.

[ the sigh he gives is heavy with frustration. ]

I'm not saying there should be factions. There shouldn't. But you've been doing more work here than most, and they shouldn't start ignoring that because they think the wrong person walked away.

[ he turns his eyes away, irritated. ]

I don't care what they think of me, as long as we get this done.

That's what I'm saying. Factions just end up with this mess going on the outskirts, and nothing gets solved.

...

The wrong person would've walked away anyway. That's the point. Both of you were someone's "wrong person" - they just got hit with a double blow because no one's walked away after being voted for. There was probably some kind of ... I dunno, complacency to it. Even if they didn't mean to think like that.

[ . . . . . lordy. she sighs.]

Mm. People... are going to feel what they feel. We probably shouldn't make it any worse today.

[a gentle squeeze of kara's hand, she interlaces their fingers.]

Everyone's grieving but... we need to work all the harder, to make sure Dick comes back now, so they aren't separated too long.

[ well, it isn't like kara disagrees with any of this. so all he does is lean back with a soft sigh. ]

Then what's next? Figuring out the next task, and bringing Winter into the larger team? Is there more?

[ still so focused on the mission, even if the state he's in. ]

Seems like it. The team thing should probably happen first, and then... dunno. Knock out as many tasks as we can straight out the gate, and then cut the head off a snake.

Simple enough.

Oh....

Thank the gods for something simple.

Don't call it simple when we don't even know the task yet. Knowing them, it could be to kill someone.

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