week 1, night 1

[higanbana]

[Ris is scarce after the meeting with the Conductor. It's unlikely anyone will see her at all for at least a couple of hours afterward...

Until a shrill scream can be heard from inside Room 14.

The door is unlocked. Investigate?]

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[higanbana]

[Ris has been keeping herself mostly together, but at the suggestion that King might bite the Doctor, her eyes widen and she sits upright off the wall.]

No. [It's said quickly, fearfully. She shrinks back after that, eyebrows knit together.] ...Please. It... would be dangerous for you, if you ever so much as saw him. [...] I don't want either of you to get hurt. Especially not for me.

[She sounds more genuine with that last bit than she has with most of her speech, short of the hysterical screaming.

And to their hypothesizing...]

...I really have no idea. Whatever it was... I'm just glad it's gone.

[unwittingking]

Fine, I won’t bite him. I could probably handle myself against him, but fine. The point is, I don’t want you going anywhere near him ever again, even when we get out of here. It’s an order.

[Again, harsh, but seriously, this guy sounds messed up.

Trying to figure out where this eye came from is looking like it’s only going in circles. It’s extremely worrying, but it...seems like it’s handled???]

Okay, proposing an idea here, you can call it out if it’s stupid, but what if we just...let this be? The problem seems like it’s over now. If it comes up again, we can do something about it, but right now it seems...alright?

Again, feel free to call me an idiot, I’m just trying to stop this conversation topic from looping forever.

[eternaldivide]

[ Mithos nods slightly at the proposal ]

It's gone, so there's no reason to really continue it at this point.

[ There's really nothing to do but speculate and go in circles so what King is proposing isn't idiotic at all. That and they're all tired so having such a conversations continue probably isn't a good idea anyways ]

[higanbana]

[An order, huh.. Ris just stares, a little wide-eyed, at King for a moment before sighing with the tiniest hint of a smile.

It's not ever going to be that easy, she knows that. But still, it's a sweet gesture.

So, to the proposal, Ris just nods.]

All we'll do is tire ourselves out more than we already are. [Ris will just say it outright.] It is distressing, still, certainly, but it... I am no longer in pain, and it is gone.

...I have always found it is better not to stick one's nose in further where it doesn't belong. It tends to be safer that way.

[...]

...And I would very much like to not be the source of any further distress for either of you this evening.

[unwittingking]

[King's a little bit surprised that his suggestion is not being treated like the stupid idea. It's nice to be the one suggesting the reasonable option, and everyone agrees with you.]

Alright then, we'll stop talking about it, and only bring it up again if something weird like that happens again.

[While this event was disturbing as all heck, he knows when he needs to be involved with magical insanity, and something like that would definitely worry him enough to get him involved.

He gathers up the utensils that were...used, making sure to keep them away from his body.]

I'm going to find a place to hide these and hope to high heaven they don't get found and used for literally anything else.

Ris, you may want to keep your eye covered up. I don't know much about medical stuff, but I feel like letting it be exposed to the open air might not be the best thing.

Mithos, I'd appreciate it if you would put the disinfectant back where it was. We don't need a panic starting because one of the medical supplies are missing.

And both of you...try to get some sleep if you can. Please.

Does all this sound good?

[His voice takes on a sort of dad-like tone. Not really trying to be bossy when he's giving these orders, just that he's thinking these are the best things they can do in the situation.]

[eternaldivide]

[ Mithos nods to King's proposal. He finally moves from his position on the floor and gets up to grab the disinfectant that he got earlier. ]

Yeah, that sounds alright. Try to get some sleep if you can as well, King.

[ He's ... probably isn't going to if he's honest but he's going to follow what Ris said and try not to let it cause anymore distress tonight. ]

[higanbana]

I can work with that.

[As far as keeping the eye covered:] Please, do not worry yourself about me any further. I know how to handle this from here. [Which isn't meant to brush him off, but just reassure him that it will be well taken care of.]

I can make no promises about sleep, but... I will make an attempt. That much, I can promise you both.

[She knows already it won't work, but hey. Laying down and staring at the ceiling while everyone else sleeps won't be much different than wandering.]

Thank you both, again. I can only hope that someday, I'll be able to repay you for this.

[unwittingking]

I'll try Mithos.

[Which roughly translates to "I'm probably going to be tossing and turning all night from disgusting nightmares. Don't worry about it though."

And Ris has the eye thing handled with! Awesome! He doesn't even need to be paranoid about that!]

I'm sure you will, Ris.

[He starts walking to the door as he's saying this.]

Both of you...try to have a good night, okay?

[He's half jokingly serious, half genuinely afraid for the two of them.]