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[elevelvetor]

Elizabeth Velveteen

"Good morning, noon, or night. You have reached Elizabeth Velveteen, who may or may not be here right now. Please leave a message if you have need of me."

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[feistytrader]

I'd take the jungle over this any day. I fell asleep on the job today. Jaeger took it well, but I still feel bad about it.

[Well, despite wincing every time he's had to bend and taking his time with it, his hoodie is off, his gloves are off, and his shirt takes a little more effort than his hoodie but as it's pulled up it's fairly obvious to see the damage, even if it's somewhat obscured by blood. It's a large slice that cuts through his side and a bit of his back; it's a little erratic and at a weird angle in a way that implies that he might have been moving while he got it. What's weirdest about it is probably how clean it looks, like he was cut by a sword, maybe...? But it also isn't terribly deep, either. It's certainly nothing fatal, and it's slowed significantly on the bleeding front, but it's still fairly serious given the size of it.

The whole ordeal is frustrating more than anything, for more reasons than one, and Silver moves to turn on the shower to clean things up. He's at least somewhat making this up as he goes.

A few things of note, if Goro and Liz can look away from the current wound:

• The old bite scar on his left hand, although Goro possibly remembers the days Silver came to school with a cast, so that's not all surprising.
• The newer burn scars on his forearms from their fun in August. They're not too bad, but they're definitely noticeable and something he's been covering up with hoodies.
• Silver is shirtless. He's actually pretty muscular for someone so small looking.
• There's a tear in Silver's backpack that likely saved him from some of the injury.It looks like fabric at the bottom has stopped anything from falling out... Probably.]

[elevelvetor]

[ Goro's comment earns him a warning look, more for the "take your time" part rather than the youth thing, but it drops when she sees Silver's back; she gives a soft oh my and raises a hand to cover her mouth.

How awful? Like, wow, bud. She'll register the rest of that in a bit, the wound's kind of very attention-grabby. ]

Mr. Jaeger's a very nice man. [ Whether that's really true or not isn't really her concern right now. ] Just what did you get caught by? Ah... I'm sorry I can't help, Silver. Thanatos doesn't have any healing spells.

[twostringsonebow]

[His friend is two things:

1. Surprisingly hot, oh no.
2. Really badly hurt.

Goro squeezes his left arm self-consciously, humming strained at the throb of pain from it, and he shakes his head as he moves to help out. Very gentle with a washcloth here.]

Nor does Robin Hood. Why didn't you go to the hospital? This-- This requires more medical attention than you can receive here, Silver. Did you even go someplace for those burns?

[Because a detective notes all, and he certainly does remember the days.]

[feistytrader]

I wanted to come home. I'm tired of this.

[It's not a good reason, and saying it gently doesn't make him feel any less childish about it, but it's the truth. He turns to Liz; she's taking it easy on him and he knows it, but he doesn't want to leave her question unanswered.]

I got caught in the fog. The guy that keeps showing up for me can make himself look like anyone, so... He caught me off guard.

[And that makes him feel way more vulnerable than he does with Goro cleaning out his wound. He's a good sport and doesn't move around any or protest all that much.]

I got the burns when we first got to the jungle.

[elevelvetor]

And here I thought the girl plaguing me was terrible.

[ ...she is pretty bad, but Elizabeth can't imagine... There's the things she helped Yato with too, and that girl—she touches her left arm idly, though she's wearing something long-sleeved. Tugs at her sleeve a little, too. ]

You have my greatest sympathies. Really, very many of them, actually. At least they can't come inside... I'd dislike it if we lost our apartment to destruction. [ ...Mmm. ] Are you alright?

[ Not physically, she obviously can see that, but... The gentle way of asking she has, she means otherwise. ]

[feistytrader]

[He pauses briefly, hesitantly, and his expression looks vulnerable for a moment, but he quickly shakes his head. No, it's not that he's upset or scared, it's-]

I'm angry. How long are we supposed to accept that this is gonna keep happening? I want to do something about it.

[He hates feeling helpless like this. He hates knowing that every night, one way or the other, his friends are risking getting hurt...]

[twostringsonebow]

What can we do, Silver? It's not like we can just stroll up to them and tell them to knock it off.

[... As nice as that would be.]

Don't get me wrong, I certainly would like to put them in their place, to give back all they've troubled us with, it's an injustice I hate having to allow simply because there's nothing I can do to prevent it, but the fact is that there's not much we can do besides what amounts to damage control.

[elevelvetor]

It's true, and I know you hate to hear it, Silver.

[ Given he dislikes how she handles her own affairs. ]

Until we find a way to fix this once and for all, however that may be, we'll simply have to deal with what we can, and that's not a crime at all.