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my foolish heart...
WHO: Jonathan "Johnny" "Jojo" "Joe Kid" Joestar & Pleromies
WHAT: post-event failing to relax after getting heroically fucked up in Godsblood
WHERE: Greentruth (main portion and ground-level farms)
WHEN: post-event, late in the month
WARNINGS: n/a other than injury care
A. greentruth higher levels
[ They'd won the day in Godsblood. They'd won the day, and, somehow, he helped them win it. Johnny's not really one for heroics. That said, he is a big fan of winning things, and he has to say that it feels damn good for the underdog to come out on top this time.
Or, rather, it would feel good if he wasn't covered in burns.
After barely managing to crawl back to Greentruth, he's been in the same boat as many other Pleroma: laid up in a sick bed. Their makeshift medical camp up in the trees is "rustic," as are most things in their treetop hideaway, but the presence of a few people capable of using healing powers makes a big difference. Of course, being lit on fire was no small injury, and the medics around insisted that Johnny make time for his body to heal - in his condition, particularly. If an infection set in on his legs, he might not know until it was too late without anyone paying attention.
So he stays. For a day. A day and a half, actually. He's grateful that the place is mostly open-air, because it makes it a little bit easier not to think of dark, stagnant air or remember the smell of blood and piss that sat heavy in it. It means it takes a little bit longer for him to start waking up with his heart racing and a hand clutching at his thigh for a needle that isn't there. Every nurse that isn't an Aion is treated with tense cordiality, Johnny's eyes on their hands, their pockets. It's paranoia, he knows. Knowing, however, isn't enough to make him stop imagining the smile on their faces when they turn away, the things they might be doing when he's asleep.
Those coming to visit on the second half of that second day - whether looking for Johnny specifically, or maybe another injured person - will see him sitting up straight on his bed, still swaddled in bandages, staring quite hard at his wheelchair, parked on the other side of the makeshift sickbay. And, miraculously, the wheelchair actually starts to head in his direction... although it's less miraculous to anyone who can see the supernatural, as they'll see his tiny Stand struggling to push it over towards him. ]
B. greentruth ground level
[ Eventually, he does make his great escape from the recovery ward, such as it is. Since then, he's been trying to keep busy. It's partially because he wants a distraction from the pain of his injuries, partially because he needs the money, and partially because he's realizing that he can't keep living like this. He's not making progress. He saved Vaeka. So what? For him, nothing has changed.
He needs to do something. What that something is, however, he has no idea, and, severely limited in his ability to search for that something, he defaults to the only something he's good at: raising and riding animals. There aren't any horses in Greentruth (outside of one very rude one, and he doesn't want to talk to her), but he's become rather familiar with a handful of the kocsigyik breeders due to his regular need of their animals. One of them, finally, agreed to let him do a little bit of work around the stables, though he'd regarded Johnny with quite a bit of skepticism. Of course, that only made Johnny more determined to excel.
Today, he's helping train a few of the younger beasts. Two of them, towering over Johnny in his chair despite their young age, are following after him, their leads in one hand as he rolls backwards with the other. Despite the uneven terrain, the wheel turns unusually easily under his fingertips, and while he looks tired and bandaged, he's also surprisingly tranquil. They sure as hell aren't horses. But they aren't all that different, and they have their own charm about them, he thinks - not at all like the awful creatures he knew as dinosaurs back home, something that's very, very clear as they reach the end of the paddock and one of them wanders up to him and starts trying to eat his hat. ]
Hey - hey, careful! [ but he's laughing a little, even as the dinosaur makes him wince touching his burns, and the kocsigyik swiftly finds what it's looking for: a few treats that Johnny had hidden up there. ] All right, smartass, you got me.
C. OTHER
[ if you want to meet up with Johnny for something specific, just PM me and let's figure something out! ]
WHAT: post-event failing to relax after getting heroically fucked up in Godsblood
WHERE: Greentruth (main portion and ground-level farms)
WHEN: post-event, late in the month
WARNINGS: n/a other than injury care
A. greentruth higher levels
[ They'd won the day in Godsblood. They'd won the day, and, somehow, he helped them win it. Johnny's not really one for heroics. That said, he is a big fan of winning things, and he has to say that it feels damn good for the underdog to come out on top this time.
Or, rather, it would feel good if he wasn't covered in burns.
After barely managing to crawl back to Greentruth, he's been in the same boat as many other Pleroma: laid up in a sick bed. Their makeshift medical camp up in the trees is "rustic," as are most things in their treetop hideaway, but the presence of a few people capable of using healing powers makes a big difference. Of course, being lit on fire was no small injury, and the medics around insisted that Johnny make time for his body to heal - in his condition, particularly. If an infection set in on his legs, he might not know until it was too late without anyone paying attention.
So he stays. For a day. A day and a half, actually. He's grateful that the place is mostly open-air, because it makes it a little bit easier not to think of dark, stagnant air or remember the smell of blood and piss that sat heavy in it. It means it takes a little bit longer for him to start waking up with his heart racing and a hand clutching at his thigh for a needle that isn't there. Every nurse that isn't an Aion is treated with tense cordiality, Johnny's eyes on their hands, their pockets. It's paranoia, he knows. Knowing, however, isn't enough to make him stop imagining the smile on their faces when they turn away, the things they might be doing when he's asleep.
Those coming to visit on the second half of that second day - whether looking for Johnny specifically, or maybe another injured person - will see him sitting up straight on his bed, still swaddled in bandages, staring quite hard at his wheelchair, parked on the other side of the makeshift sickbay. And, miraculously, the wheelchair actually starts to head in his direction... although it's less miraculous to anyone who can see the supernatural, as they'll see his tiny Stand struggling to push it over towards him. ]
B. greentruth ground level
[ Eventually, he does make his great escape from the recovery ward, such as it is. Since then, he's been trying to keep busy. It's partially because he wants a distraction from the pain of his injuries, partially because he needs the money, and partially because he's realizing that he can't keep living like this. He's not making progress. He saved Vaeka. So what? For him, nothing has changed.
He needs to do something. What that something is, however, he has no idea, and, severely limited in his ability to search for that something, he defaults to the only something he's good at: raising and riding animals. There aren't any horses in Greentruth (outside of one very rude one, and he doesn't want to talk to her), but he's become rather familiar with a handful of the kocsigyik breeders due to his regular need of their animals. One of them, finally, agreed to let him do a little bit of work around the stables, though he'd regarded Johnny with quite a bit of skepticism. Of course, that only made Johnny more determined to excel.
Today, he's helping train a few of the younger beasts. Two of them, towering over Johnny in his chair despite their young age, are following after him, their leads in one hand as he rolls backwards with the other. Despite the uneven terrain, the wheel turns unusually easily under his fingertips, and while he looks tired and bandaged, he's also surprisingly tranquil. They sure as hell aren't horses. But they aren't all that different, and they have their own charm about them, he thinks - not at all like the awful creatures he knew as dinosaurs back home, something that's very, very clear as they reach the end of the paddock and one of them wanders up to him and starts trying to eat his hat. ]
Hey - hey, careful! [ but he's laughing a little, even as the dinosaur makes him wince touching his burns, and the kocsigyik swiftly finds what it's looking for: a few treats that Johnny had hidden up there. ] All right, smartass, you got me.
C. OTHER
[ if you want to meet up with Johnny for something specific, just PM me and let's figure something out! ]
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You forced it back? Christ.
[ it's hard to believe she's even walking around like that, especially in addition to the other injuries, like that nick on her hoof (which also needs attention, most likely, but Johnny's not particularly eager to put himself at the mercy of her hooves.) He'd call her crazy if he hadn't done similarly stupid things in the past... the very recent past.
It would be nice if he could harness the Spin the way Gyro could - he's sure he could use it to ease some of her muscles and accelerate the healing of her torn ligaments - but, alas, his skills with it don't extend much past fighting. Really, the best thing for her to do would be to get rest. If he saw a horse with this kind of injury, he'd be strict about keeping it off the track - maybe even in the stable. Hayame, however, is certain not to listen to advice like that. He frowns a bit.
At least she has the advantage of being able to talk about her injury. A blessing and a curse, considering her personality. He inches forward a little bit on his chair, then stops. ]
... I'm gonna have to touch it to get an idea of what the damage is. You all right with that? [ if it's any comfort, he doesn't seem particularly thrilled about it, either; the request for permission, however, is genuine. There's still a southern gentleman in him deep down. Somewhere. ] If you don't like the chair, I can get off, but you'll have to lay down for that.
[ maybe it bothers her -- he doesn't know. people can be strange about it, and so can horses. ]
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[She herself had not viewed it as a desirable move, but if the choice was use her heavy weight and momentum to try and shove her shoulder back into joint or be a sitting duck for that upstart Kenoma and his perversions... She'd done what she had to do.
Alright isn't the word to describe how she feels about him touching her. About most people touching her. Since she had become a woman against her will, she had tolerated touch only from the stable master, who ruled the entirety of the stable and her fate. When it came to the touch of others... only one day a year, on Exhibition Day, did she subject herself to the indignity of letting prospective buyers run their hands down a leg to urge her hoof up, move along her withers to test her make, or curl at the base of her tail to test her readiness. Since arriving in Horos... ?
She has not touched or been touched in kindness once. But if she doesn't allow it--]
Touch what you must.
[She looks straight ahead, locking her knees (three of them, the injured leg refuses to comply) and bracing herself for the sensation she sometimes feels that she has all but forgotten. If she is lucky... perhaps it will hurt, so she will not have to remember how much she'd loved it, when Matsukaze's hands had curled around her shaking shoulders and awkwardly tried to hold her.]
I do not care about your chair.
[Her voice is smaller, but still dark, as she glares off into the distance. Would he have asked a human, if they minded he sat in a strange wheeled chair to move? No, judgmentally, she thinks he would not have. She had cared that it was somehow expected of her to know what the chair meant just by sight, and she had cared that it seemed to her they would need carry the weakness of a cripple, but-]
I am not going to spook.
[Like some horse frightened by the opening of an umbrella or the sudden snap of a flag in the wind.]
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You sure act like you care about it, [ he comments dryly. However, he continues: ] People act like they're gonna catch something from me if they get too close to it sometimes.
[ as if, somehow, being around him would be enough to disfigure them, too. Like it made him unclean. It's stupid, but surprisingly common nonetheless. Hayame certainly seemed like the type, too, the way she judged him so quickly, but maybe she's just being tough about it. Doesn't matter; he's spared the indignity of having to shuffle around on the ground for now, while she, unfortunately, is not spared the indignity of getting manhandled.
It's not particularly easy for him to reach her - he's sitting down, and he's short to begin with - but he manages, his touch perhaps surprisingly gentle. In spite of his baby face and small stature, his hands are tough and calloused from years of hard work. There's a sort of nostalgia in the feeling of her fur; it's been months, now, since he saw Slow Dancer. Since he's been around any horses. Sadly, this is no horse - one quick glance upwards at the rest of Hayame confirms that much. This is a woman. One who probably wishes he'd trip in a deep puddle. ]
You've got to take a break. Walking around on this is making it swell up more... [ it's got to hurt like hell. It was pretty clear to him from seeing her (and from what she said, obviously) that she dislocated it, and it's more obvious feeling it - it's in the right place, as she said, which is... good, but it's definitely inflamed. ] I can show you some stretches that'll help, too, but rest is the only thing that'll actually heal it.
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I care what you can't do, not where you sit your rump.
[Looking straight ahead, she tries to temper it, in the only way she can manage, not willing to walk away from this humiliation without what she'd caved for.]
Being cripple isn't catching.
[... She might not have a modern understanding of how viruses and other afflictions spread, but she knew being unable to walk wasn't contagious. Unless this man kept shoving people down stairs or something.
Though Hayame makes an attempt to remain stoic, her hide twitches and shudders in an unmistakably equine reaction to sudden stimulus. But he isn't a horsefly, her reactions do settle, and as he moves his fingers over her dun coat she can at least... recognize, that it is a careful touch. Beneath the pain of any touch at all, that was. But what he says-]
I cannot rest.
[It's unacceptable. As much as she didn't want to rely on magic healing, that perhaps this Yuuta person was apparently capable of... as much as she did want to take the cripple's "advice"...]
There is someone I must find. I leave tonight.
[Whether she was at full strength or not.]
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No shit. Common sense ain't so common, though.
[ that being said, he would definitely shove someone down the stairs. watch out, hayame...
he's unfazed by the familiar twitching; indeed, unconsciously, his hand lingers on her injured shoulder for an extra moment, giving it a sympathetic rub the same way he'd do for Slow Dancer after a long day. It's more obvious up close, even with the injuries: Hayame is in peak condition, or at least the horse part of her is. She looks as fine as any racehorse he's ever known. Johnny hasn't seen her in action, but he has to imagine she's both incredibly strong and very fast, and, honest lover of horses that he is, he can't help but admire that. It's... also unspeakably strange realizing he's admiring the musculature of another person.
Immediately, he feels weird about it. Shaking his head faintly, he drops his hand to her elbow, the other going to her forearm. ]
Can you lift your foot? [ he says before continuing with a click of his tongue. ] I can barely believe you're walking around today. I know this has to hurt like crazy. This guy really can't wait?
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The man in the chair is spared her disdainful look or perhaps more volatile notice of any potential strange mix of admiration on his face by Hayame's intense glare straight ahead at a tree trunk that she's currently boring into with her eyes. Her equine features are in... near peak physical condition. The body of a woman who has trained and worked her body almost every day since she was a filly old enough to to curl her tiny fingers around a bow, who had a field jinba's physique ideal for a balance of speed and power. Th place where human-looking features became equine is disguised slightly by the pelt wrap she wears on her "waist", but her upper body is no less honed. But there is... a few tells, to someone who knew horseflesh. A lingering thinness at her withers and along her spine that spoke to either a loss of weight in an unhealthy manner, a certain dullness in her dun coat that came from lack of brushing or nutrients, a cracking in her hooves thanks to the unforgiving hard streets of Venera and a lack of oiling or filing.
Someone who has forgotten or lost the will to take care of herself outside of focus on physical strength.
When he asks her to lift her foot... Well, at least he asks, instead of just sliding his fingers down the sensitive tendons along the back of her foreleg to try and trigger the instinctive reaction to pick her hoof up as if she were an actual horse. With a hiss of pain she cannot disguise, (he was right, she shouldn't even be walking around right now), she shifts her weight to her other foreleg and gingerly picks up her left, struggling to get it up far enough to get her hoof to the level of his hand, her shoulder throbbing. There seems to have been an attempt at picking her hoof out to keep the sword wound clean, the cut is smeared with a crude poultice, but.]
I do not know.
[Can he wait? Her attempts to reach him via communion had failed, and she does not know why. Had he left her behind, because she'd dared to admit to him the weakness of being injured, turning herself into someone unworthy to fight alongside? Had something foul happened to him?]
So I will not wait.
[... Common sense.]
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... Of course, that doesn't help if she does it herself anyway. It's obvious immediately that even this simple action is causing her a lot of pain; Johnny shakes his head, taking her foot carefully to give it the quickest once-over he can manage. Okay, no stretching, then. The main injury seems to be her shoulder rather than any of the bones or tendons in her leg, at least - something of a relief. Her hoof doesn't look great, either, but he can see that she's attempted to take care of the wound; he'll put not exacerbating her shoulder injury over investigating it further. Once again, he wonders how she's walking around like this at all. ]
... Okay, you're good.
[ he releases her foot hesitantly, not wanting her to drop it and accidentally put a lot of weight on it again. ]
You really should wait. Nothing's gonna make this feel better except resting... I know I talked about stretches, but that'll only make it worse at this stage. [ a sigh. for all the vitriol between them, he does seem honestly concerned for her health. He can't help himself!! ] Not that you're gonna listen to me... You should at least get some shoes put in so you're not puttin' so much stress on your hooves.
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But what he says is not what she wants to hear. A lot of what she doesn't want to hear. Had she debased herself and apologized for this- ?]
As much as I would prefer to heal naturally... There is no time.
[Though she has largely been annoying the boy from the bridge... Yuuta... Her gaze flicks to him with a bit of a shudder Johnny might be able to notice, if he were as keen about horseflesh as he claimed.]
... We will rely on... magic.
[And she will once again wonder why it was that no one else had issue with the feeling of another person's powers coursing through their body and forcing it to unnaturally reknit. - But there is one more thing she cannot allow, and before she turns to Yuuta to reluctantly allow him to lay his hands upon her injured body...]
If you think I'm going to put iron nails through my hooves, you are sorely mistaken.
[Even if it didn't just remind her too viscerally of actual animals... Shudder.]
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Maybe. It's a big maybe.
Her reaction to the suggestion of horseshoes gets a raised brow from him, and at first, he chalks it off to her being determined to shoot down his suggestions. When he thinks about it, though... it does sound pretty unpleasant. Even if he's pretty sure that it's painless, it's probably different when you're fully aware of what's happening. Horses have the benefit of blissful ignorance, he supposes. ]
All right, all right. Leather ones, maybe.
[ he has his doubts that anyone in Greentruth knows how to make such a specialized bit of equestrian equipment, but maybe in Godsblood...
in any case, he's done all he can to help, which is pitifully little. The rest is up to Yuuta. ]