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JET PISTOL!!!

[The sound of Luffy’s voice echoing through the air is the only warning anyone within the general vicinity of the plaza will get before the body of a certain

awakenedchaos goes whistling pass and slamming hard into the plaza’s fountain. She isn’t dead, but she is knocked unconscious, and is in need of medical attention. If anyone were to examine her body they would find that she hasn’t taken many blows, but the few that did manage to land on her hit hard. So hard in fact that a few of her ribs were inevitably broken from the impact.

Looking for the attacker will only prove to be futile though. One quick Jet Missile was all he needed to near instantly launch himself out of the area.]

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[A few minutes later he’ll make a journal entry about the whole thing. He’s not bothering to filter this straight to Yuber since he’s pretty sure most people know he did it by now anyway. He takes in a deeeeeeep breathe before speaking. Better cover your ears Luceti, this is going to be loud.]

YUUUUBEEEEEER!!!

DO YOU GET IT NOW!? ARE YOU LISTENING!? THE NEXT TIME YOU DECIDE TO ATTACK ONE OF MY FRIENDS!? I’M SENDING ONE OF YOURS FLYING! JUST LIKE HER!

[And then he’ll slam the journal shut.

Strawhats, you might have a Luffy climbing through the window all casual like. The door is too slow. And not stealthy enough obviously. He gained some injuries himself during the fight. Mostly a ton of cuts and bruises all over his body. Nothing really life threatening. Well not life threatening by Shonen standards at least.]

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[Robert had just been minding his own business, walking home to Community Building Three after the impromptu encounter with Megamind, when suddenly - Murakumo unit that he just barely recognizes from one conversation flying through the air and impacting heavily with the fountain.

He has no idea what happened. There's no visible attacker in the vicinity, just the echoes of a yell from a voice he doesn't recognize. He doesn't know what motivated this attack, doesn't know any of the reasons behind it, and barely knows the people involved.

All he knows is that there's a sapient in trouble. And that's enough to trigger his righteous ethical anger.

He hurries up to the fountain as quickly as possible for his weak, untrained body - not very quickly, but he's probably one of the first people on the scene - and it helps that he isn't afraid of Nu, because he doesn't know the destruction she's capable of. Nor is he aware, yet, of her association with Yuber. He just sees that she's obviously injured. His voice is terse, cold; a little detached almost.]

Nu. If you can speak, tell me where you have been damaged. [He's scanning her body for injuries, but that armour - foreign, skin-tight over most of her frame - is preventing him from picking any out, and he's no medical expert to begin with. Still, her face has several angry, dark bruises under the angular visor, and the way she flew was suggestive of some kind of intense blunt force trauma. That could definitely lead to internal hemorrhaghing and broken bones.

Robert glances around, setting his jaw grimly. He's got half a mind to call Ami or Litchi for help... if they aren't already arriving on the scene.] Stay calm, Nu. We will get you assistance.

[Sorry, Robert, but you're not going to get a reply just yet. Unfortunately, that attack combined with being sent flying into the fountain like that seems to have been more than enough to knock even her out cold. The silver-haired Murakumo's breathing, at least (even if it's very labored), but it's pretty clear she's not quite conscious at the moment.

Nonetheless, a few moments after he speaks that last sentence, she does move just slightly - a small sign that she's already starting to regain consciousness, somewhat faster than one might expect someone like her to. She's still in bad shape, of course, but it's a minor improvement.

...What the hell was that about just now?]

[Alright, no audible response. So the impact with the fountain was definitely enough to knock her unconscious. Robert notes that breathing with some relief - he won't have to try to resuscitate her (and he doesn't think he could with that armour on) - but it is definitely very laboured, to an abnormal degree. He immediately suspects a punctured or collapsed lung, or something of that nature. After all, an impact like that would definitely justify an injury of that nature.

He doesn't know how to remove the armour - otherwise he would be - but he's going through the motions of first aid. Carefully, he checks Nu's position - trying to make sure her body isn't constricted, trying to keep her head slightly elevated - not much, though; he doesn't know if she's gotten some kind of spinal injury... He would try to move her into a more comfortable position, but the worry of that and his own knowledge of his physical weakness keeps him from it.

For now, due to his impotence, he turns his anger inward, seething at both his lack of medical training and the imbecile that would do this.] Barbarians... we are not safe from attack even from within this compound. [He's really unaware of what's going on...]

[–not safe from attack even from within this compound.

It's as he says those words that the light of the girl's visor flickers for a moment, followed by her carefully - very carefully - attempting to push herself up to her feet. As it turns out, trying to do that right now really isn't a good idea. She does manage to at least sit up, but before she can even attempt to stand...

...She's interrupted by a rather violent cough. A bloody one, if Robert happens to be paying attention; when the coughing finally ceases again, there are definitely visible traces of blood on the Murakumo's hand.

Unsurprisingly, she's not quite registering his presence just yet. Her injuries are... a little distracting at the moment, to put it mildly.]

[When the light of that strange visor flickers on, Robert instantly snaps his head up from where it had been lowered in anger. She's conscious now. But... That violent cough does not sound good.

Robert is very observant and notices those stray spatters of blood decorating the pale skin of the Murakumo's fingers. Definite lung damage, enough to draw blood.

There are so many things that could have caused that, but the most logical one is probably a rib puncturing the lung.]

Nu, stay down, please. You've likely punctured your lung and trying to move around will not help the injury. [Half to himself, with alarm seething just under his detached almost-monotone:] I should call for medical assistance... [Internal blunt trauma wasn't something he could do much for. What did his first aid training call for in the situation anyway? Depending on the pneumothorax injury, Robert had heard, it was possible to survive nearly indefinitely without treatment or be at risk for fatal injury almost right away...

He hoped that it wasn't the latter.]

[And demon saw that lovely message and is that a human touching Nu?

His swords are out because he's very furious right now and this is a time where even a complete non-combatant may be in danger because screw Albert's orders. He's sick of trying to act decently and having these humans just do what they complain about from him.

And then he appears close enough by.] Touch her and I will kill you.

[This would be a good chance to run, he will not follow, but he will attack if Robert stays, non-combtatant or not.]

[Yuber.

He recognizes Yuber from the description Litchi gave him, as brief as it was. Yuber... is protecting Nu?

Robert's brain doesn't have the time to focus on this fact. All he has to go on is that Yuber is there and about to slaughter him. Pure panic or not, though, he doesn't run - he does immediately back off quickly, hands up to show he doesn't have a weapon, doesn't mean any harm, can't fight. As he's doing this he's switching his journal on, surrepitiously as he can, so it can pick up his voice in case he gets attacked... or worse.] Please, Yuber... she's injured. Her lung... it's punctured. [He's still backing away. There is no way he can run fast enough, not with his condition, but he's already put a sizeable distance between himself and Nu's prone form (and the angry demon).] I... did not witness the attack, merely the aftermath.

[More planitively:] Please do not harm me, I was merely attempting to give medical assistance... [He's absolutely terrified and it shows in his features, the way he's cringing away, continuing to put a wide berth between himself and Yuber. He's still worried for Nu's sake, even if she's associated with the demon.

And now he's terrified for his own life. Is he going to die at the hands of this barbarian for trying to help his apparent friend?]

[The yelling over the journals was more than enough to catch Litchi's attention. The crashing from out in the plaza was even more so. She was headed out to see what was going on and what she could do anyhow, but seeing Yuber advancing on Robert, swords drawn, sparks her into action faster than anything.

She may not be the fastest sprinter, but Litchi still darts over, making sure to give Yuber enough space so that she herself doesn't get stabbed just for approaching from a blind spot, and slides to a stop between the scientist and the demon.

A quick glance over her shoulder tells her all the backstory she needs: Nu is injured, Yuber is furious, and Robert needs to run. She's sure he means best, but he's in way over his head.

...She's in over her head, for that matter. But still, she has to try, for several reasons.]

Stop! Please, I'm here to help her!

[Robert, please take the hint and run like hell. She's not sure she can hold off an angry for Yuber very long.]

[Oh gods, Litchi too?] D-Doctor Faye-Ling?! [She was throwing herself in the way - every aspect of him wanted to tell her to stop, that fighting wasn't ethically permissible, that she shouldn't be involved, that nobody should be fighting, that Nu needs to get help right away and... that panic in Litchi's voice, just enough for him to discern, tells him she's terrified too. And possibly in danger.

But he knows he'll be helpless. Useless. If they're going to fight, there is nothing he can do. And he's pretty sure he can't stop either of them.

So he attempts to flee. Honestly, he can't run well enough to get very far at all. He probably doesn't even make it out of eyesight range of Yuber and Litchi before he has to slow down, his breath ragged and gasping and audible for all of Luceti. And he's terrified; he doesn't want to leave Litchi to die. His voice is breathless, choked, into his journal as he tries to will his exhausted, trembling body to put more distance between himself and the chaos in the plaza.] D-Doctor Litchi F-Faye-Ling is... f-fighting Yuber at the plaza. Nu has a p-punctured lung. The situation may worsen... D-Doctor Faye-Ling may... r-require assistance. [He might require assistance. But Litchi's in more danger than he is right now, unless Yuber decides Robert is a better target.]

[And Robert backing away is enough that the demon will not attack. He just doesn't want some strange human touching Nu. He's not even making a step towards Litchi or Robert.

He may not like Litchi much, but he knows her to be a friend of Nu's and she doesn't attack him without cause.] If that pathetic human leaves quickly, he will not be followed. If you're going to help her, then do so.

[And no, swords are not going away yet. You're still in hot water there Litchi because he's not tolerating any harm being done to Nu, but he does know Litchi at least is a friend of hers, and is a doctor and can do something.]

[Litchi holds her ground for a beat or two, watching Yuber carefully. The swords aren't going away, which isn't much to instill any confidence, but he's also not lunging to attack, either. Not taking her eyes from him, she directs her voice over her shoulder, her tone strong and confident despite her inner doubts.]

Professor Hastings, I'll be alright. Please, just go ahead and go home. I'll let you know how she's doing later.

[After just a shade of a longer pause, just to be sure she's not about to expose her back to Yuber when he's going to attack, she turns to tend to Nu as best she can. The damage is definitely severe, but she has to determine what to aim Nala's magic at first.

Fractured ribs... that'd be where to start. Her eyes flicker up to where Robert had retreated to, just to be sure he's still getting away, before she gets to work.]

[The fact Yuber hadn't moved to attack before Robert went to flee was, in his mind, a good thing. Perhaps he had a rational part of his mind after all. It was understandable if he was angry, about Nu being attacked. That was enough to make Robert angry. And maybe he wouldn't hurt anybody else. Maybe.

Probably not. But he wasn't attacking Litchi, yet.

Robert continues to back off, up and until the point where he hits his literal physical limit. Unable to help his own weakness, he sinks to his knees on the ground near the meandering river around Community Building Four and just gasps for breath, shaking. He's not even sure if he can get back to Community Building Three right now. Rationally, he knows that he isn't safe here, that Yuber could still find him easily and kill him, but panic isn't enough, even with adrenaline pushing him onward, to overcome the utter ineptitude of his body.

After a moment he kind of curls inward, the actual horror of the situation really processing now that he's essentially paralyzed by exhaustion.] Oh gods, oh gods... [He's murmuring softly, faintly. Probably still audible over the journals, though. Anybody else listening in would hear the faint sounds of the river and the louder sounds of Robert sobbing while gasping for breath. D-Doctor... F-Faye-Ling...

[Good riddance is Yuber's thought when Robert finally leaves. Not that the demon is all that rational right now, but he knows that if he attacks fleeing human, Albert would grow quite angry. But if human had not fled, he didn't care if the human couldn't defend himself, the demon protects his own.

But still, he couldn't leave Nu out here and he didn't want to stay in this area in case Luffy decided to return to attack unprovoked again.] She needs to be moved indoors.

[And he will go ahead and teleport closer to Nu and Litchi, enough to put them all in range so he can take them elsewhere. He's not even going to wait on Litchi's response, his comment is the only warning that he's taking them elsewhere. Don't worry though, Litchi, it's a neutral location. Not his apartment, but also someplace with no other humans. He's just going to take them to room 27 of CH6 since that floor has no humans on it.

Though it may be creepy to have Yuber teleport them all, considering that they all sink into the ground and then come out in the apartment, but it will not harm Nu in her state.]

[At some point among that commotion, one of the other three might just have heard the silver-haired Murakumo mumble "Loading... Loading... Loading..." to herself almost inaudibly. It's significantly slower than usual, should anyone actually pick up on that, and as she's mumbling this, she doesn't seem to notice anything else.

When Yuber finally teleports the group sans Robert away, the initial mumbling is cut off by an equally nigh-inaudible "...Complete." It's then that she finally glances around for a moment - albeit very carefully]

...?

[Wasn't she still near the plaza a few moments ago? And then that boy that had aided Moro in the past showed up, and...

...

What was that about...? She's honestly more than just a little confused right now.]

Edited 2011-03-24 05:45 (UTC)

["More than just a little confused" is a pretty accurate description for Litchi right about now as well. She was just about to tell Yuber that it would be too dangerous to move her before the ribs have had a chance to knit at least slightly with Nala's help when, suddenly, they're somewhere else.

She gives a bewildered blink, casts a glance around the room to take in where they've ended up, squashes down the sudden wave of worry that she's somewhere - alone - with Yuber, and turns her attention back to Nu. Swallowing the unnecessary fear, she sets back to her healing magic.]

Shhh... Please, just stay still, Nu. This may be a little uncomfortable for a few moments, but it will speed along your healing time significantly.

[The magic is bound to not feel too fantastic on fractured ribs, but she's determined.]

[And while Litchi works on Nu, the demon will go ahead and sit down off to the side. He has a bored and sleepy looking expression and his swords will be laid down on a table in front of him.

But don't think that means he isn't watching. He's paying very good attention, he can just pretend not to if that will make Litchi do her work better.]

[As instructed, ν-13 remains still, simply staring blankly at nothing in particular while Litchi uses Nala's healing magic on her. It is uncomfortable, but at the very least, it's helping a little.

...well, she's remaining mostly still, anyway. She'll take a quick moment to deactivate her armor, but that's it. Seeing as she isn't detecting anyone else in the nearby vicinity, and Litchi isn't displaying any signs of hostility, there isn't really any point in keeping it on right now.]

[It really doesn't take Litchi all that long to heal the worst of the damage. The ribs can't be healed completely, but they're in much better shape than before. Most of the deepest bruises are already shades lighter than before, but Litchi is beginning to run out of steam.

With a soft sigh, she settles back.]

There. With some rest, you should be in excellent shape before long. But the bedrest is going to be very important; please promise you'll limit your activities as much as you can.

[And Yuber will just keep on watching with that bored look of his that makes it look like he's not paying attention.

Of course he knows very well that keeping Nu in bed will be difficult. But then, he's the far worse patient.]

[Hopefully Litchi wasn't expecting a vocal response to that, because all she's getting is a look. It's nice of her to heal ν-13, yes, but asking for her to limit her activities when someone just attacked her out of freaking nowhere is a bit much.

...Or it would be under normal circumstances, anyway. As much as she'd love to go out and retaliate right now, she's not really in any shape to fight. Not even after being healed. And besides, dealing with Luffy might require a bit more preparation, anyway, considering how much he managed to hurt her with so few attacks. So... fine. She'll rest.

For a while. Someone goes stir-crazy way too fast these days.]

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