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[Closed] The only thing that's black and white / Is that you don't have to walk alone this time

Who: Yoon and friends
When: Various
Where: Various
What: Two prayers and a lunch chat

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Prayer #53 with Hitsugaya and Alibaba:

I used to dream of being up in the clouds, high above everything... not anymore, since my accident.
-- Drive off or defeat the flying ayakashi that is causing accidents in dreamers
-- 20 comments

Prayer #43 with Keith:

They say that nora are like stray animals - cats, dogs, monkeys, etc. I'm going away for a few days and I don't know if these poor stray cats will get fed while I'm gone. I'd feel better knowing someone was watching over them...
-- Care for some stray animals in a metro area
-- 10 comments

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[The groceries they picked up can be left behind toward the entrance of the temple, Keith figures, one less thing to worry about in this currently very-high-stakes situation, something they can pick back up later when free time allows for it.

He keeps pressing along as Yoon leads the spirit toward the pools, just so there's no chance that he'll run off and cause havoc in heaven should things suddenly take a turn for the worse. He's going to have to trust Yoon's judgement on this being sound, it really does sound like the best option given the circumstances... This will work out. It'll have to work out. And if it doesn't... The two of them can come up with a plan B when it's called for. For now - a blessed water bath it is.]

Come on, in you go.

[ Keith's fears are confirmed as Yoon looks on, stunned, when the shinki sits in the pool and hisses with pain, but the deeply blighted skin doesn't clear up. ]

Tch... It's worse than I thought...

[ Yoon wished he knew the shinki better so that he could know the best direction to take this. As it is, he's still very much afraid of getting anywhere close to the deep blight, but he finally reaches over to get a thick towel and wades in at his knees to dip the towel. He uses it to scrub holy water agains the blighted skin. ]

'Stings! Damn that hurts so bad...'

[ Finally, Yoon pulls away, frustrated that there's steam coming off the blight and yet it's not actually clearing the skin. He turns back to look at Keith, worried and searching to see if Keith has any other ideas. ]

[Rather than let himself despair when their desperate plan fall flat, Keith simply frowns, finding himself intensely lost in thought for a few brief moments. This had to work, but the situation is worse than that. The two of them can't do something like perform an ablution - is that even something you'd do with an unnamed spirit? It doesn't matter, that's not an immediate option for them anyway. Scrubbing the blight away isn't doing any good, either...

But an idea does hit him. It's not a pretty or an easy one, but now he can't help but wonder,]

Yoon. How deep do you think blight like this goes?

[ Yoon starts thinking about what parts of his medical knowledge he's retained, and other parts that he's reinforced while studying here at Hakkai's school. ]

At least as deep as the thickness of a finger, if it's gone past the skin. It might have gotten all the way to the bone, though...

[ He thinks for a moment, and it's not at all what Keith has in mind, but it'll brace Yoon - and the young man - for the inevitable. ]

There are these syringes we could try to find and put the holy water in them, to get at the root of the blight...? I don't think I have a sterile one here in the temple, though...

[That was a very good suggestion, he can't deny that at all. Alas, if he doesn't have the right equipment for it, then it's on to Keith's plan.

His hand reflexively reaches back to rest lightly against the hilt of a hand knife he keeps holstered to the back of his belt.] What if - [He knows it's a fairly morbid suggestion, especially if the 'blight to the bone' scenario is accurate. But he's starting to feel like their options are running out quickly, and anything that could be considered a 'safe and easy route' has all but disappeared by now.] It could be cut out?

[Most importantly,] Would you be able to treat wounds left behind from that? [If he trusts anyone to be able to do that much, it's Yoon, but only if Yoon is similarly confident.]

[ Yoon's eyes are locked on Keith's as he speaks, not seeing where his hand moved, but then turns to their fellow shinki... who is blanching. Not that Yoon can blame him.

Slowly, he recovers, and then turns to Yoon for his answer to Keith's question. ]

Yes, I've studied that. And I've had to triage people on the battlefield a couple of times now. We're already in clean water.

[ For example, when his first god was bleeding out upon their first meeting. ]

[Keith won't pull the knife out just yet, but his hand does come to a rest on its handle. There's no need to scare this kid more than he already clearly is, but he wants to make sure it's known he's not pitching the idea lightly.

Knowing that Yoon has both book knowledge and actual practice with treating that kind of damage is definitely a comfort, and as a result, Keith feels a little more confident in trying this particular approach out.]

I can trust you to take care of that then, can't I.

[It's not quite him seeking confirmation, but his own vote of confidence being thrown Yoon's way. If he weren't able to to handle it, then Keith's certain he'd say so now.]

'Take care of it? Of what?'

[ The young man stammers and looks to Yoon again. ]

'Tell me what's going on - directly.'

[ Yoon takes a breath and gestures to Keith while Yoon and the other shinki remain in the pure pool of water. ]

That wound of yours - that blight - it has to go. One way, or the other. It's too deep for the water to cleanse, so... [ He looks over at Keith. ] It'll have to be cut out. You're lucky it hasn't spread further-

'FURTHER?!'

YES! DO YOU WANT TO LOSE A WHOLE ARM?!

[ Yoon becomes slightly incensed at the young man for even having let it get this bad, or seeming to act like they're terrible for trying to help him. He grips the young man's arm and twists it slightly to try and expose the blight without actually getting within several inches of touching it on either side. ]

That little bit is going to go away, so you'll see a gash for a long time after, but at least you won't lose your elbow and lower arm and hand!

[ But now that he's got the man held like that... he turns back to Keith like clearly he's not planning on letting go, unless Keith suggests otherwise. ]

Edited 2018-12-07 22:46 (UTC)

[There's something that feels deeply morbid about this whole situation, picking a stray spirit up off the street only to drag him to heaven and forcibly cut off what will no doubt be a decently sized chunk of his arm. However, it is, without a doubt, a far better outcome than simply letting something like this fester and become more dangerous than it already is. And for that, Keith isn't hesitating.

The knife is drawn from it's holster, and Keith steps carefully into the pool of water, angling to get a good, clear shot at the young man's arm.]

Don't worry, [That is probably easier said than done. Still, his tone is firm and steady, possibly only reassuring in its confidence, and as he speaks, he brings his free hand to rest as close to the blight as he can get it, steeling himself and getting a better idea of what will actually need to go.] I told you we'd take care of you, and Yoon's the most capable person I'd pick for a job like this.

[And, before he can protest further, Keith begins to cut away at the blight.]

[ He expected the screaming. He just wishes it wasn't so close to his ear.

Still, it looks like it's working. And thankfully all of the steam coming off of Keith's blade at the point of skin contact is very clearly searing the blight. He's mentally calculating the last possible moment when he can be sure Keith has removed all of the blight, so that he can- ]

Alright, stay there-

[ Yoon lets go of the young man's arm as he keeps twitching with the pain. With a quick dig in his bag, Yoon grabs a salve for the wound and some herbs to place up near the young man's face. ]

Smell this.

[ It won't knock him out, but it should calm him down considerably. Yoon is having a time of it just trying to keep the salve on the man's arm, but eventually he can tell that a deep breath inhales the mellowing scent. At last, Yoon can take away the dirty cloth - red with blood flecked with the black of dead skin - and grab a new one. He puts salve on that one too, lays it flat on the young man's arm again, and starts to wrap a bandage around the arm at that location. He finishes with a tie-off for the bandage.

With all of that work done, Yoon looks up at their fellow shinki who just endured so much... and...? ]

Ah! Keith, catch him!

[ Yep, he was starting to faint - hopefully with relief - and if one of them didn't stop him, he'd fall over into the holy water pool. ]

[Despite the noise, the resistance, Keith keeps his focus as sharp as possible until the last bits of blight are carved away and Yoon steps in to take care of the treatment portion of their endeavor.

As he works at patching the shinki up, Keith makes sure to watch carefully. There's really nothing about this he would have known how to do, and watching how assured Yoon is really drives home how much of a team effort this was. It's incredible, he thinks.]

I've got him-! [Easy enough, Keith catches him, shifting his weight to keep him from slipping into the water and keeping a tight hold on him.] We should get him inside, right? Give him a chance to recoup for a while.

Ah- ah, yeah. [ Yoon nods and makes a move to help Keith hoist the guy out of the pool, but he'd forgotten that Keith was quite capable all on his own, even if the guy was all dead weight at this point. Well, dead weight as probably a bad phrase for a shinki. Still, the guy wasn't going to help hold up his own body and depend entirely on Keith. Yoon wasn't that strong, but two people can do a fair bit... if Keith actually needed him.

Instead, Yoon just tries to get ahead of Keith and make sure to pick up anything that's dropped to the ground, open doors, and- wait, no, before that try to find a towel to get one or both of the young men at Yona's temple dry before they create new ponds on the temple grounds. ]

Come on, there's plenty of spare rooms.

[ Yoon leads Keith to the nearest one and pulls back the covers, because of course the bed is neatly made from the last time Yoon cleaned in here. ]

He should be able to rest here.

[Just as he knew he could trust Yoon to keep the situation earlier under control, he knows he can trust Yoon to guide the way and clear the path. He'll pull his weight, and... honestly, in the midst of all this, it makes him think the two of them are a pretty decent team. It's a shame they never got the chance to try working together as Lance's shinki...]

In you go, [Speaking, apparently, to the young man, as Keith unloads him into the bed with quite a bit of care. Let's go ahead and get him situated in a comfortable enough position to rest up.] So much for just running a few quick errands, huh?

No kidding!

[ Yoon hisses it back in a muttered sort of frustration and disbelieving tone. They got SO waylaid and now he's going to have to go back out for those errands!! ]

This idiot is lucky we found him when we did, though.

[ He wouldn't say such things if the guy was still conscious - no, okay, he would, but only after it was clear he'd make a full recovery. ]

I'll have to monitor him for at least a few days.

[ He stands back and appraises the sleeping shinki. ]

After that... I'm not sure if he'll want to stay here at all, actually.

[ He looks over at Keith. ]

Maybe he's a lone wanderer too.

[Going out for a fly will probably have to be postponed at this rate, but, Keith doesn't mind rescheduling it. What they ended up taking care of today... it's definitely more important than going for a joyride.]

Just as long as he doesn't let anything like that happen again. [Even if being in heaven grants him that relative safety, Keith wouldn't blame the guy if he were to go back after he recovers...] Hopefully this has let him know that he needs to take batter care of himself in the future.

[ Yoon sighs. ]

Yeah... hopefully. His situation is a reminder to us all, I think.

[ He looks over at Keith. ]

That we need to look out for when other shinki aren't the type to take care of themselves.

[ He doesn't want to imagine Keith in a similar situation. ]

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