The Stain

[dolorous_sensei]

"He's losing...!"

"Give him..."

"Move him to the medical...!"

"Cut open his suit..."


Ken manages to save Walt from being a monster chow, but Walt is still uncouncious from the explosion of his Genoace. The medical team is carting him as soon as he arrives.


"Holy shit! What is that..."


But as soon as they cut open his pilot suit...



Eyes.

Many eyes are staring from the flesh of Walt's left arm. Staring at the medical team, staring at the walls, staring at everything. The eyes are darting around jerkily in their sockets, blinking, looking left and right, up and down.

Needless to say, Walt moves straight to quarantine.

You might, or might not see all of these happening, since everything happens right on the hallways.

...

A few days later, you can see him sitting in his medical gown at Alhambra's medical bay cafeteria, staring intently at a cup of coffee, his body full of bandages. His left arm is wrapped like a mummy.

You might notice that other patients and staffs are trying to sit far away from him, leaving him a hole in the middle of a crowd.

Greet him?

Comments

[star_of_sad]

Lt Schmertz?

[Setsuko approaches, but she keeps her distance for now. She heard what happened.]

[dolorous_sensei]

*Walt notices setsuko.*

Oh, it's that young lady who want to make a difference. How can I help you, miss?

[star_of_sad]

How do you feel? Is everything alright?

[dolorous_sensei]

Depending on your definition of alright.

[majestic_keiki]

[Kei cautiously approaches Walt, trying to see how he reacts before getting too close. She's also rather awkwardly silent.]

[dolorous_sensei]

*Walt notices Kei*

Oh, it's the young lady commander. How can I help you, miss?

[majestic_keiki]

Hi.

I came to see if you were alright. It seemed really bad when we pulled you out of there.

[dolorous_sensei]

I'm alright. Well, as alright as someone who just got his mech exploded anyway. I got all of my limbs intact, and the doctors said I can be back to pilot soon. I know a lot of people who weren't that lucky.

How were the others from... the mission? I was kinda out of touch you see.

[way_of_vengeance]

[Wild Kanae appears!]

Is anyone sitting here?

[dolorous_sensei]

Apparently not. I almost thought that I project a force field that reject human being now. Which, actually would be pretty convenient, if you think about it. Except when you want to, say, pay something at the cashier. It'd be pretty inconvenient if the cashier keep getting pushed away.

with only the power to push others away

[way_of_vengeance]

I imagine after a while they'd just let you walk out with whatever you wanted.

Re: with only the power to push others away

[dolorous_sensei]

On second thought, yeah, that might be convenient too. I think now I must tell the researchers that it doesn't work that way, since you manages to sit here.

*Walt's moves his left arm, and an eye blinks out from a bit of loose bandage.*

[cloningblues]

...Your arm. Is it fine now?

[dolorous_sensei]

...Apparently everyone know about my arm now. Depends on your definition of fine. I had a friend who got shot in the leg. His leg are "fine" but don't count on him if you want to win a paired dance contest. And I think if you ever got chased by a bear with him, you'll have to send him a thank you note later.

[cloningblues]

...Urk. No, I meant, is it... normal again, now. It was kinda not to hear about what happened to you.

[dolorous_sensei]

Great, the one time I become a celebrity in the base...

*Walt moves his arms in agitation, and a bit of lose bandages moves. An eye blinks out from there.*

[tiger_ken]

...Hey.

[Ken's greeting is simple, but the reason he's here should be pretty obvious. Guess he's done his time in his cell by now.]

[dolorous_sensei]

Oh, it's my saviour. I haven't got the chance to say thank you to you, have I? Thanks for saving me.

[tiger_ken]

I'm not sure if you're being serious, or sarcastic, given that... you know...

[Ken glances at the arm.]

Either way, you may want to hold off on any thanks till we have a better idea of just... what that is.

[ugyuuya]

Hey, you look pretty good for someone who's unit got blown up, I think they should have you up and raring to go if you're up for it.

[Tarisa approaches speaking rather openly before taking a seat across from Walt.]

In all seriousness it sounds like you guys found the one thing that might just be creepier than the BETA and did a fair job of kicking it's ass back into that black dome they came flopping out of so I think you did a great job of it and if anyone's freaked out by a minor thing like that then you should just forget about them.

I do wish we'd been in that fight though, sounds like it was a hell of a brawl but with the adjustments being done on our units and the finalizing of the paperwork to clear the red tape it seems like it might be a little while yet but they outta look out when we are clear, I'm sure we'll have something worked up by then that will trump whatever it is that they do and we'll really stick it to them.

[dolorous_sensei]

*Walt seems surprised that someone just sit across of him.*

Huh, apparently I don't actually project a force field that reject human being. I should mention that to the researchers...

[ugyuuya]

Bah, just forget about those jerks who are freaked out about this. As far as I'm concerned unless you actually hurt someone or do something to compromise a mission then what happened to you is just like every other piloting injury. What if exposure to the dome had been caustic or burned your suit or human flesh, would they have been freaked out by it then? [Tarisa's voice projects out to the surrounding crowd, her attempt to shame them somewhat evident.]

If they insist on poking and prodding you they better damn sure be looking for a way to help you not just that they've got a fascinating new guinea pig or we may have to have an informal introduction to the joys of TSF piloting.

[break_the_nine]

Friendship Pudding?

[Leos is going to pop up nearby Walt and look curiously at the bandaged arm.]

Man... you are gonna win so many staring contests with that.

[dolorous_sensei]

Hey, you're right. I never thought of it that way. What a convenience.

[break_the_nine]

I mean, with that many eyes, how many people are going to be able to concentrate on them right?

Though... do you think you'll need to get glasses for them too?