Celia didn’t need to look to know Radi was right with her. The smell of the blood was strong to her, not that she could say anything about it. She just had to calm herself.
“You’d better get that taken care of,” she muttered to Radi. Celia could survive a lot of stuff, including major bloodloss. Humans couldn’t. Generally, anyways.
“What did I say, I did it for myself. For fun.” The attacker grunted out, turning to look at Celia and Radi. He was completely covered from head to toe, no facial features seen, no identity…
“For fun? So what if me and my friend left you here to bleed out? For fun?”
The attacker had no visible reaction.
“Because you know, hip wounds can be pretty fatal..”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Oh,” she leaned in. “I would.”
((Wondering if I should kill off the attacker or not, I kind of want to use him again in this. I’ll roll a die to decide his fate))
((I knew you’d say that,,))
((Alright our attacker is one lucky man. Rolled d20, told myself if he gets a 20 he’s free. First roll, got 20.))
(god… if only I could be so lucky with my perma run characters…)
Radi stopped. “I’ll hold pressure on it for now, but I don’t know how to properly treat my own wounds,” he responded to her, looking on to the attacker.
(Hip wounds are pretty fatal, not sure how he’s gonna survive this one but you know what? Life finds a way)
((It hit the hip vest sir))
Celia momentarily released her hold. “But I won’t, because I’m not really in the mood to be killing people right now. I really don’t want that on my record, you know? I’ll let the cops or whoever comes along deal with you. Shouldn’t take too long.”
The attacker growls at her. “Coward…”
Celia smiles, a smile that doesn’t quite reach her eyes. Glancing to Radi, she nods to him. “Go, walk ahead. I’ll catch up.”
Radi blinked. “Alright. Sure.” There was hesitation in his voice as he left the scene, glancing back a few times.
(Damn…hip vest strikes again.)
Watching him leave, Celia returned gaze to the attacker on the ground. “So, what’s your name?”
“Kreso.” The attacker responded after a few seconds.
“Kreso…Kreso, nice name. I’m Celia.” She moved forwards, that she was nearly upon him. The attacker stilled.
“And this Celia - she wouldn’t hesitate, to bring - to forcefully rip your throat out with her own teeth-“ Celia smiled, showing off her teeth, “So I recommend you back off for the time being..” She leaned in, “Or it’ll go quite bad for everyone involved, subjectively..”
“But mostly you.”
Kreso didn’t display a major visible reaction, just stiffening. And the breathing, which appeared to have quickened.
“Ta-ta for now, dear!” She stood up, pushing herself off of the ground. Without another word, she ran up to join Radi.
Radi looked back upon her return, still holding onto his arm. The bleeding had begun to slow down, but there was quite a bit of blood.
“Alright, now we’ll get you some treatment!” Celia said, cheerfully. Although she froze upon seeing his arm, and the scent, which aired around them. Not that he could tell, of course - that didn’t erase the fact her instincts were struggling to suppress. “..Can you walk on your own?” She said after a moment.
His arm was feeling rather light. Rather, he was, just in the slightest bit as well. Radi didn’t get injured often. He made a point not to. But..
“Kind of? I’m just light headed…”
Her lips thinned. Kind of was an answer that was debatable. Usually, the person didn’t mean kind of. It was either yes or no. Celia was thinking, no.
“Here, I’ll just..” She sidled up next to him. “Lean on me for support. Where should we go?”
Radi stiffened, hesitantly accepting her support. “Back home. I’ve got some stuff there.”
“Oh? Why not to the hospital?” But she continues to walk back to the house anyways.
“There are people there, that know who I am..” He glanced off to the side. “Just..don’t question it.”
“I’m probably going to question it later,” she honestly stated. “But sure. I’ll let it slide for now.” It didn’t take long for her to return to the house. Good. The blood was really getting to her.
(What if..there was poison on the switchblade…..haha jk…unless? 😳)
((Sir…i give u permission..))
Radi nodded, eyes closing. “Yeah..You probably will.” And it was with those words that Radi passed out. He leaned completely into Celia.
Celia let out a squeak, or at least a noise similar to one as she felt him collapse into her. She didn’t fall down, instead keeping herself standing, albeit trying to find the best stance in order to keep him from falling. That Kreso had something on his knife..she shot a glance back.
She didn’t really want to go back again, not sure if he’d still be back there or not. She was right at the house, so the best thing for her to do was probably to get in and see what she could do. But as she tried the door, she remembered Radi having a key.
Carefully, she stuck her hand in the other’s pockets, searching for the key.
Radi stayed still, his breathing and heartbeat even for the time being. The key would be in the right front pocket.
(Finally, years of medical RP will pay off..)
