[Jintetsu's been in the Quarantine only a short time, and he already hates it. It's too much. Too much noise, too much weirdness, too much information to absorb. He wants to grasp for the familiar, but can't find any. That's how he wound up skulking around the tent cities - when in doubt, he gravitates to the low places of the world. The places people go when they don't want to be seen.
He tilts his hat down to avoid eye contact as a group of human volunteers rushes by, but because of that, fails to notice the person darting out in front of him in time to stop. It's a minor collision, only...
"Hey, watch where you're goin'!"
... when he looks up to see who he ran into, the face looking back - it isn't human. It's monstrous, some hideous hybrid of man and insect. He was already on edge, has been since he got here, but seeing a Frysh for the first time tips the scale on this experience from surreal into horror.
There's no yelp of surprise, but Jintetsu stumbles back, wide-eyed, his sword out of the scabbard in a flash. The "monster" backpedals, too, as he was very much not expecting to have a sword pulled on him today. "Whoa! Hang on! Shit!" Fortunately, Jintetsu doesn't swing - just holds the weapon up defensively - but his mind is in overdrive working out his next move. Is it going to attack? There are more of them, too, coming out of the tents to investigate - he's grossly outnumbered. What are they?!
It's probably best if someone steps in to defuse this situation.]
ii. did somebody say body horror
[Filtration masks aren't really made to be worn over other masks, so... yeah. Initially Jintetsu just thought he'd come down with a cold, which would have been bad enough, but as the fatigue started to taper off, other things started going wrong. A rash on his remaining shoulder had mushroomed - quite literally - into a patch of fruiting fungi overnight.
He'd scraped off what he could, but there was only so much he could do before the pain from it got too bad to continue. And within an hour, it had grown back even thicker. Haganemaru had been fretting (in his acerbic way) throughout the process, but at this the sword put his foot down, so to speak.]
All right, so we know torturing them away doesn't work. - Don't give me that look! I told you, those things aren't natural! At this rate you'll have to start calling yourself "the mushroom man."
[Which earned him an unamused stare from Jintetsu. "Kinoko no Jintetsu"... Yeah, no, that's not happening.
But Haganemaru's right. This is way over his head, and he needs help. And that leads him back to the tent city, though he's careful to avoid the part of it where he accidentally menaced a bunch of people last prompt. A few minutes' search, and he finds his way to one of the volunteer medical centers, where he approaches whoever doesn't look too busy.]
... Is there a doctor here?
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Jintetsu | Kurogane (Kei Toume)
He tilts his hat down to avoid eye contact as a group of human volunteers rushes by, but because of that, fails to notice the person darting out in front of him in time to stop. It's a minor collision, only...
"Hey, watch where you're goin'!"
... when he looks up to see who he ran into, the face looking back - it isn't human. It's monstrous, some hideous hybrid of man and insect. He was already on edge, has been since he got here, but seeing a Frysh for the first time tips the scale on this experience from surreal into horror.
There's no yelp of surprise, but Jintetsu stumbles back, wide-eyed, his sword out of the scabbard in a flash. The "monster" backpedals, too, as he was very much not expecting to have a sword pulled on him today. "Whoa! Hang on! Shit!" Fortunately, Jintetsu doesn't swing - just holds the weapon up defensively - but his mind is in overdrive working out his next move. Is it going to attack? There are more of them, too, coming out of the tents to investigate - he's grossly outnumbered. What are they?!
It's probably best if someone steps in to defuse this situation.]
ii. did somebody say body horror
He'd scraped off what he could, but there was only so much he could do before the pain from it got too bad to continue. And within an hour, it had grown back even thicker. Haganemaru had been fretting (in his acerbic way) throughout the process, but at this the sword put his foot down, so to speak.]
All right, so we know torturing them away doesn't work. - Don't give me that look! I told you, those things aren't natural! At this rate you'll have to start calling yourself "the mushroom man."
[Which earned him an unamused stare from Jintetsu. "Kinoko no Jintetsu"... Yeah, no, that's not happening.
But Haganemaru's right. This is way over his head, and he needs help. And that leads him back to the tent city, though he's careful to avoid the part of it where he accidentally menaced a bunch of people last prompt. A few minutes' search, and he finds his way to one of the volunteer medical centers, where he approaches whoever doesn't look too busy.]
... Is there a doctor here?
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» Seeking: work
» Preferences: odd jobs
» Interests: good with a sword
» Bio: just a drifter no home no destination gotta eat to live like everyone else
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