Ironic this should happen in December...

[justiceinheaven]

Characters: Nanako Dojima, Yu Narukami, Commander Shepard, Asch, and open to everyone else that wants to interact with Nanako
Setting: Dorm room 3-15
Format: Take your pick.
Summary: Nanako got sick with the special kind of flu. Of course this isn't going to end well. This is covering stage one through three of her illness, so there will be some backdating.
Warnings: "Death", gross sobbing, Yu flipping tables.

[Stage One]
[Nanako first falls ill on December 11th.]

[She had been doing so well, despite the cold; she had been sure to dress as warmly as she could, even reluctantly taking out her Loveline cloak to bundle up in every time she left the room. So she really didn't know how she got sick, but she still took responsibility for herself... well, when Shepard let her anyway.]

[And she totally didn't tell her brother that she snuck out to the cafeteria, nor that she gave Adachi a hug. As much as she loved him, she was pretty sure he would be upset about that.]

[Stage Two]
[On the morning of the 13th, Nanako could not get up from bed when she woke up.]

[For her, breathing hurt, moving hurt, everything hurt. Coughing was like agony on her lungs, not to mention just being awake and doing anything. Though that... really wasn't the case. She wasn't any sicker than she had been the day before, and most of the problems she was having were her largely in her head. Nanako did not realize this, however; all she knew was it was starting to feel like that time, when she had been in the hospital...]

[Stage Three]
[Nanako is dead.]

[Or at least, she thinks she is. Her cold had gotten steadily worse, to the point where, in her mind, her body had finally given up. All she could do was lay there on her bed, eyes closed, unable to do anything... never mind she was still breathing, her heart was still beating, and she was, for all intents and purposes, still alive.]

[She just didn't know that.]

Comments

judging by them plurks, late stage two. D:

[pitiedthefool]

[Something he recognized all too well, considering both the month and how she was behaving. When she started getting worse, he rarely left her side even at the risk of getting sick as well. It was something he'd have to deal with, but he couldn't. He just couldn't unless he absolutely had to.

He silently sits by her bed, a hand resting on one of her small and cold ones in an extra attempt to keep her warm. Even if the fire was still going, can anyone blame him for both being worried (or angry, for that matter)?

Worries about Adachi being here and stuck with whatever the admins come up with could be brought up later, damn it. Family came first.]

Stage 2.99 o/

[bloodyashes]

[There's a gentle knock on the door - it's someone else's room, after all, and he's heard that the girl's sick, besides. He might be harsh, but he's not a bastard for no reason.

Even when he's frustrated enough to take extreme measures like this.]

May I come in?

[A pause. It's doubtful anyone here at the Tower can tell him and Luke apart by voice, except probably for Jade. So - ]

It's Asch.

sob guys D:

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako stirred at the knocking, cracking her eyes open as she looked up to her brother. In the next moment, her gaze drifted over to the door, letting out a curious noise. Asch? Who was that? Another person her brother knew?]

Onii-chan...?

we can easily make this before all the terrible death things 8(

[pitiedthefool]

[He blinks once, nodding faintly.] It's okay. He's... I guess you'd say family of a friend.

[How does one explain replicas and real things to a seven year old. D:]

I know. Come in, Asch. [How did he know? Well, that was his own little secret for now. Until then he just spares a wry smile.] Don't get too close, though.

[Don't want another person getting sick, too. Enjoy the fire?]

[bloodyashes]

[Hey he managed to explain it to a seven year old well enough -

Wow it's warm in here. He takes a minute to undo the clasp of his cloak, slinging it over one arm instead.]

I hope I'm not disturbing anything.

[He glances at the girl in the bed; her condition doesn't look so good, but Asch keeps that assessment to himself.]

I just came to ask when you usually train Luke, since I can't pry it out of the idiot himself.

[Going over someone's head is as much of a practical strategy here as it ever was in the Oracle Knights, apparently.]

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako looked over to Asch, her vision bleary from her fever. That boy... with his dark clothes and flaming red hair, it looked like Death had just been invited into the room. Her eyes flicked over to her brother, a concerned look on her face.]

Onii-chan... is he here to take me away...?

[pitiedthefool]

[Disturbing anything? ...Not really, aside from providing a distract--

Nanako. Nanako, no. D:]

iie. No one is taking you anywhere. [He brushes the bangs from her face absentmindedly before looking to his new acquaintance. Funny. He's more acting like surrogate father than a brother or cousin, now.]

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings on the meadow floor, experiments permitting.

[Wait, did she think Asch as Death? ...Nope. We do not need his headgod to chuckle wryly at that comment. It was bad enough that with his own connections to Death, he sincerely was left in confusion when it came to sorting out his and aforementioned headgod's feelings. At least one was muted. ...Most of the time.]

[bloodyashes]

[Asch is most definitely not taking her anywhere, what would he even do with a kid.

He steps over and tries to give her a reassuring smile anyway. It's a kind of pitiful attempt, but no one can say he didn't make an effort.]

He's right. You're not going anywhere yet, so just close your eyes and rest, okay?

[At least he sounds like he knows what he's doing. He looks back at Narukami.]

That sounds fine. I doubt he'll be very happy with it, though.

[You can practically hear the "too bad" trailing on the end of that last comment.]

[justiceinheaven]

Close my... eyes...?

[She was... really starting to feel very weak. It was so much like that last time, where her brother was holding her hand tight, reassuring her that she would be okay... that her father would be there soon and everything would be okay...]

Odou-san... onii-chan...

[But her father wasn't there, he wouldn't be able to hear her crying for him. Was he already dead? Was he with mother in heaven? Was she going to pay that pretty place a visit again?]

[The gentleman in black an red said to close her eyes...]

stage 2

[terreifying]

[Rei leans over her younger roommate. For some reason, the child has been in bed a long time.]

Heee~ey.

[She gives the girl a poke.]

Are you okay?

[justiceinheaven]

Rei-chan...?

[She paused a moment, turning away from her to cough. It sounded really harsh, like it was coming from deep in her lungs and would bring up blood with it any second.]

N-no... I'm sick. You shouldn't get so close.

[terreifying]

Don't worry. I don't get sick.

[She tries to give Nanako a reassuring smile.]

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako did not look entirely convinced, but then again, Rei was a really weird one. Who knew what she could and could not do.]

[terreifying]

Do you want me to get you something to eat?

[justiceinheaven]

M'not hungry...

[Besides, everything tasted like sawdust anyway.]

[terreifying]

But if you don't eat anything, you'll just get even sicker. At least, that's what Mommy said once.

[justiceinheaven]

I know... but...

[Sorry, coughing again.]

[terreifying]

Maybe you should sit up.

[She pulls on one of Nanako's arms, trying to drag the girl up.]

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako reluctantly allowed herself to be pulled up, flopping like a heavy boneless heap. She let out a faint sound of pain, squeezing her eyes as everything ached from the effort it took to move.]

[terreifying]

[Rei gently pats the smaller girl's back.]

Is it a little easier to cough now?

[justiceinheaven]

[As if on cue, Nanako started coughing again, the fit becoming so bad that it felt like her little body was going to be torn apart.]

[terreifying]

[She can't do anything besides alternatively patting and rubbing Nanako's back.]

We should see a doctor.

[She knows that there's at least one doctor in the Tower. How hard should it be for her to find another one?]

[justiceinheaven]

S-Shepard-san has been helping...

[It hurt to breathe after that coughing fit. She had to take a moment to try to do that before she trusted her voice enough to speak.]

[pitiedthefool]

[...Well Asch, you tried. That whole thing with the close your eyes and a very sick girl who nearly died once was probably not the best choice of words, though.

Sigh/scribbles over his head/whatever your kids are into these days Izanagi pls.]

He can learn to deal with it.

[Yep. Strict teacher is strict--]

...Nanako? [Oh, he did not like that tone. Bitty no you aren't dying. Stop sounding like you are it's just the flu and Jason is an asshole very bad person. D:]

[terreifying]

Can she go get you some medicine? Something to stop the coughing? Or do you want me to get you water?