I will be your Deadman~

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Characters: Aradia and you!
Setting: Anywhere in the tower
Format: Starting with brackets, but will match
Summary: Aradia discovers her Branch of Sin and is concerned
Warnings: Blood, eventual death

[A few days ago she came across a bright, red crystal while exploring the tower. She had tried to pick it up but it was embedded in the wall. She did however manage to cut herself on the sharp edge. The cut had healed fairly quickly so she thought nothing special of it at the time.

Getting small cuts on her hands and lower arms are pretty normal for an adventurer like Aradia, what isn't normal is the way her blood is acting. It seems thicker than usual, seeping out of the wounds in strands more than streams.

She isn't alarmed immediately, a little blood isn't much cause for concern, but than she notices she has a certain amount of control over her blood. She can stretch the strands out, feeling the tug of it on her veins in a sickly manner. She experimentally waves her arm about, the blood trailing behind it like her old whip.

Well, that can't be good.

She sets of in the direction of the infirmary, bloodwhip still hanging from the palm of her hand as she can't seem to retract it.]

Comments

[notayoungkitten]

[Coming across Aradia like this is complete happenstance, but the old soldier stares at her with a mixture of curiosity and mortification. She's seen plenty in the tower by now, but blood dripping out of someone's hand in what appears to be a weapon is completely new.]

What on Earth has happened to your hand?!

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

[She really wishes she new the answer to that herself.]

I don't know, I don't remember anything happening to it.

[notayoungkitten]

[She stares at it, worriedly.]

Is it a fresh wound?

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

It is. At least, I only got it a couple of minutes ago, I don't know if there was one before.

[notayoungkitten]

I've seen much in the tower, but never something like that.

What did you cut yourself on?

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

I believe it was the jagged edge of a rock, nothing special.

[notayoungkitten]

Strange for a rock to cause that.

[Because it is rather disturbing. But the tower being what it is, she can't be entirely surprised, either.]

It must be another game of the administrators'.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

I thought it was that, but wouldn't more people be affected if that was the case?

[notayoungkitten]

[She gives Aradia a thoughtful look.]

You have a point. I suppose it could be something else.

[Something made by one of the people in the tower?]

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

I don't know what though. I haven't seen anyone else with the same problem yet so I was on my way to the infirmary to see if anyone there has any idea what happened.

[notayoungkitten]

[She nods, thoughtful.]

It is a rather unusual wound. Lets hope that you will be successful.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Hopefully it will be something easy to fix.

[notayoungkitten]

It's a strange wound, but I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for it.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Oh, definitely!

[She waves her non-damaged hand in the direction of the hallway.]

But I should probably get going, I don't want it to get infected or something like that.

[notayoungkitten]

[She nods.]

Of course. Good luck.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Thank you.

[She returns the nod and starts walking towards the elevators.]