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[8:53pm] Alivi: So. It was a hard mission, the poolboys find themselves hurt, torn apart…but on the shores of the red pool once again back at site. Eriko is curled up on the shore. Her arm pressed against her midsection. She has many external wounds, slashes, and the like over her body.
[8:54pm] Roget: Ralph comes up for air, gasping. He's injured, but not as badly.
[8:54pm] Roget: "Eri!?"
[8:55pm] Alivi: "Ralph?" The voice is shakey and weak.
[8:55pm] Roget: "Eri where are you?!"
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[8:58pm] Alivi: "Ralph…here…" She tries to raise her hand, however the movement makes her cry out in pain.
[8:58pm] Roget: Ralph stumbles out of the water, trying to make his way over to her. How bad is it?
[8:59pm] Alivi: He can't really tell, she is covering it up.
[9:00pm] Roget: He drops to his knees, and holds her in his arms. "Eri..."
[9:02pm] Alivi: "Ralph?" She looks up at him. How does he look?
[9:02pm] Roget: His face is muddy, he has some dark stains on his shirt, but he's still standing.
[9:03pm] Alivi: She's breathing oddly. She is obviously in a lot of pain.
[9:04pm] Roget: Can Ralph see her wounds now that she's in his arms?
[9:05pm] Alivi: She is tightly holding her midsection, he can see there is a lot of blood.
[9:05pm] Roget: "... You're hurt."
[9:05pm] Alivi: "I'll be okay…." She tries to smile through the pain, "Y-you'll help..."
[9:07pm] Roget: can Ralph see that the wound is mortal?
[9:08pm] Alivi: He needs her to move her arm
[9:08pm] Roget: Ralph gently moves her arm. He's tearing up.
[9:08pm] Roget: ~nonononononononononononononononono~
[9:09pm] Alivi: Her breath intakes sharply. He can tell….t
[9:10pm] Roget: "... Eri, listen to me, you're going to be okay."
[9:10pm] Alivi: She looks at him. "Ok…. I don't….I don;t want to die."
[9:11pm] Roget: Ralph is crying. "You're going to be okay..." his hand is shaking, he's reaching into his med supply kit.
[9:12pm] Alivi: "…Why are you crying?"
[9:13pm] Roget: "... It's okay, Eri. I just... I love you, so much..." she can't see it, but he has a morphine syringe
[9:14pm] Alivi: "I love you too..."
[9:15pm] Roget: "You've... brought so much... joy... you make life here worth living..." he tries to steady his shaking hand
[9:16pm] Alivi: "When…I get better…we can go back to the pond…right and see…and ….see fish? And bird?"
[9:16pm] Alivi: She is having difficulty speaking
[9:17pm] Roget: "Yeah... we can see whatever you want. We can spend all day there." Ralph readies the morphine. "You won't hurt anymore..."
[9:18pm] Alivi: "Okay..."
[9:18pm] Roget: Ralph quietly injects her with the morphine. She can feel a numbness sweep away the pain, and feels sleepy...
[9:19pm] Alivi: Her grip around her midsection loosens…. she smiles. "Ralph?"
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[9:20pm] Roget: "Yes, Eri?" tears freely streaming down his face, he cradles her in his arms.
[9:20pm] Alivi: "I'm….happy…we…met…."
[9:20pm] Roget: "I-I am too, Eri... you changed my life..."
[9:21pm] Alivi: "Tired…."
[9:21pm] Roget: Ralph swallows, hard. "Are you comfortable?"
[9:22pm] Alivi: She nods.
[9:22pm] Alivi: She reaches up and touches his face with her hand, it feels cold….and he can feel her blood on his cheek.
[9:22pm] Roget: "Good... I just want you to be comfortable..." his voice is increasingly shaky.
[9:23pm] Alivi: "I really love you..."
[9:23pm] Roget: "..." Words fail him.
[9:23pm] Roget: "I love you... too. More than anything."
[9:24pm] Alivi: Her hand falls away She nestles into him, smiling.
[9:24pm] Roget: Ralph holds her close, and waits for the end. Tears fall freely from his face, and onto hers.
[9:25pm] Alivi: And soon her breathing slows to a stop. And she doesn't move again.
[9:25pm] Roget: "God.... no. No!" Ralph clutches her, crying. He can't deal with this. Not now. Not ever.
[9:28pm] AgentFlowers: Lily drags herself out of the pool, coughing. "Ralph..." Her voice is hoarse. "Is Eri...?"
[9:28pm] Roget: Ralph is cradling Eriko, weeping on the shores of blood.
[9:29pm] Strifey: Rick is stretched out prone, pulling security. ~no.~
[9:29pm] Puppetmaster: June slowly walks over to Ralph and kneels across from him.
[9:29pm] Roget: He's just holding her body as close to his as he can, and in hysterics.
[9:29pm] Puppetmaster: She starts crying. "No, no no..."
[9:30pm] Roget: "No... this... Eri... not supposed to go this way..." he's babbing in between the tears.
[9:31pm] Puppetmaster: "I-I should've gone, I could've... I..."
[9:31pm] Puppetmaster: She stops crying and just goes silent.
[9:31pm] Roget: "There was nothing... it was... I made her comfortable..." June might notice bloody fingerprints on Ralph's face
[9:32pm] Puppetmaster: June just stares at her. She looks empty.
[9:32pm] Roget: Eriko looks dead, Jim. I mean, June.
[9:33pm] Strifey: Rick stands up, rifle despondent in his hand
[9:34pm] Roget: Ralph rocks back and forth, cradling his wife's body. "There was nothing... there was nothing... nothing..."
[9:35pm] Roget: he's definitely not in his right mind, maybe never again.
[9:36pm] Puppetmaster: June bows her head. When she brings it up again, her face can't be read. She puts a hand on Ralph's shoulder roughly.
[9:36pm] Roget: Ralph jerks away from the touch, and roughly hits it away without a word.
[9:38pm] Puppetmaster: "Ralph, you have to stay with us."
[9:38pm] Roget: "Leave me with her." June he sounds the most serious you've ever heard him.
[9:40pm] Puppetmaster: "Stay with us. I'm not losing two friends to this." June stands and walks away..
[9:41pm] AgentFlowers: Lily crawls to Ralph, battered and bloody. "Eri..."
[9:41pm] Puppetmaster: June slumps against a far wall, still in sight, and just watches them.
[9:42pm] Roget: Eriko is dead in his arms. Her eyes are open and unseeing. Her husband is bowing his head, and his shoulders are lurching with his heavy sobs.
[9:43pm] Puppetmaster: It's impossible to tell what June is thinking. She stares at Ralph, unfocused.
[9:43pm] AgentFlowers: "Ralph..." She coughs. "Is Eri..."
[9:43pm] Roget: Ralph hiccups, and nods. "I made... her... comfortable... when..." he can't go on.
[9:45pm] AgentFlowers: "No..." Lily tries to get to her knees, weak and struggling. "Eri...Eri..."
[9:45pm] Roget: "She's... gone..."
[9:45pm] AgentFlowers: "NO. Eri...!"
[9:46pm] Roget: Ralph is shaking... he slowly, carefully lays her body down, and closes her eyelids.
[9:46pm] Puppetmaster: June knows she's going to have to put Ralph on suicide watch.
[9:47pm] Roget: "... Is the pool closed?"
[9:48pm] Puppetmaster: She sighs.
[9:48pm] AgentFlowers: "To hell with the pool, take care of Eri, come on...!"
[9:49pm] Roget: "I need to know... she didn't die... for nothing..." Ralph is trembling hard, and still crying. He looks like a train wreck
[9:49pm] Roget: When he says /die/ it sounds like he has to wrench it from his throat
[9:52pm] AgentFlowers: "SHE'S NOT DEAD. Fuck, Ralph, do something!" Her voice is cracking from emotion and the pain of her wounds.
[9:53pm] Puppetmaster: June barks in a military voice akin to Lily's. "LILY."
[9:53pm] Roget: "She is... there was... nothing..." Ralph just drops to his knees, and slumps to the ground. He's just completely gone.
[9:56pm] AgentFlowers: June was never in the goddamn military, she wouldn't know a drill sergeant yell if it bit her. "SHUT UP, June!"
[9:57pm] Puppetmaster: "There was NOTHING he could do."
[9:58pm] Roget: Ralph picks himself up a little, and curls into a ball. "Th-the wound was... mortal... too deep... too much blood... too much... nothing..."
[9:59pm] Puppetmaster: June shudders and looks at the ground, then at Eriko.
[9:59pm] Roget: Eriko is still dead.
[10:00pm] Strifey: <<Command, Caiaphas. Stretcher team to the pool, time now., >>
[10:01pm] AgentFlowers: Lily collapses again, sobbing silently.
[10:01pm] Roget: <<Affirmitive. What is the casualty count?>>
[10:01pm] Strifey: <<One.>>
[10:01pm] Puppetmaster: June gets up again and walks back over, not looking at anything but Eriko.
[10:01pm] Roget: <<Roger>>
[10:02pm] Puppetmaster: She drops without ceremony and sits next to her.
[10:02pm] Strifey: Rick slowly lowers his radio, self control breaking.
[10:02pm] Roget: Some medical guys come by soon, and load Eriko onto a stretcher. They have to basically half-carry and half-drag Ralph out of there.
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[10:03pm] Puppetmaster: Before they take Eriko, June mumbles something under her breath, staring at her face.
[10:03pm] Roget: Eriko doesn't hear it because she's dead
[10:04pm] Puppetmaster: June KNOWS THAT. THANKS.
[10:04pm] Puppetmaster: It's impossible to read June's expression. Zero emotion.
[10:05pm] Strifey: Rick sinks down to sit cross legged by the pool, rifle and hawk in his lap
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[10:05pm] Strifey: ~you failed to guard her, Rick.~
[10:06pm] Alivi: Where is Ralph?
[10:06pm] Roget: Being dragged to medical/morgue by the people who collected the body
[10:07pm] Puppetmaster: June continues staring at where Eriko was. She takes her cross from her pocket and moves her mouth silently.
[10:08pm] Proto_Lost: Simon runs to the Poolside, looking around after having heard of one casualty. He spots June a good distance away. "June, who was it?" He says a little breathlessly.
[10:09pm] AgentFlowers: Lily is presumably dragged off to medical as well.
[10:09pm] Roget: All the injured are, yeah
[10:10pm] Puppetmaster: June staring at the ground. She looks up at him, suddenly very sad where there was nothing.
[10:10pm] Puppetmaster: June's still staring*
[10:10pm] Proto_Lost: "...June who was it." He says sternly.
[10:11pm] Puppetmaster: She finishes mouthing a sentence. "... Eriko."
[10:11pm] Puppetmaster: The word's shaky. She nearly breaks down.
[10:12pm] Proto_Lost: There's a shift in his jaw as he grabs June by the shoulders. "...you're lying. Tell me you're lying."
[10:13pm] Puppetmaster: "Simon... too much blood. There was nothing we could do." She's presumably interrupted here.
[10:13pm] Roget: Rick's radio chirps, <<Doctor Bushnell is unable to tell us the circumstances of the combat fatality. All agents who were present, please report to command for debriefing.>>
[10:14pm] Proto_Lost: "TELL ME YOU'RE FUCKING LYING!" He shakes her roughly, a little out of it in disbelief.
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[10:14pm] Puppetmaster: She looks scared. "Simon..."
[10:15pm] Proto_Lost: He lets her go suddenly, pinching the bridge of his nose. "...just....fuck it let's go." He turns to head for Command, not waiting for June to follow.
[10:16pm] Puppetmaster: She picks herself off the ground and follows him, not knowing where he's going.
[10:19pm] Roget: They get to command. There's a serious looking man in a suit there.
[10:23pm] Roget: "Are you from the mission?"
[10:23pm] Proto_Lost: "Negative, but I'd like to know what happened anyway."
[10:23pm] Puppetmaster: June's following behind him, looking a little scared.
[10:24pm] Roget: "We suffered one combat fatality, one casualty, and one personnel member who is suffering a mental breakdown."
[10:26pm] Proto_Lost: He sets his jaw and looks the man in the eyes. "...who was the fatality."
[10:27pm] Roget: "Eriko Ishikawaka. Died of shock, severe internal organ compromise, and blood loss."
[10:28pm] Proto_Lost: Simon lets out a shaky breath, but doesn't break eye contact. "....begging your pardon sir, but I don't believe you."
[10:29pm] Proto_Lost: "...And its Ishikawa you inbred fuck."
[10:29pm] Roget: "I'm sorry, agent, did you know her?"
[10:32pm] Proto_Lost: "Know her?" He approaches the man, decorum forgotten as he moves in close to the man. "...I was her fucking father."
[10:34pm] Roget: "Our records show her father lives in Japan, and was told she was dead?" he sounds confused and slightly scared
[10:36pm] Proto_Lost: "You can disregard that because any father that believes that without hoping she's still alive is no father worth having, and I refuse to believe that she's dead!"
[10:37pm] Roget: "Do... you want to see the body?"
[10:38pm] Proto_Lost: He doesn't talk for a while, looking like he just might clock the man. A moment passes and the man might note that something in Simon's eyes tells him that he's going to, but it doesn't come.
[10:39pm] Proto_Lost: "...Just...get her name right on her headstone, or else." He turns away and leaves command.
[10:40pm] Roget: The man exhales.
[10:40pm] Puppetmaster: June follows him for a bit and then puts a hand on his shoulder, lightly.
[10:42pm] Proto_Lost: "Don't you fucking touch me."
[10:43pm] Puppetmaster: June takes her hand off. "I'm sorry." Her voice is shaking. "There's nothing we could do."
[10:44pm] Proto_Lost: "Then you didn't do enough! What the hell were her teammates doing? Goddammit its like I can't trust anyone here to grab their asses with both hands, much less protect my /fucking/ /daughter/!"
[10:46pm] Puppetmaster: "Simon!" She's terrified.
[10:47pm] Proto_Lost: "Where the fuck was Ralph!? Why wasn't he there to save her? GOD bunch of fucking useless bastards!"
[10:47pm] Puppetmaster: "He was there! He tried, I saw!"
[10:48pm] Proto_Lost: He throws his hands up in the air in exasperation. "GRRRRAAAHHHH THEN HE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH!"
[10:50pm] Puppetmaster: "She... she lost too much blood."
[10:51pm] Proto_Lost: "....th-that isn't a goddamn excuse and you know it!"
[10:52pm] Puppetmaster: "Yes, it is. Once the body loses too much there's nothing that can't be done. It's the point of no return." She calming down now and trying to calm Simon.
[10:52pm] Puppetmaster: nothing that can* damnit.
[10:56pm] Proto_Lost: "...Fuck that! I've fucking lost blood before and I'm still here!" He's plainly grasping at straws now, trying to convince himself that there's no way she could be dead.
[10:57pm] Puppetmaster: "... S-Simon..."
[10:57pm] Puppetmaster: "I miss her too. But... you can't be like this."
[11:01pm] Proto_Lost: "You can't fucking miss her! She's still here!"
[11:02pm] Puppetmaster: "No she's not! She's dead! I saw her body, Ralph held it, Lily saw it, she's DEAD!" June starts crying.
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[11:08pm] Proto_Lost: Simon stands there, unmoving.
[11:09pm] Puppetmaster: June turns her eyes to the floor and cries.
[11:09pm] Strifey: Rick continues to watch the pool.
[11:10pm] Puppetmaster: She says nothing.
[11:11pm] Proto_Lost: A moment passes and he moves past her to the morgue.
[11:12pm] Roget: There are several morticians standing around a table, seeming to have finished taknig the blood and shit out of Eriko's corpse, which is lying on the table.
[11:12pm] Proto_Lost: "...what the fuck do you think you're doing."
[11:13pm] Roget: "Excuse me?" says the closest one?
[11:14pm] Proto_Lost: He looks to the face on the table, something inside him turning cold as it was indeed his daughter. "...that can't be it....that can't...that can't be her."
[11:15pm] Puppetmaster: June stands in the doorway behind him.
[11:16pm] Roget: Eriko's dead eyes are closed. Even with her grievous wounds, she looks at peace.
[11:17pm] Proto_Lost: "That can't be her...no no no no no...it can't be."
[11:19pm] Roget: "I'm sorry... did you know her?"
[11:20pm] Proto_Lost: "...God why can't any of you incompetent fucks piece it together? I'M HER FATHER FOR FUCK'S SAKE AND IF YOU FUCKING TELL ME SHE HAS ONE IN JAPAN THEN YOU'LL BE JOINING HER ON THE FUCKING TABLE."
[11:21pm] Roget: They look visibly shocked.
[11:24pm] Proto_Lost: Simon is breathing hard. "Now....will you let me hold my baby girl's hand...and let me say goodbye."
[11:24pm] Roget: They all step back
[11:26pm] Proto_Lost: He approaches her body, taking his daughter's hand. "...Hey kiddo, it's me."
[11:26pm] Roget: Her hand is cold
[11:29pm] Proto_Lost: "...I know you're probably not going to hear this...but you've been my sunshine for the longest time now and I've...I would never have lasted as long here if you weren't around...and I don't mean the Pool'll kill me...no...I'd have lost a reason to live a month in...so...thank you Eriko..."
[11:33pm] Proto_Lost: He lets go of her hand and does a deep and respectful bow, before saying in stilted, and rather terrible japanese: "Watashi wa saiai no musume, anata o aishite."
[11:35pm] Roget: Some security guys pass the room in a hurry, Simon can hear the words "Suicide watch" drift in
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[11:35pm] Proto_Lost: He lets out a breath as he gets up, turning to the door as he hears them pass.
[11:36pm] Roget: They're headed for the brig in an awful hurry
[11:36pm] Roget: .... where's Ralph, Simon?
[11:37pm] Proto_Lost: He nods to June and decides to follow them. "...come on kid, I have a feeling I know who they're talking about." She might note that his eyes look quite red, and there're a few tears leaking out of them.
[11:38pm] Puppetmaster: June follows. She puts a hand on his shoulder, even lighter this time, barely touching.
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[11:38pm] Roget: They reach the brig, and see a small cadre of security guys around a cell.
[11:42pm] Proto_Lost: He doesn't take it off as he gets there. "Simon Cotterell, Security! What's going on here?"
[11:42pm] Puppetmaster: June takes her hand off and steps to the side.
[11:43pm] Roget: "Doctor's had a total breakdown, grief related. We've got him on watch overnight, seeing if he recovers his faculties by morning."
[11:44pm] Puppetmaster: "..." June speaks quietly. "Don't blame him."
[11:45pm] Proto_Lost: "...step aside, I'm his father-in-law."
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[11:48pm] Roget: "Oh..." they do so. The cell is locked, and Simon can see a bedraggled, bloody Ralph curled up in the corner. He looks... like he could just fall through the floor and die.
[11:49pm] Puppetmaster: June sighs and stays to Simon's left.
[11:50pm] Proto_Lost: "...So this is how my son in law is going to be."
[11:54pm] Roget: You can hear him babbling, his shaky voice sounding weak from being in hysteirics
[11:55pm] Roget: One of the agents says. "He's in a pretty bad way... I don't know if he's even cogniscent enough to want to do anything, let alone end his life."
[11:57pm] Proto_Lost: "...I'll handle this." He waves away the other security agents. "...notify command that Dr. Bushnell-Ishikawa is under Security now."
[11:58pm] Roget: "... You can have first shift." they depart
[11:59pm] Proto_Lost: "Ralph. Ralph get the fuck up."
[12:00am] Roget: Ralph doesn't get up. If anything, his ball tightens
[12:01am] Roget: He's not reacting like he can hear you, Simon
[12:06am] Proto_Lost: "RALPH GET THE FUCK UP YOU WORTHLESS SACK OF SHIT."
[12:06am] Puppetmaster: "Simon."
[12:07am] Proto_Lost: He looks angrily at June. "I didn't marry my daughter off to a gibbering pussy. I married her to that fucker in there because I knew that he'd be able to protect her, to help her when she fucking needed it!"
[12:08am] Puppetmaster: She looks at him incredulously. She slowly turns and walks out.
[12:10am] Roget: "I TRIED... I tried... there was nothing... there was nothing... she wasn't in pain... nothing..."
[12:11am] Proto_Lost: "Ralph look at me when I'm fucking talking to you."
[12:11am] Roget: Ralph slowly sits up. His eyes are red, and his face has dried bloody figermarks on it.
[12:12am] Roget: He's looking, but there's nobody home, Simon. You can see it right away. He's got the look of a soldier who's seen too much.
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[12:14am] Proto_Lost: "Good. Now I want you to try again. I want you to try harder at pulling yourself together than dwelling on this, because it'd break her heart to see you like this. I want you to try being better now, because its a fucking disgrace to her, and you're a fucking disgrace to me if you plan on keeping this up." He stares into his eyes.
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[12:16am] Roget: "... She died in my arms, Simon."