post-snek recoveries

[neonleon]

[You know?

That weird temple wasn't good, but it wasn't the worst. Not by far now that he's back in this dimension. He floats a bit aimlessly, body broken, shell cracked and falling apart, some bones and insides shattered. His head aches in a way that he can't think.

All he can really do is hope Prime doesn't find him immediately right now. The light off his ring catches his eye and he looks at it, not fully registering that it's lit up.

A promise.]

Comments

[pyrighteous]

Yeah. But it'll be fine. Dell will help us get more.

[ Hunter reaches out to assist with that! Gently drawing them away from Leo's arm. ]

[neonleon]

I'll make it up to him.

[The arm itself looks a little better than it did at the temple. The acid burns are still there, but not as prominent. Small bits of dead skin are starting to peel away from the ridges of scarring, especially where his unharmed skin at the shoulder meets. But there is an odd discoloration happening - a deeper blueish purple. Probably just part of the healing process.]

I didn't really look at it while they were working.

[pyrighteous]

[ Huhhh. That ... looks a bit gross to be honest. Hunter leans in a bit, peering at the discolored spots. ]

Wow, you really turn weird colors while you're healing.

[neonleon]

Green skin and scales.

[Now he's looking at it and... It's definitely weird. But then again, he'd never gotten acid burns before the temple, so he doesn't have much to base it on.]

It's probably fine.

[pyrighteous]

Well - yeah, true. I just wouldn't have expected purple, I guess.

[neonleon]

What would you have expected?

[He holds his arm out now so Hunter can get the rest. The coloration just gets worse in the meat of his arm down the fingers.]

[pyrighteous]

Maybe more blue? Dark green? Though I guess your blood is red huh ...

[ He winces at how bad it looks the further down it goes. ]

I think this is gonna scar pretty badly.

[neonleon]

[He glances down at the arm, a bit more seriously.]

Yeah, probably. Surprised it hadn't already to be honest.

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter reaches out to take Leo’s injured hand gently. ]

However it ends up looking… it’ll be okay.

[neonleon]

[Leo smiles gently at him, carefully closing his hand around Hunter's.]

It will be. You helped a lot.

[pyrighteous]

I still feel like I didn’t help enough but…

[ He grips Leo’s hand more firmly in turn. ]

You’re here. That’s the important part.

[neonleon]

[Leo smiles even more at that, leaning to bump shoulders with him.]

We'll figure out what to do once we get the all clear from the healers.

[pyrighteous]

I’m okay with that.

[ He leans against Leo for a moment. ]

You ready for salve?

[neonleon]

[He leans his head against Hunter's for a second before sitting up straight and holding his arm out for him.]

Yep. Salve me away.

[pyrighteous]

Right. It's - uh, pungent, so be ready for that.

[ It is, indeed, quite spicy! Perhaps a bit sneeze inducing. Hunter lathers on a generous coat. ]

[neonleon]

Thanks for the heads-u-uh-

[Oh yeah he's definitely sneezing as Hunter starts. He tries to keep his arm still at least. Sucks having a strong sense of smell.]

[pyrighteous]

[ OMG. Hunter can't help but laugh a little. ]

... That was such a cute noise.

[neonleon]

Oh- Y-you think so?

[BIG SNIFF.]

Bet yours are cuter.

[pyrighteous]

I'm not going to -

[ ACHOO. it is indeed very cute. ]

[neonleon]

Ohmigosh it's adorable.

[WHY DIDN'T HE HAVE HIS PHONE TO RECORD IT.]

You can't hide that from me now, I know the truth.

[pyrighteous]

[ SNIFFLE ]

It's - um - look! You're allowed but!!

[neonleon]

You are way cuter than me, I dunno if you noticed that.

[He shifts to sit cross-legged while Hunter works. Now that the initial wave of smell is in his nose, he' a bit better around it.]

[pyrighteous]

N-no, you're much cuter! Hands down!

[neonleon]

Hmmmm....

How are we ever gonna solve this....

[He puts on a really fake-thought look, clean hand to his chin.]

We'll need an outside opinion.

[pyrighteous]

-- What? Really?