Report 037 - [Accidental Video]

[followstheflame]

[The feed switches on to show Riza in a bed in Unohana's clinic.  It's silent, more than it should be, based on her lack of breathing.

Riza is still dead.

But the PCD keeps filming, as if it's expecting something to happen.  A few minutes pass with no change.  Riza's body is still and unmoving, but then her eyes suddenly pop open, they're they're still cloudy with lingering death.  She gasps and it's a rasping sound.  She needs to breathe, but not all of the air is getting to her lungs.  After another attempt to fill her lungs, her body fights back and coughs violently as she rolls onto her side, her left hand coming up to her mouth just in time to catch blood, clotted after sitting in her throat for a few days.  She continues to clear her airway of the blockage, her hands bloody with evidence of her death.

Finally, she falls back to the pillows and gasps more cleanly for air.

Of course, she had a painful death, so her face contorts in pain and her eyes fall closed, her left hand moving again to cover her face.  But when she tries to turn it so the back of her hand could rest on her forehead, she winces.

Right.  Rhode had broken it.

Let's try the right hand!

When she turns that hand over, it becomes obvious that her index finger is missing, though Riza doesn't seem to have noticed yet.  That is not a wound she suffered while fighting Rhode.

After a few more moments, the feed shuts off.]


[ooc:  Forward dated to Saturday afternoon.]

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[heartofalion]

[Squall had been milling around the clinic checking on the other people he'd brought in. He'd never forget the lifeless and hacked up bodies he and Zack had so painstakingly recovered and brought here. He happened to turn the feed on and saw Riza moving, so he left the person he'd been staying with waiting for them to wake up.

Dashing over to her room, Squall stopped at the doorway and leaned against the frame, relief flooding through his body at the sight of her. Slowly he made his way over to the side of the bed.]

Hey.

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[followstheflame]

[She laid there just trying to catch her breath. By the time Squall got there, her eyes had opened again as she stared at the ceiling. So many regrets, so many questions ran through her tired, sluggish mind. But the familiar voice caused her to smile as she turned toward the doorway. Her voice was weak and raspy when she spoke.]

Squall.

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[heartofalion]

[This wasn't something he was used to. Seeing Riza lying in a bed recovering bugged the hell out of him but he knew he could go spar with Zack or something later to get it out of his system. Looking around the room, he spotted a small pitcher. He'd seen Unohana changing them out earlier.]

Can I get you some water or something?

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[siriuslymagical.livejournal.com]

Riza...

[He's relieved to see that she's come back to life. Her death came as a huge surprise. He never suspected that a woman as strong as Riza would ever go down.]

Welcome back.

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[followstheflame]

[Her voice is weak and raspy, but she still makes an effort for those she cares about.]

Thank you, Sirius.

[2ndlt-jeanhavoc.livejournal.com]

[Jean doesn't like watching this feed, not one damned bit. But he can't take his eyes off of it, not one moment of it. He's totally holding his breath through the whole time he watches until she finally takes hers.]

Lieutenant...?

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[followstheflame]

[Sorry, bud. But dying sucks and coming back to life isn't a cake walk either.

When she speaks, her voice is quiet and raspy.]

Havoc.

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[2ndlt-jeanhavoc.livejournal.com]

[SHOULD BE SORRY. But instead he breathes out another sigh of relief when she says his name. Thank whoever that he hasn't been forgotten by someone as important as her.]

Yeauhp, that's me. Now never you mind talkin' or anythin' else, Lieutenant. Y'rest and I'll be along later t'scold y'for worryin' th'lot of us.

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[exarmatio]

[... he'd heard from the Colonel just what had happened. He knew that Riza had died, too. ... but it was so odd, seeing it like this. Had this happened to him?

Bandages wrap his throat still, despite the wound having been healed over upon resurrection. Negi swallows, and his fingers fly across the keys on the PCD.]

Welcome back, Miss Lieutenant.

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[followstheflame]

[Negi...thank heavens, he's all right again. Her voice is in bad shape, but she can still talk, just don't mind how gravelly it is.]

Thank you. And you, too.

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[exarmatio]

[Unfortunately, Negi can't speak at all. Even a whisper hurts his throat a bit, so he's not even attempting. Strictly typing for him.]

How are you feeling?

[blueeyekamikaze.livejournal.com]

[Very little escapes him unlike his mun, though it'd probably take Duo to understand he's sad to see her body returned incomplete.]

Welcome back, Officer.

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[followstheflame]

[Yeah, she's trying not to take that too seriously right now.]

Thank you.

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[blueeyekamikaze.livejournal.com]

[He nods his head, knowing full well he probably shouldn't be talking to her once Roy gets there.]

Stay safe from now on.

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[golden_hawke]

-=As soon as he saw the feed, he was back to the clinic, hunting her down. For Hawke, it wasn't difficult-he knew her heart beat- and once he was at the room she was in, he stood before her, trembling slightly.=-

-=A soft sound puffed from him and there was a shift in his stance. He couldn't speak words at this moment.=-

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[followstheflame]

[Seeing Hawke made her smile, albeit sadly. She had hurt so many people with her recklessness.

When she spoke, her voice was gruff, quiet. She still needed time to heal.]

It's all right.

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[golden_hawke]

-=He didn't believe her. But he drops down to his knees right beside the bed. His hand ghosts over her arm, barely touching her as he followed his hand's path with his eyes. There's a tremble to him when he looks back up, eyes brimming with tears.=-

[general-mustang.livejournal.com]

[It felt like he hadn't slept in months, but now wasn't the right time. He'd managed to convince himself that the longer Riza spent unconscious, the more likely it was that she was going to wake up soon. Still, nothing prepared him for what he saw when she did.

He sucked in a pained breath as he moved closer, and had to close his eyes to her coughing, yelling for Unohana whilst his head was turned. She still needed healing, he'd been told, and if she was in any pain he wouldn't forgive himself if he waited to call the shinigami.

Finally, when he head was back on the pillow, and she'd covered her face he sighed, reaching out to gently move the hand on her forehead, placing it lightly across her stomach, eyes fixed on hers until he bent in to kiss her forehead. She was alive. He barely leant up before he'd placed his hand where his lips had been, gently stroking her forehead as he smiled at her.

The relief he felt was overwhelming, but she had died, and any lecture he had for her about not dying would be saved for a time when she was better.]

[followstheflame]

[Throughout the entire ordeal, Riza kept her eyes on Roy; he became a constant in her waking life. There was so much she wanted to say, so much she needed to apologize for, but the words wouldn't come, not yet.

He was alive and with her and that was all that mattered.

She reached out her right hand to him, but stopped when she saw her stump of a finger, bringing it closer to her face, as if she weren't seeing it correctly.]

...What?

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[immortalservant.livejournal.com]

[He watches for several moments in silence before commenting]

You're missing a finger my dear.

[Video] Keywords~

[followstheflame]

...So I am.

[bunny_flower]

Ara, finally.

Gimme a few minutes, Hawkeye-san, and I will be with you in a moment.

[followstheflame]

[She smiles, still tired and in pain, though.]

I won't go anywhere.

[mere_shopkeeper]

Welcome back, Riza-san.

[followstheflame]

[She smiles weakly, her voice rough.]

Thank you.