THE LOST DAYS... Round 1.

[mind_blown]

It's all darkness.

The feeling of nothingness, of being nothing. Of not existing. You have no thoughts, you will never have any thoughts again. While that fact is not comforting, because you cannot be comforted anymore, it is true.

There's a certain rest to being... nothing. And to both knowing and not knowing, that your time is done.

So it's all the more unfortunate when you feel, because you shouldn't feel. And the feeling is burning in your lungs, which you shouldn't have. Because you are- or were- nothing.

And then, you inhale a desperate gasp of air and open your eyes...

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[iamverybadass]

No shit.

[ As the foreign feelings fade out, it's a new struggle to re-assess the situation and scramble for a plan. He settles for keeping his aim fixed firmly on the green-tinted Jason that Hellfire appeared with, trying to move between him and Griffin as quick as he can ]

Get the seed!

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[mind_blown]

[well Red Hood starts to see that movement but Nero's too quick.

So, instead he moves for Nero, neatly sliding under him and grabbing his wrist to pin his right hand behind his back, and then leveraging that to shove him into the wall.

Jason starts to move, but then collapses in pain as his shoulder starts gushing from a mysterious wound.]

I'm so sick of this shit.

[Kiri for her part, becomes Aware. There is a role to every part here. She can tell that there is Jason-senpai. But that Red Hood is supposed to listen to him. That he is counting on that, and that because Red Hood wants to fight him, it means that Jason won't be well in the real world]

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[gigadevilbreaker]

[Okay well Nero gets a 5 on his toughness roll so he's not strong enough to push Red Hood off of him - but if he's being pinned, then that means Hood can't focus his attention on Jason.

At least he wasn't alone.]

TALON--!

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[iamverybadass]

[ Talon's already moving by the time Nero shouts. He abandons the crossbow to avoid shooting Griffin, and throws himself into a front handspring so he can use the momentum to launch a double-kick at Red Hood, trying to dislodge or stun him. ]

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[soulcarve]

[ For her part, lying in a heap on the ground, Kiri's not much use in this fight, but she calls out, her voice unsteady but not quite so manic— ]

Red Hood-san...?

I think... maybe this isn't the right kind of fighting.... for Jason-senpai...

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[mind_blown]

[she sees it before it happens-- the jason she spoke to, getting shot in the head, and then the wound opening up on the Jason in front of her.

Which, it all happens so fast. Red Hood gets knocked out, and blood is gushing from Jason, where he is back against the wall. he slides down, a trail of blood flowing from his head.

and he looks... pale, and weak. And finally, wetly,]

Thank god this is just... concepts. All the way down.

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[iamverybadass]

[ Talon scrambles to his feet, staying tense for a few beats in case Hood gets back up. He only looks away when Jason speaks, and he might've looked pale and stressed before but color still finds a way to drain out of his face. He's racing back across the room before he's even fully registered how much blood there is ]

Jason?!

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[mind_blown]

Hhhhey, kiddo.

[give him like. five minutes. five? five minutes. definitely just that.]

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[iamverybadass]

[ okay but he's going to use those five minutes to dig into his utility belt for bandages to apply to that head wound. He needs to do something or he feels like he might be sick, and he can't quite hide the hitch in his voice when he speaks. ]

What happened?

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[mind_blown]

The whole "destructive impulse" was off being destructive somewhere.

[he appreciates the thought, even if it doesn't look like it does much? and realistically, he probably shouldn't be this coherent anyway.]

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[iamverybadass]

[ He still looks like he wants to be ill, even if a little of the panic seems to be subsiding ]

Is that why you're so hurt?!

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[mind_blown]

[he considers, and then pulls away his hand to look at some of the blood.]

Part of it. Years of bullshit tends to do that to a person. Guess this is the best way I could think of to show it.

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[iamverybadass]

[ He glances at that, and covers his face with a grimace to avoid lingering on it ]

He's fond of dramatics.

... Are you going to be okay?

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[mind_blown]

I don't feel like dying yet. So, we're lasting right now.

[he glances at Red Hood, and then shakily runs a hand through his hair.]

Sorry for scaring you, kiddo.

[when Talon looks back, he is bandaged much more competently. but still wounded. but everything is clean, and there is no blood.]

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[iamverybadass]

[ Snaps his head back up, and he does pause with a relieved little huff of surprise, but presses on stubbornly ]

It wasn't your fault! Something was wrong—is wrong? Did we stop it?

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[mind_blown]

Not entirely. But the brunt of it should be something I can handle from here?

[he gingerly stands up.]

Probably gonna feel a bit numb after all of this. Which is better than the opposite.

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[gigadevilbreaker]

[Talon gets first dibs with fussing, because he's the one with the first aid stuff - but also little brother rights.

Still, Nero's going to hang close by, frowning over those wounds while keeping an eye out on KO'd Red Hood and Hellfire.]

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[mind_blown]

[by the time he looks back, Jason looks bandaged like... magic. And he just seems... kind of exhausted.]

Hey.

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[gigadevilbreaker]

[Crouches next to him and musses with his bangs, in the guise of checking on his headwounds. Concerned.]

Are you gonna be okay with Red Hood like that?

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[mind_blown]

He's not gonna stay like that.

[he has so many wounds, these are definitely not just from this mysterious fight]

So, don't worry about it.

[he reaches up to grab his hand gently. he sees what he's doing.]

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[gigadevilbreaker]

[When Jason takes his hand, he shifts his grip to curl his fingers around his. Softly,]

What happened to you? Is it the flowers? Joker gas?

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[mind_blown]

[he huffs a bit.]

The only person my bad impulses hurts 9 times out of 10 is me. Symbolism.

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[gigadevilbreaker]

Someone should tell symbolism it's a pain in the ass.

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[soulcarve]

The seed already popped! All the green came out, haha...

And why can't you le—

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[soulcarve]

[ Hellfire doesn't weigh much, and the power behind the grappling shot easily whips her off her feet. She hits the walls of the caves with a sound like scraping steel before falling to the ground, a little chip of broken metal clinking beside her.

As her vision blurs, she something starts to click. ]