un: absterge | video

[downswing]

( Two men and a xenomorph walk into a tavern —

...alternatively, stumble down a woodland road, breath staggered, seemingly drained — if not by the weight of the enormous forest creature they carry, bled and bound to a makeshift pallet of decayed logs, then by the constant, jittery effort to evade the strikes of its tail.

The Doctor drags the animal’s wooden bed by long, loosely woven strips of ripped cloth. Lan Wangji holds the pendant with one hand and his own cutting strings that fetter the beast with the other.

For their trouble, the creature’s tail lovingly smacks the Doctor on his flank, then thwaps Lan Wangji’s temple, on the swing back. It growls its thanks after, before settling into a... disturbing... purr... that seems to indicate the time to nap is nigh.

The Doctor, then: ) It's settling down a bit already! Just needed a proper looking after, really, like anything.

( Well said, Doctor. For your effort, have a nice, friendly, sleepy tail smack on the back. So Wangji doesn’t feel jealous, the snoring beast peers over his shoulder, drenching it in a sea of... drool. He sighs. )

We bear one of the Beastmaster’s creatures. Feral, wounded. Enemy of the Huntress in the woods.

( Who should have been long culled, but don’t let Lan Wangji’s long-suffering expression convince you of that. The enemy or their enemy, so on. )

It requires... healing to resume duties. We number those who know the care of animals?

( ooc: ...sorry, cave buddies, just going to park Fido in the back real quick! Any veterinarians in the house? )

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video, un: firehose

[3point0]

I admire your ability to DIY a stretcher, but maybe we oughta get someone to build a more usable one?

[downswing]

It opposed — ( The gods and reason. )

...excess proximity. You advise?

un: qishan | voice

[silverneedles]

Any injuries sustained while freeing the creature?

[ she sees that tail. ]

[downswing]

A hemorrhage of pride.

video | un: wooden sword

[vdovy]

[ Yelena's head is tilted, her brow knitted in concentration as she tries to imagine the rest of the beast from bits that are visible in the frame. ]

I can triage and maybe keep it stable until someone more qualified takes over. Where are you taking it?

[downswing]

( ...heh.

He he.

Hehhehehhehehehheheheheeee. )

Shelter.

un: headless ragdoll | video

[matermali]

[ With both of them triaging it, the beast is going to be drowning in pretty nurses. ]

I need your assistance in fetching sustenance for the creature.

[ It will probably want a lot more fish than Vanessa can carry alone. And they want to be quick, don't they? Nobody wants a hungry beastie. ]

un: headless ragdoll | video

[matermali]

[ Ah, boys will be boys.

Vanessa is already getting her herbal remedies and sewing kit together if it needs stitches. A proper healer would be better, but she is here to sustain the beast until someone with 'good' powers comes along.

Perhaps she ought to question why they are bringing it back... But the Doctor is involved, and that answers that. ]

I'll have a space readied for it to rest.

[downswing]

( For once, grateful for the indifference to the bizarre and the absurd that this group fosters: )

And fish. It hungers.

video; un: hide-and-seek

[makemeasong]

You are not keeping this.

Clara..............................

[downswing]

Only to bide its sickness.

@taken for granite

[rumorate]

[Allison is a little dumbfounded, and also kind of curious.]

Are you sure it's safe to be there with it?

[She considers you both friends, please do not get eaten by the alien from Alien.]

un: dollhouse

[thedreamer]

Keeps a bit of mystery in life, not being sure. We'll be fine, though, not to worry!

[ Safe is relative, after all. ]

[downswing]

No. ( The very blandest. ) What choice?

un: average sighren, video

[lanclan]

Do you require more aid in restraining the monster?

[ Joke's on you, he is already on his way. ]

Re: un: average sighren, video

[downswing]

It is in hand. ( A pause. ) Tail aside.

voice, un: strange

[rehandle]

[ Oh look. Must be a Tuesday.

Voice, partly because he's late to the party and busy, partly so they can't see his face when he says: ]

I'm sure you've been flooded with veterinary practitioners specialising in that exact brand of totally ordinary livestock.

[ You're killing him, men. But still... ]

Getting it back okay?

[downswing]

It — ( Is black and bluing them with ongoing, stupefying prowess. ) — requires wooing.

un : deft hand of little deaths (voice)

[scrapgege]

I can't help much with healing, but if you need someone to keep it contained a bit or calm it down, let me know.

[downswing]

You are close to animals?

audio | un: yiling laozu

[weifinder]

Wait, are you bringing that here?

( He sounds more curious and puzzled than put off by the idea, he's got rabbit logistics in mind. )

[downswing]

( .........when your husband comes a-knocking - )


The Doctor's heart bled profusely.

[starlingroad]

I'm hearing this right? [She stares, and stares at the screen, because - what the hell?!] Resume duties? You're gonna try to keep this thing?

[downswing]

To release it, after healing. It chases the Huntress.

video; un: owllady

[traaaaaash]

[ Eda lets out a whistle. ]

You found a creature! But, ah, sorry, beastkeeping magic's not really my strength.

[downswing]

No matter. Better you remain unharmed.