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ʟᴀɴ ᴡᴀɴɢᴊɪ | 蓝忘机 ([personal profile] downswing) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2023-07-08 08:56 pm

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( 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? )

thedreamer: (012)

[personal profile] thedreamer 2023-07-09 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
No! Isn't that delightful? A new beauty to discover.

[ Sarcastic! Him? Never! ]
matermali: (107)

[personal profile] matermali 2023-07-09 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
And you thought to bring it to me. How thoughtful.
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[personal profile] thedreamer 2023-07-10 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Full disclosure, my first suggestion was holding vigil with it in the forest until it healed. Suppose this is the better option.

[ I guess, he almost sighs.

And he is...missing the point. ]
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[personal profile] matermali 2023-07-10 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Doctor. You were so close. ]

As if I were but a substitute.
thedreamer: (0446)

[personal profile] thedreamer 2023-07-10 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
I was attempting not to involve too many others. That's gone a bit sideways now.
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[personal profile] matermali 2023-07-10 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
I am not others.