[ this place is apparently filled with people who will look at her sprouting mushrooms and move to help instead of showing a modicum of self-preservation, move closer to her.
but to the dojo she goes, clutching her screaming arm. she anticipated how wild the burn would look but-- holy fuck it hurts. but the bite is gone, distorted under the warped skin. ]
[Vi didn't strike her as the sensitive type, but people could be unusual. Especially humans.
A2's waiting at the entrance to the dojo. Beside her, Pod is holding a tray of medical supplies: gauze, scissors, antiseptic. A little paper cup with pills inside. A2 motions for Ellie to come in with a,]
Shoes off.
[Of note: she seems to be sans heels today. She's still like, 90% legs, but she's not nearly as tall.
She motions for Ellie to sit at a table, Pod bobbing behind her.]
[ Ellie barely realizes she's trying to get out of her shoes until she's almost tripping over them. She practically falls into her chair, her arm sliding across for A2 to see. ]
Might've overdone it.
[ The bite was gnarly and covered in boils and cysts, so it had required a worse burn than she had even planned for. But it's unrecognizable beneath the burned flesh. ]
[The kid gives away her pain with her fumbling. A2 is unrushed but efficient: she and Pod have observed and done research on these minor medical procedures in their great stretches of time without a mission. Pod no longer asks her of her intentions when the day starts. They have learned to operate in comfortable silence.
She's accustomed to varying levels of gore and violence. But even she leans back a bit at the sight of the injury, eyes going wide.] No shit. [A soft, frustrated sigh.] Pod.
[Pod hands Ellie a glass of water and the tiny cup of pills.] Hello, Ellie. Query: how would you rate your current level of pain?
[A2 huffs.] ... They've gotten into surveys lately. Ignore it if you want.
Rebuttal: Pain assessments are an important feature of the care and treatment of human beings in medical set—
OK, OK, Dr. Pod. Do your thing. [A dismissive wave. She focuses on getting the wound clean, beginning to flush it with a water treatment.]
[A2 deadpans. She wonders if all human injuries were this gruesome. Androids and machines both got injured and experienced pain, they leaked coolant the color of blood and machines bled oil, but very few were this... wet, and spongy. But she continues her first aid unflinchingly.
Pod helps by keeping light on her work area. After flushing the wound, applying antiseptic is the next, painful thing.] You tried to burn it off?
[The idea of burning human flesh smelling like the meat they eat does not cause her nausea, exactly, but her face twists in displeasure nonetheless.]
...
This is a serious injury.
[She says it after a long stretch of working on the injury in stony quiet. It's not unlike A2 to point out the obvious, but there's something lurking in her clipped tone. Annoyance, maybe. Or perhaps she's troubled.]
no subject
[A2 answers this one.]
there's no authority here. who would he narc to?
i can grab some of his supplies. dojo in 10.
cw burns, skin damage
[ this place is apparently filled with people who will look at her sprouting mushrooms and move to help instead of showing a modicum of self-preservation, move closer to her.
but to the dojo she goes, clutching her screaming arm. she anticipated how wild the burn would look but-- holy fuck it hurts. but the bite is gone, distorted under the warped skin. ]
no subject
[Vi didn't strike her as the sensitive type, but people could be unusual. Especially humans.
A2's waiting at the entrance to the dojo. Beside her, Pod is holding a tray of medical supplies: gauze, scissors, antiseptic. A little paper cup with pills inside. A2 motions for Ellie to come in with a,]
Shoes off.
[Of note: she seems to be sans heels today. She's still like, 90% legs, but she's not nearly as tall.
She motions for Ellie to sit at a table, Pod bobbing behind her.]
Let me take a look at it.
no subject
Might've overdone it.
[ The bite was gnarly and covered in boils and cysts, so it had required a worse burn than she had even planned for. But it's unrecognizable beneath the burned flesh. ]
no subject
She's accustomed to varying levels of gore and violence. But even she leans back a bit at the sight of the injury, eyes going wide.] No shit. [A soft, frustrated sigh.] Pod.
[Pod hands Ellie a glass of water and the tiny cup of pills.] Hello, Ellie. Query: how would you rate your current level of pain?
[A2 huffs.] ... They've gotten into surveys lately. Ignore it if you want.
Rebuttal: Pain assessments are an important feature of the care and treatment of human beings in medical set—
OK, OK, Dr. Pod. Do your thing. [A dismissive wave. She focuses on getting the wound clean, beginning to flush it with a water treatment.]
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[ But she can still feel it, so based on what Aloy said, that's...good??? Maybe?? She downs the pills and water fast.
She swears under her breath, but manages to keep still, gritting her teeth as the wound is flushed. ]
Looked sooo gross.
no subject
[A2 deadpans. She wonders if all human injuries were this gruesome. Androids and machines both got injured and experienced pain, they leaked coolant the color of blood and machines bled oil, but very few were this... wet, and spongy. But she continues her first aid unflinchingly.
Pod helps by keeping light on her work area. After flushing the wound, applying antiseptic is the next, painful thing.] You tried to burn it off?
no subject
[ an important detail. her next reply comes with slow, pained breaths and gritted teeth: ]
Was sick of looking at it after everything that happened.
no subject
[The idea of burning human flesh smelling like the meat they eat does not cause her nausea, exactly, but her face twists in displeasure nonetheless.]
...
This is a serious injury.
[She says it after a long stretch of working on the injury in stony quiet. It's not unlike A2 to point out the obvious, but there's something lurking in her clipped tone. Annoyance, maybe. Or perhaps she's troubled.]
no subject
[ the pain killers help take the edge off of it, and she's finally seems to be able to keep still, leaning chin-in-hand over the table.
if she's bothered by A2 being bothered, the defiance hasn't come out just yet. ]
I probably should have done it with a lower temperature for longer, but I figured faster would be easier in the long run.