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ambidex voting #13

A M B I D E X V O T I N G

Another round, maybe this one will end better? Less blood and gore even? No? Well, here are the conditions regardless.:

For anyone who chooses Ally, well, if your opponent chooses Ally as well, then 2BP for each of you and blah blah blah, predictable. Bore him to tears why don't you.

For anyone who chooses Betray, and gets a Betray in return, everyone's BP stays the same and one of you gets fifty coins! That'd be fun, right? A cheeky little gamble. The rest get a pat on the back and that warm feeling of a vote well voted.

Last but certainly not least: for anyone who chooses Betray and their opponent chooses Ally, same deal as last time, two whole memories! Eh, eh? Come on, that's a pretty good deal, right? Take the offer! And the ally person well, they get the usual.

So, happy voting! Calhoun will see all of you later with the results.

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Wow, Heiji, thanks dude. Being the good kid he was and not a monster like people who won't be named HEIJI Hershel was actually more than happy to be given it, because hey at least he can help this time. He'd take that over not helping at all.

"Could you take off your labcoat, Alfendi?" He asked, taking a seat next to him because standing was hard and for stronger men than he. "Are you enjoying the book?"

Glad to hear it.

[he stares at heiji, offering the weakest, awkwardest smile, because what the fuck, alfendi. he tilts his head towards hershel, then, and nods, gently prying his labcoat off of him and gingerly rolling up the sleeves of his sweater to his shoulders. his bad arm still looks awful. his bandages are almost entirely red with old, dried blood. unsurprisingly, he doesn't seem to notice or give a shit.]

Are you both looking forward to the next puzzle room? [WHO WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT THIS IS SUCH WEIRD SMALL TALK ALFENDI NEEDS TO SHUT HIS MOUTH]

Jesus, dude. Heiji tried to keep his shock from registering on his face and was mostly successful but did Alfendi bleed right through his bandages jeez.

"Uh, y'know what, I think I could do without for a little while. But that's just me." He started slowly unwrapping Alfendi's arm and grimaced just a little when dried blood flaked off the bandage, awesome yeah crusty old bandages this was the best.

Shocking everyone Hershel went into full fret mode seeing those bandages- really, he expected this but it didn't make it any better that fucking weird robot Alfendi didn't seem to care about his arm rotting off. At least normal asshole Alfendi made an effort not to be a mess sometimes.

"Alfendi, have you been looking after yourself at all?" Yeah because this Alfendi was going to listen, good job Hershel. "You need to take better care of yourself! Have you taken your painkillers? Does it look infected at all, Heiji? Honestly, Alfendi..."

Hershel...

[alfendi sighs again. that sigh sure is annoying. he just doesn't really want to deal with this level of motherhenning, and unlike normal-alfendi who actually appreciates it and expresses that appreciation with violence and screaming, placid is just immediately exhausted again and can't find the strength to answer any of that nonsense.

so he focuses on Heiji again.]

Thank you for this. You really didn't have to come help me out if you were busy or otherwise preoccupied. You're a good man.

"No problem," said Heiji. "I mean, you're Hershel's relative and all. And ya seem like a pretty okay guy."

The bandages. Were making crunching sounds. Worse, he couldn't actually see the state of the wound very well with all the dried blood. He glanced over at Hershel.

"I don't think it's infected, but I can't really tell all that well. You got a rag? Somethin' you won't miss?"

"Don't 'Hershel' me, I'm serious." Hershel huffed, but apparently backed down some because working with this Alfendi wasn't really going to get anywhere. Instead he turned to Heiji, nodding.

"Yes, here-" He went through his bag and pulled out what looked like a sleeve to something grey, putting his bottle of water nearby incase Heiji needed it. "I should have more if that's not enough."

Heiji ducked the rag under the mouth of the water bottle to dampen it. "I think this'll be fine. Here, if you got another one, try and clean the other side a bit. Be careful not to scrub off any scabs, but we'd better clear away some of this dried blood before we put new bandages on."

What an awesome job. This was awesome.

You're getting quite demanding in your old age, Hershel.

[heavy sigh. oh my god he needs to stop sighing, he sounds like a deflating paddling pool. he nods appreciatively to heiji, though he seems a little tense when he sees the strip of grey fabric, even more so when heiji starts cleaning his arm with it. ugh, touching.]

You look like you're having fun with this. [he's being poked and prodded by teenage doctors this is madness.] You're not enjoying this, are you? I feel like a cadaver.

"Demanding someone take care of themselves is hardly criminal." Hershel sighed right back at you, idiot, doing as Heiji said and taking another rag to work on Alfendi's other arm. He was as careful as possible, brow furrowed as he did so. "Besides, we're family, aren't we? I'm fairly certain this is par for the course."

He wasn't even sure this Alfendi remembered the same things so who knew. He threw Heiji a look, ignoring Alfendi just a little bit. "Thank you for this, Heiji."

"Y'know what, maybe that's a good idea. Maybe for this you should act a little bit like a cadaver. You know, nice and... still." Basically no moving around too much, Alfendi, or you might hurt yourself. At least this part shouldn't be too bad.

He worked to clear away the worst of the dried blood, trying not to aggravate the area around the wound too much, because wow that looked pretty painful. "No sweat..."

Okay, that was maybe as good a job as he could do at the moment. "Hershel, you wanna start putting that antibacterial on?"

"Sure." Hershel went to doing that, again carefully but sorry, Alfendi, it still probably hurt quite a bit. At least he's not telling you to be a corpse like Heiji, that's one bright side to all this.

Even cleaner the wounds look pretty terrible, and he bit back more fussing for everyone's sake. You're welcome. It probably doesn't take too long to get one arm done so he moves to the other when he's through.

[Alfendi does as he's told, mostly, keeping still and staring blankly ahead. It's... it's not... it. hm. it just. it doesn't make things much better. he was told to act like a cadaver, and that's pretty much exactly what he's doing. he doesn't even flinch when hershel's rag pushes against the more tender side of his injury, but his eyes do start to water and his breath hitches in his chest. GOD PLACIDFENDI IS SO WEIRD]

You know, I'm not sure many families get into a situation like this. Death looming around every corner, men being wounded by monsters and other men alike... I'd hardly call this par for the course.

[he doesn't blink when he talks. he is weird]

Are we nearly done? [HOW UNGRATEFUL]

"Oh yeah, almost," said Heiji. As Hershel finished applying the antibacterial gunk, he was going to start re-wrapping the wound. A few passes in, and he pulled a bit on the bandages, experimentally -- no real way to tell how much painkiller Alfendi had taken, after all.

[Alfendi winces somewhat more openly when Heiji pulls on his arm, and he actually breaks into the start of a cold sweat, his hand starting to shake. it's obvious that heiji just hurt him pretty badly, just by lightly tugging on his bandages, but alfendi's expression doesn't give that away at all. he just looks inconvenienced again, all lazy and tired and bored. someone just tampered with a major physical injury of his, and he's not on nearly as many painkillers as he should be - but he just looks disinterested, like the huge surge of pain going through his arm is happening to someone else. it's very obviously an inappropriate response, given the rest of his body language.

he does look at heiji after, though, frowning a little.

he doesn't say anything.

just frowns.

and stares.]

"Well that part certainly isn't." Hershel answered, unless the world was a weirder place than his vague memories were leading him to believe. Maybe bodies did fall out of the sky every day and people like Alfendi roamed the streets in packs. Maybe that was true and not stupid.

When Heiji tugged the bandage a bit Hershel didn't really notice until Alfendi's reaction clued him in. He just watched a moment, hopefully and a little guiltily, but-

Nothing. He tried not to sigh and just shot Heiji an apologetic look. Looks like his theory wasn't completely accurate 100% of the time at least.

Well, now Heiji just sort of felt bad. It was one thing to bug the other Alfendi, who would at least screech something about literal garbage and flail around in an attempt to defend himself. But this Alfendi was either unwilling or unable to complain, even when Heiji had apparently hurt him quite a bit. How badly were they going to have to inflict pain on him to bring the other Alfendi back?

"...Sorry. You okay?"

[rather than answer heiji (or hershel who is thinking about flying bodies like a normal person), alfendi just robotically lifts his arm and stares at it. quietly. in silence. wow it's really awkward in here all of a sudden. he just watches his arm until he starts to settle down, the pain very slowly subsiding.]

No, I'm fine. Thank you again for taking care of me.

[blank. stare. more staring at heiji. more fun, glassy-eyed staring at heiji. it's probably a relief when he turns away to look at hershel.]

If you're feeling uncomfortable, you don't have to stay here. You don't seem very happy. It must be a lot of work looking after someone's injuries like this.

"N-no, that's-" Smooth, Hershel. He honestly has no idea what to say and kind of deer and headlighted it for a minute. After that fun minute he sighed, rubbing the side of his neck uncomfortably. "Sorry, it's just been a long day, I suppose. It's not a lot of work, it's just... necessary."

And he glanced at Heiji. "Thank you for-" Trying. Even though that didn't really work and he didn't really want to go punching Alfendi in the wound to see if maybe that'd work better. "-helping."

Heiji sighed and finished wrapping Alfendi up. "There ya go. I think you should be okay as long as you don't reopen your wound. You make sure and take those painkillers, okay?"

Great, now what were they going to do? Sure, placid Alfendi was creepy, but they couldn't just torture him, right?

Sure thing. [he's answering heiji, but he's still looking at hershel... okay. whatever. he gets up and holds the book he was reading earlier and looks around the garden, slightly self conscious. he kind of wants to leave, now that these two might be finished with him, but he doesn't want to be rude. that would be very unlike him.]

Sorry. I don't mean to be impolite, or - or come across as ungrateful, but... if you don't need anything else of me, I might, uh. Go.

[HERSHEL'S CALL HERE DO YOU WANT TO KEEP PUNCHING HIS ARM??]

Yes, let's just start torturing Alfendi- no, Hershel sighed as quietly as possible as he stood. "Of course. Please be careful, Alfendi."

He glanced to Heiji with a meaningful, let's talk sort of look. "Here, let me help you back to where you were. Have to keep off that leg and all."

Okay. Alright. Thank you again, both of you.

[that's like the tenth time he's said thank you. normal alfendi barely even says it once, so what the hell. he ducks his head appreciatively to the two of them and just sort of shuffles a few metres away, where he promptly sits down on the spot. he's not really creating much distance between them, but yeah, he totally wants to be alone.

so shoo go talk to each other on your own goodness]

After Alfendi shuffled away, Heiji backed away a bit, so that they were at least out of earshot. "Well, that didn't work. And he gave me a look like I kicked his kitten." So yeah, what a wonderful experience this all was.

"Hershel, I know the personality he's got right now is kinda weird, but... well, ain't it also Alfendi? You sure it's okay to just switch him back and forth like that?"

Hershel sighed, shoulders slumping. "I don't know. Alfendi- the normal Alfendi, he seems to hate this version of himself, and this version doesn't seem to acknowledge the other exists. Is this even a personality or just a trance?"

He glanced over with a shake of the head. "Either way I guess we can't really know, can we? Maybe if I remember more it'll be clearer but- I don't know, Heiji. This him just seems wrong somehow. Maybe that's just an assumption."

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