You are working too hard on this, when there is a simpler solution.
[He's grateful for the help, really. But he's also in so much pain he's losing it a bit, so he reaches over and pokes Noah in the ear while also saying disturbing things:]
[That fucking hurts! And he's used to this kind of hurt, because it's just medical attention and he's a fighter and all. But on an emotional level he is just not equipped to have any more pain inflicted on him, helpful or not!
So he reacts by shuddering and whining, visibly shaken by it and ashamed of himself.]
I would be fine. Why bear it when I could get back up in one piece?!
[He is... getting worked up about this. Even with Noah looking so sad, he can't help but be frustrated. He just wants it to stop. He doesn't want to have physical evidence of anything that just happened.]
[normally he'd be able to smell shady behavior off lucifel right about now but he's
honestly so distraught, and so desperate to be able to do something, anything to help...
(honestly in normal circumstances he lets luci be shady anyway, lets him take care of that sort of business, but this would be different, wouldn't it?)
[Thancred just turns and smashes his own face into the side of the buffet table. Not hard, not to hurt himself, just because there's something grounding about the cool metal, and complaining doesn't seem to be working.
He wants to break down sobbing, but he won't. He won't, not in front of his friends, no matter how much his heart hurts.]
[ only waiting for as long as it takes for the door to shut before he turns to thancred, expression complicated but his gaze and the tone of his voice muted ]
We will have to be quick about this, if we're to finish this before he comes back.
[He will look back at Lucifel, grudgingly, with his face still pressed against the metal. He's out of it enough that he doesn't quite understand what Lucifel is getting at.]
You must really be kinder to him, Thancred-san. I don't mind being the one to put you to rest, but at least wait until Noah-san isn't within earshot to ask, mm?
[ gripping the axe steadily, stretching his fingers and then tightening his grip on the handle to familiarize himself with the weight ]
When you return, please, tell him that you fell asleep and woke up there. That you felt dizzy, that you felt faint, that you could not stay awake any longer.
Please, tell him that, when you felt your eyes close, it was not painful. I'll take care of the rest.
Thank you, for doing your best to protect us. For that, I will tell you this:
That man is not to be trusted at his word. He is needlessly and senselessly cruel; he will dig into your wounds and your shame, and pull out your ugliest fears. He would threaten you with our lives again, to see you cow before him.
So, I would ask you thus: please, do not give that man the time of day. No matter the threat, no matter the taunt—please, do not allow yourself to be caught by his web.
For he will promise you an scant drop—one that does not inconvenience him one whit—and in exchange drain your goblet. The price is never worth his wares.
[ taking a breath, pulling the axe back and then swinging it down as hard as he can, to split his skull if he can. it's a 3 might but i think we're not doing rolls anyway ]
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Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:12 am (UTC)[He's grateful for the help, really. But he's also in so much pain he's losing it a bit, so he reaches over and pokes Noah in the ear while also saying disturbing things:]
Kill me. Please.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:14 am (UTC)[ it comes out a little harshly, maybe, but not unkind—he's tightening the tourniquet tightly, now ]
Please, don't say something like that!
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:17 am (UTC)penetrate
and he goes very, very still.]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:22 am (UTC)[That fucking hurts! And he's used to this kind of hurt, because it's just medical attention and he's a fighter and all. But on an emotional level he is just not equipped to have any more pain inflicted on him, helpful or not!
So he reacts by shuddering and whining, visibly shaken by it and ashamed of himself.]
...Please.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:39 am (UTC)[ loud again, a little more for noah to hear than thancred, really ]
You and I, and Noah-san and Izanagi-san, and Suu-san and Aniki and Onee-chan—we will all survive this, alright? Please, hang in there.
. . . I know. . . it's painful right now, but it will heal. ... Please, don't give up just yet.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:44 am (UTC)Please... please do not.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:49 am (UTC)[He is... getting worked up about this. Even with Noah looking so sad, he can't help but be frustrated. He just wants it to stop. He doesn't want to have physical evidence of anything that just happened.]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 07:58 am (UTC)—Noah-san, do you recall where the Dispensary is? There is, I'm sure, painkillers there for Thancred-san.
I'll carry him, but it would be best if we divided our tasks. I don't want Thancred-san to be in more pain than he has to be.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:01 am (UTC)honestly so distraught, and so desperate to be able to do something, anything to help...
(honestly in normal circumstances he lets luci be shady anyway, lets him take care of that sort of business, but this would be different, wouldn't it?)
he nods sharply and pulls away.]
I shall be quick.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:08 am (UTC)He wants to break down sobbing, but he won't. He won't, not in front of his friends, no matter how much his heart hurts.]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:12 am (UTC)—ah, that's not good for. . .
[ ok. well. ]
I'm going to be removing the axe, alright?
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:15 am (UTC)Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:17 am (UTC)[Don't tell him what's good for him! He's just going to stay like this and sulk.]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:20 am (UTC)We will have to be quick about this, if we're to finish this before he comes back.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:23 am (UTC)[He will look back at Lucifel, grudgingly, with his face still pressed against the metal. He's out of it enough that he doesn't quite understand what Lucifel is getting at.]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:26 am (UTC)You must really be kinder to him, Thancred-san. I don't mind being the one to put you to rest, but at least wait until Noah-san isn't within earshot to ask, mm?
[ while he pulls the axe out. ]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:31 am (UTC)He honestly nearly faints just from the extra pain! But he doesn't, quite. He just hisses, turning his face back to the table and hiding it again.]
...You have a point. I was not thinking clearly.
[He is not thinking clearly. He's doing a good job not to be incoherently screaming right now!]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:34 am (UTC)[ gripping the axe steadily, stretching his fingers and then tightening his grip on the handle to familiarize himself with the weight ]
When you return, please, tell him that you fell asleep and woke up there. That you felt dizzy, that you felt faint, that you could not stay awake any longer.
Please, tell him that, when you felt your eyes close, it was not painful. I'll take care of the rest.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:37 am (UTC)[He is fine with lying. Good at it, even.]
...Thank you, Lucifel.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 08:57 am (UTC)Thank you, for doing your best to protect us. For that, I will tell you this:
That man is not to be trusted at his word. He is needlessly and senselessly cruel; he will dig into your wounds and your shame, and pull out your ugliest fears. He would threaten you with our lives again, to see you cow before him.
So, I would ask you thus: please, do not give that man the time of day. No matter the threat, no matter the taunt—please, do not allow yourself to be caught by his web.
For he will promise you an scant drop—one that does not inconvenience him one whit—and in exchange drain your goblet. The price is never worth his wares.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 09:00 am (UTC)[He is putting the puzzle pieces together! And he doesn't like it.]
I'll remember your advice.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 09:04 am (UTC)[ bringing his free hand up to press a finger up to his own lips, ]
I must confess I do not remember, for I seem to have recruited help to erase that memory of mine.
. . . So, that shall not leave this room.
Now. Please, stay still.
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 09:15 am (UTC)He can also hold still, unafraid in the face of death because honestly, it's starting to become familiar.]
Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 09:19 am (UTC)Re: Betrayal 3: Traitor Only Session
Date: 2020-08-29 09:29 am (UTC)So he is neatly and efficiently mercy killed. Thx bro.]
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