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[ when the feed comes on, riza's expression is tense. controlled. she's looking straight into the camera. there's an air of professionalism to her as she speaks, but that's to be expected.

she's lived through enough warzones, calamities, and nightmares to know how this goes. ]

My name is Riza Hawkeye. I know some of you, but-

[ not important. she blinks herself out of that. roy was always better at this, wasn't he? okay, breathe. ]

We need to regroup. I'm sure everyone has felt some part of what is going on, but things are getting out of hand. We can't turn on each other at a time like this, not with whatever is happening down below. I know a lot of us are scared, but if we're going to get through this, we need to pull together.

[ a beat, and then she exhales. riza doesn't look fantastic, honestly. she hasn't slept in who knows how long, and with everything going on around the ship?

but she's trying, that has to mean something, right? ]

Anyone who needs help, come find me in the lounge. I know basic first aid and can see what I can do. If anyone has any kind of healing abilities that are working? I can help with those too. I'm trying to collect what supplies we have, but help is appreciated.

I'll be in the Lounge if anyone needs to find me.

[ and then the feed cuts.

ooc timeline wise! this is happening semi-post the event log but pre the wrap-up log! meaning that people who went down in the first log can be back up, but all the dead bodies haven't made it up. she is open for network stuff but also if you just want to action meeting her in the lounge......feel free.

also.....no one has told her about roy yet so. that is open. c: ]

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Of course not! It's a new power; I just got it here!

But now that I finally have a useful power, I'm not going to let something lame like a bit of pain stop me from helping!

[ she gets to work - quick and efficient. she's not a talented medic, and a more experienced one could probably do this more gently. better. but she knows enough to clean the area and to bandage what she can and it's enough.

it's a nasty wound, one that causes her to pause briefly and glance back to him - what even happened - before returning to her work. she nods at his answer, too, not necessarily because it helps but because that is similar enough to how things went for her and the rest of the team who stayed up top. ]

You're lucky she didn't do a worse job. [ though that's a complicated statement, really. lucky, but was he really? with his consciousness directed by the ship itself, he could have done more damage too. she finishes one part of the bandaging and lets out a breath. there is still more to do, and after a moment's pause she continues. ]

I was, yes. Me and a few others. There were messages locked in the Bridge that we spent our time decoding. [ she tenses, thinking about the video, of the monster, as she glances up to look at him. ] You didn't run into that...thing? Did you?

New power?

[ that's.....interesting. ]

So it's not what Astoria gave you? When did it start?

[He relaxes as she settles against him. The last bit of tension he’d been keeping fades away. He expects it when she pulls back with eyes like two chips of ice. His grey eyes meet hers.

She didn’t tell him no to the underlying promise. But, she is asking him for something else. He isn’t used to having a future that stretches out far and wide. He might not actually have that but it feels like that’s what he has. He trusts his instincts.] We will finish it,

[His voice is heavy with certainty. He would find a way to survive. He would bring the team he took down there right back up when it was over.] And we will come back.

[ she's not....well. she's not thrilled with that answer, but not because of anything that shiro says, but because she knows just as well as he does that he has no real control over it.

still, his agreement and the serious expression on his face helps, and riza nods. okay. okay. because it will have to be enough for her right now.

and after another moment, riza runs another hand over her face before she moves to stand. there's a restless energy in her that she just needs to walk out. ]

What do you know about it? The monster.

A couple of days ago, I guess. I can't be sure; it's not like I use my real power a lot.

Around the time people went down into the belly of the ship.

Did you go down to the belly of the ship with everyone?

[ she watches him, picking out that there is something specific he's apparently come here for that isn't his injuries, and riza can't help but be curious. but when he looks down to his wrist, riza nods towards one of the chairs. ] If you had something else you wanted to ask, I could bandage you while we talked.

[ and she goes ahead with that plan, setting down the box and starting to rifle through it when he says roy's name and riza simply freezes.

friends? riza turns back to him, her expression a bit harder than it was moments ago. guarded is probably a better word, but she's been so on edge lately that her baseline reactions have a sharper edge to them now. ] We- [ because calling them friends feels...incorrect, for some reason. ] We are from the same world, yes. But He hasn't come back from below.

[ there's a pause, where riza feels her body react defensively, tensing. ] I haven't talked to anyone else, no. Why? Do you know something?

[He lets her go and braids his fingers into one fist in front of him. He had gone toe to toe with the beast a few times. Is his magic back to normal? He is afraid to check. Focus.

The facts come out clear and precise as if he were staring at a screen and reading off the data.] The creature has the ability to phase or warp. I can’t tell which it is. It’s faster than a human and as long as it has ample darkness it can cover distance in seconds. Attacks vary. While it hits you mentally and slows you down, it could be lashing out at you with its limbs.

It’s intelligent and self aware enough to recognize threats. It tried to go for Maes while I was with him because it knew I would try to protect him and possibly leave myself open.

It hates light. It might be feeding on fear. Some of the victims look like it was toying with them to get the most out of the kill. I don’t know how much higher order functions it has. It never tried to communicate.

But the fake versions of people it generated to use against me were all people I care about. When that didn’t work it,

[He falters. She needs to know and he trusts her. He takes a breath in and continues. He doesn’t notice he talks a little faster..] It sent the witch who did experiments on me against me.

It has a limited ability to make these fakes life like. If you know someone very well it’s closer. Haggar wasn’t even a shadow of the real thing. It was all attacks from the only battle I’ve had against her. Keith and I killed the fake.

[ riza sighs. ] It would help with some of it, that's for sure.

[ paranoia and visions won't easily be cured with...whatever it is that she can make. but lessening the load in any way would help. ]

We haven't had any signs of infection yet, but I'd like to keep it that way.

[ riza is in the midst of unpacking another box when morrigan arrives, motioning over to which table to set the box and walking over once she's finished herself. ] Where did you say you found these?

[ riza picks up on the reactions - she'd seen enough children in ishval to know what it looks like to steal to survive. it settles something a bit uncomfortable in her chest, but she ignores it, not so much as reacting when the girl pockets the bandages.

she nods, once, understanding the want to avoid conversation, before moving to walk over to another section of the room. ]

It would depend on the level of injuries. [ riza stops, looking over to the girl and giving her a once over and not seeing anything visible. ] And what happened. [ she does wait, here, to be given some kind of further information - her expression unassuming, but unable to help until she knows more. ]

I've spent much of my life doing that. I was rather hoping for a longer break from such before getting snared in Astoria's nets. Ah well. We're here now.

I don't know. Hence the leaning. I'm

Not the person to do that. Not right now.

Ah, so the wound is more troublesome than he'd admit. Do not worry. I will sit on him so he stays still long enough to be tended.

[While Ren sits down when Riza indicates it, he largely seems to be doing it out of politeness and less out of actual concern for his own condition. Nonetheless, Riza's reaction to Roy's name and the change in her expression are answer enough to his question, even if she doesn't quite agree with "friends".

At the question of whether he knows anything, Ren looks up towards the roof, considering.] I didn't see anything...definite, if you were hoping for closure, but I can tell you he didn't just "not come back up" with us. We lost him when members of our group were getting picked off. The first time I met him, he was following a hallucination, and that was early on. I don't think he would've had as much luck against the monster's mind games alone.

[He doesn't specify that he's pretty sure it was a hallucination of Riza that he was trying to follow, because he knows way too many people who'd start blaming themselves with that kind of detail. But even in his admission that he doesn't know anything definite, he sounds sure in what he does say, if somewhat careful in how he's phrasing it.]

...I did. [It wasn't a great experience.] That's how I found out what I could do. [And the cost of it.]

Indeed. Unfortunately, I left my smelling salts elsewhere.

[If it was a joke or not, she won't say. She's had to fight simulacra of her former comrades and would rather not mention it.]

Hopefully we won't, especially with those who have healing powers here. [And she pauses to raise an eyebrow.] I didn't. I made these.

[Being a master herbalist has its perks.]

[ it's frustrating, so frustrating, to now be stuck in this conversation. but kaz is stable, now. sleeping, quiet and calm in his room. so it's not like she's in a great rush, but she doesn't want to get stuck here. talking, being prodded, being questioned.

but it's too late to up and leave now, and inej's eyes flicker over riza's form once before responding. ]

A stab wound. In the side. No vital organs. A lot of blood loss.

[ it's said evenly, mechanically. ]

Something to assist in sleeping, would be helpful.

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