[i]"........it's... you know. Him"[/i] [i] "I, do you not recognize me?" .... "I'm the same person that you all started the game with. I was going to try and hit the mirror again earlier, and everything went bright. For a moment I was worried that one of the doubles had gotten me, but somehow I was safe in the Library when I awoke. "[/i] Yukira glanced nervously between the two, the vagueness answering nothing, and started to stand but fell to her knees at the last. Uzi cried softly and extended, wrapping around her waist, her chest, her neck, as she tried to find words. "That light I...that was me...I...I thought my path was clear...I just wanted to protect everyone, before the mirrors..." She choked on a sob, tears pooling in the mask until they found an escape and streamed down. "By the time I saw you I couldn't stop the flames...I didn't mean...I'm sorry..." Uzi tightened slightly around her, a bit tighter than the comfort they meant but neither seemed to notice. "But...I don't understand...if you are the same then...why do you look so different? And why did you avoid using your title?" [i]"I think it's the code to the door. We just need to find a key card now."[/i] Uzi perked up slightly at this, and turned around to dig in the bag, pulling out the beetle emblazoned card from before and, perching on top of Yukira's head, bent upside down in front of her to show the card in their mouth area. Yukira extended her free hand to take it, at which Uzi chirped happily and loosened slightly. "Is this..." Yukira said quietly, staring at the card. She did not notice Melody fall, or the Brightest Star return, eyes simply glued to the piece of potential hope in her hand.

Kazuya’s ears pull back against his head as the man with the top hat explains getting hit by fire and then ending up in another room. It’s... odd. It feels like he’s avoiding saying something. It feels like when Kazuya can’t say things because of the booze. And the talk of memories... that... that does stike a cord... His ears perk up as the top hat man brings up a code. Oh thank goodness, they were making progress. ...hopefully. Could very fucking well be a code for something else, not the door. Who fucking knew how many layers the beetle bastard had for this place- And then finally, tension leaves Kazuya’s body as Melody collapses. Exhausted? Was it that the crazed state the boy had just been in was highly taxing? Good to know. Kazuya let our a long sigh of relief. And then immediately takes in another sharp breath as someone else enters the room. OH. Fuck it’s just Starshine. Fuck okay. Where the fuck had they been???? Before Kazuya can start pelting them with question, Lady is talking again. .......Kazuya’s ears pull back again. It’s a convincing attempt at a cover story, he’ll give her that. (Roll=4) ....he’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. For now. But he’s keeping an eye on her. A real fucking close eye. He- OH HIS EARS PERK WAY THE FUCK UP. They have a key card too? FUCK YAH THEY ARE MAKING GOOD FUCKING PROGRESS. “That looks like what we’se could be needin’,” Kazuya nods. “Good fuckin’ find, Lost Lady.” He quickly takes stock of the party. Starshine appears to be fine. Lady’s favoring her arm. Top Hat’s leg looks like shit. Melody took some nasty ass mirror shards to his back. Kazuya’s shoulder needs attention and his foot... eh. It fuckin hurts but he can walk on it. Kazuya carefully slips his jacket off, wincing as he gets it over the injured shoulder. ....oh. This. This is a lot.... even with moving slowly because of the injured shoulder, this is still a faster of a process than usual. Huh. He drapes the jacket across his lap as he starts fiddling with the buttons of the dress shirt. FFFFFF- he lets out a hiss. Nope. Not using the injured arm for precise work anytime soon. Whelp. He is used to doing things one handed, that’s fine. He glances at Top Hat as he works. “You’se leg okay?” He asks as he carefully slips the shirt sleeve over his injured shoulder. “That happen when you get hit? You’se need help?” Kazuya shrugs the rest of the way out of the shirt. Ugh it’s already pretty dirty. Fuck this isn’t gonna be much help. Still, it’s better than nothing. He bites the shirt, and then using his good arm, begins ripping it into strips. Oh. The bigger pointed teeth are fucking NICE for this, alright. Then, he takes the strips and starts wrapping his shoulder. Ffffffff this is a fucking hard angle to work fuck. Kazuya glances at the Lady. “And uses too,” he asks. “You took hits hard. How are you’se holdin’ up, you’se ain’t lookin’ too hot.”

As Melody tipped over, Yesterday reached out and pulled the tired boy into his lap, keeping his head from hitting the floor. For a moment, he reached to remove the other's glasses, before noticing how they had been strangely glared over at almost every angel... another form of mask. Best not to remove it. Instead, he just moved to gently run his fingers through Melody's hair as he recovered, hoping the soothing feeling would help keep him calm. Meanwhile, he turned his attention to Lost Girl's words. "It's alright, darlin, I'm just fine, see? No need for tears. Honestly, I... didn't know I looked different until you mentioned it just now. I seem to be able to recall a lot of things about everyone else throughout the night that I couldn't think of earlier, but now I... It's like my name has been redacted from my own head." Yesterday kept to himself the worry that bubbled up inside of him remembering the mirrors, hoping that nobody else would call attention to his lack of self-memory now that things were finally calming down. He looked at the card she held out though and smiled, seeing the familiar symbol on it. "At least it looks like we're close to the end though, hopefully once the clock strikes midnight everything will be less... weird." As Oyaban stated taking inventory of the injuries and Brightest Star had joined them again, Yesterday focused himself back on Melody, still petting his head, and reaching over with the other hand to start removing some of the shrapnel from Melody's back. "I can survive. Maybe Beetle will have some first aid station in the next room. He owes us at this point."

Melody does not resist being pulled into Yesterday’s lap or having the shards removed, though he twitches slightly as each one is pulled out. Though there is some of that odd blood on the shards, no more blood comes from the wounds. In fact, if Yesterday were to look closely, he’ll find they already seem to have several days of healing. Odd.

they were all... injured. and seriously, too. they felt a wave of guilt wash over them. [i]what i’m good at is destroying. whatever hurt them, I could have killed it. i should have killed it, whatever it was.[/i] wait, a keycard? well, they could deal with that later. right now, they had other issues to attend to. they had healed once before, back in the caves with... someone who didn’t quite seem to exist in their mind anymore. but that was out of desperation, and it hadn’t exactly worked perfectly... nevertheless, they’d been useless so far. they had to help [i]somehow.[/i] Horns was wrapping his shoulder with some strips off his shirt, and Plague Doctor was tending to the ginger kid’s injuries. However, the lady in the feathered mask looks like she took a couple hits to her arm, and even though Plague, M.D. was helping the kid, he didn’t look so good himself. They figured Dr. Plague was busy, so they awkwardly glided up to Feathers and tapped her on the shoulder. “If you need help with your arm... I think I might be able to heal it somewhat. I’m-“ their voice faltered a bit- “not sure, though.”

Yukira listened to the new? man’s words. She wanted to believe him, desperately she wanted to believe him. Uzi uncurled around the rest of her and settled on top of her head, nestled in a sea of curls, as she stood, slowly, eyes on him. Though she took the briefest of nervous glances at the boy in his lap. “You’re really ok….or, well, most of you…” she said quietly, glancing down at his leg. She clutched the card in her hand to her chest, unsure what else to say. [i]“That looks like what we’se could be needin’,” Kazuya nods. “Good fuckin’ find, Lost Lady.” [/i] [i]”At least it looks like we're close to the end though, hopefully once the clock strikes midnight everything will be less... weird.”[/i] A soft smile crossed Yukira’s lips as both men affirmed what she had suspected. “It wasn’t me, really- I would not have found it if not for…” the name stuck on her tongue, like molasses or peanut butter but far stronger, cemented on the roof of her mouth, so she simply finished by avoiding the name altogether- “my friend here.” Using the card in her hand she reached up and gave Uzi a few chin scratches with the end, at which they gave a contented mrrrp. “Knowing this fae, I doubt the stroke of midnight would truly end the madness of this botched tale…but an escape from this game would be most welcome…” [i]“And uses too,” he asks. “You took hits hard. How are you’se holdin’ up, you’se ain’t lookin’ too hot.”[/i] She had forced the pain from her shoulder mostly out of her mind, partly from the distractions, partly from battle discipline that was second nature to her at this point, but the reminders brought the pain to the surface. She glanced over at it- it was immobilized well with her makeshift sling, and the bleeding had stopped at this point, but she really should disinfect and wrap it as soon as she got a chance. “I’ll live…” she started to say, but was startled with a sudden tap on her shoulder by the otherbeing from before- somehow she had missed them. Had they been here the whole time? They seemed to be offering to help heal her….though they also seemed unsure. Yukira had seen healing magic do wonders, even within the realm they were in, but also had seen how horribly wrong it could go in her own world when the magic wasn’t fully understood. Better to pass for now. “Thank you, but I will really be alright. Really. I think getting out of this place as soon as possible might be best for everyone's health.”

As the room continued to exchange words, voices finally starting to reach a more calming level of speaking, Yesterday plucked the last few shards out of Melody's back. He didn't quite like the fact that The Brightest Star had mysteriously disappeared while there was dangers and happened to show up right afterwards, but it seemed like a moot point to address now that they had all three key cards. As he smoothed out the fabric gently with his hand, feeling for anything more of the leftover glass, he noticed the lack of blood coming from the wounds... [i]interesting.[/i] But after remembering what he saw come from the mirror, and what he saw Melody like a few moments ago, he was just grateful that one of them was gonna be alright, and decided he didn't want to ask deeper into it. [s][But he would remember it.][/s] "I agree," Yesterday spoke up after the Lost Girl, shifting Melody in his lap some so he could start gathering the boy up in his arms. Though of course, the moment he even tried to shift his weight from one hip to the other, his leg protested very clearly against this movement. That said, all that Yesterday really showed of his pain was the slightest of grimaces on his face and an exasperated sigh. "Melody, are you alright to walk? You can lean on me once I'm up, but you're applying the cat rule to me right now," he said with a slight chuckle, before looking over across to Oyaban. Looked a bit better off than the Lost Girl, and far more trusted than Brightest Star right now... "I'm sure Oyaban could also assist you up as well, he looks like he still has a good strong lifting arm on him," Yesterday continued, keeping his speaking calming and jovial to hold onto what little of a good moment they had... but also giving the other man a wink, one he wasn't quite sure was visible through the mask or not. Despite the leg, Yesterday was feeling the most himself he had this evening at this point, and it was nice to just bask in it for a little bit. Unknownst to him, he was also getting back to his usual gentle calming aura that filled the area around him, something that had been lost that night until recently.

Oyaban lets the lady and Hatman’s brushing aside their injuries slip past. He wants them tended to but with the keys in hand and his own shoulder and foot, he’s not in the best situation to fight and make them stay put till he can get a proper look at things. [i]”I’m sure Oyaban could also assist you up as well, he looks like he still has a good strong lifting arm on him.”[/i] Kazuya’s ears flush a bright red as he suddenly becomes very aware of how shirtless he is as the Hatman winks at him. He quickly finishes the makeshift wrapping on his shoulder and stands quickly - too quickly - to his feet. He wobbles for a moment before his tail manages to catch his balance for him. “Y-yah. Yah,” he replies hastily. “I’se. I’se can do that. No’se problem. At all.” And it wouldn’t be. None of this would. Everything was gonna be fine. They had the keys. The mirror bullshit was finally dealt with. Yah they were banged up, but they all got out the other side... it was all.... it was all gonna be okay. Kazuya leans down and offers his good hand and shoulder to the boy. “Up we’se go, yah?”

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Admittedly, they felt a little slighted that Feathers had refused their magic, but considering their relative inexperience with healing, it was probably a good idea. Besides, she had given them some very rational (and probably correct) reasons. While looking around for something else they could help with, they started toward Plague and Horns, who were helping Ginger up. The three of them seemed oddly relaxed, and the Star was tempted to let themselves release some tension, but they just stayed near-ish andkept their guard up. If a nasty showed up, at least their explosions would work on that.