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Sixteen: In Which Klaus Bleeds All Over Everything

A.

[Hey, family. Guess who's back from exploring the highway? This guy! Unfortunately, he had a run-in with a bear and... well... he's not doing so hot. But he's home! And sort of slumping against the entrance-way wall, not even bothering to kick the door closed behind him. Car buddies, feel free to follow him inside, if you like, but he knows who he needs right now.]

Hiccup!

[You see, Hiccup knows where all of his tools are, which is good, because Klaus needs the next phase of his plan to go quickly. He's going to build a little healing engine, similar to the one seen here (or more accurately here, if you want a makeshift one) only it won't be quite as little seeing as it has to go around his torso. Rin may have cauterized his wounds, but that's only a temporary fix, and he'd really rather not resort to killing himself for an easy heal. That's not how Klaus Wulfenbach rolls.]

B.

[A phonecall! Your favorite Baron has survived, Mayfield. He's feeling terribly under the weather, of course, but he's alive, which is pretty awesome. And he'd like to know if he's the only one.]

Has anyone else encountered one of the bears in the woods adjacent to the highway and lived?

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...Klaus?

Wh-a bear? What on Earth happened!

[... Oh man, that's right, he needs to be careful with phrasing things now that Ples is there to dither unnecessarily over him.]

I went with a group of companions to explore the newly-opened highway and, while exploring the forest that borders the road, we were attacked by a bear. I sustained a fair amount of injuries but I assure you, they are nothing I cannot deal with given proper time to rest.

[Is it just Ples, or does Klaus's voice sound kind of... just a bit weaker than usual?]

Klaus, how bad are those 'fair amount of injuries'? You don't sound yourself. Are you sure you are okay?

[Ples, shh, don't throw your gears out of whack.]

Small lacerations and bites in various places, and a rather large chunk out of my side. Do not worry. It's currently being fixed.

[Klaus, don't you know that telling Ples not to worry is like telling that one guy not to get worked up about a double rainbow? It just is not going to happen.]

A... r-rather...

Klaus, p-please don't downplay injuries like that.

I am not downplaying it, Ples. It is merely not a pressing issue given my level of medical expertise and the quick action of those who were with me at the time.

If you really feel you must nanny me, fine. Keep talking to me. I've got quite a bit of time suddenly freed up in my schedule due to this blasted situation and I may as well spend it doing more than staring at the wall and being bored out of my wits.

I'm sorry, I, I was... s-simply concerned. A "chunk" out of anything doesn't picture well with me.

I did not mean to offend you, I could not see them, a-after all. I was just, I was merely going by the sound of your voice.

[... Sigh.]

Ples. You did not offend me. I am merely aggravated by the thought that I am essentially condemned to sitting uselessly inside while something important is happening. I have things to investigate and, more importantly, people to protect -- and in this state, neither is a possibility.

[Of course, if things get really bad, he'll just go out and do what needs to be done anyway. No point in telling Ples that, though; it'll just scare him.]

Klaus, I understand you want to do those things, but... in your state, it is best to relax. You aren't useless when your body needs to heal itself, don't you think so?

[Don't mind Rin as she walks into the house right after Klaus. You see all of this blood all over her? Yeah. It isn't her's. She doesn't smell the greatest either.

Other girls would throw a fit and demand a shower. Rin's got other business to tend to first, so she sticks close to the man.]

Hiccups are the least of your worries.

[Garviel hunches over and follows the girl, also covered in blood, but a lot of it is, in fact, his.]

[ And hey Higgs is coming in too. Doesn't have as many wounds as everyone else, but they're still there. Don't worry, he knows how to stitch himself up. ]

[Poor, poor Hiccup. He hears the bellow of Klaus and he barrels down the stairs and almost runs straight into...]

HOLY great Odin's beard oh my gods what... what...

[Hoooboy yes he's freaking out a little. HI BLOOD. HI BUNCH OF PEOPLE COVERED IN IT. HI MAIMED KLAUS WTF]

{ooc: We can probably be fairly lenient with posting order, given that not all of us will be online at the same time as others and if we waited, the thread would take weeks. Sound okay?}

[Oh, good, Hiccup isn't dead and actually stayed in the house like Klaus told him too. What a good son he is!]

There is very little time for explanation. To the garage. Now.

[And he'll be making his way in that direction as quickly as possible while keeping tabs on how his organs are doing and whether they are still all inside his body. Rin did a good job, but he's a pessimist.]

Edited 2011-03-20 03:24 (UTC)

{ooc: Fine by me. REFRESHING TIME AHOY!}

[With a sigh, she looks to the younger boy.]

It isn't as bad as it looks. Garviel, why don't you go to the bathroom and get a towel to stop the bleeding from your head before coming to the garage.

[Oh, it may have been worded as a question, but that was most definitely a command.]

What is in the garage?

[As soon as Klaus says garage, Hiccup kind of can figure what he's planning to do. Probably build something to help. Probably. So he runs right after Klaus, hardly paying attention to Rin, but just enough to turn his head to answer.]

All the tools and materials.

[Another Good Son Point to Hiccup! He is being the smartest right now. Hopefully this trend will continue once they make it into the garage-turned-workshop. Which they do!]

Hiccup, set aside from that pile of scrap metal there should be something that looks like two small oxygen tanks lashed together with a gauge between them.

[...Oh wait he probably. Won't understand that.]

Cylindrical metal containers. One red and one blue. It should be fairly obvious. Get them. Rin, tubing. Lots of it. Whatever is available, regardless of diameter or length.

Edited 2011-03-20 03:54 (UTC)

Understood.

[Hastily the magus goes to look around the garage for the tubing, picking up various pieces into her arms. When she has what she believes to be a suitable amount in her possession, she returns to Klaus for further instruction.]

[Hiccup opens his mouth at "oxygen tanks" and closes it immediately when Klaus rephrases his description. He kind of remembers seeing them before, so when he goes over to the pile he picks them out almost immediately, returning them to Klaus just as quickly.]

[WONDERFUL. This is the upside to having all of his scrap come from a clank that was built by him for hospital use -- it obviously had the parts to several healing devices stored within for easy access, should they be needed (and also the parts to no less than six guns, but that is neither here nor there). Most of them were damaged beyond repair when the clank was originally shot down, but this one tank pair managed to survive.

This is why Klaus Wulfenbach always prides himself on thinking ahead.]

Good. The rest should be fairly simple. I will merely require the proper tools...

[And thus a montage begins, because Inku cannot really explain the process of sparking something together in detail. Klaus asks for tools and components which his two helpers bring him in a (mostly) timely manner, and somehow, a miniature healing engine begins to take shape! Exciting!]

[Rin was silent and obedient, a sight to behold truly. If only Archer was there, he might ask Klaus for some pointers. Rin's interest was mostly in what he was constructing, watching as closely as she could. After all, she may have to reinforce whatever the end result would be.]

What is this thing's purpose?

[Hiccup was also quiet, if only because he got nervous whenever Klaus went into sparky mode. When Rin asked her question, he shrugged.]

Seeing how he's kinda bleeding all over the place? Probably some sort of healing mechanism. Or something.

[He had no idea how it worked or why it worked, but he knew Klaus, so he knew it worked.]

Edited 2011-03-20 04:32 (UTC)

"What are we building exactly?"

Hiccup is quite right; It is a healing device.

[He taps the gauge with one finger; with the broken glass cleared away, it works well enough. Everything seems to be in order.]

I will need your help integrating it, however. That is, I will need you to hold it in place while I insert the tubing and stitch up the incision I am about to make.

[Oh. Did he not mention that? Yeah. He's going to re-open a section of his side over the careful cauterizing work that Rin did, shove some wires in there, and hope he can stitch it back up in time.

Man is crazy. But that's how he rolls.]

Edited 2011-03-20 04:48 (UTC)

[Garviel nods and does as requested. Crazy science is how the Imperium works. Put some more calipers and dials and freakin gold leaf on it!]

WHOA wait you're going to do what?

[But Hiccup knows at this point that it's pretty much useless to argue when Klaus is like this, so he just slaps a hand over his face, shuts his eyes, and turns around.]

I've never seen a device like that before.

[Rin won't even begin to try to understand how it works. As a magus, technology is her enemy as it has slowly replaced most of the things a magus can do over the years. A magus that uses technology to their advantage is lazy and ignorant, so she chooses to ignore it primarily.

However... she's going to give him an exasperated look when he talks about slicing his body open again to SHOVE it inside of him.]

Are you mad? You haven't even cleaned it. Don't you understand the risks with infection you're taking...

[On second thought, she just shakes her head to dismiss the warning. This man just took on a godly bear and lived to shove a bunch of metal into his body.]

Let's make haste with this then.

Yes. Let's.

[Taking one of the knives he's appropriated from the kitchen, Klaus makes an incision about a foot and a half long (that is small, by Spark standards!) down his side over where the bear tried to eat him. He'll enlist Garviel to hold the tank component still over the center of said incision because his hands are likely the most steady, while he works inserting the various offshoot wires into the remaining visible parts of the opening. Hurts like you would not believe, but it will be worth it.

Of course, there's the small matter of him now losing more blood than ever. This will be remedied as he begins to stitch the opening up (this is a fifties house and is well-equipped with sewing gear for the Perfect Wife) and the healing engine slowly but surely starts to do its job.]

[Garviel does as asked by Klaus, and watches the work stoically, musing out loud]

"Seems a bit like how our apothecaries do field work, actually."

[Hiccup just. Very calmly. Stays facing the wall. His hands are firmly over his face, and his eyes are shut tight. He will remain like this until he's sure it's okay to look or he's ordered to do otherwise.]

[Yup, he's definitely mad.]

I think it would be advisable if we returned to our homes and stayed inside for the next week to recover.

And you really do bleed a lot. Geez. How do you still have that much blood in your body? Hey kid. [She's going to tap Hiccup on the shoulder now.]

Go make sure you have plenty of orange juice here.

It is a very large body. A lot of blood is needed to keep it running.

[Stating the obvious is apparently a symptom of blood-loss. Yep.

But... there we are. The wound is sealed up, the device is all plugged in and securely strapped to him by means of some re-purposed belts which he's just finished buckling... and if you guys excuse him, he's going to fall flat on his face in a dead faint.

Common occurrence with Sparks, I promise (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080310).]

Edited 2011-03-20 05:58 (UTC)

[ Higgs has been watching this in complete silence, grabbing things for Klaus maybe, mainly because he sees this stuff all the time. Klaus is just one person he calls "Sir", and the others happen to be Sparks too. He's seen weirder.

And so he'll just try to help Klaus up again oh wow yeah this guy is out. Hey, Hiccup: ] Mind helpin' me find a place to lay 'im down?

You think you guys can carry him between the three of you? I really really need to go get cleaned up.

[Yea see, Rin isn't going to wait for a reply from anyone before heading out of the garage. Klaus seems okay and even if he isn't, won't he awaken the next morning perfectly fine? This stupid town and it's antics were really starting to irk her.

Well, no. The smell of blood and being in her nightgown was what was really irking her.]

[sdjfsdfjsdkfj FAINTING KLAUS omg okay this isn't quite good but at least he's still alive, right? And wait what was that about orange juice? VIKINGS DON'T ORANGE. OR JUICE. UNLESS IT IS THEIR ENEMIES.

In any case Hiccup is more concerned with the unconscious father figure on the table.]

Couch in the living room is probably best. Unless we want to try hauling him upstairs.

That'll do. 'Nd we'll be just fine, Miz. [ So he'll start lugging Klaus over to the couch. Why doesn't he have his strength back yet. ]

Bears? _{Jeeze, this place has problems.}

I assure you, the bears are actually fairly standard for what goes on around here.

... Bears, you say? [MOTHERFUCKER LET'S GO KILL US SOME BEARS]

Yes.

[What is that tone of voice, Lady Aeducan?]

...bears.

What.

Bears. Are you not familiar with them? Large, furry, quite a few teeth?

Of course I know what bears are-

Then why did your voice convey very obvious confusion?

Because why bears.

Because that is what is currently inhabiting the forest adjacent to the highway. Do not ask me to explain the local ecosystem, I haven't had proper time to study it yet.

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