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Post by Ulrich Stern on Jan 30, 2011 19:07:57 GMT -5
Ulrich chuckled a bit, though he didn't feel much like laughing. In fact, all he wanted to do right now was break down in tears and hug Yumi close. This place was scary. He knew how to take care of himself (somewhat) but that didn't make this any less realistic. One wrong move and it was game over. One wrong turn and you were falling to your death. No matter how unreal everything felt, no matter how much this was like a movie or a video game, it was real. That was a fact that was a little too hard to swallow down. But instead of acting the way he really wanted to, he kept that mask he was so good at forming on. And it kept it on tight.
"So many questions." He said, quietly. "But I guess I can answer them." He stared at her gash. It looked kind of bad. In fact, it scared him it looked so bad. "I don't know where we are .... and even though I'm 98% sure it's not X.A.N.A. behind this, I really can't say." He mumbled, then stood up again and wandered over to a first aid box, which he opened and looked through. "I know it's not safe here, though ... and we gotta get outta here as fast as we can. Those things out there .... they're gonna kill us. If we don't stop them, they'll not hesitate to eliminate everyone who got stuck out here like we did."
He pulled out a roll of bandages and stared at it for a moment as if to examine it, then set it beside him and went rummaging through the box again. "I don't know how long I've been here, and I've forgotten what day it is, though I think it's Thursday back at home." He murmured. He knew he'd been there at least a couple of days. He wasn't sure just how many days, however, though he didn't think that was too important. He wondered if his parents were worried about him yet. If he was missing from school for about a week as well as his dorm, he was pretty sure the principal would contact his family. Was anyone out looking for him?
He realized that after he'd finished answering Yumi's questions, he'd just stared off into the box of necessities and disappeared into a cloud of thoughts. He blinked, then grabbed out a gauze pad as well as disinfectant. Whomever was here before him, he was thankful for. He wondered if they were coming back or ... were they dead? He swallowed hard and once again forced the act of calmness. He turned back toward Yumi. "We're in luck, there's a lot of good stuff here. You'll be okay."
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Jan 30, 2011 20:03:24 GMT -5
Yumi listened intently all the while. He was rather calm about this whole thing, but then she knew that Ulrich was one to hide things. Feelings were one of them often times and she had no doubt that he was scared shitless. He seemed a little pale, but that might just be her imagination. Maybe it was the blood loss messing with her eyes. She certaintly felt light headed enough. She was still bleeding too.
"...Its good that we found this place. We at least have a chance for survival here." Yumi said. "And I guess that explains why you've been missing...you had us worried. Jeremy resorted to looking for you in Lyoko and Odd....has been suggestion looking in the most ridiculous places for days. What's even worse is some of those places were half tempting to try." she said, giving a weak smile.
Yumi wasn't really one to try to lighten the mood usually but she felt that if the mood wasn't lightened a little they would lose hope and maybe lose their lives. She wished for Odd at the moment. He could make some silly comment in any and every situation. But then, she didn't really want to wish this place onto a friend either.
"Anyway, we need to figure a way out of this place. " Yumi said, "And fast. We can't stay down here forever this place has limited supplies. But its good we know its here. We'll have to go out and walk around, that's a given but at least we have a safe place to rest and recover if anything happens." she said, before glancing down at his side "Speaking of which, it seems like you got hurt too." she said, nodding at where she saw the bump in his shirt and his ripped jacket "Care to explain that too?"
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Jan 30, 2011 21:30:23 GMT -5
Ulrich nodded to everything that Yumi was saying, not really having much response. He actually preferred just to hear her explain a few things as well as say what she thought. He was gone a short time, but it felt like he hadn't heard her voice in years. He did, however, stiffen up slightly when she asked the last question. "...Er." He wasn't quite sure how to answer, but he knew lying would get him nowhere.
"..Just a mistake." He muttered and moved back over to her, bringing the supplies and whatnot with him as he did. He sat in front of her and pulled out the disinfectant. "Um.. is it okay if I clean it? He asked her. He didn't want to just touch her without permission. Sure, this was her stomach, but regardless, he figured asking first would be better. He didn't mean to be so awkward, but he couldn't help it around Yumi. Even if things were supposedly platonic, she was still a girl (a pretty one at that) and he was still a boy.
He refused to look at her, as much as he wanted two. One of the reasons what because of his question, and another was because of her question. He didn't exactly know how to avoid it this time, even though he was generally good at getting people to quit bugging him about things.
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Jan 31, 2011 2:17:26 GMT -5
When he seemed so hesitant, she became suspicious "You're going to have to give me more details of your stay here," Yumi said a little dryly. She was beginning to become very curious as to how badly he was hurt. It was kind of worrying her.
"It seems like it was a pretty serious mistake to me." she said, there were times when Yumi just wouldn't let things go. "Er...yeah its fine, there's no helping it really." she said. She was beginning to feel mildly awkward about it too. It was her stomach and it's not like it was that big of a deal really since she already showed her tummy all the time anyway. They were just ~platonic~ friends. She'd made that clear so it was no big deal. She thought to herself.
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Jan 31, 2011 12:27:58 GMT -5
Ulrich began to disinfect her wound, a little hesitantly but also thoroughly. "Would you drop it, already? It was just an accident from earlier." He said, kind of defensively. He hated talking about anything about himself. When he was forced to admit something, or people found out on their own, it generally put him in a sulky mood and he would refuse to even talk to anyone afterward.
He focused on the girl's stomach entirely, still feeling a little awkward about the whole thing. He noticed she was still bleeding and everything, so he had to make sure to bandage the wound tightly and quickly. He dabbed around it gently with the wipe, finding he needed to get a second one rather quickly. He dabbed again and again until he figured her wound was cleaned pretty well. He almost wanted to admire what he'd done, but at the same time, it wasn't exactly something you were proud of.
He grabbed several gauze pads and began to stick them over the main part of her wound, using medical tape to temporarily stick them to her stomach so he could grab the bandages.
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Jan 31, 2011 21:39:29 GMT -5
It always irratated Yumi a little when he got like that, but she wouldn't keep pushing it for now. "Fine. But if you start bleeding from it suddenly or anything, I'm not just going to let it go." she said firmly. She spent several moments watching Ulrich tend to her wound, it was kind of awkward, but necissary. She grimaced often and even flinched once or twice throughtout the process, but she managed to keep from making any noises or complaining. She had to admit, he was doing a good job with this. The whole bandaging process here was kind of starting to become rather painful.
She wanted to take her mind off of the pain before she started moving more, so she started talking again.
"What all have you run into here so far?" she asked. It was still kind of indirectly asking what happened to him, but she was asking more to find out what exactly it was they were up against in this place. She'd only seen that girl, but from the dead feel of the whole place in general, there had to be more monsters around than just that girl. What happened to all the other people here? Amd did she really want to know....?
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Jan 31, 2011 23:04:40 GMT -5
Ulrich finished padding up her wound and began to actually wrap proper bandages around it now. He did so carefully and tightly--he had to make sure she'd recover in perfect condition. He didn't register her question at first, but he then glanced up at her. "Huh? Oh... er," He thought about it. Just what did he run into here?
"Nothing pleasant, that's for sure. Everything here is just ... strangely bizarre." He explained, "I don't really get how to say it but ... what we're up against here .. it's some scary stuff." He managed to admit that much. He finished Yumi's bandages and scooted back a little bit, just sitting in front of her with his hands now in his lap. He stared at the ground.
The first thing he'd fought was the cause of his wound, now that he thought about it. After he'd healed some, he just went straight back to traveling and running away from things. He hadn't glanced at the injury since then. He almost wondered what it looked like now, but at the same time he really didn't want to know. "...Well, anyway, there's water and stuff here ... you should try to drink something and rest."
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Jan 31, 2011 23:10:57 GMT -5
Yumi's brow furrowed and she looked down as if deep in thought as he said he was scared. When he suggested eating, she didn't really respond right away. So there were strange things here like in Lyoko? Only they were much more deadly obviously. This place really did make Lyoko seem like a safe place. She wished this was a computer world, that way she would at least have her weapons and they would have someone watching over them from the outside. She was really beginning to miss everyone, but still, she was glad she got here and found Ulrich before he died.
She finally looked up at him and responded "We should both drink and get some rest, it'll be no good if either one of us is weak." she said. She stood and did her best to hide a wince as she walked over to the bottle of waters. She got one for herself and brought one to Ulrich, holding it out to him with a firm looking expression, he had better not refuse this. He needed his strength and she would make sure he got it.
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Jan 31, 2011 23:18:16 GMT -5
Ulrich looked at her when she didn't respond, and sort of just stared for a moment. He continued to watch her even after she spoke and stood up. He turned some, watching her get the water bottles then sighed a little. "...Yeah, ok." He murmured.
When she came back, he took one of the water bottles, staring into her eyes for a moment before averting his gaze. She always had a strong look in her eyes. He admired that about her. "Do you..." He started, then went quiet for a moment. He fumbled with the water bottle's lid and then continued. "...Do you know how you got here? Or.... remember at least?" He hoped to God she did. Maybe if she knew, she'd know how to get back. Then again, she seemed pretty naive to the situation at hand. He wasn't sure whether or not to be hopeful.
He stared at the water bottle even after he'd opened it. Right now he was beginning to miss everything. He even felt like he missed his parents nagging to him and calling him disappointing. He missed Sissi and her annoying quirks and schemes. He missed everybody and that was no good. How were they going to survive ...
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Jan 31, 2011 23:28:01 GMT -5
Yumi was glad when he took the water bottle, she noticed him looking at her and looked returned the look into his eyes, looking away when he did. She felt kind of awkward looking into his eyes sometimes. He still seemed to have some determination to survive at least, so that was good.
"No...I don't really know how I got here." she said, uncapping her water and taking a sip before just staring down at it. "...I just went and...lay down on my bed. I don't even remember falling asleep but I wasn't trying to. When I woke up, I was laying on a grave." she said, grimacing. Yumi was by no means a girly-girl. Quite the contrary she was a big time tom-boy, but laying on that grave had been just....disgusting. She took another sip of her water then looked back up at him. "How did you get here?"
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Jan 31, 2011 23:35:51 GMT -5
Ulrich glanced at her, then took several sips from the water bottle. "..Oh." He muttered. That was disappointing, but he supposed it shouldn't be surprising. "... I don't know how I got here, but ... I was at some kind of amusement park. It was weird and.. unrealistic, but ...." He stared at the water bottle, frowning. The more he thought about it, the more he seriously wanted to leave. He couldn't stay here any longer, he didn't want to stay here any longer. It was driving him insane and he'd been there a week at the most. He didn't know how much longer he would be able to keep an ounce of sanity in him.
He realized he was becoming a little tense and only snapped out of it because his side was giving him a right pain in the ass warning. He glanced back at Yumi, then drank more water. "... I wonder who made this place." He said, quietly. "And if they're coming back." He hoped if whomever had made this came back they'd be able to help the two kids out.
He set the water bottle down on the floor beside him and started to draw circles on the ground with his finger. He wasn't really showing anything by doing so, but he needed to keep himself occupied in some way or else he'd result in thinking too hard again.
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Jan 31, 2011 23:54:19 GMT -5
Yumi listened to him, it took her a moment to notice him growing tenser, but she did notice it. She watched him carefully as he talked about the amusement park. He'd been here for a while now...who knew what he had been through. But since he was Ulrich, he wouldn't share it. He never showed any of his pains.
"What kind of person would create a place like this?" she said "I don't think a place like this was intentionally created, and if it was...I don't think the creator is the type of person I even want to meet. I think we're on our own when it comes to getting out of here." Yumi said logically, not that she liked saying so. She would be happy for any kind of help right now. She paused for a moment, then added "But I'm sure we can managed just fine with the two of us. We just have to be sure to stick together no matter what." she added. Ulrich was freaked out enough as it was without her killing his hopes and ideas. "Lets just take things one step at a time. Tomorrow maybe we should scout out the place a little and fine some more supplies for this place if we can."
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Feb 1, 2011 22:23:25 GMT -5
"No Yumi, that's not what I meant." Ulrich said, quietly. "I meant this room we're in now... someone's gotta have made it. Made it to hide from the monsters ... made it so other people could hide too." He looked back at her. "...I want to know what happened to that person." Once again, he looked down at the ground and drew circles like before.
".. But yeah .. taking small steps is probably for the best." He mumbled, continuing what he was doing. He sighed a little, then looked at Yumi again. "You should sleep or something. There're probably blankets around here somewhere." He pulled himself to his feet and walked around, searching through things. He seemed to need to busy himself with something and the reason was because he didn't want Yumi to end up asking more and more questions.
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Post by Yumi Ishiyama on Feb 1, 2011 22:52:24 GMT -5
Yumi felt a bit dumb, oh right...the safe room. Maybe she was a little too tired. "Right...if they're still alive then. Hopefully they are are." she said, giving a sigh then watching him walk around "you really need to sleep some too, you probably need it more than me actually. I got plenty of sleep last night but what about you, Ulrich?" she said, crossing her arms and standing up. "You can quit worrying about me now. I'm fine. I'll sleep if you do too." she said, getting her air of authority back.
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Post by Ulrich Stern on Feb 1, 2011 23:07:52 GMT -5
Ulrich pulled out a blanket just as Yumi spoke, then turned and stared at her as she told him to sleep as well. "... Somebody's gotta guard," He informed her. Sure, he hadn't slept well at all since he got here. Maybe he passed out a few times, but it really wasn't the same. Either way--who wanted to sleep here? There was no way to not be afraid in an atmosphere like this. No way to settle down.
He looked down at the blanket. He wanted to say more, but he was unsure what to say. Besides, Yumi would probably counter whatever came out of his mouth. He figured they would end up in the position where he would be forced to just sleep anyway. Now that he thought about it, he was really tired. Sure, he was awake--but that was out of fear. His senses were sharp and alert and that was also due to fear. He was energized and that was out of fear. When he really thought about it, he was tired. He was weak and lonely. He was stripped empty of energy and just wanted to sit down and not be afraid.
Feeling like his arguments would be invalid from there on out, he sighed a little. "... But I ... guess a little sleep doesn't hurt." It was difficult for him to admit this, but he threw away his boyish pride and did it anyway. Probably because it was Yumi he was talking to. Blarg.
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