[ Kenji has been talking to his nurse for a while (see last session). Since we left last, he's learned only the nurse's name; Mildred Ratched, but it's been only a minute or so and he hasn't had time for a good Gather Info check. ] [ Suddenly, Will sits bolt upright screaming! ] [ Session Start! ] * WillS 's scream slowly dies down as he get acquainted with his surroundings. He has a dreadful fealing though. "Where what? Where am I?" You're finished screaming, yes? * WillS wraps the blanket tightly around himself aand tucks himself into the corner of the bed before looking around and noticing Kenji's presence. "Oh whew. Kenji's here. Can't be too bad..." * Kenji observes drolly, "I'm honored by the vote of confidence." * WillS lets go of the blanket and gives Kenji a slight wave. "Hi Kenji." [ The nurse goes over to make sure Will isn't hemorhaging or something. ] * WillS gives the nurse a slight nod before turning back to Kenji. "Um.. So why am I here, Kenji? Wierd... I have this nagging feeling that I've forgotten something." I have the same feeling. We can worry about that later, after we've recovered. * WillS nods and checks out all the tubes stuck into him. "Any idea what these are?" You don't want to know. * WillS shrugs. It doesn't seem to be doing any harm. Then he checks Kenji out too. "And why are you dressed so wierdly? Is that also a rokugen thing that I don't know about?" Don't ask. * WillS looks like he wants to ask more, but knows better by now. Well, looks like you're hurt too, with those blood spots and all. Come a bit closer so I can patch those up. I'm fine. * Kenji gives Will a look that says to shut his mouth until the damn nurse leaves. * WillS tilts his head and looks at what the nurse is doing now. [ "Well," says Nurse Ratched, "You seem to be alright. Didn't pull any stitches or anything. But you need to be careful." ] He'll be fine in no time at all, Priestess. Erm, will do. Thank you. [ Suddenly, Patrick wakes up! ] [ "I keep telling you," says the nurse, "I'm a nurse, not a priestess. I'm just a nurse. A doctor's assistant." ] Of course, Priestess. My companions will be needing their belongings, when you have a moment. * Patrick blinks at the ceiling. "Uh... " Hey Patrick. Didn't notice you over there earlier. You're staring at an unfamiliar ceiling that definitely wasn't there when you last remember anything. * WillS looks around to see if any other familiar face is in the room. You're missing a certain chunk of time from your memory, but we can deal with that later. * Patrick starts moving a bit to start itching his wounds and winces once he realizes the position he's in. "I'll say." * Patrick blinks, then makes a face. "Can someone tell me why there's something up my dick?" [ Will sees only Kenji, Pat, and the nurse, who's currently encouraging Patrick to lie down so she can make sure he's well. ] [ "That's a catheter. It's so you don't wet the bed while you're unconscious for three days." ] Why the hell was I unconcious for three days? We don't know, precisely. I was asleep for three days too? We all were, more or less. [ "Yeah," says the nurse. "And you all were cut up pretty bad. The short guy's already healed, but you two seem to be doing things the old fashioned way." ] They'll get better fast, now that we're conscious. We should be ready to leave in thirty minutes or so. * Patrick rubs his head. "Lovely." He takes a curious look around the room and nods to Kenji. "Yeah." Sounds good to me. * Kenji is, by the by, dressed quite funny, in long black slacks, a vest, and an overcoat. Any idea on my gear? The nurse will bring it shortly, I hope? * Kenji looks at Nurse Ratched. [ The nurse nods. "Sure. I'm assuming they'll want me to take out their catheters first, tho." ] [ "They could do it themselves, but that could lead to problems." ] As soon as possibl. * WillS nods. "Please. Thanks, nurse." [ Nurse Ratched does that, double-taking at something she notices while assisting Will. Then she waves and says, "I'll go get your stuff, now. Be good patients while I'm gone, and the restroom's right there." ] [ Nurse has left Room. ] * Patrick looks around for cameras and such. [ Patrick sees a box with a lens in one corner of the room. The room also has a window, but the curtains are drawn. ] * WillS stretches a bit, while examining the catheters in curiosity. "Funny thing. Wonder if I can ask for one to bring back to home." * Patrick looks strangely at the box. "Think that's a scrying device?" Don't know. I'm no artificer. * WillS peers at the device that Patrick pointed out. "It's like no scrying device I recognize." Yeah, it looks like the cameras back home but... Well, smaller. Why else would you have a box with a lense on it? [ Lighting via glowbug? ] We need to find Seylin and Tia. Hopefully you two will be able to track them down. Yeah. Hope they're all ok. * Patrick mmms. "Don't know where Seylin or Tia are... That's not a good sign. When I'm ready to move out I can try and track them down, but without any sort of direction or even proximity, it'll be fruitless." I can probably ask Bahamut for some help once we get out of here. [ This being a hospital, it's likely they won't let you out 'till you've recovered. ] That'd be best. Any idea why they didn't patch us up with magic? Not really. * WillS shakes his head. "No idea. Kenji, did you ask that priestess who calls herself nurse why?" No. I thought better of it. * Kenji walks over and stands between Will and the box, just in case. * Patrick nods. I think you should take care of yourself, while you can. * WillS nods. "Gather around then, and I'll patch us up real fast." Pat? I'm fully healed already. * Patrick gets up and makes his way over to Will. * WillS reaches and arm out for Pat and prays for healing. A brief flash of positive energy surrounds Pat as all the wounds closes up. * WillS then does the same thing for himself. [ Yay for healing! Now Will has to get the damn stitches out. ] * WillS stares at the stitches in the now closed up skin. "Ugh. Why did they do that?" Well, if you don't have magic, I suppose that's how you'd close the wound. [ The nurse comes back with clothes for Will and Patrick. Patrick's consist of t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, a waistpack and a backpack. Will's is a black suit with white collar. ] * Patrick takes his gear and grins at the nurse. "Thanks." * WillS takes his clothes. "Thanks, nurse." [ Both outfits are torn and bloodied. ] [ Both outfits aren't what you were wearing in the fight. ] * Patrick doesn't think now is the right time to bring it up, given Kenji's not wearing what he was wearing in the fight either. [ The nurse eyes her patients. "So, you healed too? I'm not gonna ask how. Want help with the stitches?" ] I think they could use it. If you don't mind. * WillS nods. "Yes please." [ Nurse Mildred Ratcheds up the action! Within mere minutes she has the bits of deergut removed from the former wounds of Our Heros. ] (Mmm mmm deergut. Tasty.) ( Nah, just strong and biodegradeable. ) * WillS takes a look at where those stitches used to be. "Wow. You're good." [ "Ha! Damn right I am." ] [ "Okay. Since you're all better, I'm guessing you'll want to have your discharge papers, soon. I'll go get 'em." ] [ And she heads out to do that! ] Sort your gear, figure out what you have, and get dressed, quickly. * Patrick has already set about doing that. "Find anything about what's going on here?" Very little. Magic may or may not be unknown, but it's uncommon enough to raise eyebrows, so avoid open displays. * WillS puts on his torn suit and nods. If you have anything you think we can use to contact Seylin and Tia, keep it handy for once we're out of here. * WillS opens up the suitcase that the nurse brought him and searches for anything useful. * Patrick checks out his backpack as well. Bah. Just clothes and some documents. Nothing that'll help us here. * Patrick peers into his backpack and puts on the waistpack. "Some daggers and, uh... Is this a miniature rail cannon?" He takes out what the players would know as a semi-automatic pistol. Wonderful. We'll have to improvise. I wish I had my armor... Check your clothes. Well... Things often won't look like you expect. The shoes are a lot like my boots, but I'm not sure about the shirt or jeans. * Patrick checks his pack to pull out some armor. "Although this looks nice." (And by armor, I mean kevlarish armor) * WillS checks the pockets of his torn suit. * Patrick pushes against it experimentally. * WillS takes out a keychain and an ID of sorts. "Nope. Looks pretty mundane to me." * Patrick puts the armor back into the waist pack and checks the ammo in his pistol. Once he's satisfied he nods and looks to the others. "It's weird. I feel like I can use this thing, but I can't remember anything about how to use a bow. But I *know* I know how to use a bow." Something to be worried about later. Any idea if they're going to want a donation or something for keeping us alive for however many days that was? I would leave one even if they didn't. I'd expect so, but I don't know if we *can* leave one. You got any money? I'm not entirely certain what passes for currency here, but I at least have some uncut gems. That should work. We all have identification. We need to compare addresses before we leave. * WillS nods and passes his ID card over to Kenji. "We live in the same place?" * Kenji checks it against his ID and/or passport. * Patrick exchanges his ID information with the other two. "Huh, keys. Okay." Different. Apartment number for Patrick, street numbers otherwise. Strange. * Patrick shrugs. We'll try Will's place, first. Know how to get there? Some things never change. Once I figure out what passes for money in this place, I will find a peasant, get him to lead us there, and then reward him generously. Guess we'll have to ask. That's very you. [ Somewhere, a peasant is loling. ] Will, if you have the means, it would be nice to have clothes that weren't half shredded. * WillS nods. "Actually I do, but wanna do it after we get out? That nurse is going to come back soon. Might be a scare if they have no magic here." Yeah, I'm with Will on this one. Yeah, at your home. Let's get going then. Actually, wait. I have a couple changes of clothes inside this suitcase. Any of these fit you guy's size? * WillS dumps the contents on the hospital bed. Unlikely. I'm not concerned, for now. Don't worry about it, we should get out of here first. Where is that priestess? * WillS nods and stuffs the clothes back into the suitcase. [ Priestess Ratched comes back now. "Alright, boys. Just fill out these papers to the best you can, and you'll be free to go." ] I, ah, have a question, Priestess. * Kenji pulls out the small wallet and opens it. "I'm not certain exactly what some of the things in here are." * Kenji pulls out a large sheaf of green paper, printed with numbers, pictures, and strange designs, and several rectangular playing card-like objects. [ Nurse Ratched frowns. "Wow, you did take a few lumps to the head." ] Maybe reciepts or promisary notes? [ She takes a few of the green paper items. "These are money. You know what money is, right?" ] I hear it can be exchanged for goods and services. [ Yes, it can. ] [ "The numbers on this tell how much each is worth. Most thing have tags on them to tell you how much they cost." ] [ "If you're eating at a restaurant that doesn't mention prices, expect it to cost you a whole lot of this green stuff." ] Ah, the theory of "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it." [ She pulls out the plastic cards. "These are also money, of a sort. Each of these lets you instantly take out a loan to pay for whatever you like." ] [ "They're useful if you don't want to lug around cash - the green stuff - or if you need to buy something very expensive, like a car or a house." ] Ah, a letter of credit. Useful. * Kenji reaches down and grabs one of the bills with a "100" and holds it out to Nurse Ratched. "You have been very helpful, Priestess. Please accept my donation." [ "Oh, gosh, I can't accept tips, you know." She says this as she pockets the money. ] [ "But thanks anyway." ] [ And then three ninjas with guns burst in through the window! Session End. ]