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[thisloveisjustice]

WHO: Tatsuo Kihara, Cleo Ritter, Goro Majima, Derek Matthews, Grell Sutcliffe
WHERE: Utsuki Dojo + Tatsuo's apartment
WHEN: Sunday, Jan 14, mid-afternoon
WHAT: Tatsuo gets a physical regain he's been expecting, but it doesn't go how he thought it would
WARNINGS: blood, language, mention of gun violence

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[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo rolls his eyes at Majima and Cleo.

"Cute. No, we're going to swap stories. Even brought my journal with..."

It feels like someone punches him in the stomach. Except neither Majima nor Cleo nor Derek moved.

For a moment he's confused. That had felt like a nice solid punch. Did someone get the ability to turn invisible? Is someone dicking around?

But then the hot searing sensation blossoms in his stomach.

"Oh."

He's felt this before. Or he remembers feeling this before. In Rainbow Land. Someone was aiming a gun at Tacchan and he'd lept up to shield him.

And then he'd been shot.

"Oh..."

Tatsuo goes pale and suddenly crumples to the ground, as underneath his jacket, a red spot starts soaking through his shirt.

[sotenbori]

It's hard to miss what happens, when Tatsuo is talking through it like this. Majima runs to his side immediately, gets down on the ground next to him. The blood is obvious, soaking through his shirt quickly. Retrospec, it's gotta be some stupid retrospec thing, but they need to something quickly.

"Shit -- " he pulls off his jacket, which really isn't conducive the way a nice cotton shirt/jacket would be but tries to help by applying pressure. He looks up at the other two, "Call someone."

[cattack]

"Tatsuo!" Cleo shouts in alarm, spinning around. She hadn't heard anything- Was that a gunshot? But her ears hadn't heard anything! There was no way a sniper could get a shot in this city from far enough away that she couldn't hear... And in the first place, why would anyone try to snipe Tatsuo? Maybe it was magic?

Magic. That's right. Magic. She could-

She grabs Majima's arm, practically hurling him off of Tatsuo, throwing his jacket at him, before jamming both of her hands onto Tatsuo, palms to his wound. And from under her hands, a small, green glow emanates, a soft light contrasting the deep red.

"One of you get his shirt off, direct contact will help!" She can't explain- Her brain is stuck on Tatsuo's state, she's in a panic and not sure what else to do.

[blondferret]

[Derek rushes forward when he sees Tatsuo suddenly go down.]

TATSUO!

[He balks at sudden appearance of blood. No, this can't be happening. Why is everything being taken away from him? First his girlfriend leaves him, his fight with Matt, and now Tatsuo? NO! This was not going to happen! Hearing Cleo's plea he takes out his pocket knife and starts ripping Tatsuo's t-shirt down the middle to get it open.]

We need to get him to a hospital!

[Derek starts to reach for his cell phone.]

[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo's hand shoots up to grab Derek's wrist.

"No!"

His voice is stronger than he thought it would be.

"Not the hospital! A police report would be opened. We have no way to explain this."

With the lack of a bullet hole in the dojo window, suspicion would fall on the three other people in the room. Never mind the angle would be all wrong.

Tatsuo's hand drops a moment later as the shock starts to set in.

"Grell. Call Grell."

[sotenbori]

Clutching his rejected jacket and now out of the way of the three of them freaking out, Majima just nods about Tatsuo's request. He gets it, to say in the least.

"She's the best option we've got for shit like this."

[cattack]

"Who's Grell?" Cleo can't spare much more energy than the one question- She's anti-social by nature, so she doesn't know much of anyone. But now this seems important.

Calling Grell

[blondferret]

Fuck this.

[Derek kneels down and reaches into right front pocket of Tatuo's trousers. Typing "G" in the contacts, he quickly finds the number this "Grell" person.]

I don't know who this Grell person is, but I'm calling them.

[PICK UP YOUR PHONE GRELL!]

[thisloveisjustice]

Doctor. Fight Club.

[Tatsuo is torn between being glad no on is trying to argue with him about not going to the hospital... and a little sad. But mostly he's glad no on is arguing, because he doesn't have the energy to explain.]

Ask her...

[Tatsuo winces thanks to whatever it is Cleo's magic is doing (aka keeping him from bleeding out all over the dojo's lobby).]

Ask her to go to my place.

[sotenbori]

"Back to your place. She'll come." He believes in Grell - she's always been there for everyone on the network. He's really not sure how she does it.

Then, he turns back to Cleo, who'd just shoved him away, "You gonna carry him, or what?"

[cattack]

"I can't." She shakes her head, ears drooping low like a scolded cat. "If I take my hand off of the wound, the healing will stop."

[blondferret]

[For Derek, Grell picked up the phone. Thank God!

Hello, are you Grell? Tatsuo is hurt and he said to call you. We think his injury is retrospec related. It looks like a gun shot wound to the abdomen.

[She tells him to immediately keep pressure on the wound, keep him warm, watch for shock symptoms, and give her an address if they don't want to go through the hospital.]

Yeah he refuses to go. He says to go to his place, it's at [insert address here]. It's a large complex, with six stories buildings. He lives in building E, 5th floor. Meet us outside that building.

[Grell also adds to not let Tatsuo fall asleep and move him as little as you can manage.]

We'll do the best we can. We're at the dojo right now, we'll be there as soon as we can.

[Derek quickly hangs up the phone and looks at Cleo and Majima.]

Goro, you'll have to carry him to the car, I'll drive. And Cleo...

[Derek places what he hope is a reassuring hand on Cleo's shoulder.]

You keep doing what ever you're doing and don't let him fall asleep alright?

[Derek looks back at Goro.]

Do you need help picking him up?

[thisloveisjustice]

Don't fall asleep? That's going to be a fun task. It would be so easy to just... no, no... have to stay awake. Tatsuo takes a breath, shallower than usual because of the pain, and looks up at Derek.

"Goro can manage. He's strong."

[sotenbori]

"Thanks for the confidence." He tries to grin weakly. If Tatsuo's trying, he's gonna try too. He moves to pick him up, careful not to get in Cleo's way so she can keep healing.

[cattack]

Cleo nods, and rises up with Goro. "Just stay with us, Tatsuo." Her hand is pressed against his side the whole time.

[blondferret]

[Trusting Goro and Cleo can help Tatsuo to the car, Derek quickly stands up and pulls out his keys.]

Alright, I'll go ahead and start my car, I'm just out front.

[Derek quickly sprints out the dojo and goes to his car. He puts the keys in the ignition and then goes back around and opens the back door so Goro can carefully put Tatsuo in.]