capeandcowl | ★13

<Audio Post, English. Filtered from Known Villains -Islington, +Hodge, +Kiryu, +Osborn, +Crane. Spider-crypt>
[Her voice is a little shaky at first, but steadies as she speaks.]

There was an explosion earlier today, at the library. I guess it would have been yesterday, by now... the sun should be rising soon.

Mister Romulus was one of the people hurt, really badly. He really doesn't want to go back to the hospital. They cleaned his burns, and I think he said that he'd been on an IV, but... he couldn't have been there long enough for them to fix everything. He was really badly b—

[A sharp whistle of a teapot from a foot or so away, and Ruka cuts herself off. The communicator is set down, though from the way it rattles on the counter her hands must be shaking. The whistling stops. The following is spoken over the noise of a quiet faucet, the pouring of the kettle, and eventually the crack of sharply melting ice. There will be no hot tea for the burn victim.]

Badly burned. I need to know what I can do to help him. My power isn't healing... and it really doesn't look like something that just sleeping will fix. Please. I don't want him to suffer.

[ooc: unless the time line for this plot has changed, Remus was caught in massive computer explosions on Saturday, and is thus not a happy camper. Also as of Wednesday Edgeworth's apartment is unplottable / unable to be found due to magic, though if people leave the apartment they can be found.
Unless Ty and/or Grimm say differently. Watch this space for details!]

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[See all the lack of sleep you want, mister werewolf, it does not change the fact she is going to sit here and make sure you finish everything.]

And if you saw someone with healing, you might recover within only a couple days, if not right away. Just because you can heal faster than regular people doesn't mean you should turn down help.

I'll be alright.

If you find someone that Miles is willing to allow into the apartment, you're welcome to invite them, but I'm not sure the magics are compatible and would allow someone that isn't from my world to heal me.

Come up here then and keep me company if you're going to play nursemaid.

There will be someone. I'm sure of it.

[The stern look is highly ineffective, even if his appearance did look more severe for the injury and bandages covering the damage to the right side of his face. She hopes it will not scar too terribly. With a nod she climbs onto the bed, sitting primly.]

Besides... if the Porter can give people powers and change others, I think it would want to make things compatible, too. It's bad strategy to have strong warriors who can't fight, or healers who can't heal, just because of someone's initial attributes.

[It looks as though she's slipped into game comparisons again.]

You've made your point, though the people that brought us here seem to have little interest in our welfare.

[She notices that the food is going untouched, but doesn't yet bring it up; he might just be letting it cool, after all.]

I don't think anyone's met the people who really brought us here.

Only those that claim to have done so? I suppose that's entirely possible.

[She'll wait a while longer before bringing it up, regardless.]

No... at least, when I talked to him, it sounded like he was brought here, just like everyone else. He was just... the first, I think.

[Behold, is that sympathy she's showing towards the suit that everyone hates?]

I never spoke with him myself, but then, I've never been fond of using the communicators as often as everyone else.

Perhaps I should have.

[She frowns a little, staring at her hands folded in her lap.] Most everyone hated him, I think. Even when they thought he was human. I wish I had gotten to know him a little better.

[After a moment, she looks up once more, glancing at the still untouched plate. Perhaps he wasn't hungry?]

But then, I don't think he liked very many of us, either.

Sometimes, we can't help that sort of thing.

Thank you for the tea.

No, I guess not.

[Ruka blinks a moment in surprise, then smiles softly, nodding.]

You're welcome. Is there... anything else I can do?

No, the company will do just fine for now. I'm sure you'll be bored with me soon enough.

[She levels Remus with a stubborn glare, and by her tone of voice, she sounds insulted and a little hurt.]

I will not.

[But, after a moment, that eases back to something more kind. She scoots up a little on the bed, clearly settling in.]

You know, I used to get sick all the time as a kid.

I'm sorry then.

I didn't. May I ask why?

It's alright.

[She nods, and when she speaks, there is a touch of sadness, but it doesn't seem directed at the situation itself.]

The doctors couldn't ever find anything wrong with me. But I would get tired really easily, and get dizzy, and sometimes I'd faint, too. I couldn't go to a normal school because of that, because I'd just wind up in the hospital every week.

And it just cleared up on its own then? You don't show any signs of that here.

[She shakes her head.]

No, it still happens sometimes, but since I usually avoid things I know will be too exhausting, it doesn't happen as often as it used to. That's why I still don't attend a school here either, or go out very often.

It's also summer here. You shouldn't be in school regardless, but I suppose having me around has its advantages. I can tutor you if you'd like.

I've been here since February, though, and Uncle Edgeworth took me only a month later. We've... had arguments, about this sort of thing.

I would like that.

[A pause, before she returns to her story.]

Since I couldn't go to school though, my brother Rua couldn't either. Mama and Papa were always away on business, and Rua couldn't leave me alone at home. There wasn't anything wrong with him, but he couldn't go out to play that often, or do lots of things he wanted to.

Ah, that's right.

Whenever you'd like to begin is fine with me.

I'm sorry for you both then. That isn't the sort of childhood either of you should have had.

After I was bitten, my health deteriorated. My parents kept me inside during most of the month and especially after the full moons so I could recuperate. Very few children survive being turned.

Alright. Thank you.

[Unspoken is the obvious postponement to after he recovers. She's about to continue her own story, but instead she looks at Remus in some surprise.]

... You weren't born that way?

[... it's clear someone is not up-to-date on her magical creature origins.]

No, I was born a half-blood - - my father was a wizard and my mother was non-magical.

I was bitten when I was four. Your world is different?

[Ruka was grateful to be trusted with any information like this — she knew very little about the people she cared for, even her close friends. She rubs her hand over her right arm, as if chilled.]

Spell-casters, werewolves, fairies, everyone like that, there's a couple different stories about where they all came from. One's that all the eldest ones were created a really long time ago, from human spirits. Instead of dying, they were sealed away, and because of that became immortal.

I think our dragons have always existed, but — [She trembles a little, trying to suppress a yawn,] — there are some others that... make themselves. They're not born, but they're not ... made from people that already exist, either.

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