Whumptober2024 Day 30: Recovery | Hospital bed
Cats aren't supposed to be in the hospital, but this one has special permission.
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Whumptober2024 Day 30: Recovery | Hospital bed
Cats aren't supposed to be in the hospital, but this one has special permission.
Whumptober2024 Day 24: Regret (Alt prompt)
"Good morning, son...I am a bird...
"...and you're so much like me... I'm sorry."
The first and last lyrics of "Still Fightin' It"
(original artist: Ben Folds; also performed by Lee Chan Sol)
It's a song that I feel resonates with Minharh and his fractured father-son relationship with Kyle.
Whumptober2024 Day 18: Loss of identity
"Ev’ryone [leaves]…y-you should, too."
"Even if someone was pursuing us, I wouldn’t leave you.... Just because your case is over, or will be soon, doesn’t mean that I’m going to just leave."
"Why?"
"Because you're more than just a case file."
Whumptober2024 Day 16: Wound cleaning
"It's okay. You don't have to pretend it doesn't hurt. I know it does."
Whumptober2024 Day 10: Blow to the head | Slurred words
“’m… t-tired,” Kyle murmurs.
His words are so slurred it takes Yuuki a couple of moments afterwards to understand what he said. Yuuki turns his gaze back to Kyle’s face and sees him struggling to keep his eyes open.
Yuuki hums. “It’s okay. Just rest.”
From The Case of Kindall, K., Chapter 32
Whumptober2024 Day 9: Bruises
Bruises that mark the skin may fade, but some bruises left on the soul... can take a long time to heal.
Whumptober2024 Day 8: Sleep deprivation
Isolation Chamber | Forced to Stay Awake | "Leave the lights on." (Coldplay, Midnight)
After the Ninao incident, Yuuki hasn't been able to sleep without the lights on.
Flashbacks tend to get worse in the dark.
Nightmares do, too.
Whumptober2024 Day 7: Only for emergencies
During recovery from an injury and an urgent field surgery, Yuuki grieving the permanent loss of his arm.
And Susan grieving that she had to perform that field surgery lest the injury gave him sepsis and killed him.
Whumptober2024 Day 4: Healing Salve
The healing salve/balm that Susan used, although never mentioned in The Case of Kindall, K., is one of the reasons why Yuuki could recover from his field surgery amputation with minimal infections or wound complications.
There would definitely be some kawakawa, calendula and olive oil in it.
Whumptober2024 Day 2: Trust Issues
After the Trials of Marmora
A Month of Whump Winter Whumperland 2023 - Day 12: Bedside vigil
Rescued deer guy, exhausted and passed out after an adrenaline crash. He might not wake up for a while.
Following being captured then left behind while the forest burned, and the flames crept closer, and no amount of struggling could get himsef free.
He's safe now. The fire can't reach him here. Neither can the hands of those who hunted him.
A Month of Whump WInter Whumperland 2023 - Day 7: Comfort: You're not alone
You're not alone in this fight against the world anymore.
A Month of Whump Winter Whumperland 2023 - Day 6: Amnesia
"Do you truly not remember what happened? Your fever was high...and you thought I was someone else. Someone bad."
A Month of Whump Winter Whumperland 2023 - Day 4: Comfort: Weird Sweater Party
"If we go back now, everyone will know I'm Santa's apprentice. And that I failed my mission."
"Not if we tell everyone this is your outfit for the weird sweater party. They'll figure it out sooner or later, anyway."
Whumptober2023 Day 29: Troubled Past Resurfacing
A snow magician who lost his arm, numbing the remnant limb of it. The phantom pain had ceased. The memory of it sometimes escapes him. Then the weather turns, and it brings it all to the surface.
What hurts more? The memory - or the cold used to numb it?
Whumptober2023 Day 19: Psychological
"I’m afraid of who I’m becoming."
Whumptober2023 Day 18: (Alt 7) Examination
"How many fingers am I holding up?'