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[Accidental Video]

[When the video cuts on, you can see the side of Cirno's dress but can hear her voice. Someone did not mean to turn this thing on. If one was to look closely, one could notice she is at the dorms. ]

Hey! Sanae, Where have you been? I haven't seen you....Wait...No....Sanae this isn't funny...You can't...

[There is a clunk as the PDA falls to the ground and shows Cirno's face as words fail her. It's a sad and shocked expression slowly fading into anger. She stands there a moment before lashing out at the wall, punching it a few times before taking off with a frustrated scream, leaving the device there on the ground, like she never knew she had it.]

((OOC- She's taken off. If you want to look for her, just let me know in the comments. Otherwise she's just going to hide where she has run off to for a few days.))

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[Oops is right, especially sense Cirno is a owned Weapon. That penalty did no favors to her mood. It does somewhat knock her out of her blind rage, eyes going wide for a moment before curling in on herself. She's not completely to a point where she's understanding whats going on...but she's getting close to it.]

[Becca jumps backwards as well, and stays on the ground and scowls.]

No hugs, I guess. ...Who's your player? I'll take you. Then we can cuddle. You need a hug.

[She stays in that ball, shaking. She's quiet for a moment before speaking softly. Her voice is horse and shaking, almost as if she were ready to slip back into what she was doing before but at least she's starting to recognize who is there.]

...Becca..? Is that you..?

Yeah. I'm sorry I hurt you... I forgot I'm a player. Are you okay?

[She slowly uncurls herself and sits up, her hair hiding her face. She won't look up nor stop shaking. As she speaks, she clenches her fists up again and her wings are still. Her body language screams 'Not okay, but is this better or worse then her crying..?]

They took her...They took her...

[Becca ached to pull the other girl into her arms, and after a moment, she instead pulled out her PDA and turned it on to video, careful to keep Cirno out of the shot.]

[Earlier...]

Yuka was sitting by a tree near the Conquest classroom building, catching a bit of the afternoon sun as she fiddled with her PDA. She thought she was starting to get the hang of using the device now. She still wasn't sure how much she -liked- using it, but it was handy sometimes.

She noticed a forum post from one of her favorite people. Her PDA didn't support video, but there was a transcript...

She stared for a moment. Then, loudly and in a tone anyone nearby would recognize as some kind of invective, she announced, "Phyllosticta."

She didn't want to believe it. Hadn't there been enough problems already?

When had she last seen Sanae?

At the assembly anyway, Yuka was pretty sure. After that she'd been told she was a prefect, and their paths hadn't really crossed since.

Hoping that it was something, anything but what it looked like, she marched over to White dorm, probably being rather brusque with anyone she passed.

She noted that Sanae's name was missing from the sign outside room 2-B. But so was Yuka's, and she was still here, right?

Then she opened the door, and the bit of uncertainty that Yuka was clinging to vanished. Right there, on the bed Sanae had used during the time they roomed together...

"Rhizoctonia."

Slowly, she picked up Cirno's PDA and shut it off. It wouldn't do to leave it here, somebody would probably step on it... She took the ring and charm too, absently noticing the symbol on the ring, and stuffed all three in her bag. Maybe they'd provide some comfort...

She needed to find Cirno. And it shouldn't be that hard, now - the PDA would show her exactly where the other girl was. She found the arrangement a bit strange, but right now she'd use anything she had. It was around the edge of the forest, same as the last time...

She was running as soon as she hit the door. Every so often, she'd check her PDA again to make sure Cirno hadn't moved.

As she passed the dock, she noticed an icon that she thought indicated a new forum post... She ignored it. There was no way it could be anything as important as what she was doing now.

She had to slow down when she reached the edge of the forest; if she didn't she'd end up tripping or running into something. But she didn't have far to go now.

Then Yuka came around a tree, and there Cirno was. "Cirno!" She rushed over to Cirno, noticing but not really thinking about the other girl who was there. She'd started to embrace the fairy when she saw something that was pretty alarming in it's own right. "Sweet Minoriko, your hands...!"

Becca jumped a bit when the other girl appeared, but hung her head when she realised that it was likely to be Cirno's player, if she'd found Cirno so easily. She sat down with her back to a tree, drawing her knees up to hug. She felt useless.

"I would've bandaged them myself, but..." Becca sighed, reaching into her bag and pulling out a first aid kit, holding it out.

She hasn't moved, other then her shaking at all. She just keeps repeating over and over again "They took her...They took her.." Cirno's voice gets softer but at the same time, anger is slowly seeping into it once more.

She slowly moves to stand back up, as if she's forgotten hat Becca and Yuka are there. She looks up, past them both and to the tree again, trying to go back to it. It's like she's on auto pilot. "They took them all..."

Yuka was about to say something about not knowing how to use the kit, when Cirno started moving again. Looking a bit panicky, she threw her arms around the fairy and held her tight. "Cirno, please!" she cried out. Her thoughts were in a whirl; she couldn't have answered if someone asked, 'please what?'

Becca stayed quiet, hugging her knees again and starting to cry. She didn't know what to say, didn't know how to help. All she wanted was to wrap her arms around Cirno, to pet her hair and promise her it was okay. And she couldn't. She couldn't touch, couldn't give that comfort, and she felt horrible for it. She let the kit stay on the ground, sniffling heavily. "Cirno it's okay," she murmured from her place on the ground. "Please, it's okay, calm down..."

Yuka glanced over at Becca. She seemed worried about Cirno too, why didn't she come closer?

If Yuka's thoughts were clearer, she'd probably guess that Becca was a player. But they aren't.

Cirno struggled to free herself at first, trying hard to get back to what she had been doing but she slowly stopped struggling and started to cry. She just sat there, not moving for a little while before taking Yuka's sleeve in one hand gently and looking up slightly to see through her hair. Her mind still remembered that Becca was there and once she spotted her, she reached out to her as well. Her Important People were both there..and she wanted them both, even if it meant suffering a penalty for it.

Becca shook her head when Cirno reached out for her, dropping her head into her arms to cry a bit more. "I can't, Cirno," she whined, as upset by her inability to help as she was by the fact that Cirno was upset. "I'm here... I'm here," she promised, but refused to get closer.

Yuka looked back and forth between the two. Then it clicked. "You're a player, aren't you..."

This was insane. She knew the rules about touching owned weapons. She'd even risked that penalty herself in order to answer certain questions. But what purpose did it serve?

But at least there was a remedy to the current situation, even if she didn't entirely like it. She took her free arm and managed to wriggle her controller out of her pocket and put it on, although it was a fairly awkward process, and whispered to it, "discard perfect freeze".

Becca could have sobbed with gratitude the moment the discard command was issued. She rushed forward and threw her arms around Cirno and the other girl at once. "Thank you," she murmured, but quickly turned her attention to Cirno, squeezing her tightly and nuzzling into her cheek. "It's gonna be okay, Cirno, it's gonna be okay. We're here. We're not leaving."

As soon as Cirno's hand felt Becca's sleeve, she grasped it tightly, the grip on Yuka's doing the same. Somewhere in her mind she realized that she was getting blood everywhere she touched but it was very small and unimportant now. Right now she just cried, not wanting to let go in the fear of the both of them vanishing as well. For now, her anger was forgotten, leaving her somewhat limp in their arms.

Yuka gently patted Cirno on the back, but didn't say anything. Now that the initial panic had passed, another emotion was taking over - guilt.

Was some of this her fault? She'd told Cirno that she shouldn't pull away from people, and she still felt that way. But could that advice have made Cirno's hurt worse in the end?

She didn't know what to do.

Becca let Cirno cry for some time, but eventually pulled backwards slightly, trying to get a hold of the first aid kit. "C'mon, Cirno, let's get you patched up, huh? That looks painful..."

Cirno shook her head no at the end of that. She wasn't feeling the pain just yet, still running of the adrenaline that her little berserk rage had given her. There was another reason, she didn't want to let go. After a moment she tried to offer up a tiny smile and spoke softly,her voice still tried from her screaming but trying to at least sound like she was doing better after this whole thing.

"This is nothin' for the Strongest to handle."

Yuka smiled a little at that. It'd been a long time since Cirno had called herself that... not since she had really started getting acknowledgement. Still...

"Even the Strongest should take care of herself though, right?"

She thought, but didn't add something like 'and it worries us.' She was sure it was true - she didn't know this other girl, but she seemed to care about Cirno too, which was what mattered to Yuka right now. But hearing that might just make Cirno feel worse right now.

"Cirno, you're getting blood everywhere," Becca said gently, but with a careful sternness to her tone. "Let me patch you up. It's not about being strong or not, it's about taking care of yourself. Like your friend said," she offered, still trying to get at her to start tending to her hands.

That small worry now grew to a bigger worry. Now that she was in a better state of mind, this freaked her out a bit, "Oops...I'm sorry..." She slowly pulls her hands away from the both of them. She uses her wrist to rub at her eyes before putting them in her lap. She watches them for a second before looking up, "How can we do that? I don't have my ice back...That's how I always healed up before."

"I think..." Yuka stops, then looks at Becca. "I'm sorry, I don't know your name. But it sounds like you know something that will help..."

"It's Becca," she answered quietly, opening up the kit and reaching out to take one of Cirno's hands. "And yes, I do. I'm...used to doing first aid a lot."

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