Pepin's house, Priestella
In Alistair's home world, pouring water on someone with such severe burns was a bad idea. It invited a lot of unwanted bacteria, and if the water was cold enough, it could cause even greater damage to burned flesh. Alistair had no knowledge of medical practices in this world, but he was going to trust his gut instead of the word of a woman he only recently became acquainted with.
”Got it!” Fritzi came charging out of the doorway with a bed sheet and a few towels.
”Airy! Use these to keep pressure on the wound!” She tossed the towels to Aerith before laying out the bed sheet.
”Nice and easy with Hero...” With Alistair's help, they were able to slide their hands over his unburned back and transport him over to the bed sheet.
”Let's just get them into the cart and roll them over to Donovan's okay?” It wasn't like Alistair could argue. He didn't have any better ideas.
Hero's district, Priestella
Wisp was quite eager to conceal the fact that he had just been freed. It didn't really do him any good to show that he had been released after all. If they found out, he'd be chained here with Aki. So he pressed his wrists against the bars and moved his body in the way, howling, pretending to still be attached to the bars. Wisp cried for freedom, and she moved her eyes onto Aki and Chieko. His ruse seemed to fool the captain,
”You two should probably leave.” And with that, she walked off.
”Sit tight.” Mono was speaking to yuuki, but looking at the closed door.
”I have a feeling our next guest is about to arrive.”
The Golden Quarter, Priestella
Alistair and Fritzi did their best to deliver Hiro and Aerith in a timely fashion. They both held a handle of the cart to offset the amount of weight each of them had to carry. While Fritzi wanted to take off running towards the clinic, a smooth ride was just as important as haste in this situation. Alistair would not let the cart move faster than he felt was safe.
”Doctor Donovan!” Fritzi called out, but there was no answer. At this time, there were no natives presently in the area, but Flame and Ashton had arrived just moments ago.
”His cart is still here, he must be inside!” The wide doors to the clinic meant that the people they were carting would fit inside rather easily. Ashton knew a bit about medicine, so naturally he and Flame followed the cart carrying the wounded.
Aside from maybe Fritzi, none of the other five had actually seen the inside of the clinic. The entire place was just one giant room, sanctioned off into smaller rooms with hanging curtains. Some crates were set up to act as a front counter, and there were a few chairs scattered around the room. There were no other furnishings, such was to be expected of a poor doctor in a racially charged city.
”Sometimes he works by himself. Best not to disturb him. Let's see if there's an empty room for the wounded.” Fritzi was not as eager to press forth now. But they had to find Donovan, and she was sure he was still here.
They moved deeper inside the clinic. The dizzying array of corridors were not the easiest to navigate. It didn't help that all of the candles were inside the rooms of patients, and just barely shined into the “hallways” they were travailing down. The temptation might have been to charge into one of these rooms, but who knew what kind of illnesses lingered behind the curtains. If the blood and bile stains on the drapes were anything to go by, there were quite a few.
”Here!” Fritzi had discovered an empty room with two tables, perfect for their wounded allies.
”Alright, Let's get Hero up first, then Airy. It's all we can do until Donovan shows up.” Moving Hiro was pretty easy with four people, though Alistair could have sworn his weight doubled since they moved him last time.
”Did Hero eat a truck full of appas before coming here or what? Heh!” She chuckled nervously.
”Hey All-star, you look a little pale. I guess I'm not the only one who's a little winded after moving him huh?” Fritzi was visibly sweating. The room was a little humid, but it wasn't quite enough to trigger that type of reaction. But Fritzi wasn't the only one displaying these symptoms. Everyone in the room had pale skin and was sweating.
”Um?” After a brief pause, Fritzi picked up the candle and held it level with her nose.
”Hey, these candles kind of make me dizzy when I smell them. How about you guys? Do they make you dizzy?” Candles or not, everyone else was also feeling a bit of
something. The clinic was getting increasingly humid, and standing soon became too difficult for the foreigners. One by one, Ashton, Flame, and Alistair sunk to the ground. Aerith and Hiro would have a harder time breathing, if they were even awake at this point.
”Not good, not good...” Demi-humans were superior to humans in a lot of ways, and that would explain Fritzi's higher tolerance towards whatever was poisoning everyone. She walked towards the mouth of the room and put her thumb over the candle wick, plunging everyone into darkness.
”Donovan! What are you doing?!?!” That was the last thing everyone heard before drifting off to sleep.
"Well, do you know them or not?" Aer fret her brow at Yuuki. He appeared to be standing behind Aer with Ashton and Wisp. They were also in the Golden Quarter again.
”We'll check up on you guys in a bit, Irine just has to write some reports.” Vasilis gave Chieko a thumbs up before walking off with the mentioned noble.
Aer aproched the other foreigners, who were standing between Donovan's Clinic cart and the shop Fritzi was working.
"If you don't have your papers in order, you should consider joining up with me. Otherwise, all you have to do is run into the wrong guard to get into trouble." ”You'll get into trouble with them just for being born the wrong race!” Fritzi lowered a pair of shoes into a bag and pushed them towards Hiro.
”Besides, cleaning houses with me would be a lot more fun! Don't you think, Noble?” ”Alternatively...” Donovan opened his arms.
”Ya always welcome to come to work in my clinic. Get shorthanded a lot these days with the bandit attacks.” Chieko and Yuuki were a bit perplexed. They were in the Hero's district when they witnessed the entire world freeze, as if time had stopped. After blinking, they found themselves here.
Everyone who entered the clinic would remember falling unconscious, and woke up where they were feeling drowsy. When Aerith and Hiro looked at their wounds, they could see that they had fully healed. Or perhaps it was more correct to say that those wounds hadn't happened yet.
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