Full moon is on the sky and they're not men anymore [Semi-Open]

[unknowntodeath]

🧙 WHO: Archer (unknowntodeath), Lancer (redeyedbluehound) and OTA
⚔️️ WHAT: Archer and Lancer fight as Werewolfs, aftermaths included
🕒 WHEN: February 15th
🗺️ WHERE: Brocéliande, New Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: Attempted murder, stupid werewolf idiots fighting, blood, other injuries

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Archer aftermath - OTA
Lancer aftermath - OTA

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Aftermath - Archer | OTA

[unknowntodeath]

[Things definitely don't always go the way you plan and Archer wakes somewhere outside Brocéliande forest, at the edge of New Camelot, body littered in several bite and scratch marks, bruises and most likely some broken bones. At least some of his ribs feel like they've seen better days.

It's even worse now than it was during the first month of moons, all because of meeting Lancer in the woods and... well, considering their natural instinct to fight each other combined with wolf instincts it didn't get pretty. Yeah... Archer didn't include a wildcard named Lancer in his plans. He should have. He really should have.]

I wonder if he's even alive...

[He can't remember all the details of the fight so he's kind of worried. One of them was alive, after all, and that was him.]

[cantgetanyworse]

[It's an entirely lucky(?) coincidence that Jane is out near the forest that morning. She spends a good deal of time out there these days, either drawing or painting or making notes for her latest studies, and she tends to find herself alone almost every time. The solitude is something she had grown used to, so when she's walking and she hears the murmur of someone speaking she immediately stops in her tracks.

Though it isn't unusual for her to hear the occasional whisper of fae while she's exploring, that... did not quite sound like a fae.]

... Hello? [She calls out carefully, shifting her bag around to put it in a better position for if she has to run.] Who's there?

[unknowntodeath]

[Archer tenses (and immediately cringes) and the sound a voice. He may have met Jane before, but it was such a long time ago, so the voice doesn't register with him.

Though he does have to admit to himself that he needs help.]

I'm... here. I'm harmless and in need of medical assistance.

[cantgetanyworse]

[Now that he's speaking at little more, doesn't she... know that voice? She hurries her steps towards it and then--]

Oh, goodness!

[Tripping over herself would do no good at all so she checks herself after her first urgent stumble, but makes her way to his side and crouches down. She rubs her hands together lightly and then flexes her fingers - her own little ritual for getting ready to use her magic.]

Ah-- all right, uhm... tell me where it hurts.

[unknowntodeath]

[Oh... it actually was a familiar voice. Archer relaxes quite a bit since Jane is someone he's familiar with as opposed to have been found by someone he's never met before.]

I think some of my ribs are broken.

[cantgetanyworse]

Ah... dear.

[As it happens, it's nothing she hasn't dealt with before. One of her first experiences using healing magic on someone else here had been for broken ribs - of a particularly grouchy, dark-haired samurai.

So she places her hand very gently against Archer's side, frowning in concentration as she pushes the magic through to find the injuries and knit them back together.]

There... how is that feeling..?

[unknowntodeath]

[It stings a little, even if not as much as he thought it would. Just the fact that his body needed to force itself back together... was unpleasant.

But the unpleasantness doesn't last for too long, at least.]

Better. Easier to breathe...

[cantgetanyworse]

[She's as gentle as she can be about it but things knitting together and shifting back into place is never going to be entirely comfortable. Once the initial movement is over with, though, it's a simple matter of healing everything where it needs to be healed.]

Good.

[Phew.]

Now, let me take a look at the rest of you.

[greedyvixen]

Archer!

[Oh good, he's not that difficult to find from that location! What a relief, Tohsaka almost thought she'd have to look through the whole map to find him from some furthest location on it. Though she happened to find his clothes elsewhere before finding him here, so she's bringing them with her.

Too bad that this is neither Fuyuki or Lunatia, Rin could easily heal him. Or hell, she could do it here too if she had Healing Magic. But she doesn't happen to have that, so she'll get to keep Archer close to her much longer than it would take to heal him with any of those options and she's not going to complain about that.]

Who knows. I haven't seen him, at least not yet.

[Since it's -- pretty obvious who he's talking about, she doesn't need to guess twice. She'd be actually surprised if it's anyone else but her main priority was finding Archer either way. Because that's her Archer. She doesn't sound worried though? After seeing all of their fights before and spending a year in Lunatia with another Lancer, this feels like any normal day to her.

Anyway, Rin closes whatever distance is still left between them, gets on her knees next to him and brushes her hand through his white hair.]

[unknowntodeath]

Hey.

[He's not moving too much, since everything is painful and he hates everything, but he at least smiles for Rin. It's a relief to see her, especially unharmed. Coming to the forest was worth it, protecting her and Saber. He was trying to protect Lancer too, really, but the idiot chose the same place as him for transforming.

The hand in his hair feels nice. Soft. Soft is good right now.]

Pretty sure he'll come haunt my ass if he's dead.

[greedyvixen]

[What an absolute dumbass for going that far to protect the girls and anyone else too -- and yet, Rin knows that and appreciates it despite how she'd tell that she could handle him even at his worst with her magic.

Oh good, he's well enough to at least smile. For her. That's also a relief to see. She brings her other hand to softly brush up and down on his cheek.]

Oh, he would. But if he is, then I'll drag you along into a reviving ritual too.

[She's not joking. She would absolutely go through that ritual for any of those, who she cares about and anyone, who was on her side during the Fifth War is on top of that list.

Rin smiles at Archer again before she leans her face down to give kisses to his forehead and lips.]

I brought your clothes.

[Another kiss.]

[unknowntodeath]

[Using his precious time to revive an idiot, how dare she. As if he wouldn't come to it willingly because of guilt.

Archer kisses her back, sad that it's not common for kisses to help with wounds and mana loss in this world. If only. Well, at least there's mental healing to be had.]

Did you find the ones I hid or did you bring new ones?

[Out of curiosity.]

[greedyvixen]

[Yeah, imagine all the things he could be doing with Rin and all that time instead of possibly having to be a part of rituals like that.

She smiles at being kissed back. It's seriously too bad, that she can't heal him in the same way as she could back home and back in Lunatia too, she'd do that without any hesitation here.]

The hidden ones.

[Rin puts the pile next to Archer and lucky him, she has kinetic magic so she can help him get those clothes back on with or without magic! Because she wouldn't even let him do that all alone in that state.]

[unknowntodeath]

[Good thing about being a blood mage is that Archer's managed to close any bleeding wounds for now. He still needs to see a healer, but at least it's not as urgent as without the magic.]

What would I do without you.

[Of course he'll have to move himself a bit to make putting the clothes on easier, but it's definitely easier with Rin's help.]

[greedyvixen]

[... They'd be a pretty amazing combo/team if Rin's secondary happened to be Healing. She almost stops for a moment hearing Archer say that but continues whatever she is doing either way, even if she knows he probably noticed that -- unless he's too injured to notice it and Rin's not sure which one is worse.]

Let's not find out.

[Archer, you're stuck with her and never, ever allowed to leave! Once he has everything back on his lower body, Rin steps back.]

Can you stand?

[If he needs help with that, she'll offer a hand or she'll offer kinetic magic, whichever works better for him.]

[unknowntodeath]

[He definitely doesn't want to think about it more than just that one sentence ... and won't bring it up since it clearly seemed to bother her too.

Archer takes a moment to feel how his body feels. His legs seem to be working just fine. It's mostly the upper part of his body that's been injured.]

If you help me, I'll be able to.