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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 20:03:14 GMT 1
Edward hated alot of things he was forced to do while part of the Valkyrie crew: sleeping amongst people who constantly annoyed him, the smell provided by their lack of hygene, and also that they constantly reminded him how short he was for his age. None of that was as annoying as the fact that he had to share his medical cabin with his bed. He had little room to work in and it was hard to focus with everyone talking.
Trying to sterilize his numerous scalpels, he raised an eyebrow as he heard someone come down.
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 20:14:34 GMT 1
The stairs were a challenge for Korra. She stumbled down the steps slowly, feeling an enormous pain crawl up her leg, along with the anger for her two left feet. She had to ask around for the midget they called a doctor and find out he was right in the other end of the ship. As her eyes watered, she missed a step and fell against the hard wooden door.
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 20:22:59 GMT 1
Edward had heard some movement on the other side of the door, but after it took a while to manifest, she shrugged and went back to his work. He was particularly proud on how he made proportions in the alcohol or other anesthetics he kept safe in his jars work so well. As he was adding the final drops of the solution, however, his eyes narrowed, veins and nerves of frustration becoming visible as a loud thump made him lose focus and spill the contents. Slapping his face to try and facepalm with his metal arm, he howled in pain as he had forgotten metal was far harder than his bones.
Hissing, he dragged himself to the door and opened it to stare in shock at who was in there. "Oh...it's you! You did it again, huh?" he asked akwardly, trying to pick her up with his cybernetics before sitting her in his bed. It'd have to work as a matress for the time being. "What did you do this time?"
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 20:34:18 GMT 1
Korra squealed as Edward pulled her up and, in her stupidity, she decided to support her weight in her aching member. The pain, once again, reached her brain quickly and her eyes filled with tears again, forcing her to blink repeatedly as she looked up to stop them from running down her face. She let the man sit her in the bed and looked at him with her mouth opened and a slightly shocked expression in her eyes.
"Fell into something pointy and hard as f-...!" She didn't finish her sentence because she knew after that, a lot more swearing and cursing would come along.
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 20:42:40 GMT 1
Tilting his head to the side as he analyzed her wound, Edward could not help but notice she was looking at him with a shocked expression, which led him into questioning if she was shocked because he was strong for the size he had or if he had been rude in picking her up just like that? Thinking of the last part led him to get slightly red on the cheeks, much to his chagrin. Covering his face with his palm, he sighed before looking at her wound once more, trying not to laugh nervously at her comment.
Kneeling in front of her he peeked better at the wound and frowned. "Well this is bad for sure. You keep outdoing yourself with these injuries, Korra. I'm afraid I'll have to amputate this time..."
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 20:50:57 GMT 1
She kept looking at the Doctor as she tilted her head, waiting for the verdict and leaning back a little so she could support her upper body weight on her hands. She noticed his cheeks starting absorb the color of his vests and looked around thinking it was hot for a wooden structure and looking back at him when he started to talk, not paying much attention to his words. It was always the same: "You can't do that, Korra.", "You keep doing this to yourself you'll end up dead.", "You're wasting medical supplies when other people may need it too." , "You can't wait for things to move out of your way, little girl."
But one word caught her attention and the shocked expression was replaced by a very amused one, with a smile that could light up a room. "You're so funny, Oompa-Loompa! Now fix it."
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 20:56:57 GMT 1
Edward hated two things about people (not counting alot of other things he was not thinking about at the moment): when he was interrupted or when he was ignored. This girl was doing the latter, which, although not being as bad as the first, still got on his nerves.
His line of thought came to a halt when he heard her call him an 'Oompa-Loompa'. At that point, his stare turned blank, apathy filling his face. His shoulders losing tension, he merely stood there, on his knees, stopping in time.
"Oompa...Oompa...Loompa? Oompa-Loompa? Was that what you called me?" he repeteadly asked, almost whispering to make sure if he was not mistaken on what she had told him. Everytime he asked the same question, his tone grew louder and more annoyed, his face gaining a new tinting as well. Suddenly, he had an outburst, frantically waving his arms, his face completely red as he yelled out loud, pratically floating considering how much he was jumping. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING 'OOMPA-LOOMPA' TO, HUH?! I AM NOT SMALL! I AM NOT AN ELF! I SHOULD LET YOU DIE FOR THIS! I AM NOT SMALL!"
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 21:03:07 GMT 1
She raised an eyebrow watching his expression change suddenly. She knew he didn't like people joking about his height but, come on, he had to admit he was pretty god damn small for his age. Or for any age. Except under 8 year old kids.
Her instinct when the yelling started was lean further back so she could stay as away as possible from the source of the chaos. Then, she let the smile come back and bit her lower lip, almost hiding it under her perfect lined teeth and started laughing. really loud, feeling her leg throb from the blood and the shivers of all the laughing.
"Seriously, fix it!"
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 21:48:01 GMT 1
He pointed his middle finger at her, fire almost escaping his eyes as he tried to speak, getting up, frustrated that she was still taller than him even by that.
"GO TO HELL! I AM FINISHING THE CURATIVE AND THEN I'LL NEVER HELP YOU AGAIN!" he continued his rant, running around trying to regain his cool.
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 22:02:37 GMT 1
Korra almost repeated exactly what he said as he said it because it wasn't the first time Edward got mad at her. Short. It was the first word anyone would think of when his name came up in a conversation. She almost though it was unfair because they could think of other things. Like how good he was at what he did or at what he could say when he was mad. Because he could say some pretty funny things. Or very, very insulting. They could remember him for his girly blonde braid or his big eyes that looked like they were coming out of his head when he got mad, which was almost all the time. She just got to the conclusion that a lot of the things he could be remembered for had to do with his bad temper.
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 22:11:18 GMT 1
Edward stomped on the floor continuously, biting his own tongue in frustration as he pratically made the room shake with the force he was hitting it with. Breathing in, he felt what seemed like steam coming out of his ears, signaling he was finally calming down about what had transpired here. The fact that she had called him 'short' once again probably helped that. He could say it drove him into having a system overload. Yeah, that's what it was. At least he did not feel like stabbing people anymore.
Sitting down with his legs crossed, he sighed, holding her leg for inspection as he analyzed it, murmuring softly, trying not to look at her. "Hmm...I'm sorry I yelled at you."
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 22:20:31 GMT 1
She smiled and nodded in response to his apology, as usual. It was the same procedure all the time: he'd be an ass, she's respond to that, he'd freak out and then calm down and actually do something about it. She would avoid the medical care if she could. Korra hated doctors. Anything around science really. She liked to let Nature do it's thing. But sometimes, Nature could be a pain and make stuff stop working and only the witch doctor, Mr Elric, could actually fix it.
"Sure, it's not like i'm not used to it or anything."
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 22:24:57 GMT 1
Ed pointed at her with his mouth open, ready to retort but merely sighed deep and huskily, almost furious at her while he groaned frustrated. Holding her leg, he calmly applied his curatives, making sure it did not infect before wrapping what he could around it.
"You should lie down for a while. At least before I can remove those bandages..." he assured her, getting up with his hands on his waist before walking away to clean the materials and throw out the waste. Returning next to her he sat down, picking up his notebook and beginning to write on it.
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Post by Asami || Bolin || Korra on Feb 24, 2013 22:31:19 GMT 1
She nodded before checking what he'd done. She smirked. "This bed is not custom made, is it?" She watched his expression as she lied down and put her hands under her head for support, stretching her hurt leg and keeping the other one folded, with her knee at the level of his eyes.
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Post by Edward || Proteus || Ivy on Feb 24, 2013 22:37:56 GMT 1
Edward looked at her knee through the corner of his eyes, wondering on whether he should say something or just remain quiet. He chose the latter, as the fact that she seemed to be flashing the fact that he was much shorter than her. Trying to focus on his notes, he breathed in softly, slightly nervous before closing the book and lying down, his back turned to her, his arms folded over his chest.
"Why'd it be custom made?" he finally asked back, thanking himself that he was not turned to her, otherwise she'd see his probably frustrated face.
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