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[Red appears to be his normal self, nothing off about him at all! He looks a bit uneasy as he heads down a hallway near the more populated areas, but other than that, everything's the same as always.

A few halls away, something vaguely resembling Red is shuffling along, head down. He looks emaciated, all pasty skin and bone, with tangled hair falling to his ears instead of his shoulders. He doesn't have a shirt on, just a pair of pants torn off at the knee, which gives off a full view of the complete mess he is. Thick, messily done stitches stretch over sluggishly bleeding incisions all over his front and back, and a hole in the crook of his arm is leaking something an acidic green.]

(ooc: I give you the aspect removed from Red: the experiments.)

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Yeah. He is. I'm... Have you-- Do you know?

[He already knows it's the wolf, for her. And Riku was convinced at first that it was just the DR toying with her at first, but they've both since discovered it was a spell, and Red presumably has figured out how it works enough to make guesses about his own.

He'll probably hear the sound of packages being shredded open as Riku fumbles for bandages.]

I can probably guess.

[And he doesn't sound too pleased about it, but if anyone had to find that, he's glad it was Riku.]

I figured.

[She knew he wouldn't be happy. But she'd want to know, if it were her. She does carefully put some bandages along his spine, worrying over whether or not she should do anything else for them.]

So I'm guessing you haven't seen mine yet.

Believe me, I'd have called you if I had.

[If he was still alive to do that.

The injuries on this experiment!Red's back don't look like they need stitching or anything; the bandages are probably the best she can do for them.]

I think I'm more worried about not hearing anything.

[Even though no bodies have turned up, or seriously injured people. She finishes bandaging them up, wishing she could do more for them.]

Need me to check in every couple of hours?

[He's willing to humour her. Experiment!Red turns around once it seems like Riku's done, offering her a barely there smile in thanks.]

Maybe. I'd like to think it won't kill you.

[She smiles back, but it's a little forced. She doesn't like seeing him hurt, even if he's not in pain.]

I could get lucky and just get severely maimed and left for dead.

[That sounds awesome. Especially with his pain repression thing gone.]

Oh what, again?

[Her tone is pretty light, but in that way that makes it clear that she does not find the idea funny at all, you prick.]

Sure, why not.

[He really will try to avoid that sort of fate, of course. But it was totally funny.]

[She looks irritable, and probably sounds it, and not just in words. She's moving things around, cleaning up blood and getting more things set up for the other wounds she has to cut back open and re-stitch. There are at least two, maybe more. She's almost lost count.]

Do me a favor. If you do run into a wolf, try not to piss it off on purpose.

Alright, alright. I won't piss off any wolves.

[Experiment!Red just sort of watches Riku working, not offering to help move or clean anything. No point, in his mind.]

I appreciate it.

[He doesn't have to, she can handle all of this by herself. He just has to cooperate.]

Alright. You've got things handled with... him?

[Red trusts her with his... whatever he's supposed to call that. Part of himself. Said part of himself is quite fine with cooperating, pretty much for the same reason.]

Yeah. I'm just patching him up before I keep looking. I'm almost done.

[More or less. She still has more stitching to do, and then she's planning to find him some clothes and a place to stay so he doesn't have to wander. But Red doesn't need to know all about that right now.]

[Red exhales slowly, and honestly the experiment is pretty docile right now, she could probably get him to go along with all that really easily.]

Alright. Have fun, I guess.

Right. See you?

[She likes talking to him, but there's not really anything else to say right now, and she can't sew up those stitches while on the phone.]

Yeah.

[He'll hang up first. Sorry he's in a weird mood, Riku, but can you blame him?]

[Not at all. It makes her a little sad, but it's not a sympathy sad, and she's certainly not taking it personally or anything. She just wishes he didn't have to deal with this kind of thing. She wait a beat, then drops her phone and puts it back in her pocket, turning back to the 'Red' here with her.]

[He almost looks like he's dozing, his eyes are closed and he's kind of drooped. But almost immediately after she turns her attention back to him, he's looking at her.]

[She looks a little unnerved by that.]

Are you okay?

[He tilts his head slightly, like he can't understand why she's asking, then nods.]

Of course.

[Not very reassuring, considering who it's coming from, but she gestures to the counter anyway.]

Do you want to get back to it?

Sure.

[Shall he get back into position then? He does so easily enough.]

[She reaches for him automatically, and hesitantly.]

You can lean against the wall if it would be easier.