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[inflictwounds]

Who: Hieke & You!
What: The traditional infirmary catchall, plus some investigation and misfortune.
When: April
Where: The infirmary, with special shoutouts to the library and forge.
Warnings: Possibly some mention of violence & injury, but nothing too bad.


the infirmary;
[Early in April, the infirmary goes through some decoration changes. The hearts and flowers from Valentine’s Day are long since gone, but that doesn’t mean the infirmary doesn’t need some sprucing up. It seems that, despite all the work Hieke does, he still has too much free time.

There are fresh flowers stored in vases around the infirmary, brightening up the place. Enchanted to be completely allergenic, they shouldn’t cause anyone looking for a cure to their season-change sniffles any more problems.

As usual, Hieke can be found in the infirmary at the strangest hours, except this month he seems...even more stressed than usual?]

the library;
[It’s rare to see Hieke in the library, but that’s where he finds himself often early on in April. He’s on a mission, you see - after the complete failure that was catching his younger double with Jailbreak, he’s trying to figure out what on earth humans do to deal with daemons.

He can be found with a stack of books, all on daemon summoning, daemon banishment, and deals, and with each book he goes through he looks more and more frustrated. Someone needs to help him before he starts setting things on fire.

(Okay, the fire is unlikely, but he feels it.)]

the forge;
[Alternatively, you can find Hieke at the forge. He’s not exactly forging a weapon - but he’s still there rummaging around the tools and rifling through the supplies available. He seems intensely focused on whatever it is he’s planning, but also incredibly shifty. Every so often he pauses to look around, as if checking if anyone is seeing what he’s doing.

Eventually he stops worrying if people are watching him, and starts work on...a bracelet? A bracer? It’s kind of hard to tell, but Hieke doesn’t seem pleased with the progress.]

Ugh. This would be easier if Driss were here.

[Whine, bitch, moan.]

wildcard;
[You can run into Hieke anywhere! Classes, anywhere his sigils are, et cetera. Or, you can run into the younger double of Hieke brought about by the kidplot! If you want something special to work with, just hit me up at daintily or in the game discord!]>

Comments

[inflictwounds]

Not literally everything. [It's hard for him to just come out and say what he's doing. He's struggling so much. He sighs, scratching the side of his nose.] Just, you know, stuff like banishing. But if I can't do that without nullifying everything, that's fine. It's only a temporary thing.

[nor_iron_bars]

[If anyone can guess why he might be interested, she probably would.]

Not planning on having a repeat of the rope incident, huh.

[She tilts her head thoughtfully, considering it.]

Just banishing oughtta be more doable, yeah... might make it harder to do stuff like teleportation, you'd wanna take it off if you were trying to travel by magic somewhere, but it could probably keep you from getting kicked out without any warning.

[inflictwounds]

I'd rather not.

[Hieke can only handle so much embarrassment in a year.]

I just want it to work for long enough to get rid of the problem. It shouldn't be that hard.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Listen, whenever anyone else gets into something stupid he gets to know the details when they end up in the nurse's office. It's only fair to get some ammunition of her own.]

Yeah, we can probably do a basic "noli me tangere" kinda ward there, shouldn't be that complicated- wouldn't wanna risk pushing it too hard, but it oughtta hold up under most stuff.

[inflictwounds]

[It's not fair in the slightest!

Okay, maybe it is, but it feels incredibly unfair to him.]

Well, that's all I need. I just need it to work long enough to get rid of him, and then I can toss the damn thing.

[nor_iron_bars]

Try not to hit anyone in the head when you chuck it.

[She's helping.]

[inflictwounds]

Hah, I'm sure I'll be able to avoid that.

[He'll chuck it at someone in the Forge, so they can remake it into something useful.]

[nor_iron_bars]

[Reduce, reuse, re-enchant.]

I mean hey, you're the one who'd have to fix that. I'm just making sure you don't get extra work.

[Jail works on the bracelet while she talks, steady practiced motions to allow Hieke to see what she does as it slowly forms into a much more neat and recognizable shape than his previous attempt.]

[inflictwounds]

[Environmentally-friendly magic!]

Yeah, I get enough work now as is.

[So much work. Who knew there'd be this much healing involved for this school?

He watches closely, though he's not sure he'd ever be able to recreate this.]

[nor_iron_bars]

Hey, don't look at me- last time I tried to take some of that workload off your hands, Ekkehardt got pretty pissed off about it.

[He was annoyed because you tried to treat your own wounds with whiskey and fishing line instead of going to an actual doctor, Jail. That's not the same thing.]

[In fairly short order, the bracelet is done.]

[inflictwounds]

Well, Ekkehardt does like for things to be done properly.

[So, you know, no room for whiskey and fishing line.]

So...will it work?

[nor_iron_bars]

It oughtta, yeah. [She shrugs.] 'Course, there's always the option for something really weird to happen that messes with it, you never know.

[inflictwounds]

Ugh, don't say that. [He groans.] Knowing how things work, that's just going to make it true.

[nor_iron_bars]

You say "it'll definitely never happen" and you're jinxing it, can't risk that.

[She's helping.]

[inflictwounds]

[He doesn't get paid enough for this.]

No, we really can't.