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[ like it's a siren river?? granted, with the way he keeps looking at it like he expects it to talk to him or something that's a fair question.

but. fake it 'til you make it. ]

Yeah. I'll be fine, fifteen minutes is nothing.

[YEAH HE DOESN'T LIKE THE WAY YOSUKE IS LOOKING AT IT. STOP LOOKING AT THE RIVER LIKE THAT YOSUKE.]

If you do anything silly while I'm gone, I'll even wake you up from the sleep of death to hang you upside down by your ankles!

[DON'T MAKE HIM WORRIED.

He skitters off after that, though... Can Yosuke actually wait the 15 minutes.....]

[ brain haunted.

in all seriousness he really is just torn between :o? and :tails: about this, but he turns his head back and waves it off. ]

Maybe let's not do that when one of my ankles is the problem, man. [ it's entirely possible he's in some mild form of shock actually since he's just been sitting here with his broken-ass bone, too.

but there he goes!!! goodbye dahut, when he comes back he will find yosuke floating in the river like goofy.

okay, he will not find that, but he will find that he has since pulled his limbs in a little closer and appears to be fiddling with his phone so he's at least distracted himself for a bit while he waits. ]

[BRAIN FUCKING HAUNTED.]

We'll take care of that soon if the water doesn't!

[The way this is helpful but also sounds so ominous. Don't float in the river like goofy about all the shock you are in with your injuries... wouldn't that be funny if dahut just never came back.

HE DOES THOUGH. Exactly fifteen minutes later with something in his hands.]

O-kay! It's not the greatest since I was in such a rush, but this should do the trick! And if it doesn't, I'll dive right in after you, since I'm the overseer of this experiment!

[IT APPEARS TO BE... basically a harness of rope attached to a slapshod mechanical pulley system with a part that can be planted into the ground fairly securely. He sure did just build this in a quarter of an hour with the stupidass stuff they scrounged up at PECs.]

[ he would not blame dahut if he never came back is the thing.

but he does, and yosuke looks momentarily surprised as he looks up from his phone before quietly flipping it closed and setting it aside. where the hell did he get his phone? maybe he went to go get it before he came to the river, who knows. regardless, he's eyeing this pulley system and slowly raising an eyebrow. ]

Huh. You really are a genius. [ just sort of matter of fact. it wasn't that he didn't believe him, but this is still a lot for fifteen minutes. ] If you really think this will work, let's give it a try. Should I strap in first before you plant the anchor into the ground?

[ for what it's worth he's mostly impressed because their second time venturing to the tv world his bright-ass idea was to tie a rope around his waist and make one of their friends hold it so they wouldn't get lost. predictably, the rope snapped and they made her cry. ]

[Where DID he get his phone. Damn, teens are tech addicts in all worlds... But!! He skippidyhops his way over, laughing as he crouches down beside Yosuke again.]

I am! [THE ARROGANCE OF GENIUS.] Even if this is hardly genius-level, it'll do a much better job at reeling you in like a cute little fish than I could on my own!

[To answer the question, he will plant the anchor into the ground first and then hold the harness up.]

Show me where your worst injuries are, okay?

[YOSUKE... DON'T JUST MAKE GIRLS CRY.]

[ again, naoto exists so he's not even fazed by dahut going "yeah i AM a genius." he is more fazed about being compared to a fish given the way he kind of frowns, but that is neither here nor there. down does the anchor and he looks at the harness curiously, lifting his probably still bleeding hand to poke at it. ]

It's, uh. Kinda everywhere on the front? I don't think there's really much space that it won't overlap, so just do what you have to do. I'll be okay.

[ debatable, but he also isn't in the market to make it more difficult when dahut is doing him what he views to be a favor. HE DID NOT MAKE HER CRY ON PURPOSE he's just stupid. ]

[HE SAID YOU CAN BE AN ARROGANT GENIUS BUT WHY CALL ME A CUTE FISH, STOP THAT. He's so valid, even if he's a dummy who makes girls cry on accident.]

Ooh... Ugh, the fact that we don't have any sterile medical spaces is really giving me a headache! Ideally, I'd want to patch you up at least a little before throwing you into a spooky purgatory river... [He misses his lab... He misses his sterile equipment..... SCALPEL WHERE ARE YOU. SUTURE KIT WHERE ARE YOU.]

Mmmmmm... Can you lift your arms? I'll do my best to secure it in a way that won't put too much pressure on your front if I have to pull you back.

[ yeah! ]

Knowing how this place is going, any sterile medical facilities we'd have would have some weird shit attached, too, like locking you inside until you confess your biggest pain or something. [ he hates it here so damn bad suddenly. he understands where dahut is coming from though because the river is creepy-looking and he has a few open wounds and a swollen ankle.

however, he does lift his arms fairly easily. ]

How's that?

If the facilities were actually usable, I wouldn't mind having to play along with the weird stuff...

[SAID WITH A LITTLE SIGH because life is not so convenient most times. It's fine though. He will look over his injuries a bit, eyeballing things, and then scoot his way around Yosuke, winding the harness in a way that will basically put most of the pressure on his upper back instead of torso or shoulders.

Gives it a little testing tug...]

Is that okay?

[ he thinks that the other option is you'd have to cause pain to make them usable, but he doesn't say that. rather, he's silent while dahut hooks up the harness, letting it settle and tug before there's a short hum. ]

Think that's fine. [ which is good, because he begins walking toward to the water like he's not really paying attention anymore. ] We'll see how this works, but... you're smart. You were smart back there, too.

[He would mind that significantly more, and has probably also thought of scenarios where similar things may happen now that the PORTAL TO VIOLENCE has been opened and he realizes this place is significantly more dangerous than just some cheap parlor tricks and small injuries, but it's fine...

FROWNING AS YOSUKE STARTS TO HEED THE CALL OF THE SIREN.]

I'm going to ask you some questions about that when you're done here. If anything strange happens, let me know right away, okay? Even if it's just something like you starting to feel different suddenly.

[ we can discuss the violent whims of this fuckass place when he returns... ]

I would be more surprised if you didn't. [ researcher that he is... but there's a nod as he hobbles his way forward, pausing momentarily to also remove his headphones to set aside. ] I think if it's something obvious we'll both know immediately. But I understand.

[ and with that he eases himself into the river... and completely sinks under the surface. goodbye. ]

[THE VIOLENT WHIMS OF THE FUCKASS PLACE YAHOO!

There's just a little, light laugh in response to the very true comment, though, and he watches Yosuke hobble away after setting his headphones to the side. Making a mental note to ensure they are safe and free from water damage.

AND THEN THERE HE GOES.........

...

...

Not Dahut just watching where Yosuke vanished into the water and giving the line a very light tug after a little while just to make sure he's still attached at all and didn't get fucking portaled to another dimension.]

[ it would be funny if he got portaled away but no. he's under the water, and he feels dahut pull the line. there's no response right away but he does eventually give a quick and short tug back. but he doesn't resurface right away. ]

[Oh okay WELL THAT'S GOOD. He is alive and still there and in control enough, presumably, to let Dahut know that.

He will wait... a bit longer and then give the rope another little tug as he math lady memes about an average healthy human's lung capacity when not strengthened by Reliver technology or weakened by curses.]

[ he is probably a little past what is average for a healthy human, but he's also not coming back up to the surface yet. well. that's probably not good.

maybe he's just chillin'. ]

[YOSUKE.

HE GIVES THE ROPE A MORE INSISTENT TUG TO SEE IF HE TUGS BACK.]

[ it takes much longer than before...

but eventually there is a tug back. beam him up, scotty. ]

[He really almost tried to pull Yosuke back from the void before his healing could be completed because he got so concerned about the longass time it took him to respond... THE ONLY REASON HE DIDN'T is because he literally just helped embalm Yosuke's NPC corpse back to life so he's like "well clearly normal ass laws of logic and physics do not apply here, including to life and death(???)".

He's absolutely engaging the mechanic to reel Yosuke back up fastly as soon as he feels the tug back though. YOSUKE!!!!!!! He will be reeled up like a lil fish, the harness putting most pressure on his back as Dahut had explained. There is also a surprising amount of force in this little motor so maybe he will go nyooming right out...]

[ well he still has a cut on his hand so even then. but regardless!! the mechanism is triggered and the harness tightens, the pulley kicking in as it reels him straight out of the river.

i rolled an 8, so once again the shit luck stat kicks in and he lands right on his face, ass up and harness heavy. ]

Ow... [ but at least the wounds look closed and his ankle's a normal size. yay! ]

[NOT HIS PAW. ALSO STOP HAVING SHIT LUCK. Dahut immediately scurries over to him, looking him over quickly to make sure he isn't in any life-threatening danger SEEMINGLY before dropping to his side to help pancake him over.]

Are you okay?! You were down there for a really long time...! Oh, but you really do look better now...

[ he is flipped like pancake... though he does roll himself over with dahut's assistance, flopping on his back and staring up at the sky for a moment. there's a tentative roll of his ankle first, and then his fingers running along his side. ]

Looks like that did it. [ other than the way he hisses briefly as the cut on his palm drags over his pant leg. ] For the most part.

Uwah, I hope I didn't pull you out before you were done...

[LIKE HE'S A BAKING COOKIE OR SOMETHING.]

Can I see? [Holding a paw out for his.] Does anything else hurt or feel strange? No water in your lungs? Do you have a super strong breath hold?

Dude it's fine, if this is the only thing left I'll take it. [ for a few reasons, but he won't tell dahut that. he holds out his paw for examination though, cut still on his hand but not really bleeding.

there's also a bit of quite like he's trying to assess how he feels. ]

How long was that? Nothing else hurts, no. [ ... though he does feel a little strange, even if he can't put his finger on it yet. ]

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