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[ 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. ]

[Grabbing his hand to inspect it with like 50% care of a friend and 50% scientific curiosity...]

It was too long! Definitely pushing the limits of what a human could handle! If you breathed in water for a certain amount of time, it would be easy enough to resuscitate you with just a few broken bones, so I decided that was an okay risk, but I was really starting to get worried...

[ that's fair, this is still fine by him. the hand looks normal sans cut at least, and even around the cut looks a little better. ]

It didn't feel like I did that either. I think... I lost track down there? But it felt better being there, like things were being readjusted.

Hmmmm... I don't know how I feel about that.

[A RIVER THAT KEEPS YOU IN ITS DEPTHS AND MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER BY BEING THERE WHILE REARRANGING YOU INTO WELLNESS SOUNDS NOT GREAT. Especially to a science-brained guy. This is the thread where he gets his great idea to start putting together pieces of an EEG machine.]

You're sure you're not a river-y Yosuke-like doppelganger?

[He's (mostly) teasing.]

[ help me, thank you dahut. use your brain for something good my guy, yosuke is clearly not thinking too deeply about that even while he flexes and curls his hand.

there's also a wry smile. ]

No, my doppelganger's much more of an asshole. I think. [ this is not even a joke dahut will understand because yosuke hasn't told him much about home or his shadow or anything, but it's FINE. if only because the words are out of his mouth, and something seems to slot into his brain in a way that makes him frown suddenly. hm. hold on... ]

[HIS BRAIN IS DOING ITS BEST. This is also so funny hello. HE'S ALSO FROWNING AT THE SUDDEN FROWNING he can't even focus on the joke-that-might-not-be-a-joke-because-everyone-has-weird-lives in this economy.]

What is it? Did something change?

[STILL HOLDING HIS PAW. He will give it back once he knows Yosuke won't turn into seafoam suddenly.]

I... [ something feels wrong, and it's only because he's usually in-tune with himself these days that he even notices. he's not sure how to explain this. ] ... no, it's nothing. The river did what it needed to do.

[ he just sounds confused about it. ]

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