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[fourlevels]

"Hi! This is Viktor Nikiforov!
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[sleight_of_hand]

[ He felt a little bad; Viktor must have been sleeping. Shoot. ]

Sorry to bug you.

Stuck in the hospital again. Can't sleep.

[fourlevels]

[ Viktor is now WIDE AWAKE and sitting up in bed. ]

Why are you in the hospital???

[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...it occurred to him just then that Viktor was the one most likely to freak out from this. ]

uh

Kinda

Had an accident?

Involving someone's laser sword?

[fourlevels]

[ Look, as an athlete he takes injuries seriously. ]

A LASER SWORD???

[ A moment or two passes before another text follows. ]

How bad an accident are we talking?

[sleight_of_hand]

uhhhhhhhhh

[ There was no way to wave this off as no big deal, was there? Heh; wave. Wait, no, focus Adachi. ]

............

They've got what's left of my wrist wrapped up for now. They're gonna see if the nanites in my hand stayed active so they can try reattaching it tomorrow.

[fourlevels]

[ Welp. Probably no one in Heropa #17 was sleeping just then after the loud shout Viktor just gave at his phone. Makkachin was whining and Yuuri probably either sat up or came in the room (stupid night owls) to see what was wrong, but all Viktor could do for several minutes was stare at Adachi's text in horror.

It was several more minutes before he sends a reply, probably about 7-10 minutes since Adachi sent his. ]

Your hand ... was cut off?

[ This is a dream right? He's still sleeping and he dreamt that reply just now? He needed Adachi to confirm that he read that wrong ... ]

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Poor Viktor; he felt bad dropping this on him now. Well, he was going to find out eventually, especially if he got stuck with a prosthetic, but he still felt bad. ]

Yep.

I'm okay though.

Well.

Not OKAY, but that's the only thing that's missing.

Hopefully just for tonight.

[fourlevels]

Your hand was cut off, how is that okay??

[sleight_of_hand]

Between losing my hand or my life?

I'll take losing my hand any day.

[fourlevels]

[ Oh my god Adachi, how can you be so blasé while saying that. Viktor takes a few (okay several) deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. ]

But ... the hospital thinks they can ... reattach it?

[sleight_of_hand]

It depends.

Both ends were cauterized instantly. If the nanites stayed active in the hand, it might be possible. If they died off, I'll need a prosthetic.

[fourlevels]

[ God how is this conversation even real?? That calm and even temper that Viktor usually keeps has just seemingly abandoned him tonight, being woken up with the news starting him off on a tilt and he just can't seem to right himself. ]

What about healing it? You were the one who told me about healers in the first place!

[sleight_of_hand]

[ This is weird, being the logical one. ]

Might not be possible. I've never seen a healer fix a severed limb.

Viktor, I'll be okay, even if they can't reattach it.

[fourlevels]

[ And here's wear Viktor's even temper really fails him; it's probably a good thing Adachi can't see his face at the moment. ]

Your hAND WAS CUT OFF

[sleight_of_hand]

Yes.

I know.

It hurts enough for me not to miss it.

But I'm alive and my Persona is working again.

I'll be OKAY.

[fourlevels]

[ Yet another few more minutes pass while Viktor tries to calm himself down, along with the help of his Yuris who came into the bedroom at his earlier shout. When the reply finally comes, it's without the emotional capslock. ]

You said laser sword—was it a light saber? Like the movies?

[beautiful_monster]

[Yuuri isn't the only one summoned by that scream. Yurio appears in the doorway, pale and a little winded from bolting up the stairs to investigate, and he scans the room with a frantic look before settling on Viktor in concerned confusion.]

What happened?

[fourlevels]

[ Viktor who looks fine (and mostly naked) sitting up in bed?? He's staring at his phone with wide eyes though, his skin paler than usual. He turns his face up after a few seconds, staring at Yuri and looking like he had just gotten news that Makkachin died or something equally horrifying. ]

Tohru's ... hurt ...

[beautiful_monster]

[Ugh does this mean he needs to pretend to care about that asshole now? As much as he'd like to not have to deal with whatever was going on with Adachi, there's no way he can brush off how gutted Viktor looks over it. He hadn't seen that sort of look on him since he fell into the pit in De Chima.

He steps into the room, eyes flicking from Viktor to the phone and back again.]

How hurt?

[fourlevels]

His hand was—was cut off.

[ Viktor's voice just sounds so small and lost right then. ]

[beautiful_monster]

[Okay, wow, that is actually incredibly alarming whether he likes Adachi or not, but even more alarming is how lost Viktor sounds. That more than the horrific nature of the injury really solidifies how bad a situation this is.]

H...how?

[fourlevels]

[ Viktor's eyes drop down to his phone again, but they just sort of meander down to it as if he really was lost looking between the two points. ]

He said something about a laser sword ... an accident.

[beautiful_monster]

[Yuri sucks in a sharp breath and throws a hand out to brace himself on the dresser. He's not as shocked by this at Viktor is. It leaves him with enough clarity to realize what a laser sword must be.]

You mean a light saber?

[Like the one Grievous had menaced him with. Fuck, how close had he come to actually becoming a target for that alien bug?]

[fourlevels]

[ Viktor slowly looks back up, still looking lost, but he's starting to focus on Yuri now. ]

I don't know, he just said laser sword.

... I can ask him?

[beautiful_monster]

—No. Fuck, he just lost his hand, he doesn't need...

[Whether he liked the guy or not, he wasn't about to bombard him with questions while he was dealing with this, and he especially wasn't going to make Viktor do it while he looked this wrecked.]

... Where is he? You want to see him now, don't you?