First we hear from the Amazing Sid, who is in for a big surprise in a half dozen turns or so:
As soon as he sees the girl, L'wisz turns on his widest and brightest smile for her (it may look more like he has gas as it's a group of facial muscles that don't get much of a workout in our engineer).
"Green has always been my very favourite colour.. And yes my dear, I do have tremendous pain tolerance even above that which is considered normal for my race. Now, I wonder if you might be able to find me some medical help to straighten that naughty bone out and pop it back where it belongs?"
With that, he coughs loudly to conceal the half sob and half whimper that escapes as he takes his first look at the damage.
Sid
Then from Sid's character, whom he calls L'wisz but who shall linger as "Sarge" in my hallucinations. Well, we'll hear from Sarge AND Eolthala.
L'wisz didn't even get a chance to LOOK at the damage before he felt a powerful Twist, Push, and SNAP! His earlier SR kept him from passing out, but that means he gets to watch the following. (Having missed the really fun part.)
Eolthala, with blood all over her hands and smudges of blood on her upper body, Is folding some sort of cloth over SSgt (I can't help myself!) L'wisz's leg. Evidently she'd slipped it under the leg while he was still raving, because he KNOWS she didn't wrap it around his leg AFTER she'd set the bone. She sings some short little verse, and pours a little water on the cloth. The cloth swells, then almost immediately hardens to the consistency of concrete. Herr Doktor would be envious if he weren't stoned. L'wisz thinks he might be in love, but he feels kinda stoned too.
Emma: for some reason, you're thinking about hedgehogs, but that's not important now. You automatically know that L'wisz is in good hands, and that Herr Doktor is going into shock for some reason. You want to investigate either of these fellows, or do something - or say something - else?
The old man looks puzzled and a little guilty. He was showing something to Herr Doktor, and the good doctor passed out!
((I may owe Roy an apology. This entry does make it seem as if he overdosed himself, doesn't it?))
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Herr Doktor is expert at self hypnosis and also in therapeutic hypnosis which he can use to relieve pain and help patients sleep or relax. I doubt he would have let himself go into a trance if Eothala was showing him something. The trank was not that strong.
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((Eothala was not showing anything to Herr Doktor. She was running back and forth with the other three. The old man was starting to show something to Herr Doktor, which I'll be able to tell you about in a private e-mail within the next turn or two.))
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