[AUDIO] - The Clinic

[seacub]

[Emporio holds his pearl with care, making sure not to project much of a video image. The mental audio is best here he thinks, if at least because of what he's 'talking' about.

...

With difficulty, but he's trying to keep those feelings out of the transmission as well.]

Everyone- Uh. I need you to know that Guildmaster Ribombee brought Firepaw in today. ...He found him outside his office door, with a report in his jaws.

...Firepaw was. ...Was working really hard the last little while. He was down here so many times that Anasui and I had to pull him out more than once to try and get him to sleep, but.

[Distantly, one might actually make out the sounds of the Espartha cursing. Anyone who actually knows the bird can tell that he's upset.

But not in an 'angry' way.

Emporio presses on.]

...I'd say I'd hope he can get some rest for a bit now, but after what happened to A.B.A...

...Well. We'll all be taking turns looking after him with the others. But please. Just... ...Look after yourselves too. Don't push it.

[The connection ends.]

Comments

[wovensecrets]

Sand... there's also building things if you're inclined. Or football, for another sort of sport.

[ Sculpting...? Digging? Certainly quite a few expressed interest in that. Though she wasn't quite certain how well it would work for longer term. Adapting was key to not being bored. Probably. It wasn't her problem, this was just an exercise in productive thinking, clearly. ]

You could also try a mud bath for relaxing... if that isn't something that would cause an issue due to water being involved.

[seacub]

Mmm...I'm not too good with tackle sports...

[not the football vs football struggle-] But maybe I could start up baseball here somehow?

...Oh!

[A small wave of surprise.]

...I actually didn't think of a mud bath. That...might offset the water enough, actually.

[wovensecrets]

[ Luckily, she doesn't care too much about the sport itself to get into corrections about which version she was referring to. ]

You could create some new version of it altogether, if you don't want to be fussy about rules.

[ That's just Calvinball, Archnemon- more importantly, she's actually more focused on the spa-inclined thought. ]

Right~? They're also known for therapeutic properties, which may also be beneficial in your case.

[seacub]

I could, but I've never had the chance to really play baseball either...it'd be nice to finally do it instead of just throwing a baseball against the stairway wall all the time!

[The thought is, naturally, accompanied with the relatively monotonous sight. One could fall asleep to that.]

I'd kind of given up on being able to enjoy those kinds of things, but if this works that changes everything...there are actually hot springs in the Spire I heard, so I was kind of sad about missing out. But this means there's a shot at some warm mud too then!

[wovensecrets]

Why not just see if you can get groups together for it then? If you don't mention the idea, they might not know it's a possibility...

[ With the sights she's glimpsing, she's quickly understanding how likely it was he didn't think of the possibility either. Isolation, huh... yeah, she could see that. ]

Accepting defeat in one area just means looking for the next opportunity. You'll probably have to do some tests to figure out the balance, but you're a smart kid, right~?

[seacub]

That is true....

...I guess...I'm a little worried about how it'll be taken?

[There is, in fact, a decent amount of worry...no, wait, is that guilt? Why would-]

...A lot of the others are quadrupedal...

[oh the hands thing

Well, it's nicer to think about mud baths, in any case.]

Heh. You're right! Th-though I should probably run it by the doctor so that I don't get a lecture...

[wovensecrets]

Being afraid of asking won't get you anywhere...

[ Which really went for both parts of the conversation. ]

I'm sure you could think of some creative ways to get it to work. Might be more of a teamed effort.

[ Why is she investing so much thought into baseball? It's not so much an interest as it is a puzzle. Not like she's trying to help him be less sad or anything. ]

[seacub]

That's true...

Well. I guess I'll find someone to ask once I'm off duty then. It'll be a good distraction!

[Hey, one way or another, it's working! ...The. Coating of sad doesn't leave, but there's at least good feelings under there??]

[wovensecrets]

Oh good, now you get it. Go have fun~

[ Mission...? Accomplished? Don't worry about it. ]