The domino

[Sintih]

81st of Ymiden, 720th Arc
Morning
The Viden Academy

He'd missed so many classes. Having to spend an entire trial with everything being shoved in your face and enlarged was jarring and it induced a headache in the young Yludih as his mind tried to keep up with the results of his overstepping. After the first few breaks making some sort of an attempt at getting out of his room, Sintih had instead chosen to remain at home and miss out on his classes for the trial. Most of his day had been spent with his eyes clothes, lying bundles up in bed and waiting. Time was the only cure for what ailed him. He was sure his professors would accept him being sick. After all, with the weather as it was, many had fallen ill in the aftermath of the heat wave and the tornado that had formed. It wouldn't stand out for another human to do so. As there were no guidelines on how absences worked, Sin figured he could simply inform his professors before or after class and see what they said.

When he'd woken up in the morning, most of the effects of his little stunt had gone away. Occasionally, certain parts of his vision would pop forward a little but they'd always go back to where they belonged when he blinked. Nothing he couldn't deal with. On his way up to the Academy, a quick thought about the weather popped in his head but he discarded it. Here in Viden the whole place would have to melt down for a few arcs before it would be remotely warm enough for Sin to able to enjoy the weather anyway. Anything less was as cold as always. He shifted his backpack a little before pushing in through the main doors of the academy. It was busy here as many students used this place to gather up before classes as well as many guest scholars and students who had to sign in here for their access to the Prime Atheneum.

Sin made his way past a few groups of students chattering away with one another. He didn't pay any attention to what they were saying but they were annoying enough that he noted the fact that they were talking with each other. Weren't these supposed to be the greatest future scholars of Idalos? Why did they choose to waste so much time on these useless talks? The face of an Eidisi girl popped up and he shook his head, trying to get rid of the memory from two trials before. Who was he to talk? He'd wasted just as much of his time as they had. He clicked with his tongue and dove deeper in his own thoughts, away from the chatting and away from the memories. The outside became drowned out by the facts and knowledge on the inside that he started drumming up in defense. He became aware of someone placing a hand on his shoulder but decided to ignore it.

[Sintih]

He tried to shift his shoulder, pulling it out of the grip, but the hand pulled him backwards with force, causing him to spin on his heels. He was instantly aware of his situation. War did that to you, no matter how deep inside you hid. "...-shole!" Fingers. No, a fist. Massive. Blocking most of his view. Clearly in focus. Everything else was blurry around it. Sin tried to blink, thinking it to be another hiccup from the trial before. Pain. Exploding from the front of his face all the way back against the inside of his skull. Cracks. Shards, breaking. Pain. Pain. Pain. Darkness, the sweet, cold embrace of nothing. It was a defense mechanism from the brain. When overloaded, turn off. Not always the best choice but Sin had no choice in the matter. The dark haired human went down to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Very skinny potatoes wrapped up in a lot of padding.

He blinked. Dull. Confused. Why was he leaning against a wooden wall? He tried to turn his head, causing pain to shoot from his left temple and nose all throughout his head. He whistled sharply against the pain. White dots were swimming across his sight and the floor started to bob up and down. Why were there boots on the wall? No, people? He tried to turn over, roll away from the wall and figure out where he was but something was blocking his movement that way. He could feel it pulling through the straps over his shoulders. Yes. His books and notes, his supplies in a pack on his back. His backpack. What was all the shouting about? A pair of boots walking on the wall... No, wait, not the wall. The floor. Of course boots didn't walk on walls. Silly me. Boots tried to get to him. He could see them swinging forward towards him. And upward. Why were boots trying to jump over him?

Sin blinked. And blinked. And blinked. And the white dots kept teleporting all over his vision. It made his head hurt on the inside. The wall-floor was cold, which helped a little with the hot pain flaring up from the left side of his face. Hot and cold. Oh no. Steam. He didn't want his face to start steaming. That would be bad. He couldn't roll away, his pack on his back was in the way. So roll forwards. The white lights exploded all over his vision as he rolled forwards a little. His arm was under him and he wasn't leaning against the floor anymore. When did they paint the floor red here? No. Not paint. The floor was bleeding. No. Someone was bleeding on the floor. Get a tissue or something. Maintenance would have to clean all this up, you jerk.

Something felt off about his nose. He could feel something dripping off of it. All these people could see him leak all over the floor. What an embarrassment. He reached up with his free hand and pressed it against his nose. White hot pain flared up through his crystals into his brain. He whistled sharply through his teeth against the pain as the world turned dark for a trill. It didn't help. Why were his fingers so red? Blood? He was bleeding? That's not possible. I don't have any blood to bleed. What an odd thought to have as the world fled back into the cold embrace of darkness.

[Sintih]

Incident Report Y.01.245: Fight between two students in the Academy
Academy staff arrived to break up the commotion. They found several Eidisi students holding back another while a human lay on the floor, bleeding from his nose and lip. At first, they had thought the human student to be recovering from the blow but he didn't move when called upon by the staff. One of the students surrounding the commotion stepped forward to the staff and identified herself as a part time nurse at the infirmary. Under the watchful eye of the staff member, she carefully turned the human over, revealing the bleeding nose and mouth as well as the wound on the side of his head which was bleeding as well. She checked if the student was responsive but when there was no response she checked his vitals instead. The staff member reported that the student had trouble finding signs of life for a moment, which seemed to panic her, before she managed to feel a faint, rhythmic breathing from the human student. Upon questioning, surrounding students couldn't name the human student. The Eidisi student being held back by the others was quickly removed from the scene and questioned.

He later on stated that the human had insulted his girlfriend and he'd deserved payback for what he'd done. He identified the student who volunteered herself to help the human student as his girlfriend. He claimed to be upholding notions such as honor and respect in regards to his girlfriend.
She claimed to not be in 'a serious relationship' with either of the men but did confirm that she'd slept with both of them this Cycle. She didn't dare step up earlier because she was afraid of getting into trouble publicly but has mentioned she would accept punishment from the Academy as it sees fit.

Members of the infirmary staff arrived on the scene some ten bits later and took over from the student, who informed them of what she'd done and the fact that she seemed incapable of finding a heartbeat, even though the student had found that the human student was still breathing. Quickly undressing the student, the infirmary staff had to remove several layers of clothing before they could properly check for a heartbeat.They managed to find a heartbeat although it was considered dangerously slow and weak. One of the staff members remarked on the unhealthy physique of the student. The human student was rushed to the infirmary by the staff and immediately placed under careful observation. Later on, a doctor recognized the student as Ronan Dugal, a long term patient of his who had been released from the infirmary not more than a season ago after an extended stay. He also reported that the student Dugal had had the same weak heart rhythm since his arrival but had seemingly 'adjusted to it'.

81st of Ymiden, 720th Arc
Late afternoon
The Viden Infirmary

It was painful, just opening his eyes. He had a splitting headache which only got worse as he saw the light. Sin's illusion sucked in a sharp breath, which drew the attention of a person sitting nearby. He couldn't tell who or what they were but they quickly got up and left. Sin could feel his asterism pulsing in his ears as he tried to make sense of where he was. He felt tired, exhausted in fact, and didn't even manage to sit up, let alone scout out his current location. Someone walked up close to his side and he realized that they were talking to him but he could only see the vague, blurry shape of a white humanoid before everything went back to black.

When next he opened his eyes, everything was dark around him. Not the sweet, cold embrace of nothing, but the pain filled, cold embrace of darkness. Shards of memory popped into his head and he vaguely remembered someone punching him in the face. That explained all the pain. Once he got used to the darkness around him a little more, Sin quickly recognized the familiar build of the infirmary patient rooms. At least he was in a safe place. He closed his eyes and fell promptly asleep.

[Oberan]

Review Rewards

Absolute betrayal of trust. I'm not angry, just disappointed

Points awarded: 10

Knowledge:

Endurance: Taking a punch to the face
Discipline: Failing to withstand pain
Discipline: The brain can shut down when overwhelmed
Medicine: Yludih don't have blood to bleed
Medicine: Checking a bleeding nose
Rupturing: Telescopic Sight overstepping disappears quickly with time

Magic: No magic exp

Other: +Bleeding nose, split lip, fist sized bruise around the nose and lip, shallow head wound on the left temple. These will heal up over the course of a few days at most.
+5 renown for being punched (there's no negative renown, because that's up to the witnesses. But rumors will start circulating for sure)


Notes:
Wellety wellety, well. Looks like good ol' cheato got his just desserts. Kind of. Maybe not. A punch in the face from some kind of jock might not be entirely deserved. Sin can't help it Ms. Panther is a hussy. Mr. Dudebro should do a fact check before jumping to conclusions and stepping up as a white knight. Even if Sin ignores you, at least attack him from the front like any other normal person when 'defending and upholding your girlfriend's honor'. Like, what gives? Sin doesn't even look like he could break a twig in two, let alone fight back. No need to sneak up on him from behind. Gah, I want to get to Viden, stat!

Anyways, nicely done, as always. You made me feel things, and I did enjoy this one a lot, in more ways than one. And I really want to get to Viden to punch three people in the face. From the front. After announcing that I am going to, so they can at least defend themselves, MR. DUDEBRO! I BETTER NOT SEE YOU AGAIN, ELSE YOU'RE DEAD!



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