circleof5ths | let's meme

☹ HURT / COMFORT ☺ MEME
Taken from here.

Post a comment, others will reply with a scenario--pick from the list, use the RNG, or just make one up--then let the comforting begin.

1. INJURY: Maybe a tiger bit you in the arm, maybe you got attacked by some douchebag with a knife, who knows? The point is, you're hurt and probably bleeding! Better do something before that gets infected. Severity of the injury is up to you, from a papercut to outright guro.

2. SICKNESS: So much for that amazing immune system of yours. Cold? Flu? Some rare illness only one in thirty million people ever get? You've caught something. Chicken noodle soup, anyone? Or, you know, a trip to the hospital. Depends.

3. FEAR/ANXIETY: You're terrified! Don't ask me why, though. You just are. (Unless that tiger from example one is back and it's staring you down...) Hyperventilation! Trembling! Sweating! The works. How unpleasant for you.

4. LOSS OF SENSES: Perfect eyesight? Godlike hearing? Say goodbye to those! Sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell are all fair game here. And though it's not exactly a 'sense', 'ability to speak' will be added under this umbrella too.

5. DESPAIR/DEPRESSION: Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts. You feel helpless and hopeless! This sudden sorrow came from nowhere and it seems pretty hard to shake, but maybe someone will be able to pull you out of your dark, gloomy emotional rut?

6. PARALYSIS: You can't move your legs, or perhaps it's your arms that are affected... Or even your whole body if you're especially unlucky. Unfortunately, you've been paralyzed somehow. If you're a Pokemon, you'd better hope someone has a Parlyz Heal or two on hand.

7. HALLUCINATION/DELUSION: There is most definitely something in the corner waiting to spring at you! ...Except when you take another look? No, there isn't. You've suddenly started hearing and seeing things that just don't exist, as the other person in the room will gladly tell you. The hallucinations can't hurt you physically, but your mental state, on the other hand...

8. MEMORY PROBLEMS: What's your name? Where are you from? These questions might become awfully hard to answer. Your memory is deteriorating as we speak; you can't remember what the conversation you just had was about, and you may well forget that you were having a conversation at all.

9. NIGHTMARES: Went to take a peaceful nap? Time for a nightmare! Hit in the head and knocked unconscious? You're getting a nightmare too, buddy, to increase the unpleasantness of your predicament. It'll be a little hard to wake you up from your bad dream, though it will be possible. While the dream may have ended, that doesn't mean it's completely out of your mind.

10. WEAKNESS/TIREDNESS: You're tired, exhausted, and you want to rest. All of your strength has left you. It's actually requiring all of your willpower not to just fall over on the floor. You should really find a bed soon.

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[She remembers once--even if it's an event she'd rather forget--that stroking Estelle's hair seemed to have an effect. She's relieved that it looks like it's working for Tyr, too.

Rita cares about him too much at this point to leave, anyway. Abandoning a friend to face their pain alone--she couldn't live with herself if she did that. So she'll stay here, stroking his hair and the top of his head covered by the bandanna.]

[ It does, and it reminds him of how Gremio used to be when he was younger. When he was sick... He scoots a bit closer again, shifting their hands down to rest beneath his chin so he can rest on her legs. It's quiet (part of why he likes this spot), and with just Rita with him after their little conversation, it feels eerily so. Almost like this is a dream, too, that just followed up the nightmare. ]

[It feels a little awkward, but...at the same time, it's nice. It feels like the right thing to do. She doesn't really want to break the quiet, and she isn't sure what to say in any case, so she settles for continuing her actions, going so far as to gently tug the bandanna off of his head and set it next to them so she can run her fingers through his hair properly.]

[ He opens his eyes to look up at her, surprised but not unpleasantly so. If he did anything, would she stop? He doesn't think it'd be right to tell her to continue if she suddenly did.

Still, he speaks quietly enough that she could ignore it. ] That's nice...

[She blinks when he opens his eyes and tilts her head, looking down and watching him.] Huh? [She's not certain if she caught it, but-] Are you feeling all right?

[ He smiles at her. ] Yeah. I feel better now, too.

[That's relieving to hear, though she hasn't forgotten how worried he was earlier. She'll do something to help him get past these nightmares.] Good. I'm glad.

[ He's still worried, but as usual, he's trying not to think of it and now he's trying to think of a less supernatural explanation to what happens. There might be something to Rita's idea of things just being coincidences.

He doesn't say anything more - not even to ask if she minds him resting on her - before he closes his eyes to doze off again. ]

[So he's just going to fall asleep on her like she's a pillow, she grumbles mentally to herself. Just for the sake of grumbling, really, because she's almost surprised to realize that she doesn't mind.

...Maybe he'll sleep better this time. Her fingers gently stroke his hair, and she just watches his face silently.]

[ He's surprised she doesn't protest at all, though it's a pretty sleepy surprise and he wouldn't be too shocked if he woke up again and was just resting on his arms again with his fingers tangled in grass. There's a sort of peaceful look on his face now. Even if Rita doesn't stay with him for hours, she's here now, and she's alive. And they care about each other. Really, what's the point in worrying about the future when the present isn't at all bad?

He might worry about it more later, but he likes to think of what he has at the moment now. ]

[She studies his calm face for a time, just glad that he's at peace instead of torn up by nightmares he can't fight. If it helps keep them away, then she'll stay as long as she needs to. It'll give her plenty of time to think, and besides that...Rita just wants to stay with him.]

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