yoon's palace

[strawsandals]

I thought I told you to leave me alone.

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[bloodweapon]

Of course.

[He can take more if you guys find them a little too heavy, but he'll take a third for now!]

[moodwrecker]

[She can take her own share, she's smol but strong!!]

Where to?

[strawsandals]

My home.

[ Which isn't very far! But she smiles tiredly at the three of them, grateful for their help. ]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[ And please be careful of the people who are on the ground. They aren't doing so hot, if they're even alive at all. ]

[gardenful]

Of course! We’re more than happy to help.

[ Even if she frowns as they pass by the people laying on the ground, doing her best to give them space so she doesn’t cause an accident via tripping. ]

[bloodweapon]

[He keeps pace alongside Aerith, but his eyes stray to the people on the ground. They'll need help too, once they're done with this. Hopefully they aren't all dead...??]

[moodwrecker]

[We are all watching the poor people on the ground rn, partially to make sure she doesn't trip over one, partially wondering if maybe they need to do something to help them later...]

[strawsandals]

[ Nah, not all of them are. Just a few. But they get back to her house, and she gestures to where they can put the fabric down. ]

...You all look quite cold yourselves...

[ Especially Aubrey. Dang. She looks a little sad, and then she hands them 1 roll of fabric (that they can use however they'd like) and 5 gold total! ]

Here. Take this. I am grateful for your help.

[moodwrecker]

[!! Thank god, fabric.

She will even be polite, she is so dang grateful.]

Thank you, ma'am.

[bloodweapon]

We're pleased we could help.

[He dips his head in a bow and moves back toward the door. Aubrey and Aerith should hold onto the fabric and gold, and anyway he's more worried about the people we passed on the way... are there any we can help?]

[gardenful]

Thank you!

[ She’s so glad for the fabric and the gold…

And her mind is also on those people they passed. So, she looks at both Aubrey and Fray. ]

Those people… you’re thinking about them too, right?

[bloodweapon]

Indeed. I'd like to help them, if we can.

[It's not like we have a lot of supplies to go around, but it doesn't feel right to just leave them there.]

[gardenful]

Me too. I know we don’t have a lot of money or even a whole lot of fabric, but… there’s gotta be something we can do, right?

[ Anything would help, she thinks. ]

[bloodweapon]

Indeed. If we can at least get them to shelter, that may help somewhat with the cold.

[Though having enough food to go around for our own group is going to be a struggle, let alone for anyone else...]

[gardenful]

[ A nod. ]

Shelter… I think… I think that can be enough while we figure out what to do for ourselves too.

[bloodweapon]

Precisely. Let's see if they're injured first.

[So off we go to check on those people we passed - how are they looking? Are they injured? Are they able to chat with us? Ideally we'd like to move them to shelter somewhere to help warm them up, if possible.]

[strawsandals]

[ Some people are injured, yeah. Some of the wounds look fresh, others look like they've been hurt for at least a day or so without treatment. One of them weakly looks up at the three of them – ]

Please...don't hurt me...

[gardenful]

[ Aerith bends down a little bit, careful as she does. ]

We’re not going to. We were actually wondering if we could help you get to some shelter.

[ And potentially treat those wounds—would healing work on them here, she wonders. ]

[bloodweapon]

[Fray kneels down beside them, lowering his voice to something almost approaching gentle.]

She's right, we're not here to hurt you. Hold still; I'll heal your injuries.

[And with that, he's going to try to cast a Diarama to help with those wounds.]

[strawsandals]

[ Healing does, indeed, seem to work here! This is a Palace, after all! The person being tended to will not have their wounds completely healed, but they are at least feeling better enough to have a chat with Fray and Aerith. ]

T-thank you...thank you...

[gardenful]

No need to thank us.

[ With a soft smile, she’ll cast Media, light healing for a good number of them. ]

Do you need some help walking?

[bloodweapon]

[For those we have lost. For those we can yet save.]

I can carry you, if needed.

[But looking around at these poor people...]

What happened here?

[strawsandals]

A-ah. Yes, please.

[ And when Aerith does help them up, they will give her a small, thankful smile.

To Fray... ]

I-I was attacked by bandits a day or so ago. They took everything I had. There was a young boy who tried to take from me a few days ago as well, but that didn't hurt nearly as much. I know he lives here, too...

[gardenful]

[ She isn't very strong, but she'll do what she can to support the ones who need it. ]

A young boy, huh? What'd he look like?

[bloodweapon]

[Aerith asked the question he wanted to, so he's just going to continue hovering in case they need another hand. He has his suspicions, but...]

[strawsandals]

Short, apricot-colored hair...blue eyes.

[ ... ]

Are you going to hunt him down?