scawwy ✦ lucas proust

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Was he more outgoing as a child?

[ Yeah he knows so much about your fucked up little island now. It's very concerning over there. ]

So I've heard. Seems like you're dealing with quite the problem.

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I've only known him for a short while, but I've watched him make progress in even that amount of time.

[Sweet Mathis just needs people who won't scare him back into hiding... BUT YEAH they sure are huh hm it's fine.]

It's a problem we've been dealing with for some time.

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Mhm. My condolences for it all...

[ He perceives this to be a sensitive topic so he doesn't pry much unless Lucas seems open to it, but he'd rather err on safer than sorry. Because you know, what's he going to do about it. ]

What do you teach?

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Thank you.

[He says it with a very small smile, but one that seems genuinely appreciative. Truly what else can someone do in a situation like that outside of being like "WELL THAT SUCKS". It's about the commiseration...

But! His smile grows a little after that.]

I teach any subject that needs to be taught, up to certain levels of understanding. If you know a little about our nation, it probably won't surprise you to hear that we have many orphans... I travel through them and teach children from the earliest grades to their early teenage years.

[He has to know so much textbook shit.]

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Something of a general education role, then. Language, maths, sciences and all?

[ Lucas has got his GEs down to a T. ]

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History, literature, making certain they get their exercise - yes, a very general role.

[It's because hardly anyone teaches to begin with so the few that do just have to Do It All.]

It keeps me very busy, to say the least!

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Wow, even a physical coach.

You really just might be our best all-rounder.

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At the very least, I can keep up with the little ones when they're playing tag.

[Even though he's European Short™ he still has longer legs than five year olds... TAKE THAT SMALL CHILDREN.]

Though, given the scope of what others here have experienced, I don't know how true that might be...

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[ Lucas, winning over toddlers. We take our victories around here. ]

I wouldn't undersell myself if I were you. I'm no good when it comes to physical exertion, for example. It's just as good to be versed in a little bit of everything.

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[He's counting it!!! His wins!!]

I suppose that's true enough. [And then, with a curious little look:] Where would you say your strengths lie?

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Stitching people up whether they want it or not.

Doctoring, to be clear. 'Course, I can't entirely enforce it, but I can't just leave people around to bleed out either.

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Oh! [HIS EXPRESSION LIGHTS UP...] Marvelous! That's one thing I'm not very skilled at, beyond the basics. We have so many people here who are prone to getting into trouble that it's a relief to hear we have a doctor.

[LITTLE DOES HE KNOW.]

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If only people wouldn't.

[ Because from what he's heard, it's from really silly things, like panicking or leeches. ]

Even the basics help, but you're smart enough to know that.

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I wish they wouldn't, too, but that's a futile wish, indeed.

[Though it is also largely silly things from what he's heard, he's also seen multiple people do some headass stuff already.]

But yes, I'll certainly be glad to do what I can in a pinch if needed. It's reassuring to know that won't be all we have.

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If you're unsure, I could always give you a quick lesson on step two of basics.

I'm sure it's not impossible that you may have to deal with a broken bone one day on a chlidren's playground.

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They do roughhouse a bit too much sometimes... I'm fortunate that I've never had to deal with any breaks on the job.

[The scrapes and bruises he has to tend to are already bad enough when kids get so weepy over the smallest of wounds!! His weak heart can't take it.]

Well, I'll never turn down the chance to learn a little more, in any case.

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[ Big brother Lucas. ]

If we've this much free time on our hands, may as well use it for something productive...

Splinting broken bones is an easy enough thing to learn, fixes one of the more probable and common injuries in a fight, and helps regain a level of an edge back the quickest.

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[ITSA HIM.]

A wonderful way of looking at it. [And this is arguably better than the. Fucking. Flower weaving book club he's formed without books SOMEHOW.]

Would you happen to have the time to show me the ropes now, then?

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...Now? Why not.

[ At least this conversation has been perfectly pleasant and distracting. He looks out. ]

Should be easy enough to mimic a limb with a branch. Can use one of the scrap fabrics we have around.

[ He's resourceful. They can take a walk around while grabbing random stuff. ]

Have you ever experienced that level of injury?

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[Time to walk and grab some sticks from their hauntedass forest.]

Personally? I haven't, no. [Blessed...] Though I did have the misfortune of seeing someone else break a bone once... That's about as close as I've gotten. I learned basic splinting once quite a long time ago, but since I've never had to use it, I'd hardly count the knowledge.

[Now he's just thinking about snapped bones and how terrible they are, though.]

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It's not pleasant. Don't really like seeing it either but what can you do.

[ He's a doctor so he sees it all the time, ish. ]

Then just to refresh your memory. Always good to have it on hand.

[ Taking a stick that's probably around the size of a forearm and carefully bending it over his knee, because he isn't strong enough to just do it with his bare hands but also doesn't want to accidentally go too far and snap it fully in half. Get a good crack going. ]

This can do as the model. What do you remember?

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I certainly can't blame you... Doctors have nerves the likes of which I could only dream of having, myself.

[Imagine just seeing bits of BONE sticking out of a PERSON no thanks. He'll watch as Daan works a crack into the branch, frowning very faintly since it isn't all that hard to picture a human limb in place of it.]

Let's see... If I'm remembering correctly, examining the injury comes first? I believe there's another step before securing it to something inflexible and sturdy, but that part, I can't recall.

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[ He snorts a little that Lucas added 'examining the injury' as its own step. Daan may have just assumed that'd be the default, but you never know when people are in a panic. ]

Uh-huh. If the fracture isn't a big deal, it won't be much of a problem. You'd just need to support it. But if it's a bigger break or dislocation, then you'll have to set it so that it's as close to the right position as possible.

Wouldn't want your limbs healing wrong.

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[PEOPLE DO SO MUCH WHEN THEY'RE IN A PANIC!!]

Is there a good way of telling that you've set it as close to right as possible? Especially in instances where you can't see if things are aligning well...

[Do you just. Move the arm until it feels like it's clicking into place like lego bricks????]

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You can run your fingers over it... feel the line. Don't want it healing in a way that feels jagged or there's a bend.

[ Sometimes the body is just a set of legos, my guy. ]

Might hurt, but at least it's usually the worst part. Just takes a moment.

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Only if it's something that you can set on your own though. If you're seeing bone, and if you're lucky you never should, just get to a hospital as soon as you can.