[Video] Week 40 - Thursday Evening

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[The video flickers on, water blurring the feed a little.]

Gods below... [A mutter and then Atticus is flopping over on his side to look down on the camera. He's shirtless, laying in the grass in the woods somewhere getting rained on but grinning so wide he must not care. Anyone that knows him will note that he's got his tattoos pressed firmly to the earth beneath him which accounts for the relief in his voice.]

So... uh... [And it takes him a moment to decide what's safe to talk about on the video. He's a little addled after more than a week in Nowhere.] How much trouble has my hound been causing?

[A smirk. Yeah he was going to sprawl out in the grass anyway but there's another reason he's on the ground.] Missed you too, Akito.

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[akito]

[ Akito lets out a squeak of surprise when Jack grabs him - and he knows it's Jack, not just because he hears him just before he's touched, but because the touch is cold, in that cool, refreshing way he's come to associate with the winter spirit. He can feel his cheeks go pink, but at Atticus' question he's quick to worry. ]

..Jack! Are you okay?

[ He can handle a few minor burns (or not-so-minor, as he reluctantly admits to himself), but he isn't sure how well Jack can deal with them - does being a spirit of ice and snow make you more or less resilient to burns? ]

[frostedoverland]

[Jack let's go of Akito once they're a safe few inches away from the Iron Druid and quickly hides his hands in the sleeves of his sweater.]

Yeah, I'm fine, no worries.

[It makes you less resilient, that's what. Lukewarm water felt like a spa to him.]

How about you? You're already starting to blister.

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[Atticus cringes when he sees Akito and he knows better than to trust Jack when he was hiding his hands like that. It was one of those moment where he really wanted to say 'I told you so'.]

At least no one's dead? [Cause that's what would've happened to spirits in his world.]

Shit you're a mess though, Akito. And don't think you're fooling anyone, Jack. We need to get you something to put on that. I can make up an ointment... er... I think. As long as nothing's happened to my plants.

[His planter boxes better still be intact.]

[akito]

[ Akito cools the air around his burnt skin, giving himself enough relief that the pain is ignoreable, and turns to stare at Jack disapprovingly before going back to picking at the forming blisters. ]

I've had worse, so it's okay.

[ ... Realizing that his welcome to Atticus wasn't the most wonderful, he wraps himself in a thin sheet of atmosphere and throws himself in for a second hug. Since he's already injured himself, he figures he may as well try and see if this method works. ]

[rhapsoidein]

[Jack rolling his eyes and shaking his head, Genesis chose to speak up finally.]

Your plants are fine, Atticus. I watered them and kept watch on them.

[It was easy when she was busy also making her the Banora trees were growing just fine. Jack spoke up then.]

I'll be fine. I've been burned worse, and- Akito! [He doesn't quite see the thin sheet of atmosphere, but his staff is quick to catch the smaller spirit about the waist, practically stopping him within inches of Atticus.]

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[Atticus glanced over at Genesis, grinning his thanks at her, and the next thing he knew he had a wind spirit flinging himself at him again. He made a somewhat embarrassing squawk of dismay as he shoved himself backwards, an awkward but effective little crab walk kind of move putting a little distance between them again.]

Akito! What in the hell are you doing?!

[Give him a moment and he'll be facepalming at the fact that both boys reason that they're fine because they'd had worse. Faulty logic, spirits. Faulty. Logic.]

[akito]

[ Akito hadn't been expecting to be hooked by Jack's staff, and so it catches him off guard; the momentum of his leap combined with the abrupt stop causes his necklace to fly out of his shirt. He grabs it on reflex, and shoots Jack as disgruntled a look as he can manage. ]

I wanted to see if an atmospheric shield would work!

[frostedoverland]

[Genesis backs up a bit as Atticus makes a bad dash away from Akito.

Jack only pulled Akito back, ignoring the disgruntled look.]

You can try that later when you're not burned. And preferably not with your whole body. It's called experimenting for a reason.

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[Atticus backs up a little more, adding a bit more space between them just in case. Oberon takes it upon himself to plant himself in front of Akito, fully intending to block the spirit from doing anything else to hurt himself.]

||Don't make me sit on you! It would be dishonorable for a mighty samurai.||

Well I guess that means Belle found a story for you... [He rolls his eyes at his hound... then actually takes a moment to appraise him.] What's dishonorable is the amount of mud you've rolled in.

[Then he shakes his head a little and looks back at Jack and Akito.]

And if experiments need to happen, like Jack said, they can happen later and with limited exposure.

[akito]

If they're going to happen they may as well happen when I'm already all burnt.

[ he huffs irritably. why is everyone being such cautious jerks?? man. OBERON, ET TU? Akito disengages from Jack, shooting him another irritated look, before lunging at Oberon. ]

As if you could sit on me! [ he may or may not be tugging on Oberon's ear with his teeth. ] I won't let you play in the mud with me next time, if you try!

[frostedoverland]

No, you do it when you're fully healed otherwise you just make the wounds worse.

[He pulls the staff back when Akito gets all huffy and throws himself on Oberon. He gives Atticus a look.]

The dog is practically twice your size, of course he could sit on you.