Cuthbert Allgood (
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Who| Cuthbert and Open
What| Making poor decisions as he so often does
Where| Out and about in the arena
When| Now
Warnings/Notes| None now
Cuthbert and Karkat have been keeping each other safe and watching each other's backs. They're running lower on supplies now and Cuthbert has gotten more bold and venturing further and further away. He's carrying a knife and a somewhat unnerving smile and he's leaping out at anything he thinks he can scare or kill out of any good supplies.
To be fair, he's jumped out several times at things that weren't alive.
What| Making poor decisions as he so often does
Where| Out and about in the arena
When| Now
Warnings/Notes| None now
Cuthbert and Karkat have been keeping each other safe and watching each other's backs. They're running lower on supplies now and Cuthbert has gotten more bold and venturing further and further away. He's carrying a knife and a somewhat unnerving smile and he's leaping out at anything he thinks he can scare or kill out of any good supplies.
To be fair, he's jumped out several times at things that weren't alive.
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And the crazed expression on Bert's face isn't helping either. He just wants to reach out at him and firmly shooshpap his cares away.
(Shit, he's such a quadrant-smearing flake. He really needs to stop that.)
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Mostly, Cuthbert is upset because things aren't right between him and Karkat. He's starting to get cranky about it and may snap soon.
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He gives in, finally, to his impulse and lightly paps Bert's cheek.
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"What are you doing? If you wanted to be distracting you could wait until we're somewhere a little safer. And make it worth the sponsor's time."
He continues to lie low and look for more people they can pounce on, but he's annoyed now and it's tough to just sit and take it.
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He's irritable, and while it is nice to have people care about him, this isn't really the time. The worst part is, he knows if he wasn't hunting people down this would be a nice, tender moment. So for the sake of clearing things up with his sidekick he sighs and stops where he is.
"Let's just stay here and clear our heads for a bit. Neither of us are in the right mood for the task at hand."
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This is absolutely the worst time to have this conversation. Good job, Karkat.
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"You don't have to hate me when we make out. I would not mind that. But if papping you will make you quiet, then I'll do it."
Congratulations, Karkat, Cuthbert is actively trying to flirt right now. Even if it ends with an arm around the smaller troll and a friendly lean.
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Then he shrugs. He just feels really pale for you right now, Cuthbert. Sorry.
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"Just don't talk for a bit."
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(In all fairness, however, it's been a long couple of weeks, and she was raised by a cat, so it's a minor miracle she doesn't try to make herself look larger.)
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"Cry pardon for scaring thee. You know I mean you no harm."
He immediately puts his hands up, although he isn't going to put his knife down right now. That's just too big of a risk. But if she really wanted to attack him, now is the time.
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"I know," she answers. "But you can nefur know who's attacking you befur they do."
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He looks concerned, she doesn't have anything with her and she's been out here a while. Still, she's still alive and that's an accomplishment.
"Have you been on your own all this time? Forgive me for losing track while we were fighting for supplies, I would have kept a better eye on you had I known you weren't with anyone else."
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"I have been," she answers with a nod. "It hasn't been very though. There's a pawful lot of things to have to fight out here any you can't even eat them."
She'd tried, once, and that was an experiment she isn't going to try again.
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"Generally one bleeds and cooks a meal before they eat it, but the creatures around here seem to be predators themselves and their meat is rarely good for eating unless you're starved. Stick with the rations where you can."
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"I know how to survive in places like this. My lusus taught me."
That said, she does take the dried eggs when they're offered. They aren't as much as she might have hoped for, but it's better than nothing, and she'd have to be a fool indeed to turn the offer down.
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So when some kid jumped; seemingly out of the actual woodwork; into plain sight, knife in hand, wearing a smile like that? His heart skipped a beat, but his eyes functioned still on their same old schedule-- and rolled.
"Kid, you're gonna trip and break an ankle."
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As strange as he might seem, Cuthbert is entirely serious about this. There's spots of blood on his shirt that aren't his and an air about him that (for once) isn't joking.
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Putting his hands up to show he wasn't armed, but seemingly no less impressed than a moment ago (if there was an edge of concern to his gaze, it wasn't all saved for himself), he replied evenly,
"Hold it, kid. I don't plan to put up a fight. All I have in the pack are berries; a few edible leaves. But rations are just that; rations. If you're hungry, they're yours. But they won't last you for long. Might be more useful to see where they grow, so you can supply yourself." He hoped the kid was in the habit of listening to good sense. "Name's Leonard, McCoy. I'm a doctor. In other words; I'd really rather not fight, if it's all the same to you."
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"That's it? I can pick my own berries. You really have nothing better? I would hate to go to all of this trouble for nothing."
He's not as interested in attacking anymore, it's not really in his nature to kill an innocent man, especially not a doctor.
"Mayhap you can show me what can be used to heal around here. That would at least be worth my time."
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"Fine." Agreed, curtly, shortly after, with a nod. "I can do that, if you're willing to learn. Any specific injuries you're focused on, or you're thinking more in terms of preventative, a catchall?"
Snotty kid or not, healing is something he can do. Better to have purpose and direction, even in the midst of chaos. Better to hang on to that humanity.
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"Healing cuts and bruises would be helpful, and anything to prevent poison."
He wasn't about to put his weapon away though, just because he didn't think this man was of any real danger to him didn't mean he was in the clear.
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Mistrust breeds mistrust, after all. So, he was gonna trust the kid.
"First things first; is it always like this? These 'Games'?" Because which plants would be useful depended entirely on location.
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"They are always a confusing and stressful fight to the death, aye. But I suppose one can get used to anything if exposed to it long enough."
He wasn't sure what else this man wanted to know. If it was about previous arenas, he might have to be more specific. Some memories Cuthbert wasn't eager to dredge up.
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Less of a question, more rhetorical.
Well, that just wasn't acceptable.
"How long've you been stuck here?"