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𝓫𝓵𝓪𝓴𝓮 ([personal profile] andnevermore) wrote in [community profile] route666radio2025-07-04 01:32 pm

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I need help.

[ It's not the kind of comment one might normally expect out of Blake; usually so independant, and reluctant to rely on others for help. But there's a barely restrained panic in her voice that she's only mostly keeping under control as she tries to be clinical and informative about what she's facing. ]

My friend, Yang... some of you will know her. Lots of blonde hair, prosthetic, yellow muscle car. Likes to make dumb puns.

She-- she fell asleep and won't wake up again. I think she's turning into a Husk. There's a layer of metal on her skin and hair.

[ A pause as Blake audibly draws breath to compose herself. ]

Do we know anything about how to reverse the process?
phantomshow: (i won't go your way)

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[personal profile] phantomshow 2025-07-05 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The one with the art on the side? [He’s a teen boy and he has eyes OK!] I’ll be right there.

[And just be a little extra reassuring, he adds:]

You made a good call.

[Sure enough, it’s only a few minutes later when Ren shows up at the van, announcing his arrival with a knock on the side.]

Hello?

[He’s never spoken with Yang or Blake before and doesn’t even know who he’s looking for, but that mural is unmistakeable.]
phantomshow: (words are gonna bleed from me)

[personal profile] phantomshow 2025-07-13 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Blake has an interesting setup, Ren notes, once he’s made his way to the back of the van - interesting, because he has a nearly identical one in his van, for Akechi. Maybe that’s not such an unusual thing here, to create a safe haven and bring the people you care about inside. There isn’t much safety to be found in this world; making your own just makes sense.

Ren offers Blake a smile friendly enough for them both, but his eyes speak to understanding her worry. He’s relatively new here and doesn’t have real firsthand experience with the Husks, but sudden unconsciousness and a strange transformation is alarming nonetheless. Ren hums a quiet note of understanding and nods.]


I’ve picked up some healing magic since I got here. I don’t know if it will help, but I can try. May I?
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[personal profile] phantomshow 2025-07-18 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn’t either. But I haven’t been here very long.

[Which is probably evident by the fact that he still appears entirely human. He shrugs.]

Maybe it’s because I could use healing magic back home?

[But he’s less interested in the why than in learning what he can do with his new skill. If healers are in short supply here, he’ll be able to make himself useful to the Convoy.

Ren climbs into the back of the van when Blake makes room for him, quiet and careful so as not to disturb Yang. He kneels next to her and sits back on his heels, studying her silently for a moment with a hand folded underneath his chin. This is definitely like nothing he’s ever seen before.

Finally, Ren nods to himself, resolved to give his best effort, even if he’s uncertain about whether he has the power to reverse this change. He gently takes one of Yang’s hands in both of his, closes his eyes, and concentrates.

The first time he accidentally tapped into this ability, he’d been with Akechi, fervently wishing to take the other boy’s pain into himself and leave him with peace in its place. Ren does the same now for Yang, envisioning himself as a magnet to safely draw out whatever it is that’s plaguing her and causing the metal covering to form.

A wispy shimmer of green energy begins to appear where their hands are joined. It grows larger and larger, swirling to envelop Yang like a cocoon. Ren continues to focus, and the cloud of energy continues to build, and Ren continues to slide deeper and deeper into the effort of channeling his inner strength into the task of healing …

… Until he suddenly goes slack and slumps to the van’s floor next to Yang, unconscious. Oops. The cloud dissipates.

Ren does not succeed in reviving Yang. He does, however, succeed at making the metal covering her extremely clean and shiny.]