- Shari -
- "God, am I annoyed!" (Shari)
- "Why?" (Liqu)
- "Try again. You know the reason." (Shari)
I lift myself out of a tub within the barracks.
Looking around while I wait for a very hard pondering slime.
- "Because I'm inside you and you didn't have a single silent second for yourself?" (Liqu)
- "If you know that you can be quiet to make it easier for me. Or even better, leave!" (Shari)
- "I can't yet. The core expansion weakened me too much. My core is right now not only strained but rippled from the inside, burned, frail." (Liqu)
That doesn't sound good.
That sounds really, really bad.
- "Could you be more specific? How long will it take till you're restored? Don't tell me it's permanent!" (Shari)
- "No, no. Smaller cracks in a core can be mended and the burn will be restored with time. But forming a body or controlling enough slime to move at an adequate pace is out of the question for the time being." (Liqu)
- "How did you even survive this the first time?" (Shari)
It's her technique.
So she must have experience with it.
If she used it once, how could she escape the threats that came her way after this?
- "I didn't leave anything alive back then that could see me. First I could just appear like a stone. Then I could dig down and after some weeks I was at normal slime capacity." (Liqu)
- "Weeks!?" (Shari)
I have to endure this for weeks?!
- "Oh, I think it might go faster this time. I am stronger now than I was back then and tried to be a bit more careful to limit the damage. Becoming operable again shouldn't take too long but I might be weakened for quite a long time till I'm back at full capacity." (Liqu)
- "Damnit. Fine, I'll transport you a little longer. But try to make it easier for me. It's a bit much to hear you in my mind." (Shari)
I could try storing her here somewhere, but I don't trust each soldier here.
Even if we saved them, they might get some kind of existential fear because of Liqu's overwhelming power and decide to save mankind while she's out of it.
However, that becomes quite tempting when I have to experience her celebrating inside me.
- "Yay! Woohooo! I can stay! Wonderful!" (Liqu)
- "Liqu, quiet!!!" (Shari)
This made her actually stop. I guess she can feel my emotions and like this knows how far she can push me before I snap.
Having settled my "internal" issues, I prepare for the day by putting my uniform on and gathering my weapons.
After yesterday I should receive more than enough stares.
The first piece of evidence of the profoundness of my worries would be the stupidly excessive number of guards in front of my room.
I feel Liqu shiver inside my chest.
Not that she would control any slime, but it's the feeling which runs rampant.
She's like an echo for all my internal reactions.
Even if she can't see anything.
I learned that Liqu is a bit cut off from the world since my slime vision sends the information only to me.
She may get the tiniest amount through my thoughts and reflections, but it's not much.
Not that she would care in all her bliss.
Did I mention that bliss can be a very annoying feeling if it's not your own, but you feel it anyway?
It's as if someone repeatedly tells you to be happy even if you don't feel inclined to be so.
And that on, and on, and on.
Honestly, I think I might go crazy.
Yet I accepted that I would transport her as long as she needs it and, as it should be known already, I feel quite obliged to keep my word.
So all I can do is tell her to shut up at times when I need a break.
I leave the room I arbitrarily occupied within the headquarters building.
For now, it seems like everyone was ordered to take temporary shelter here in case of another attack.
Also, the mansion got ruined to quite a degree.
Not that space is an issue.
Many died during that last attack, so most of the rooms are free.
I'm heading to the provisional sick bay.
This one is occupying quite a lot of space within the building.
And it's crammed full.
Count Kahan directly ordered for all the clearsprout in the garden to be harvested and the healers are truly doing their best, but it's still too much.
At the start, they could only give emergency treatment, which left them completely exhausted.
Now that things calmed down a little it seems that real treatments commence yet it's only helping a little, considering the sheer numbers of injured people.
Especially the soldiers.
The healers simply run out of energy too fast and it takes quite a while for them to replenish. And right now I'm going to visit someone on their sickbed.
I ignore the gazes and walk over to those I'm here for.
"Hey Jaren. How is it?" (Shari)
Did I mention that I'm terrible at interacting with sick people?
"Ah, you know, punctured organs, severe blood loss. The common issues." (Jaren)
"Ah, yes... Sorry to hear that." (Shari)
I fidget a little because seriously, would anyone like to be in such a situation?
"You know... It's good that you made it." (Shari)
He frowns at this, his gaze becoming sullen.
"Galos didn't have such luck, and Balion almost followed him. So sorry, but I don't feel like celebrating." (Jaren)
"Yes... okay. By the way, I can't see Balion. Is he..." (Shari)
"He's fine. To be precise, he was such a bad case that the healers had to treat him as one of the first. Just the most necessary but he got roughly patched up." (Jaren)
Seriously, that sounds unfair.
The most reckless get preferential treatment with the healing.
However, I remember how he looked like a pincushion during the battle.
So it's understandable that he needed some emergency treatment.
"And you?" (Shari)
"Well, apparently the healers are exhausted. For now, the priorities are healing the elites, so we're prepared in case of a second wave, and keeping the worst cases from dying. It's gonna take a while till they're done with this and can actually start to recover the rest. Urgh. I'm so far down on that list that I don't expect to be battle-ready anytime soon. I've heard that we're trying to hire more soldiers, but simply making the call will take days." (Jaren)
Seems like my team is basically neutralized.
Not like I have any intention to head out anytime soon.
My payment is already more than earned.
Editing
at an adequate pace is out of question > at an adequate pace is out of the question
I might be weakened quite long till > I might be weakened quite a long time till [/or] I might be weakened for quite some time till
I can stay! Wonderful > I can stay! Wonderful!
One first piece of evidence > One piece of evidence [/or] The first piece of evidence (You can only have one piece of evidence be the first piece, so rather redundant to say ‘one first’)
Yet I accepted that I would transport her as long as she needs it and as it should be known already feel quite obliged to keep my word. >
Yet I accepted that I would transport her as long as she needs it and, as it should be known already, feel quite obliged to keep my word.
This one is occupying quite much of the space within the building. > This one is occupying much of the space within the building. [/or] This one is occupying quite a lot of space within the building. (‘quite much’ is almost never used together.)
The healers simply run too fast out of energy > The healers simply run out of energy too fast
For now, the priorities are healing the elites to be prepared in case of a second wave and keeping the worst cases from dying. >
For now, the priorities are healing the elites, to be prepared in case of a second wave, and keeping the worst cases from dying.
Shari gets some temporary schizophrenia for carrying Liqu around. She never would've put up with this for Liqu near the start of this story.
at an adequate pace is out of the question - Damn, the suggestion was right here. I was sure it would sound more fluid without :the".
I might be weakened quite long till > I might be weakened quite a long time till [/or] I might be weakened for quite some time till - Let's combine both and add "for" to the first.
I can stay! Wonderful! - You have no idea how many times I looked at that passage and was sure there was the character.
The first piece of evidence - You're right. It just stuck in me that those are the first pieces she gathers. (in some way others would still be part of the first batch).
At the start of the story she was even inclined to throw her own core out.
The first piece of evidence - One of the first pieces of evidence - This means a piece of evidence included in the first group. Usable here, if you think it fits what you want better.
@Saril1489
Guess yours is better. While I thought about it as the analysis of the first reactions she gets, leaving open that she might further watch out for more in the future, I'm not adding much else.
Thx for the chap
"Ah, you know, punctured organs, severe blood loss. The common issues." (Jaren)
"Ah, yes... Sorry to hear that." (Shari)
I was like, "Ah yes ... Blood ... I miss having it sometimes"
Blood? It’s not like she has a shortage of bodily fluids.
@PerryFalcon Yeah, but a shortage of aid fluids will just make her a loli not have her to death door
"internal" issues gave me a good laugh.
It's very sweet how Shari protects Liqu, though now she really feels how blissful Liqu is about it.
Even if Shari might be tired from facing that adoration, it seems like she has no problem now with recognising what comes from Liqu or is it?
I don't know the exact time passing after the battle, but it looks to me like Shari is grumpy also because she is not used to somebody being so happy just to hang around and feeling that joy all the time.
Like people wary of unwarranted kindness
I wonder how much time it takes after Liqu's recovery before she misses it
Lets call it training. She can be aware of her own mindset at this point and distinguish from differing thoughts. Yet the happiness is influencing herself.
"Stop spreading this warm and pleasant feeling in me! I'm not happy right now!" (Shari)
As she said, if you don't want to feel that way it's more like someone gave you an endorphin drug against your will. While the effects might be nice you're aware that it shouldn't be like this. On the other hand, sure, you can become addicted of a drug.
"For now, it seems like everyone was ordered to take here temporary shelter in case of another attack."
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"For now, it seems like everyone was ordered to take temporary shelter here* in case of another attack. "
Thanks!
LCL Slime shaliqu when?
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