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[aboutwhynot]

[Stein's sitting on the floor leaning up against a wall, putting pressure on the join of his neck and shoulder, which has a lovely set of dental records marked in it that one might be able to see through his fingers and the blood slowly leaking out between them, though he seems to be completely unperturbed about the significantly higher amount of blood coming out of his midsection. But really he looks pretty good for someone who should probably be either passed out or dead based on the amount of blood all over him!

He glances around a few times, like he's looking for someone.]

I'll say this much, senpai, Asura certainly works quickly. I'm almost impressed by his work ethic. [Oh and now he's talking to himself, that's always such a good sign.] It's a little shameful that the worst I can come up with is a gigantic castle, though. Maybe the hallucinations start off slow... Spirit? [He pauses, like he's waiting for an answer, and then sighs.] Alright, I guess I can't hear you while I'm stuck in this, so just grab me when my students come back this way if I haven't snapped out of it by then.

[...Maybe someone should be the barer of bad news.]

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[angsts]

[Well, Dynos is fairly unconcerned about the whole bleeding bit, because he's a jerk like that.

The babbling catches his attention, however.]

... What are you even talking about?

[aboutwhynot]

[Blinkblink. Stein just stares for a little bit, and then turns like he's talking to someone else again.]

And now one of my hallucinations is talking to me. He looks a bit like that cat you're so infatuated with; I'll tell him you said hello.

[Looking back at Dynos now.] My weapon says 'hi'.

[schrodingersghost]

"Um, sir? Are you okay?"

Danny was more than a little concerned. Because bleeding like that anywhere? Was definitely not good.

Maybe later, after he has met some people, and he's just wounded? IDEK XD;

[eldritch_princess]

Uhm, can I help you? You're bleeding quite a bit...

[Polite or not, she tried to take a closer look at the wounds to see how bad they were. That was a lot of blood, and she really didn't want to see random people dying!]

[last_lombax]

[A small furry creature walks up to the good doctor with a raised eyebrow. Those wounds do not look good at all...]

Are you alright, sir?

[volcanic]

[ Iceland could hear someone talking, and, lo and behold, there's a perso--- oh no bleeding everywhere. This is cause for a shock once Iceland gets close enough to see that oh yes that's blood. But he manages to scoot a little closer so he doesn't have to speak too loudly. ]

H-hey, were you attacked by a monster?

[angsts]

A cat?

[He. Doesn't even know what to say to that.

Instead, he'll just sigh, running a hand through his hair.]

I see we have a lunatic here...

[aboutwhynot]

[Stein cackles briefly before hitting the back of his head against the wall]

A lunatic... Even my own hallucinations think I'm crazy. That must be some kind of new record.

[aboutwhynot]

"Sir? How polite!" He moves his hand away from the bite on his neck and smiles. It wasn't very often Stein got such a nice hallucination. "I've been worse. The recovery time for this," he tapped the side of the screw in his head a few times, "was far worse than this, I'll bet."

[schrodingersghost]

"All the same you should probably get some bandages or something. I mean, I'm no expert. But I'm pretty sure that being covered with that much blood is usually a bad thing."

He fidgets slightly as he talked, not noticing as he bobs slightly in the air or the faint glow he is casting on the dark hallway.

That's fine XD

[aboutwhynot]

I'm not too worried about the bleeding; I just wish I could see my shoulder a bit better. There's no chance you know the difference between how a venomous snake bite look compared to a non-venomous one, is there?

[He moves his hand away from his shoulder to let her look and. Really it doesn't look that much like a snake bite. It looks like he got gnawed on by a human with some fangs, sure, but definitely too big for a snake.

...And thankfully it didn't look like he was poisoned either.]

[aboutwhynot]

[And suddenly, it's like Stein got his second wind and isn't bleeding all over everything. Enjoy the creepy face Ratchet.]

What are you?

[aboutwhynot]

[Stein quirks an eyebrow and laughs sardonically.] Depends on your definition of monster, I suppose. Though I would definitely argue that she's a monster.

[aboutwhynot]

"Not all of it's mine." The smile on his face looks a little off to say the least. "Though some sutures would probably do me more good than a bandage. I can keep my blood from flowing too quickly so it's not a problem at this point."

He finally actually takes a good look at Danny. The glowing Stein was almost used to; being able to see souls meant he usually saw people with some manner of glow. The floating, on the other hand, was new to him. And hallucinating or not, he was curious. "Have you always been able to float?"

[schrodingersghost]

"...And that's not creepy at all."

Danny was highly disturbed. He cringes at the thought of sutures, but shoves that away at the question.

"I'm a ghost. What do you think?

[aboutwhynot]

"Oh no, it was meant to be creepy. I'm a very creepy individual I've heard."

Slowly, he actually pulls himself onto his feet, that really unbalanced smile not leaving his face. "But a ghost you say? Now that is interesting." Stein takes a few steps closer. "I wonder, could I dissect you? Or would my scalpel just pass right through you~?"

[schrodingersghost]

"I am so not answering that."

He hesitates, torn between his common sense screaming to get the heck out of there and his hero complex demanding that he stay and make sure the guy makes it to a doctor or something.

[aboutwhynot]

Stein usually would be able to sense all of that, but until his soul perception starts working again around here, he's stuck guessing at people's feelings, which is something he's decidedly not good at.

"Though I suppose, considering you only exist in my head, I could probably do whatever I wanted." After a moment of just standing there smiling down at Danny creepily, he deflates, sliding back down onto the floor. "But I won't. I need to learn how to control myself. You'll be my first foray into resisting my natural inclinations while under the influence of madness. Now it's just a matter of seeing if I actually can."

[kaderp]

[Hi, you rang for a bearer of bad news? How's one peering down from his perch on top of a ledge, hood up and in place as he considers Stein.]

It's not a hallucination. [calmly, a little cheerfully.]

[aboutwhynot]

[Stein looks up at him, and gives the screw in his head a few turns until it clicks into place.]

It's funny you say that, because that's exactly the sort of thing a hallucination would say.

[kaderp]

It is? I did not think hallucinations were that lucid...

[schrodingersghost]

"Hey! Who said I was a hallucination!" Danny was almost offended by that.

"...Great. You do that. Just saying there is no way I'm about to let myself get dissected."

[eldritch_princess]

Oh, no, I'm sorry. I think I picked up enough to bandage someone's wounds, but that's about it. I didn't know snakes could be poisonous.

Are there such snakes here...? And do snake bites even look like this? I didn't know they had this many teeth.

[last_lombax]

Um...A Lombax. Guess you've never seen one. Are you human? And aren't you...dying?

[Looks at those wounds again.]

[volcanic]

[ The laughter unnerves him a little, but not enough to cause him to flee or show more nervousness (than he already is). ] 'She'...? I mean the shadowy things that lurk around here.