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Kaito Nagano ([personal profile] nagano) wrote 2022-11-01 01:25 am (UTC)

[ Kaito sighs to himself before recording his next message. ]

I found myself surrounded by a pack of them the other day. It wasn't like I was cornered—I had plenty of openings to escape. But another Restless was badly wounded and they seemed to be waiting for him to die, so I wound up... i̴n̴t̴e̶r̴v̵e̵n̸i̶n̴g̴.̴

[ Dark laughter rumbles in his mind.

T̶h̵a̶t̴ ̵w̸a̵s̵ ̸a̶ ̶p̸r̸e̴t̴t̸y̵ ̷g̷o̸o̷d̴ ̴d̶a̴y̷ ̵f̷o̷r̷ ̸u̴s̵.̷ ̴Y̴o̴u̴ ̴l̷e̸t̴ ̶l̸o̸o̷s̶e̸.̴ ̴I̵f̴ ̷o̴n̷l̵y̷ ̴y̷o̸u̸ ̵h̴a̷d̷ ̸l̸e̸t̵ ̷g̷o̴ ̶c̴o̵m̶p̸l̷e̷t̸e̸l̸y̷.̵ ]


In the process, I wound up severing some of their limbs. While trying to toss them out of the way, strips of dead skin sloughed off, and the texture and strength felt roughly equal to bandages. Since I was short on supplies, I ended up tearing off some more, sterilizing them, and the results were surprisingly effective.

The next time I was in Stygia, I confirmed my findings with some literature in the library. Although Badaliscus skin will eventually crumble away, in the short term they make good for substitute wrappings.

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