What if I'm a snowstorm burning?

[In this entry, Kazahana's handwriting is much wobblier and more uncertain than usual.]

Earlier this afternoon, there was an incident in the Scavengers' Yard. Toushi, Koi and I—

We [A few more small scribbles]

Koi is dead.


[ooc: Sorry, guys, some things came up and I wasn't able to post this until now, so let's backdate it a few hours so it's not in the dead of night. Relevant parties may assume they've been informed of Koi's death in private; check with me, Luce, or KK if you have questions.]

Justice is back. He's staying with Toushi and me for now.

Trust, would you mind if I stopped by to collect his journal?

For those who were worried, I've been released from the Wellspring clinic as a patient, though of course you can still find me there when I'm on duty. That should be tomorrow, since I'm still a little woozy. Those medications were quite potent.

I really appreciate those of you who helped following my double's despicable attacks—Crow, Lezard and Reed especially—but I feel as though I owe everyone an apology all the same. Even if she wasn't me...well. I'm sorry.

Could those at Medical clear a private room, please? I'm bringing someone back with me who needs it.

[This page is stained by ashy fingerprints and small smears of dried blood]

To anyone still able to read their journals, this is Kazahana. Medical Island was damaged by the firestorm, but the clinic is still standing, we have supplies remaining, and there are [brief pause] surviving medics. We're treating everyone here, but there are undoubtedly other victims who need our help.

I'm asking anyone with any kind of medical skill or training to get here as fast as possible. We need all the help we can get. Those of you without training who are well enough to move, please help bring the injured here--with as few resources as we have now, we have to make this a central point of treatment.

I don't know where Cross and Lezard are, so for the moment, I'm taking charge of Medical. If you're coming here to volunteer your help, come to me right away. For the truly critically injured, also bring them to me immediately so I can try to heal them enough to stabilize, and Will after. From there on we'll just have to see.

This is secondary in importance, but it still needs to be done. If you can write, please check in here, letting us know you're still alive...and if you've witnessed deaths, we need to know that, too, so people know who to look for.

Thank you for all your help.

[ooc: a log for medical triage will go up a little later]

Hakuteiken disappeared from the sphere today.

I didn't see it happen, but I've always been able to sense that he was here, even when he got lost...but now I can't.

I know not many of you were close to him, but I thought people should know.

If anyone comes across a memory crystal in the Wilderness, I'd be extremely appreciative if they'd be willing to sell or trade for it. I can pay. There's something very important I need to try to remember.

As Cross has said, the temporary clinic is now operational in the Wilderness. Any Medical staff who are still evacuating, please make your way here as soon as you can; we need to meet to re-plan shifts due to the emergency. No one should be hurt by the ants as long as people don't act like fools, but that's no guarantee.

[Insert hand-drawn map of where in the bed store Temporary Medical can be found]

Kiba, let me know when you're here--I brought a few of your things from home in case you didn't have the chance, and I've found something wonderful.

Hakuteiken...be careful.

Truth--exercise caution while moving the cocoons down. I hear they have a tendency to hatch on top of people in the elevator.

[Insert a somewhat unskilled/cartoonish drawing of a particular katana here]

I found my sword. Or maybe she found me. But I'll be carrying it with me from now on.

( ooc note )

This first thing Kazahana is aware of is that she can't see anything.

The second thing she's aware of is that she can feel the wooden floor between her bare feet.

The third is that she can sense the presence of powerful people—far, far more powerful than she is. She feels like she can barely stand.

Someone takes a breath. "I've come to save you." She knows this voice. Toushi.

But she doesn't want to be saved, because the next thing she does is chide him for being there, and then they start to bicker. It's not all that different from a usual night in the apartment And Toushi just ignores her like he always does, because right now all he's planning to do is—

"—defeat him!"

It's only when she senses Toushi moving away from her that one of the others speaks, and she recognizes the voice. "Why would I need to sneak up on the likes of you? Don't think too highly of yourself, insignificant scum!"

Hakuteiken.

She wants to yell for both of them to stop, but before she can do anything, there's a flare of power so way she's almost swept away in it. All she can do is fall to her knees, and everything goes silent.


[OOC: White Tower Rocks, bitchaz.]