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[ WHO ]: The Once-ler, Garry, and some ghosts.
[ WHERE ]: The grocery store GOROGCEYR SOTRE
[ WHEN ]: The night of the Once-ler's birthday!
[ OPEN/CLOSED? ]: Closed!
[ RATING ]: PG-15
[ WARNINGS ]: There will be some gore and body horror.
[ NOTES ]: Sorry this log is so late, there were some things I needed to research first!


[He'd just been out for his ingredients with Saki, but they'd gone on without Garry and Garry apparently wanted Once-ler to head to the store with him. Well, far be it for him to deny a present on his birthday; he'd agreed to head out again. Aside from what he'd come to think of as 'usual activity', nothing too bad had happened the first time, so he figured it'd be a quiet night.

The automatic doors swept open with a pleasant 'ting as they went in. Once-ler was pleased to see the lights were all still on, and that all the fresh produce that was lined up looked good even at this time. That didn't mean it still would be when they left the store, but that was always a chance, wasn't it?

It was less of a chance with items that weren't food. Like most grocery stores he knew, they also had toiletries, some first aid supplies, a few household cleaners, one or two films or movies. Once-ler sneaked a glance at one of them, expecting them to be all horror movies. To his surprise, a few looked like romcoms.]

You could almost pretend you weren't in a haunted town in here, huh? [He smiles, looking around at the store.] What're we getting here?

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[It doesn't stop hurting. In a strangely detached way, that's what he's amazed at.

And then he starts laughing, great sobbing laughs that make it hurt even more. Shock's setting in.]

[fraternal]

[ he hears the laugh- and it makes him rush back to his side again. he brushes Once-ler's hair from his eyes, gently shushing him. ]

Shh, shh... it might get... it might get bigger if you don't stop moving. you need to calm down, alright?

I'll fix it, I...

[ this is why he could never have been a doctor. he isn't built for it. he feels too much. but he had to try today he had to try- no, he couldn't try.

he had to be a doctor, today. ]

[triggeringbiggering]

[He's still chuckling even though he nods his head, unable to stop the reaction. He's almost in tears from the laughter - not from the pain, from the laughter. It's so stupid, and it hurts.

It's the pain that eventually cuts the laughter out. He mops at his eyes, mops at the pinked blood as it mixed with the melting ice from his face.]

[fraternal]

[ quietly, Garry brushes his friends tears away as well, before turning to start to prep everything for... for the surgery. he pours some peroxide on his hands before he starts to thread the needle with white thread. it takes a few tries, with the tears pricking his eyes, but he gets it done, quickly, and turns back to his friend as he sterilizes the needle next. ]

It...it'll hurt. I'm so sorry- but I need to.

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[He doesn't nod, he just squeezes his eyes shut, disbelieving that this is happening to him. There's not really much else he can do; Garry pouring the peroxide on the rubber gloves, onto the needle, sterilizing the thread... He tries to ignore it all.]

[fraternal]

[ he sets to work slowly and with unsure hands - its only when that needle actually pierces his cold skin, that he realizes that he needs to be as careful as possible. he's only got this one bit of thread, and every stitch counts - the deadline is tomorrow, and the outfit has to be perfect...

and for Once-ler, how sure his stitches are will prepare him for an outfit he'll never be able to remove. it had to be perfect.

he sets to work. ]

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[His mind just... blanks. He doesn't want to focus on this, doesn't want to be here. He's aware of the pain the same way he's aware of the moon - it's there, but it's distant, and it doesn't have much of an impact on him. Not right now. He retreats away from what's happening, numbed.]