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[thawing]

[After getting back from the camping trip with most likely second degree burns coating her palms the first thing Lisbeth did was sleep for a few hours. After waking up with a horrible headache and what she could mildly self-diagnose as a low-grade fever she decided it was time to stop sucking it up. Her hands and arms hadn't been treated and the hour directly after being burned she rubbed her hands in cold dirt.

Time to get a doctor or a person with damage-drain on hand. (Hah.)]

text to all;

anyone with damagedraining at any level willing to take on burned hands or at least relieving the pain/

will pay fee

&release location upon agreement.

video to all;

[To prove she's not lying and to have the severity of her burns diagnosed better, Lisbeth has the video turn over to her hands which are blistered, red and swollen to look at. Normally she has thin, dainty, breakable fingers but the digits are thick and there are black fibers in the skin of her palm from where her gloves melted to them for a few seconds. It was enough time to be painful. She needs her hands, they're her trade and how she communicates and she needs them.

It's a wonder she can type at all but it only proves how stubborn she really is.]

Comments

voice.

[empowers]

I've never used my power before but I could try to help you.

text --> voice

[thawing]

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[Fuck this, she can't type. It hurts way too much.]

How much?

voice.

[empowers]

You don't need to pay me. I know how badly burns hurt.

voice

[thawing]

What's your level?

voice

[empowers]

Just level one, I think. Will that work?

voice --> action

[thawing]

It'll help.

Hel Welcome Hall. Thank you.

[She's waiting on a wide couch, looking miserable as ever and small in her oversized clothing. Her hands are held out in front of her while her elbows are balanced on her knees.]

action.

[empowers]

[ Katniss affirms with a quiet 'mmhmm' before she heads toward Hel. She's never been to this district before. Something about it seemed a bit eerie to her, but she learns of her misconceptions when she arrives. She lets herself in and finds the girl who is clearly burned without much trouble at all. ]

You're who needed help, right? I'm Katniss. [ She wastes no time kneeling down, and she reaches for the girl's arms. ]

action

[thawing]

Yes.

[She doesn't introduce herself. Why bother? They're likely never to see one another at all after this. She is grateful she doesn't have to deal with someone older than her at least.

Lisbeth extends her arms fully for Katniss, staying quiet as she watches intently. ]

action

[empowers]

I don't think I can take the burns away, but -- if I understand how this works, I can make them stop hurting. [ Katniss puts her hands on the burns themselves now and concentrates. This is her first time using her power, and she's not entirely sure what's going to happen. But, after a few moments, she starts feeling pain in her hands. A pain she remembers very clearly, actually, from the 74th games. She grits her teeth and tenses, breathing shallowly through her nostrils as the pain starts to grow sharper. ]

action

[thawing]

[Oh Jesus Christ, that feels amazing. All the pain is seeping from her hands and arms and if she didn't look at the burns she could say it was actually healing her but - all Katniss is doing is basically doping her receptors up.

Needless to say, she doesn't want to siphon it all off on her. A certain measure of pain would remind her not to touch anything really. She didn't want to make things worse.]

Stop. Stop, stop, stop. That's enough.

action

[empowers]

[ Katniss, however, is stubborn and is assuming this girl might be stopping because she is showing signs of having pain, so she doesn't stop right away. She sucks it up, hides the pain from her face, and looks up at Lisbeth with a determined and furrowed brow. ]

I'm almost finished.

action

[thawing]

[Lisbeth shakes her head rapidly and yanks back from the grip Katniss holds. She doesn't want to explain herself but it comes out in a bark.]

If you take it all away I'll only hurt myself more!

action

[empowers]

That's why you get to a hospital while it doesn't hurt.

[ But Katniss lets her go, despite herself. She frowns, and is now clenching her teeth to power through the pain she's experiencing now. ]

What happened to you?

action

[thawing]

[Lisbeth examins her hands for a moment before answering Katniss, when she does it's casual. Like it didn't have an effect on her.]

That camping trip people were taken on.

action

[empowers]

-- A lot of people got hurt. [ She tenses a little, but not because of the pain this time. ] These Gods are no better than the Capitol. I'm sorry that happened to you.