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3 Cactus Spines [Audio]

[Over the past few days, Gaara has been careful not to get too close to the ice, after observing how it affected other people. With the bracelet malfunctioning, he quickly realized the difficulty in coordinating collaborative efforts, being unable to communicate so readily. The network has finally returned on this day, although some “hiccups” are referenced. Hopefully, his message will go through.]

If anyone is in need of medical attention, send out a notification immediately.

[Fail!Lock to Naruto and Sasuke]

Report your status. …Are both of you all right?

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[The moment he sees Gaara on the network, the video button is pressed and he's smiling despite everything - it has been one weird week.]

Gaara! Hey, you're okay.

Did you touch the ice?

Naruto... [He sounds relieved, even though his expression appears stoic as usual.] Yes. And yourself?

[He shakes his head.] Without adequate protection, it would cause burns upon contact.

Yeah! M'fine. Y'know?

Just glad that we can use these things again, yeah?

Uh... yeah. So, you didn't touch it at all?

[He nods in agreement.] Communication is difficult without it. They expect our appreciation, I suppose.

No. ...Did you?

Yeah, as long as you know-- it doesn't mess up.

Er.

Might have done?

One of them mentioned "hiccups"... [Whatever that means.]

......

[A frown burrows his brows.]

Did you burn yourself?

Just make sure you don't try and send anyone a message, okay? That's when it happens!

[Oh, don't look at him like that.]

Well... They feel kinda cold?

I directed a message to you and Sasuke… [And it worked, right? Because they responded! Nothing to worry about here!

He’s concerned about you. Damn idiot.]

Have you sought medical attention? How serious are the burns?

[Overprotective…]

Yeah, I saw that. I think that might be kinda different though. I don't know... Guess you didn't get a bunch of messages though, and we saw it.

[Whoa! Okay... he's just going to back up from the video a moment there.]

Er-- Not yet? It ain't bad, I mean they feel weird, and they're kinda cold.

A different mechanism, you mean. [He nods.] It is a possibility. The god didn’t elaborate on details regarding this medium.

[You’re going to have to get used to this, Naruto… Gaara hasn’t had very many friends in his life. He doesn’t really know how he’s supposed to treat them, other than offer his protection and care.]

Beware of frostbite. If you lose circulation for too long, then you may need to amputate your limbs.

Yeah yeah. [That's totally what he meant. Yup!] They never really tell us much about these things though right?

[He's sort of used to it. Gaara's reacting in much the same way he's used to him responding. Which is nice, of course. He doesn't want to imagine how things would have been if Gaara had come from a time say... before the chuunin exams.]

.... AMPUTATE?!

Yes.

[...Naruto is freaking out. Backtrack.]

Only if you are... unable to regain feeling in them. After a considerable amount of time.

[Majorly. Someone he trusts as much as Gaara telling him that there may be a serious problem is much worse for him than hearing it from the dozens of people who brought it up as an issue.]

Well, it's been like a day or something?

Crap, who do I go see?

......

[Oh my god Naruto you-!!]

Why have you not addressed this issue sooner, Naruto?

[And yes, there is a distinct note of anger in his tone. An entire day? Really? And he didn’t think the numbness was something to be concerned about?]

Seek help from medical personnel. Immediately.

[Totally using his Kazekage tone on you, there…]

I'm fine.

[Oh, good, jerk-errr, Sasuke, is just fine!]

Did you fight any of the ice creatures?

No. Why should I?

[He stayed in his room. All week. He occasionally went out to scrounge food and take it back.]

[...Lazy.]

I had presumed the prospect would interest you.

It isn't my mess to fix.

...Or you lacked the capability to confront them.

[....]

Or I didn't feel like helping those assholes out, like I said.

[He's actually not trying to insult you, Sasuke. It's just the cold hard truth.]

It would be wise to test the extent of their abilities. We will likely need to fight them again in the future.

But observation would suffice as well.

Body control isn't going to do anything against ice.

Eventually, you may be able to control their bodies. Then you would be able to utilize their powers against them.

Eventually, but not yet. I've heard of people getting injured by the ice, like I said it wasn't my problem to fix. Those gods have all their fancy powers so it's theirs.

Yes. Our bodies are unable to sustain direct contact with the ice. [And at his current level of power, he can’t develop a proper shield against it either.]

The one with the fire ability, that was rather… reminiscent. [He can still remember Sasuke flinging giant fireballs at him back in their fight, long ago.]

I bet it was. Pity we can't swap shitty abilities here, though. [He'd trade his for fire, any day.]

[He really wants his sand back too. Much more efficient.]

Have you asked the gods if that is possible?

No. It will be a waste of time.

They should be involved in the fight themselves, since they are obviously capable.

Tell that to them, not to be.

From what I have observed, they don't seem particularly receptive to feedback or inquiries.

They're not. At all.

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