#wombat combat

Oh and there was this awesome playlist provided by @withalittlebitofwhump 

New Blood by Zayde Wolf – excellent for the kitchen scene

Wicked Game by Ursine Vulpine ft Annaca – perfectly captures the drama of the cellar scene til the end (I listened to it on loop while playing that)

Some of the things going around in my head since we finished playing:

trying reach for the phones/typing in the code with blood slippery, trembling hands

concerning the scene where Garrett gets hit by some chemical: I probably would have written that a bit differently (at the time I thought, that that’s only the beginning so I downplayed the pain/whump); using the infos given by @withalittlebitofwhump I would conclude that the stuff that hit his hand was HCl (hydrochloric acid) or H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) at a relatively high concentration (30-40 %) hence the fumes; so the few drops would hurt like freaking HELL and result serious chemical burns (since he didn’t rinse it immediately with A LOT of water); though he was lucky that it was just acid and not base --> NaOH of similar concentration for example can result in way more severe chemical burns (our skin has a slightly acidic pH i.e. is more protected against acids than bases) so while acid would result in superficial burns, base “eats” through the tissue potentially causing way more damage ((just the rambling of a laboratory technician)) back to the whump: Garrett blinking away tears, biting on his cheeks to avoid screaming and wiping it through wet grass doesn’t really help with that(edited)

on the way to the hospital: Garrett loosing a lot of blood, slowly becoming deadly pale Rikuto/Nathan (depends on who’s driving) trying to stem the flow by applying pressure to the wound “Oh God there is so much blood …  so much”; Garrett nearly loosing consciousness --> knowing that if he fell asleep he might not wake up again Rikuto/Nathan tries to rouse him by talking to him/slapping his cheek but it doesn’t work so while mumbling “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry” he grabs Garretts burned hand (hopefully with some cloth between) and squeezes it --> Garrett winces, cries out in pain, jolted awake abruptly his whole body tense; maybe this has to be repeated several times to prevent him from slipping away, leaving him delirious and horrified as the skin on his hand feels like it’s being torn off

rushing into the ER: “We need help, please!” Rikuto and Karsten dragging in Garrett, a deadweight between them; they trip and stumble, fall to their knees too exhausted and dizzy from their injuries, Garrett slipping from their grip, crumbling to the floor and then there’s so much hectic action as people rush towards them (( I know cliché but I’m a sucker for drama))

Garrett awaking to the sensation of throbbing pain, beeping monitors and his surroundings being way too bright

when Rikuto and Nathan visit him first thing he says with a dry chuckle is “I … called it” referring to his doubts for their plan in the beginning

when Karsten visits, repeatedly apologizing, Garrett just scoffs “F-fuck off”, not having the energy for a snarky “This-is-why-you-suck”-speech

as the group is steadily recovering: Nathan and Rikuto sitting at Garretts bedside as they discuss their individual next steps while Garrett constantly trains with his hand determined to get it back to full working condition as fast as possible --> cursing frustrated and in pain when it doesn’t go as fast as he would like to

as the days go by: nurses/doctors often finding pens and other things missing, though no one probably suspects that one patient who just got out of ICU…

epilogue: Garrett decides to go back to working alone but keeps loose contact with Rikuto and Nathan counting them into the small circle of people he can trust