Rose knocked one last time after actually smiling at Gyles, and clicked the door shut behind her, looking to Kagura. She was in scrubs by now, and her hair was still drying not that it mattered too much since it was so short. "Heya purple, how're you feeling?" She asked as she crossed the small space to her bedside.
Kagura looked up at Rose and rested back against the raised hospital bed and sighed a bit. "I feel like someone just ran me over with a truck, other than that I'm ok." She said, brushing her hair out of her eyes for a moment, wearing a eye patch now. "Just thinking about getting a new eye."
"Yeah? I was gonna say a tattoo but an eye you need one of those first. She pulled a chair close and sat down in it, resting her hands near where Kagura sat up. "I'm glad I got to you in time, so is everyone else who was there. Remind me to just get a smaller gun when I wear skirts like that?" She smiled, seeing if that would get a laugh out of the aggressive woman.
Kagura blinked at her and shrugged before laughing a bit. "A derringer?" she laughed, referring to the old fashioned single shot pistols you could hide easily. "I suggest a 'Little Killer'" Kagura said as she looked over. "I have a tattoo already" she said and pointed to the tribal armband over her left bicep."
"That's it..? Fuck..all right here but no laughing." Rose stood and sat on the bed next to Kagura with her back to the purple-haired Marine. She lifted the back of her scrubs to show as much of her wings as possible. "If you promise to not get out of this bed when I tell you something I'll give you one free."
Kagura blinked a bit and looked at her tattoo and chuckled. "I just have one to conceal the scarring on my arm." she said and sighed a bit. "That's a nice tattoo. And I dunno if I can promise that, I dunno what you're going to tell me" Kagura said. "I can't read minds........yet."
Rose shifted on the bed, and lightly touched Kagura's wrist with the tips of her fingers. "If you got hit by a truck it might've been better, honestly.." Her voice was soft, better than she had afforded anyone else. Satisfying her need to hold something she closed her hand there, and went on. "You were OD'd and some real scum found you after the alcohol kicked in." She looked at her, remembering the training for this kind of situation she'd received and had to apply during her internship. Hoping it would go better with a Marine. "Can I go on, purple?"
Kagura listened to what she was saying and tried to keep calm, sipping a bit of water from a cup that had been on the table nearby. "Scum, you mean Ran and his friends?" she laughed a bit. "go ahead."
"No..worse scum. At least he takes a kick to the balls he deserves. They dragged you off to some studio and raped you, Kagura. I dragged Sealus an' Maypole but we didn't get to the bar before you passed out." Rose's expression became grave, and she squeezed the wrist in her hand.
"Oh, is that it?" Kagura laughed a bit, trying not to get angry. "At least someone had the balls to take my worthless virginity." she said lightly, trying hard to conceal the fact she hurt.
"It's worse, Kagura." Rose replied, leaning closer despite knowing she could be hit or worse. No one had to know how much the medic cared or she'd never live it down. "They broadcasted most of it...and..." She shuddered with disgust, trailing off.
Kagura's mirth died at that and she hung her head in shame, thinking. "I suppose I'll have to create a backup using the damn brainspider now and get a different body made. But that seems like the coward's way out and that I don't have the gut to try and improve." She sighed. "And there's more?" she asked. "I don't care if they broadcast it..."
"They used a dog.." She waited only a moment before saying, "Which I shot and took some shotgun blasts..most of those men are dead between the three of us who went in there first. I did everything I could, but-..it was too late." Her hand began stroking the woman's arm up and down slowly.
Kagura blinked then started to cackle wickedly. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! That means they didn't get the pleasure of it! At least I can't get pregnant by some mutt." She said, trying to be lighthearted before dipping her head again, her purple hair hooding her eyes. "But...life's never goign to be the same.."
Taking a chance, Rose leaned the distance forward and hugged Kagura, closing one hand on the back of her neck. "It's better now, I won't tell you it's all okay but I'll help you dye your hair no one should recognize you. And you can always talk to me I won't tell anyone else."
Kagura blinked a bit in surprise, her eye wide before trying to harden aggressively again. But at this point in time, she really couldn't be mad and aggressive when she felt so much pain and shame. In a surprising motion, she hugged her back and buried her face in Rose's shoulder and sobbed a bit."You smell like hospital soap..." she said after a bit of crying, trying to snap out of it and sniffled.
Rose petted the back of Kagura's head, laughing softly. "Sorry..I-there was a mess." She would keep doing it as long as Kagura needed, answering questions from the police wasn't going to make her feel better, and she didn't look forward to how the unit would be about it. "Feeling a little better? There's still some to get through but we can wait longer." The woman's words were quiet, and non-threatening.
She nodded after a few minutes and looked back at her and laid back. "I'm sorry I'm so much trouble. If it wasn't so stupid I wouldnt' have ended up in that situation. Heh and to think I didnt' believe in divine retribution." She said. "What else is there and I probably should dye my hair.."
"Like I said, dye the hair, get you a tattoo..new coloured eye?" Rose straightened her scrubs as she thought aloud, and shook her head. "It's not your fault, and you're no more trouble than I am for anyone else so don't say it again." Her smile was sincere, if firm.
Kagura blinked a bit. "As much as I'd like it, I'd really like my old eye back but I don't think that we have that kind of medical technology." She said and looked at her again. "And what kind of tattoo would you suggest?"
"..before I got recruited I used to work at a place. Something kind big, or something hard to find as long as it means something to you that's what's important."Thorn patted her thigh gently. "Something to remind you you're better than what happened?"
Kagura nodded to her and thought it out. "But I dont' know what it could be right now. But probably on my back if I could get one there." she said. "What color hair should I try?" she asked.
"Black? Or we could get it bleached out then make it all sorts 'a hell that your mother wouldn't even know you." She smiled, "On your back..we can do a lot there."
"Oh really?" Kagura asked with a chuckle. "what color would you make it given the choice of design?" She snickered.
"Maybe cut it five or six inches? Give it one or three colours." She took a bit of Kagura's hair in her hand and rubbed with her thumb. "Style?" She rubbed at her own hair, "Maybe you shouldn't ask me about that but I know some people who know people. But I like it like that, so that's why 'm saying that."
Kagura laughed. "Maybe I can dye it black with red and white highlights and tips and spike it all up like a guy's hairstyle!" she said, the thoughts helping her to push the bad feelings from before away.
Dream laughed back, shaking her head, "Hey hey..only one of us can have hair like that." Winking and rubbing the back of Kagura's hand she felt better with her condition. "I'll help you do anything I can- remember what I said?" Pausing before the space of an answer she looked at the other Marine. "An' don't wander off again even if Adrian pumps you full of three shots worth 'f calm."
Kagura nodded at that. "I think we should go get that done as soon possible, the quicker I can get way from the stigma of it the better. At least they didn't know my real name." she said and nodded. "I'll stick with the group more" she said and hugged her back lightly. "Thank you.."
"..yeah well, it's why I'm here but no need to tell the others if you can help it." Rose replied, somewhat put off with sudden embarrassment. "Fuck-ah right one of the cops will have to talk to you, but maybe try Gyles first?" She was amazed she didn't seem to want to kill Adrian but depending on how the man acted when they met again would probably decide it.
"Oh and I plan to give Adrian on helluva noogie." Kagura amended. "But sure I suppose I can stand little Gyles better than Ran or Adrian right now" she said. "Oh the police really need to? Damn well I don't remember a thing..."
"Just tell them that, they'll press a little bit, say it a few times and I bet they'll go. No one's gonna mess with you too much with us crawl'n around.." She gave 'purple' as she'd be for a little longer one last hug and slipped off the bed, knocking on the door for Gyles.
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