by Victor Freud » Tue Mar 15, 2016 3:51 am
When the adrenaline of all of the excitement had begun to wear off, Victor started to have trouble keeping consciousness. He wasn't really aware of it, he'd be listening to Emilie and the others but then the conversation would skip ahead and he was having more and more trouble following along. By the time she'd gotten him to the medical building he had fully passed out and was already half way to his normal size. Victor didn't remember arriving at the building, or being examined, or the general fear and confusion of the other students who were being treated there. There really wasn't much to remember over the next couple of days. Any time he drifted back to consciousness, the painkillers and medication in his system clouded his mind to a degree that he was completely incognizant of the world around him. Well, except for a few things.
It was probably for the best that he hadn't been more aware of his surroundings, or at least himself. Most of his body was badly bruised, his skin ranging from plum purple to a sickly colicky yellow. A large patch of his back was covered in first and second degree burns. The back and front portions of his brain were both showing signs of concussion, both eyes were black and swollen. Of cuts and scraps he had only few, and no broken bones to speak of; it seemed in his little state he'd been blasted around the inside of the tank like a rocket-powered pinball, but his bones had been dense enough to withstand the multiple impacts.
Victor awoke more sore than he'd ever been in his entire life. And growing up on a farm, he'd been sore a lot. And that sound... that high-pitched whine. It was muffling all of the other sounds, there was no way for him to ignore it. He attempted to move and winced, stifling a groan. Captain Canuck never had to deal with this kind of stuff. But then again he had a suit made of nano-technology and got his power from aliens. Also he was a comic book.
"Who... stop screamin' 'bout birds..." He muttered with eyes half-lidded.
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