From The Cosmos

[Zamora]

Zamora doesn’t react much, ears flicking lazily to observe her surroundings. Five, six... seven? Not counting the communicator, that made eight. Definitely a settlement. Bleeding out by the second and missing a limb, Zamora still counted herself very lucky. If she’s landed away from others, she’d be in much more trouble.

Someone speaks of cauterizing, and that brings a pinch of agony to the beast. But that isn’t what concerns her most.

Someone brings up restraint.

Much of that reserve energy is spent in a reaction. One ear lops upwards, and Zamora gives a sharp, defiant hiss as lips curl back in all four directions again. Mandibles shoot out for a moment, clicking together aggressively before slipping away again, expression resting to a grumpy state. The two limbs not busied by healing shift, one hand rubbing against the aged, faded scars around the other’s wrist. It seems this isn’t the first time someone’s considered that option...

Look the idea of being held down, by people or bindings, is very, VERY off the table.

Instead, Zamora’s gaze flickers vaguely towards Jasper, and she gives a huff of resignation. She’s as ready as she’ll ever be.

[Rose]

"Certainly." Rose resigned herself to look over the wounds that Shani was tending to. "You're doing an excellent job dear, do keep it up." Since Hikaru had the worst of it and Shani was already tending to the various less potentially lethal wounds, Rose satisfied herself with handing Shani various supplies as needed.

Then Kanzi bounded up to them. "Oh thank goodness, another helping hand. This lady has lost her arm and quite a bit of blood. She's going to need all the help she can get." She silently hoped and prayed that she wouldn't have to help with that torn arm. It was ... too much blood, and it made Rose's tummy queasy. It really didn't mesh well, her being queasy around too much blood and becoming a medic, but she really did want to help if she could.

She startled a little when the apparently human general suddenly generated a fire in the palm of his hand; that wasn't something she was used to seeing humans doing; but quickly snapped back to focus. He was cauterizing the wound, and that was good. That was necessary. Good heavens at least it would stop the bleeding. If he stopped the bleeding so much, perhaps she could bring herself to look at the wound and maybe help out more.

[John Silver]

"Silver."

Silver shifts at the hand on his shoulder giving a soft smile "Jasper, sir" he greeted before his attention turns back to the pit-fighter creature brow furrows with slight concern.

"Her name is Zamora, she can understand English, but can't speak it. She's doing poorly. Lots of blood loss. Shock. We need to get her to the medic's tent as soon as possible." The ursid nods at his young helper's words before getting a good look at the alien's wounds and grimaces. He glances away as the young cub begins speaking.

"Alright, listen up, anyone who isn't a medic, Hikaru, or Jasper, please clear off, now! You'll only be causing her more stress and that's the last thing we want right now.
Silver, can you please go to the medic tent and help Rapunzel get that fire going, and fill her in on what's going on?
And Rose, I need you over here, I think I've got the worst of her wounds bandaged, but a good set of eyes would be helpful right now."

"Gladly, Miss Shani" Silver nods, quickly turning on his heel and heads towards the medical tent to alert Rapunzel.

[Jasper]

Jasper was thankful for how quickly Silver seemed to respond to the order Shani gave him. He watched as the other headed over to alert Rapunzel before he turned his attention back on Zamora. He could see the obvious tension and discomfort at the idea of her being restrained and while most of the time it was necessary Jasper was certain he could handle whatever damage she dealt out. "I don't think that'll be necessary, Kanzi. If she lashes out, then she lashes out, it's not the first time I've been hit. Most certainly won't be the last." He sighed heavily before looking towards the other.

"I suggest that everyone else, however, backs off. The last thing we need is anyone else getting possibly injured, understood?" The fire in his palm crackled, turning from a bright red to a shimmering blue and then back again. It appeared as though he was able to change the temperature quite easily.

[Hikaru]

"Wait a moment," Hikaru murmured to Jasper before she zipped her large coat open. Underneath one could easily see the body armor she wore, something akin to bullet proof vest. There were various holsters and pouches strapped to her, as well as zipped compartments within the coat it's self. There was a veritable armory seemingly strapped to this woman. Who knew what the weight of all that gear was, but Hikaru moved comfortably through her supplies, rummaging it with age old familiarity.

Hikaru paused and looked up at Zamora. She cocked her head consideringly for a moment, then seemed to nod as she came to decision. She pulled forth something like a police officers combat baton, and then a coil of twine. She wrapped the rope a few times around the baton, thoroughly covering it, and then tied off. It was slipshod, but would do.

"Here. Bite down on this," Hikaru held the item up to Zamora. She had no idea what the alien's bite strength was. She just hoped that the baton was sturdy enough to at least not break. Hikaru had tied the twine around the stiff material to protect Zamora's teeth, to give them a small bit to sink into. Hikaru wasn't sure if it would help Zamora with the... odd configuration of her mouth, but it was the best Hikaru could do for her.

Assistance completed, Hikaru pulled back and then prepared herself to defend against any accidental lashing out Zamora would be likely to do. She settled near the medics, prepared to cover them in case they were in danger.

[Shani]

Shani had gone back to bandaging, only drawing her attention away when Jasper had said he could cauterize the wound right there. She tilted her head at him, not sure how he would manage to do that, but she assumed he had some way of making fire when she heard the soft cracking of a flame, closer than the ones that were dying down in the crashed escape pod.

When he asked them all to back away, she did so, only after giving the bandages one last look over. She then moved to stand next to Hikaru. Placing her paws on her leg, she leaned up to the girl's ear,
"How is Jasper going to cauterize her wound? Does he have some kind of... torch or something?"

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Kanzi could have facepalmed. Of course Zamora heard them; she had big ears. They might as well have tried to pull that stunt on an elephant!

They held both paws up defensively. "Okay, okay!" the non-binary cub spluttered quickly. Kanzi's eyes were now as big as boulders. "We're not going to do that. I'm sorry." 

They nodded at Jasper's order. "Come on, Rose," Kanzi coaxed, tapping her shoulder with their tail. "They got this. Let's go back and wake Rapunzel. We need to get everything set up."

[Rose]

"Quite right." Rose followed Shani and Kanzi's suit and backed away. She should have thought of that herself. Best to be out of range when the strange....human? did his fire trick. Trick...magic...whatever. The point was he was doing it. Rose trotted away a short distance to stand with the other medics.

"I do hope this helps."

[Hikaru]

"It seems Jasper is a magic user who is able to summon flame," Hikaru said quietly to Shani when the cub had leaned up to ask her question.

When all the smaller medics had pulled away, Hikaru unconsciously shifted a bit forward so they were behind her. She couldn't help it. They were a small collection of beings and Zamora was so large and fierce, Hikaru's protective instincts just naturally flared up. A part of her didn't like seeing Jasper so near and about to do something so dangerous. Logically, Hikaru knew that he was more than capable of taking care of and defending himself, but... Hikaru just couldn't help standing a little straighter. Muscles taut and ready to jolt forward at the slightest sign of danger.

The sounds of the crisp Serengeti night faded way. The crackling fire from the crash site, the distant sounds of the encampment, the calls of night time predators and prey, the breaths of every person present at this moment... It all seemed to halt in preparation for Jasper to cauterize Zamora's grave wound.

[Jasper]

The hush that soon fell over them all was almost unnerving. His muscles felt tense under his skin as he shifted his weight to be a bit more comfortable. The fire crackled in his palm while his gaze turned towards Zam. He had no doubt that anything that could go wrong would, and that would not be Zamora's fault. It was just the reaction to pain. With a baited breath he set one hand on Zamora to steady himself and then pressed the other quickly onto the grotesque wound.

The smell of burnt flesh was sickening to him, and he gritted his teeth. His entire focus on cauterizing the wound to the best of his ability. He could feel some faint anxiety over how she would react to the stinging pain that was sure to flare all through her side.