Rainbow Six Siege: A Dying Flame: OC X Dokkaebi

8: Trying to forget

GREECE
RAINBOW HQ
OCTOBER 25th 2020
2:15 PM

Gwisin is headed to the med bay to check up on Naomi as Doc says her hearing is gone for the time being but Grace catches up.

Grace: "Gwisin I'm sorry the operation went-" but Gwisin touches her head in a comforting manner.

Gwisin: "it's okay Grace, not your fault." As Grace huffs saying she was caught by the other hacker without her knowing. "About that, you determine the identity?" He asks as Grace shakes her head.

Grace: "if only it were that simple, none of Bravo's guys give the whole hacker vibe or have an education that could hint at that." She says frustrated as Gwisin understands to a degree when they arrive at the med bay seeing Doc help Naomi out some hearing aids. Grace walks over hugging Naomi out of relief. "I'm so glad you're okay." She says as Gwisin comes over.

Gwisin: "how you feeling?"

Naomi: "well it feels like someone slapped me right on the ears so you know, I'm fantastic." She jokes as Gwisin playfully hits her shoulder.

Gwisin: "get well soon Naomi, otherwise operations don't feel the same." He says as Naomi rolls her eyes. "Doc can we talk a moment?" He asks as the two get some privacy. "Uh I was wondering, you got anything that can heal scars?" He asks quietly as Doc raises his brow.

Doc: "that depends on the scar, is it causing you pain?" He asks as Gwisin reluctantly rolls up his sleeve showing the carved names on his forearm. "Merde... Who did this to you?" He asks in shock and disgust.

Gwisin: "I did... I was in a very dark place at the time so I carved the names of my family onto me to help me... Remember who I was I guess." He says as Doc sighs a bit.

Doc: "there's nothing I can do, best recommendation would be to get a tattoo to cover it up but are you sure you want that? They're your family and why would you want to forget family?" He asks as Gwisin rolls down his sleeve.

Gwisin: "cause it's nothing but a painful reminder of what I went through Gus... Please don't tell anyone, I value my privacy very heavily." He insists as Doc reluctantly agrees to this as he has to honor the privacy of his patients and leaves to go check on Naomi as Gwisin looks in the mirror and begins flashing back to the jungle. He's walking behind his little brother Gyeong as the rain is hitting against their rain coats. Dong-Hyun looks ahead seeing his mother holding in her coughs and looks on in worry.

His mother looks back signaling to him that she'll be okay as Dong-Hyun wants to talk back but can't due to the no talking his father has in place. He understands why it's there as it's for their own safety but can't help but feel frustrated. It's when his father stops as Dong-Hyun walks up wondering what's wrong when he sees a bunch of corpses as he quickly covers his mouth. They looked like they've been dead for days but sees that there's one survivor.

Survivor: "please... Help." He pleas as Dong-Hyun sees that his guts are spilling out as his stomach is open in a way as if the ones who did this did it on purpose forcing him to suffer. Dong-Hyun looks up at his father who can see the innocent look basically pleading that they help the poor man but his father just shakes his head that they can't as Dong-Hyun looks down.

Father: "Dong-Hyun..." He says softly and quietly as possible. "All that matters is that we as a family get to South Korea, I won't endanger you or your brother's safety just help a man who's basically dead." He says as Dong-Hyun zones out snapping back to reality hearing Grace call out to him.

Grace: "are you okay?" She asks worried as Gwisin turns his attention to her and nods.

Gwisin: "can I ask you something?" As Grace nods waiting for his question. "How do you... Get over or say forget about something eating away at you?" He asks looking down into the sink.

Grace: "well... Talking about it with someone helps me as I feel free that I'm no longer keeping something down." She says as Gwisin nods as that makes sense. "I know you're not big on it but Harry is a great listener if there's anything you need to vent about." She says as Gwisin sees that she's now standing next to her.

Gwisin: "I'm surprised you didn't say yourself." He says as Grace quietly chuckles.

Grace: "I'm not a therapist like Harry is, he's better equipped to help you with whatever you need but that doesn't mean I'm not willing to listen cause I am." She says leaning against the counter as Gwisin nods and looks into her brown eyes feeling like he can trust her with more than his life.

Gwisin: "uh... My name is Dong-Hyun." He says as Grace is slightly surprised that he told her.

Grace: "I... See, you trust me that much?" She asks as Gwisin nods admitting that he does. "Oh um... It feels nice to trusted for once, thank you... Dong-Hyun." She whispers in his ear and leaves but not before giving him a smile.

Gwisin: "hmm... Maybe she's right, maybe I need to talk to Harry, he's best equipped to help me but... Where do I begin with that?" He mentally asks himself as there's nothing at all simple about his past. He eventually heads back to Naomi who's softly touching her ears.

Naomi: "I had Ryker in my damn sights, I should've had him." She says annoyed as Gwisin sits down next to her bed.

Gwisin: "stop it, you've couldn't of known C4 would be planted throughout the field." He says as Naomi sighs while laying her head on the pillow.

Naomi: "but I should've known, if we don't expect the unexpected then what good are we?" She asks as Gwisin doesn't know how to answer that.

Gwisin: "well... I'll leave you be, get well soon." He says leaving Naomi who feels bored with no one to talk to.

Vigil: "you okay?" He asks bluntly as Naomi looks over.

Naomi: "help me... I'm bored." As Vigil sits in a seat.

Vigil: "I wouldn't exactly call myself an entertaining guy." As Naomi just stares blankly at him.

Naomi: "I know... Just talk to me, anything." She requests with a soft tone.

Vigil: "okay... What do you do in your free time? When you're not working operations." As Naomi sits up adjusting herself clearly still in some pain.

Naomi: "Well... Most of the time I attend these meetings to supposedly help with... My PTSD and survivor's guilt." As Vigil looks over not sure what to say. "It hasn't done much and I doubt it will... It's like I'm in a goddamn loop." She says looking at her hands.

Vigil: "what do you mean?" He inquires as Naomi signs softly.

Naomi: "that mission I told you about? Well this past operation reminds me of that... We had no idea of what exactly we were walking into and we nearly got killed because of it, only reminds me of my failure... I shouldn't be alive." She says closing her eyes as Vigil is surprised to hear this from her.

Vigil: "why do you think that?" As Naomi reluctantly explains that she feels it's not right that she was the only one who survived when her entire team died and nearly got Gwisin and the others killed. "Naomi from what I understand, you did everything right, how could-"

Naomi: "I was trained to expect terrorists to be that creative Chul!" She snaps in frustration at Vigil who remains stoic. "sorry..." She says crossing her arms.

Vigil: "Naomi... I understand what it means to being the only survivor, it makes you question what you did right where the others went wrong... And you can never unsee their faces but if there's anything I've learned when that happened... Forgetting isn't as easy as it seems... Sometimes you need someone or something to help you forget, try finding what that is okay?" He asks bluntly while placing his hand on her cheek as she looks right into his brown eyes with her own hazel eyes.

Naomi: "um sure... Thanks Chul." She says in appreciation as Vigil leaves her so she can rest. Gwisin meanwhile is overlooking the files Grace gathered up on Bravo's inner circle.

Gwisin: "Ryker is Bravo's communications expert and likely second in command, Charlie Bradford... Former army ranger and demolitions expert, probably in charge of training the grunts how to properly make an explosive." He thinks to himself while turning the next page and is stunned seeing a Korean man. "No... It can't be you... Brother." He says in disbelief as he immediately heads to Harry's office. "We gotta talk." He says with worry uncertainty.