Overdue Check-Up (Poppy Playtime) [On Hold]

(Chapter 5) Part 23: Through Reanimation Ep. 1

Eventually, Nearic releases his brother and wipes at his face, "We need to keep moving."

Dan nods as he grabs his shoulder again, "Alright, but do we have anything to this?" he asks revealing his shoulder for a moment before covering it again.

Nearic looks around the room, then back at Dan, specifically, his shirt, "Take off your shirt."

The older brother blinks, "What?"

The doctor-in-training puts down his pack, "I mean it, we need to cover it, now. The best way to do that is with a clean cloth tightly wrapped over it."

"Clean?" Dan asks as he takes off his hoodie, wincing as the action pulls at his wound.

Nearic rolls his eyes as he sniffles, "I'll soak it in water form one of our bottles, first, I still have one we haven't touched. It's not great, but it's the best you're getting, better than leaving out to the sick air in this place."

Dan then takes off his grey t-shirt and hand it to his brother, "Here."

Nearic takes it and brings out his scissors, cutting the left sleeve away before cutting the front of the shirt open. The teen tosses the scissors aside scrunches up the shirt as he grabs a plastic bottle full of water. He groans as he unscrews the cap and starts pouring it onto the shirt, soaking it thoroughly.

He puts the bottle aside and grabs the soaking wet cloth, squeezing it tightly to get rid of the excess water. Then he unfurls it and twists it over and over before swinging like a whip, flinging even more water and emitting a cracking sound. Finally, he then partially flattens it out and walks over to his brother.

"This is going to hurt," Nearic warns.

Dan chuckles, "When does it not?"

The younger brother huffs before carefully wrapping it around Dan's shoulder, eliciting a groaning hiss as its tightly wrapped. Nearic then gets the two ends and ties a knot with it, securing it in place and increasing the pressure it has over the wound. Dan takes controlled breathes to keep from causing an outburst, while covering his face with his other hand.

"Ow..." he groans.

Nearic swallows thickly and chuckles, "Yeah, not great it?" He reaches down and grabs his brother's hoodie, "I've also got to make a sling, so you don't move your arm. You can wear it after I've cut it off, alright?"

Dan nods as Nearic gets back to work, quickly cutting off the sleeve and handing the hoodie to his brother. The elder puts it on as the younger cuts one side of the sleeve to make a long cloth. Nearic then walks up to his brother and starts wrapping his neck twice, and then he carefully pulls up Dan's left arm and wraps the wrist twice before tying the two ends together.

"It's not perfect," Nearic amended, "there should be cloth to rest your arm, but we don't have the materials for that, so you'll just have to be careful not to move your arm as much as possible."

Dan nods with a pained expression, "Right," he grits out.

He turns around and grabs the audio tape he had put away, "We should listen to this while we get to the tram."

Nearic takes the tape, "Good idea."

Dan walks up to the doors as Nearic gives the tape to Glowby, the bauble immediately playing it as always.

"Did you say something?" a man asks over the crackle of the audio, "Oliver?"

"Elliot..." Nearic names.

Dan opens the doors to the next room, and they're greeted by a long dark hallway, a small toy standing at the far end, and the windows on the right wall show nothing but the eery glow of Poppy Gel, "If you want to talk... I'm here."