Thread: Hidden Planet RPG

Kamisama looked at Maddy and Ono talk together. He stood completely still, almost seeming frozen, only his eyes switching from one to the other. As expected, he couldn't understand most of it.

He watched Ono walk toward some trees in the short distance. The words "cut" and "trees" were now clearer, and since it had most probably something to do with their previous conversation, "shelter" finally made its way to his brain's dictionary. Maddy had obviously things of her own to do, her being seemingly the only one around with some medical knowledge after a crash landing. So Kami pasted his best fake smile and then... stood there.

One problem with the Japanese is that they have a big difficulty with initiative. It's been that way since the beginning of their civilization. Unless they have precise tasks to do, they have a hard time figuring out priorities by fear of getting in someone else's way. They are also very self-conscious and can't get over the mistakes they make. "Manual People", they were called, since they didn't do anything unless they had a manual on how to do it.

Given that information, one can easily comprehend that a Japanese man, young of age, outside a bubble for the first time of his life, having done the same tasks day after day for years, surrounded by a bunch of strangers with whom he can't communicate, has simply no idea on what to do after a crash landing on a foreign planet...

Double post because I posted from my phone. Sorry about that. If anyone can delete those when I do that, that would be great. My phone is my only real way of being on these forums, so please don't get too impatient with me.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Maddy moved over the the first of the injured. It was a female with a head injury. Maddy took the water and a cloth and started cleaning the wound and after that she checked her fital signs. It seemed to be more of a cut than anything else and the female's responses were fine. Maddy guessed she would be okay and moved over to the next. Before she started her examination of the female's injuries she looked towards Kamisama. He seemed quite uncomfortable and Maddy gave him a wink as a 'it's okay' signed. With her hand she signed him to come closer.

As Kamisama looked around aimlessly for something obvious to do, he figured he could probably help Ono with the shelter. He was pondering on how he was going to formulate his help offer when his eyes momentarily locked with Maddy's. She winked, smiled and gestured for him to get closer. At this moment, for a fraction of seconds, something happened in his stomach. Like a bug had moved or something. He wasn't sure what that was, and since it occurred for a brief instant, he just mentally noted it and pushed it back in a corner of his brain. If it ever happened in a more painful way, he could always ask Maddy what she thought about it.

As he walked towards Maddy, a hand still on his stomach from reflex after the odd sensation, a thought soon made its way into his mind: he hasn't eaten since... when exactly ? No way to be sure, but a little while, no doubt. But all thoughts flew from his head as he arrived near Maddy. He crouched, smiled, and waited for her to speak, silently hoping for lots of gestures and patience.

Maddy smiled as Kamisama got closer and crouched next to her. She wanted him to help her, but she wasn't sure how she could make him understand what to do. She gave it some thought and then she decided to just demonstrate it. First she had to make some basic words clear. She touched her own chest and said "I" and then slowly, as she didn't want to startle him, she touched his chest and added "you".

Maddy turned to the female in front of her. "I," she touched her own chest again "will do this." She slowly and carefully checked the woman's vital signs. When she was done she turned back to Kamisama. "You," touching his chest again "will do that." Maddy took his hand and put the wet cloth in it. She then guided his hand to clean the wound. When they were done she moved over to the next, this time a male, and took Kamisama with her. She checked the man's vital signs and then turned to look at Kamisama and see what he would do.

Kamisama listened and watched the little demonstration. As Maddy slowly reached for his chest, he had a small and slow head movement backwards, almost as if he was trying to keep the distance between the hand and his head the same all the way, but his body remained still. That was more of a reflex than anything. He knew Maddy wasn't going to jump on him and eat him or anything, but physical contacts are something quite rare in Japanese culture. He didn't really know why, as the vast majority of humans like physical contacts, and he did like it too, but habits die hard, so he couldn't help it. As she took his hand, his brain momentarily trailed to the sensations he was feeling; her hand was small and surprisingly soft, although slightly cool, as most small hands are. Her skin was whiter than his, a characteristic that always was attractive to people of darker skin color, and he couldn't help but think she still had beautiful hands, even after a crash landing. But for some reason, there was also this feeling that those hands saw and did things that they shouldn't have been supposed to go through.

After she was done with the first "patient", he came back to reality as Maddy got up and they moved to the next injured. The same pattern started again, except she stopped after the "touch some body part to know if still alive" part. Kami concluded he had to do the "clean the wound because it's dirty" part. He did it slowly, flicking his eyes on Maddy every so often to see her reaction on if he was doing it right or not.

"It's perfect" Maddy said. Her eyes smiled radiently so that Kamisama would get the meaning of her words even if he didn't understand them.

She moved over to the next 'patient' and noticed it was the female that the male with the axe had carried out for her. She was still unconcious and Maddy felt worried instantly. She checked her vital signs and that did not ease her worry. The female was in a bad state and Maddy had no idea what she could do to help her. Maddy decided to help the others first and then return. She worked at it quickly, but her mind stayed with the female and as soon as she could she returned.

Maddy her heart stopped as she realised she could not find a heartbeat. She checked a second time hoping she had been wrong, but with the same result. She started CPR desperately knowing there was no point, as tears ran down her face. The female had to live, she just had to. The female had been the only survivor left inside among all those dead bodies that had made Maddy feel so sad. Maddy didn't want to loose her, it hurt too much. She continued with the CPR even though she was loosing the strenght to do it. She knew she had to stop, but she couldn't.