Noventa - A Star Wars Story

"Oh, there are bantha- and nerf-doctors enough on this rock," Yara assures him, watching the farmhands haul the sedated cat away towards the farmstead. Much more slowly, being on foot, she begins to set out in the same direction. "Whether they'll be willing to mess with a predator may be another question. I suppose..." She reaches inside her jacket and pulls a small rectangle of flimsiplast from an inside pocket. "My card. In case you can't find a vet. Or in case he," a nod at the receding truck, "does a more thorough job on you next time."

Kor smiled a bit "you wouldn't be the first to say so Doctor Shur." But then he nodded "I'll look into finding you, though I'm not sure I've ever heard of a big animal vet here on Noventa and I doubt the ones that usually work on loth-cats are going to be prepared for him."

"You do strike me as a survivor," the doctor says a bit dryly. "Ah... you may want to find a real veterinarian for your prize, if you can. But I would be interested to hear how it all turns out."

Kor nodded "Korvalus Dunbri, most call me Kor." He shook his head a bit at her question "it's really nothing I imagine it'll be better by morning but thanks."

"Well, I wish you the best of luck with it," she says sincerely, auburn brows arching. "It's Dr. Suhr, by the way. Yara. I could take a look at that scratch on your shoulder, while we're here...?"

Kor called over a couple of the farm hands to help him load the beast into the truck and find a place to store it for now before they take it back to the twelve. Kor might not have a gym for a while but that's the price you pay for keeping a big cat as a pet.

After it was loaded up he looks at the doc "your concerns are well founded, he's obviously dangerous but I also think he's smart which means he can probably be trained. We'll see how it goes."

The beast has its breath slowly returns to something healthy. Its stomach moves in large deep repetitions, although it does not appear to be awake at the moment. Its eyes were closed deeply, exhausted from the wounds, though at least its face would should it having some more color than it did as he was bleeding out.

It looks like, despite it being a animal, the doc did a pretty decent job with his recovery.

Kor shook his head "I'm not sure about anything but, i can try and restrain it and handle it the best I can and if worst comes to worst well...." he trails off for a moment but there is steel in him "I'll do what I have to, I won't let my choices harm others."

"Can you control it?" Yara peels off her gloves, balling one inside the other as she gives Kor a doubtful look. "If it panics and gets violent, it could tear off the synthflesh, or crack the growth matrix I've patched its foreleg bones with." She drops the gloves alongside the other soiled items scattered on the plastic sheet she'd used to lay out her tools, and carefully folds it up with the waste inside, then pushes to her feet. "Or hurt you, or someone else."

Kor gives the manka cat a stroke on its head before standing and placing a hand on the doctors shoulder "thank you, I know you had no responsibility to do this for me."

the man then thought for a moment a pondering expression played across his features "we could likely take it back with us at least until it recovers the bar is on the edge of town and has a spacious enough area behind it we could house the beast at least until it recovers. After that" Kor shrugged and then winced at the cut on his shoulder were the cat had clawed him "damn didn't actually notice he got me" he shook his head "but anyway after he's up and ready to go we'll figure out what to do with him then."

"Looks rather like an eat-or-be-eaten situation to me," the doctor remarks distractedly, fanning open her kit and beginning to lay out the tools she'll need. She has no idea whether any of the common blood simulants she has on hand are anywhere near compatible with a manka cat... [i]Saline will have to do.[/i]

. . .

Some time later, after a lot of frowning and sighing on the doctor's part but not much conversation, the big cat is at least no longer in danger of bleeding out. The two patches of its body where Kor struck it have been inelegantly sheared of fur--almost spelling the end of a set of portable clippers that were [i]definitely[/i] not designed for this--and the wounds sutured and covered with synthskin patches.

Yara sighs and sits back on her heels, her hands in their bloodied gloves held out in front of her. "Well. It will be stable until morning, at least." She looks up at Kor with a tired, quizzical expression. "What happens after that? I can't promise it will survive in the wild while its injuries are healing. And these homesteaders may not be too pleased if you turn it loose near their land, in any case."

Kor nods "I know it's an odd request, but I just...it seems like its....special. I didn't want to kill it in the first place, just heat of battle you know."

Hearing her Kor knelt by the beast and firmly but gently restrained it not applying much force but willing his arms not to move nor be moved.

"...save... it?" Yara echoes, auburn brows arching. Maybe she isn't all the way awake yet. But Kor seems quite lucid--no visible head trauma--and on second look the big beast is still breathing, if barely. "If you mean that seriously... I don't know," she admits, shaking her head as she approaches and walks a half-circle around the furry body. "I'm a doctor, not a veterinarian. Never treated a wild animal before." [i]But trauma is trauma, isn't it?[/i]

She snaps on a pair of disposable gloves and, after a moment of thought, rolls up her sleeves for good measure, crouching on the churned turf. One of the big cat's paws twitches slightly and she flinches away, even as part of her mind identifies it as nothing more than a weak reflex reaction. In a sentient vertebrate patient, she'd call that a good sign--it means the creature's spine is probably uninjured.

"I suppose I can try," she says after some quick calculations, glancing up at Kor. "I may need you to hold it still. A stunner might kill it in this state."

Kor released the ax as he stood and turned to the doctor "oh I'm fine it just scratched me." He said looking down at the larger manka cat whose breathing was shallow but still there. "Cat put up a good fight and there's something special about it. I think....i think it tried to use the forced on me?" He said his voice almost a question at the end.

A lightbulb goes off in his head "doc do you think you can save it? I think it might be a truly unique creature."

((Summoned, I come! By the powers of Flession!))

Hearing the calls for the homestead's defenders to stand down, Yara--who'd been slouching in a corner of the dining hall in a nervy half-doze, waiting for any fresh casualties--shakes her head to clear it and takes a swig of the tepid caf at her elbow, then swings her kit back over her shoulder and heads outside to see what mess awaits now.

Hardly anyone looks to be seriously hurt, which is a relief. But there does seem to be one man down, or partly down--a big form slumped almost on top of the even bigger body of a huge manka cat. Anyone not on his feet is triage priority number one. Yara approaches cautiously, one hand within reach of her own pistol in case the cat is still dangerous, though it looks dead or dying.

"Can you hear me? Do you need medical assistance?"

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edit: day change might happen before Kor gets back on, so I've rolled to treat the critter now, but let's play out actually doing it tomorrow?

[url=http://orokos.com/roll/668402]D1 EN--dammit, Kor, I'm a doctor, not a large-animal vet! Medicine for kitteh, hard upgraded + my Destiny flip, boost from medkit[/url]: [u]3eP+1eA+1eB+1eC+2eD[/u] [b]1 success, 2 advantage[/b]
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Kitteh will heal 3 wounds (Surgeon x2) and 2 strain?

Kor knelt before the beast as its breath slowed and looked into its eyes. He set his ax to the side and pressed his forehead against the beasts, his hand resting on the back of its head. He stayed this way for several seconds and perhaps anyone close enough would be able to hear a slight whispering sound come from the big man but the words would be impossible to hear. Kor stayed there with his head pressed to the Cat's for a bit of time it breathing labored but there Kor had no way to help it but only knew one way to end its suffering. His hand slowly drifted to his ax and his hand grasped the handle.

((Spending Destiny Point to seek help from a doc to prevent the cat from dying))

It was a strong blow against the creature, and unfortunately, it couldn't handle too many of that from Kor's mighty axe as it caved in deep into its fleshy body, its breathing shortening for a few moments until it ceased. The other cats, seeing their alpha fall, roar loudly at the loss and begin to exit the field slowly, walking away from the Homestead. Within a few minutes, the signs of the battle had ended, leaving only the barely breathing corpse of the Alpha and a few injured around the Homestead.

The attack, at least for now, appears to have ended.

((Combat over))

Kor barely noticed the beasts claws but he retorted to the attack with a slash of his ax. In his almost feral state the attack wasn't pretty but it was effective landing a solid blow with his ax. Kor roared at the beast again as his ax sunk into its thick hide.

[url=http://orokos.com/roll/668371]The Duel attack upgraded from frenzied attack[/url]: [u]3eP+1eA+2eD[/u] [b]2 successes, 1 threat[/b]
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11 damage pierce 2 1 threat remaining
soak 6
wounds 3/20
strain 4/13

The Alpha snarls at Kor as it circles him with the intent to kill the man who attempt to usurp his throne. He pauses and roars loudly at Kor and pounces in for the attack. The motion was swift and strong, swiping hard at Kor and digging his claws into his flesh, though the thickness of his armor and body made it only a small cut on his flesh. It wasn't able to recover itself from the action, though, landing on the ground and losing his balance for a moment.

[url=http://orokos.com/roll/668367]Alpha Cat: ATTACK![/url]: [u]2eP+1eA+2eD[/u] [b]2 successes, 2 threat[/b]
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((3 damage after Kor's soak, +1 Setback to the Alpha for next roll.))

Banks pulled up his comm to is mouth and spoke softly to the group, "Everyone disengage to the south behind Kor... If things go south Cal and I will need a clear shot if we wanna end this quickly."