✧ werecat bites

[ignoranceisblight]

[Ratio doesn't really ask what Aventurine gets up to when he's off doing whatever it is he does.

It's late right now, and Ratio's minding his own business, as he does. Probably not going to bed terribly soon anyway.

So, you know, perfect time for interruptions to his night.]

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[takesitall]

Huh? What's wrong?

[But he obeys all the same.]

[ignoranceisblight]

[As he's halfway out of the room to get other supplies:]

That was a damned werecat!

[takesitall]

Are you fucking serious?!

[ignoranceisblight]

[As he's coming back in, with hot water and a case with several vials.]

Unfortunately. That hiss proved it.

[He takes the cloth again, checking to see if the wound has stopped bleeding. Satisfied, he sets the cloth aside. He'll burn it later. He takes one of the vials out of the case, then grabs some of the gauze from the first aid kit. A bit of the vial's contents are carefully dropped onto the gauze, which he wads up tightly and hands to Aventurine.]

You're going to want to bite down on that when I start treating the wound.

[takesitall]

For fuck's sake.

[He wants to ask questions but he won't. He'll just bite down as ordered.]

[ignoranceisblight]

[And so Ratio starts cleaning and disinfecting the wound (which calls for the hot water and a few more of the vials in that case). It's... definitely painful, which is why Ratio provided that gauze, sprinkled with that calming solution.

As he goes, he alternates between muttering soothing nonsense, praise, and asking him to just stand it for a bit longer. Eventually, he bandages the wound.]

There... that should do it.

[takesitall]

[Aventurine takes the gauze out, making a face.]

So, how doomed am I?

[ignoranceisblight]

Ideally? Not particularly. [As he starts pulling the gloves off. He gestures to a small trash can for the gauze.]

The things I treated the bite with will slow down some of the aspects of the transformation, making it less painful and easier for your body to handle, and will ultimately give you finer control over your form once the transformation has finalized.

It'd be a stretch to say it won't be at least somewhat unpleasant still, but that should have alleviated the worst of it.

[takesitall]

And there's no way to avoid the transformation like, at all, is there?

[Into the trash with the gauze.]

Dammit.

[ignoranceisblight]

Unfortunately, no. Once you've been bitten, that's it.

[The gloves are tossed and he washes his hands again before putting things away.]

Don't worry about having to explain this to anyone at work, I'll have that handled, especially since you're going to need time off while you adjust.

[He pauses, considering something.]

And you can stay here in the meantime.

[takesitall]

You sure? I'll need to tell Arvel, at the very least.

[ignoranceisblight]

[He nods.]

... You can stay here or I can stay with you. Which would you prefer?

[takesitall]

...I probably shouldn't be near my cats until I get this under control. They might lose it.

[ignoranceisblight]

Alright.

[...]

Let Arvel know what happened, I'll set up the guest room for you.

[takesitall]

Thanks.

[And he'll just call Arvel and have that whole fussy call.

And then he's just going to slump on the floor of the bathroom because frankly? He needs to just be a lump for a minute.]

[ignoranceisblight]

[And while Aventurine's doing that, Ratio gets the guest room set up.

... With more blankets and pillows than usual. Blankets that Aventurine prefers going for when he's come over in the past, mostly, as well as one old comforter that was a favorite of Ratio's before he got a new one.

He returns to the bathroom to tell Aventurine the room's ready, then pauses.]

... Would you rather be carried to the guest room?

[It's a genuine question. All of that must have been exhausting.]

[takesitall]

If you were anyone else, doctor, I'd assume you were flirting~

[He stumbles to his feet, suddenly so very tired.]

I can probably walk.

[ignoranceisblight]

[There's a tiny part of him that wishes it could be flirting, but... even if Aventurine does feel the same way, Ratio's pretty sure he's not ready to hear it.

Instead, he just reaches out to steady Aventurine.]

Careful. Here, use me for support as needed.

[takesitall]

If you insist.

[But yeah he needs the support, so he does end up leaning on Ratio as they go.]

Think I have a fever...

[ignoranceisblight]

I'm not surprised. That's common in most newly bitten therianthropes.

[He adjusts his arm to better support Aventurine.]

Here, I've got you.

[takesitall]

[Ugh, he hates being weak...]

When should I...first transform?

[ignoranceisblight]

It'll be a couple days. If it weren't for the solutions I used to treat the bite, it'd be within the next twenty-four hours.

[They've gotten to the guest room by now. Ratio doesn't turn on the light as he helps Aventurine to the bed.]

[takesitall]

[Oh the darkness is nice. His eyes hurt.]

Well, that gives me some time to be utterly miserable and human-shaped. Yay.

[ignoranceisblight]

... My apologies. The combination of solutions I used was to ensure you wouldn't have any involuntary transformations after your body's gotten used to it.

[takesitall]

No, it's fine. I'm just complaining because if I don't I'll probably have a breakdown.