Buckets R' Us [Moon 9, Morning, Sick Bay] - Open

[Iuchi Xiao Hua]

"Actually, I was never good at anything." he admitted. "Jack of all trades, and master of none." The man chuckled, smiling a little sheepishly.

[Isawa O-Washi]

"That just means you haven't found your calling yet." The Phoenix gave his best encouraging smile. "Maybe the sea will be it, mmm?"

[Iuchi Xiao Hua]

"I hope so." the man nodded meekly. "All I can do is wait and see, neh."

[Isawa O-Washi]

"And try as many things as you can...that way, you'll find that thing that much sooner." The big man's hand came down in a friendly clap on the Iuchi's shoulder. "Now, then...you're looking a little peaky. Need a bit of ginger or mint?"

[Iuchi Xiao Hua]

"Ginger I guess..." He was somewhat surprised, but not overtly shocked by the man's touch.

[Isawa O-Washi]

O-washi nodded, his hand not lingering after the companionable gesture but instead moving off toward the supplies with the rest of him. It was only a matter of moments before the big priest, who had after all arranged all of the medicines to begin with, came back with a bit of rice paper twisted into a bundle around several chunks of ginger. "You can either eat these straight, which has quite a kick, or you can get Cook to blend it down into a tea for you. I prefer the later myself...blended in with a good black tea and some lemongrass it's rather good."

[Iuchi Xiao Hua]

"Thank you." the Unicorn bowed, accepting the item offered. "And thank you for your time." Turning to leave, he added. "I'll excuse myself, then." before making his exit.

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

Rinzuki continues to examine the surgery table for signs of the impending apocalypse.



Or at least, it may has well have been the end times, for all of the serious attention she seemed to be giving it.

[Isawa O-Washi]

Calm blue eyes studied the young woman even as the gunso bowed and absently bade her Cousin farewell. When at last the big man spoke, his voice was quiet, almost gentle.

"Is something amiss, Iuchi-san?"

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

"Nothing at all," Rinzuki says, her attention turning back to O-Washi. "I simply did not wish to make myself a conversation burden."

[Isawa O-Washi]

A laugh rolled out of the big man. "That's an intersting way to put it..." Shaking his head, O-washi leaned one hip against the cabinet he'd fetched the ginger from, once again studying the Unicorn. "So, if you've come to help, perhaps you should tell me what sort of field experience you've got."

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

"I have served through a number of conflicts, including the most recent war with the barbarians and the assault of the Lion upon the Unicorn lands." She places her hands upon the surgery table as if she were about to lift herself up onto it, then pauses as she reconsiders the idea.

"My experience as a healer is therefore rather broad. I have dealt with the green rot, field amputations, running the guts to find shrapnel..."

[Isawa O-Washi]

O-washi, far from disgusted by the rather gruesume tasks, just nodded thoughtfully. "We get an amputation here and there...usually trying to get a man out of a rope before it kills him." He made a warding gesture, then continued. "Most often we get breaks. How're you on splints and the like?"

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

"I know how to create one, though I have rarely had the need to do so." She tilts her head at the warding gesture but doesn't comment on it. "Typically I just realign the bone and allow my prayers to fix the break."

[Isawa O-Washi]

"Which is what I'd do by choice but there're battlefields that's not...prudent." The big man's face grew stormy for a moment and then cleared. "Still, useful you've the knowledge...ever have to counterweight a twisted leg? Muscle pull makes those tricksy, especially on a ship."

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

"I'm...not sure," she says, a look of confusion crossing her features. "I have not heard of that particular term applied to healing before. Perhaps if Isawa-sama could explain the procedure...?"

[Isawa O-Washi]

"Certainly."

Without ceremony, O-washi plopped his bare foot up on the corner of the surgery table she'd previously used as a chair and rolled back his hakama. His leg, just like the rest of him, was heavily muscled and had some interesting scars. Tapping the large cluster of muscles on the top of his thigh, he offered, "Now...if I was to snap the big bone in this leg? These here would put so much force on it that just splinting it wouldn't do a damned bit of good. If you've ever seen a warrior retired with a crippled limb this sort of injury's likely why. What you have to do is put enough pull on the rest of the leg to balance the muscle's force."

He pointed up into the rigging above where a few black steel rings were bolted. "What I usually do if I lack the time or the power to get the kami to help is rig a sling around the ankle and then loop the harness up through there. Then I use a grain sack from the hold and fill it up with sand until the balance is right...which is, I must say, the hard part."

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

"That seems like it would be effective," she says, nodding in approval of the process. "I admit, I typically turn to my prayers for injuries of that nature."

Rinzuki reaches out and lightly traces the tips of her fingers along O-Washi's leg, following the path of the bone. "While I hope that we do not suffer any injuries of the sort during my time here, I must admit that I would like to attempt it some time, if only for the practice."

[Isawa O-Washi]

The broad grin on his face widened a bit and he waggled his brows in Rinzuki's direction. "Looking to tie me up, Iuchi-san?"

He let that sit for a moment before going on in an earnest tone, "It'd be a useful thing for you to learn, though, if you truly mean to keep up with the Imperial Navy. In the Sea of Shadows, calling the kami isn't safe. Sometimes the kami get fussy when you get too far out to sea, too, which I'm sure you can understand, Unicorn's travels and all."

[Iuchi Rinzuki]

"I don't expect that to be a problem." Rinzuki smiles playfully as her fingers make little back and forth journeys along O-Washi's leg. "After the first hundred years or so away from the Empire, the Iuchi managed to work out that little problem."