The boy skidded to the floor in front of the monster. Luck was on his side this time--the thing had fallen on its side. Quickly, Artemis pulled the scalpel out of the thing's back and pocketed it. His hands were slick from all the blood, but somehow he managed to open one of the bottles and hold it under the wound. The blood flowed out of the wound slowly, but Artemis wasn't expecting anything different.
A bottle and a half later, he was resorting to his first tactic of propping the body up and letting the blood run out that way. He filled another bottle and a half, making the total from this monster three, before his shoulder gave out again.
One more monster left, he thought, turning to the last felled beast.
[Jumping down to Gabranth/Larsa/Homura/Ed thread once it's clear]
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The boy skidded to the floor in front of the monster. Luck was on his side this time--the thing had fallen on its side. Quickly, Artemis pulled the scalpel out of the thing's back and pocketed it. His hands were slick from all the blood, but somehow he managed to open one of the bottles and hold it under the wound. The blood flowed out of the wound slowly, but Artemis wasn't expecting anything different.
A bottle and a half later, he was resorting to his first tactic of propping the body up and letting the blood run out that way. He filled another bottle and a half, making the total from this monster three, before his shoulder gave out again.
One more monster left, he thought, turning to the last felled beast.
[Jumping down to Gabranth/Larsa/Homura/Ed thread once it's clear]