Man, you look just like I feel [Open]

[meat_mooks]

Despite the uproar that had taken place only a day earlier, it was all quiet at the Susono Inn. Well... mostly quiet, anyway. It was home to some of the most stubborn crew members on the ship, almost all of whom had gotten involved in the brawl with the Kessek.

Allenby's arm had been broken. Simon had taken a hard one directly to the ribs. Zouichi would probably take a week to get back to real fighting form.

And Howard... well, it would probably take Howard a while to recover from what had happened.

[Visitors welcome!]

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[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Then I have to worry too." Howard says this more to the wall than to Cedric. In his roundabout way, he's come around to the idea that he cares about Cedric. He doesn't like that he does, and that doesn't mean they're friends.

[theboywhodied]

"That I'll make more work for you?" Cedric teases. "You can leave it to someone else, or say I deserved it and let it heal on my own. I reckon that's what Madam Pomfrey wanted to do with me most of the time."

His expression softens, though. "But I'll be careful. Believe me, no one wants to be hit in the face with a Bludger."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"That could do serious brain damage," Howard says in his 'talking to idiots' voice. He disparages because he cares, Cedric; it's his backwards way of showing affection.

And mostly because if Cedric wants to ignore that Howard just said he'd worry about Cedric for Cedric's sake, Howard's A-OK with that.

[theboywhodied]

"I won't let that happen," he insists. "We'll have protective charms to keep the damage less extreme. Sort of like...invisible helmets."

That's not exactly how it works at home, but he's prepared to take extra measures to keep the new players safe. Cedric cares about his teammates and poor Howard's stress level.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Uh...huh." Howard just squints and shakes his head at Cedric. Magic is so weird. Not offensive, like Zouichi presumes, but weird. You make a flying attack ball and then give yourselves protection charms so it doesn't attack you as hard.

Howard pulls Sushi onto his lap. "I should probably get some more sleep. Thanks for coming by."

It's a lie - Howard's gotten more sleep in the last two days than he has in weeks - but he does need some alone time again. His ability to focus on a conversation is rapidly fleeting.

[OOC: Wrapping up so we can do Quidditch stuff!]