Skit: I didn't even push you that hard
Walking back to his office was Otto. He had a lot of paperwork to do and it wasn't good of him to get behind. He had just taken a little break to use the bathroom and grab a glass of alcohol. Despite what others said, he liked to think he worked more efficiently with a bit of alcohol in his system.
Little did he know that he wasn't alone in the hallway.
To an astute observer, they would notice the reflection of a figure on the window. Otto Suwen however, did not.
Unfortunately for him, that lack of awareness sealed his fate.
[?]: "RAHH!"
[Otto]: "Ahh!"
Scared out of his wits, the merchant fell to the ground. Where did Subaru come from?
Otto never took too well to being scared, and after his run-ins with the witch cult, he really should have been more alert. That carelessness led to a situation like this.
That aside, he landed on his ankle, too.
[Otto]: "Dang it, Natsuki-san. You roughhouse too much."
[Subaru]: "Get up, brotto."
Subaru was laughing his butt off. Nothing like teasing Otto to put a smile on your face. Otto clenched his teeth and held on to his wounded ankle.
[Otto]: "No, it's serious. It hurts."
[Subaru]: "Stop being a punk, Otto. C'mon."
[Otto]: "I feel like my ankle's broken. Tell me if it's that bad, man."
As Otto removed his hands from his ankle, Subaru's eyes widened.
And that was when the screaming started.
[Otto]: "Ohhh! OHHhh! AHHUH! AIIAHAHH!"
Otto shrieked in pain when he saw the condition of his foot. It was twisted at a 90 degree angle. Legs don't do that!
[Subaru]: "I didn't even push you that hard!"
He was freaking out. When did he get so strong?
They needed a healer, but as much as Subaru wanted to run away to find Emilia, Garfiel, or Beatrice, he didn't want to leave Otto just lying there either. Especially since it was definitely, absolutely, one-hundred percent his fault. Carrying him was out of the question too.
Otto didn't cease his screaming. He was squirming around, trying to convince himself that that wasn't his foot.
[Otto]: "AUHUHH! No! What's it doing?!"
That's when Otto's foot began to turn…
Upwards.
Subaru also started to scream. He was going to be sick. He clutched his stomach.
[Otto]: "What's happening?! STOP IT! AHHHUHhHAH!"
Otto's foot was spinning around! On its joint? How does that even work?
Regardless of all those logical questions, Otto knew pain when he felt it.
[Subaru]: "OOHH! AHhh! Oh no! Oh my god!"
The situation had gotten worse. Otto's foot was crawling away! It had a mind of its own. Was he possessed?
Subaru fell on his butt. He had seen some shit, but this was new shit.
Was this the Witch Cult's doing? The Unseen Foot? Subaru contemplated this as he resumed his daily dose of screaming.
[Subaru]: "It's getting away!"
[Otto]: "Catch it! Get it! Catch it! You have to catch it."
[Subaru]: "I'm not touching that! I'm not touching that!"
Otto was just going to have to take one for the team. Maybe if they screamed loud enough, someone would come.
Otto continued to scream. His voice reached octaves he never knew he could reach.
[Otto]: "Catch it! Ahhh! Wahh!"
Summoning courage from who-knows-where, Subaru was about to grab Otto's runaway foot.
[Subaru]: "Okay, okay. I got it. I got it."
He picked himself up, ready to do the impossible.
His foot hit the door.
His foot also turned…
Upwards.
karma.
[Subaru]: "Oh no!"
[Otto]: "What's wrong with yours? Ahh! No!"
[Subaru]: "Ah! My foot. It hurts. It hurts!"
The cacophony of their shrieks threatened to shake the heavens. Maybe Volcanica would hear.
In the end, it took the combined efforts of Felix, Emilia, Garfiel, and Beatrice in order to fix their feet.
