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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:19 pm
"I think s-" and as water touched the electric based zahdl, it licked those bolts straight back toward poor Tae.
After actually a loud 'KERPOW!' sound, Tae's body started shaking, and eventually his eyes rolled into the back of his head after several seconds. It didn't take long before he was shuddering, and with what bit of control over the electric neurons in his body that he had he crawled out onto the ice and let his now charred back press into it.
Another faint hissing sound as burnt and bleeding flesh touched ice signaled that Tae, apparently, was NOT okay. His tail swayed slightly, and he realized he had lost most of his beautiful fur! He frowned slightly, then grunted, sitting up, "I'm okay now.."
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:31 pm
"Gggh..." Snow's entire body went numb as the miniature tidal wave caused by the melting of the giant snow drift washed over his bare hands, pulling the electric power out of him. He involuntarily scrunched his eyes together as he braced for the usual sharp tingling sensation.
He may not be a fire elemental, but that didn't mean that he liked water either.
"My ears are ringing," he forced out between clenched teeth, willing the awful feeling to go away. He grabbed his head between his hands, and bit back a curse he had learned from Mari as he realized they were wet. Where had all that water come from?
And then the scent of something burnt reached his nose. A feeling of dread made a pit in the bottom of his stomach, and he dragged himself out onto the ice after Tae.
"You certainly do not SMELL alright," Snow tried to keep his voice calm. It was no good panicking, panicking did not help. No it didn't...now if only his mind could convince his racing heart of that fact.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:36 pm
"It goes away, though, right?" when Snow mentioned ringing ears, Tae's own perked up. His head, and hair, for some odd reason, had been undamaged, unlike his bare spine and clothes. They were burnt and smelled rancid. He found himself peeling them off of what bits of hsi skin that didn't screech out in protest at the actions.
He turned his eyes over to Snow as he approached, and put into his head not to let him know that he was badly hurt, "Just some burnt tail fur, that's all!" he tried. Well it was true, but it wasn't some, it was all of it. He lowered his eyes over toward the said item as it swished around angrily. He finally pulled it around his waist and let it sit there to nurse itself. Hopefully he could hide the burnt limb..
His back was another matter. He would definitely scar from this little episode, but he couldn't let Snow know that. Maybe some day he could make up some grand story about how he got the marks later on. For now, he stood up, wobbling a bit, "C'mon, we came here to skat, gosh darnnit, I wanna skate!" he took Snow's hands into his own, trying to keep balance as he pulled the other male up to his feet.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:49 pm
"Are you sure?" Snow's nose wrinkled. "Maybe I should try using..." He bit his lip. He certainly had the ability to use Heal Shock, but he did not have much practice with it. Only the time when he had first used it, in fact. And he certainly didn't want to fry Tae any further. The knots in his stomach decided to start doing a tango with the butterflies and the guilt set in more. He should've been more careful.
Taking Tae's hand, Snow attempted to get to his feet. Of course, between the numbness and the shock of the incident, Snow's body wasn't going to cooperate with the little things such as balance. As soon as he was halfway up, he pitched forward into Tae, causing them to land in a heap.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:59 pm
"Yeah! Never felt better! C'mon, let's get--.. Wait, use wha-" so fast so fast so FAST!
One minute he was standing up on his own two feet, and the next Snow was teetering and actually sent him backwards onto the ice once again. His tail was wrapped around his person, so he didn't have anything to cushion him as he fell, spine first against the hard ice below.
His pupils contracted to mere needle-point dots as his teeth grit and his entire body tensed, instantly arching off the ice with a silent hiss through ivory fangs as he shot up to sit. He tried not to be too conspicuous, but the stinging in his eyes was obvious enough to anyone who could see that he was in pain.
But poor Snow had no idea what was going on. He only knew that Tae's tail was burnt, that was it. He had no idea that the flesh was peeling off, and had actually stuck to the ice behind him. He didn't want to look, not at the black flesh that curled and hissed against the cold surface.
He reached down and helped Snow up a little bit, letting him sit in his lap, "Well, I suppose I could scoot around on my butt or something for a while," he tried to lighten the already awkward situation, but it probably would fall apon deaf ears at this point.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:15 pm
At this point, Snow felt like banging his head, hard, against the ice. Not only to relieve his frustration at hurting Tae, but knocking himself out would probably make the ringing sensation go away as well.
Hearing the hissing noise that Tae made as they hit the ice made him realize all too well what his powers had done. It made Snow feel even worse that he had hurt him, especially since the other boy was obviously trying to hide it.
He HAD to try something to make this right again.
Grabbing Tae's hand, Snow sent a quick prayer to whoever was listening (along the lines of 'Please let this work'). Closing his eyes, he concentrated on using his power to send a message to Tae's nervous system to jump start the healing process.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:24 pm
"You okay, Snow?"the light Zahdl had gotten so quiet all of a sudden, he was worried. He frowned slightly, but without warning Snow had a grasp of his hand and was muttering something incoherent under his breath.
Tae's ears pushed back as he seemed to be doing something with his powers. He silently winced as he waited for the burning sensation, but there was none. In fact, his body felt like it was in hyper drive. His heart rate shot up, as did his breathing as the healing process began.
Basically, every atom in his body was going a million miles an hour, it was amazing that he didn't keel over as the nerves and neurons jump started and his blood began pumping at a dangerously escalated rate. It didn't take long before the black flesh turned into thick scabs, and those scabs healed over into flesh.. But there were large scars now across his back where the skin didn't exactly connect, deep gauges against his spine and shoulderblades as he felt the pain slowly subsiding.
The flesh, however, was even more sensitive than before, he realized then that if someone touched his back, he might go into a small joygasm or worse!
He slowly opened his eyes as his heart puttered back into it's usual rhythm, chest heaving for air as he spoke, "WARN a fella next time?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:43 pm
Snow's eyes began to roll backwards in his head as his body tried to pass out from the sudden use of extra energy. Squinting them shut, he shook his head to try and clear the faintness.
Not to mention the fact that his body had gone completely numb again. But, as he noticed the charred smell fading away, he decided that the power splurge was completely worth it.
"Sorry," he croaked in response to Tae's complaint. "Have not done that in quite a while...did it work?"
He reached out to touch Tae's tail to check for himself...
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:52 pm
"Haven't done WHAT in a while?" he turned his head to look over his shoulder at his back. He could see the scars that laced upward along the line of his shoulder, and then his tail.
It had some kind of peach fuzz going on, but it wasn't back yet.. He tensed when Snow reached for it, moving it out of the way and letting his hand touch bare belly instead. Which caused a chuckle to rise. He was ticklish, after all.
He stood slowly, "How about we go skating another day... You're tired now. I don't mind just hanging around with you if you like..." he helped him stand, though his skates went suddenly sideways, and he was quite literally doing the splits.
If he hadn't been used to it already, he probably would have screamed, but, luckily, he had done it several times with his acrobatics. He tried crab walking his way into a standing position shortly after.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:00 pm
"Healing," Snow admitted sheepishly. "I have not had many chances to practice, although I suppose I should be grateful that there have been no injuries before."
Snow was tempted to continue tickling Tae as his hand brushed the other boy's stomach, but decided that perhaps today, discretion was better.
He felt the air move softly as Tae staggered to his feet, but couldn't quite identify the strange scraping noise that followed.
"Tae?" Snow asked, worried that something else had happened.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:06 am
"Healing, eh...?" Tae didn't know how he felt about that.. Snow seemed all right at least, but he was tired. He knew he was going to try tickling him, and he actually sucked in his gut to try and get out of Snow's reach, but he didn't seem too interested in doing it after a moment.
The scraping noise was the sound of him constantly falling back into the splits after trying to stand, "I-I'm all right.. Just trying to stand up straight..."
He finally let go of Snow's hands, arms pinwheeling a bit as he finally managed to stand. He wobbled back and forth, falling back onto his hands and knees he winced as kneecaps hit hard ice, frowning, ".... I'm just gonna crawl back..." he whined slightly, and scooted slowly on his palms and knees toward the edge of the lake.
He finally got there, "... Oh... Uhm..." he tried to think, then stretched out his tail, wrapping it around Snow's wrist and tugging him. Poor Snow would feel like a rat had just caught his wrist from the short stubby fur that was his tail...
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:31 pm
"Hmm...well perhaps..." Snow considered his options for a moment, then gently tugged the skates off his feet. Wobbling into a standing position, he softly grasped the end of Tae's tail with his hand.
Snow looped the skates around his neck like a stole so that he could use his hands for balance. Giving Tae a sheepish grin, he broke out in a sprint, using the momentum to slide across the ice. His movement was broken by one of the still intact snowbanks, which he flopped into in a decidedly ungraceful manner.
"Well, I suppose I stayed upright for at least a small while?" he offered in explanation for his clumsiness. Brushing himself off, he shrugged.
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:13 pm
"Snow you o--" and Snow got a grip of his tail. It sent a small shock up into his spine and actually caused him to visably shudder.
Though poor Snow couldn't see that, and for the life of him Tae was glad of it. It was embarassing how much he enjoyed that, but, he would never admit that without embarassing himself...
He squeaked as he suddenly took off, yanking his tail, he was dragged for a little bit, but his tail got slick in his hand and he was left stranded in the middle of the lake. He let out a faint mewl of protest at the strain from his tail, flicking it a few times in an attempt to pop the aching joints, and he then turned around.
He got on his knuckles and removed his skates, digging his toe claws into the ice, he suddenly ran like an animal forward across the ice. Of course he slipped, cracked his jaw on the ice twice, opening a nice sized cut on his chin, but he kept onwars, and plowed through the large mound of snow beside Snow.
He made sure not to get too close, he didn't want to fry again like he had before. He jumped up out of the snow suddenly before it started melting, looking like a startled cat, he grabbed onto Snow and put him on his back once again, "Let's get home..." he smiled, though winced at his back. Snow would be able to feel them as they ran if he really paid attention to the man's back. Hopefully Mag wouldn't say anything..
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:27 pm
Snow slumped over Tae's back, throwing his arms lazily around the other boy's neck. His recent activities were beginning to catch up with him, he wasn't used to releasing so much elemental energy in a short period, intentional or no.
"You know," he mused groggily, holding back a yawn, "I think we have the supplies to make hot chocolate in my room. Would that be good?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:02 am
"Hmm?" Tae's ear quirked backward as Snow began to muse, wrapping his arms around his legs as he took off, jogging through the snow and making sure the other Zahdl didn't come into contact with anything wet as to keep from becoming another fried kitty.
He didn't think Snow had it in him to heal a second time, and he wasn't going to attempt to try and tempt fate on that aspect, either. He turned his eyes over his shoulder at him as he spoke about hot chocolate, smiling, "That sounds good to me."
It didn't take long before they returned to Snow's home, and he gently nudged the door open with his head and foot, closing it with his tail behind him as he came inside and called out, "Hello? Anyone here?"
He knew it would normally be the other way around, as he was fairly injured, and he felt some of the scars actually opening just a smidge. It hurt his spine, stinging against the cold air and warm are mixing together around with his normal body temperature, and he gently set Snow down on the sofa, sitting in a squat, then indian style slowly, taking his skates and dropping them beside his person as he hunched his shoulders forward and let his head droop a little, looking much like an agitated kitty.
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