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 Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:26 am
At some point, Uuni had escaped the menagerie of girls. Honestly, people called her strange, but there were times when Uuni simply could not understand a girl's way of thinking. Mainly, why Rawni was such a chicken so awestruck with her roommate that she drooled but couldn't gruff herself up enough to admit it.
Giving her jaw a try, Uuni stretched out the ligaments, only to tense up the moment she opened too wide. Rawni was tough enough to slap someone over the matter. It was easy, right? Slap the slut and not admit your feelings.
Women. Crazy.
Of course, those same words could have been easily applied to her. She'd abandoned the potential help of three individuals, because she hadn't wanted to deal with the emotional mess. At this very moment, she was busy wandering the halls looking for someone who would fill that place. She wanted to know her jaw wasn't broken. It wasn't, but she wanted someone to tell her.
Face and eyes high, she scanned the prospects and eventually landed on something perfect. She recognized that woman, and she'd heard more about her than that. Mainly that she was extremely friendly, and therefore perfect.
"Hey!" Ow. "Would you happen to know anything about healing?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:52 am
It took La a moment to realize that the speaker was directing attention at her, but when she did, she smiled and turned to face whoever had just called out. She was off-duty currently, but that didn't stop her from having her arms full of stoppered flasks of herb oils and essences...and one fat bronze firelizard, who stretched his neck out and gave a questioning, "Prrrp?" at Uuni.
"What ho!" La answered, altering her course and swerving around two Candidates with baskets of citrus fruits so she could approach the young woman who had spoken to her. The face was familiar, she couldn't remember the name....but she felt like there might have been some sort of gossip central to this particular woman.
But whatever it was, she didn't know it, and had no particular desire to learn it. What she was currently interested in learning was the origin of the mark on Uuni's face. "Did you lose a fight with a door?" she asked wryly. "Not that it's any of my business, of course. Lanakirene of green Isonth, unofficial apprentice dragonhealer and general Infirmary slave." She inclined her head and gave Uuni a quick once-over, trying desperately to place the face with a name.
Candidate, she thought, though she might have been wrong. It was easiest to guess Candidate first and deal with the repercussions later if she made a mistake. "Candidates are discouraged from brawling, you know," she remarked, but with a slight smile that indicated she wasn't accusing her of anything.
Menalia prrp'd again, clearly interested in getting Uuni's attention, and La hushed him. "Want me to take a look at that?" she asked, inclining her head somewhat awkwardly in the direction of Uuni's jaw. Not having hands was making talking hard for La.
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:47 am
Firelizards.
Not a word of utterance escaped her mouth as she locked eyes with the little beast. There was nothing wrong with firelizards, but they did a rather good job of going down shirts, or invading your clothes drawers, and especially managing to show up at the worst of times.
Giving it one last wary glance, she turned her attention to La. A door? Wait, what? Oh. The mark on her face. "Not. . . not exactly," she tried, straining the words on the tip of her tongue as she gazed over all the things that her speech-companion was carrying.
She had to laugh at the mention of brawling. "No, no, nothing like that. Do I look like the type of girl that would get in a fight?" Despite the ache, she gave the woman a larger smile and a small wink to go with it.
The bronze caught her attention again. He was doing a very good job of it if only because he worried her. "Does he want something to eat?" she asked with an absent mind.
Shortly thereafter, her hand was raised to the spot on her jaw again. "Yes," she answered quickly. Desperation was shown in how quickly and tensed the word was stated. "I mean, if you could. Do you, uh, need me to carry anything?" If any of those things dropped, Uuni was afraid her toes might be in for some pain.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:55 am
La noticed Uuni's attention to Menalia and hushed him again as he attempted to climb out of her arms to go see this new person who ought to be giving him love. The 'lizard fell still with a slightly distressed noise and La quietly sent him soothing mental images while she listened to Uuni's words.
"No, he's not hungry, he's just being a pain because he wants you to love him." She looked down at Menalia, who was looking as pathetic as possible in an attempt to gain Uuni's attention, and sighed. "Something went wrong when I was training him, and now he only stops if you tell him he's pretty." She shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
The offer to carry some of what La was holding made her smile graciously but shake her head. "No, I'm all right. I'll need a table to set this down on, though. No use trying to get to the infirmary at this point, but we can just duck in somewhere and that should be all right." She started off, heading for the dining cavern. It'd be mostly empty at this point, so it was as good as anywhere. Plus, there was cold water available.
"You really got it good, eh?" she asked, more for the sake of small talk than anything. "What did you say your name was again?" ...Not subtle, but La wasn't very subtle ever, so that was all right.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:20 pm
Love a firelizard? There was an interesting one. Not in a million turns.
From that point forwards, Uuni made a very distinct point of ignoring him. She also hoped that competence with training firelizards and ability to look at wounds didn't line up. From the sounds of things, she was about to be in for the prodding pain most doctors seemed to enjoy bringing with them.
Saying nothing, and not bothering with the smile anymore as the woman turned away from her, Uuni followed just behind her leader's footsteps. It felt like going backwards to go towards the dining hall. Hopefully the mess would not repeat.
"Uh, yeah," she answered with another half-fake smile as her eyes wandered around for any sign of Kesslan, Avery, or at the worst, Rawni. It would be just her luck that they would haunt the dining area just to spite her.
s**t. A name. And here Uuni thought she was going to get off golden. Laughing lightly, she shrugged and said, "I hadn't given one actually."
Well, the woman wouldn't turn her away now, would she? So what was the harm? "It's Uuni. Yeah, the rumours are true." She grinned a painful sort of smile.
With that out of the way. . . Uuni took her seat at one of the tables and prepared for either a verbal lashing or perhaps a surprise.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:00 am
Oh dear. Uuni was ignoring Menalia. This wasn't going to work very well. The 'lizard made a questioning noise, then tilted his head and made a louder, slightly more insistent one. La hushed him sharply, and he fell silent, but he still watched Uuni alertly, following just about every move she made.
And when La dumped her armful of supplies on the table, she had to grab the fat bronze immediately and place him on her shoulder with a sharp mental order to leave Uuni alone. If he tried anything else, he would have to go stay with Isonth, who rather liked that idea anyway. Menalia sulked at her but curled his tail around La's neck and laid his chin on the top of her head, falling quiet.
The name gave La pause, and she considered it and the rumours behind that name thoughtfully. Infirmary gossip, while not quite as thriving as kitchen gossip, was a breed of its own, and she had heard the name a few times before. But...La shrugged to herself. Uuni was perfectly entitled to whatever she decided to do, and La could only assume she understood and accepted the consequences of her actions. Otherwise, she wouldn't keep cropping up in the gossip.
"Your business is your business," she said, falling into healer mode and giving Uuni a wan smile. "I try to avoid gossip, anyways. Bad for the spirit, all those hurtful things that get passed around." Besides, Uuni seemed nice enough. People made mistakes. La walked over to where the other young woman was sitting and leaned down to take a look at the bruise.
"Huh," she said after a moment. "The swelling's unfortunate, and you're definitely bruising...would you mind if I checked to make sure everything's where it needs to be? It doesn't look dislocated and I doubt it's broken, but it's always good to check."
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:28 pm
Bad for the spirit? That was, if someone believed in that spirit craze. Uuni cast La a skeptical gaze over the matter, but said nothing.
After all, the 'your business is your business' worked both ways. La could think whatever she pleased as long as Uuni didn't find some sort of metal or wooden instrument through her cheek in light of 'spiritual betterment'.
There was not a sign of discomfort as La looked her over. She was used to people staring, although it was rarely just at her jaw. In return, Uuni watched the dejected firelizard. How did the woman maintain any sense of concentration with a creature perched on her head and probably rumbling discontentedly now and then?
Swallowing as she got a 'huh' out of the deal, Uuni dropped her gaze and shifted her weight to a different location on her seat. 'Huh' was not a good sound.
Turning her cheek to the woman, she found it within herself to nod. "Just be careful. It's tender." Grimacing at the idea of fingers jabbing at bruising spots, she put her hands up on the table and busied herself with wringing her fingers in and out.
Vaguely she debated picking up one of the things La had brought with her to examine them. As if to illustrate this fact, she lingered her fingers over one of the objects and strained her gaze to catch the 'healer's'.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:43 pm
"Feel free to pick anything up. None of it's delicate," La said absently, reaching out and touching the socket of Uuni's jaw gently. Very carefully, she touched along the jawline under the bruise, as lightly as she could get away with and still feel what she was looking for. "I'm sorry I don't have any numbweed with me right now. Most of what I have is for oils. I do a lot of those," she said, making idle conversation in an attempt to keep Uuni's focus on something other than the pain La was inevitably bringing her.
"I'm actually studying to be a dragonhealer, so I do a lot of oils for the riders. You can unstopper and smell any of those, by the way. They're all just herbs. Nothing dangerous." Another light touch at the socket. "Definitely nothing broken. Can you open your mouth for me? Wide as you can without hurting yourself."
Menalia went as if to sniff Uuni's hair, but a quick, harsh sound from La stopped him. Her stern warning earned an annoyed chitter from the firelizard, who promptly disappeared between, likely to sulk with Isonth or go harass someone that he knew would give him the attention he wanted.
"Good riddance," La murmured. "Arrogant little thing." Then she shrugged. "For all the dragonhealer stuff, I actually spend a lot more time with people," she went on, chattering simply to distract from her touching. "Not a lot of dragons getting sick, but plenty of people coming in to be fixed. If you find my peppermint oil, by the way, could you just set that aside for me? I'll likely need it in a few seconds."
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:56 pm
Certainly none of it was as delicate as her jaw! With the first, painful contact underway, Uuni snatched at whatever she could find first.
"Uh-huh," she responded to what La was saying. It was as coherent as her speech was going to get. Taking the advice in hopes that one of the oils would somehow magically knock her out, she went to sniff-testing every single one. Maybe she'd get lucky -- damn, or not.
Swallowing down the bile in her throat, Uuni stretched out the ligaments in her jaw to the point where they threatened her life, or at least her ability to chew meals for the next twenty-four hours. She glanced over at La expectantly and hoped that was far enough.
When the little firelizard was gone, she grinned and finally closed her mouth again. She was not holding it open for any longer.
"Peppermint oil, eh?" she choked out with a wink, suddenly inspired. "You sure it's just for healing?" In truth, the idea of needing peppermint oil for anything healer-wise was worrysome.
Going through her short term memory, she gently picked up the one she remembered to have the strong, almost sweet smell and slid in in La's direction.
"How long have you had that your arrogant little companion?" Uuni was more than willing to make conversation to ease the pain. As healers went, dragon craft or no, La wasn't too bad.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:41 pm
Well, whatever else Uuni's jaw was, it wasn't broken or dislocated. Whoever clocked her (because she'd stake her reputation on the fact that Uuni had been hit by someone) had done a good job of it, but not too good a job. "That's wonderful, thank you. You can close now," she said, inclining her head and smiling. "Really did a number on your jaw, but it could be worse. You're not broken or dislocated. Painful the next couple of days, but nothing worse. Swelling should be down tomorrow, and the bruising should clear up in a sevenday or so."
She resisted the urge to comment on the prowess of whoever Uuni had gotten in a fight with, and instead simply smiled and picked up the flask. "Peppermint’s a good remedy for topical pain and muscle aches. It works for toothaches and some headaches, too," she explained, picking up a small square of cloth and folding it into a pad.
"And this is really the only remedy I have on-hand. It should help at least a little bit." Uuni's question made La smile. "I've had Menalia, oh...the better part of a turn and a half, I'd say. He's a little git, but he's generally not a bad fellow. Overly-friendly, that's his curse."
Pouring a small amount of oil onto the cloth, she rubbed it in and offered it to Uuni. "Try rubbing that into where it hurts worst. Should feel a bit cooler and help ease up the pain. I'm not promising miracles, though. Just taking the edge off." She paused for a moment, considering. She'd rather start work treating the bruise than simply give Uuni a few minutes' worth of pain relief and set her free again.
Witch hazel, comfrey, and hyssop were all possibilities, but that would require a trip to the infirmary and she didn't much want to drag Uuni all around with her. "Would you mind terribly if I took a quick trip to the infirmary? There are some much better bruise treatments I could use. Or you could come with me, if you like. I just don't want to drag you all 'round the Weyr."
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:40 am
Well, that was at least moderately good news. In the mean time, Uuni would enjoy sporting some nice blue and purple markings on her cheek. It would be lovely. Absolutely flattering in fact.
There was a new bit of information! Good for muscle aches was it? Uuni made a quick personal note to have some on hand. One never knew when muscle aches would be come an issue, and she could always find a use for peppermint oil otherwise.
She took the pad carefully and raised it up to her nose for a moment. Bad habits would die hard, and who knew if La would 'accidentally' give her something acidic or otherwise instead? Deeming it safe, she pushed it into the bruised area and worked in the oil.
It wasn't very noticeable at first, but the gradually repeated pressure brought, she thought, some semblance of relief in the tight tendons. It certainly smelled nice.
"And leave me here by myself?" she teased in return to La's suggestion. Really, she'd hoping to be out of here by now, but if it was going to help the bruising, Uuni would follow her to the ends of the earth!
"I haven't seen the inside of an infirmary since. . . " She decided to cut it off there. "Lead the way, healer-La." Uuni wasn't going to leave room for option as she got to her feet; still clutching the cloth swathed in peppermint oil, of course.
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:06 pm
She didn't miss the fact that Uuni sniffed the pad before accepting it, but people were people and La couldn't do anything about that, so she simply ignored it. Instead, she smiled in response to the teasing, and inclined her head, picking up the armful of flasks and oils again and starting out of the dining hall, glancing over her shoulder to see if Uuni was still following.
"You're lucky, then," she said seriously. "If it's been a long time since you've been to the infirmary. You missed the sickness and the lice." Shard it, the lice! La hated remembering that. But at least they had discovered the wonders of lavender and peppermint oil then, and it was still kicking around in reserves that allowed her to make her therapeutic oils for dragons and flitts.
"It'll be quick, in-and-out, no mess, no fuss," she said, then considered the handful of innuendos she could make from that comment. Deciding none of them needed to see the light of day, she instead slowed slightly to let Uuni draw alongside her. "Do you have any plant allergies that you know of? Witch-hazel, comfrey, or hyssop, specifically?" She knew they had a bruise salve with at least two of those ingredients kicking around somewhere. It would just be a matter of finding it, or figuring out an alternative if Uuni was allergic.
She was a quick walker and knew her way around the Infirmary, though, so when they got there it would be quick work no matter what.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:58 am
Lucky? Granted, no one liked to be in the infirmaries due to sickness and injury, but she'd never found it an excruciating experience. Oh, wait, yeah. The lice. She'd almost forgotten about that one. How she'd escaped that whole mess, she wasn't quite sure. For once in her life, it seemed she'd had a stroke of luck over something.
Lice was the last type of thing she wanted to catch. Thinking about it made her shudder.
It was lucky for her that La was being a distraction. A rather interesting distraction at that. The blue eyed woman - she guessed it was woman now, and what a scary thought! - quirked an eyebrow at how La was phrasing the proceedings to come.
"It's no fun, you know, if there's not at least a little bit of fuss." A grin followed. In Uuni's case, a lot of fuss was the best. As long as it wasn't drama. That could take a hike to Igen Weyr.
But, of course, plant allergies followed and Uuni had to concentrate on those. "No, no, I don't think so. I guess we'll find out, won't we?" In truth, it would be one miserable time if she did have any reaction. It was a misery that was more than likely to end in her death if she was severely allergic, but who needed caution?
The quick walking was a bit interesting. She had to jog to keep pace once or twice, but she managed with that, too. "You hang out here often?" she asked when they'd arrived and she was busying herself with peering all about the area. Nosy? Nah! Of course not!
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:26 am
"Depends on what's going on, I suppose, but in general I'd say that's a very true statement. The fuss makes it all worthwhile," La answered with a chuckle, slowing her pace significantly once they were actually in the infirmary. So hopefully Uuni didn't have any allergies to the salve...and hopefully she could find the salve, or else she'd be improvising and she didn't, as a rule, like doing that.
At 'You hang out here often?' she actually paused in her quest and laughed. "I practically live here!" she answered. "Well, not as much as Cordel does, since he actually does live here nearly all the time, but I'm here enough." She shrugged and turned to smile at Uuni. "I'm apprenticed to Master Healer Cordel, and he keeps odd hours. So I do too," she explained before diving back into a cabinet in search of the ointment.
"I have no idea why this is so hard to find, but oh! Here we go!" Extracting her arm from the cabinet again, she brought the small earthenware pot over to Uuni and removed the top, sniffing gingerly at its contents. It didn't, surprisingly enough, smell as bad as she remembered from her Weyrling days, when falling off dragons or over other people was a given. Mostly, it smelled like rosemary. She couldn't for the life of her remember if that was her doing or not.
Scooping a bit of the salve out with two fingers, she motioned for Uuni to take the pad of peppermint-scented cloth away. "This should just feel cool. Let me know if it hurts your skin beyond my contact with the bruising."
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