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 Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:06 am
Riyo sat Blade down on the floor as gently as she could manage before sitting next to him and checking his pockets. She was worn out, but couldn't exactly stop here. Ironic, pick pocketing a thief.
Eventually, she had found what she was looking for. Flint and steel. Yes. She'd seen the others use this a million times before, so surely she could too. There was a small amount of wood in the fireplace. Just enough for now. She'd probably use pieces from the other shacks surrounding to keep it going, but the focus was getting it started right now.
It took her about 10 tries to get the damn thing to spark, but it finally took to the wood and started a small flame. "C-c-c'monnnn..." She tried to coax it into growing, attempting to spread it with soft blows. Luckily, her effort wasn't in vain. The small flame ignited into a cozy fire that began to warm the little shelter. "YESSS." Her celebration was short-lived as she realized there was much more to do if they were gonna live. For instance, even though the fire was going, she was still freezing. Why? Her eyes glanced down at her completely soaked clothes. "s**t..." Which meant...
Blade had fallen in the snow... Which meant he was probably much worse off. "Okay. Oookay. S-so the clothes are drenched. And I prolly have to take them off... How're we gonna stay warm after t-that?"
She looked around the small shelter, trying to find something, anything that would help...
A loose board in the floor caught her attention. Her feet scampered over to investigate. Sure enough, there was a single blanket in there. Looked worse for wear, but it would do for now.
She dragged the object over by Blade and sat it down. Okay. No big deal. She'd seen naked guys before. Though... It just felt wrong to be stripping one... An unconscious one... Of his clothes. "I am so pissed off at you right now you j-just can't imagine."
With that said, she went to work trying to carefully remove his clothes, though it was a lot more complicated than she expected. Especially the damn shirt. When she finally got that off, her eyes couldn't help but notice the big bleeding wound on his chest. "Goddamnit Blade." She'd attempt to fix that later. For now, all she had to do was take his pants. Then she'd roll him up like a burrito and sit him next to the fire to cook.
Boy, was this awkward. Riyo fiddled with his belt for what seemed like a decade, but finally managed to figure it out and undo the damn thing. Then the button, then the zipper. Why was this so embarrassing?
She wasn't sure, but she could feel the color return to her cheeks as she stood up, grabbed the pant legs, and just pulled. Really, she didn't need to put that much effort into it, since they came flying back at her and nailed her in the face. "FFF!" Was her only exclamation, now wearing the pants like a goddamn hat.
"Alright... Just need to put him in that damn blanket." Which was the easiest of the tasks. She laid it out flat on the floor and shoved him on it, then rolled him like a carpet and dragged him over to the fire. There. Snug as a bug in a rug. Within a minute, she had tossed off her clothes and sat both sets next to the fire to dry... Too bad there wasn't another blanket. At least she had the black liquid... For now.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:40 am
Aside from the wound, Blade probably looked like quite a mess as he had blood smeared around his torso in general. Some of it had wiped off during the whole undressing process though.
Being next to the fire for a little while, his shivering had subdued somewhat. That, and the blanket, were slowly warming him back up, but he wasn't quite in the clear just yet. Unconsciously, he ended up scooting up against Riyo as she was another source of warmth nearby.
After a little longer, he began to stir.
"Mom... Dad... w-wait.." he uttered weakly, barely audible, "Don't go..."
With a wince, he shifted in place, slowly coming to. After another moment or so, his eyes slowly opened, though it took a second or so for everything to come into focus. The thief found himself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling, and he was ridiculously cold. But there was warmth around here... Glancing to one side he saw a fireplace; oh sweet flames. A look to the other side showed Riyo, who was covered in... something. His mind hadn't quite gotten started yet so he didn't realize it was her ooze there.
"R-riyo...?" he mumbled as he tried to grasp where he was.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:51 am
Riyo had been trying to focus on the fire, trying to think that she was a lot warmer than she was. Sure, the ooze was good for shielding from the wind, but it didn't exactly hold in heat well. It was something, though. And the fire made it bearable.
Her eyebrow raised as she felt something hit up against her. Looking down, sure enough, it was Blade. His soft unconscious declarations made her drop anger for a second, though she quickly remembered what she was doing when the liquid started to dissipate.
"Y-y-yeah. It's me a*****e." she snapped at him, looking a little pissed.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:59 am
Wincing, he tried to sit up, but it was no use right now. The thief felt rather miserable, and it was taking a little while for him to start up here. Blinking at Riyo, he took note of her anger as she looked down at him. He could think of a few different reasons why she might be pissed.
"S-sorry.." he mumbled before looking away. Most likely, one of those reasons was the fact that he was being a burden at the moment. Never was he really all that functional in the cold, which made him feel like an utter weakling.
As his became more aware of what was around him, he noticed how worn down the place seemed in general. Most likely it was some abandoned household or something along those lines. It also seemed he was looking for something or someone as he peered about, but no one aside from the two were there.
I could have sworn they were... he began to think before shaking his head slowly to himself, No, that's not possible.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:13 am
As much as she wanted to, she couldn't really stay mad at a guy who looked so pitiful rolled up in that blanket.
"Damn it Blade." She mumbled, shivering as her magic finally wore off. It had been good while it lasted. Not only was she tired, but she was hungry and cold as well. "What are you looking for? The only thing in this sorry excuse for a shed was the blanket you've got and the wood in the fireplace. Everything around us is barren and dead." She was more irritable than angry, in all honesty.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:30 am
So she was definitely in a foul mood, but he couldn't blame her really. Cringing, he shifted into a slightly more comfortable position and let out a sigh.
"I thought I saw ...," he started to mumbled, "No, it's nothing. It was probably just a dream or something."
It surely didn't feel like one when he saw them though. Then again... the area did look different when he did. Furrowing his brow, he wondered just how close to dying he was a moment ago..
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:40 am
Riyo attempted to lighten up a little since there was no point in staying mad at him now. She'd had those dreams before, and knew how it felt to wake up questioning your surroundings.
"Are you w-warm enough?" She didn't attempt to pry the answer of what he'd seen out of him. There were more important matters. Riyo folded her legs up towards her chest and loosely wrapped her arms around them. It looked like the bite wounds on her arm joints had opened slightly, as little dots of blood were showing through the bandages now.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:48 am
"Y-yeah..." he lied. Blade still felt rather cold, thought he blanket and fire were helping. But since Riyo didn't have any-- he just realized she was almost naked. Blinking, some color returned to his cheeks as he felt a little flushed at that fact. But.. it made sense.. her clothes were probably drenched from all the cold...
"Uh.. what.. about you?" he managed to ask once he got his mind back on track. As he looked up back at her again, he saw some red spots on the bandages of her arms. Those weren't there before if he recalled.
"You're bleeding," he stated, unaware that he was as well really.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:59 am
"P-pretty chilly, actually." To put it lightly. Fire was great and all, but it only did so much if you weren't holding the heat in.
Without even looking at her arms, she shrugged. "So are you." Her finger pointed to his chest, but she still stared at the fire.
"I didn't have anything to bandage you with. Sorry."
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:07 pm
"No.. its fine. It's been stitched at least."
Still unaware that he was in nothing but his boxers, he looked at the blanket wrapped around himself. The thief was trying to think of some sort of compromise here, seeing how Riyo needed something to help keep herself warm as well outside of the fire. It would be awkward.. but.. it'd help in terms of survival chances, if only a little.
"T-take a part of the blanket," he said while looking away, "You c-could use it just as much..."
Hopefully it wouldn't be as bad as the whole bath scenario.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:20 pm
Riyo's face went red at the innocent offer. It wasn't the whole naked thing that made her blush, it was something Suto had said back at the lab that really got under her skin.
'What is he to you, my Riyo?'
She didn't have those kinds of feelings for anyone! Love or otherwise. She didn't care what Suto had said about different love, it just wasn't her thing. Nope. She didn't want any of that holding hands or whatever mushy stuff couples did. Really, she wasn't sure what couples did. She remembered back in the village that people designated as couples would often hold hands while walking around and sometimes peck each other on the cheek, but that was all she'd witnessed.
So, she was facing two options. Sit there and freeze, or prove that she was absolutely fine with this situation and not freeze.
Whelp, here went nothing. "O-okay..." She crawled over to where he was sitting and took half of the blanket, scooting close to him and wrapping herself up. Her skin was cold from sitting out in the open so long... but the blanket was so warm. She shivered a little, but finally settled down after a few moments.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:28 pm
Blade tensed up for a moment as Riyo felt rather cold. But wait, that felt like it was up against his bare skin... Didn't he have his clothes on? Furrowing his brow, he looked over by the fireplace, noticing a very familiar set of clothing hanging there. Now that realization made him blush even more.
Coughing, he just tried not to think of that, he worked on convincing himself that this would help keep them both warm. The warmer they were, the easier it would be to regain their strength. And the sooner that happened, the sooner they could try and get out of there. Yeah. That's right.
"C-comfortable?" he asked, trying to distract himself more or less.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:35 pm
"I guess..." Riyo responded to his question after a few seconds of silence, more comfortable physically, but not so much emotionally.
"... You're not going to grab my chest, right?" Came a rather... Interesting question out of the blue. She wanted to make sure, because it was becoming a trend in these situations lately and she didn't think she could handle that right now. Her eyes glanced up at him while her tail swayed awkwardly in the blanket.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:42 pm
The question caught Blade off guard for sure.
"W-what?" he stammered out, not sure if he had heard her correctly. Grab her chest? Who did she think he was, Neko? "No, I won't. I can keep my hands to myself..."
There was a hint of irony in those words... considering how many pockets he had picked in his lifetime.
Thinking quietly for a short while, there was one thing that was bugging him now that he was more aware of the situation in general. And this question she just asked had him wondering a few things...
"He... didn't do anything to you did he..?" he asked, referencing Suto.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:52 pm
That made her relax a little bit. "Good." Apparently pleased with his answer, Riyo let out a sigh and sort of snuggled up to him, to siphon more body heat from him most likely.
At first, Riyo didn't understand who she was talking about, since moments before she'd been thinking about that ugly spider guy accidentally copping a feel as he fell over and died.
Wait, he was talking about Suto, wasn't he? "Anything? Like what?" If she thought about it hard enough, he had done a lot of things in a short period of time...
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