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Vaizel watched as the Chocobo ran up, at his first glimpse of the red splatters his eyes widened in alarm, but he permitted Zaber to approach the beast first. Most creatures were rather uneasy around Vai, humans included. When Zaber examined the girl and exposed her to Vaizel's veiw the cyborg froze, he didn't seem to hear anything Zaber said for several moments as he stared in shock and horror at the face before him. "...It can't be her....." He whispered aloud to himself, and finally shook himself out of his reverie, "in Kalm?" He asked catching only the last few words of Zaber's question, "Midgar then I suppose,..." He had trouble tearing his eyes from the girl's face, It couldn't be her, She was dead!, Thoroughly shaken he turned his gaze to his feet and focused on yanking his embedded metal limb from the snow. "Lets take her to Midgar,...Do you think you can lead her Chocobo? I can take her there pretty quickly if I fly...." It really wasn't what Vai wanted to do, he was terrified of what he might find if he took a closer look at the young woman, but she needed help, and Vaizel wasn't about to let his delusions cause an innocent to die.

Zaber nodded. "Take her to the Midgar hospital, I know it's Shinra controlled, but ask for Aumedeus. He's a good man, he'll be able to save her." I'll catch up with the Chocobo. He took the reigns of the Chocobo, which bucked and startled in alarm with the new rider. "Clam down big guy... I'm not gonna hurt you... were just going to get you and your friend here help..." He stared into the Chocobo's eyes for a breif time, and the chocobo settled. Zaber gently tapped it's sides and it took off towards Midgar. Vaizel, carrying the girl, flew up next to him. "The odd part is I've only ridden a Chocobo once. I hope I can keep him under control." He tried to speed up as Vaizel flew to a higher altitude and started to fly faster. The chocobo sped up to a dash, trying to keep in sight of it's owner.

Vaizel took up the girl in his arms almost instantaniously to Zaber's agreement to their plan, using his powerful mechanically enhanced leg he launched himself into the air, the snow made leverage more difficult, and it actually took him a little longer to gain altitude because of that. He watched Zaber for a few moments, to make certain the man was able to control the unruelly steed and follow Vai, once certain this was the case Vai turned his attention to increasing his speed. The young girl he held was deathly pale, and her breathing was shallow. Noting the harsh biting winds that buffetted the both of them at these High altitudes, Vai feared he was killing her himself. Wracking his brain for a solution he could think of only one. In mid-flight he shifted his position, clutching the girl with one arm while he undid the clasps on his coat and vest with the other. He then wrappped the young lady under both of his layers of clothing, and as many of her own as he could manage, careful to protect her face. He hissed as the freezing winds sliced at his poorly protected torsoe, but if the young woman was kept warmer she might just survive!

When he finally arrived at the Midgar Hospital, his wings had frozen into an extended postion, and his metal talon leg no longer seemed capable of opening the toes, so encrusted with ice was it. With an odd slippery limping gait he manuevered himself carefully into the building. Ignoring his own shivering, and the intensly painful icy stabbing pain that raced down his limbs where chilled metal twisted under the muscle and around the bone. His only concern was for the young woman. "I am looking for one Aumedues!" He snarled, noting the annerved nurses and personel. When no one answered his first summons he gently removed the girl from his own grasp, and stumbling over to an empty bed lay her carefully upon it. "She needs help! Now!!!" He ordered, this brought a flurry of movement as various people rushed to get help for the obviously critical young girl. None of them would approach until Vai moved away, but this did not surprise him much. Collapsing to the floor in a corner he focused on moving his various stiff and frozen limbs, first the flesh ones, and slowly working his way to the ice-crusted metal ones. He had finally reaquired movement in the various joints in his leg and wings when Zaber entered. "I'm not sure,..." He said with a wry smile, "These people aren't exactly comfortable chatting with a sub-human," He didn't seem upset so much as resigned to this circumstance.

((I'm going to let Sabel detail her own condition I think, and Zaber can tell us who Aumedeus is. wink ))

<7th Heaven>

The people of Midgar didn't seem to notice the girl being pulled on a sled by the immense dog. Most likely they were all inside sheltering from the winter. The dog had been following the scent of the chocobo all day, and the small girl, wrapped in layer upon layer of clothing and blankets urged him on, knowing they had to hurry before the fresh snowfall covered the bird's trail. The dog lumbered on, though he could no longer feel his legs, because the girl told him too. Connie would have felt bad if she'd known how grueling the task was for he dog, but her young mind was consumed with worry for her "sister". All the girl could think of was the sight of scarlet stains in the snow. Tears had frozen to her face in the cold, but she knew that she and her dog would have to make it. Finally Kuma barked and roused Connie from a half conscious daze. There stood Kuroi, tethered to the railing of a building. Excitedly, Connie dashed into the bar, looking around with wide hopeful eyes then her face fell. She walked up to the red cloaked Vincent, her large brown eyes full to capacity and about to start overflowing and posed her question. "Umm...Mister....have you seen... cry My big sister? She...she was hurt...her chocobo is here, but I don't see her... Do you have a room in back where she might have stayed? She usually wears this really thick black cloak, and she has a tattoo on her hand. Please can you tell me where she is?"



Sabel woke up with a start, looking around her eyes wide with fright at her surroundings. All she saw were the stark white walls, the iv stands and the tubes put into her veins. "What's going on!? What're you doing to me?!" She struggled rising out of the bed in a panic. She didn't know where the fear stemmed from but she knew an instinctive fear of these institutional surroundings. A dim memory of a rolling chuckle and loud screams were all that she knew, there was a glint of thick eye glasses and then she was back in the memory. To the others it seemed almost as if she'd passed out again, now in fevered delusions, but she was trapped in a memory of a lab, a mad scientist, and a young man in the next room screaming in agony. She cried out in her troubled sleep, moaning and rolling, trying to escape the nightmare...

((Um...just thought I'd note it, but try not to tell others what my character is doing. I know it can be tough, but it's a good excersize for your writing skills! wink And are you sure you don't want Zaber to appear in my Doujinshi? Mine will not be Yaoi, if that is what you are worried about...))

Vaizel leapt up at Sabel's scream, the sound of it thrust him into his own agonizing memories, and shuddering violently he rushed to her side. He watched helplessly as she thrashed, he wanted to comfort her but couldn't seem to force the words out. The air was stiffling, Vai hated the smell of medicine! And with every scream Sabel made he felt his lungs constrict and his heart beat faster, until he himself was gasping for breath. The room seemed too small! He tugged the already loosened collar of his vest. Sabel's screams knifed through his mind until he thought his head would snap. Belatedly he noticed the doctors who were edging closer, worried looks upon their faces, Vai barely took note of the expressions, his attention was grabbed by the distinctive white lab-coats. Panting heavily as he stared, every step they took made him feel as if a rope were constricting around him. With a scream of his own he lashed out, throwing several off them back. With a beastial snarl he cowered against the wall beside Sabel's bed, barely seeing anything, breathing in short gulping breaths while he relived the same nightmare Sabel was trapped within. The only sounds which could be heard were the sounds of his breathing the animal-like whimpers which slid past his lips, and the occasional enraged snarles when anyone drew too close.

"Okay!" The girl agreed, "but could we eat on the way instead, I'm really worried about her all on her own, she's a little wierd sometimes, and she used to have these really wierd attacks, and all of these 'oozy bruisies' as I called them. It was really gross when she had her attacks because the goop that came out was a kinda glowing green brown..." The girl suddenly paused wit a horrified look on her face "OH NO! I left Kuma outside!!!" The girl dashed out of the room and undid the fastenings that were strapped to the dog for sled pulling. The dog gave a booming bark and followed Connie back inside. THe dog woofed happily at Vincent, sniffed his hands and then decided that was the best time to shake the snow and ice from his shaggy coat. Then as if an after thought, he licked the man's organic hand with an icy frothed tongue. Connie darted over and tackle-glomped the dog, who seemed unfazed. "I'm so sorry Kuma, poor boy you're all tired out and cold!" It was at about this point that Zaber entered the 7th Heaven

OOC: Hey would you like to join "The Package"? Pretty much the whole thing is just rping your character out of character, so they do things they'd never usually do, we do it because it's a good rp exercise, when you're tired out and you just don't know what to do in one of your serious rps, it's always good to just post in a goof off and just post something random.

Blinking, the girl sat down and huddled up with her dog in front of the fire((was there a fireplace in the 7th Heaven? It's been too long since I played the game))She waited there for awhile then fidgeted and followed Vincent into the kitchen. "Ummm.... Are you sure that's how you're supposed to cook it?" She asked hesitantly, staring at the collection of various mismatched foods.

OOC: hehe, does that mean Vincent really is a vampire?

OOC: stare Are you referencing Underworld? The werewolves in that movie kinda sucked, they didn't even have fur! Or tails! I'll post In character later but for now, a word from Ermak

Ermak:Alright, let me clarify something. the word "Lycan" is a short phrase term for "Lycanthrope" which means by dictionary definition- (n) : a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf. Vincent never does this. Nor is he any sort of were-beast, he can change his appearance but he changes into a variety of creatures, not just one. Demonic is a FORM not his blood, he is not a Daimanthrope (or something) either. My vote is Vampire, since vampiric legends do state that vampires can change their form to become horrendous beasts and powerful demons. Thank you for your time, and do a little more research next time, an Encyclopedia might be handy...