.:Solo Entry/Original Prompt Response:.
Title - The destined pair
Description - The first meeting between Esune and Madelief that introduces Esune's immunity to Madelief's toxins and why he took it upon himself to raise her.
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“Good bye everyone! Thank you for all your hard work today!”
Cheerfully waving goodbye to his coworkers a young man slung a small duffle bag over his shoulder before making for the exit. He had spent the past two days at the Clinique, curing a sudden epidemic of small illnesses that – based on the information gathered from the patients – had stemmed from coming the towns curry eating contest. Really! When would people learn that it isn’t exactly the smartest of ideas to shovel things down their mouths when they are unaware of what those things contain? The lack of common sense was astonishing.
Shivering as he stepped out of the heated building and into the chilling mid-winter air the long haired man subconsciously tugged the large woolen scarf even closer around his neck and face in order to block out the harshness of the bitter winds. The winter had never been his favorite of seasons and it really wasn’t hard to imagine why. A week before they had been graced with a good foot and a half of snow. This in itself was annoying, but combined with the fact that the snow had yet to melt it was clear why the season could get a bit agitating for even the most laid back of souls. No longer was the snow that beautiful, crisp and clean white color, but a dark brown or in some cases grey that seemed to occur after days of being left on the sidewalk. At least there wasn’t any snow left on the road.
The walk to his car was a short one that normally was uneventful at best. Sometimes he would see a doctor or nurse on the night shift as they made their way to the Clinique and even then he never bothered to extend the greetings further than a simple wave. Though for some reason today was different. He didn’t notice the small green colored child immediately as half her body had been hidden underneath a clump of darkly covered snow. In fact he probably would have overlooked her all together if she hadn’t started moving the sound of the crunching snow alerting the young man to her presence.
Black eyes met red as the two came face to face. Esune honestly could admit to having never met a stranger looking child in his life but he was far too kind to state this to the girls face. Instead he just smiled waving softly, a motion that was ignored for the most part by the strange looking child. When the girl made no movement to leave or really do anything for that matter he slowly approached, his face still alight with a soft and gentle smile.
“Why hello there Little Miss. You really shouldn’t be standing out here alone and without any warm clothing.”
His words were soft and gentle, the smile on his face unwavering even as the girl did nothing but stare up at him with a blank look on her impossibly dark eyes. After a few moments of nothing, he continued.
“Where are your parents? I’m sure they’re worried sick about you.”
Still nothing. He was beginning to think the girl must have been mute or perhaps unable to understand or speak. Staring down at the strangely colored and unresponsive little girl, Esune nibbled his lip as he tried to figure out just what he was supposed to do with the child. To leave her out here would be neglect, but at the same time he couldn’t exactly bring her home. Not when there was a possibility that her parents would be looking for her.
Letting out a sigh and running a hand through his hair, the dark haired male debated his options. There was no guarantee that if he went back to the Clinique and called the police that she would stay in that same spot and being unable to communicate with her left him at a large disadvantage. So leaving her here while he went for help was out.
Carefully reaching out for the little girls hand he couldn’t help but feel slightly uncomfortable as the child just continued watching him with those blank eyes. Would it hurt her to at least show some kind of expression? That blank stare was giving him the heebie-jeebies.
The moment his skin came in contact with hers he knew something was off. The white magic that flowed in him like blood in ones veins started to pulse in an unpleasant and semi-painful manner as it blocked any symptoms that may normally have occurred. That couldn’t be right! Surely contact with this child couldn’t be forcing his magic into a frenzy unless…
“You’re skin is toxic to the touch… fascinating.”
Well this was an interesting turn of events. The intellectual in Esune couldn’t help but be intrigued by this toxic toddler. With this new information it was fairly easy for him to determine why the young child was without a guardian. Normal humans would be unable to touch her without suffering from the toxins effects. Even Esune would for the most part be unable to touch her, as the toxin would only cause his magical energies to go into overdrive.
Truthfully, if he had been given a choice, he would have taken the girl to the orphanage to be adopted like a normal infant. Too bad he hadn’t been. Esune was smart enough to realize that at this point in time that he was one of the child’s best chances of having even some semblance of a normal life. After all, whilst skin on skin contact he had with her would be uncomfortable, it wouldn’t result in the same effects as those without his high amount of concentrate white magic.
Stealing himself for the inevitable surge of energy, he once more reached out to take hold of her shoulder, cringing at the unpleasant sensation coursed through his body once more. It was like being electrically shocked repeatedly all over your body.
“Come on Little Miss… we have a lot of hard days ahead of us.”
The girl remained unresponsive even as he led her to his car, buckled her up and drove away completely unaware of the bond that would eventually form between them.
