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 Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:46 pm
Mercy flinched as he yelled at her, hopping backwards and pinning her ears in distress, though she was slightly mollified when he spoke softer the next time, was he worried about her? It wasn't that bad..was it? Looking down she saw the wash of blood that was covering her coat and her vision swayed a little bit. Alright..maybe it was. "I think that's a good idea" Mercy agreed, not even bothering to fight his demand that she lay down but simply folded her legs and slipped heavily to the ground, crying out slightly as the action aggravated her wounds. To distract herself from the pain she tried to focus on Kale's words.
"A..a half breed? But I'm a halfbreed, I'm not unstable." Having never come in contact with a Kalona before she didn't really understand what that had to do with anything...and then the mare woke up again. Afraid that the fight was going to begin anew Mercy started to struggle to her feet..pausing when she heard the mare speak. "He won't hurt you..." Mercy told the helpless mare. This mare had just tried to kill her, had been screaming obscenities at the both of them only a few minutes ago but now when Mercy looked upon her all she saw was a wounded,frightened mare..a victim. "It's okay" She tried to sooth the mare "It's alright, I know you didn't mean it." Sure she didn't understand what exactly had made the mare snap but she understood enough to realize that the mare hadn't done so intentionally and that was enough for Mercy to be well..merciful.
"Kale..we have to help her, can't we do anything?" She asked the larger stallion, sure that with all of his knowledge he would know how to help this mare. She was dangerous, that much was certain, but not on purpose, surely there had to be some way she could control it...or something. Mercy although wounded herself simply couldn't stand the thought of leaving her like this..or hurting her. "She's a good mare when she's like this..I can see it Kale, I can!" She insisted afraid that the rainbow stallion would see only the possible danger's she posed.
"It is in the blood Mistress" Sorin stated from the branch where he had perched "There is no curing that."
"Thats not true Sorin! It can't be..Kale..tell him he's wrong!" Mercy demanded.
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:06 pm
"A Kalona halfbreed." Kale told Mercy in a slightly irritated tone. He damned well knew she was a halfbreed. The only halfbreed that could truly cause damage was a Kalona one. And it had been quite unfortunate that the mare Mercy had stumbled upon held Kalona blood. "Kalona are a wretched breed out for blood, you do not possess Kalona blood therefore you are not unstable." He continued then turned his attention to the mare who seemed to be waking up. Kale's muscles flinched under his skin as the mare made a move to escape, only her injuries and fear kept her on the ground. "Stay down, you are hurt." He told the blue mare, though for the moment made no move to do anything but continue to stand over her. The mares rational sense seemed to have returned but who knows when she might turn back so Kale wasn't taking any chances.
"Damn it Mercy lay down!" His blasted student was going to bleed to death if she didn't start listening to him. "Sorin, fly to the herd, alert the healer the we have injured coming in." Hopefully the owl would at least listen as Kale didn't think he would be able to keep his attention divided three ways for long. After staring down at the mare below him for several long minutes Kale stepped away, though he would keep himself between Mercy and her just in case. With a heavy sigh Kale turned to look at Mercy. "The only thing we can do for her is to heal her wounds. Her blood curse cannot be stopped, even she will likely never gain control over it. Some things just can't be changed or fixed." It was a shame, Kale could see that when the mares Kalona blood lay quiet the mare was totally different, but that didn't mean they could fully trust her.
Yanamari wasn't entirely convinced by Mercy's words. After all she had an enormous stallion standing over her that seemed to be made of solid muscle. He could crush her to death without much effort she was sure of it. Even so she felt so terrible. "I didn't mean to hurt you!" She told Mercy, once again cursing her father for giving her this hell to live with. "I tried to warn you...I wanted you to run away...but you didn't." If only Mercy had listened before the blood had taken full control then everything would have been fine.
She remained on the ground for some time after the stallion, who Mercy kept calling Kale, stepped away. Fear gripped her, what if he interpreted her getting up as another attack? Finally, slowly, painfully she gathered her legs under her, trying best to ignore the pain in her shoulder. Seeing that Kale wasn't about to kick her back down she got to her hooves. It was only then she truly saw the extent of Mercy's injuries. I am a terrible beast, Yanamari thought. A new fear gripped her as Kale told the owl to go let the healer know he would be bringing the injured back to the herd for treatment. "No...no you can't take me there." She couldn't chance it, not after what just happened. What if her blood kicked in once surrounded by the herd? How many other innocent Soquili would be injured in her wrath? Yanamari took several quick steps back. "I can't be around others!" Surely the stallion would understand, for had he not just explained to Mercy that there was no cure for her condition, that it could flair up at any time because she could not control it.
Without thinking Yanamari looked at Mercy with tears streaming down her cheeks. "I'm sorry." And then turned, unfurling her wings, which caused a cry of pain to come out as it pulled on her shoulder injury. Yanamari tried to take to the air but the pain in her shoulder nearly sent her crashing to the ground. Determined to get away, to flee at all costs Yanamari continued to run, pumping her wings as best she could until finally she was in the air. She had to get away, get to a safe spot and figure out what to do from there. Though her torn up shoulder caused her a great deal of pain it was a reminder of what she had done.
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:41 pm
"I am laying down!" Mercy insisted, subsiding back to the ground, she'd only been half on her feet - that hadn't counted as actually standing up! Admittedly however once she was back on the ground she didn't think that she could get up again. In fact this time her head drooped until her chin was resting on the ground and her eyes half closed. Later she would have to make sure she learned more about these Kalona and the threat they posed..later..when everything wasn't quite so fuzzy.
"Of course Master Kale! At once!" Sorin replied to the stallion, taking off with such force that he made the branch shudder when he left.
Almost as soon as the owl left however the blue mare was on her feet and then to Mercy's horror she was trying to fly away, nearly crashing to the ground in the process. Mercy winced in sympathetic pain as she watched the mare struggle, lifting her head to watch her fly away. Maybe she ought to have chased after her, but Mercy was far to weak to consider it and Kale..well Kale must have decided that she wasn't a danger anymore else she was sure that he would have caught her before she could fly off. "What a terrible way to live" Mercy whispered in a pained voice...and then she blacked out.
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