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"Sure," Aislinn said, already starting out, "That's probably our best bet in a situation like this." Kenaz followed wordlessly, carefully cradling the unconscious Kaede in his powerfully muscled arms.

Osyth hurried after them, her face looking sick with apprehension. She hadn't been in a city since she'd been chased from her village when she was nine; six years. She wasn't certain she would be accepted, but she knew she had to be brave and ignore adversity. Right now, their primary concern was to help Kaede.

Despite her gruff, callussed, and cold exterir, the half-Tanuli girl really did care about people; she just felt too insecure to form any emotional attatchements. It was against her better judgement that she'd made friends with Aislinn and Kenaz; she'd made it clear to them that she wasn't interested (despite the fact that she was), but they'd been very persistent. She'd found herself travelling with them anyways.

((Oh wow... If I ever forget about this guild for so long again, give me a good strong PM poke, okay? It's jsut, I usually have to wait awhile for posts in this one, so I don't check it every day and just sort of flaot off.))

Seeing the expression on Osyth's face-- since he had fallen in beside her, with Aislinn and Kenaz in the frotn, the sorceror put a hand on the girl's shoulder and gave her a warm smile. He didn't want to embarass her by telling her not to worry, so that gesture was all he put in. Really, it was all he could do.

It was probably a good idea for him to have gone back to the guild, anyways; he had best tell his proffessors that he wouldn't be coming in for a while, that he was going off adventuring. To hone his skills, they would buy into that readily. Anytime a sorceror left the guild to go practice, they were welcomed back later. So, he wasn't too-too worried.

((Whoo!! Sounds like you had fun. Thank heavens school is over now though, hm?))

Zayne, for his part, actually noticed the glances much of the time. And they bothered him, quite a bit. His eyes darkened slightly, and he looked down at the cobblestone road. The sorceror had been unaware of them before, simply because he was never in a position to be given the once over before. Now, he was understanding exactly why the three didn't want to go into the town. Biting his lip, the he kept up to the other four, still looking down.

{{Well. Talk about morbid. xP }}

Osyth hread the shout and jumped, startled. "Aislinn, Kenaz, did you hear that?"

Kenaz shrugged. Aislinn shook her head. Although her hearing was extraordinay, and his only slightly less so, Osyth's was better, as was her sense of smell. She listened closely, but didn't hear it again. "I'm going!" She yelled, heading in the direction of the sound. Aislinn, with a muttered curse, started after her.

"Zayne, take Kenaz and Kaede to the guild. We'll catch up!" Then she was gone.

Osyth followed her memory of the sound, her sense of direction unerring. She began to smell blood. Ignoring the strange and fear-filled looks she recieved, she kept going until the smell was overpowering.

"Oh, man," Aislinn muttered as she caught the scent, a few minutes after Osyth. The continued running, then suddenly Osyth stopped. She looked down a dark alley, and carefully crept in, her knife finding its way into her hand. "Hello?" she called, spotting the shape of a person on the ground. She walked over to him. His breathing was ragged and faint; the cause, a dagger thrust into his solar plexus. She moved him cautiously and pulled it out slowly and delicately.

"Aislinn, get in her. I need your herbs."

Osyth stared at him. After her talk with Aislinn yesterday, she had begun to percieve things differently-- just a bit-- and decided, to her surprise, that she wan't going to obey. "No." She removed his hand from her wrist, and picked him up, straining. "Aislinn, he wanted to kill himself."

"And you're not letting him?" Aislinn sounded faintly shocked.

"No." Osyth narrowed her eyes. "Can you carry him? He's a bit much for me." She handed the man to her friend, who was both taller and stronger, and began hunting through Aislinn's bag, while the green-clad girl sat and cradled him in her arms.

"I'll need the mixture from the blue silk bag," she said, attempting to stem the flow of blood. "And bandages."

Nodding, Zayne took the lead and lead Kenaz off towards one of the larger, turretted buildings of the quarters. With just the two of them, they were getting less stares, but the sorceror's cheeks were still hot from before. His pale bangs covered that fairly well though, simply because they always seemed to fall onto his cheeks.

"We're almsot there. I'll get someone to come and check her out once we arrive..."

Turning and walking backwards for a moment, he lkooked Kaede over, noting that her condition was stable. She didn't seem to be getting any worse, though nor was she getting any better.

"What do you think Osyth heard?"

"Leave me here," Masato demanded, a little harsher this time. He painfully frowned. "This isn't the first time t-this has h-happened," he stuttered. Taking ragged deep breaths, he tried shoving himself off of Aislinn, and retrieve the dagger that had been removed from his solar plexus.

{{I just get a big hoot out of that word: SoLaR pLexUs LoL}}

((I'm back from camp! did you all miss me? OF COURSE YOU DID! ^.^ yay for food poisoning!))

Kaede stirred slightly. Her eyes were still closed but she was starting to regain consciousness. She could hear catches of noise and her mouth was very dry. She didn't feel as hot any more. She turned her face into a soft pillow as she tried to open her eyes. She blinked, confused. She had no idea where she was. The lights from the guild's hospital wing stung her eyes and she let out a small whimper.

"What happened...?" She mumbled. Her hands automatically went up to sheild her eyes. She really had no idea about anything at the moment.

[EDIT: so i didn't know i was waking up in a bed...i changed it its ok]