|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:15 pm
Kat was stunned, and almost tripped over herself when she felt two small hands garb her and pull fiercly. She recognized the little girl but for the life of her she couldn't remember her name, so many people had been coming to the hospital lately.
But what could she do?? The girl was in Hysterics, and moon was around somewhere he could handle the hospitla perfectly well on his own.
She stopped resisting and bagan to run with the little one. "It's all right. take me to them and I'll see what i can do! Just Calm down a little, yelling wont help anyone."
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:20 pm
Erchin was hardly listening, but pulled, more of a leading, of Kat to the place where her home was. THe hospital was built in a covient place, but the girl's dwelling most certainly was not. After passing most of the major land marks in the city, the devistation caused by the quake could be seen quite clearly. As far as historic disasters go, this one was rather minor. Mostly temporary building collapsed, and in a few places very old stone buildings suffered some damage. Most of the injuries were from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Erchin reached her domicile, but it was auspiciously quiet. No one made a sound except for Kat and Erchin, and nothing seemed to be moving. The faint smell of blood could be detected in the air.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:26 pm
Kat looked at the buildings as they passed, what had nocked down the buildings like that? they were scattered here and there, like someone had chosen which buildings to knock down and wich to keep. it confused her.
She then stopped dead in her tracks. the Small child still pulling hard on her wrists. But Kat didn't feel good. Her stomach felt like it was upside down, and a shiver ran through her legs.
She was scared.
She looked around her and realized she didn't know where she was, and for some reason she didn't see any other people. Then the smell of copper hit her nose and she almost gagged. where was that smell coming from?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:31 pm
"Not that. There are things that I won't ask on whether I know that you'll deny me, like the magic battle with Arthur, or I see no reason why you should have the right to deny me, like riding. But something like that needs to be freely given, not taken with any measure of force. It loses it's value and effect otherwise." One couldn't force someone to care about them after all, it made the caring a farce since it wasn't genuine. "Because I confuse you with my constant changing and emotional upheavals? You never know when I'm going to scream, cry, or try to beat you with a stick...I don't blame you for being wary around me. I'd be wary around me." Her voice had gone almost inaudibly soft and she carefully wrung out her clothes then laid them over a few rocks to dry. Avoiding his gaze, she turned back to the pool and brought her legs up wrapping her arms around them. "This is new to me too. I've never been able to ask for anything like that before, even if I did want or need it. And everytime I turn around I'm just yelling at you or shoving you away..." And someone only let themselves get beat up for so long before they just stopped trying. Was she waiting for him to give up on her? Perhaps...and maybe she was just afraid he would.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:37 pm
Erchin kept tugging, and tried to pull Kat closer to the house, but the woman wouldn't move. "Momma's in there. We'ave to help her." She pulled and pulled, but Kat just would not move.
But the twelve hundred pound predator would. Having finished digesting his earlier meal, he was quite hungry again. And for some reason, this girl smelt of his natural prey, which made him quite hungry for her blood.
The moving shadow fell right ontop of Kat leaving the little girl in the clear. Claws hounded away flesh, jaws clenched tightly about the woman's throught, tenticles wraped about her torso like a constricting snake. The weight of the animal crushed her arms and femers, leaving her parapalegic and helpless. Releasing the womans through, he began to chew on her skin, around her sternum, and working his way down.
Spreading his legs out wide, his wet fur swashed against Kat's now exposed skin. He came to this city for some easy prey, and since the quake, had begone to enjoy his devient ways as well. The teeth tore flesh, but did not swallow. He was savoring her flavour, for when he reached the coveted loins. When his maw reached that spot, she would experiance every moment of her death with terrible anguish. Oh, how this greedy creature would cherish that death. He was not going to let her go easily, no, this one was deserving of a prolonged death. She would get to feel her skin peeled from her bones, her loins scooped out of her abdomen, and her bones sucked dry.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:51 pm
"Don't you mean die on the road or die in here?" She wasn't going to pretend that it was all fluffy and happy, that the Piper and Malik before them never existed. She had to just deal with and right the perceptions. Though she also knew better than to shatter the persona, that perhaps kept them protected, too much. She shook her head lightly. "Well don't worry about that Manveru...you won't be dying here, and yes you're going to get your help." Even if it was indirect because Malik wouldn't have such a thing prowling near thier land. After all, for Malik his family was everying and that was just starting to get off the ground.
"Deny you because it is what is best. I know you don't want to care about that baby, but I also know you can't help but do so sometimes. You have a heart, you can't help it." A sigh. "Though I suppose it doesn't matter...I won't be around to watch you every minute now. So I suppose if you were to magic battle, or ride, or whatever...well I would be none the wiser now would I?"
Shaking his head lighly he gave another sigh as he clasped his hands together. "I'm used to being yelled at, and I am used to be shoved...used to much more violent things and harsher sound on my ears. And no...I won't fight back. I won't yell. I'll be passive as I ever have. There is no reason in the fight and I lack the drive for it. I dislike fighting you. Push and yell and shove...but I don't run away."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fractured Moonlight Captain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:53 pm
"By Corellon's Love, thank you." The elf bowed, and tried to walk back out of the Lord and Lady's presence, but had to to turn around he wabble his way away.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:55 pm
And at about that moment, a dart of red energy got thrown, and hard at that thing from a higher altitude. Onyx had been here for sometime, trying to help wounded byt dragging them from rubble. once Kat's scent had hit the air, he'd headed that way, hoping Moonstone woudl be with her. after all, Onyx wasn't a healer, he was a hunter.
"Boy aren't you a nasty thing. If you'd be so kind as to pick on somethign your own size, I'd be happy to oblige you."
Of course setting down one of the bodies he'd extracted, looking at the little girl.
"find the other one that looks like me, cept he's white, and find him quick!"
Kat certainly didn't look good. and Onyx wasn't really one to help. Where the hell was his twin when he needed him?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:57 pm
Kat looked to the girl, "Maybe we should go back..." And then pain hit her.
Her body was on fire and strangly numb at the same time. She couldn't see anything but the shapless sky. She brought a shaky hand to the odd tightness at her throat. There was something there... again odd.. she was sure there was nothing there a moment ago.
She tried to speak but gagged instead on blood, making odd gurgling sounds as she did so. Bile was forced from her stomach and leaked from the corners of her lips, mixing with the blood. the smell made her eyes burn. She wanted to run, everything in her mind told her was to run. but she couldn't. It was like her legs had vanished.
Her vision suddenly tilted and she realized she was on the ground. Something passed across her vision but she didn't know what it was, and teras began to mix with the blood and vomit already on her face.
She could feel pain now unlike before, and for the first time since she started working at the hopsitla, she wished for death. She wanted the pain to end.
slowly a scream built in her throat, it started off weak but she forced it past her ruined vocal cords until all she new was the sound coming from her throat and the pain on her lower body.
She looked up and almsot didn't believe what she was seeing. Something... some Monster... was eating her?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:02 pm
Piper merely gave the half elf a little smile as he walked out and then brushed her hand through her hair, tucking it behind her ears. Well...she felt right the little diplomat now did't she? Apparently she did have some kind of form of such a skill in her being. How nice. Another smile and she reached over to snag another strawberry. Though her attention turned to Malik then. "Looks like we're going to make a good impression. So...what's a shadow cat?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fractured Moonlight Captain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:02 pm
And the red energy thrown went straight through the creature, and hit Kat.
Erchin stood stunned, she did not know what was going on, she didn't even notice that a giant beast had leaped upon Kat, until some flying monster yelled at her, and through energy balls at her. She did what the only sensible thing a little girl would do, she ran to where her mommy was, which was not much priettier.
The shadow slinked away from Kat, but her body seemed to be dragged along with it. The creature bolted like the wind, ruthlessly bashing Kat's form from rocks and through gravel, and when satified she would not be getting up, he let go, carrying a chunk of her bowls in his jaws.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:10 pm
Pain bloomed through Kat as first something burst through her shoulder, then a few other things knocked her head.
Her vision swam, and she felt warm, very warm. It felt kinda good actually, better to ocncentrate on that then the constant pumping of pain through her body.
She thought back to the time she first pierced her own ear. At the time she had relished the pain, but since coming with her father and meeting Moonstone, working at the hospital... she hadn't cared for it. She decided she didn't much care for it now either. But odly enough it was going away, she was going to be fine.
"At least I can see some clowds now... they look fluffy" What was she talking about? she should get up, get back to the hospitale she had work to do. But she couldn't move. Curious... I wonder why?
She slowly dragged one undamged hand to her belly and felt the wetness there.
"I think I lost My Stomach..."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:12 pm
Okay..that didn't go over well. that thing was..a ghost or something? but it was able to drag a body. what the hell was that thing? However, down he went, grabbing the little girl after getting her out of the house...that image was going to be in his brain for a bit, and gliding after the heavy scent of blood. and when he found Kat. well..that was not pretty. not pretty at all.
"Okay...um...this is not my area of expertise.."
Would moving her work? was she even still alive? So he set the little girl down.
"Don't run."
Before, ear twitching for any movement, any sound.
"Kat? gurgle or something if your still alive, please? moan, twitch..whatever."
He thought he heard her say something, but wasn't about to take that as something other than his imagination. He hadn't lost anyone close to him yet...and he hoped not to lose anyone just yet.
Malik looked at Piper.
"We'll send emissary to Jiscal about the shadow cat, and to honoursfield. And...for good measure send a notice in general through the more unsavory channels looking for Tarathiel."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:15 pm
Urchin plopped onto the ground, and didn't move. She was not feeling very well. Her stomach turned with horror, disgust, and complete disattachment from life.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:18 pm
Arthur's one eye quickly opened and a small yawn was heard coming from his mouth, how long has he been in reverie? Slowly the young elf brought himself up to a sitting position and yawned again, this time to stretch and then suddenly feel the pain that still ached in his muscles and bones from what happened earlier today. God damn Malik...god damn Sevilin... he thought and slowly brought his body out of bed and quickly washed himself in the bathroom. A little later Arthur emerged all clean and smelling fresh plus dressed in clean cloths too, so with a small smile on his face he made his way to the door and slipped on out into the hallway. Boy I feel hungry... and with food on his mind he made his way to the dining hall hoping to grab something to fill his empty stomach.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
