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 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:23 pm
The room was eerily quiet save for the sound of steady beeping coming from the patient monitor.
All the other life and moon hunters were too busy trying to figure out the cause of the two hunters who had mysteriously entered comas, and awoken not too long ago, that one more, this one being knocked out from a spar, was pretty low on their priority list. Only a complete idiot would let himself be put into such a state.GrnGriff ALL YOU. o u o Quote Rown when you're ready to move on~
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:47 pm
Sherry had stood in the doorway for a full minute before Armagnac had decided to toss in her few cents. When Sherry didn't move, the lindwyrm continued. I know. I just... Sherry took a few small, quiet steps into the room. Then she simply stood and stared at Jake. People ending up in the infirmary wasn't really anything unusual. Still, when she'd heard that he'd ended up here...She'd had to check on him. She just had to make sure he was ok. A feeling of anger came with the statement, though the emotion was laced with something else. Jealousy? Protectiveness? Sherry wasn't sure. knew you couldn't.>
You're wrong. I can. I... She stopped when she realized she'd inched closer to the comatose death trainee. She'd caught herself a moment before resting a hand on the bed. I....
Armagnac was right. She was always right. The bundle of emotions welling up inside Sherry told her that much. Worry, relief, sadness, happiness, and feelings the life trainee wasn't sure she could put name to. Maybe she didn't want to. They were intense and that scared her. And Armagnac was right. Sherry couldn't ignore them. She'd tried...and it just wasn't working.
"You stupid, insensitive jerk. This is all your fault." It was easy to blame the only one in the room that couldn't deny anything. But she knew that wrong. "Except it's not your fault. It's all mine," she whispered. She like him. And that was all on her.
"But this," she gestured to the room, "this is obviously your fault." And she couldn't even put into words how worried she'd been. She sighed, not about to tell him just how relieved she was to see he was still breathing.
Rown Hi! Have another RP with me. <333 I have no idea where this is going, though. >_>
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:25 pm
"Actually, yanno, it's kinda mah fault?" Ofelia was at the door shortly after she got a text from one of the techs. It was a short note, mostly about how Jake was stable now and she needed to clean the blood from the training room. She instead had skipped out and went to make cookies instead because Ofelia was cool like that. "Ah'm the one that put him in here."
The redhead moved closer from where she'd been standing, stopping at the bedside. "Are ya okay?" Sherry actually looked a little....lost. It was weird, Ofelia hadn't really expected to see her little life friend in the room with Jake. She was aware they were friends, just like she was, but to what extent? It was a little unknown.
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:16 pm
Sherry may have jumped a little when Ofelia spoke. She knew there were always people running around in the infirmary, but they were usually quiet, or at least didn't talk to her. Well, that and she had been thoroughly distracted. "Your..." she started as she turned to look at Ofelia, her brain working things out. knew that I liked this one.> Armagnac was quick and enthusiastic with her praise. Even without arms to motion, it was pretty clear to Sherry who the weapon was talking about.
The life trainee gave her head a small shake. "I'm...fine." She gave a small smile. "I think I'm fine. I don't really--" She was doing that thing again where she just kept talking.
She glanced back at Jake, then looked back to Ofelia. "Was it a spare? Like the one with me?" Subject change. Yes, that was just what Sherry needed.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:36 am
"Hmm, if it makes ya feel better ta call it a spar, sure." It was more like a slaughter how easily Ofelia had swatted Jake down, how much fun she'd had at the last strike when his shield was already so low. Watching him collapse like that had filled her with something more than just pleasure. Was it a sense of completeness she'd felt, a feeling of being whole and doing something right? It made her nervous at the pit of her stomach to dwell on those thoughts so she pressed them away. "We were on the trainin' fields an' he agreed ta it so yeah, it was a spar."
Ofelia reached over and placed a hand on Sherry's head, uncaring (or unknowing) that the Lifer was much older and probably shouldn't have been treated like a little kid by her. It was more or less the level of adult in the room, how Sherry seemed to be inwardly panicking over Jake's body in the bed, and so the redhead must have felt it was her place to try and be reassuring even though she was the one entirely at fault for this situation.
She ruffled Sherry's hair again. "Yer not really okay, are ya? Ah can feel yer tremblin', are ya scared fer him or angry at me?"[A.V.] always quoting you too because why not
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:47 am
Sherry stared at Ofelia. "~call it a spar~"? What exactly did she meant by that? Did Sherry just imagine the odd tone in her friend's voice? She was about to open her mouth to comment when she felt Ofie's hand on her head. Sherry blinked and was slightly surprised by the slight smile she suddenly felt on her face. The gesture was a comfort, and really, it was the greatest one Sherry had known for ages. It was easy to forget that you weren't alone in world, easy to forget how much a friend was needed, or how nice contact with another human being was. "I don't-" she began to reply but paused to take a breath. "Why would I be angry at you? Jake's a big dumb idiot who runs around trying to get himself killed. He should know you're stronger. He ought to know when to back down. It's certainly not your fault." Sherry blinked again. When had her eyes started to water? Dammit. Everything was all jumbled up inside and Sherry just...she didn't want to cry. So instead she stepped forward and threw her arms around the Sun trainee. "I could never be mad at you, Ofie," she said as she hugged her friend. "This isn't your fault." She was quiet for half a moment. "But I think I'm terrified for him. Not now, but..." Sherry squeezed the other girl even tighter. She hated to admit it, but the thought of Jake dying did scare her. And that thought brought a hundred other emotions boiling up. But she doubted Ofelia wanted to deal with all that. Hell, even Armagnac didn't. "Never mad at you." Sherry really needed that hug apparently. Rown I should not write posts... [A.V.] ...on days where I've had very little sleep.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:43 am
Ofelia sort of grinned. "Well a'course Ah'm stronger, Ah'm a full hunter an' Ah'm older than him. Only makes sense Ah can hit harder 'cause Ah can focus more." She also had way more experience when it came to hitting things, when it came for fighting. Life or death was no stranger to her, she'd survived many things that should have killed her long ago. Jake and his cocky attitude had nothing on her and he would never be able to match up against her no matter how hard he tried. There were just some barriers that could never be passed no matter what.
She kept Sherry in her arms, kept holding her close as the girl hugged her. The warmth of another body way amazing, the sheer level of intimate affection something she'd craved since her childhood. Let the people on the Island dislike her so long as there were a few still willing to hold her sometimes.
But then -
"Are ya in love wit' him?" That seemed the most logical thing for Ofelia to ask based on the way that Sherry was acting. Normally you didn't cry over someone who was just a friend (well Ofelia did sometimes) but based on how the life trainee was moving around and saying things a few dots appeared to be connecting themselves at a steady pace.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:08 am
Sherry shook her head. It wasn't Ofie's fault. Sure, Sherry had no real idea about what had transpired, but surely it wasn't Ofelia's fault. How could it be? Ofelia was sweet, helpful, and nice. Yes, she was strong. Yes, she'd put a hole in Sherry's chest, but that hadn't been Ofelia's fault. The Lifer shook her head again, and squeezed the Sun hunter tighter. Ofelia was too nice. Jake on the other hand... Sherry's entire body went rigid at Ofelia's question. What? How? Sherry hadn't been expecting that. Heck, even Armagnac hadn't flat out asked...but everyone can agree that the weapon was cheating. Sherry inhaled and then forced herself to relax. It was Ofelia, and if she couldn't be honest with her, then who could she be honest with? "I dunno, maybe," she began, pulling back just enough to look the Hunter in the eye. "I--I think so. I mean..." She paused again, taking a breath. How does one say it? The million different aches in her chest when she worries, the calm when she's with him, the flutters when... How does one explain or define it? Is that what love was? Sherry had no idea. "Maybe. Or maybe it's nothing more than some silly little crush," she smiled, and wiped at those tears that had tried to form earlier. "All I know is he makes me happy, and I spend a fair amount of time worried about him. And--" She stopped herself, not wanting to ramble. Armagnac grumbled in the back of her mind. Displeasure seeped from the lindwyrm. She shook her head, ignoring her weapon and focusing on Ofelia. "Sorry. I don't want to trouble you with all this. I just haven't had the chance to talk about it with anyone." [A.V.] - to pretend I know what I'm doing here.
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:53 pm
Ofelia, in spite of everything she wanted to do to support her friend, felt her face slip down at the corners into a frown. Love was okay she guessed, even she had someone to love, but two of her friends loving each other? It was like someone was tugging on a part of one of her toys and demanding possession of it for themselves. The redhead wasn't aware she was so jealous of things, so possessive to the point she didn't want things that were rightfully hers to want to belong to one another, but she kept the frown off her face just as swiftly as it'd set in.
There was no way such a hateful expression would be shared, not this out in public. In the back of her mind she felt like someone was rolling with laughter but it could have been nothing but her imagination. Rue was still silent.
"No, yer fine ta tell me. We're friends aren't we? S'good ta share these sorts of things." The bitter possessive bubbled at the back of her throat. She swallowed it down. "An' Ah feel the same way 'bout someone so it's not ridiculous. It jus' sucks really hard when the person on the other end'a it doesn't even think 'bout ya that way, huh?" Her thoughts turned to a man she pulled out from a pod, a man she'd nearly cried at seeing again but kept herself strong.
A man who would probably never love her back, and that thought burned her far more than her want of keeping Jake and Sherry all to herself. She needed to move along. "When do ya think it started?" Ofelia had no right to ask these questions, not when she was the one who so happily crippled one of her best friend's love interests.
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:50 pm
Sherry nodded, almost not noticing that the tears had decided to stop pressing at her for the moment. "Friends, yes," she agreed with Ofelia and smiled. Ofie was right. They were friends and friends talked about such things and wait, what?! Ofelia had someone she liked? Sherry blinked once in surprise, and her mouth might have even opened a bit in order to say something. But Ofelia had kept talking, and though her next words echoed things Sherry had told herself countless times before, she couldn't fight down the ache that grew in her chest as she heard someone else say them. Armagnac spoke slowly and in low tones. She apparently liked where this was going. For her part, Sherry only nodded once before leaning in to wrap the Sun trainee in another hug. It did suck. It hurt something terrible. The worst part was, Armagnac and Ofelia seemed to agree on the fact that this silly little crush was something that would never...could never.... Sherry had already known that. She'd told herself as much. It was foolish and hadn't she decided to just stay friends anyway? It was probably a good thing Ofelia asked another question. Sherry's heart had been about to run away with her mind. "I don't know for certain," she began. "Not long after I met him, I suppose. We did some training and stuff after the weapons woke up, and I guess..." She took on deep breath. When had the tears tried to return? "I tried not to. I know it's silly. I didn't want to like him, it just happened." The Life trainee gave her friend a great big squeeze. It was so nice to be able to talk about it and not have the listener grumble in response. No, now she great big lovable Ofelia. The Sun trainee with the best cookies on the island, and possibly everywhere else, too. The fact that Sherry was the older of the two didn't phase her. In Sherry's eyes, Ofie was someone to be looked up to. "What about you, Ofie? You said you like someone, too. How long? How do you deal with it?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:05 pm
"Deal wit' it? Hnnnn." Ofelia hadn't really thought that hard on things because thinking too hard just wasn't her style. It wasn't that the redhead had long accepted being an idiot and therefore didn't try at anything, it was more or less that if she thought too hard on something then she was very prone to self-doubt and other worries that she was working hard at ridding herself of. "An' how long...? Lesse....probably love at first sight if Ah think 'bout it."
Yes, she did actually think on that and for a rare moment in time the usually childish and stupid-looking face of Ofelia mellowed to that of a young woman in love. Her eye seemed to gentle and her lips turned to a soft and slightly painful smile. "Ah invited mahself along on one'a his missions - nearly ended up gettin' the three'a us there killed. He saved me an' then....when Deus was under attack by them shadows he talked wit' me when we went explorin'." Perhaps it was best not to drop a name but the gentle look on Ofelia's face never even faltered. "But there's...someone in his heart already an' it ain't me. The trouble is Ah love that person lots too so Ah wanna cheer for their happiness jus'...." She trailed off before turning to look at Sherry. "Ah guess Ah'll jus' stick ta cheerin' fer the two'a ya instead, kay?"
Ofelia didn't want to cheer for anyone. She wanted her own happy ending complete with the person she loved taking her into his arms and telling her that he loved her as well. That actually seemed a bit ridiculous since in her mind he was too shy to ever do that - hugs were okay and they held hands once but seeing as the situation had her being insane and him calming her down it didn't count for much. "An' yanno, ya can keep on liking Jake - people need someone ta be there for 'em." She said. "Havin' a person waitin' fer ya ta return ta is probably the best thing out there." Ofelia wouldn't know that feeling but she hoped maybe she could make it seem like she did.[A.V.] sob sob sob sob i am seriously the worst person ever i am sorry sob sob sob
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:50 pm
Sherry had stepped back just enough to watch Ofelia as she told her short story. Sure, the other girl was a bit younger, but it seemed to Sherry was much more knowledgeable about some things. Like cookies, fighting, and now matters of love. Of course, in the love thing, advice from anyone that wasn't Armagnac was seen as nice. "Oh, Ofie," Sherry was back to hugging, as though if she squeezed the red-head hard enough it would make everything alright. For everyone. Sherry couldn't imagine, she didn't want to imagine what it must be like for Ofelia. To love someone but have them not return those feelings. It was likely one of her own greatest fears right now. But for her friend... "Well, I'm cheering for you." Sherry whispered into her friend's shoulder. "But Jake...I don't know if he wants me waiting for him," her words were followed by a slow sigh. He'd said as much once, but that had been right after they'd met and before everything else. Sherry simply didn't know what to do. "I just..." words failed her. Hugging made her feel better though. Rown <3333 Psh. I'm more terrible. ;-;
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:18 am
"Who gives'a s**t 'bout what he wants?" Ofelia stated, blunt as always. Her words had a way of hitting the head of a situation like a hammer on a rail spike and the look on her face as she glanced down at Sherry clearly showed that she felt just like she sounded she did. "An' don't go worryin' 'bout havin' ta cheer fer me - focus on yer own drama an' stuff first. Ah can handle mah own, always have an' always will, so ya need ta step up an' do the same." She said. Ofelia was actually trying to get Sherry to man up and take it on like she should, matters and affairs of the heart were always meant to be more or less personal, but instead she just sounded probably indifferent or really uncaring. Truth was it was far from that. "If ya wanna keep waitin' fer Jake, if ya wanna keep lovin' Jake then dammit ya do it. One-sided feelin's aren't the type ta lose ta anythin' 'cause they're still real."
Ofelia hugged Sherry softly before reaching down and placing her hand over the other girl's heart. It totally didn't matter that she was touching her friend's breast nor did she care about the look that a passing tech gave as he went off likely to have a nice...bathroom trip. The motion was meant as something else. "Anythin' that happens in here is always real an' no matter what the feelin'a anyone else it's yer own right ta want ta keep holdin' on." She patted Sherry's chest as she spoke before moving the hand and placing it over her own heart. "Ah'm gonna cherish mah one-sided love until the day the feelin' is returned ta me. Dunno if it'll ever happen in mah lifetime but Ah'm stubborn. Ah'mma keep lovin' him 'til the die Ah die, an' if he happens ta go b'for me then Ah'll follow an' be lovin' him all the way."
And then Ofelia sort of sounded like a creeper but the fact of the matter was she loved him, he didn't love her back, but she wanted him to be happy. It didn't matter.GrnGriff and this is why Ofelia is bad at advice
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:15 pm
Sherry listened, looking up to Ofie in more ways than one. The red-head was strong and sure, and she seemed so comfortable with it all. Her words were so contradictory to what Sherry had been getting from Armagnac, yet it didn't matter. It was what she wanted to hear, and whether she needed it or not, well...that really didn't matter. Ofelia said it, and Sherry listened. What the passing tech thought didn't matter to Sherry. (She didn't even notice him.) Sherry knew what the other girl's touch meant. They were basically standing there pouring their hearts out all over and it seemed to Sherry, Ofie was driving one very crucial point home. It was okay. It was okay to love and who cared what anyone else thought because this, her own hand reached up to cover the spot vacated by her friend's hand, was her own heart, and what was in it was hers. Sherry smiled and nodded. She opened her mouth to say something, and only then realized she didn't know what to say. So she hugged Ofie again. After a moment (during which Armagnac was all grumbles) Sherry stepped back, glancing at Jake. "I don't know. I'm afraid. I'm afraid to tell him. Have you..." she wasn't sure she should actually finish that question, so she didn't. Rown It's the best advice, ok. [A.V.] you know you want to read this
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:34 pm
"Have Ah what?" Ofelia asked. She looked down at Sherry, a little more than amused by all this hugging around the body of a person she'd happily kicked into a coma, and she placed a free hand atop the Lifer's head. All this talk about relationships and feelings and everything else was actually starting to make her head hurt but she wasn't going to go on that far. Sherry was talking to her, trusting her, and so Ofelia needed to suck it up and deal with it.
Maybe when this was over she'd go into the haunted house and crack some skulls that way.
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