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 Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:14 am
In the days that followed her attack on the Hunter, she did nothing of note. Aymet's rescue put her in the infirmary for a few days, just above the line of dissipation but too weak to do anything but lay there unconscious. It took longer than normal for her FEAR to even out again, at least enough to stabilize her and to finally allow her to accept the FEAR she needed to get on her way to healing properly. Her time with the Nurse was fuzzy, only getting brief glimpses in the short time she actually spent conscious, to her it was nothing more than fragments of a dream.
If she had any visitors, she was oblivious to it. Nor was she aware that she had even been moved.
Her mind was still a complete fuzz, blissfully unaware of the going ons around her, just trapped in the endless expanse of her own dark, recuperating mind. Then, slowly, she started to realize things. Like how heavy her whole body felt, or how parts of her were more numb than others, but some throbbed in what was probably residual pain...and how, inexplicably, she was suddenly very warm.
It was the heat that drew her from her deep sleep, uttering a low waking rumble as her eyes heavily fluttered open for the first time in days. Confusion and disorientation were the first to greet her as her unfocused eyes rolled around, trying to see what she could to figure out what was going on and where she was, or perhaps solve the mystery of why she was so warm. As her senses came back to her she realized there was something pressed against both of her sides, her fuzzy sight telling her that at least one of the things was a very familiar, obnoxious sort of blue.
"...W-what...?" She breathed out to herself, still thoroughly confused and disoriented, trying to make her heavy and uncomfortable body sit up and pausing on her own with a low almost hissing groan of pain.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:42 pm
The past few days the 'obnoxiously blue' body which slept next to the ghoul had found himself at her side more often than not. Remi at heart was a pack animal. When one of his 'pack' is injured, they would all sleep in one giant puppy pile, lending their heat and unspoken support to aid the one whom was injured. While no magic might have been involved, they assumed the added aid and support helped heal them quicker. Amrita in his eyes was one of his pack, and so he thought perhaps it would work with her too.
It was why for the past few nights, and whenever he could spare a chance, he shifted into his (obnoxiously) blue kitsune form, and shoved his way to one side of her to sleep. He was careful of course, knowing moving her in the slightest might wake her from her healing-sleep.
"nnn Go back to sleep." A familiar voice would have grumbled, his voice close to her ear. If she bothered to look she would see his head relaxed on his front paws, ears pinned back, eyes closed. A flicking of his tails would indicate a few of them were actually on top of her legs. "You're still healing." While he would not say it out loud, yet, he was glad she was at least responsive. She had been in and out the past few days, was this just another time she would go back to sleep again? Probably, but with how badly she was hurt... she needed it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:29 pm
"...Remi?" There was a hint of confused surprise to her tired voice, registering the voice and that lovely obnoxious blue colour. What was Remi doing here? She was honestly a little too tired to care, but it was nice to have a familiar face here. Even if--
"I'm warm." Was her childishly complaining response to his urge for her to go back to sleep. It was something she had complained about before in the brief glimpses of consciousness she had in the last few days, and each time, just like today, it was because DC was on her other side. Remi's body heat was fine, but combine that with a fire minipet? It was too much for her.
But unlike last time she continued to try and sit up, struggling against her own heavy body and the throbbing ache in what felt like every single muscle. It didn't take long for her to aggravate the wound that had been the death blow, and the moment that injury made itself known she let out a yelp of pain, falling back onto her pillows and ruining every ounce of progress she had made. It had hurt worse before, her mind told her...but it was still by far the most painful and longest lasting wound she had ever been dealt.
And she mostly did it to herself. Go figure.
"O-OW....ow...ow." She whimpered out, drawing in a hissing breath in between, heavy arms lifting to cross over her mid section as if holding herself would make the pain go away. It eventually faded into the dull throb again and Amrita, being Amrita, started her struggle to sit up once more. This time she seemed to be taking it much slower, moving an inch or two and then pausing, her grey eye squeezed shut in pain.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:49 pm
"Deal with it." Was the only reply he gave her, mumbled more because he too was halfway asleep. He did, though, move his tails off her legs.
It was not until she nearly elbowed him in the side that he realized she was trying to get up. By then it was too late, he heard the yelp. In the blink of an eye Amrita would have went from something warm on her side, to feeling a pair of hands firmly pressing her shoulders back towards the bed.
"Are you CRAZY?" The boil was wide awake now, and not looking all that happy as he hissed the words. "Keep still and Lay down! Your going to re open those wounds if your not careful and you wont heal as quickly." He grumbled down at her, irritation apparent in his tone. He felt her struggle still, and was not too surprised. This WAS Amrita after all.
"....Rita do you even know how close you came to dying? And no, i don't mean dissipating and reforming, i mean truly dying."
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:20 pm
...Why was he yelling at her?
He wasn't actually yelling, not really, but in her clouded mind he was. The irritation was clear and the Vetala in her weakened state took it very personally; guilt swelling in her already throbbing mind and her expression pinched into something upset, tears brimming in her single eye. She knew she had done something stupid again, that the pain she felt was an indication that something had gone horribly wrong, and she knew she deserved his irritation...but she couldn't help it. She felt open, exposed, raw, and weak...just like a scareling, vaguely understanding but upset about it anyway.
"I...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry." She managed to choke out, her weak attempt at struggling against his hands coming to an end. Had she really been that close to truly dying? That would explain why she hurt so badly...and why she could still feel that deep wound through her abdomen, peeking up just under her ribcage. Her sudden consciousness coupled with guilt made every wound seem painfully real again; her shifting, talking, breathing, crying doing nothing to help it. Quite the opposite, in fact. "I didn't m-mean to...go that f...far. Accident...it was...an accident." The ghoul let out a single, weak sob and raised her shaking arms, pressing her hands against her own face, covering her own eyes. It blocked out Remi's tense stare at her, and she felt it protected him from seeing her so honestly upset...so weak.
"It hurts...it hurts so much..." She whimpered out, her trembling hands still glued to her face. Real pain was not something she experienced often, if ever. "M-make it stop..."
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:51 pm
If there was one way to kill a buzz, in remis case... Growing anger, it was crying. Even better? It was a ghoul he cared for doing the crying. Double whammy.
His face drooped in an instant, eyes filled with something close to sorrow, maybe even pity. He was glad she couldn't see it; even so he dropped his gaze and cursed something lightly. His hands still stayed on her, but the grip lessened, eventually leaving. It honestly was the quickest way to make him crack. He considered himself a protector, and look what he just did... made someone under that protection cry.
"Accidents happen, Rita." He said, so desperately wanting to give the ghoul a hug, only stopping himself because it would be counterproductive and onl hurt her more. He settled instead for gently prying her hands away from her eyes and using the edge of the scarf he was wearing to wipe the tears away from her eyes. "If i could make the pain stop you know i would. You can though, make it stop. You need to sleep more, get your strength back. Its no magic cure all... but if you try not to move, not to reopen those wounds, the pain will go away faster."
A small quirk of his mouth was a indicator he was about to be his usual self. "Oh and let me sleep near you, in my clan you know its said sleeping in 'puppy piles', as we call it, heals you faster."
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:40 pm
It was almost devastating to feel his hands ease away from her, now making her feel alone on top of the guilt and pain she was already feeling. She drew in a deep breath which only served to make her feel worse, opening her mouth to say something more when he murmured that accidents happened.
"S...still...I'm..." She paused again, feeling his hands on her wrists, peeling her hands so easily from her face only to press something soft under her eyes, wiping away her oddly dark tears. His answer wasn't something she wanted to hear, not really. She wanted to be up and about, she wanted to get back to her school work and her friends, to run around and try to get her hands into everything she possibly could. She didn't want to sleep and be bed ridden until her stomach healed and the pain vanished.
"I...I will try..." The ghoul eventually promised, looking almost shyly away from the boil who hovered over her. It was the best she could do under the circumstances, but even as she was she knew she'd probably try to get up again the next time she woke up. His request made her look at him again though, noticing through the fog that he was almost grinning at her. She was still very upset and sniffling, but at least she could attempt to smile back at him. Sleep near her to heal her faster? Was that why she woke up and he was there? How long had he been doing that?
"H-have...you been here...this whole time...?" It was getting a little easier to speak, but she was still quite breathless. "...Was...was it you I called?" She still hadn't the faintest idea of who had called her, and she hadn't been able to check her phone for multiple reasons.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:25 pm
"Shhh shh... im sorry im sorry." He looked at her, noticing that his comments had not cheered her up as he had intended them to. "Really Rita... we are just worried for you." He licked his lips as his already fading grin turned to a rather neutral look at her next question, pondering briefly how she would take his answer. Blinking a few times he shrugged his shoulders, hands in the air. "In between classes and time i could spare." Which was basically saying yes, he was here all the time. He even forgot to eat quite a few times, which should say something if anyone knew him. He was always eating food, it was one of his favorite hobbies. Remi truly, deep down, was overprotective of the people he cared for. Even if that meant harming himself in the process.
Not that he would let Amrita know this.
"Who else was to keep you warm?" Remi could not help it, his comments were sort of a defense mechanism at times. The kitsune quirked an eyebrow at the minipet he had grown to know over the time he was here, daring him to try and say anything else.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:52 pm
"...You're actually going to class now?" Amrita asked with a breathless laugh, clearly not completely believing him. She was on to you, Remi. DC lazily lifted his head from Amrita's other side, resting his pointy chin on her thigh so he could look at the fox out of the corner of his eye. He was also on to you, Remi. The minipet scoffed, getting to his paws and stretching before hopping off the bed to go curl up under his heat lamp.
"D-don't tell DC, but..." The ghoul spoke up after the minipet fled to a warmer place. "I...I like your body heat much better." He didn't cough up fire, which was also a definite bonus. For a moment her eye closed, her body stilling completely as she passed out almost completely. A few moments later she let out a hiss, startling herself awake again.
"Augh...I wish...it was possible to kiss this better." She lamented quietly, shifting slowly where she lay, fully intending on working herself up to trying to sit up again. A moment or two later she paused, realizing something hadn't yet been answered.
"...Was it you I called?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:36 pm
"...Okay well, ive been going in a few times." In other words he was probably wandering away only to get food or something... "I kinda do want to get out of year two you know?" Everyone was leaving him behind so... if that meant class?
"Oh im certain the next time i see DC i will tell him all about it, because talking down to a minipet is my gig.." He smirked and shook his head, laughing softly as he looked away. "Nah man i get it, i am a fur coat while he is your.... flamey one." Moving towards the bed once more, he settled in close by. "Though if kisses were the way to fix everything, i guess i wouldn't mind being a doctor in the future."
"Nah... wasn't me. Aymet gave me a call right after it happened, scared the hell out of me. I think you called him."
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:56 pm
The text message had only just come in, and it was very simple. Rita was hurt. He had no idea when or how or why but he had a good notion Where, and had wasted no time to bolt there and pray his assumption was correct. He had no idea Aymet had taken his sweet time in letting her boilfriend know anything had happened. Another attack? A brawl in the gym gone bad? Who would do something like that to Amrita of all people? Her body might have been expendable, but didn't mean she didn't feel pain, just as he did. His stomach clenched as he hobbled as quickly as his uneven legs could carry him. When he lurched past the correct doorway, Christof froze after doubling back when he realized he'd found it... He saw blood, he saw bandages, he saw the bed and the kitsune on top of her... Immediately he stormed in, then slowed, his expression wavering madly between fury and terror as he gave a soft, gentle noise in the back of his throat like a ginger sort of question.
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:59 pm
Amrita managed a giggle, though it was short lived as the movement irritated the still healing wound. It was enough to once more stop her attempts to sit up, and instead she shifted again, trying to lean in close to his warmth, her hand curling into the fabric of his jacket, just to keep him from leaving though he had already made it clear he wouldn't. It was nice, now that DC had left and she wasn't close to burning.
"There's no harm in trying." Amrita sighed, at this point willing to try just about anything to make this ache go away. She had never been this close to a legitimate death after all. Ever. It wasn't fun. "If it works you'd be one of the lucky ones with a goal." Another attempt at a giggle and another rasp to silence.
"Aymet, huh?" She couldn't even bring herself to feel awkward about it, she was just thankful that someone had answered her call...it would have been much worse had he not. "I'll h-have to---" Her words trailed off as the door opened and a hulking, lopsided figure lurched in. Christof...? Christof was here too? Oh Jack he'd want to know why and she was already so damaged and---
Her eye widened, tears starting to form again, and she did her best to duck behind Remi in embarrassment, though the moment she tried to curl up she let out a strained gasp, almost instantly straightening out.
It didn't stop her from trying to hide behind the Kitsune.
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:36 am
The kitsune smiled softly at her attempt, but could not keep the worry out of his eyes fully. He knew just how close she had come, he had seen her wounds from the beginning. It was not a pretty sight, and he hadn't the heart to tell her he had a feeling she was going to scar. Moving closer to the bed Remi gave a smile, knowing, moving closer. He did not get back on the medical bed with her, but he did place a hand on it. Leaning over towards her he pecked her lightly under her eye, a light kiss. It was, of course ironically perfect timing, when he heard a voice appear from the doorway. Just a clearing of a throat, but even those had some voice markers. Knitting his eyebrows together he raised his head up, and looked towards the door. Remi just gave the other boil a blank look for a while, it wasnt until Amrita made a noise that his attention snapped back to her. "You need to stop moving... unless you want to be stuck here for longer?" Still she tried to move, putting a hand lightly against her he tried to keep her from moving once more. Why the hell was she hiding from Christof? Head flicking up, he looked once more at him, only glaring this time. He growled softly, a noise more animal in nature. "Dont snarl at me. Now get the ******** over here and help calm your ghoulfriend before she opens all her old wounds again." Remi would make no shakes about it, he didnt like the other man, but they had a common ground of caring for the ghoul injured. He would try and play nice. Try.
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:01 pm
The hunchback's body tensed at the sudden kiss and following growl, his brows furrowing before his expression softened. Now was not the time. Instinct said to run at him and shoo the kitsune away but.... He edged forward, his face wrought with worry, his insides a bundle of nerves. He had avoided her- it had all been so... beautiful. Too wonderful for him to even believe that he had had a relationship with another person that was so personal, so free, so perfect... he had panicked. And this is what happened when he had avoided her too long. This is what happened when he hadn't been there to protect her. It was his fault. Gently, he reached for her hand, his free hands rising to sign, "what-happened?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:26 pm
The little kiss under her eye came as a surprise even if she had more or less asked for it, and it was enough to make her face flush, though it may have been hard to tell considering she was already flushed with pain.
It wasn't long after that she was trying to cower behind Remi, but it quickly became apparent that it was going to fail. "I'm sorry..." She whimpered to the Kitsune as he brought up her wounds, for a moment sounding like she was going to cry again. She was hurt, her emotions were everywhere already...and now Chris was here, in a turn of events that felt like someone was sticking their hand through her new wound.
She made a noise in her throat when Remi tried to call Chris over, not wanting the Igor near her just yet. Sadly, yet again, her wishes were not only overlooked, but thoroughly ignored; her boilfriend had one of her hands, which meant it was now too late to get away. It wasn't like she could run in her current condition. Seeing him was just too much. She had given him everything, and he had avoided her.
It hurt more than the gaping wound in her abdomen.
"N-Nothing." The ghoul stammered out first in a panic, taking her eyes off the Igor to look at the Kitsune, and then looking away from them both to stare at the wall of her bedroom. Nothing was a stupid response...of course something happened, stupid ghoul! What could she say, though? She possessed a Hunter and tried to kill him, but it backfired? Chris knew what she could do but Remi did not, and she still didn't want to risk saying anything out loud just yet!
"I-it was...an accident...?" She settled pathetically, her free hand resting gingerly on her stomach.
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