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Junjie, flanked by Abellio and Arjan, were currently tracking some of the Aiskala dragons, have seen them earlier, had a scuffle with some of them, and he found the battle to be a rather challenging one. It was difficult to use his Ysali powers here, even with the aid of Abellio, causing him to fall back on Aeduan magic. Luckily for him it would seem that after so long the Blood Moon had finally waned, allowing for him to cast those spells with ease again. Glancing over at Abellio he realized that his Keinova friend had paused, "What are you looking at, Abellio?" He asked, a moment before he heard the trilling sound, something that caused all three of them to look up in unison, "Uassae?" What a lucky coincidence!

Lifting a hand up he waved at the big Drakein before giving a smile, "How lucky, huh? Maybe he will lead us to where Rio is." He said, having been wanting to visit with his friend again but he wasn't quite sure how to get to where it was that she was living at the moment. It had been a little while since he'd last seen her, not since they battled those birds on Ayr, so it would be nice to see her again.

Arjan looked at Junjie, toward Uassae, then in the direction that they had been walking until Junjie found himself distracted by the Drakein. If it were possible he'd likely have facepalmed over what his bonded was saying. They should be hunting down dragons! His bonded needed to get stronger so that they could be done with this frozen wasteland. Not to mention that he promised that they would go back to Ayr soon so he could learn from the Sage! It would seem they would be side tracked again though, huh? Damn.

Giving a soft chuckle Junjie patted the Keindred on the head, "Don't worry, you will be spewing lightning with the best of them soon enough. Let's visit with our friends first, see how they are doing, and then we will chase down more Aiskala orbs, I promise." The ice wasn't agreeing with the Ysali blood that flowed through Junjie's veins and even with a heavy cloak on his many wings were shaking like crazy! An added bonus of visiting with Rio, that being getting to get out of the cold for a bit. As such he was only that much more hopeful that Uassae meant to lead them to Rio.

Shuddering Erionda’s eyes shifted towards Kilian. Her face was pale as she gasped for air. “I don’t even know what's wrong, Kilian.” She muttered. Feeling weak by the urges that had taken over her and continued to persist. Over the course of the past two weeks. “I’ve sent Uassae to find Junjie. It may sound weird but he was supposed to visit around now, he’s a healer. Maybe he will know what to do. Or be able to help. Uassae still doesn’t know what to do, the only thing he can do is try to dampen the spells.”

Another wave crashed over Erionda, groaning she whimpered as tears formed in her eyes. Her eyes opened to give Kilian a pleading look. She wanted relief from the pain. “Maybe we should toss away the Alkara meat all together. Perhaps I’m just far more susceptible to the food than the rest of us. It just looks wrong.”

“It doesn’t taste wrong. And I’m not sick.” Lanzecki interjected.

Groaning painfully Erionda tried to hold back her tears. She could handle pain from wounds all over her body. But not the way her stomach craved food, and whatever they had lying around wasn’t satisfying her, and the stuff she knew would, was now making her sick. Her hands moved to gather up a towel hanging on the wall beside her. Wiping her face Erionda struggled to stand. One hand reaching out for Kilian another to balance herself. “Maybe I should just go lay down again.” Erionda offered as her body trembled.

Uassae drew closer trumpeting as he caught sight of the familiar duo. Eying the new stranger warily as he settled down in the snow beside them. That wasn’t important now, even if it could be some strange feral who they were protecting. Stomping his feet as he moved to catch up to them. Trying his best to signal his hurry Uassae came up to Junjie and gave him a nudge towards Rio’s home. “She sick! Very sick! You have to help her, I can’t even make this go away. All I can do is help tame whatever it is. But I can’t make it go away! She can’t keep anything down. She’s sick! You have to help. Quickly”

Another nudge and Uassae was stomping off towards home, his tail flicked back and forth impatiently. Shivering as he continued to prance ahead the Aeduan Drakein shifted to look back to make sure Junjie was following. “You must hurry. And be careful, whatever it is that’s making her sick. Is also sending her magic spiraling out of control. She’s summoned terrible snowstorms. Stay close or you will get lost in it. Even ice is scattered all over. Quickly now.” Raising a wing as if to fend off some of the building snow Uassae continued to press on. Checking back to see if the team behind him were still somewhere in sight.
The house pulled into view a while later. At first it appeared as a faint shadow in the distance, ebbing in and out of sight by the raging snowstorm about them. The snow swirled in gusting winds thickening the closer to the house the party came. The Drakein gave a loud roar towards the house.

Lanzecki’s head popped up from where he was watching Erionda. Turning to look at the door he slipped quietly out of sight. Uassae’s tone was almost commanding, thinking better about ignoring him, Lanzecki pushed to his feet with a loud sigh. Rolling his eyes he slipped towards the front door. Pushing it open with another sigh his eyes widened as he caught sight of Junjie and Abellio.

Flapping his wings before him and letting out another roar that joined with Uassae’s. Lanzecki used his own power to create a small tunnel in the billowing snow. Huffing as he waited for everyone to hurry on towards him. “You’re irritatingly late. super late. She could have died you know. All your fault.”

Kilian reached out quickly, steadying Erionda as she rose. A frown formed at how weak she seemed. Whatever was wrong, it was bad. It had to be. At the news that Junjie was being sought out, Kilian’s worry eased just a fraction. A healer was on his way and soon, hopefully, they would know what was wrong with Rio and Junjie could heal her.

His head snapped up at the sound of a roar and Lanzecki taking off. Was Uassae back already? Amadia took off after Lanzecki, determined to help drag Junjie into the house if need be. Her wings flapped as she came to a stop as she came into the room. ‘He’s here, he’s here!’ She called back to Kilian through their bond.

Kilian wrapped an arm around Erionda’s waist, tugging her close and helping to keep her balanced as they made their way into the main living area. His gaze locked right onto Junjie. “Help her, please?” The sound his voice made as he pleaded with Junjie to help heal Erionda was enough to make Amadia whine as she nudged her snout under Kilian’s free hand.

The healer looked down at Lanzecki for a moment when he said that Rio was coming with Kilian, something that gladdened him to hear. He was glad that she wasn't alone if she was so sick. That Kilian was here taking care of her was a good thing... though would the Oblivionite let him help he wondered. Theirs seemed to be a relationship that was tenuous at best after all and he didn't want to step on any toes as far as the other man went.

In fact Junjie gave a long pause when he found himself face to face with Kilian, something he couldn't help but to be worried about given that their first meeting had been awkward and their second one was just them merely crossing paths while saving Rio. Instead of the man seeming to want him to get lost though it was something much different and unexpected, he was actually asking him for help for Rio as well. It made him that much more worried, as though Kilian asking him for help for Rio meant that it was that bad, "I will do all I can." He said, giving Kilian a smile and a gentle pat on the shoulder. It seemed that the entire household was on edge over Rio's sickness, something that showed how much she was loved by them, how important she was to them, it something that made him happy to see. Given how many people in the world dislike hybrids this was a wonderful change of pace and he felt things should be. A shame not all were as open minded as Kilian seemed to be.

His attention turned then to Rio, giving her a smile, "Ahh... you are still on your feet, good. I was actually a little afraid that I would find you on your death bed, Rio." The way that it sounded made it seem quite dire, that she was walking on her own and talking coherantly, it was a good sign that it wasn't really severe. Regardless though it was best that he didn't take it lightly just becausee she was up and about, she might just be pushing herself after all. When she apologized for her condition he couldn't help but to give a soft laugh, "It's quite alright, you can't be showing off by punching dragons every day. Come on, how about we sit down and you can tell me about your symptoms." A couple of weeks seemed to be a long time for a cold but given the weather in the area that could cause it to linger... though one would think that being an Aiskala Dovaa might cancel out the effects of the snow and cold. Best that he get a list of her symptoms and go from there. He didn’t want to leave anything out after all.

Erionda rolled her eyes. "Uassae and Lanzecki have a nasty habit of over exaggerating what's going on. I really should have warned you about their habits before now."

Lanzecki shook his head vigorously back and forth and stomped his hind foot. "I do not exaggerate anything.”

"Don't pretend you're all so innocent baby. We all know you're over dramatic about everything. As for her symptoms... I better be the one to tell you, since rios not the one to admit what's really going on." He pulled himself into a sitting position with a huff ignoring the irate look on the younger drakeins face. "Burning smells make her sick, she can hardly keep anything down, don't even get me started on food. Those seems to make things up and down and all over the place. She’s weak and she’s growing tired all the time. And I’m not sure if you’ve noticed the blizzard outside. That’s caused by her. Something isn’t right. And don’t deny it Rio.”

Twitching Erionda glanced from her Drakein to Kilian and back to Junjie. Everyone was ganging up on her! She would be fine in a couple days, she was sure of it. Just because she had a momentary lapse of weakness and had asked Uassae to find Junjie didn’t mean she was on her death bed, she didn’t even have one foot in the grave. It was just weird she was experiencing things she never had before. “Maybe it’s just something Hybrids get.” Erionda shrugged staggering slightly before moving to sit down.

“I don’t really think there is much else to say.” Erionda folded her arms across her chest with a pout her bottom lip trembled slightly. No she wasn’t sick they were all ganging up on her now.

“And she has mood swings.” Lanzecki interjected, recoiling as Erionda shot him an icy stare. “See… she’s moody.”

Kilian watched Junjie as he ran his hands the length of Erionda’s body. He froze, when the hybrid froze, eyes going wide at the exclamation. “Junjie...what is it? Is she going to be alright?” Kilian’s words were jumbled and quick. He wanted answers and quick. He needed answers. “What do you see Jumjie?” The longer the hybrid paused the more Kilian became agitated. If he knew what was ailing Rio, Kilian wished that he would just spit it out already.

Kilian’s gaze searched the ysali hybrid’s face, searching for any clues that might tell him...anything. His gaze traveled down to where his hand stopped, right above Erionda’s stomach. His brows pinched together. That didn’t tell him much, they all knew her stomach was upset. His gaze jerked back to Junjie’s face, eyes widening yet again at the look on his face. “Junjie...is she…” He couldn’t finish the question as he looked up at Rio’s face, shoulders sagging out of relief as it dawned on him. He knew what was wrong with her. “Rio.” Her name came out on a whisper.

The Ysali hybrid turned his attention to Kilian, giving the Oblivionite a nod of his head, "Oh, yes, sorry. She will be fine though there is a lot that she is going to have to do from now on to make it all easier on her, many things that you and the Drakein will have to help with as well." The more hands helping out the easier things would be for Rio or so he felt. He knew that the process was one that could be exhausting if his mother's patients were any indication and the list of symptoms that they had, that Rio very well could have herself, was quite extensive. He had to admit that he was so happy to figure out that it was a happy thing, not a dangerous disease but if he had to guess it was most certainly a surprise. He could only hope that it was a good surprise.

At Kilian's half question he gave a smile and a nod, glad that the Oblivionite seemed to understand, the problem being that it would seem that Erionda did not. He starred at her for a moment before he gave a laugh, ever amused at her spunk. She certainly wasn't one to take anything laying down, was she? Even going as far as to threaten the both of them to get the answers that she wanted them to cough up, "Well you see..." He trailed off a moment when Uassae suddenly announced that Kilian might want to hide for a bit, that her temper might take the house down even it would seem, and then he was leaving. Off to the barn it would seem, "Ahhh, Abellio, Arjan, how about you go with Uassae?" He suggested, just in case she really did blow her top. Not something that he wanted to risk his Drakein getting caught up with though he was sure that he'd be fine himself. Nothing to worry about.

Turning to look over at Kilian once more he asked, "Do you want to tell her? It's more your place then mine in this instance." It was their good news, he was merely the healer in this instance, one that delivered said news to Kilian and he could then in turn give it to Rio, "Unless you want to follow Uassae's lead?" He'd leave it up to Kilian to decide.