[PRP ]Love sick (Cascade & Dances on waves) [END]

[-Ghastly Demise-]

It was now late afternoon, Dances on waves had begun her travel to the nearest shoreline earlier that morning to gather some supplies from the ocean. Some kelp, fish bones anything she saw fit to uses in balms & salves for her medical research and healing of those who needed it. She knew the kelp would be helpful with its Antioxidants and fish bone was good for inflation internally, both had other benefits she had yet to discover. She wondered what other things she could find that would be useful in the near future, she looked about enjoying the mild breeze it was a relief from the harsh desert's heat she often had to face while visiting her family across the large river that divided the run from the forest area Her tail swayed as she drew closer to the shore.

Her eyes glanced over the sand and rocks. She padded threw the warm sand, paws being buried beneath she enjoyed the warmth. Oh, how she loved the sea, though it long ago had taken all that she loved, she felt that the sea had called for her friends and family to return to the sea where the where rumored to have once come from back to their selkie. She shook her head as the puppy's tale filled her mind, bringing her focus back to the task at paw. She began to gather beached kelp, bones from fish, and even some shells perfect for containers, after a while of trekking through the sand, her nose began to twitch at strange scent it was something she was very familiar with being in the medicinal field. she sniffed along the sand flowing the smell

not long as she began searching she found a clump of sand stained with blood, she sniffed around getting the sent of another wolf where they hurt? was it just from them hunting? she had no time to entertain the possibilities as she began to fallow the blood trail wondering who it belonged to and if they where OK, even the though of it being another animals blood didn't float well with this kind wolf. she began the search determined to help without giving it a second thought even at the risk of her own well being.  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

The day had started like any other typical day for the water loving wolf. He woke up, had some breakfast and then he went to the sea. It constantly called his name with its crashing waves and distinctive scent. The feel of the water as he swam and the feeling of the waves crash into him as he laid on the warm sand, it was his paradise.

His paradise became something else all too quickly. He was coming in from his swim when he brought his paw down on something unexpected. it wasn't sand that his paw connected with but a sea creature. He had howled in pain and tried to quickly but carefully remove himself from the water. He couldn't figure out what he had stepped on but the pain was so intense that he couldn't really think straight. He ended up stumbling and limping onto the beach before he collapsed. He tried to pull his back left leg into a position that he could look at his paw even though he was starting to feel the pain in the muscles. He ended up positioning himself into a weird pose just to try and pull the hard and spiky looking needle from his paw. He turned to biting into his paw to try and remove the rest of ii once he ended up breaking off a big chunk of the needle. He couldn't stop himself from whining and whimpering. He admitted defeat before he made his paw raw and did his best to wonder off in search of help. He didn't make it very far fron the beach before he passed out. He left a blood trail without realizing it due to him trying to remove the rest of the sea urchine spine from his paw.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

her paws had carried her over the sand as she dashed quickly seeking for the soul the blood had belonged to, it didn't take long before she saw something in the distance, had it not been for the wolfs blood rail nor his brightly colored blue dye Dances on waves would have never noticed the sandy colored wolf blending into the Ombré of sand beneath him she called out to him, worried she hurried to his side. she had no time to fret as she saw the paw and the amount of blood lost.

with haste she reached her head around to the bag made of dry leaves and vine pulling out some supplies some woven strands of plant she did the best she could to tie it around the base of his paw tightly using her maw and front paw. once she had it tight enough to suppress bleeding she began to examine his paw, it didn't look good, the paw pad was rather tattered from the gnawing he had done, and a few spines remained she pondered how to remove them without damaging his paw further. and with a plan in mind she began to go to work only taking time to pull a large leaf from a tree to cover him with so he wouldn't suffer from heat exhaustion, she work effortlessly removing every needle fragment she could applying salve to his foot and padding it with cleaned bundled wool to pad the woven leaves to his foot up his leg.


when all was said and done, she began to ponder how to move him, he was still out like a light. she had planed to return home before night, but there was no way she could drag him all the way home with her. nor did she have an animals help to move him. so she too a moment to gather more leaves a a large bit of drift woof worn down and flattened by the ruthless sea. she managed to nudge him on to the wood she bit down as hard as she could on to the drift wood, she began to slide him threw the sand. though she struggled she didn't give up. over time she reached some over hang she pulled him beneath the shade and laid down beside him, exhausted she waited by his side eyes fixated on the sea.  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

Cascade found himself falling in and out of consciousness. When he was conscious, he thought he was dreaming. He believed he was dying and seeing a beautiful female wolf trying to save him. He figured it was due to him wanting to live but to weak to fight, to survive. He had no idea what was truly happening to him but when she nudged him onto the wood and dragged him, he thought his body was vibrating. As she pulled him into the shade and he started to cool off, he truly believed he was going to die soon.

He became semi conscious and noticed the same beautiful female he hallucinated before but she was laying beside him. He made a strange noise, he wasn't even sure what he was trying to do with his sound. He was completely convinced though that she must be his angel and she is waiting for him to pass. He whined because he couldn't even form a word to tell her he wasn't ready. He wanted to live.

He had so much life left to live and it wasn't fair. How could his sea day go so wrong for him? He loved it and respected it, how could it kill him? He was so upset, scared and confused at the situation he found himself. He had started to fade into unconsciousness again so his whines ceased.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

Her tail swayed gently behind her as she listed to the song of the sea,it soothed her, bringing her peace of mind she took this time to mull over a course of action. her paws laid cross in front of her right over the left as her ears swiveled to the sounds around them. she hummed softly soft sweet howls escaping her as she sung to the rhythm of the sea. but it wasn't long before her vice fell silent heating his whines. her head shifted her two tone eyes staring back at him, one eye brown and the other blue. it was quite uncommon for wolves to have this trait, but she in fact did have it. she shifted in the sand to face him " hush now, your alright, your safe, I wont let anything happen to you." she cooed softly like a mother talking to a young pup.

she laid down beside him her eyes fixated on him while he struggled with everything he was going threw. she began to hum again trying to soothe him " rest your head, close your eyes, everything will be alright." she sang softly while the waves crashed against the rock faces and banks of sand. she saw his worry and pain she wanted nothing more than to take the fear and pain away. she carefully shifted and tucked herself under his head, letting him hear her heart beat and the sound of her voice echoing threw her body she began to sing a lullaby  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

The young adult was even more confused when he started to feel like he was burning and could hear singing. His eyes were open but he couldn't understand his surroundings. Nothing was making sense to him anymore and he wished desperately that he would just die and it would all end. He didn't even want to make a sound as to not disturb whatever was singing. He considered himself to be extremely miserable but the song was oddly comforting in a weird way.

His muscles ached and he was so tired that he couldn't even lift his head. He had started to run a fever but he didn't understand that. He thought it was hell fire dancing at his body as a taunt to let him know he was hell bound. This confused him to a further degree because he couldn't comprehend why the female was there.

He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore or even make a sound to let the female know she wouldn't be able to take him. It seemed that his time was quickly approaching and he would be bound by flame. He could no longer hear the song or anything for that matter. He was going back to sleep even if he didn't want to in that moment.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

As time went on her song drew to an end, but as she stopped singing she began to realize things where taking a turn for the worse oh dear" she muttered as she noted that he began to have a fever, she began to speculate that whatever stung him caused an infection, if the blood loss weren't bad enough. " come now you cant leave the world like this" she muttered though if only she knew her plea fell on def ears, she soon arose from beneath him carefully as not to disturb him and ran towards the sea. worry stuck her.


upon reaching the waters she dove in drenching her fur in the chilly ocean water. she closed her eyes to shield them from the salty waters. once her fur was good and soaked she emerged from a crash of waves dashing to his side once again, shivering she laid herself atop of him she hoped the cool waters would aid in cooling him down. "what to do.. what to do" she thought wondering if there had to be more spines in his feet, maybe a fish bone could aid in removing the rest. but for now, to reduce the fever but then she remembered the meadow sweet she had obtained threw her travels not only had she found it to help fevers but it also helped with aches and pains as well.


she took a moment to shift carefully swiping up her bag to her side her nose buried in it's contents as she pulled out the plant, knowing full well he couldn't chew it himself she began to chew the plant up making sure not to swallow any she chewed for a while till it was mush. bringing her muzzle to his she swapped it from her mouth to his being careful not to force so much at once in to him.

after giving him the herb she took the next hour or so torn between the waters and him.cooling him down as time passed, once his temperature was regular enough for her to allow her to leave him, she removed her body from his and unwrapped the crude bandages, had she owned a racoon changing bandages would of been easier , or a bird to pluck out the thorny barbs in his paw. but she had to do this herself.

taking a fish bone she began to clench it gently between her teeth, using it to nudge free the remaining fragments and barbs. then she applied a new salve and bandage to his paw pad, using sap of a plant to adhere leaf with cotton to the bottom of his paw pad warping it carefully applying a little more sap to keep it attached to itself.when she was done she sighed and carefully nudged herself back under his head hoping he would come to in time, she knew it would take a little more time but she was willing to wait and watch over him for the time.  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

Cascade slowly started to regain consciousness and it felt like he had been asleep for what felt like forever. He groaned as he started to become aware of his surroundings and tried to remember the day. He couldn't remember anything except his swim and then excruciating pain. He went to move his head to look around but realized it was laying on something. He stilled and held his breathe for a moment as he tried to figure out what he got himself into.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

From what was once a warm but breezy afternoon on the beach was now a chilly late evening, the animals of the beach where beginning to settle down, the tide rising upon the beach, but they where thankfully up beneath an overhang of the cliff face a cave that had been dug out over many years of the ocean pounding on its faces, it was smooth and dry they would be safe here away from the rising waters.

As he began to stir dances on waves was gently nestled around his head, her head laying down upon her dainty paws, her fur smelling of the ocean, and herbal medicines, she lay there breathing softly, her eyes closed, still humming softly had she been singing to him this whole time whilst he slept? Upon the movement of his head she raised her head up carefully from her paws, she glanced back her two tone eyes fixated on him, a sigh of relief escaped her as she saw him waking up "Ah, your finally awake, how are you feeling?" she had hoped the pain had now subsided that the medicine had time to work, she looked hopeful and expectantly at him.  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

He picked up his head and looked her in the eyes. "I..I'm not sure.." He trailed off as he really contemplated the answer. He continued to stare at her but tried to do a mental assessment of his body. His body felt really heavy but it seemed like he was in one piece. He noticed something was on his paw and he looked down at it. "What happened?" He hoped that since she was here that she knew what was going on and what occurred.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

she watched over him listening quietly before replying " well you see." she began to explain the events and how she found him, looking to his foot she thought for a moment "What happened before i got here is a mystery to me, but when i found you you where passed out, paw pads destroyed and full of some kind of thorn or spine of some kind." she said mulling over the situation " So I took it upon myself to add salve fed to medicine, the works, you've been pretty bad for a while but." she then gently pressed her nose on to his " your nose is wet so that's a good sign" she said before pulling her head away. She was relived that he didn't seem to have a fever anymore. "its best you don't go anywhere for now, a long trip could do more harm than good" she said as she pulled out some dried meet from her bag and plopped it gently in front of him " here please eat if you can you must be starving." she said smiling at him.  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

As she spoke to him, he was gathering the words in his mind to give a proper thank you until she touched her nose to his. Everything in his mind ceased to exist and he couldn't think of anything to say. It was the weirdest thing. His mind went blank and he felt nervous but excited at the same time.

"Um.." It was all that he could manage to come from him before he scooped up the meat and chewed. "Phankew" He mumbled with his mouth full and then dropped his head when he realized that he talked with his mouth full. He gulped it down and then gave a small grin. "Sorry" He said and then looked back down at his paws, he needed to get ahold of himself.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

she couldn't help but smile as he spoke with his mouth full, she watched over him as he ate, she swiveled her gaze towards the sea and the dusk swallowing the day " we should stay here for tonight, with your injured foot your at risk to be attacked, and I'm far from home to get help in time. so let us stay here" she said as she head him as he suddenly apologized " But for what? you've done nothing wrong" she said with a smile. her eyes stared out at the sea as her tail began to wag. beginning to hum that song she had sung earlier to him while he was out of it.  

[Niyaru Delacroix]

"I spoke with my mouth full and it is impolite." He spoke up once his mouth was clear of food. He watched as she wagged her tail and hummed a familiar tune. "Excuse me miss...I don't know your name. I'm Cascade but you can call me Cade." He was proud of himself for coming up with the nickname in the spur of the moment. "Won't your loved one..s..loved ones be worried when you don't return home tonight?" He didn't want someone else to suffer on his behalf. "If you have someone or someones to return to, you should go. I truly appreciate all that you have done to help me. I just don't want you to be missed and cause worry. " He was doing his best to put up a brave front so that she could return to her life. What could a healer do if he were to even get attacked? He figured it best that she not be around when it does happen.  

[-Ghastly Demise-]

she swayed her tail slowly now as she let out a soft chuckle " Your right very considerate of you, but its fine considering the circumstances" she said as she shifted to look at him once more. " Oh my name yes, Dances on waves." she said looking rather happy " It's very nice to meet you" she said as he began to worry about her family back home " Well they will be fine without me I often leave home for long periods of time, my brother is uses to it by now." she said as she swapped her paws switching them. " I would rather not leave you like this, allow me to stick by your side till morning, you'll at least be able to hop around then" she said looking at his paw " are you feeling any pain? if you are i have more medicine" she offered