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 Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:05 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:08 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:25 am
*Sierra carries Mai and Gouken in hurridly. She eases Gouken onto one of the white cots first and then, with both hands free... She lowers Mai down with added care for the girl's dammaged wings.
Her gold eyes are bright as tears continue to stream down her cheeks and she fights off a feeling of helplessness. She flops down into a chair wearily and scrubs at her eyes with the back of her hand. Desperately her mind races to try and think of what to do... Mai would be the easy one... why not evaluate her first?
She had a few scrapes and cuts and some bruising, other than that it was just her wings that needed attention. She gets up and rummages through the shelves stocked with her salves, remedies and potions. She found what she was looking for and grabbed some fresh bandages along with a basin full of warm water and a cloth. She cleans all the cuts carefully before applying the salve and dressing the wounds. She opens a second container of salve and rubs it into the girl's sore muscles. It would ease the pain and bruising. She smiles wistfully as she puts it all way, her hands now smelling strongly of various spices and herbs.
Inspecting the vampiress's wings she frown's... They were mangled... and only some sort of healing magic would fix the damage... Light and Holy Magic were out of the question. That would kill her on the spot... Sierra shakes her head as she settles on a decision and mutters under her breath*
"It'll have to be blood magic... there's no other way to heal them without killing her."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:55 am
*Sierra pulls a silver dagger out from her wrist sheath and examines it a moment. She stands beside Mai's bed and her golden eyes unfocus. The pupils swirl away into drowning pools of golden fire as they begin to glow in harsh darkness that cloaks them all. She plants her feet firmly and holds the dagger across both of her palms and hold's it out in front of her as if she were offering it up as a sacrifice. She begins to chant in an ancient tounge as she calls up an acrane blood spell. An angry red light criss crosses the floor beneath her feet as her spell circle flares to life beneath her and flashes brightly as it closes.*
"Anria'nk he'roshi'nen imorro elan yaranna k'ilak... Mi'rowen shina gresh'a... shinara furai'nen"
*The blade in her hand begins to give off an identical red light and runes shine along the blade that hadn't been visible before. Power begins to seep into the room as the spell is being worked. She places her right hand firmly on the hilt of the dagger, gripping it tightly as she jerks it across her left plam. Her pale skin splits and her blood seeps and swells to the surface. It pools in her plam, blodd pouring from the wound. She dips the blade in it and flicks it towards Mai's wings, spattering them. She traces two runes onto the girl's forehead with a bloodied finger. One representing life and the other health. She lowers the shoulder of her robes and carves identical runes into the flesh along her collar bone. She winces slightly as the silver blade bites into her skin but quickly banishes the pain from her mind. Once they're completed she turns her plam down and lets her hand bleed onto the floor, turning so that the blood forms a circle around her. As it closes the runes flare brightly and power swirls through the room. It fills thr room, a power so strong and thick it made it hard to breath... it was as if you could reach out and touch it... wrap it around yourself. Sierra swayed under it but stayed on her feet. She Focused it, chanelled it into Mai's body, her wings... Power was power... it was up to her to tell it what to do... and she told it to mend... heal. She shuddered as the shattered bones cracked and snapped, the bones reforming themselves until her eyes beheld undamaged ebony feathers with no signs of the earlier match's damage. She sighs heavily and casts a glance down to her collar bone and smiles as not only is there only two pink scars but her hand has also stopped bleeding and there were no signs of the cut she had dealt herself.
Mai was fine now... her wings mended, the bruising gone... she would be tired though and a little stiff... but rest and the salve would take care of that... now she just had to figure out how to help Gouken.*
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:58 am
*Even thought he was in shambles, Gouken's body still had the ability to sense the energy emonated from Sierra. It was a reflex action that he cringed at the immense amoutn of power flowing through the room, yet his expression nor state never changed. He sort of half shuddered before falling back into the gaping nothingness of a half destroyed mind*
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:53 pm
The small girl moaned softly and twisted in her sleep, the white sheets tangled around her, trapping her legs and arms. She screamed suddenly, sitting straight up and looking around the room frantically. Her dark wings fluttered, as if she would try to get out of there as fast as she could. Her shrill scream echoed off the walls, but she showed no signs of stopping. Mai fought against the restricting weight of the sheets, tumbling out of her cot with a squeak. Finally kicking the sheets off, the vampiress backed herself against Gouken's cot, screaming again in surprise. The tips of her large wings knocked agianst the small tables by the cots, knocking off bottles and jars of her sister's healing formulas. The girl covered her head with her hands and wrapped her wings around herself, sobbing and screaming. She drew her knees up to her chest, crying because she was frightened and confused.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:00 pm
*Sierra rounded the corner from where she had gotten a fresh basin of water and was about to tend to Gouken when her sister's scream's startled her from the determined daze she had been moving about in.
Her gaze flicks to the falling bottles and she stretches her hand out whispering some unheard phrase. Vines materialize around her feet like a nest and send tentative seeking tendrils outwards. They coil about the objects before they het the ground and raise them back to their places on the shelves before she drops her hand and the vines vanish.
Sierra sighs and sets the basin down and hurries to her sister's side. She pushes gently past the flurry of her beating wings and wraps loving and protective arms around her. She kisses her forehead and strokes a hand through her hair lovingly whispering softly all the while.*
"Ana'k fierra shai len Mai... Be calm my little one."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:06 pm
The small girl sobbed and clung tightly to her sister. Her wings twitched and shook with her sobs. The girl seemed to choke on her words, unable to do anything more than cry. Her screams subsided as she felt the familiar soothing feeling of Sierra's magic encircling her.
"I-I-I'm sorry...."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:13 pm
*She kisses her cheek and smiles brightly*
"Mai-chan... None of this is your fault. In all honesty ma petite... If anyone is to blame here it is I. I meant to make a point to him... I didn't know that his shielding would be so shotty... I shouldn't have been as reckless as I was."
*She presses a finger to the girls lips and and beams her another smile*
"He's strong imouto... We'll bring him back to us... I promise."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:19 pm
Mai nodded and wiped at her eyes with her sleeves. She smiled weakly at her sister and peeked over the edge of Gouken's cot. Her wings flapped gently aginst the bed, one wingtip softly brushing against his hand.
"Promise he'll get better?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:28 pm
*She takes her sister's hand in hers and gives it a little squeeze.*
"I promise sweetie... I swear he'll be okay. I swear it..."
*She smiles brightly but her eyes were all for the blue haired man on the bed. She kept Mai's tiny hand clutched in hers and took Gouken's limp one in her other. His hand was cold to the touch and his face was vaccant. Her heart tightened in her chest. She would help him. She had to.*
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:30 pm
*Gouken stirred as his body reacted to the touch of the feathers and the skin against his own, twisting slightly, but keeping the same vacant expression. His skin had become unusually paler than usual, but his mouth had closed and he ceased to gape anymore. He just lay there, breathing shallowly, not necesarrily asleep or awake.*
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:32 pm
Mai smiled and tried to laugh to make her sister feel better, but she found she couldn't. The small girl frowned and slowly pet Gouken with her wing tip. She squeezed Sierra's hand back as she carefully smoothed Gouken's hair. No matter what her sister or Gouken said, she still felt it was her fault, and she was determined to make it better.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:44 pm
*Sierra didn't know how to get Mai to stop blaming herself. In the end she decides the best way to get everyone to forgive themselves is to get everyone healed up and back on their feet. She smiles at her sister and starts to speak just as she catches a hint of response from Gouken's body.*
"Mai... did you feel that?"
*She asks with hope clear in her voice.*
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:46 pm
Mai stared at Gouken, softly brushing his hair out of his face. Her eyes grew wide. She had seen him move, even if it was just a tiny bit.
"Oni-Onisan? Onesan, he moved, I know it!"
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