EVENT: ORIGIN'S ORIGINS

[fairwind]

Who: explorers!
When: Day 31, night
Where: The Jungle

[The sun has gone down when the heroes receive an unmarked message:

This Star has secrets you should know. If you want to find them, follow the light.

Should they look outside, they will in fact see a light -- a thin but bright pillar rising from the overgrown town out in the jungle.

It's still raining, still covered in frogs, but there's definitely something going on.

And in the direction of the beach, there's also a faint, bell-like ringing. But that's not what's calling you right now... is it?]

[PREMINGLE ★ NOTES ★ SESSIONS ★ AFTERMINGLE]

Comments

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[newmodelblade]

[He also got grabbed on the dragon ghost express here, and pulled out at the end. He's badly injured and bleeding rather extensively, hand still clenched where he had had a sword before we presume the event ending made it dissolve back into blood.

He doesn't fall over when he gets off, because years of training have beaten into him that if you're conscious you better stay up and moving, but he does seem to just be standing there, trying to catch his breath figuratively and literally.]

[desirestruth]

Lucien!

[SHE'S ALARMED. She can barely walk but she's wobbling towards him at the greatest speed she can manage.

this would be comical if this situation weren't so dire.]

[newmodelblade]

Naeva. You should be conserving your strength.

[He's kind of just. Flat about it. He needs a moment to catch his breath, mentally now more than physically.]

[desirestruth]

Never mind me, put pressure on that wound.

[She's not reaching for it herself because she's tired and also pressing her hands to a bleeding neck wound will end up being the opposite of helping.]

[newmodelblade]

[He reaches up then, and places a hand to his neck.]

Do not look at me so. I saw this through, as I told you I would.

[desirestruth]

...If I lost you, too, Lucien....

[She shudders a little, and shakes her head.]

I can scarcely believe I've been so ill-prepared.

[newmodelblade]

We have had scant opportunity to prepare for these things.

[He reaches out, and gently, slowly runs a hand through her hair.]

You needn't be so hard on yourself.

[desirestruth]

I am--it is my duty to protect them.

[She sighs, and leans into his hand, closing her eyes.]

And on another level, it is frustrating, to have pushed myself this hard, and even then...

[newmodelblade]

To have done your best, and still have fallen short, is the essence of existence. We cannot win every battle.

[He will continue to pet this yipper until she calms down though.]

[desirestruth]

[She does lean into him, after a while, taking a long, shuddering breath.]

I cannot--will not accept this is the limit of what I can do.

[She's going back in, bruh.]

[newmodelblade]

Naeva, I--

[He sighs a bit, then, looking down at her.]

I've reached my limit, for the moment. I cannot join you, though I wish to.

[desirestruth]

[She realizes, it must hurt his pride a great deal, to have to admit that...even without all his memories. So while she is quiet a while, and digs in her pocket, pulls out a small but intricate watch, the metal worked to look like a rose, thorns and all, to press into his hands.]

It's alright. I'll come back for this. For you.

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[unaffective]

Ah - Sir -

[ raising a hand in hopes of catching his attention - there are so many here the situation's become a bit overwhelming on as little sleep as she's been getting, but this one she should at least make an attempt for, she's sure. ]

- at the very least... I'd like to see to the pain...

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[newmodelblade]

It's not necessary, miss, but, if you wish.

[It's not like he can hide it much, he basically got his neck, arms, and torso bound up in vines wit razor-sharp leaves. He's pretty visibly cut up.]

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[unaffective]

... Respectfully, I'd by far prefer to. While healing is scarcely my forte, this much is certainly within my capabilities...

[ and true to her word, once she takes the time to approach and assess the extent of his injuries, she extends a hand to his arm, careful, gingerly -

and with some focus, the pain is... not gone, but numbed considerably, enough to give him some relief. ]

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[newmodelblade]

[With the pain so dulled he wavers for a second like his going to just immediately faceplant, but, manages to catch himself before he can. He exhales a bit shakily and nods.]

I must say, I deeply appreciate your help.

Re: PREMINGLE PART 2

[unaffective]

Of course. You and my teammate appear to be of some acquaintance, and it'd hardly do to leave any person in such a state, besides...

... For further healing, if I may - I would recommend the blue-haired girl on Jasmine.