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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 0:37:39 GMT
"Your father is right. Promise."
Mustering a smile, Aur takes her word and curls up by the two of them.
Timeskip
Zay sleeps with Av on one side and Aru between them. Somehow they are able to fit on the narrow cot without much of a problem. However, after a little while, Zay jerks awake with a quiet his as he tenses, his back sending a searing pain through the muscle down to his finger tips. His side throbs with it, and slowly he pulls himself away from Aru and Av and sits up, swinging his feet off the cot as he grips his side. Aru shifts, but he just nuzzles up to Av and falls still again.
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 3:28:39 GMT
Face twitching about the same time Zay sits up, Avery's face slowly twists in her sleep. skin growing clammy. Breaths growing shallower, her head tosses, soft mumbles escaping her lips before she shoots up with a scream, eyes open but unseeing, shadows flickering in her irises, lost in a nightmare
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 3:45:48 GMT
At the scream Aru starts and scrambles back away for Av, feather's sticking up and ruffled like a bird puffing itself to appear bigger to ward off a threat. Zay grimaces as Aru pressed himself against his back, turning and looking at Avery with a pinched gaze, his eyes studying. He spots the shadows and he swears, reaching over and touching Avery's shoulder. "Avery," he says, shaking her. "Avery, wake up. It's only a dream." Then to Aru, "Go get the Cleric."
Aru nods and quickly scrambles off of the cot, stumbling outside only dressed in his tan tunic and brown trousers, having changed from his nicer tunic Avery had gotten him before bed.
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 3:56:06 GMT
"Avery. Avery, wake up. It's only a dream. Go get the Cleric."
"Help... me... somebody, please.." Avery whispers, tears sliding out as her lip quivers, lost in the nightmare, unable to hear or see, or feel. Lips parting, she shakes her head hard, eyes full of terror before she passes out without warning, falling over as her eyes roll back
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 4:05:00 GMT
"Help... me... somebody, please.."
"Avery," Zay urges, shaking her again, though immediately he twists around and catches her as she falls, nearly falling himself as a sharp pain rips through his back, making his right hand completely numb as he feels the bee stings.
Aru scrambles around the camp, trying to find the Cleric, though instead, just like he had when he first arrived, he stumbles across the commander instead. Catching his breath, Aru stops, gaze worried and face pale. "S-sir, do you know where the cleric is?"
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 5:06:22 GMT
Falling into him, Avery's face twists again, breaths growing shallower
"S-sir, do you know where the cleric is?"
At the sound of Aru's voice, Galen turns to look at the boy, studying him for a split second before he springs into action, barking orders out to men to find the cleric, striding past everyone towards Zay's tent "Keep up boy!" he calls, moving
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 5:12:51 GMT
"Keep up boy!"
Aru nods and starts trotting after him, looking around for the cleric but doesn't see her. Making it back to the tent he hurries inside as Zay lays Avery back down, looking up. His gaze finds Galen, and Aru speaks before Zay can say anything. "They're looking for the Cleric," he squeaks. then looks at Avery. "Is momma okay?"
"It's a nightmare she can't wake up from," he murmurs, hand pressing against his side, trying to keep Aru calm. "Sometimes people have those, and it's hard to wake up from them, and they need a little extra help."
Aru's feathers ruffle as he hears the pain that Zay tries to hide. "You're hurt too?"
Zay waves away the concern, fingers tapping his thumb on one hand. "I just slept wrong. I'll be fine in a minute."
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 5:21:49 GMT
"They're looking for the Cleric. "Is momma okay?"
"It's a nightmare she can't wake up from. Sometimes people have those, and it's hard to wake up from them, and they need a little extra help."
"You're hurt too?"
"I just slept wrong. I'll be fine in a minute."
"No need to lie to the boy, he can see it." Galen murmurs, eyes sharp as he watches Zay then turns his gaze to Avery. Gaze narrowing when her face twists, his fist clenches before he stomps over and pushes her shirt to the side, blocking Aru's sight with his back. Stiffening when he sees the bandage at her side, he pulls it away, hissing at the sight of the open wound, black veins surrounding it, more than last time "Damn! Where is the cleric!" he barks, looking towards the entrance
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 5:27:16 GMT
"No need to lie to the boy, he can see it."
Aru purses his lips as Zay looks at him, though the man stands, albiet a little unsteady on his feet, and steers Aru towards the door.
"Damn! Where is the cleric!"
"There's no need to yell, Commander," Zaire replies as he hurries in, followed by one of her students. "What's going on?" She looks at Zay, frowning at his gaze, though doesn't remark.
"She woke screaming," he starts. "Other than she's stuck in a nightmare, I don't know what's wrong."
Aru had caught a glimpse of the wound, and he looks down before he speaks quietly. "The blade that the woman attacked her with was poisoned."
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 5:31:30 GMT
"You're leaving?" Galen mutters, eyes following Zay's movements, calculating before his attention is diverted by the cleric coming through the flap
"There's no need to yell, Commander. What's going on?"
"She woke screaming. Other than she's stuck in a nightmare, I don't know what's wrong."
"The blade that the woman attacked her with was poisoned."
"Blade? Woman?" he echoes before his eyes narrow into slits, glances towards Aru, gaze stony "What woman? Speak up boy, reveal what you know." he states, trying to understand
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 5:38:45 GMT
"Blade? Woman? What woman? Speak up boy, reveal what you know."
Yet again, he was telling secrets, and his face grew aflame as he felt everyone's gaze. "Before we left, there was a woman that came to the cabin. She attacked Mom and told her there was the blade was laced with a poison that would kill the baby inside or cause her pain if she chose to spare the baby's life. Mom chose saving the baby and suffering for it, and it was the same poison that brought her sight back." It starts coming out in a rush. "I don't know who the woman was, I didn't understand their conversation except for bits and pieces. They were talking in another language." He looks up at the cleric, gaze pleading. "Can you help her?"
Zaire offers a small smile, though her gaze was wary. "I will do my best." She looks at Zay, who's eyes were trained on Av's face, expression unreadable. "I'm sure I can figure it out."
Without another word, Zay walks out with Aru, and Aru murmurs an apology to him about not telling him sooner. However, Zay wordlessly picks up Aru and kisses the side of his temple, murmuring something in response, and the little boy's feathers lowered as he lays his head on his shoulder.
The cleric watches them leave, then turns and strides over to Avery and sets her bag down, moving the shirt and studying the wound.
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 5:54:17 GMT
"Before we left, there was a woman that came to the cabin. She attacked Mom and told her there was the blade was laced with a poison that would kill the baby inside or cause her pain if she chose to spare the baby's life. Mom chose saving the baby and suffering for it, and it was the same poison that brought her sight back. I don't know who the woman was, I didn't understand their conversation except for bits and pieces. They were talking in another language. Can you help her?"
"I will do my best. I'm sure I can figure it out."
"You better." Galen mutters quietly, eyes finding hers before he walks out after the boy and his father "Rogue."
Crying out in her sleep when her shirt is raised, Avery's head tosses, tears slipping out before she settles again, starting to brake out into a fever
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 6:02:35 GMT
The cleric starts her work, studying the veins and the Avery's pulse, looking to her student. "Start gathering herbs for pain and fever. I'll have to find a way pin point what poison is in her blood, but we'll do what we can to ease her suffering."
"Rogue."
Zay stops by where Hros is tied, handing Aru and apple as he turns and looks at the commander. Aru takes the apple wordlessly and walks over to the stallion, who eyes him with a keen gaze, giving a small, low whinny at the sight of the apple in the boy's hand. His gaze brightens a little as the horse eats it, and his feathers lower just a little as he relaxes, distracted.
"Commander?" Zay murmurs, rubbing his hand on his pants to try to regain feeling again, boots untied with the strings tucked in. In honesty, he doesn't feel the best to be moving about, but he can't remain still, either.
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Post by Avery on Dec 8, 2015 6:28:01 GMT
"Start gathering herbs for pain and fever. I'll have to find a way pin point what poison is in her blood, but we'll do what we can to ease her suffering."
"Ma'am." she murmurs quietly, nodding before she gets to work quickly, darting to the bag to get the herbs, back within seconds
"Commander?"
"I'd like to find out what all your son knows about this woman, since you clearly were kept in the dark." Galen murmurs, eyes trained on Aru "Is that alright?"
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Post by X'zayvean on Dec 8, 2015 6:38:45 GMT
"I'd like to find out what all your son knows about this woman, since you clearly were kept in the dark. Is that alright?"
Zay nods as he leans against a post, his balance unsteady.. "That's fine. I'm sure he would tell you."
Hearing the conversation, Aru turns and looks at them both as Hros finishes the apple. The guilt gnaws at him, but it would pass soon, at least he hopes. After Hros finished, Aru walks back over, hands gripping the hem of his tunic. "I'm sorry for not telling anyone," he murmurs. "I want to try to make things right..."
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