corrinesbell | 134. Sphere

134. Sphere

So after thinking about it for a while, I've decided we're gonna have a contest to name the Tea Shop! ...So, uh, anybody who has an idea can write it down, and when I've got all the ideas...you'll get to vote.

You've only got a week to come up with names to vote on. Get working!

[Sheena is just so tired of trying to be creative about it on her own, and the shop feels wrong without a name after all this time. Involving the village should solve lots of problems, right?

The shop closes early today, when its owner starts to feel strangely tired. She'll carry her journal out around midafternoon, locking the door behind her. At least she's been able to keep ice from forming on the stairs.

Near the bottom of the staircase, a wave of tired and dizzy wins out over balance. There's a lot of creative cursing - more than she'll inclined to - as she slides and rolls the last few steps...and the journal lands open in the mud and snow. So all that grumbling, and the noise of the fall? All nicely broadcasted.

Then she notices, hurrying to pick it up and clarify things.]

Uh, oops, dropped the book down the stairs. Sorry about that!

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So it seems, anyway. When you're settled in I'll get you a drink. [Medicinal tea.]

[Is it supposed to come on so suddenly? ...Maybe it will go away just as fast. Sheena's a little miffed that Raine's managing to lecture her even though she did decide to come home and rest. ...Not too sure what the lecture is about, however.

If Raine makes a move to follow Sheena into her room, she'll get a Look that tells her to at least let the ninja get properly dressed.]

[Honestly, she only meant to see her safely to the door. That way she can put the medicine together while Sheena changes and hopefully gets herself back into bed without further incident.]

[No more incidents. It feels way too early to be putting on nightclothes - and way too warm for her winter ones.

Because she knows Raine is coming back, she'll be sitting sideways on her bed instead of lying in it.]

[It probably won't take too long, though to Sheena it may take longer, before Raine returns with the medicinal tea, a small glass of orange juice, and some toast on a plate. The toast is probably what took the longest to get ready, all things considered.]

[Raine. You cooked. Sort of. ...Was that meant to be a sandwich?

Sheena looks appreciative anyway.]

Sorry. Not exactly why you're here, is it?

[It's just normal toast! Because toast is good for sick people.]

It happens. There's no reason to apologize, unless you plan on making it a habit.

[Teasing. But she'll set the tray down so Sheena can reach it.]

Is it possible to make a habit out of getting sick? Like this?

[The tea is the thing she's most wary of. What on ~~earth~~ Tethe'alla is in it?]

...This isn't gonna taste good, huh?

You probably would find it a little bitter. In any case, it should help you rest properly.

[Might as well get it over with, then. She's finished half of it before those words sink in.]

...Did you put some kinda thing that'll knock me out in here?

Don't worry about what's in it.

So that's gotta be a yes. That's unfair, I don't put weird stuff in your tea without asking.

[She's babbling a little, and slowing and slurring a little. She really doesn't fell well at all.]

There's nothing 'weird' about it. Have some of the toast, and juice. It won't hit so badly then.

[You really are drugging her. This ninja is not amused.

To display this she will take a very not amused bite of toast.]

I would've stayed in bed all on my own, y'know.

You didn't even realize you had a fever.

Maybe I didn't until then. [She didn't when she left the tea shop.]

I hate being sick.

Who knows? It could have been building up for a while. ... In any case, this should keep you from having dreams.

I don't...like being vulnerable like that, Raine.

[To her credit, she isn't whining. This time it's serious. Her eyes are on her lap, not the woman she's addressing.]

If something happened and I couldn't wake up because- ...I just don't like it.

[At least she ate the one piece of toast.]

I understand. ... I apologize if you're uncomfortable with it.

However you are at home, in bed, and nothing is going to happen. You just need to rest. You'll feel much more refreshed afterward.

[It's not so much that it happened. If Raine thinks she needs it, chances were good she wouldn't have argued very hard.

It's more that...well, she didn't ask. Didn't warn her. Not knowing how to say this in any way that wouldn't irritate her friend, Sheena opts for not. Easier and less headache-inducing to turn her free hand into a fist while she drinks the orange juice.]

[Or in a sense, being more ninja than a ninja. She honestly didn't believe Sheena would have willingly gone along with it, with the way she was acting, though Raine does now feel a little guilty for the actions.

Still, she had apologized, and all that was left to do was wait it out.]

[When the ninja leaves all the things someone would need to knock her out in a cabinet in the kitchen? Not too hard to out-ninja her.]

So how long are you forcing me to sleep for?

[Arms crossed. Bitter, indeed. She feels like she wasn't even given the chance to make the not-stupid decision.]

I suppose that depends on how your body reacts to it. You may very well keep sleeping on once it wears off.

[Maybe it's just from the conversation, but she feels like it's already kicking in. It could also be that whatever this illness is, it came on pretty quickly once the fever showed up]

Great. [Rolling her eyes was a bad idea; both of her hands go backwards to support her.]

[She reaches over to take the tray away, since it seems like she's finished with that.]

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