corrinesbell | 100. Centripetal [action/voice]

[Life's funny sometimes.]

[Sheena's moving through the forest using the trees. She remembers that wolf giving her warnings and all that, but it was a long time ago and someone made a good point about the people who got returned - and about New Feathers, but there hadn't been any - being at the mercy of whatever was going on in there. ...So she may not have stopped patrolling for more than a day or two. Particularly after she remembered she could defend herself much better from a distance now.

It's not her fault when one of the branches cracks under her feet as she stops to gauge her next move. She reaches almost calmly for another branch or two to catch herself on, but they're all thin and twiggy. One of them snags her glove and it slips off as the branch and Sheena take a gravity ride to the dirt and leaves below.

And if it stopped there everything would be mostly okay.

When her back strikes the ground, it goes through it and continues on, into the bottom of a pitfall. Winded, she takes a minute or two to catch her breath.]

Not again.

[In the fall, the journal ended up nearby, half-buried but open. ...Why not?]

[[ooc: ...What else is there to do with Sheena's 100th post?]]

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[stands. Might as well get to the bottom of...no, bad phrasing. No sense beating around the bush here. She turns around, revealing wings covered in dirt and leaves, all messed up with a few small scratches]

I fell into a hole and landed on my back and I really can't reach around to deal with any of this.

[He's going to use this as an opportunity to touch various parts of the wings gently to see if this causes her any pain.]

From the looks of things there aren't any serious injuries, but you never can be too careful with the wings. Does any of this hurt?

Not really. I think if I'd really hurt them I'd still be down in that hole. I just pulled them or something and it's hard to move my arms to get back there.

[she'll reach both arms up as far as they will go - which is not far - to demonstrate. Don't even ask her to move the wings.]

Here, hold still.

[And in just a moment Sheena will be able to feel the familiar warmth of Regal's chi healing as he applies it to her wings and her back.]

[it's hard to hold still when the release of all that tension makes her want to just flop down.]

Thanks.

Does that feel better?

Yeah, that's a lot better.

[and no laughing and no lecture. Regal just took the top spot on the list of who to go to for help]

Sorry about that.

There's no need to apologize for following your destiny as a member of the Fujibayashi line.

[... okay, so he can't resist one little poke.]

[ping! Back down to number two]

Just for that I'm gonna ask you to help me clean all the dirt off 'em too.

My apologies, but I would have offered even if you hadn't asked.

[would you stop being so damn courteous!]

Oh. ...Uhh, thanks.

[No, it's what he does.]

You are more than welcome, Sheena.

For some reason I can't stop acting like a complete idiot in front of you.

You are far from the only one-- Lloyd and Zelos seem to be afflicted with the same tendencies, and even Emil to some degree.

I'd say that must mean you bring out the idiot in people but Lloyd and Zelos are like that with everybody.

[reaching around with one hand now and starting to smooth out her feathers. It's a bit like trying to scratch your own back, and just as silly-looking]

And I'll take that as a compliment.

[Noticing what she's doing, he'll ask:]

Would you like a hand with that?

Yeah. Thanks.

[He'll just start smoothing the feathers down gently, being careful not to apply too much pressure because, uh, he knows how sensitive those things are.]

[she squirms a little, and then when she can't hold it in anymore, snorts and starts to laugh]

Forgive me; I will make this as fast as I can.

[Though her reaction IS rather amusing.]

[well now that it's been healed, it tickles]

Haha, don't sound so serious.

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