corrinesbell | 122. Circumstances

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122. Circumstances

[To think it was just a regular day.

Sheena stumbles her way around from the back of house 18. One arm is braced against the outside wall of the house, the other useless. It's a slow, staggering kind of walk. When she runs out of house, she manages to move just a few more feet, into the road, before crashing to the ground again. Mercifully, her journal comes loose from where she had carried it at her waist, and ends up open, pages face down.

It's just out of her reach; her fingertips brush against it but she can't turn it over. Maybe having it open is enough]

I-I...need help. ...Please.

[[ooc: Follows almost immediately after this log, meaning it's Thursday up in here. The log is unfinished so far but we wanted to avoid some insane backdating/the chance that LJ murders itself again. So!]]

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[Does she have to be the one to slap her now? She may be out of practice, but she'll do it.]

[and then have to heal it later?

She's not thinking straight. It is only partially up to her whether or not these thoughts go through her head right now, and she's fighting them but they are persistent. Old friends will do that.

Besides, she's a bit emotionally fragile to slap, if Raine can tell that]

[It wouldn't be that hard.

But it's true that in this state a slap wouldn't be much help. She'd just think she deserved that too. Which isn't quite the angle she's going for, here.

She thinks of Corrine, but that might not be the correct approach either.]

Thanks for...all this. [her left hand gestures in a motion that includes all the healing Raine did as well as that stuffed toy.] ...For being...for staying here.

It's all right, Sheena. [She gently takes that moving hand and sets it down. She knows that the ninja has been there and more for her as well.] ... Just keep resting.

[her hand unconsciously closes around Raine's, but will let go again just as easily if she pulls away again.]

Is it...okay to have more water?

[[Ooc: ...I love that tag and it is beautiful.]]

[She doesn't pull away just for that reason.]

Yes, of course you may.

Okay. Thanks.

[though the initial bottle is empty now. It's probably a good thing that she's starting to feel thirsty, instead of just sick. It will be a while before she's able to hold a bottle or glass herself, but it's a start.]

[Luckily there's a second bottle nearby. But she'll probably have to help Sheena with it, whenever she's ready of course. She gives her hand a reassuring squeeze, instead.]

[The reassurance is appreciated more than she has the words for. There was a stretch of time when she didn't think anyone had heard, that the journal wasn't going to pick up such a pitiful call for help. To think that it's only been a few hours since that point is...rough on her, mentally.

And she wants that water as soon as she can get it. So she gathers as much energy as she can and tries to sit up further, so it won't be as much of a burden for Raine to help]

[Burden isn't the word, really. Still, this was hard for Sheena to deal with, so maybe it made her feel better--trying to sit on her own, do more for herself. Raine could understand that.

So she nods, and moves to get the second bottle, preparing it much like the first.] Ready?

[It isn't working well. Raine had it right with 'keep resting.' She alternates so quickly between totally stable and completely out of it, and it's very disorienting. Of course it will improve with time, but time takes time.

Sheena looks at the bottle and nods. When she tries to reach for it her hand trembles far too much.]

[She can see right away it's not working, and at the first signs of struggling, she'll ease in to help. Not forcefully, but in a quiet, supporting way.]

[Right now it would be hard for Sheena to tell the difference between supportive and forceful. She's grateful, though, for the quiet and the absence of criticism for at least trying.

Another half of a bottle disappears. There is a fine line she has to walk between wanting to drink it all, and being uncertain if it's okay to do that. If there's merit to pacing herself instead.

Sheena opens her mouth to say "you don't have to do this." Didn't have to. Maybe she's tired enough today to realize what the answer will be before the words escape, this time. She can hear herself, after all, replying to Raine as she said similar things: you'd do it for me. ...So it's true.

Not that she ever doubted it. There's just contentment in things coming together in her head. So Raine gets a grateful smile as she leans back against her pillows again]

...Don't let Zelos do anything stupid, okay?

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I won't.

[Because if he tries, Raine will be the one to put him in the hospital bed. Somehow.

But it wasn't likely to reach that kind of level. He just needed to calm down. They wouldn't solve any of this if they weren't rational. Meeting Mithos with more violence wouldn't solve anything. But how would he learn? Such a trying situation.

For now it's out of her hands.

So she returns that smile, trying her best to make sure Sheena is as comfortable as possible.]

Are you in any pain?

[Now that is something she would pay to see. Yes, Raine, please incapacitate the boyfriend for being an idiot. Sometimes he needs it. He has his own personal issues with Mithos, too, and that's not likely to make him act any smarter about the situation.

The question makes her think. She's been in so much less pain since Raine started healing her that it hasn't even crossed her mind that some things still hurt. ...And there's Raine's energy to consider. No reason to put her in the hospital too.]

I'm just sore. My arm and stuff.

[Then again, she'll probably be in worse trouble for trying to cover it up.]

...And my leg hurts, I guess. [her remaining sword cuts are stinging but she doesn't consider those important enough to use up magic on.]

[And that's all the confirmation Raine needs, really. She nods, and gently starts casting again. Just a normal first aid this time- familiar and hopefully refreshing, for the time being.

She's been good about moderating herself, for the time being.]

[Oh, it is indeed refreshing. She doesn't feel as much strain on herself from that spell either, even though her body is still working pretty hard to compensate for the repairs.]

D'you think the...the lightning...is gonna give me problems like I had before?

I hope not. But right now we'll just have to watch for it, just in case.

Okay. ...I hope not too.

[because that was awful. She doesn't want to go back to being like that every day.]

You said...a week. ...I guess that's not so bad.

I wouldn't want you to get into anything stressful, after that, of course. But by then your body may have caught up with the amount of healing you've gotten, and gives your blood levels some time to recover as well.

I figured. ...Hopefully nothing stressful happens then.

If it does we'll just... deal with it like we always do. For now your resting is the priority.

[Sheena is silent, after that, for quite a while. When Raine feels moved to investigate this, she'll find that the ninja has her eyes only half-open and seems to be struggling to maintain even that]

... get some sleep, Sheena. It's all right.

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