126. Bridge [action/voice]

[corrinesbell]

[In the early afternoon, a small creature makes its way out of the forest. It holds the journal in its teeth; the book drags along the ground, making the little thing stop occasionally.



Not that it's going all too quickly. The creature is dragging its right hind leg along also, and favoring one of its front paws whenever it feels it can. Eventually it comes to a stop on the Marauding Bridge, putting the journal down and pulling it open with teeth.

It meant to say something else. Then exhaustion took over and it dropped onto its side there, head resting on the open journal's pages.]

I can't go any further.

[the voice is so tiny and high, there's pretty much no way to discern who it really belongs to...]

[[ooc: Sheena has been returned in the body of Corrine, her bff little summon spirit from home. Replies will come from hearttails ]]

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[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[When Sheena wakes up enough to notice the journal, she doesn't feel like she has the energy to direct anything about it. It will be easier to just wait, at least for as long as she can.

This is embarrassing and strange enough as it is. So, she won't call for Raine, waiting until after dinner.]

[wise_maiden]

[Hopefully the wait isn't too long, and eventually Raine returns to the bedroom, the door creaking open.]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[at the sound, she sits up, still a little unbalanced in this strange form and sore despite all the healing and rest.]

[wise_maiden]

... Ah, you're awake. [She's a little surprised to see that, but moves to sit near her anyway.] ... How are you feeling?

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[Oh good, Raine is sitting. She feels like she can lie back down, then, curled up on one side like she has been]

Still tired. And kinda sore. ...And just...just weird, what am I even doing...like this?

[wise_maiden]

You were kidnapped, so it seems to be one of the effects... [But she pauses. She's not certain if Sheena's even aware of the... truth of her transformation.] Being in a different form can be disorienting.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[Oh, she's aware. She knows his voice like she knows her own. And it's coming out of her mouth whenever she says things.]

What'd they even do this for? [it's quiet, a little pouty and a little sad. One paw covers her face a little. It seems some of the body language is different for little foxes.]

[wise_maiden]

Even after having the chance to break into their facilities, we still don't have an answer to that. [And this is what Sheena already knows. She knows that she's not really expecting any answers, but what else could be said?]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[a tiny high-pitched sigh]

I know.

[It's a struggle to get up from the spot Raine left her to rest in. But she'll do it, still a little weak and limping on the one side, to sit herself back down next to Raine.]

[wise_maiden]

Don't push yourself, now. [ It's still a little disorienting, to think of Sheena as being the one in that little body. Especially when Corrine had once been present in Luceti, himself. She feels an odd sense of wanting to pet her, somehow, but that sort of comfort would be too oddly personal. ] ... What do you want to do?

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[Raine might as well pet her. It would make them both feel better, probably.]

Change back. ...I don't belong in his body.

[But since she can't really do that.]

What time is it?

[wise_maiden]

It's a little after dinner... maybe seven by now. Are you hungry at all?

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

Yeah...a little bit, I guess. It's...it feels different? I think I'm thirsty.

[wise_maiden]

I'm not certain how much you can eat in that form. Maybe some water would help?

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[A nod. Which doesn't jingle - the bell is not standard with the form - and her ears droop a little]

I think so.

[wise_maiden]

All right. ... I'll only be a moment. [While she tries to figure out the most non-humiliating way to do this.]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[The real Corrine didn't need to eat or drink, even though he did sometimes, for the company of it. So she can't offer much advice on the subject.

She can try to hop down from the bed and follow Raine, only to be derailed from that on the landing]

[wise_maiden]

[She didn't get very far before hearing that small thump, so she's at her side once more, kneeling to pick her back up.]

... Oh Sheena.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[She'll have to get used to not being able to take as much abuse...or as much strain as she usually can. That tiny fox body is already trembling.]

[wise_maiden]

You're not in any condition to start doing something like that. [But she'll sit back down with her, holding onto her as she casts a healing spell.]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[She relaxes into the spell, resting her head against Raine. Embarrassment at her state and the way she's acting may come later - and it may not.]

Thought I could handle walking.

[wise_maiden]

[Gently admonishing:]That wasn't walking. But now I know better.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

Know better than what?

[wise_maiden]

Not to leave you unattended while you're awake. ... You'll be wanting to go back to your house soon, though, won't you?

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[grr. She's not a kid, Raine. It's okay to leave her to herself.]

I dunno, you think Zelos would watch me well enough?