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 ]]

Comments

[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?

[wise_maiden]

Maybe a little too well.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

What's that mean?

[she might also still be a little drugged]

[wise_maiden]

[She was just teasing a little.] ... You'll get it later. I think you need to rest for awhile longer.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

Do Albert and Caesar know?

[wise_maiden]

I let them know at dinner, just in case. Is that all right?

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's fine. ...Thanks for letting me rest here.

[wise_maiden]

It's not any trouble. You know that.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

And it'd be weird not to thank you anyway, so just take it.

[which probably works better with facial expressions, but she's teasing]

[wise_maiden]

[A soft chuckle at that.] All right, I'll take it. You're welcome, Sheena.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[Good. Now that that's settled, Sheena settles too, starting to fall asleep again.]

[wise_maiden]

[She'll let her have a few moments to rest, before carefully standing back up, gently cradling the summoner-turned-spirit and trying to keep her from being moved around too much. It wouldn't do to get too comfortable right now--there was still the matter of getting her a drink. Even if spirits didn't necessarily require it, there was the matter of the drugs in her system that likely needed something to help dilute it. It was a curious matter.

She couldn't help but feel a little guilty that she still thought that way at times. Always with a researcher's eye.]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[only half-awake, Sheena lifts her head up a little]

Are we goin' somewhere?

[wise_maiden]

Just to the kitchen. I thought I'd get you that drink... it might help get the drugs out of your system.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

Do I have drugs in my system?

[Yes Sheena, you do.]

[wise_maiden]

It's part of the reason you're so tired. It probably is having a strange effect, with that form...

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

How long until it wears off?

[wise_maiden]

I don't know how strong a dose they've given you. We can only wait and see.

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

[Strong enough that she can't really keep her head up. It rests against Raine's arm instead.]

Water still sounds good.

[wise_maiden]

I suppose the real question is how do you want to try drinking it. [She turns the corner in the foyer, heading up toward the kitchen.]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

...Out of a bowl, the way Corrine used to.

[she means a soup bowl, though, not a pet bowl]

[wise_maiden]

Just an ordinary bowl? [She heads over to the cabinets.]

[hearttails.livejournal.com]

Well yeah...whatever bowl I had around at the time.