23. Haze [Voice Post]

[corrinesbell]

Where...? Oh, right. The clinic. ...Damn. Did it hurt this much before? These wings...really sensitive.

...I'm really out of it, huh? But...but thanks. Lloyd, and Kratos...hope you didn't wear yourself out o-on my account. ...A-And Lavi...and Daisya. ...For talking. Think I owe you a lot.

'S easier to breathe, too. D-Did someone...?

[[ooc: We welcome visitors! You'll have to talk your way through (or sneak past) the clinic-people, though.]]

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[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Worried?

I... ah... I'm coming now.

((OOC: Timeskip?))

[corrinesbell]

Mmhmm. ...Okay.

[[ooc: Sure~]]

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*comes over, bringing... SANDWICHES! HUGE ONES!*

Sheena... How are you feeling?

[corrinesbell]

*unfortunately, the sight of food isn't one of the best ones right now. You'll be eating those alone, Allen*

'm fine. *said that on purpose*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*...Allen doesn't mind >.>*

Sheeeeeeena. *hey now, we have an agreement here*

[corrinesbell]

*a short laugh*

Knew th-that'd...do it.
...H-Honestly...it hurts. But I'll be okay.

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*offers her a sandwich while munching on one himself*

I... I'm sorry. I couldn't do anything...

[corrinesbell]

*glances at the sandwich and shakes her head once, stiffly*

C-Can't...do food, right now. Sorry.
...A-And don't be...there was...n-nothing you could have...

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*sets one down by the beside; at least there'll be some food when she's hungry?*

I... I said I'd protect you...!

[corrinesbell]

I-I know. Didn't f-forget.
W-Wasn't...so bad. ...I l-look worse, but...

*she's lying*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

...Sheena... I don't believe the Malnosso would let anyone off easily.

[corrinesbell]

This isn't...'off easy.' But...I d-did some...damage of my own.

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

I... ah... I see...

*doesn't know what to say; feels helpless*

[corrinesbell]

*not so out of it she doesn't see this*

Owe you...a-an apology.

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

A-ah? N-no, I should be the one.

I couldn't protect you, even though I said I would...

[corrinesbell]

I sh-should've...kept running. R-really got away. *touches the bandages around her head with one hand. I was p-pretty stupid.

How d-do you think...I got up the n-nerve to...mmh. *she hasn't told him what happened, so that sentence would make no sense if she finished*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Sheena... *gently brushes his fingers over the bandages, worried*

The... nerve to...?

[corrinesbell]

Mm, to...heh...t-to summon like that.

*takes a break for a few minutes, her hand dropping back to holding her ribs*

I l-lost...all my power here. But...there...s-somehow had it b-back. A-After they... *moves her hand again, closing it around her other arm this time, at the inside bend of her elbow* Mmh...they w-wanted me t-to summon...s-so, I did.

*there's more, but she needs to catch her breath*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Sheena... *gently touches her arm, offering what comfort he can* *doesn't entirely understand how summoning works, so he can't gauge how bad it was for her*

[corrinesbell]

W-Was okay, at first. ...I had...enough mana. *stops, because that reminds her of something. But she'll save it* So...a-at first, I did...what they asked. S-Summoned one at...a time. ...Heh, the Summon S-Spirits...were...

*she smiles a little* A-At the end...th-they weren't really...paying enough...attention to it. S-So I called out...all ten. *the smile becomes almost a smirk* It wrecked...wh-whatever room that was.

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*has to smile at least a little at that, imagining*

They... really didn't expect that, did they?

[corrinesbell]

Nope. ...Th-they didn't like it. S-so they...did this. *she motions to her wing, which, right on cue, twitches and flutters involuntarily. She bites her lip this time, to keep from crying out*

The...th-the mana drain...'s what r-really...g-got me, though...

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*gasps softly and looks down, hands clenched and shaking at his sides*

I should have... protected you...

[corrinesbell]

S-Stop...sayin' that. N-Nothing you...could do...

*blinks slowly at him a few times* A-Allen...who was...'Mana'?

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

But I--

*totally stops at that question, considering how best to answer*

He was my father. Or as close to one as I've ever had...