Divided We Fall

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Lireal nodded, a single tear rolling down her cheek as she bit down on her lip.... "yes... i trust you...."... the words burst from her in short gasps as she closed her eyes tight, breathing fast and shallow.... the pain peaked again, a sharp stab that pulsed through her very mind and she resisted the want to scream aloud, instead she clenched her jaw even tighter, feeling Rachel's soft and carefull touch over the rib....

[Mystique]

Rachel gave instructions to Griffin to get Lane up and moving, while she made a cast around Lireal's body, trying her best not to move her as much as possible. when the process was done, she went over to Lane, went outside, came back in and threw water over him to wake him up.

[Alice The Necrofox]

Griffin got up, and was about to try and wake Lane, when he remembered what he said.
"Leaf... he brought leaves with him!"
He went over to pick up the leaves, and brought them to Rachel.
"Try using this. They had some meaning. I'll try and wake Lane."
He went back over to try and wake him up.
"Come on you pile of fur and bones... I got one of those leaves here... what are we supposed to do with it?"

[Artemis]

Lane managed to get his tongue out and use it to make a "licking your chops" motion.  He was trying to imply that it'd be eaten, for while he was hunting rabbits he found a few herbs native to his homeworld and made a little pain-killer / neosporin inside your body to help the healing process.  Well, at least he thinks.  He only had a little training in herbs and how mix them into a few things, the pain-killer part he knew he had for he's had to use it several times, but the rest was more of a guessing progress.

[Alice The Necrofox]

"Uh... we aren't eating rabbits here Lane... I think he is dreaming..."
Griffin stopped and looked around at the plant. He thought it was Aloe... or... maybe something else...
"I don't know... just try all the ways. We have enough leaves for a little bit... put it on the wound, bite it to a pulp... or... can she eat it? Try letting her eat it."
He turned back to Lane.
"I really hope it isn't poisonous."

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Lireal grimaced as Mystique tried binding her ribs with the bandages, though it would keep the rib in place and stop it fracturing any more it hurt like nothing she had ever experienced before...

"agh.... hurts.... really, hurts!"....

Tears ran down her cheeks as she clenched her jaw against the pain... she listened as best she could to what the others where saying, when Griffin mentioned eating it she stared doubtfully at the dark green leaves..... but as a fresh wave of pain burst from her chest he let out a low moan, tail flicking angrily....

"fine... let me eat it!..." she tried to get into a sitting position and instantly regretted it, pain searing across her bound chest....

[Artemis]

Lane still had his tongue out as he dreamed that he woke up to see an army of various creatures invading the Earth.  He could only see the attacks and random deaths of his people, for he didn't know what the enemy weapons were like, or what they could do.  Even so, his people were far too skilled for the Human warriors and was taking the territory.  It was the continent known as "Europe" that was being invaded.  It wouldn't last two days.

[Gabag]

Carol nodded slowly, then rose to her feet. Her legs instantly locked and if she hadn't of caught herself on the door frame, she would have fell completley. Barely holding herself up, she sucked in a lungful of air, holding it for as long as possible while she started to count mentally. Then she let it out with an audible whoosh. "Alright," she said. "Well, I'm asking you again. How do I do this? I have to get him back, you know that, right? I have to do it before something even more terrible than what he's went through already happens to him." She hobbled forward into the living room where he stood weakly, trying to regain her vitality.

"Any information of what those things were? Where'd they come from... who are they... and why did they have a particular interest in your son"
He glanced back at the picture, studying the child's features until he could bring them up from memory, it would come in handy later.
"When I came in... it looked like you had already talked to the first creature... what did it say?"

[Mystique]

Rachel gave her the leaves, finished what she was doing and sat back, "alright, i tried my best and hope that works. i wish he wasnt unconcious though" she looked towards Lane, closed her eyes and sighed. she opened them again and gave a smile "we can only hope for the best"

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Lireal gagged on the leaves, almost throwing up she forced them down with a shudder.... laying back she clutched her side, groaning, but... was it just her, or did the pain actually feel slightly numbed?.... gritting her teeth she breathed slow and calmly, ignoring the stabbing pain in her right side and focussed entirely on Rachel in front of her, trying not to pass out....

[x]

Carol let out a deep breath, closing her eyes. "Oh God. I've never known why.......these things have had such an interest in him. Just.....he came home a day ago screaming about being bit by a unicorn, and first thing I know he's sick as a dog and the thing that bit him comes breaking into his room trying to bite him again. The creature, he said that he was helping Jordan, helping him feel better. Said he didn't want any trouble. But all that really happened was my boy got turned into one of them too." In utter anger intertwined with confused despair, she slammed her fist down on an end table, making the glass in the picture frames rattle. She lowered her head into the crook of her arm, sobbing weakly. "I swear...I swear I'm gonna kill that monster. I'm gonna kill him."

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Neco set the boy down on a bed of moist aspen leaves, spread out specifically for resting inside a makeshift tent. 'Tent City' had unfortunatley been the most creative name his superiors could come up with for their Base, though it fit perfectly. It was, for the most part, made up of tent after tent, set up in strategic positions on a wooded hillside, secluded miles away from human society. It was often cold to be up this high, near the base of the mountain, and it was also dangerous, considering the many jagged cliff faces. But it was far better than being near people.

I have arrived at Base safely, Lorazys. I shall perform a cleansing then come help you, be I needed. He Thought.

 Next to the bed was a tiny wooden table, carved with various insignas and intricate symbols. And on top of that, there rested several medical devices that looked more feral than usuable. They were not made of metal, nor did they contain any advanced, alien forms of technology. They were simply made of wood, of rock, of bone, of natural things.

He took one of them, a long bone hallowed out with its ends removed, and blowed on it gingerly. It let out a mournful tweet.

Then Neco proceeded to rub the sides of the boy's face, mumbling words in an eccentric tounge, so slurred together that even one of his own race would not be able to understand. This was an ancient ritual for cleansing. Had he forgotten to do it...the boy would have been stone-dead within a day.

[Mystique]

moving forward, Rachel helped ease Lireal down before she passed out. She finally turned to Lane, folded her arms, sat cross-legged and spoke to Griffin, "i think he's down for the count. what do you think we should do with him?"

[Artemis]

Lane snarled in his sleep, as he was fighting a giant ant-thing.  So far the battle had been going in his favor, but ever since he tripped over that purple rock, he had been seeing random rainbows appear in battle, and they disrtacted him as his foe was able to get a hit in.  Of course he didn't feel anything, but he hated the fact that he had gotten hit.

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Lorazys walked slowly into Tent City with half the deer in one hand. She walked into Neco's tent and watched the child on his bed. "I brought food. Subject 1's now able to cover his tracks. He has even learned to prevent the release of his pheromones, I can't even sniff him out. Eat up, you both will need it. *Kneels down next to the child and looks at him.* He really has become a spinning image of you. I'm assuming you've cleansed him?"

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Lireal quietly thanked Rachel as she settled her softl down, before finally passing out... her breathing slowed to a calm and steady speed...