The Warped (2nd Party)

[serpington]

"don't be sorry. i wasn't exactly clear on what i ment." max smiled calmly. when macid ran off after constance and moon he quickly set about gathering his things and hoisting the bufallo onto his good side. he followed after the three and ran into mortis along the way, not realising straight away what she was doing. "there you are, i was wondering where you got to. a few questions though, one, what are you doing here? the others are going to go and clean up. are you going to join us? two, did you know the gnome was going to explode?.....and most importantly.....for me anyway.....wheres that gel that was used on macid's arm?.....time may be a factor......"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon squeaked happily as everyone finally paid attention to her and followed to the small reservoir. She covered her eyes when Macid stripped down and jumped into the reservoir. Unfortunately, the reservoir was very shallow, so his legs sunk into the floor of the reservoir all the way up to his knees, the water up to his belly. Meanwhile the spider monkey went through the patrolmen's maimed bodies and came back to Constance with a wooden cup.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis watched as the others ran off excitedly. She was also excited, though she could mask it better than the others. She wouldn't mind bathing. In fact, she was very particular about her hygiene and it had been bothering her that she couldn't wash up given everything going on. Water also meant that she could have the chance to wash up the armor she had scavenged. Her train of thought was derailed when Max spoke up. Her attention averted from the group to him. As he asked his questions, she couldn't help get somewhat irate with him. She didn't know everything, even if he may have thought so. She, just like him, had only been here for a day or so. "Well, firstly, I was catching up with you guys. I couldn't communicate back with you guys once I went to go scout unless I wanted to get killed, which, I wasn't going to do. The only thing I could do is stay out of sight and summon things to distract the guards or help you guys. I do plan to clean up, I'm a mess just as much as everyone else is. As for the gnome, no. I had no idea what it did. Same goes for everything else in this damned book. I mean, I was able to make notes after I summoned them, but before that, no. I had no idea." She shrugged. Her tone was slightly hostile, but she really wasn't trying to be, she just didn't appreciate being interrogated. "I have the gel, but whatever wound you may have, it might be best to clean it first. That's what the guy did to Macid before he put the stuff in there. It's probably our best bet." Mortis began to walk to the reservoir, gesturing for Max to follow. "C'mon, we should get washed up." She adjusted her bag on her shoulder, as she began walking, eying the book's glowing page. "I promise, I'll look at you once we settle for camp tonight. When things have calmed down..." she whispered. She knew the book wouldn't respond, but she still talked to it as if it were sentient.

Once at the reservoir, she sat by the edge and dipped her feet into the water, sighing with relief at the familiar, wet, cool feeling that was enveloping her feet. She took her bag off and sat it beside her taking out some bread and nibbling on a little of it. She looked at the others, watching them as they enjoyed their water while she ate, still waiting for Max. When she had finished with her bread, she carefully placed it on top of the stack she had made in her bag and retrieved the container that had the goop in it as well as her old shirt that she had ripped into one long wrap. She sat both items beside her, preparing to clean the monitor's wound. Beside that, she placed the armor, also preparing to clean it once she had taken care of Max. She seemed to be deep in thought as she worked. There were so many things she was still questioning in her mind, mainly the intent of the old man.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance quickly turned around when Macid came rushing in taking his clothes off. Once turned around she saw Mortis venture over with Max along with the spider monkey. Seeing the cup arose a question. "What was a patrolling guard doing with this? Maybe they were camping out somewhere. If so...They must have been on a long journey. Ooor...I'm over thinking. Hmm..." She pet the monkey on the head and thanked him even though it wasn't what she had in mind. "I should probably get my bag...But it's heavy and it's nice here. I can get it later." Constance looked a small patch of dirt hit by the splash of Macid jumping in. It was turning to mud which gave her an idea. She scooped some dirt into the helmet the monkey brought and put some water in it to make it turn to mud. She smoothed out the surface with her hand and waited for it to harden a bit. "I wonder if I could make a tablet of my runes? Mud won't cut it but I can at least try. Hmm...I already have the monkey though...I don't want to kill him myself, maybe I can...Un...Summon him? Maybe if I drew the rune again..." she questioned to herself. The mud had hardened enough to hold a shape so she etched the monkey rune into it with her finger. However, she didn't touch it afterward, she wanted to wait until it dried out. After that she took out Lych and began practicing drawing the runes in a patch of dirt. She had mostly committed them to memory but wanted to reinforce it a bit and work on how fast she could draw them. The thought of working on her fighting skills had also crossed her mind.

[Ares the Ram]

As he sunk into the water, he was slightly dissapointed that it wasn't deeper, but the coolness of the water quickly made him forget as he dipped his entire body into it.  Still under, he started to drink as fast as he could before he had to go back up for air. However, he drank too fast and started to choke. Bringing his head back up, he coughed up some water and sputtered for air. Once he was breathing again, he started to clean himself, being sure to get his face especially clean. He wasn't very vain, but liked to keep his face ruffs as clean as they could be.

[serpington]

max walked along just ahead of mortis when they got closer to the water, he casualy took of the belt containing the smaller sections of ramsey so that only the large holster held it on. he carefully removed that to, making sure not to hit his wound. once he had ramsey off he plased him carefully so that the sun caught the blade but not the holster, which would more than likely bleach in the sunlight. he looked up in time to see macid jerk up and stard coughing, "you ok? don't choke." he mused walkng over wading into the shallow water and crouched down before slowly pushing himself forward head first walking along the bottom with his hands for a few seconds, he rolled over and just floated there for a little while contently before remembering why his side was hurting. he calmly got up and walked  over to mortis who he sat infront of so she could see the cut properly. "i think it's clean enough. can i get some of the gel now?" he asked calmly, not realy sure if she was really listening or just day dreaming.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

The spider monkey was confused as it watched Constance do her thing. Moon was curious with everyone's things, smelling many scents that she had never experienced before, particularly the smell of the gelatinous liquid inside the deerskin container. She made a disgusted *blech* sound in her little high-pitched voice and started sniffing everything else.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"Oh, uh, yeah." Mortis said, coming out of her haze. "You'll have to lie on your side, the wound up." She took the deerskin container and opened it, taking a sniff herself after Moon. Once Max layed down, she carefully poured the gel in the wound, copying what the man had done to Macid. She wondered how badly it would hurt for him if just a gash on Macid's hand had been enough to make him pass out. When she finished, she sealed the deerskin container and replaced it back into her bag.

[Ares the Ram]

After thoroughly washing himself, he checked himself over to make sure he got everywhere before getting out. He tried to raise his legs to move, but found that they were stuck in the mud. On top of that, he noticed he didn't have a towel to dry himself either. "Hmm, I could go shirtless I guess and use that for a towel. That still leaves getting me out. I cant ask Mortis or Constance, that's way too embarrassing. Maybe Max can..." He turned around to see Mortis applying the salve to Max's wound. "Oh god, please don't pass out. I'm stuck and need help getting out."

[serpington]

max did as instructed and layed down. a second later a chill went down his spine as the cold gel touched his scales, followed quickly by an almost crippling serge of pain, making the actual wound seem like nothing more than a slight pinch in comparison. he looked over at macid as macid looked over at him. his right eye twitching violently, a tear rolling from his left eye and a weak smile at macid. "it's not that bad....but from now on....i really recomend not getting hurt....cos the wound is nothing compared the the cure." max noticed the look of distress on macid's face. "hay macid. you stuck?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon went over to the reservoir and flapped her little wings, roughly flying over Macid and nipped on his fur, trying to pull him up, but her wings couldn't generate enough lift, and she ended up letting go and landing back on land, panting heavily as she did. Moon leaned back and sat on her rump, whimpering a little from her disappointment that she couldn't pull Macid out. She looked up into the sky, and she knew that they had to go.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"You can wrap with that." Mortis said, pointing to her ripped shirt. "If you need to." Without much hesitation, she went behind some brush and slid off her shorts, crouching in the water and bathing. When she finished cleaning herself, she retrieved the armor, and used one of her striped socks to wash the blood off of it with, but careful enough not to soak it completely, due to what it was made from. She dried it with another cloth, and without thinking much on it, slid into the armor over her shorts. It was padded leather armor. Not the best, but enough to protect her and keep her movements rather free. She wondered if the others would get angry at the way she scavenged around any time she found something dead, but disregarded it. Mortis knew that she didn't want to die out here.

[Srgntcuddles]

After awhile of practicing Constance looked up at the doings of the others. She saw Mortis patched up Max who was hurt and Moon try to help Macid who appeared to be stuck. She found it humorous that he was stuck but kept it inside and looked at Mortis as she left curious what she was doing. She always seemed to keep her distance from everyone else. She contemplated getting up but her attention went back to the helmet with the mud in it. Inspecting it she found out the mud was dry so she carefully took it out. She used Lych to chisel away at it and made it more thin and in the shape somewhat of a tablet. Resting it in one palm Constance put her other palm on top of it, hoping for something to happen.

[Ares the Ram]

As Moon tried to lift him out, he winced in pain at her tugging. As she landed and wimpered from her failure, he tried to console her. "Don't feel bad, at least you tried right?" He thanked Mortis for offering her shirt to him to dry off and turned towards Max. "Yeah, I'm stuck up to me knees in mud. Can you help me out?

[serpington]

((sorry if it's late, i only just got my internet back on.))

max sat up, wincing slightly as mortis left. "be there in a sec macid. just better let this stuff set." he sat there smiling at macid for a few seconds before getting up and wading over to him. "so how did you manage this anyway? cos you seem to get into alot of these sorts of situations. not that i mind helping you out." he moved around behind macid and looped his arms under his, and started pulling him free. "oh this hurts....." he said while pulling, his side practicly screaming at his to stop. he finaly got macid free the two fell backwords into the shallow water. "i don't mean to be rude, but what is it with you mamels and landing on top of me?" he asked holding his side smiling happiny while slightly laughing at himself and macid, causing himself even more pain.