Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 10:32:52 AM)
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Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 10:39:08 AM)
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Legion (Aug 13, 2011 10:43:09 AM)
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Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 10:53:54 AM)
Stepping out of the house in the early morning sunshine, the Kalika's eyes stare out of Isabella's face. Dressed in a black tanktop and black jeans, her sheathes are bared, the silver sparkling in the sunlight. Taking a moment to inhale the loamy scent of the swamp so close by, she reaches out with her senses to see if she can locate either Sigh or Whisper. Hearing no response, she double-checks her gear and gets ready to cross over into the shadowlands, hoping to fulfill her promise made to Jack. ((failed to call them, 3 suxx to step over))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 10:58:27 AM)
**The air becomes thin and still as the walls between worlds twist and bend to your will. Ghost images begin to take shape before you and you step forward, the chill electric tumble as reality shifts and you expect to find yourself in that monchrome shadow coopy of the Estate... only, you dont**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:00:26 AM)
Her booted feet plant firmly on what she hopes is the ground, and she looks around, curious as to what happened. Worry mingles with apprehension on her features, but she refuses to turn back when she just started. Keeping her attention focused on the area surrounding her, she begins to walk forward, searching for any other spirits she could talk to and find out where she is.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:00:33 AM)
**You step forward into rubble. The sun shines warmly overhead though the cold wind buffets you, taking your hair up and it washes about. YOu raise your hand to your eyes as a guard against it and look around**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:02:47 AM)
**In every direction there is waste. Houses have been levelled, telegraph poles are shattered and broken and while many stand, those that dont have dragged their wires with them, some carving cars in half as they fell. You could swear you are standing in beirut, not New Orleans as the city you expected to see about you is now the aftermath of a warzone.**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:03:58 AM)
She continues to walk, heading towards the first semi-erect house she sees, hoping that someone even remotely friendly will help her get her bearings.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:06:56 AM)
**Papers wash about you like circling puppies amid the masonry and refuse as you cross to the street. Not three feet away, a small childs baby doll, naked and partially burned away on the buckled tarmack. There are houses, many partially destroyed with rooves open to the sky. There is an eerie silence however. As you walk, you see a street sign though its cheery yellow is burned and scarred. It is indeed the street leading away from the estate... somehow, this is New Orleans still, but a city ruined.**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:08:31 AM)
**The first building,that seems in tact a block away is a two story brick place. The iron wrought railings are in tact but have been crudely bolstered with barbed wire and odd pieces of scrap metal. The word would be 'quickly fortified'**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:09:45 AM)
She stands, watching the sign to the estate dangle in the chily wind, and a soft sigh escapes her mouth. Mentally, she remembers to tell Will and London about this as soon as she is able, trusting them to inform the tyrant with due haste. Spotting the other house, she cautiously approaches it, keeping her hands away from the hilts of her daggers to make sure she does not seem threatening to whomever is responsible for the protection on the house. When she gets to the gate, she calls out. "Hello? Is anyone there?"
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:12:27 AM)
**There is no initial responce. You look the house over. Beyond the fence, the windows have no glass and have all been boarded shut. The front door has been replaced with a heavy slab of sheet metal and crudely welded. ** (per+alert, diff 6)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:13:10 AM)
((2suxx))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:13:23 AM)
**The front yard is empty other than a few rotten packing cases and the neighbouring house is nothing more than a frame**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:14:26 AM)
** You look to one of the upper windows, as for just a moment, you could have sworn you saw a shift through a gap in the boarded slats**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:15:07 AM)
She keeps approaching slowly, but returns her hands to the opposite hilts on her wrists, approaching the house. She stops at the cases and prods them with a booted toe before going closer to the house, still looking around with worry as to what has happened to her safe haven. "Hello? Please, I am lost."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:17:33 AM)
**A muffled voice, sex unknown though it sounds dry... old maybe** This ain't no sanctuary house. Theres nothing for you here. 'rauder'. And get out of the god damned open, you'll bring a Stranger
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:19:05 AM)
She hurries up onto the porch of the house, huddling against the door. "I am just looking for answers. I can pay you for your time." ((3suxx to acting like a scared little girl))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:21:13 AM)
You got any Red?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:22:12 AM)
"I... I don't know what Red is." She fishes into her pocket and pulls out a handfull of bills and change. "I have green and silver...."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:23:42 AM)
**A slit in the steel door slides back and a pair of well weatherd eyes narrow and look you over** I've been tricked before, but noones ever claimed to not even no what Red was, not tried to pay in money... where did you come from girl?
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:24:08 AM)
(not-nor)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:24:55 AM)
She points with one hand down towards where the estate should be. "From there. I was there, now I'm here. Please, sir, I don't know where I am or even how to get back..." She lowers her head and a shuddering sigh melts into a sob.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:26:06 AM)
((Manip + empathy or subterfuge, dif 6 to win some sympathy for those tears))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:26:55 AM)
((3suxx)
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:28:03 AM)
Okay... go move over to them packing boxes by the side of the house... and no funny business neither or you'll be sorry
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:28:24 AM)
**The view slit slides back and is bolted shut**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:29:00 AM)
She nods and, remembering his warning about the "strangers", cautiously heads over to the boxes and flips open one of them with the toe of her boot, every muscle in her body tense and waiting for.... anything.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:31:05 AM)
**Beside the house, there are more rotting boxes but after a few minutes, one lifts aside t reveal a coal celler door. A woman look up at you from the wooden stairs, blinking at the day light. She's wearing a wide battered sun hat that once might have been yellow, and a heavy stockmans coat. She's also levelling a mean looking double barreled shitgun at you** Okay girl, come down, but nice a slowly okay. **she back away down into the darkness**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:31:35 AM)
and pull that door shut an' all
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:32:58 AM)
She nods, holding her hands up in the typical "don't shoot" stance as she carefully picks her way down the stairs. When she gets low enough in, she keeps her left hand up at about ear-height, but the other one reaches up and grabs the inside handle of the door, swinging it shut behind her. When it's closed, she turns to look at the woman fully, her eye still somewhat teary.
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:33:19 AM)
((hang on, gotta go get more to drink brb))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:33:40 AM)
**As you make your way into the dark of the celler, there is in fact a bare low wattage bulb that swings a little friom the centre of the room. In the far corner, a small generator sits idle. Around you is a dusty collection of stores ranging from beans to flour and water, though all thick with dust**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:33:50 AM)
((will make coffee)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:39:32 AM)
She glances from the foodstuffs back over to the woman, eyes curious. "I am Isabella. I mean none of you any harm. I was told to come here to find something. They said it would be an easy trip for someone like me, but this is not at all how they described it..." She glances around at the rest of it, eyes straining in the dim light. ((2suxx for the sorta lie))\
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:41:37 AM)
**She looks you up and down** Noones crossed over in fifty years to my reckoning though time is a funny thing here. You can't be from here and not know a damn thing about it. **she lowers the shotgun and laughs** I dont got no ammunition for it anyhow.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:42:04 AM)
**She sighs** Isabella is it? Welcome to Hell
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:43:08 AM)
She laughs softly with the woman. "It would still make a great bludgeoning weapon, but I like my skull how it is." She looks around. "I thought Hell would be more.... empty."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:45:05 AM)
**She turns and leads you through a doorway that leads to a stairs up into the house, her movements laboured by age** I was never a churchee, I figured that just mindin' my own business would be enough to reckon up when I died. Now If I'd have known I'd have to live in this crap I would have made more of an effort.. mind the step there, its got give in it.....
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:46:04 AM)
Careful of the step the woman indicated, she watches her carefully. "You said no one's died around here for about 50 years or so. Mind me asking what your name is?"
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:50:42 AM)
**She pushes trhough into the hall and shuffles into a dark living room. Once this might have been a nice comfy home. Now, with sunlight only cutting through the dust in shafts form the boarded windows, everything seems faded and sad.** Milly, Milicent Green. **She moves to an armchair beside which is a coffee table under a pile of magazines. She indicates the sofa opposite, threadbare though with a woolen blanket thrown over it** I was out gardening and I Heard this god awful noise... I'll never for get it, a moaning that just ate at your skin. Then the ground shook and everything shifted, That's when I guess I died. I remember just walking out into the yard and everying was burning up... People screaming and running... cars crashing and the ground movin' about like it were jello
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:52:25 AM)
And the sky... just nothing... not even darkness, just, empty. Then, as time passed things just.. settled into place. People raided for what they could find and slowly we found our way.. learned the rules of it you know.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:53:29 AM)
**She looks at you** I'm sorry theres no better way to tell yoiu of it. I figured this wa sit you know, what we had was it. After so many years I never thought anyone else would come
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:55:00 AM)
She slowly eases down onto the ancient couch, eyes on Milly's face as if she is memorizing it, enraptured by the woman's story. Sighing softly, she dangles her hands between her knees, looking down at the ground as if making a hard decision. Finally, she peers up at the woman from behind her lashes. "Milly, what if I told you that I may be able to get you and the others out of here? Or that I may be able to find a way to fix this?"
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:56:01 AM)
They call this the Barrens now. Most folk have up and gone. The traders, they come out with Red in exchange for .... **she looks at you** What' do you mean?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 11:56:57 AM)
She nods carefully. "Why don't you bring out the man I met at the door, so I can tell the both of you at the same time? I promise, I do not mean you any harm, and I will swear whatever oath you want on that."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:57:43 AM)
**She laughs, a dry cackle that ends in coughing**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:58:11 AM)
That was me at the door... I guess I've just become an old buzzard these past few years
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 11:59:07 AM)
Would you like a drink? I could make some tea or fetch you up some water?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:00:26 PM)
She eyes the woman carefully, but decides to trust her. "Then that makes things simpler, in the long run." She straightens up and looks Milly in the face, letting a little of the elohim inside her burn through her eyes. "My real name is Kalika, a member of the seventh house, also known as Halaku. I have been coming here for several weeks now, but this is the first time I have seen this area so destroyed. I can see to it that this place is restored. You will be given the chance to either stay here, if that is your wish, or I have friends who will take you to Haven."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:04:41 PM)
**She looks to you and her eyes widen a little** Elohim..
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:05:09 PM)
She nods carefully. "I am. There are at least two others, that I know of, that can come here to help. But we mean you no harm."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:05:26 PM)
.oh... oh...
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:06:14 PM)
**she stands* you have to understand... I didn't know you were one o' the highers... I would have never.... *her eyes dart to the far side of the room**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:08:13 PM)
She smiles and shakes her head, holding a hand out to the woman. "You have done nothing that you need to worry about or apologize for. Please, calm down." Her gaze flicks to follow the other woman's gaze.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:08:25 PM)
We need Red.. without it we can't make ot out here in the barrens
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:08:55 PM)
**On the far side of the room is a old fashioned raadio wireless with a hand held microphone ona stand**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:09:29 PM)
She turns back to the woman, eyes flashing. "That radio is not on, is it?"
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:10:05 PM)
((Per+alert)
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:10:10 PM)
(dif 6)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:10:35 PM)
((3 suxx))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:12:15 PM)
**YOu hear the Iron gate outside opening**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:12:18 PM)
((i've been yelled at now twice to go eat lunch... i'll be back in about 10))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:12:40 PM)
((okay but its 2 am here, I dont have tooo much longer))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:12:51 PM)
( :) )
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:28:57 PM)
((back)) She slowly straightens to her feet, her eyes hard pieces of fiery jade. Her hands go to the hilts at her wrists and she steps away from the couch, going into a defensive crouch. "Whatever is out there, it had better be friendly..."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:29:28 PM)
((you can peer though the slats into the garden))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:30:37 PM)
Keeping an ear on the woman behind her for any kind of movement, she heads over to the nearest window and peeks outside, eyes scanning for figures before she returns her attention to Milly. "Call them off, and my offer to take you to Haven still stands.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:31:32 PM)
**Three armed men approach the house. DRessed in an odd assortment of clothes, all seem to be dressed to keep warm against the elements. One has a meat cleaver in one hand and a pistol in the other, while the second and third both have spiked baseball bats**
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:33:03 PM)
She steps away from the window and goes back over to Milly. "I am serious, woman. Call them off, or the lot of you will be stuck here. I have to be able to get out to get re-enforcements in order to set things right."
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:33:54 PM)
**Milly looks stricken** I don't know if they will... it's the Red, we need it so bad...**She stands and her eyes fill with an eerie light as she raises her had** The dead need there due ... and your rish with it!
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:34:11 PM)
((init))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:34:50 PM)
"What is this 'red' you keep talking about?" ((remind me what to add for init?))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:35:22 PM)
((you add dex + wits))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:35:58 PM)
((7b6))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:36:18 PM)
(7, b6, so sim))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:36:44 PM)
((i rolled a 1... the DR hates me -.-))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:37:26 PM)
((She is a wraith, but in keeping with Demon, I'm going to use lore abilities, just flavoured, not enhanced in any way though okay))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:37:58 PM)
((alright, let's do this :) ))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:39:28 PM)
((okay simultaneous... she raises her arm and attempts to burn you with ignite))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:40:07 PM)
((going low-torment form and drawing daggers to slice her guts open))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:40:35 PM)
((kk))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:41:13 PM)
((4suxx))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:42:56 PM)
**Raises her hand and a deathly whisper escapes her lips... as she does so, you feel that whisper roll a round you, the words 'Burn burn burn' echoing about you. There is a burst of flame and your tank top ignites** ((4 sux - 2 agg))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:43:50 PM)
((alright, i have never had agg done to me, so to make it simple, how does that affect my dice pool?))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:44:13 PM)
((you've drawn daggers but as you're right on top of one another, and its simutaneus, im going to say that can attack))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:44:25 PM)
((what was the 4 sux... to hit?))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:44:32 PM)
((yeah))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:45:11 PM)
((2L))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:45:16 PM)
((well you hit :) roll for damage. In the realm, most wraiths can be injured just as mortals can be))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:45:39 PM)
((agg is just like other damage, it's just much harder to heal)
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:45:59 PM)
((so unless you have immunity to fire, you're at -1))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:46:43 PM)
((nope, and ok))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:46:50 PM)
((she soaked on, takes one lethal))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:47:17 PM)
**She screams and steps away, you note that theres no blood however**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:47:28 PM)
((reroll init))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:47:46 PM)
10b6
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:48:21 PM)
(15b6)
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:48:31 PM)
((declare))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:49:05 PM)
((going to scream and lung at her with both, intimidate and trying for a neckshot))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:49:30 PM)
((okay, neck will add +2 to your diff though))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:49:41 PM)
((can live with that))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:49:52 PM)
((She'll dodge with her mighty pool of 4))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:51:11 PM)
((intimidate 2suxx, to hit 1suxx))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:51:45 PM)
((hold up, you'd have to split your pool to do both intimidate and hit))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:52:25 PM)
((then scratch the to hit and i'll roll for that next round... sorry, it's been a while for me for combat...))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:52:56 PM)
((thats cool, scratch the intimidate, as it wont have a mechanical effect on the combat anyhow)
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:53:18 PM)
((before hand it may have done, but you're engaged now)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:53:21 PM)
((ok, then can i move the wp that i spent on that to the tohit?))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:53:31 PM)
((sure))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:53:38 PM)
((then 2suxx to hit))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:53:52 PM)
(1 sux to dodge, she's hitted!)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:54:39 PM)
((1sux on dmg, god the DR hates me today))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:55:44 PM)
((did you add a die for the neck shot)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:55:53 PM)
((no))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:56:01 PM)
((just reroll ;) ))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:56:12 PM)
((just added it as a chance die, and got one more))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:56:37 PM)
((kk, so 2 dmg then?))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 12:57:05 PM)
((yup))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 12:59:27 PM)
**The woman screams and falls backward** Damn you, you shouldnt be here... you shouldn't! *she turns and with a scream, launches herseelf into the air, becoming a wraith like black stain in the air. A lamp topples over and a cold wind eddies through the room and she screams an ear splitting wail. The 'stain runs aganst the wall, splashing as if diving into water and is gone**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 1:00:13 PM)
**you look to the window and likewise, three black shadows roil and head into the air**
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 1:01:28 PM)
((and that is where we will have to leave it for tonight, as its 3 am and Amy demands my attentions. I hope that your first forray into Aftermath was interesting :) and if so, we can continue this asap in the next couple of days))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 1:02:06 PM)
Panting and ripping off her shirt before it damages her any further, she nods. "I could not agree more." She heads over to the door and looks around, watching the other shapes vanish, then looks for a way to open the door. Sliding one dagger back into the sheathe, she keeps her main-hand filled as she starts at a hasty clip back to the Blackstone estate, where she tears open another hole and tumbles back into the land of not-people-trying-to-burninate-her.
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 1:03:18 PM)
((you may heal the damage ooc and not carry the effects into whatever scenes you play, though feel free to play out the healing.. just dont worry at the damage))
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 1:03:52 PM)
((alright... and, thanks... now to get Alex in here and explain to him that we may be rather fucked, with no lube or reach-around. Good night, sleep well, hugs to Amy))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 1:04:11 PM)
((no worries, see ya))
Legion (Aug 13, 2011 1:04:25 PM)
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Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 1:51:29 PM)
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Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 2:03:10 PM)
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Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:17:49 PM)
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Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:18:57 PM)
(roll per aware)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 2:19:31 PM)
((she's not in any shape to even notice anything right now))
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:19:37 PM)
08/13/11 18:19:17 rolls 6 dice vs. diff of 6 to Portal 3 Blackston Acres: 3, 5, 5, 1, 2, 8 ,W : 1 successes
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:21:02 PM)
*Alex enters the Manor house through the bathroom and quickly calls out in a cheerful tone* Bella? Bella? Where are you mi amor? *as if playing hide and seek he moves through the rooms searching for her* (this was about 4 minutes after you first evoked my name)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 2:21:15 PM)
Out on the front lawn, Isabella is sprawled, clad in a pair of black jeans and boots, but her torso seems almost completely nude. Her hair probably started out in a braid, but it's mostly undone and feathered around her body in disarray. In one hand clutches one of her daggers.
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:23:25 PM)
*After quickly running through the house in his own private game... he stops and ponders for a moment thinking... she called me from somewhere here... he glances out the 2nd story window toward his trailor... then out on the lawn... and then blinks... looks down at her semi nude body and opens the window of the house and arrives in her car parked outside. He steps out of the vehicle and rushes toward her* Kalika! Kalika! *leans down* Holy shit! Can you hear me?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 2:25:20 PM)
A whimpering moan slips from her lips, and the wind rustles through the trees, revealing her upper body. Her shirt is indeed gone, as is most of her bra. Angry red marks coat most of her torso, blistered in many places as if her shirt had been burned off of her body. (whispers) "Yakreshin... the shadowlands..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:28:13 PM)
*Sighs in understanding, himself having been in a similar situation, he quickly removes his jacket and wraps her in it like a blanket and quickly begins to walk toward the front door... planning on pulling her through a portal into a hospital... then realizing he hasn't the ability yet... he turns and places her in the backseat of her car* I'll get you help my love.
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 2:29:03 PM)
She starts to fidget when he puts her in the car. "No... must tell Chhaya... Ah'dryn..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 2:31:04 PM)
*Alex quickly hops into the front seat and makes his way toward Skyline Apartments*
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 2:33:02 PM)
The scent that seems to permeate the air almost everytime she is around as she struggles to sit up. A sharp cry of pain, and she collapses back onto the seat, whimpering. "/No, por favor, no los médicos ... no hay hospitales. Debe advertir Chhaya, sangrado Tierras Sombrías./"
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Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 4:48:01 PM)
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Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 5:20:39 PM)
*Alex quickly grabs Isabella up, glances at the car thinking to take her to the hospital but remembering his notes on her background, opts to bring her into the house with a sense of urgency*
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 5:29:06 PM)
Whimpering and groaning in his arms, she weakly reaches up to wrap her arm around his shoulders, resting her head against him. (whisper) "Yakreshin... I knew you would come..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 5:30:43 PM)
*Alex nods to her* Ofcourse, my love *he places her lightly on the couch looking at her burns momentarily... they looked fresh* I'll be right back *Alex runs for the kitchen pantry... the First Aid kit should still be there... he grabs it and returns gasping for breath*
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Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 5:40:29 PM)
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Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 5:40:40 PM)
(sorry didn't even realize I was off
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 5:43:55 PM)
She stifles a wince as the fabric of the couch comes in contact with her skin, but doesn't make a sound. A long exhalation escapes her as she struggles to find a comfortable position to stay in, but finally gives up when she realises that moving just makes it hurt worse. "Alex, I need to get in touch with London and William. William especially. The shadowlands... they are--" She breaks off as a spasm hits her body, causing her hands to clench tightly into the couch cushions, and her teeth to sink into her bottom lip.
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 5:47:08 PM)
*Not knowing exactly what to use for what and thinking fast, he recalls all he knows about first aid for burns and recites them in his head... this then this then this then treat for shock and he brings the first aid kit along with cool wet cloth back into the makeshift doctor's office. As she speaks he doesn't really pay attention to much except the names as he dresses her wounds and treats for shock* I'll call them but you need to sit damn still while I dress you up. 08/13/11 21:32:02 Alex Browning rolls 5 dice vs. diff of 6 to First Aid Treatment for Burns: 4, 8, 6, 1, 7 ,W : 3 successes
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 5:51:39 PM)
Shuddering at the touch of the cool cloth on her skin, she slowly starts to calm down while he handles it, hands clenching and uncleching underneath her. "I don't know what that thing was... how did she manage to call fire from her like that?" She rambles, almost to herself, trying to distract her mind from the pain he's inadvertantly causing.
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 5:56:26 PM)
*When she seems to calm down a bit, he begins to tend to her wounds more slowly and carefully... and painfully as he adds a towel underneath her. He whistles soothingly. He glances around for isabella's phone*
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 5:59:24 PM)
Her eyes glaze over briefly when he moves her to add the towel, but she still regains her dignity, refusing to cry out. After several long breaths, she turns to look at him, reaching her hand up to cup his jaw lightly, turning him back to face her. "Whatever you are looking for, it can wait..." Ignorning his admonishing from earlier, she gingerly pushes herself into a sitting position and bends down to press her lips to his softly, then lays back down on the towel, a small smile on her face. "I was right. I do feel better, now..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:02:19 PM)
*recieves the kiss but returns only a very light one, worried about her pain* You are not fine and you will lay down and let me tend your wounds... *pauses as he strokes her hair* I will stay here every day until you are better... as to anything else that you deem important... it can be handled with a phone call but you aren't going anywhere *kisses her forehead* understand my love?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:04:41 PM)
She smiles and nods, looking up at him with almost reverence in her eyes. "I understand." Letting her hand slowly drift down his arm, she lets it drop lightly back onto the couch, pointedly avoiding the marks on her abdomen. "I still do not really understand what happened. It was supposed to be a simple trip. Go there, get the steel, then come back."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:11:42 PM)
*Now that he knows she's stable and he's dressed the burns with ointment and wet gauze, he grabs a blanket, leans down laying next to her on the overly large couch knowing that her body heat will be lower soon and she'll need the extra warmth* OK so tell me what happened... from point a to b... what happened in the shadowlands?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:14:43 PM)
She shakes her head carefully. "I have no idea. For the last few weeks, I have been regularly going there, and everything seemed fine. Then, today, I went back to retrieve the stygian steel I promised Jack for him to rework one of my daggers... but it had changed. It looks like somewhere that they dropped a nuclear bomb. Houses are burned to the ground, or only have sticks of pillars still standing. I met a woman, Milly, who said something about them needing 'red', whatever that is. She somehow alerted others to my presence there, then she attacked me and did..." She gestures towards her torso. "...this. I still don't know how she did it, but she was not another elohim. Of that I am sure. She seemed honestly frightened of me when I told her that I was one..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:16:41 PM)
*ponders* She attacked you before or after you said you were elohim?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:18:47 PM)
She pauses and thinks. "After, but she had this old style radio sitting nearby and wsa broadcasting our conversation. I think she was intending to attack me before I said that..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:20:28 PM)
*nods* So regardless of this knowledge she was agressive... but she may have had doubts once she realized what you were *ponders once more as he strokes her hair* How did you manage to escape?
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:22:47 PM)
She starts to pat her wrist blades, then her eyes widen in dismay when one of the sheathes is empty. "My other dagger! Where is it?"
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:24:09 PM)
*blinks* I can check outside... *cocks his head to the side* but I have a feeling *cringes*.. I think it was probably left in the shadowlands.
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:26:15 PM)
She shakes her head. "No, I brought it back with me. I know I had it when I left... I used it to try to cut her head off, which is when she poofed into this oozy black stuff, her and the other guys, and they all drifted up to the sky, screaming..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:27:38 PM)
*moves to get out of the blanket* Let me go look around where I found you.
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:29:41 PM)
*Alex heads outside momentarily and searches around in the grass, eventually finding her dagger, he looks it over curiously before coming back inside and with a winning smile returns it before crawling back in with her*
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:31:12 PM)
She shifts a little, flinching somewhat, but eventually settles back down, curled against his chest with a smile as goosebumps start to break out all over her arms and uninjured skin. "I know this seems silly, but I really like just curling up like this..."
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:33:22 PM)
*pats her head lightly and kisses her lips tenderly* OK lets let you get some rest... when you wake up we can deal with the world again (ok it's late for me and i have to work early... I would stay with you... likely even for the next several days till you seem ok... only leaving through use of portals to get food or supplies)
Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:34:16 PM)
((good for me. Isabella will be staying home for at least the next week or so, which'll give me a chance to finish Genny))
Alex Browning (Aug 13, 2011 6:34:38 PM)
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Isabella Perez (Aug 13, 2011 6:35:02 PM)
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