Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-3293219-20140323001956/@comment-3293219-20140324231422

Urgh…

The Bee and Barb’s ceiling greeted her as she awoke; she was lay in Daniel’s bed, feeling terrible…

W-Where am I?

Nepht reached for her aching head, as she wanted to press it with her hand, but she stopped half way there, as she noticed that her arms were heavily bandaged and slightly stained in blood. The strangest part was that they didn’t hurt; it was as if the cuts were a week old but the bandages looked quite new, wouldn’t they be yellow and stained?

She sat up and took a look around, as she did the room span in the opposite direction to where she had turned her head. The Dunmer felt like she was at risk of fainting, so she just lay down on the bed and kept looking up at the ceiling…

The Dunmer was still quite dazed from the ordeal, she couldn’t concentrate enough to remember what had happened and she was far too dizzy to try and deduce. It shouldn’t have been much of a surprise but she felt incredibly thirsty. She hoped that Lucian had come back, so that he could get her a drink as she was absolutely parched at this point.

She waited a while, staring up at the ceiling as she made a little game; imagining a smaller version of herself, jumping from wooden panel to wooden panel, without touching the crevices as they were bottomless pits and any scratches were walls.

She played this game for a while, darting her eyes from panel to panel, until the door opened, prompting her to break away and look over to see who it was.

Lucy…

She smiled as she saw that he hadn’t abandoned her after all…

-

Lucian was happy to see her smile, as he expected a different reaction. He didn’t know what reaction to expect from her… Anger? Sadness? Either way, he didn’t expect her to smile…

“Are you okay?”

“Y-Yeah…” She managed to say. Strangely, speaking was hard, her throat was incredibly raspy and her mouth felt…

Different…

Lucian pulled up a chair and sat down, reaching over for her hand and turning her wrist over to check on the bandage…

<p class="MsoNormal">It’s okay…

<p class="MsoNormal">“What happened?” The Dunmer finally asked, prompting her Imperial friend to look up at her in confusion.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You… Don’t remember?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“No… I feel dizzy and I have cuts on my arms…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Lucian couldn’t do anything but smile and look away; he didn’t want to upset her, especially while she was dazed and confused.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It’s… I’ll fill you in later, I promise…”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Okay…” Nepht croaked. She didn’t really care right now anyway; she was more interested in…

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m really thirsty Lucy…”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Imperial nodded as she said it, he came prepared…

<p class="MsoNormal">He grabbed hold of a grape juice glass and held it against her lips as she sipped from it. It was a lot stickier and sweeter than she remembered grape juice being, maybe this was how they made it in Riften…

<p class="MsoNormal">Not that she was complaining, she loved it and refused to stop drinking, until she had drunk the entire cup, she was definitely parched.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Feel better now?” The Imperial asked, he sounded kind of guilty about it…

<p class="MsoNormal">“Much better…” The Dunmer yawned, resting her arm on her chest and closing her eyes with a smile. She then drifted off to sleep, like a baby, taking a nap after its afternoon milk.

<p class="MsoNormal">Lucian sat, attentively, by her bedside, until he knew that she was definitely asleep. When he knew for certain, he got up, put the cup on the end table and stumbled over to the bathroom, seeing the dried blood on the floor…

<p class="MsoNormal">==The night before==

<p class="MsoNormal">“Nepht!” Daniel yelled, upon seeing the damage that Nepht had inflicted upon herself. He pushed past her Imperial companion and ran over to her, the blood stuck to his boots as he made his way over, he knelt down, beside her and began to shake her.

<p class="MsoNormal">“C’mon…

<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t do this!” He cried out, it was obvious that he was panicking but he didn’t know what to do…

<p class="MsoNormal">''Too late… She’s already done it. ''Lucian thought, turning away as the smell of the blood dug into his nose and tunnelled up to his brain. His craving for it growing stronger, every second…

<p class="MsoNormal">“What do we do!?” Daniel snapped at him, bringing him back to reality.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Imperial looked over to them; he knew that there was nothing they could do…

<p class="MsoNormal">“G-Go and get help!” Lucian ordered, stepping in and keeping his gaze on the ceiling as he stepped over the blood.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Where?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Downstairs, there has to be a healer or a doctor or… Just ask!”

<p class="MsoNormal">Daniel nodded and jumped to his feet, brushing past Lucian and stopping at the doorway, something occurred to him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What will you do?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’ll do whatever I have to, to keep her alive.” The Imperial informed him.

<p class="MsoNormal">Daniel nodded, determined by her companion’s desire to save her; he wouldn’t fail them both now…

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<p class="MsoNormal">Lucian didn’t move as Daniel left, he simply stood in the doorway, waiting for the sound of the door slamming shut. Finally, he heard it, releasing him from his restraint.

<p class="MsoNormal">Whatever I have to…

<p class="MsoNormal">Lucian’s eyes began to glow orange as he stepped inside, closing the bathroom door and locking it before approaching Nepht’s dying body.