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 Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:31 pm
Demyx easily hopped out of the portal, landing on his feet beside Riley. Behind them the darkness slowly disappeared.
"Hrm..."
Green eyes shifting around, the sitarist moved to look for his friend.
"Kaleb? You still here?..."
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:05 pm
Shaking his head he heard Kaleb whimper. Maybe it was because he was used to listening for those sorts of things from his partner. "s**t ... Kaleb? Where are you!" He crawled up and tried to shake off the feeling from the portal. Never again if he had any say in it.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:18 pm
Kaleb was overwhelmed by relief when he recognized his friends' voices. He shifted and whimpered a bit more before speaking up. "I-I'm here," he managed to say in a weak voice. They probably wouldn't have had trouble finding him anyway with the balcony door still standing open. A tall stack of books had sheltered him from most of the breeze blowing in, but occasionally it did ruffle the feathers on his new wings that weren't matted and sticky with blood.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:58 pm
The sitarist's ears immediately perked up as he heard his friends whimper and weak voice. That...that wasn't the Kaleb he knew. Something had definitely happened. Quickly, Demyx manuevered through the piles of books in search of his friend. What he found however, caused him to freeze dead in his tracks.
"K-k-kaleb?! You...you......."
s**t, s**t, s**t, s**t, s**t. Kaleb..he...he was like Demyx now, and despite the brief moment of elation at having another angelic friend, the sitarist quickly settled on more prominant thoughts...such as just how much pain poor Kaleb must have been in.
"D-don't move! It'll hurt more if you move..just lay still!"
Skittering over, Demyx flopped to the floor, ignoring the blood he was probably sitting in now.
"Y-you'll be okay Kaleb! Just...don't think about it too much! And no heart attacks!"
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:36 pm
He followed Demyx and his eyes widened as he heard Kaleb's friends voice then as he saw Kaleb. "What tha ********!?!" There was blood everywhere and wings and ... and what the ******** was going on?
"s**t ... ******** ..... what happened in here?" He scrambled over to where Kaleb was but was afraid to touch him "Kaleb are you alright? This all isn't yours is it? Are you hurt? Yes of course you're hurt with all this s**t here."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:08 pm
Kaleb turned his head again, and tried to smile and reassure his friends instead of wincing at the pain the motion caused. "I-I'm o-okay..." he started, but trailed off when he saw how worried both of them looked. It was only then he realized what had happened to him. Did he look as wretched and bloody as Demyx had that day?
His weak smile quickly turned miserable, and he felt another tear drip down his cheek. When accepting the creature's bargain, he hadn't considered the price his friends might have to pay, and all the worry and fear this would cause them. "I-I'm s-so sorry..." he said, starting to sniffle a bit.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:32 pm
"D-don't touch him! The second t-tail and wings will be really sore for a while..."
Seeing Kaleb like this was killing Demyx inside. He -knew- just how much pain the poor mage must be in, and now he realized how helpless Kaleb must have felt the day he changed.
"D-don't be sorry Kaleb...just try to r-relax okay? We c-can get you off the floor after a bit of the p-pain goes away..."
The sitarist cast a quick glance to Riley, ears flattening. Right, the poor guy must be so confused....
"L-look..there's this..-thing- that can change us...it obviously got me, and Kaleb too...but it can also make things look more..erm...evil? A frie---my S-superior, has bat wings and really big horns..."
Demyx sighed, fidgeting nervously and watching Kaleb.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:57 pm
"Yea i kinda get that it hurts." He snapped at Demyx. "s**t .... sorry." He hadn't meant to do that but he was still confused and now his partner was sitting on the floor in pain and he wasn't allowed to touch him to help? That'd didn't exactally make him feel good.
"s**t s**t s**t .... i don't care what kinds of things there are where. If i find it i'm killin it." The 'thing' better be long gone or he really would break it's little neck. "********, why did i pick today to leave useful materia at home." He had some cure materia laying around. He wasn't good at useing it but at least it would be able to dull the pain but no, he'd left it where he couldn't use it.
"Don't cry damn it..." He had a feeling that Kaleb would be more upset that they were upset than he would be crying about being hurt.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:17 pm
Kaleb tried to relax a bit like Demyx said, and calm his sniffling. It was somewhat easier to do now that he wasn't all alone, he only had to cope with the pain and the knowledge that his friends were worried, and he didn't have to be afraid since they would keep him safe.
It didn't last long, he immediately struggled to sit up when he heard Riley's threat, but he barely got his shoulder off the ground before he cried out and had to abandon the effort. The pain was absolutely blinding, and he could only pant and sob for a bit before speaking up. "Riley, n-no! I-it's... It's okay. I-I chose this..."
He felt so weak and vulnerable, and it didn't help that he could still feel the blood matting his fur together, and could remember so clearly how Demyx had looked after his own transformation. Fainting probably would have been a mercy at that point.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:26 pm
"I'm just trying to help!...Since Kaleb was around when it happened to me..."
Ears totally flat against his head, Demyx went silent a moment. Damnit he was just trying to explain...not further frustrate Riley and make him want to go off killing things! Mmrph, this was why he rarely piped up in Organization meetings... Riley hadn't meant it though, at least he didn't think that was the case. He was probably just really really -really- worried...
"I know it looks bad...but he'll be okay! And---Kaleb sit -still-!"
Demyx fidgeted more, watching helplessly as his friend sobbed.
"Kaleb please..just..lay still... I know it doesn't feel good or anything but you have to! I...I c-can try to get some of the b-blood off...if you want..."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:03 pm
He didn't care if Kaleb chose it or not. If he got his hands on whatever it was that had done this the thing would find itself with a broken neck really quickly. Things weren't suppose to hurt his partner.
"Didn't you just tell me not to touch him? If i can't touch him then how are ya gonna get tha blood off?" That'd didn't make sense. If Demyx could touch him then he could just as easily Carry him down to the car and get him home where he could take care of him better.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:19 pm
Kaleb tried to breathe as deeply as he could through the pain and calm down. He didn't want to hurt worse from moving, and he didn't want to make Demyx more upset by attempting it again.
He smiled weakly, but he didn't even try raise his head this time. "P-please...?" he asked, thinking it would be a lot more bearable once the blood was dealt with. Although he had stopped bleeding for the moment, the open wounds at the base of his new wings and tail would have to be taken care of until he was able to heal himself. He certainly didn't want to bleed more later.
He would have liked to explain to Riley that Demyx could easily get him clean without contact, but he was too pained and tired.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:24 pm
"Because -I- don't have to touch him to get the blood off OR clean up the blood on the floor."
Demyx tried not to twitch. Riley didn't know what he could do...he had to try and not be frustrated at what, to him, was a stupid question.
"I just need some water..."
And with that the sitarist rose to his feet and hurried off to find what he'd need to clean up Kaleb.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:21 pm
He got up off the floor with a snarl and paced in a circle before he sat on a pile of books. He was useless. He couldn't touch Kaleb without it hurting him so he couldn't get him clean. He didn't have any way to move Kaleb that didn't hurt him either. What use was it for him to be there?
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:35 pm
Kaleb bit his lip as Demyx left, and Riley got up to pace in such an angry manner. He immediately started to feel anxious again. He tried to distract himself before he could start trembling again. "Riley... Riley, c-can you come here?" He turned his head to watch his partner pacing, and had to blink back tears even though he couldn't keep back his whimper. Every little movement hurt so badly, and he was starting to wonder if it would ever get better.
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