Forty-First Shower - [Action and Unintentional Voice, Backdated to 7/12]

[thalassashells]

[It was quiet in the area around KH house. Everyone in the house was sound asleep, or at least pretending to sleep. Kairi herself was in that same boat of being asleep when a high pitch scream suddenly awakens her. She bolts up into bed, glancing around her room and out her window. She pauses, reflecting briefly as she tries to think of what could have possibly caused such a sound. Was it a dream? It must have been.

...still. She quietly slips out of her bed, opening her bedroom door and stepping into the hallway. As she makes her rounds, silently checking on each of the boys first, she soon approaches Xion's room.

Of course, the fact that the girl isn't in her room when Kairi opens the door raises a few alarms.

Okay. Okay, don't panic. Kairi was aware that Xion sometimes would leave the house if she felt uncomfortable. That was normal, sure. But this...she couldn't get that scream out of her mind. Another wave of uncertainty crashes over her as she slips on a pair of shoes, grabs her journal and heads for the front door, stepping out of the house and looking toward the road.

It's then that she spots her; her likeness, her friend, covered in injuries, blood and...burns? Not a time to question. She bolts down the porch of the house, throwing herself down and checking the girl for consciousness. She attempts to shift the girl's body, ignoring the blood that was starting to stain her hands in favor of whether Xion held any signs of life. Realizing that the dark-haired girl wasn't responding, she whips out the journal immediately and flips to a new page without thinking.]

Axel! Come on, wake up! I really need your help out here...it's Xion. She's...it's bad. There's so much...it's too much. I know you're not really asleep, I checked. Hurry!

[And while she waits for Axel, she keeps an eye on Xion for any signs of movement, completely oblivious to the fact that she forgot to filter that message to only Axel.]

[[ooc: Action threads will be responded by Kairi, all voice will be responded by Roxas unless someone specifically spoke to Kairi.]]

Comments

[action]

[meteorical]

[She's quiet and draws back just the slightest bit to let Axel check her over, biting her lip and ignoring the fact that there are sudden tears running down her cheeks. Why does this keep happening to them? First Axel, then Sora, now this? Who was next? When Axel speaks though, she looks up at him and nods.]

Think you can carry her through that corridor of yours? She needs to get to the clinic, the one at the dome. I can't do it alone.

[action]

[flaring]

[It takes a moment for Kairi's words to register but Axel wordlessly nods once as he glances over to her, his expression pretty blank right now. Nrgh, and she's crying. He's pauses for a few seconds to stare at her, but soon he's turning back to Xion and carefully gathering her into his arms.

He stands with Xion and opens a dark corridor, waiting for Kairi to go first if she wants to come along.]

[action]

[meteorical]

[Of course Kairi's going to come along. When Xion is picked up and gathered in Axel's arm and the corridor opens, she immediately steps through. She knows Axel isn't far behind her, but unknown to either of them there will be someone waiting for them there.]

[action]

[frost_jewel]

[Waiting she is. Two redheads and an injured, dark-haired girl. They definitely fit the description. Once they appear, she wastes no time introducing herself]

Roxas asked me to help. I'm a healer. [and once again the name part gets shuffled out of line, for later. She's more worried about the state of the girl they're carrying, even from here it looks-

The best decision is to take them to the nearest possible place where they can put Xion down, that isn't the floor.]

[action]

[flaring]

[Axel only offers a small nod to indicate he's listening right now. Xion's bleeding in his arms and he's... sort of just on autopilot right now. He follows after Mia and sets Xion down on the nearest possible place that's given to him.]

[action]

[meteorical]

[Kairi makes a mental note to thank the blond boy later and follows after Mia and Axel, hovering over Xion still as they set her down.]

How fast can you heal her? It's a lot of blood loss and burns from the looks of it.

[action]

[frost_jewel]

Fast enough.

[Whether she means to or not, it sounds like she might be trying to ready herself as much as anyone to believe in that. But she can, power limits or no. The bleeding and any internal injuries will have to come first, and then the burns. She feels sick to her stomach even looking at burns like that.

If either Axel or Kairi is spiritually inclined, they might be able to see, faintly, the blue aura that springs up around her as she starts to work, and they should notice anyway the fountain of brighter blue sparks that is Fizz, being unleashed to help her.

Otherwise, they will see nothing at all, other than the small changes that would come over Xion while she worked - the bleeding slowing to a stop, and the burns beginning to fade. Ply and its variants are purifying spells, too, so at least there shouldn't be a risk of those burns getting infected.

Unless one of them interrupts her, Mia will work steadily and quietly until she feels she must take a break, if only to gather herself and start again. Some things will need to be dealt with physically before they can be healed.]

[action]

[flaring]

[Once Mia starts on Xion, Axel is turning his back to all of them and taking a few steps away to give some room. Thought it's mostly to give himself from space.

He's going to have to try and find Roxas soon. Later, though, after he knows if Xion will be all right or not. He lets Mia work quietly for a while before finally speaking up.]

She going to make it?

[action]

[meteorical]

[She quietly watches Axel, edging closer to Mia's side to watch how the injuries were healing. They weren't going to look pretty, but the bleeding stopping was her main concern.]

I hope so...now that the bleeding's stopped it should be easier to stabilize her right?

[action]

[frost_jewel]

[Mia takes a deep breath, lowering her hands for the time being. The truth may be harder to hear, but a lie would be wrong.]

It should be. [A pause, as she examines the worst of the burns that remain] But these injuries are quite a strain on her. I don't want to tax her even further by trying to heal everything completely.

[bearing in mind, too, that the limits of Luceti might not allow her to do that in the first place. She just hates to have to choose to leave a person in pain. One look at Kairi, at how obvious is it that she had been crying, and Mia reaches over to pat her gently on the arm]

There's still a lot of work to do, but if we have any say in it she'll be just fine. She's lucky - there didn't seem to be much internal damage, other than cracked ribs. [It goes without saying that Xion is lucky for other reasons, too.] While I see to those, will you find bandages and things we can use?

[action]

[flaring]

[Axel looks back over his shoulder to give a quick glance at Xion. Well, just as long as she'll make it.

He's not the type to give any sort of thanks to anyone, but he does give Mia a quick appreciative look before turning away again. He folds his arms over his chest and bites on the corner of one of his thumbs, pretty much leaving Kairi to the task of gathering things unless she asks for his help. She's always better at handling these types of things anyway.]

[action]

[meteorical]

[She glances at Axel, quietly observing him and sensing his obvious discomfort with the situation. She smiles when Mia pats her arm, nodding at what she hears.] That's all I can really ask. Thank you for doing what you can. I'll find supplies...they can't be too far from here. [She gives Xion another look before she gets up and starts to wander the room, hunting through cabinets and drawers.]

[action]

[frost_jewel]

[She's going to learn a solid lesson about her own limits in this new world today. That will come later. Right now she's going to make sure those cracked ribs don't give Xion any more trouble than they already have. It would be worse if they were broken through. Keeping that from potentially happening will come first.

Once that's done, she'll go back to those burns. The amount of concentration it takes to go slowly and focus on strong healing is more tiring than she'd care to admit, and enough to let her know that she won't be healing the burns fully, either. Less severe - more on the side of red and blistered instead of charred - will have to be enough. Hopefully when she finishes that, Kairi has found some supplies.

But it's Axel she looks at. She caught that look from him before, and it's clear he's uncomfortable here. ...Hm.]

How did you get here so quickly?

[action]

[flaring]

[Just as long as Xion will make it, that's all that counts right now. And uncomfortable is pretty much right. Axel's still sort of reeling right now and not sure what to do with himself. One best friend is currently fighting for her life and the other is probably getting ready to go into a murderous rage or something.

There's a pause before he answers, shrugging his shoulders slightly before turning around. It's easier to put on his facade and act right now.]

Something like teleporting! Just with darkness. It's this nifty little trick a few people from my world can do.

[action]

[meteorical]

Even if only a few people can do it, anybody can pass through them. It definitely comes in handy during times like these. [She's suddenly reappeared, bandages and some burn cream in her hands. She may go back to retrieve more supplies in a bit but she wanted to deliver these to Mia.]

Do you think these bandages will be big enough?

[action]

[frost_jewel]

I think they are a good start.

[If she knew what Axel was thinking, she'd be able to reassure him that Xion didn't need to fight nearly as hard now as she had been. Taking the supplies from Kairi, she makes a puzzled face at the burn cream for a moment or two until she's sure of what it's for.]

I'll need something for her wrist, too. [something to splint it with, at least for now. Mia gets up, going to the sink in the corner of the room to wash her hands before she starts fiddling with burns. Giving Kairi something to do seems to have helped.]