Ascending Legends

[BookWyrm]

Dayn took in the new additions, as well as the oddly fitting corrections, to Arryn's scars. Dayn quietly dabbed off the blood from Arryn's back before rubbing the balms over her skin again, remaining careful of the main injury site. Instead of talking Dayn quietly hummed a love song that he had sang from Arryn a few times before. It was a southern ballad she had seemed to enjoy, and he hoped it would put her at ease as he started to wrap her in new bandages.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn started crying as Dayn was humming, but she was purely relieved. She had thought he'd have been hurt by the rose and wolf design... she was worried he'd have been scared by it or felt guilty. When he was done wrapping her up, she turned around to face him (gingerly so as not to hurt her back) and wrapped her arms around his neck as she cried with relief. "I love you, mo chroi."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn pulled Arryn close against him, gently of course, and held her tight. Did it bother him that she was marked as well? Yes, at least to some degree. Was he going to let it induce another panic attack and morbid nightmares? Not if he could help it. Dayn pressed his lips against Arryn's cheek. "I love you too, fy rhosyn. Always."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn held there, savoring the embrace, until she finally sighed and nuzzled against his neck a bit. "Dayn... you should rest. Or at least eat something...."

 

[BookWyrm]

"We both could use some rest love." Dayn wasn't going to turn down an offer to snuggle up against his love and get some shut eye. Though in the back of his mind he was still worried about having a nightmare again, he couldn't deny his body the rest it needed. Dayn was rather ginger about moving to get comfortable, but after a few moments he managed to lay down and snuggled up against Arryn. It felt weird for both of them to have to lay on their sides, but they did what they must to avoid further pain. Dayn nuzzled against Arryn's cheek before intertwining his fingers with hers as he closed his eyes.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and cuddled up close before falling asleep again. Almost immediately those strange fever dreams began again, despite her not having a fever. In fact, she didn't get warmer, but rather, colder. Her body temperature was dropping considerably before leveling out to a very chill tenp, leaving Arryn shivering and curled up to Dayn for warmth. This didn't help the dreams any, but she didn't wake once. Her finger gripped Dayn's hand tightly as her body set to fixing the gap in her life force. Before her body had been slowly adjusting to the gap and making sure she was stable. Now was the hard part, actually filling that gap.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn couldn't explain to himself why he was dreaming about sleeping near ice. Something felt cold against him, more so than it should have in a warm and insulated home. He slowly came around and didn't even have to check Arryn's temp to realize that she was the reason behind the dream. Did this have to do with her lifeforce being drained? Whatever the situation Dayn needed to act. Shifting was out of the question, so he pulled the covers up and wrapped Arryn tightly in his arms before warming himself with his pyromancy. He took note that Arryn snuggled up closer to him, no doubt looking for extra warmth to make up for lacking her own.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn opened her eyes a bit as Dayn pulled her close. "Mo chroi, why is the window open... it's too cold for that...." Arryn closed her eyes again and nuzzled against him. "You're warm." The fact that she was that cold yet under the blankets didn't cross her mind. Actually, nothing really crossed her mind except for the fact that she was cold and Dayn was warm. As quickly as she had awoken, she was asleep again. Her shivering was no longer as severe, thanks to Dayn's warmth.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked at Arryn for a moment. Had she just..? As quickly as she was awake she fell right back asleep. Dayn shook his head and curled up around her the best he could. Please Arryn, please get better.

 

[Dragongal]

After an hour Arryn stirred a bit, though she was no warmer. "Dayn... do I have a fever? Why am I so cold.... Do you have a fever...? You're so warm...."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn didn't move to speak, fearing that if he did she'd end up worse off. "I don't know Arryn. You were so cold earlier. I...I woke up thinking there was ice in the bed, and when I realized it was you I warmed up to try and help you." Dayn pulled the blankets closer around them as he continued to try and warm her up.

 

[Dragongal]

"Oh... that's odd." Arryn was still barely awake. She nuzzled against him a bit."Reminds me of the time I cast a shield shatter against some bandits. Wasn't fun." Though she was trying to make a joke out of it, she really didn't want him to worry. She pulled back a bit to look him in the eyes. The color of her eyes had changed ever so slightly, the fewer green flecks existed, yet there were a few icy blue flecks now too. IT was an exercise for her to merely keep her eyes open, but she wanted him to tell her the truth. "Are you okay?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked at Arryn's eyes and titled his head slightly as he noticed the blue flecks. He gave a shy smile and nuzzled against Arryn's cheek. "I'm exhausted and in pain and I'm worried about you, fy rhosyn."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn frowned for a moment. "I wish you weren't worried about me, then you can't heal up as fast. Please dont' worry about me. A for the soreness..." Arryn put her hand on his arm and tried to heal him a bit, but she had forgotten the damage she had done to her mana and life force, causing a nasty touch of backlash against herself. "Ah!" She pulled her hand away and held it to her chest. after a few moments she cuddled close to Dayn again. "Ow.... I'm sorry... I can't heal you."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn gently took Arryn's hand and pulled it to his lips. "Please don't try and use your magic any more. Not until you've recovered, at least." As Dayn cuddled up closer to Arryn he felt the weariness pulling on him. The blood loss was taking it's toll for certain, and it was keeping him from being able to use his pyromancy to it's fullest potential. "I love you, fy rhosyn, so I worry. But I promise I'll ease up. I don't want you getting upset."

 

[Dragongal]

"Thank you. I promise I won't try any more magic." Arryn closed her eyes and nuzzled against Dayn. "I'm hungry.... When did we last eat?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"It's been a while." Dayn thought back over when they had had their simple meal of broth. It had honestly been quite a while. "I think I can get up and get something. Do you want me to?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn wrapped her arms around his neck. "No. You're warm." Not long later Lenza happened to check in, and Arryn asked for food and more blankets. Lenza returned with a pile of blankets and a tray with different kinds of foods, broths, breads, and fruits. Arryn sat up just a bit to eat some bread. Once she took her first bite, though, she needed more food than she could have anticipated. When her meal was done she collapsed back against Dayn again, cuddling against him for warmth under layers of blankets before falling asleep again. Lenza came by and looked at Arryn before telling Dayn, "I won't lie, I don't know why she's so cold. I can't understand magic like she can."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled when Arryn wrapped her arms around his neck. She could be very persuasive at times, and it wasn't like he didn't enjoy cuddling. When Lenza returned with blankets and food Dayn found himself loving Mum more than ever. His appetite was returning to some degree, thought he probably wouldn't be stripping elk to the bone any time soon. When he had finished eating Dayn arranged the blankets around the two of them and pulled them in close before letting Arryn snuggle up and get comfortable. When Lenza returned Dayn was gently rubbing his hand over Arryn's neck. "I think it has something to do with her tapping into her lifeforce for the shield shatter spells. I know that, thanks to blood loss, right now my pyromancy is weak. If I pushed to get any warmer I'd go into a coma."

 

[Dragongal]

Lenza sighed and shook her head. "I'll stoke the fires as much as I can and get some magiced blankets so she doesn't need you to make the warmth, but I don't know how much good it will do. Theodas knows more about that than me, but he's buying medical equipment at the moment." Lenza left and returned with the magicked blankets, arranging them carefully to warm Arryn without weighing her down with too many blankets, and to keep Dayn from getting too hot. "You just try to rest. Your blood loss will bite you bad later if you don't."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn appreciated Lenza bringing in the blankets. Being able to lower his body heat back to a more sustainable level took a lot of the strain off of him and honestly made his body feel better. "Thanks Mum. I'm doing the best I can. I just want to make sure she is comfortable." Dayn made sure to keep the blankets around Arryn, but he snuggled up against her again. He didn't care if it was warm or not. They had been sleeping together long enough that Dayn had problems trying to sleep without the feeling of her beside cuddled against him.

 

[Dragongal]

A few hours later Arryn woke up. She looked at Day for a moment before cuddling against him. Her mind wasn't as muddled as it was before, but it still felt hard for her to think. Why did she have bandaging on? Why did Dayn? Why was she covered in so many blankets yet not hot, if anything, a bit chilled? "Dayn, are you okay?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"Mmmmm." Dayn sighed before easing into a small stretch, just enough to square up his shoulders a little before sinking back against Arryn. She had woke him up from a rather pleasant bought of sleep, but he wasn't going to complain to her about it. "I'm here, I guess." His voice held the quiet grogginess of sleep. "Do you need something?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn thought for a few moments before pausing and shaking her head a bit. "I _ I don't know... I don't think so... why are we...." Everything came back to her in one painfulflash, making her shudder and bury her head against Dayn's collarbone. "Nevermind... I'm sorry that I woke you."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Don't be.", Dayn said as he rubbed his hand along the back of Arryn's neck. "It gives me an excuse to love on you."