Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

Arryn hissed quietly as she slowly lowered herself into the water. It felt wonderful but stung on her wounds. She didn't understand why she had been so cold recently. Yes it was normal for when life force was regenerating, but she had passed that stage. In the end she decided not to question it, and very gingerly cleaned her scars. It definitely hurt, but she had done this before. She dried off and got dressed as quickly as she could, returning to find Dayn curled up under one of the magic blankets. She smiled a bit and stiffly walked over to him, walking around to face him and pulling up the blanket to cuddle up to her husband. She pulled another blanket over herself to fend off the chill in her bones and returned to nuzzling against Dayn, thoigh her wounds hurt terribly, she didn't want to disturb him if he wasn't feeling well.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn pulled the magic blanket around Arryn as he snuggled up against her. She had guessed right about him not feeling well, but like his wife Dayn wasn't going to make a stink about it. Being close to Arryn helped, and the magic blanket was nice as well. "I would have never thought that those injuries would cause me to fill like this. I understand why you have so many challenges with your scars now."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded a bit. "I've found that just trying to sleep through it works best, mo chroi." Arryn was tempted to ask Dayn to help her put on balm and bandaging, bit he truly seemed to be feeling bad and she would have felt horrid if she had asked him to move. So she pretended that she had done it herself, somehow.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn's arms wrapped gently around Arryn's waist and rested against her skin as he laid his head against her own. "Arryn, I'm worried about the next full moon. Neither of us will be in good enough shape to travel anywhere like the griffins nest. That and I....I don't know what shifting is going to be like now."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked up at Dayn with some concern. "Why would it be any different?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"I don't know, and that is what bothers me." Dayn nuzzled up against Arryn, pulling her close as he rubbed his thumbs over her back. "I don't know...."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn bit her lip and shuddered from the pain of his rubbing his thumbs over her back. She didn't want him to know she was in pain, thoigh tears sparked in her eyes. "Maybe you could speak to the white wolf next time you sleep?"

 

[BookWyrm]

"I can try at...", Dayn's voice trailed off as he tried to figure out what was wrong with Arryn. The realization came a moment too late. "I am so, so sorry Arryn." Dayn removed his hands from Arryn's back as he pressed his forehead against her's. "Please forgive Arryn. I....I don't know why it didn't cross my mind." He hugged her, making sure to keep his arms away from her lower back. His whole attitude sank. "I am sorry Arryn."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nuzzled up against him a bit and kissed his cheek. It hurt her worse to see him upset than it had when he caressing had hurt her. "No, no, sh, it's okay, it's my fault for not putting balm on or bandaging it up. It's okay."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn sighed heavily, upset that he hadn't even thought to offer to help her with that when she came back from her bath. "I'm just as much at fault for not offering to help. Here." Dayn sat up despite the pain in his own body and reached over to grab the balm and wraps before looking back to Arryn. "Please, let me help."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn slowly sat up and removed her shirt, showing that her wounds had started to bleed a bit. She didn't like seeing him upset or in pain, but she truly did hurt.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn had to bite his cheek hard enough to draw blood just to keep from losing his cool when he saw Arryn's wounds bleeding. He cleaned them off again before applying the balms, and only after it was all done did he wrap the bandages around her. When she was taken care off completely Dayn pulled her into another gentle hug as he kissed her cheek before helping her lay back down before bundling them both up again as he cuddled against her.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and nuzzled against Dayn's neck, getting comfortable. "Thank you so much, mo chroi. I didn't want to upset you, you're already in so much pain...."

 

[BookWyrm]

"You needed to have your wounds dressed. It doesn't bother me to help you, hon." Dayn was ready for sleep again. He was already drained by this point. "You can make it up to me by cuddling against me, nuzzling my neck, and dozing off with me." Dayn gave a shy smile as his right eye frosted over. Even being absolutely miserable and in pain Dayn could find some way to keep the focus on the two of them.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and nuzzled against him some more. She nearly felt tears in her eyes just at the thought of how much Dayn cared for her. She loved him so much, and he was so gentle and loving, ever once in a while it almost overwhelmed her. She took his hand and held it to her chest as she settled down against him and took slow breaths until she finally fell asleep.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn woke up about an hour and a half later in terrible pain. His body felt like it was trying to tear itself apart, and he realized all too late that he was in true werewolf form, halfway between man and wolf, though this time he favored the wolf more than man. He whined quietly as he slowly, quietly moved out of the bed. He didn't want to accidentally hurt Arryn in some way as his body struggled to compose itself. His fur was damp and gummed up with blood, and even as he tried to shift back he felt himself going further into his wolfen form until he had completed the full shift. But why? The full moon was five days off still. Dayn laid down in the floor and whined. He was in too much pain at the moment to try and force himself to shift back.

 

[Dragongal]

The sound of Dayn's whines and the feeling of his absence were enough to slowly wake Arryn up. She sat up when she realized he wasn't beside her, and it only took her a few seconds to find Dayn. She got out of the bed and knelt beside him and slowly began tenderly petting him. "Mo chroi, what happened?" This wasn't normal... if it was because of his lycanthropy, shouldn't she have shifted too?

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn shifted closer to Arryn, though his tail refused to move. <I don't know.> He whimpered some as he leaned his head against her. <It hurts.> The fur along his shoulders and back was gunked up in a mix of torn, balmy bandages and blood. <It hurts too much to try and shift back.>

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded a bit and moved so he could lay his head in her lap. She took the time to remove the bandages so they wouldn't put more pressure on Dayn. Once that was done she slowly petted from his brow back, trying to distract him from the pain. "Shh, it's okay, mo chroi, try and relax."

 

[BookWyrm]

Whether she had wanted to or not, when Arryn pulled the bandages away there were bits of fur that were yanked out. Dayn kept quiet to the best of his ability until it was all over. When Arryn finally sat down he laid his head in her lap and rested against her, whining as the pain burned across his shoulders and back. After the pain had eased some Dayn sighed heavily. <I think I can try to shift back now.> When he tried, though, all he got was a yelp and a cringe as pain shot through his whole body. When the burning ceased he whined as he buried his muzzle against Arryn. <It hurts to try and shift back.>

 

[Dragongal]

"It's okay, you don't have to shift back right now. Just relax, it's okay." Why was this happening? What had changed? Arryn couldn't think of anything that was different.... What could have caused this...? Arryn tried to hide her concern though, and to pretend that she was certain that everything would be fine.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked up at Arryn for a moment before slowly backing off of her and sitting down before reaching up and grabbing one of the magic blankets in his mouth and pulling it off the bed. If she was going to lay in the floor with him then she would be comfortable.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn paused when Dayn started moving, scared that he would hurt himself. When she saw that he was pulling off a blanket for her she could have cried. Here he was lying on the floor in pain, and he got up to get her a blanket. Arryn took the blanket from him and wrapped it around her shoulders, and very gently wrapped her arms around Dayn's neck, urging him to lay down again and rest his head on her lap.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn didn't put up a resistance and laid down with ease. He slowly moved what he could of his body to slightly curl around Arryn before resting his head in her lap. He was tired and in pain, but he wasn't about to leave Arryn uncomfortable in all of this. If he could have climbed back into the bed without help he would have, but at this point it would take Theodas's help to get him into bed, and he wasn't going to go through the trouble. <You can lay down if you want. I won't mind.>

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded and laid down net to him, taking a moment to get comfortable. She pulled his head up to her chest and continued to gently pet him, hoping to keep him as comfortable as possible. She refused to let herself sleep until Dayn slept, though.