Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

"Oh dear, you know addictions are bad." She said with a smile. His kissing and caressing her neck made her spine tingle. "But I'm not about to stop you." She took his hand and looked at the wound, before saying, "I'll be sure to fix this up really well, I promise." For some reason she felt like she had to reassure him that it would end up alright and that she could fix the problem. Maybe it was a bit of her own anxiety over the injuries as well.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled, chuckling to himself as he slowly started kissing her again. "Oh, I think this addiction is good for both of us." He had just found his rhythm again when he felt a twinge of pain in his chest. He groaned regretfully as he laid his head against her neck, holding onto her gently as the pain eased off. "Right when I was really starting to get warmed up." Dayn opened his eyes and flashed a confident smile though. "Oh well, it just gives more incentive to getting better." Dayn watched her as she took his hand and looked over the wounds as she rubbed it. She seemed bothered, almost like she was trying to convince him that she was going to take care of him. "Hey now love, there is no need to fret. I have full confidence in you and your capabilities."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn flashed him a slightly worried smile. She was confident in her abilities, but no mater what she did there was a margin of error in every healing. She wanted to make sure he was okay with it. She got up and grabbed her medical pack before setting it on the bed next to herself. She took out some clean bandaging, cleaner, and a clean rag. She took his hand in her left, and said, "I'm going to start. Squeeze my hand if it gets too bad, okay? If you're ready, of course."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn sat up in front of her, gave her a smile and a quick kiss for confidence. "I am ready love." This is going to hurt.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn took his right hand and laid it on her forearm. "Stop me if you can't take it." She held his left hand in hers, palm up, and gently held the disinfectant-soaked rag to the raw wound. She worked as quickly and gently as she could, pulling out an antibiotic balm and a balm to mix healing, spreading them gently on the wound before turning his hand over and doing the same to the other side before binding it tightly, but not tight enough to restrict movement or bloodflow.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn winced when the process began, but quickly found the control he wanted by focusing on Arryn during the process. He watched her as she worked. The attentiveness to detail and how she worked gently and quickly to try and minimize his pain but effectively treat the wound. As she bound his hands he felt some relief from the vigorous cleaning that was soon masked by the tight wraps to hold and protect his hands. He remained quiet during the procedure to keep from distracting her. His goal was to go through without having to stop her, and so far he was on his way to accomplishing that.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked up for approval, then started on his other hand, moving his now-bound hand onto her forearm, telling him again to stop her if needed. Again she worked quickly, finishing cleaning and binding his hand in a few moments. She sighed, then looked to him and said, "Ok, may I work on your back now?"

 

[BookWyrm]

This was the part that Dayn had been slightly worried about. He nodded before turning around, exposing by far the area that would be the most sensitive to treatment. He took a shaky breath, steadying himself for what was coming. In truth he had no idea what his back looked like. He figured it was probably for the best. "Alright love. Do your best."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded before realizing he wouldn't see. "Tell me to stop if you need it." The gashes on his back were deep, especially in the centers where the hooks had cut into him, and puncture wounds were the most likely to become infected. She took a rag with just water and lightly cleaned off most of the dried blood around the wounds, then re-wet the rag and set to work on the first gash, cleaning it thoroughly, then packing the puncture with the balms and some loose bandaging, deciding the cuts around the punctures didn't need to be packed with bandaging. She couldn't bandage over his back until she was done with all of the wounds.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn stiffened, the pain shooting Into his back was excruciating, but he kept his mouth shut. He had to push through this otherwise he risked infection setting in. As Arryn packed the balms and loose bandaging he sighed in relief. That was the least painful part of the process. "I'm good love.", he said after a moment. " I can take it."

 

[Dragongal]

"Alright," she said. Next was a puncture where one of the bolts had released the silver into his blood. She was willing to bet this would hurt a little more. She cleaned and packed it quickly, moving onto the next one. When she got to the second puncture from one of the bolts, she noted a piece of silver lodged in his flesh. She sighed heavily. "This is probably going to hurt a good bit." She pulled out a pair of precise pincers and carefully extracted the fleck before cleaning and packing the wound.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn gasped, his hands clenching into fists as Arryn grabbed the fleck with the pincers. He took a deep breath and muffled a yell as she pulled it out. His shoulders dropped as he relaxed, slowly breathing to alleviate the pain. He didn't know why he asked the next question, but it came out of his mouth before he could stop it. "How bad is it?"

 

[Dragongal]

"The damage in that wound alone? Surprisingly not bad, considering, though there's some... well it looks like chemical burns, probably from the silver. Overall? Your back is torn to Hel, I'm afraid. Try not to stretch it too much. I'm going to pack the rest of the wounds then bandage it all, okay?" Arryn finished the last few wounds from the hooks and then took out a long roll of bandaging, wrapping his body from his torso up to cover aoo of the many, many wounds on his back. "I'll try to prevent scarring so you don't end up looking like me, ok?" She said it with a smile he couldn't see since he faced away, but she could see the scars on her arms and promised to herself to do her best in that effort.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn was glad Arryn couldn't see his face during the remainder of the procedure. His face was streaked with tears of pain, but he refused to make a sound. After it was over he raised his arms to let her wrap his torso, otherwise he would have shrugged. "What are a few more scars?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn thought a few seconds, then said, "Depends how you get them." She tied off the bandaging and said, "Tends to scare people away, especially kids.... That's always the worst, when kids are scared of you." She spoke from pure painful experience. Even street urchins didn't like going near her when her sleeves were short - of course, that had been in cities and villages where rumor of the banshee carved girl had spread.... She didn't anticipate it being much better anywhere else, though.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn tried to wipe his face off discreetly before turning around and smiling. "How do I look?" He knew it was a dumb question, but he wanted to try and lighten the mood a little.

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn leaned forward and kissed him slowly, wiping off a stray tear. "Handsome as ever, mo chroi." She held him close for a few moments, running her thumb over his cheek, before letting go. She smiled sweetly and said, "Did you get any other wounds?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn felt himself fall into her embrace as she held him. He should have known better than trying to hide his tears from her. He shook his head when she asked him about his wounds though. "Not that I know of."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and nodded. "Now we just have to keep up with your bloodloss and internal damage." She packed up her stuff and set it on the ground before moving under the blanket and laying down on her stomach. "We'll have to bleed you eventually so we can get the silver out... but not for a while yet."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn shivered at the thought of having to be bled, but it was necessary. He couldn't live with the silver inside him. Slowly Dayn turned around, gently placing on leg on either side of Arryn, before sitting down gently on her rump and leaning forward before brushing her hair to one side and kissing her ear. "My turn to take care of you." He pulled laid his hands on her back and slowly started to make slow, smooth strokes down her back. "I'm going to see if I can at least loosen up some of the tissue around your upper back and shoulders. If it hurts I'll stop, but I'm not going to push hard. This is just to loosen you up and help you relax." He tried to be as gentle and smooth as possible, using little pressure and long strokes to pull her muscles out and loosen her up before going back and doing some minor spot work around knots or tight areas, purposefully avoiding her bad shoulder right now. "How does that feel?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn stiffened at first, then let herself relax. Might as well try it, right? Shouldn't hurt too badly, worst case. "Pretty good. Doesn't hurt a'tall." She was interested to see if he could do anything for her shoulder, but she was also scared that it would hurt.

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn smiled as he slowly worked his way towards her shoulder. "Alright, I'm going to be very gentle. It may hurt a little because of not being worked on, but if it becomes excruciating let me know and I'll stop. As I said earlier, this is just to loosen it up. I don't plan on doing deep tissue work just yet." Dayn carefully moved his hands to her shoulder before barely pushing into the tissue, gently pulling his fingers out along each muscle before starting at the next. He could feel the scar and made sure to work a few inches away from it to try and help loosen it up, but he would address that later. "How are you love?"

 

[Dragongal]

"Kinda aches when you push on it, but it's not bad.... I think you should keep going. I'll tell you if you should stop." If this could ease the pain she still felt, that would be wonderful. Evidently, wielding whips and hanging a man were not good things to do with a sore shoulder.

 

[BookWyrm]

Good. Dayn could feel the damaged tissues and muscle fibers underneath the skin. They had built up connective tissue over time, forming a nasty collection of knots. He gently worked the surface around the scar tissue that had adhered to the fascia. If he could break that up and get down into the muscles themselves he could do the real work. Several minutes later Dayn felt around her shoulder, checking for progress. He had been able to break up a decent bit of scar tissue and realign the fascia, but there was still a good amount of work left to do before her shoulder was back to completely functionality. "If I could get in a short session every other night for about two weeks or so you should be able to lift a sword again. Now that doesn't mean full on training, but it does mean you should be able to start to get back into using it again." Dayn slowly laid down and snuggled up next to her, kissing her cheek. "Well, how was it?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled to him and tucked her head under his chin, cuddling close as she pulled up the blankets. "I mean, it hurt a little bit, felt good too, but... will it really help me lift a sword again?" The thought excited her, but she was scared that if she got her hopes up she'd be disappointed. She asked the question in a bit of disbelief and hopefulness, like a child being offered a gift.