Sei Shonagon
lord of the flies
Kaede Shimokōbe
SCENE:
Fever feast
LOCATION:
Phoenix HQ, South District
TIME:
Pre-arc 1, 2016
PARTICIPANTS:
Raquel, Kaede
Fever feast
The plastic bag swayed gently by her side as she climbed the stairs. Left and right- her palm squeezed around the strap that cut into callouses. Heavy, but not heavier than the conscience that sat atop slumped shoulders. “Hah…” One could suspect that someone had died by how exasperated her sigh came out. And well, it wasn’t completely off the marks. Her frown matched the crinkled surface of the plastic, innocuous enough with how it concealed the contents.
At least she still had shoulders for her conscience to lean upon unlike a certain someone else and luckily enough for the rookie she had owed Hector a favour. Hence why she was now standing in front of the door to the hideaway her patient had been quarantined in. The brunette raised her fist and let it knock upon the door. Silence returned it from the other side, unsurprising but still bothersome with how it forced her to intrude.
A rustle and sigh resounded from crinkled plastic and brows as she reached for the handle. Eeeek. The door opened with a creak and laid bare a dark hallway to brown eyes. She stepped in and the door closed behind her. The air was stuffy and a thin layer of dust coated the floor as if it hadn’t seen movement in days. Kaede slipped out of her shoes and put them carefully to the side. Cool floorboards unravelled instead underneath her socks as she delved further into it. Walked straight ahead and crossed the threshold to the bedroom where the rookie lay incapacitated.
She was nothing more but a child at first glance. Scrawny and pale from the feverish throes that had drained all the colour from her face. Kaede knew better than to judge a book by its cover, however, and especially so when considering that the plastic bag was meant for the girl. Besides, she didn’t want to catch the flu so a face mask was quickly put in place over the face of the Veteran.
“Hector’s mentee.” She inched closer to the bed and put her hand into her pocket.“I was asked to check in on you by Hector.” The brown eyes narrowed at a closer inspection of the youth and out from the pocket came a thermometer that approached the girl slowly. Wary, but not because of the reason one might suspect. Sure, she was afraid of getting her fingers chomped off but more so she just didn’t want to get infected with whatever was capable of knocking an HP out.
Speaking of chomping, she had heard that the girl was a bit more on the feral side, no doubt due to an unconventional upbringing, and seeing as she was in a weakened state and approached by a complete stranger- Well, if anyone had a reason to be wary here it was probably the patient in front of her. The lines between the brunette's brows eased up a bit with this in mind and she cleared her throat “Open your mouth and hold it. It’s for checking your temperature. ”.
At least she still had shoulders for her conscience to lean upon unlike a certain someone else and luckily enough for the rookie she had owed Hector a favour. Hence why she was now standing in front of the door to the hideaway her patient had been quarantined in. The brunette raised her fist and let it knock upon the door. Silence returned it from the other side, unsurprising but still bothersome with how it forced her to intrude.
A rustle and sigh resounded from crinkled plastic and brows as she reached for the handle. Eeeek. The door opened with a creak and laid bare a dark hallway to brown eyes. She stepped in and the door closed behind her. The air was stuffy and a thin layer of dust coated the floor as if it hadn’t seen movement in days. Kaede slipped out of her shoes and put them carefully to the side. Cool floorboards unravelled instead underneath her socks as she delved further into it. Walked straight ahead and crossed the threshold to the bedroom where the rookie lay incapacitated.
She was nothing more but a child at first glance. Scrawny and pale from the feverish throes that had drained all the colour from her face. Kaede knew better than to judge a book by its cover, however, and especially so when considering that the plastic bag was meant for the girl. Besides, she didn’t want to catch the flu so a face mask was quickly put in place over the face of the Veteran.
“Hector’s mentee.” She inched closer to the bed and put her hand into her pocket.“I was asked to check in on you by Hector.” The brown eyes narrowed at a closer inspection of the youth and out from the pocket came a thermometer that approached the girl slowly. Wary, but not because of the reason one might suspect. Sure, she was afraid of getting her fingers chomped off but more so she just didn’t want to get infected with whatever was capable of knocking an HP out.
Speaking of chomping, she had heard that the girl was a bit more on the feral side, no doubt due to an unconventional upbringing, and seeing as she was in a weakened state and approached by a complete stranger- Well, if anyone had a reason to be wary here it was probably the patient in front of her. The lines between the brunette's brows eased up a bit with this in mind and she cleared her throat “Open your mouth and hold it. It’s for checking your temperature. ”.
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