Take Back the Crown

Nameen only distantly heard the unusual man's offer to cure her of the venom's effects, since her interest was perked more by a certain elf quickly stopping her horse with a skid in the sand.  No amount of venom in her system could prevent her from seeing Oceana fly off of her steed to tackle their guide right off of his horse.  


While the elf collapsed into a fit of coughs, Nameen took a deep breath and attempted dismounting Santo.  The world around her started shifting again as she adjusted her position, before trying to bring one foot up and over the horse.  Once that was done, she dropped herself down onto her good foot, though much harder than she'd intended.  


Biting her lip to keep her upright, Nameen limped over to the confrontation taking place in front of her.  She immediately went for Ashtar, staring down at the guide with her her one eyed glare.  


Her words came out rough, but with a sharp edge to them. 


"I believe what she had wanted to say," Nameen gestured down at Oceana. "What was that? You say you're guide and yet you let us camp out in a giant Crawler nest? I think all of us want to hear a good reason for this." 


@Lo Alyssa @OlKaJa77 @L1d1ja
 
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Pippa glanced back at Bo and closed his eyes slowly, head bowing slightly in a reply before sitting down and exhaling slowly himself. Watching the man hop off, he snorted and walked along side him, seeing his legs were wobbly.


@soundofmind


Agitha was about to give a reply before Ashlar was tugged off the horse. Dismounting quickly she went over to his aid,"Hey! " she shouted and peeled the man away from grasping hands, her eyes wide and wild. Looking towards the others, she put one hand on Ashlar's chest and the other in the opposite direction,"The nests were underground, how as he supposed to know?! We could have been attacked anywhere in the canyon if they were underground!" she tried to speak over the shouting that everyone was exchanging. 


"Yelling and going after eachother will not heal the wounds we need to tend to. How about we deal with the hurt now and figure out what to do next after. THEN we can yell and go for throats, ya?" her moon colored eyes flicked across everyone's face sternly as the short elf kept her ground. 


Patting Ashlar's chest she turned and looked to him, her eyebrows raising under her hood silently,"The bugs are dead. We have some mages and medical supplies. We are going to find that dammed stone before we kill eachother. " throwing her hood off, she took out a pin and pinned her hair up, discarding her cloak. Shuffling through a saddle bag, she took out medical supplies and draped her cloak on the ground as a placemat. Sitting down, she looked towards the others and motioned for them to come forward. 


@all
 
            "Thank you for defending me, dear Aggie." He smiled fondly at her, grateful for her aid, "As for the accusations, allow me to clear this up. Firstly, if you'd like to blame someone I'd suggest you look at the mutt over there." He said pointing at Pippa with his thumb, and he doubted anyone would want to be angry at such a cute puppy face, "Who thought it was just a grand idea to kill a baby crawler he found, thus attracting the angry parents out of their nest who would of otherwise left us alone, not even realizing we were there. But no, he killed the youngling, whose pained cries for help alerted the whole nest of our presence." He smiled, "Secondly, if you hadn't noticed, we have been passing by openings and crevices in just about every canyon wall since we've entered this maze. This whole area is just a network of nests, and a crawler could pop out just about anywhere, even here!" He pointed at other dormant openings in the walls of the canyons that sheltered them, "I couldn't possibly know when or when we are not standing on top of an active hive. I just trusted my companions not to do anything stupid, which was clearly a mistake. If you'd all like to avoid crawlers in the future, how about not killing their babies after invading their territory, and not causing giant explosions that rock the earth?" He explained calmly, "Besides, I thought you were all well aware and prepared for danger and unexpected surprises? Or did you not realize hunting for a long lost powerful artifact would contain fatal sticky situations?"

 
Valeiah had sort of tuned everyone out after learning Ashlar's name. She started looking around for anyone who was hurt or needed her help. She soon spotted Bo falling to the ground and gently patted Mapiya so she would start walking.


Valeiah jumped off of her horse as soon as she neared him and needed down. "Where does it hurt?" She asked gently.


@soundofmind
 
"Um. My ribs. And all around here." He weakly circled his hand around the bite marks, and his stomach area. He wasn't a doctor, nor did he know much about the innards of human anatomy, so that was the best he could do to explain, besides telling her the obvious - that he was bleeding, and there was all that weird bug goop probably in his wounds by now. "Hah," he let out a huff of a laugh, holding his sides and wincing, because laughing actually hurt quite a lot. "At least I got to ride a giant dog though. I count that as a win." That, and he knew he wasn't going to let himself go down so soon, and at the pinchers of a giant bug at that. That would just be a lame death.


He patted Pippa's leg briefly, feeling oddly fond of the giant dog. It probably had to do with the fact that Pippa saved him. Probably.


@Danika @Tater
 
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"Nowhere else? Are your legs and arms okay? What about your head?" She asked. "Giant dog. Well, that's one way to fight a bunch of monster bugs, isn't it?" She glanced at Pippa.


@soundofmind
 
Foxrun glanced at the ones causing a scene this time. Hearing only something about the guide and then more about his defense. A slight chuckle would have left his lips, if not for his dry throat, I wonder if this is how it looked to the others who weren't in the other heated discussions. He then eyed the others, wounded or not, though many of them were. A deep frown settled on his face now, as the newcomer emerged and then offered aid. Taking in everything around them, he found himself not wanting any more predicaments. With that, he spoke up, somewhat quietly. "Hasn't there been enough harm done? There's no reason to rub salt in the wound. It's done. Get over it." He stated rather bluntly . "Get a grip of yourselves and look at each other. We may be roughed up, but we're alive. I think he's right." He held an open hand to Ashlar "This is their land, their territory. We should have more respect for it instead of carelessly creating rubble out of it." He cut a quick glance at Nick when mentioning that. "What did any of you really expect? They would scurry along and chirp campfire songs with us for invading their home?" Of course he was being more bitter than he intended, but his mood was turned sour and only sinking fast. "How about you suck it up like a big kid, and help the ones who need it instead of throwing your fists around?" He waved it off with a heavy sigh "now somebody tell me how to be of use. I'm not a healer in the least, but I have able hands and I'm relatively unhurt." And with that, he waited for just that, instructions.


@Lo Alyssa@any/everybody actually
 
Pippa hovered over Bo slightly, watching Valieah like a hawk. As his leg was patted his ears flicked slightly and he gave a light snort, turning his head slightly to look over to Aggie. / Hes fond of me. Know how I can tell?/


Aggie glanced over to her pet and raised a brow breifly before turning to her supplies, /How?/ grabbing her water-skin, she took a sip and started to wash her hands off with it. 


/His aura gives off a flutter. Much like yours when you talk to cute boys./ his laugh echoed in her head as she sputtered on the water in her mouth, face going a deep blue. 


@soundofmind @Danika
 
"Yes. And, well, my head is fine. My legs are just tired I think. My arms - they um, hurt for different reasons. I don't think you can... fix..." He paused, trying to figure out the best way to explain, coughing messily a few more times before he managed to do so. "I just like, strained myself magically. It hurts after a while if I push myself too hard. Has to do with magical stamina or whatever. It hurts a little less every time, but it still hurts. It should be ok after a bit though."


@Danika
 
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"I see. Well..." Valeiah set a hand on his ribs. "They're a little out of place, I'll have to shift them. It'll hurt a bit." Valeiah had to do them one by one. "I'll heal the bites first, though."


@soundofmind
 
"I'm already in pain. I don't think it'll make much difference if it helps." Bo gave a strained smile, letting her do her thing. "Whatever you think is best, doc."


@Danika
 
"Okay." Valeiah smiled back at him. "At least it isn't too many." A soft yellow glow suddenly emitted from her hand that was placed on the bite wounds. They started to close up, and the bug goop started to go away as well.


@soundofmind
 
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Nameen arched an eyebrow at Ashtar's speech, only glancing away from him momentarily to give hard looks towards the stranger Nick and the thing that passed for a dog.  She then sighed, turning back to the guide.  His explanation was reasonable enough, but in the wake of their recent escape Nameen was tired, frustrated and didn't particularly care about who was actually at fault.  


She swivled with a huff when Foxrun spoke, the jerky movement bringing forward a wave of dizziness and a fit of coughing.  She doubled over, falling to her knees when her foot couldn't hold her weight.  


@/anyone 
 
Bo watched the magical glow with interest, finding the faint light strangely peaceful, but his eyes flickered over to Nameen with worry when he saw her fall to her knees. "Nameen... she needs help too." He didn't really know who he was directing the words to, but he hoped Valeiah would be able to get to Nameen too. Or that someone else would help her.


@Danika @Rydellius
 
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Oceana struggled with letting the strange human touch her. The elf glared at him. She jerked away from his hands and got to her feet, stumbling a little. 


She wanted to scream, to tear her hair out and utter every cuss word and curse she knew but all she had was this wretched coughing and the hiss of the sand at her feet. 


Her voice was muted but her emotions were not and that made it all the more painful to bear.


A silent forest was a dangerous one and the elf felt the woods in her mind close in.


Trees; reticent sentries set to execute her doom.


Because Foxrun was right. It was her fault too. She had the excellent senses and the survival instincts to rival any predator but still had fallen prey to the dastardly desert monstrosities multiple times.


It was her weakness. Her foolishness and her oblivious, lax attitude that had gotten herself and her comrades injured.


This silence was the gods' punishment and she would bear it.


Whoever came to heal her would be angrily shooed away. 


For she deserved it.


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Valeiah looked where Bo did and saw Nameen on the ground. "I'll try and get to her if nobody else can. Let me help you first."


She used her other hand to move the broken ribs where they needed to be, which required her to push on them a little harder. She felt slightly bad, she could tell they were probably bruised.


@soundofmind
 
"Ok..." He couldn't really argue. "OH." Bo's eyes widened and he grunted when he felt the rib shift back into place. "You weren't lying about that hurting, haha." 


@Danika
 
"...Fantastic." That was a lot of broken ribs. But it wasn't surprising. The crawler did basically try to eat him.


"So how long have you been using healing magic? You're pretty  good at this stuff." 


@Danika
 
"I've been healing since I was... seven? Maybe five... I don't remember. A long time. I mastered it at age twelve, though." Valeiah responded. She popped another rib back into place and healed it.


@soundofmind
 
Lucasta glanced around the group of people, making sure everyone was accounted for and not hurt. unfortunately it seems many people were in fact injured. Including Lucas. Lucas sat on the sandy floor of the canyon, and winced in pain. the bottom of his trousers were torn, and soaked in blood. Lucasta knelt beside him, worry filled her eyes. "Lucas, are you alright?" Lucas didn't answer. Only sat still, drenched in sweat and his face pale. "Lucas...?" She placed a hand on his back. Lucas shut his eyes tight and exhaled deeply. "Lu, it hurts." he replied, pulling the end of his ripped trousers up to show a large and deep wound in his ankle. Sections of his skin around the wound were green and bubbly. Lucasta covered her mouth in horror. Not only did the wound disturb her and made her worry for Lucas even more, but the smell it gave off was rancid. Lucasta scooped Lucas in her arms and ran over to Svetlana. "Svetlana! Svetlana!" She screamed, tears streaming from her eyes. Her screams for help filled the canyon, disturbing the silence. "Please help him. He's hurt. I think the poison has spreed through his leg! He's bleeding so much, and he's so pale!" her face started to turn more red by the minute. "Please." She begged.


@Lo Alyssa
 
"Oof." It hurt for the ribs to be moved, but he knew it was helping - that, and it did feel better after. "That's impressive. Even I haven't mastered my magic, and its been decades."


@Danika
 
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wiping the liquid from her face, the dark elf exhaled and looked around to the others quietly, eyes evenly flicking over everyone. Her gaze flicked over to Oceana, her brows raising slightly. Standing up slowly, she picked up her medical supplies, her waterskin and her cloak before walking over to her. Kneeling down, she exhaled slightly and offered a kind smile as she held out a smaller water-skin,"Here." she cooed and tipped her wrist slightly. 


Raising her brows, she feld a tang in her head as Pippa tried to get in her head in which she simply pushed it back. 


( the water-skin has a soothing and healing serum in it. It has a slight watered down smoothie texture)


@OIKaJa77
 
Oceana scowled at the water skin, to Aggie, then shook her head.


A searing pain shot through her neck.


Her hand flew instantly to the wound on her neck; the skin there was bruised and blistering and the jagged cut was still leaking small trickles of blood.


The mess of blackened flesh and blood smelled disgusting and the elf tried her hardest not to faint.


Still she refused the water skin, believing with all her heart that she must deserve this wretched, silent agony. Yet, a part of her worried about the obvious infection upon her wound and she wrung her hands.


Torn between her sense of repentance and her will for self preservation, she stared at her restless hands in her lap with furrowed brows.


@Tater
 
Giving up on being civil, Dorian, who was still standing besides the elf, decided to look into what Oceana was thinking. He was tired of waiting around to make sure the elf would not start a scandal.


The familiar couldn't help but sigh at what he saw Oceana thinking.


"You are being really stupid. As in horrendously so. Please get yourself healed so I can stop babysitting your dumb self-hating ass. There was no way you could have known about the crawlers, so stop being childish and blaming yourself. And please come to your senses quick, I'm rather sure I can't feel my shredded arm anymore." He told the elf flatly, tired of picking his words or trying to seem friendly.


"She thinks she deserves the wound as some kind of idiotic justice." He then explained to Aggie.


@OlKaJa77 @Tater
 
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