Kaiku chuckled at the twos attempt to break into the ruin. They have not yet earned the honor of the shelter it provides. Kaiku pondered the next step of their test. We will see how they handle a good friend of hers.
The snake wound through the tall grass towards the boys. An odd request had been made of the great snake to visit this place and judge their resourcefulness. Neuvokas, was the mother of many snakes and she had been given the honor of becoming immortal for her kin. The wolf's request was an odd one, but seeing what the wolf had in mind to test these young ones was well thought out. The great snake waited in the weeds carefully watching them try to open the door to the ruins. They walked away from the door and were arguing over something. As they sat down at their pitiful camp. They had nothing that would keep them warm, they had little food, almost no shelter, and more than likely their friendship is straining. Slithering up closer and silently Neuvokas came right behind Merlin. Taking aim and willing a venom onto her fangs, she struck.
"Ow!" Merlin leapt up, but Neuvokas had disappeared. Immediately Merlin begins to feel dizzy.
"What?" Arthur asked looking up at Merlin.
"I," he paused sitting down. "I got bit by something." Arthur was now visibly concerned as he approached Merlin's leg.
"That doesn't look good." Said Arthur, but Merlin did not hear him. Merlin had passed out. "Merlin? Merlin? This is no time to be playing games Merlin." Arthur tried to shake him awake, Merlin groaned but did not wake up. "Merlin! I am not a physician; I don't know what to do!" Arthur now visibly panicked pulled Merlin up on the mat Merlin had made earlier. "Let's see, snake bite. What snake was it? Well of course I don't know that. The snake disappeared." Arthur stared at Merlin. "Alright let's start by looking at the wound, that's a good place to start, right Merlin?" Knowing his question wouldn't be answered Arthur tore apart part of Merlin's trousers. "Definitely a snake bite." Arthur said as he gently wiped away the blood that had now seeped out of the two puncture holes in Merlin's leg. "Also poisonous otherwise Merlin would be awake." Arthur, thinking quickly decided to try and extract the poison. Arthur grabbed one of the hollow reeds that he had pulled earlier and stuck it into one of the punctures. He then put his lips to the reed and began to suck the poison out of the wound. Once he had removed a generous amount of blood from the first puncture hole he did the same with the second. Arthur then ripped some of Merlin's shirt and tightly wrapped it over the wound. It was still bleeding through. Arthur did not notice but his eyes had started to glow bright blue as he went over to the reeds and grabbed some of the more flexible ones. He wrapped those around the wound as well and held pressure to the wound.
Arthur was not entirely sure how long he sat there holding the reeds tight against Merlin's leg. He had fallen asleep part of the way through. Always waking up and nodding off again every couple hours. Dawn had crept up on them and Arthur, exhausted, finally released the wound. He laid down on his side, sore from sitting up all night and closed his eyes. Before long he was asleep.
