The crowd was beginning to sift as Rena ran towards the small medical building. They were chatting among themselves, but she could pick up bits and pieces, like "poor guy". She ran faster at the thought. Trying to dodge a merchandise cart, she tripped on its edge and landed hard on the ground.
"Ma'am, you ok?"
"I'll...be fine..."
Forget it, Struggle on. Someone else needs help more then you do. She ran again, albeit at a slower pace.
When she finally reached the building, only two people were still with the unconcious youth. The doctor, who was seemingly puzzled; and Chris, who'd fetched the doctor and carried Claude here. There was a calm atmosphere in the room, just like any medical office you've ever been in before.
In the center table he lay barely breathing, in striped robes. His hair still had streaks of blood mixing in with the blonde. His eyes quivered, dreaming. Nightmares? Rena shuddered at the thought. Oh, Claude!
Chris turned to face her.
"So you've come."
Rena turned, almost angrily.
"Of course I did! All I heard was Claude was a bloody heap in the middle of Cross! What happened?"
"No one really knows. I was talking to him about the-"
He turned to see the doctor staring intently at the pair, obviously bored with trying to diagnose Claude's condition.
"About the thing...you asked me to talk to him about. He seemed a little hazy during the whole conversation, though. He was staring at the sunset at first. I told him I'd already seen the sun set before, he said 'never like this'. Do you know what he's talking about?"
Rena scratched her head, visibly confused. "Nuh-uh."
"He also said...what was it? 'How many years' or something of the like. And he just kept staring, like he was on another world. It took me a minute or two to even get eye contact with him." Chris chuckled and looked down at Claude. Then, without warning, spun around to the doctor. "So, how does it look for Claude here?"
The doctor, startled, quickly returned to his research. "Nothing unusual as far as I can tell. I need to run a few blood samples before I-"
::Hummmmm::
The two turned to see Rena standing over Claude, hands streched out above his body. A light white glow was radiating from the girl, showering Claude with warm light. His whole body seemed to glow for a moment. Then, he streched in his sleep and rolled off the bed onto the floor, still soundly asleep.
The doctor was the only unfazed one in the room, who seemed to lose interest in the event several seconds after it started, and was now fiddling with a polished stone that acted as his paperweight.
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"Am I breathing?
Uhhhh-huh, Uhhhh-huh..."
"Apparently so, but where is my mouth?
Where are my lungs?
Where is my body?"
"Why is it so dark...
All I can hear is Rena's voice.
Rena. Why. Where are you?"
"Why weren't you there today...we could've been so happy..."
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::CRASH::
"Watch where you're going!"
"Why don't YOU watch where you're going!?"
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?! I'm standing still!"
"Sure, blame it on the woman, then!"
"You bitch!"
People are so rude nowadays, Celine thought as she walked down the street from the palace. No wonder I never go on any adventurers anymore. I can't even go 50 steps without getting into a fight with someone. But then again, is it MY fault the world is a very mean place to live?
I mean, a girls gotta know how to defend herself, right?
She walked by the flower shop, by the medical office buildings, by the courtyard...nothing was quite as enthralling anymore as being pretty pampered princess back in the castle. If I can't go save the world again, I better get every damn thing I want when I stay at home.
::Vhoosh::
::Snap::
"EEEEEEIKK!"
The vhoosh was an unknown...something...coming right at the back of Celines head.
The slap was the assailants wristbone being snapped into small pieces.
The shriek came from the assailant, who obviously didn't like pain very much.
She turned around, wrist still in hand, to face her assaulter.
"Hello, my name is Celine. Your name is now 'Bitch'. Welcome to Cross."
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"Ma'am, you ok?"
"I'll...be fine..."
Forget it, Struggle on. Someone else needs help more then you do. She ran again, albeit at a slower pace.
When she finally reached the building, only two people were still with the unconcious youth. The doctor, who was seemingly puzzled; and Chris, who'd fetched the doctor and carried Claude here. There was a calm atmosphere in the room, just like any medical office you've ever been in before.
In the center table he lay barely breathing, in striped robes. His hair still had streaks of blood mixing in with the blonde. His eyes quivered, dreaming. Nightmares? Rena shuddered at the thought. Oh, Claude!
Chris turned to face her.
"So you've come."
Rena turned, almost angrily.
"Of course I did! All I heard was Claude was a bloody heap in the middle of Cross! What happened?"
"No one really knows. I was talking to him about the-"
He turned to see the doctor staring intently at the pair, obviously bored with trying to diagnose Claude's condition.
"About the thing...you asked me to talk to him about. He seemed a little hazy during the whole conversation, though. He was staring at the sunset at first. I told him I'd already seen the sun set before, he said 'never like this'. Do you know what he's talking about?"
Rena scratched her head, visibly confused. "Nuh-uh."
"He also said...what was it? 'How many years' or something of the like. And he just kept staring, like he was on another world. It took me a minute or two to even get eye contact with him." Chris chuckled and looked down at Claude. Then, without warning, spun around to the doctor. "So, how does it look for Claude here?"
The doctor, startled, quickly returned to his research. "Nothing unusual as far as I can tell. I need to run a few blood samples before I-"
::Hummmmm::
The two turned to see Rena standing over Claude, hands streched out above his body. A light white glow was radiating from the girl, showering Claude with warm light. His whole body seemed to glow for a moment. Then, he streched in his sleep and rolled off the bed onto the floor, still soundly asleep.
The doctor was the only unfazed one in the room, who seemed to lose interest in the event several seconds after it started, and was now fiddling with a polished stone that acted as his paperweight.
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"Am I breathing?
Uhhhh-huh, Uhhhh-huh..."
"Apparently so, but where is my mouth?
Where are my lungs?
Where is my body?"
"Why is it so dark...
All I can hear is Rena's voice.
Rena. Why. Where are you?"
"Why weren't you there today...we could've been so happy..."
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::CRASH::
"Watch where you're going!"
"Why don't YOU watch where you're going!?"
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?! I'm standing still!"
"Sure, blame it on the woman, then!"
"You bitch!"
People are so rude nowadays, Celine thought as she walked down the street from the palace. No wonder I never go on any adventurers anymore. I can't even go 50 steps without getting into a fight with someone. But then again, is it MY fault the world is a very mean place to live?
I mean, a girls gotta know how to defend herself, right?
She walked by the flower shop, by the medical office buildings, by the courtyard...nothing was quite as enthralling anymore as being pretty pampered princess back in the castle. If I can't go save the world again, I better get every damn thing I want when I stay at home.
::Vhoosh::
::Snap::
"EEEEEEIKK!"
The vhoosh was an unknown...something...coming right at the back of Celines head.
The slap was the assailants wristbone being snapped into small pieces.
The shriek came from the assailant, who obviously didn't like pain very much.
She turned around, wrist still in hand, to face her assaulter.
"Hello, my name is Celine. Your name is now 'Bitch'. Welcome to Cross."
~