Veronica rush forward, letting him fall against her as she gently and somewhat awkwardly scooped him up in her arms, taking him over to a soft patch of grass just outside of the memorial, carefully laying him down.
Katrin hastily followed them, kneeling beside Theo "Looks like Samuel tried to astral project out, but due to Theo's inability to perform such a task, it only really manage a very faint ghost like form, draining the remainder of his energy left over from his, in quick succession, transformations to and from wolf form." she explained whilst gave him a quick examination, "He should be okay after some rest, but if he feel particularly weak or drained, tell him to drink this..." she added handing Veronica a small vial of a vivid orange concoction.
"Thanks Kat..." Veronica replied distractedly, her eyes still locked on Theo...
Katrin placed a hand on her shoulder "Chin up Sis, everything is going to be okay, you'll see" she reassured softly, gently patting her before returning into the inner circle of the monument.
Sighing deeply, she pulled a blanket of soft mosses, fallen leaves and flowers from the undergrowth, covering him with it, making sure he was comfortable, and joining the others.
"Oh stop looking so hard done by Ayanna, we've seen what the fuzzy man's influence does to you," Ezekiel teased, his expression daring her to disagree with what she herself knew was true "no matter how hard you deny it, he knows just how to slip past your armour and strike at your heart..."
"Even you have to admit that knowing Samuel's soul not only safe but so potentially close eases your mind, no matter how densely this doubtfully fog is settling in, you have to be able to see that much" Benjamin added, taking the opportunity to throw his two cents in before she allowed herself to clam up once more "We'll always be here for you, just give the crazy coffin crafter a second chance, lord knows he's been bending over backwards trying to get your attention"
"As to what Ben said, he hasn't only been bending backwards~ he's been avoiding walls, on her lap, trapped by a plant~" Midnight grinned. "need I say more?" he gave her nose a playful poke. "call us any time~"
"Honestly, what have you got to lose?" Luciana added, wiggling her eyes suggestively...
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It had been hours since her friends had left once more, Veronica still remained at the memorial ground, lunging back on a hammock made of surrounding plant life, wiling away the time, lightly napping as she waited for Theo to awaken. Well that was the initial idea, but by this time she had slipped into the deepest sleep she has been able to achieve in over 100 years...
Well that was until the violent rocking of the hammock forced her back into the world of consciousness, just to find that the cause of the rocking was Theo attempting to get on the hammock.
"What are you doing?" she croaked lightly, watching him through heavily lidded eyes...
Theo froze mid attempt, hearing her voice, his leg suspended in the arm as he gripped the sides, comically trying to keep really still... seemingly as though he thought if he if he stayed perfectly still she would loose interest and go back to sleep. A plan that was bound to fail, even without the added feature that ended up, quite literally, knocking him on his ass... the still swing hammock.
Veronica lazily looked around the edge of her unconventional bed, but he had already recovered, popping back up behind her like a over enthusiastic daisy... moving straight into staging another try, success fully climbing in by her side.
"Excuse me, who said your are allowed in here Rex?"
Theo cuddled up to her side, resting his head on her shoulder "No one, but you see I'm the kind of creature that likes curling up on the bed, keeping my obviously lonely friend company~" he mused softly, playfully lick her cheek.
Pulling a face as she wiped her cheek with the back of her hand "You're resilient, I give you that..." she replied with a frown. For a long few moments she thought about pushing him off, but what was the point, he'd just cling on tighter next time... Veronica sighed as she just closed her eyes, reserving herself to the moment... it was hardly the most unpleasant feeling in the world.
"So how are you feeling?" she inquired trying to sound nonchalant, but not quite managing it... she was genuinely worried about him after his collapse.
Theo was taken back by her actions, he expected to be pushed away, back onto his ass at the first opportunity she had got, but instead he got thinly veiled concern... she didn't exactly wrap her arms round him, but this new tolerance was enough for now.
"A little tired, but can't really complain" he admitted, looking up at her... "How are you?"
Veronica opened her mouth to answer only to have her attention drawn away, by the strange burning sensation in her chest... her ledger? Pulling it out she found she was late for an assignment... "Damn it! I've got to go..." she exclaimed, hastily climbing of the hammock, fighting her way out of the unruly curl of matter, and running off... the last thing she needed was something like that to smudge her near perfect record. It would draw too much attention to her...
Leaving Theo to drop face first still lightly swinging length of leafy matter, breathing in the soft flowery scent she had left behind... cursing the reapers, the fates and everything else he could think off, for not allow him to explore this new development further.
There could only be one upside to this, that soon he would have a fresh corpse to work with and another one of Veronica's beautiful silver roses waiting for him...
A/n: Sorry for the extra short chapter but that is just how the ideas fell I'm afraid...