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Jylat - Starting Over - Yolanda Riona - 12-18-2008 09:57 AM
Three days.
That's how long they said I'd been out for. Who else but the doctor, the nurse, the assistant nurse, the cleaning lady, the wolf with the funny hat who'd come in to drop off my breakfast, Dromar. They all sounded so scared but relieved at the same time. I didn't feel it. Or anything. Not even as Dromar reamed me like my foster parents before him for what madness that stunt had been. Okay, so perhaps I felt guilty for that. But it didn't wash over me like the numbness I had felt since waking up.
After Dromar felt satisfied by his lecture, which he had all rights to give, it had been he who gave me the update on everything. Most of it I already had known, but I found out quickly that the doctors thought I'd have amnesia. I quickly told him no, that ran rampantly into a big argument over whether or not I did and if I was really feeling alright or not and that I should take more care of myself. Suffice to say, he had to ask me what he was originally talking about in the end before he could continue on what he really had to say.
In the end, I got an unnecessary recap of what had happened to the city before he finally reached what I wanted to hear. We were currently in Jylat, a small town in the mountains north of Never Lake. This was where his parents lived and where we'd have to stay until he got himself a job. He'd been hunting, but things don't just land on you in three day's time. Riarios was doing better. His right calf was broken though, his left ankle sprained. It would take him a while to heal up, but he was alive and that's all that mattered to me.
And then there was news of my own condition. Least to say?
I had a month to live.
And that was if I was lucky.
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The wheels of the rickety wheelchair I'd decked myself out with groaned in protest as I made for the highest hill in the park. It wasn't much of a park, mind you. The trees were spread thin compared to the ones I'd seen back home. Still, it was a park and that was one of the best places to go when you wanted to feed your escapism. At least it'd always been that way with me.
It took another five minutes or so to actually reach the peak of the hill, but the scenery below paid off the effort I'd made to get there. You'd think that I wouldn't have been able to do anything like this in my condition, but painkillers work like magic. At least for the few hours I'd be up there. So, I sat there, glad to be away from Dromar's out-of-character-esque bounds of worry and chaste. Just catching a breather. Still have to live while I can, right?
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Links Tyrell - 12-18-2008 10:16 AM
For Links, Jylat was a home he was glad to be in. All his life had been full of uncertainty, questions and trials but here in Jylat life was simple and calm. Of course the recent events in Capitol had taken their toll even in the quiet village. People had been rushing all over, panic had been widespread and of course his soulmate had been worried sick.
He looked over at her now, the black and white feline walking slowly along beside him, his right arm wrapped in both of hers and her head resting on his shoulder. Links was ageing and he knew it, he was neither as strong nor as fast as he once had been...but the feline by his side made it all seem right. He never felt as content as when he was with her and he had a feeling she felt the same way about him.
At present they were wandering through the park, a slight chill on the air as it lightly brushed past them. Links' mind wasn't concentrating on his surroundings though, they were simply floating as they normally did. His senses were still alert though and a unusual groaning sound caught his attention.
Glancing to his side he spotted a young looking vixen in a wheelchair struggling up a hill. He stopped to watch her, the feline beside him looking up as he did, "Is something wrong Links?"
"She's new, can't say I've seen her in Jylat before." he replied, nodding his head towards Jodie and pointing the tip of his staff, now used more as a comfortable walking aid, in the same direction.
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Yolanda Riona - 12-18-2008 05:00 PM
My ears flickered as they caught a pair of nearby voices. Other than that though, I didn't it give much thought. They were probably a couple on a quiet outing away from their busy home. If this town ever really was busy. Compared to Capitol, it was complacent, earthy, and lazy. Everyone seemed to move so slow. It made me feel anxious, but I had to keep calm.
I settled myself to stare up above at the mountains encompassing the town. To be honest, they were far more interesting than the woods. They reminded me of the skyscrapers back home. I could almost hear the crowd of people bustling along the streets, the cars flying by, their horns set in an off key chorus. That had been my life for years. I wanted to go back to it, but that was impossible. But thinking about it just...
I'd fallen out of the chair before I'd even realized it, clutching my hands behind my neck and rubbing it there vigorously. Taking in deep breaths to quell the pain, trying to blank my mind.
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Links Tyrell - 12-19-2008 07:34 AM
Links and Alindel had returned their attention to their walk before a thud caught their ears causing both to look round. Links quickly pulled a concerned face as Alindel gasped and clasped her hands to her mouth. She quickly released Links' arm and took off at a jog up the hill, lifting the hem of her dress slightly to avoid falling over. Links took a moment longer to react but followed on behind her at the same pace.
As Alindel neared Jodie she called out, "Goodness! Are you alright? Here let me help you!" The feline came to a stop next to Jodie and knelt down next to her. Links arrived a moment later, pausing as he looked at the fox...something familiar was on the air...literally.
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Yolanda Riona - 12-19-2008 07:51 AM
"I'm okay. Really."
The pain subsided as quickly as it came. At the very least, I'd become accustom to stopping it shortly afterward so as not to cause a scene every time it acted up. I knew it was getting worse. I could feel it. But for what it was worth, I wasn't going to let it stop me from enjoying this day. I remained grounded for a moment more, then slowly climbed up on my feet and back into the chair. To be honest, if Dromar hadn't been so worried, I would have left it behind. But I knew it was a small compromise for the hell I had put him through.
My attention finally settled on the pair: one a blank and white feline, the other a fox like myself. At least from first glance, but I didn't really bother to care for full details of his heritage. I felt a little out of place and awkward. Hadn't really talked to any of the townsfolk, to be honest. But I pinched out a smile.
"Uh, nice weather we're having? Didn't think fall was around the corner just yet though."
Bad joke. Bad, bad joke. But then, I didn't really care. I just didn't want these guys worrying about me.
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Links Tyrell - 12-19-2008 08:11 AM
Alindel pulled a scorning face out of habit at both the joke and Jodie's response, "Okay? Really my dear, you wouldn't be in a wheelchair if you were okay." She stopped before she started though, she didn't want to lecture a stranger who seemed to resent her condition whatever it was.
Links on the other hand stepped forward and gave her a curious look. "You have magical talents don't you? I can feel it...and what's more if I'm not mistaken it is elemental air magic isn't it...?"
Alindel looked round with a slightly shocked expression before looking back at Jodie.
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Yolanda Riona - 12-19-2008 08:28 AM
I relieved my forced smile to a more sheepish grin. I hadn't meant this cat any worry, but it looked like the remark I'd made only took it to the next level. She reminded me of my mother and I almost shared the same retort as I had practically memorized from the arguments she and I had shared. That's when the fox had stepped in.
I raised an eyebrow as I looked his way. Feel? How? It sounded like some fairytale jibber jabber to me, but I wasn't about to say that to someone I just met. Especially when he was right. But...
"How would you know that?"
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Links Tyrell - 12-19-2008 08:42 AM
Links rose his hand slowly, glanced at it and then looked back at Jodie. Without moving lines of gaseous material began to zip round his hand until they started to make rings around his hand. Turning his hand over he flicked his finger in Jodie's direction. The gaseous lines vanished but a gust of wind swept past Jodie like sticking your head in front of a fan.
"That's how...although there's something that's not quite right." Links rose an eyebrow slightly, one of the most visible emotions he had shown thus far. Alindel remained quiet, it was not often that Links spoke like this.
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Yolanda Riona - 12-19-2008 09:16 AM
I scratched my head slightly at his demonstration. I wasn't completely sure what he meant, but I had felt this weird tingling sensation as that breeze passed me by. It was a feeling I realized I'd been missing for nearly two weeks now, overtaken by the bouts of pressure I repeatedly succumbed to throughout the day. I hadn't really wanted to admit to it to anyone. Dromar had been easy to avoid. He didn't really know much about my skill. It was Riarios I usually talked to about it, if even just vaguely. I hadn't said a word to him though lately because I didn't want him to worry. In the end, I thought I was just kidding myself. But the fox's gesture was finally proof enough.
I turned my head away.
"I noticed it, too. Though I don't know what caused it."
RE: Jylat - Starting Over - Links Tyrell - 12-19-2008 09:34 AM
Links grunted slightly and fell silent, the elderly fox seemingly thinking. There was a short pause during which Alindel looked between them both a few times. "Well! If you're ill young lady you shouldn't be out in the cold alone! I'll help you home, come on now." Alindel seemed quite firm about her suggestion, not in a patronising way but her voice definitely held a 'you should know better' element to it.