Shock
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[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
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Angst
Jan 28, 2008 18:28:20 GMT -8
Post by Shock on Jan 28, 2008 18:28:20 GMT -8
Skyheart kind of shrugged, a guilty look on his face. "N-nothin," he stammered, nervously tugging on the ends if his sleeves. He didn't like people knowing when he cut himself, but he was also very bad at hiding it. While he was fiddling with his sleeves, blood got on his hands, and he quickly tried to wipe it off before Barrel could notice.
Jack kissed Sally lightly on the head. "Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault at all," he muttered to her, keeping his long arms wrapped around her. "I-I d-du-dunno," Shock choked out, looking very pale and eyes half closed. Her chest hurt furiously from the bullet wounds, and it was getting increasingly harder to breathe. She looked up...and noticed the large red button labeled 'OFF'. ((XD The off button!))
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Barrel
Henchman
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Angst
Jan 28, 2008 19:32:36 GMT -8
Post by Barrel on Jan 28, 2008 19:32:36 GMT -8
However, Barrel noticed. He was good at noticing stuff like that. He eyed Skyheart's hands with a frown. "You shouldn't do that," he said, pretty much ignoring the fact that he himself cut himself at times and had been told multiple times to stop. "You don't wanna scar up. It's not cool."
"I just wonder how they got into the lab and unlocked my door without Finklestein noticing," Sally said softly, snuggling closer to the skeleton. Lock yelped as yet another bullet hit him. The traps were becoming a nuisance. And their attacks hurt. He glanced at Shock. Now curious, he looked up to see what she was looking at... and groaned. "I can't believe I forgot that he had an off button!" Lock groaned. He hopped up and slammed his fist on said button, causing the traps to stop their activity.
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Shock
Henchman
%7C-On the Wings of a Dream-%7C
[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
Posts: 7,954
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Angst
Jan 28, 2008 19:51:10 GMT -8
Post by Shock on Jan 28, 2008 19:51:10 GMT -8
"I know, but it distracts me when I'm upset about something," Skyheart muttered back. Now that Barrel knew, Skyheart more openly clasped his right hand around his left wrist to step the flow, but not having enough strength to do more than cover the cuts. Meanwhile, his right hand continued to bleed, blood running down his palm and the top of his hand.
"They are the town's best trick or treaters, I'm sure they can manage to be quiet now and then to pull a prank or two," Jack muttered, not happy about that fact, but it was fact, he couldn't deny that. Shock's head lolled forward, eyes unfocused. She was just barely able to make herself keep breathing. Especially when her insides were clenching in fear. "Hold me," she whimpered in pain and terror, voice faint.
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Barrel
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Angst
Jan 28, 2008 20:40:44 GMT -8
Post by Barrel on Jan 28, 2008 20:40:44 GMT -8
"Listen. Scarring is not good. You'd better clean those," Barrel warned. "Scars show that you've been doing that. Trust me on that. Laura doesn't really like it. At least, she doesn't like me doing it."
"I know," Sally sighed. "I just should've been expecting something like that. For some reason, I seem to be one of their favorite victims. I don't know why, either." She didn't even think of the fact that she was close to Jack or the fact that she didn't snitch on them. "I... can't..." Lock gasped. His sudden movement when he slammed on the "off" button had lodged the bullets deeper into the muscles of his back, which made it painful and quite difficult to move properly. "Wait... I'll try..." He staggered towards Shock, wincing as he lifted his arms a little bit and tried to wrap them around his cohort. (I saw that and immediately thought of Kim and Ed. Not sure if that was intentional or not. >_>)
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Shock
Henchman
%7C-On the Wings of a Dream-%7C
[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
Posts: 7,954
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Angst
Jan 29, 2008 4:56:00 GMT -8
Post by Shock on Jan 29, 2008 4:56:00 GMT -8
Skyheart nodded, but his hands were shaking too badly and too weak to actually do anything about it. "C-could you...help me?" he asked, eyes lowered. He didn't want to ask, but he couldn't do it on his own. I mean, if he couldn't even grab his own wrist properly, how would he go about cleaning it?
Jack thought. "Well, I don't know why that is," he also overlooked that Sally was close to him and never snitched. "Maybe you should just stay near me for a while though, okay?" Shock's eyes were almost completely closed due to the strain it was to breathe properly. She coughed weakly, and a little blood spattered out of her mouth. It was getting harder and harder to breathe. Being moved at all was painful, but she tried not to show it. The foot that was still caught in the trap was all but dead at this point because she'd lost so much blood from it, and because she had a feeling the trap had broke it.
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Barrel
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Angst
Jan 29, 2008 5:40:45 GMT -8
Post by Barrel on Jan 29, 2008 5:40:45 GMT -8
"Hmm?" Barrel glanced over at Skyheart sleepily. "Oh. Yeah, sure. I'll help. Go get something to clean 'em out with and bring it here." He really just wanted to fall asleep right then, but he could be nice and help out.
Sally gave a tiny nod. "I can do that," she said softly. Stay near Jack? That's pretty much all she wanted to do anyways. Except when Jack was meeting up with the Mayor, of course. She usually tried to stay away from the whiny man. Lock finally managed to get his arms completely around Shock, hissing as pain coursed through his back. He gave her a tight hug. "You're not gonna die, right?" he asked, trembling a little. He didn't want her to die!
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Shock
Henchman
%7C-On the Wings of a Dream-%7C
[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
Posts: 7,954
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Angst
Jan 29, 2008 14:15:50 GMT -8
Post by Shock on Jan 29, 2008 14:15:50 GMT -8
Skyheart stayed where he was though, for a moment. It took him a moment to get enough in him to stand, then he wandered off in search of something that would help in cleaning cuts. Silly kit, his sister would say. She was suggest herbs that would keep infection away, not to mention she had her own powers that healed. But he couldn't tell his sister he'd been cutting himself. He finally tore a chunk of cloth from the shirt he wore under his blue collared shirt. It took him several moments of trying to do it with his hands before letting a little bit of his cat form come out, using his sharp teeth to rip it off. But, along with this, came cat ears the same color as his hair, and he didn't have enough energy to go back to full human at the moment.
Jack smiled, then stood, offering his hand to help Sally up. "For now, let's go back to town before everyone has a heartattack from me being gone for more than five minutes," he said with laughter in his voice. "Mousebrain! Don't do that! You'll drive the bullets in further!" a voice hissed, and Frostkit skidded into view, dark black fur askew and breathless from running. Don't ask how she knew. "Move over, you're not dying," she hissed, trying to get closer so that she could see what she could do for Shock. Whatever she did probably wouldn't be pain-free, but most likely if she acted then Shock would live, though she might have a fever for a while to fight off any infection.
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Barrel
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Angst
Jan 29, 2008 15:58:54 GMT -8
Post by Barrel on Jan 29, 2008 15:58:54 GMT -8
Once Skyheart left, Barrel drooped a bit, exhausted. "I'll just close my eyes for a little bit," he decided, quickly dozing off. He wasn't fully asleep, but not completely awake either.
Sally scowled a little at that statement. It was true. The citizens- well, mainly the Mayor- seemed to freak out whenever Jack went out of their sight. To be honest, that annoyed her a little bit. But then again, she knew what it was like before she and Jack got together, so she shouldn't be complaining, not even to herself. She knew it was like that, and probably had been for years before she was even created. Lock blinked, startled by Frostkit's sudden appearance. He let go of Shock, wincing as his arms fell limply to his sides as he backed away. Sure, it hurt. But he decided that he could be a man and deal with it. "Don't do what?" he wanted to know.
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Shock
Henchman
%7C-On the Wings of a Dream-%7C
[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
Posts: 7,954
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Angst
Jan 29, 2008 17:19:55 GMT -8
Post by Shock on Jan 29, 2008 17:19:55 GMT -8
Skyheart slunk back to Barrel, ears drooping slightly. He wasn't sleepy-tired, just loss-of-blood tired. He would have tried to do it himself, but he couldn't even get a tight grip on the cloth.
Jack looked puzzled. "What's wrong?" he asked, not missing her scowl. He was used to it, even if it annoyed him sometimes. "Don't hug her so tightly!" Frostkit hissed. "Mousebrain! Now, let's see..." she gently stuck one paw into one of the bullet wounds, causing Shock to wince in pain. "There, found it," Frostkit muttered. She'd used her powers to merge all the bullets into one. Now she tugged sharply on the bullet, causing Shock to shriek in pain, but also pulling it out in one vicious tug. She then used her powers to stop the internal bleeding. The rest of it would have to heal on its own. Shock was limp, panting exhaustedly.
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Barrel
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Angst
Jan 29, 2008 18:03:16 GMT -8
Post by Barrel on Jan 29, 2008 18:03:16 GMT -8
Barrel jerked awake, forcing his eyes to open. He stared blankly up at Skyheart, then shook himself fully awake. "Back already?" he asked sleepily as he sat up. "Come here. And give me that."
Sally gave a small sigh. "Nothing," she replied with a smile. "Nothing's wrong. Come on, let's go back to town." Lock glared at Frostkit. "You'd better not have hurt her," he grumbled, but didn't bother trying to go attack the cat. First of all, he was horrible at fighting, and second, he wasn't sure if he'd be able to at the moment in his current state. He probably could, but it would hurt so much it wouldn't be worth it.
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