tushanshu_logs | I was Looking for a Breath of Life

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I was Looking for a Breath of Life

Characters: Valdis and Gene to start, others to follow
Date: March 26th
Location: The farmlands outside the city
Situation: Valdis' patience is at its limits, she hasn't slept in days, the nightmares are becoming worse and her thoughts are twisting into shadows.
Warnings/Rating: There will be blood...

The large hound ran across the back of the turtle at full speed, testing her agility, trying to keep her mind off the reoccurring nightmares and the evolution of her strange illness. She slowed as she approached the farmlands, sitting on the edge of a field to watch as people worked. Familiar and unfamiliar scents filled the air, but she ignored them all, losing herself in her thoughts. She was tired and not from running, it felt deeper than that and if her suspicions were correct, then it was also deeply disturbing. To say she was frustrated would be an understatement, she felt more on edge, agitated and anxious. She had a terrible feeling that it wouldn't take much to set her off and worst of all, she felt detached from herself, her normally sharp senses muted and dull.

She had been trying to pretend that nothing was wrong, it was easier than facing the truth. Lying to herself and others was so much simpler. Denial kept her going, acceptance would only cause more pain. Her head began to hurt and her vision darkened, the feelings of detachment intensified as her irises shifted color. She suddenly felt energized again, craving a release, she simply needed a reason.

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[ A brought flash of purple light and smoke landed Vergil with Valdis in his arms, and Wan holding onto his upper arm outside of the healers guild. Bring two others took a lot more of his power than he had anticipated but he was far too proud to show weakness. He did not wait, merely made his way inside. ]

[Wan followed after, releasing Vergil's arm, but staying just a step behind him, his focus on Valdis.]

Is Raine here?

[He called out as they entered, making his preference for who was to do the healing known.]

[Raine is there, as it happens, though she looks like she may have been on her way out, judging by her purposeful pace as she emerges from the halls leading deeper into the Guild. At Wan's voice she looks up; at the sight of Valdis, she's visibly startled, then actually breaks into a run to cross to them.]

What happened?

[This is the second time inside about a month she's had to deal with a half-dead Valdis, and at least one of the people involved is the same. This is now a pattern, and one Raine dislikes a *lot*. But... on closer examination, Valdis doesn't look injured, just unconscious, which is the only reason Raine isn't instantly casting. Still a problem, just a different one.]

[ Vergil kept her in his arms, at least until he was told where to put her or who to hand her off too. He was certainly sure this looked bad on his part. Oh well, cant win them all.]

She told me she lost a lot of blood. She hit her head pretty hard as well after falling down an embankment. I do not know if it was blood loss, or insanity speaking, but she spoke of the barrier of her soul deteriorating. Whatever that means. Then she fainted.

[ His voice was cold as he laid out what had happened. He looked to Wan. After all he only knew half of the story.]

It wasn't either of those.

[Wan shook his head, crossing his arms.]

She's not insane and it wasn't the blood loss. There's a barrier between her soul and the darkness within her. If the barrier falls, the darkness will consume her soul.

[He looked at Raine.]

She was loosing the fight before Nelo Angelo found her.

[Wan defaulted to the name he was more familiar with for the man out of habit rather than maliciousness.]

She was attacking Gene when I found her. I forced some of the darkness back, I think. She started looking dizzy and physically ill and wasn't able to attack while I did it. But I had to stop to save Gene. Tony should be bringing him, I don't know if he's gotten here yet.

[Raine presses her free hand briefly to her forehead, like this will stave off the oncoming headache. That's all she allows herself, though; there are more pressing issues to hand than her despair of Valdis achieving stability. All business now]

She seems physically fine, at least; I assume her regeneration kicked in? Bring her this way.

[Soul problems are mostly beyond her pay grade, as it were, unfortunately, but she has a few possibilities. She leads them back into the halls, turning off at the first open room for a place to put Valdis. On the way she catches one of the kedan who works there with her, warns them that there may be about to be a very injured Foreigner in the lobby and perhaps they should be ready for that.]

[At Wan:]

So you think that barrier is degrading? How did you push that darkness back, and could you repeat it, should it be necessary?

I saw her hit a tree after she fell down the embankment. That is when she started to stumble and fell over. That is merely what I am trying to say. I am giving the information as I know it.

[ He sounds irritated because he is irritated. He hates not having all of the facts. It is due to Dante that he feels he has to watch out for her as it was. He looked back to Wan a second as the two talked then followed as Raine instructed. This is not his area of expertise so he's just staying quiet and carrying her.]

I focused on the light and peace of my own soul and used the connection Valdis and I have to try and calm her with it.

[He said as he glanced at Nelo-Vergil. He offered the man a smile, hoping to defuse the frustration.]

I don't think she was trying to imply you weren't. You've done a great service by finding her and bringing her here. Thank you.

[He meant every word, but his attention was quickly back to Raine.]

I can do it again, but I can't keep it up indefinitely. I had to stop before because Gene was bleeding out and I couldn't risk putting off healing him any longer.

[It was more than obvious in his tone that he really wished he could have. Valdis was enough of a priority to him that he would have been fine with letting Gene lay there with his injuries if he'd thought the man would survive them without help.]

As long as she's stable for now...

[Raine shakes her head, indicates that Vergil should put Valdis down. It's no bed, just an examination table; she'll move the woman later if she needs to keep her there long-term.]

[There are a few moments where Raine looks curiously blank, like her focus is somewhere else entirely. She's paying attention to something no one else in the room can feel. There's something very wrong about Valdis' mana, beyond the typical not-quite-human strangeness. Not typical, even for Valdis. She supposes this is the darkness Wan mentioned. In a moment she attends to the conversation again.]

...light, hmm. There's one thing I can try right away, but the problem may require something a bit more precise than simply refreshing her mana. Wan, is there any more detail you can give me regarding the barrier? And are either of you injured as well?

[ Vergil moved to lay here down on the examination table as Raine instructed. A nod given to Wan. He's at least glad of that. Dante had been right about the man, at least. Wan didnt seem like someone that even Vergil could stay pissed at, hell he didnt even have a reason to be.

he stepped out of the way so the other two could talk and figure out what to do.]

I'm fine.

[Wan assumed Vergil was since he didn't say anything. The only blood on him probably belonged to Valdis. Or Gene.]

I can't really give you more. I only know what she's told me about it. How it effects her. And how I effect her. Our souls were joined once, briefly. We're pretty sure that's the only reason I have any power over her in the way that I do.

[One less thing to worry about. Good.]

Your souls were--?

[Raine cuts herself off. Fascinating, but not directly relevant enough to merit an aside for interrogation, except perhaps in one respect.]

If that power extends in any way to a sense of what state she's in, that would be helpful.

[She does not, however, wait for a response, rather starts concentrating. White light in sharp, angular patterns circles her feet.]

This shouldn't be detrimental, and if not helpful will at least give me some idea how to proceed. Resurrection.

[And prismatic wings descend briefly over Valdis, before all the light Raine's generated vanishes.]

[ Vergil stayed silent just soaking in the information being shared, though he kept his eyes to Valdis. Thinking just how pissed off Dante would be if he knew about this. Not at her, Vergil doubted the man could ever be mad at a woman he loved, but at Vergil for not finding a way to prevent it. he was supposed to be smart, supposed to be the powerful one. Yet, these things happen.

Though he did watch as Raine cast her spells, that was interesting to him. Magic always had benen.]

[The effect isn't immediate, but within moments, Valdis stirs slightly and utters three words in her native tongue.]

Barrieren er brutt.

[Then her eyes open, but she appears panicked as she sits up. Her pupils are dilated, showing only a hint of green around the thin edges.]

Fadir is dead. Anton er død
.

[It is like she doesn't see them, as if she is only half awake. She tries to move from the table as she speaks, her voice thick with fear, but the moment she stands, she simply collapses to the floor, unconscious once again.]

[Wan was hovering near Valdis as soon as she stirred, getting close but trying not to crowd her. He was hopeful when she started to stand, but the collapse had him daring in to catch her before her head hit the floor. He couldn't stop her fall entirely and he didn't try to. He caught her by the shoulders after the rest of her was down, sliding in on his knees so he could let her slump against him.]

Did she just ask for Anton?

[That? That was a little disturbing. This is perhaps the least positive reaction she's ever had to Resurrection. Fixing Valdis is going to take something more. Though at least it seems she's on the right track.]

Faðir-- I think that's something she calls him.

[Raine bites her lip. That's probably just a dream, disorientation, but all the same it's cause for worry. And in any case, Anton's presence can't hurt.]

[At Vergil:] Go get Anton. Quickly. He, too, has had some success at reaching her when she's-- unstable.

[She kneels after, by Valdis and Wan, reaching to check that Valdis is unharmed still.]

[ Vergil nodded stepping back so he can head out, not wanting to teleport indoors at the moment.]

The jacket she is wrapped in is mine, do try to keep it from getting more bloody.

[ That was all he said before he vanished out the door to go get Anton. Vergil wasn't going to return himself. ]

[Wan snorted at Vergil's request - waiting until just after he left to do so - and started to pull his own shirt off.]

We can dress her in my clothes if he's going to be like that. We should get her cleaned up anyway.

[The fact he immediately jumps to taking his clothes off earns him a briefly disconcerted look, but Raine has other, slightly more pressing concerns. When she's satisfied Valdis is otherwise unharmed, only comatose, she straightens a bit.]

Yes-- there's little else to be done for right now. I'll need to keep an eye on her. That arte is almost certainly the place to start, but I'm missing something...

[Thanks to Vergil's teleportation, its only a handful of minutes after Vergil left that Anton comes through the door, glancing around before focussing on the pair by Valdis's bed.]

Wan. Raine.

[He inclines his head and move toward them, slightly less urgent now it's clearer as to Valdis's status.]

Vergil said there was trouble.

[IT WAS ONLY HIS SHIRT RAINE, GOSH. ;) He wasn't stripping his pants off. ~~though he did consider it~~.]

The darkness that Valdis fights is winning.

[Wan answered as he started to peal Vergil's coat off her so he could slip her arms into the sleeves of his shirt. Her body was still mostly in his lap.]

[~~wan no~~]

[Raine helps Wan handle Valdis' limbs, glancing up only briefly when Anton enters to return the nod. A shame it's not better circumstances.]

She attacked someone and then fell comatose, apparently. I was able to rouse her for a few seconds. She asked for you, I think, or perhaps feared you were dead; it wasn't entirely the common tongue.

I know she's important to you, and we may yet need your influence to reach her.

[When he saw Wan's process Anton regretted that he hadn't thought to bring some spare clothes. He returns Raine's nod.]

Then I am here. Are there blankets? They shall be more useful until the blood has been cleaned, surely.

[There was no point in dressing her in clothes that would only become bloodied as a result of her being dressed.]

Blood getting on my clothes doesn't matter, but Nelo Angelo... Vergil? Whatever he's calling himself, he didn't want his coat getting any more messed up. Besides, when Valdis wakes up again she'll be wearing something familiar.

[And towels made poor shirts.

There may also have been a bit of protectiveness to his actions, the way he held her to his chest even after she was covered properly and all that.]

At least if any of it is hers, she's long since healed it. I can't find any remaining physical trauma.

[Raine points Anton at a far cupboard, anyway, an absent gesture because she's more focused on the problem of Valdis. She sits back on her heels.]

I can try the same thing again, to see if she responds differently with your presence, but I doubt that will actually fix anything in the long term. I need--

[Raine's a little frustrated. She has half the solution, she's sure, but she hasn't the faintest idea where the other half is.]

I don't know what I need.

I was Looking for a Breath of Life

At the Healers Guild

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