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Post by larkwing on Apr 10, 2011 17:50:13 GMT -5
K'leb coaxed Harlequinth into the infirmary with gentle words. The blue was upset, as he should be. His torn wings, hanging limply at his side. "Come on Quinn, you can make it a little further buddy." The blue hissed, of course he could make it! His eyes swirled with red, a tinge caused from the pain he was in and the anger he felt. That green, that silly green. Of course there is such a thing as love, there is always an opposite! She believes in hate does she not? Love is the opposite of hate. Harlequinth snapped his teal jaws, ichor stained one side of his neck where the green had bit him and there was more on his back.
Nodding his head, K'leb continued to talk soothingly to his dragon. "Perhaps she or Hers went through some sort of trauma. After all that's why you hate browns so much Quinn." Harelquinth slashed his tail at the thought of the particular color. That's what had made his punishment so harsh. The bronze was too much like a brown for his taste! K'leb was just thankful that it hadn't been an actual brown out there in the skies. Harelquinth hated the color for what a brown hatchling did to him. I run from them no longer K'leb. The blue dragon hummed. K'leb walked away for a moment to get a wet towel to wash away the ichor. Where was the healer, that wing might need stiches too.
Harelquinth mean while had curled up on a bed of sorts. He tried to spread his wings out to inspect the damage. "That one's going to need stiches and scar at the top probably." K'leb commented as he looked at the right wing. Near the top, the membrane was torn almost off of the bone. Using the towel gently, the blue rider wiped off the ichor that stained the beautiful teal blue hide. The sapphire and ice blue stripes that formed a diamond pattern along his neck, back and tail finally appeared again as the dark blood was washed off. There you're looking more like yourself again Quinn. K'leb cooed gently to his dragon, the blue sat himself up more, but gave a wimmpering sound and layed back down.
"The damage isn't as bad as the green probably had hoped. The wing and the marks on you neck will scar. Everything else is okay though. I wish the healer would come soon. That wing needs to be taken care of." Harlequinth crooned at this. I wonder how many she's shredded already since I left Mine. The blue thought as he looked up at the ceiling. K'leb nodded, "if she did they're probably going to end up here." I just hope she doesn't end up killing any one. The rider trailed off in his own thoughts. How long before I fly again K'leb. The blue rider looked over at his dragon again, his goldish brown eyes glistening with pride at his dragon's words. "Soon, though not soon enough for you. It'll probably be a half season to a season. You need to let the wing heal first, and then we'll work it slowly. We'll see what the healer says when they get here. Then I'll go see the wingleader and give him the news."
Harlequinth snorted but agreed. A pop alerted K'leb and the blue of Panzer and Falx's appearance. The two firelizards chirpped and darted to the bigger creature. I am fine. Harlequinth crooned to the blue and black flitts. Panzer tried to pick up the ichor-stained towel, but his dark blue hide claws couldn't hold it well. Falx stayed near His, and trilled quitely. "It'll be fine boys, don't worry."
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Post by Boo on Apr 14, 2011 7:29:49 GMT -5
Tedaon felt something wrong. Something was terribly wrong in the air... The Weyr was wrong and so was the sky. He looked upwards watching as a whole group of dragons flew overhead. It felt as though his heart was clenching in his chest for he recognised precisely what that was. Each dragon flew with such insistence, such speed and determination after one figure in the sky. Even from the ground he could see the faint colour of the dragon as she flew away from her suitors daring each one to fly just that little bit faster... Just that little further to reach her and then have a fate decided for them. His face broke out into a grimace for a moment and he slammed the stump of his arm into the wall behind him feeling as it scraped a little before turning away from the sight and heading back towards the Lower Caverns, leaving the Weyrbowl. Slowly, he planted a smile on his face and called for Diasith.
From nowhere Neras betweened to His and flitted around chattering away in a low hum. Calming. Talking. Neras knew he was needed and he always tried to help whenever he could. The fifteen year old Flitt had been around long enough to understand what was happening... He always arrived when called in a certain way. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he worked to help His he did not always get it right. He landed on Tedaon's head for a moment before settling lightly on his shoulders, licking Tedaon's face once or twice.
"Diasith... Why are you not chasing that pretty Green up there?" Tedaon asked the dragon, stroking the Black lightly. He understood that Diasith found it difficult to chase any dragon other than Rirath. Certainly, he had not deemed it necessary to chase any dragon since arriving at the Weyr three years ago and there had been plenty of flights for him to attempt it. There was no stopping it though. Unbeknownst to Tedaon, his eyes had developed their deadened look, haunted and his eyes entirely gaunt with grief. The smile only served to distract anyone from his true feelings.
Neras' eyes rolled wildly for a moment, swirling a yellow colour as he flapped his wings nervously. He settled back down again when His' emotions seemed more in tact and nuzzled Tedaon's face lightly for just a moment trying desperately to be as helpful as he could.
They had reached the infirmary by now and Tedaon took a seat, staring into the distance with an entirely blank expression on his face. He sat like this for what seemed like ages and jumped a little when Diasith suddenly took flight. Someone was in the infirmary... Someone was making a sharding lot of noise. Did they not know people were resting!? How dare they. He stalked into the larger area of the infirmary to be greeted by an interesting sight... What looked like a half eaten dragon and several Firelizards. Diasith had always gotten on well with Firelizards, he was flying up high, circling the trio of draconic beings. Of course, it was Neras flying overhead not the deceased black dragon Tedaon convinced himself was still alive...
Tedaon sprung to work though, rushing out and grabbing all he would need to fix these injuries. He grabbed a huge pile of bandages and equipment for stitching. He passed a needle to what he assumed was the rider, a roll of suture and a cloth with which he could sterilise his hands. "Wash your hands and then thread this for me and quickly." He said urgently, "Tell me what happened."
There was only so much he could do... He could not thread a needle himself... Not with his injury. This much he had come to slowly accept. If another healer had been there no doubt he would have passed the duty of stitching onto them. As it happened, he sterilised his own hands before oiling them up wincing a little as it connected with the scrapes. "Do I have your permission to assist?" He asked both dragon and rider, realising at that moment that he had forgotten one of the most important steps when healing dragons or riders.
It looked as though the wings had been slashed to pieces. No doubt there was something seriously wrong and he thought he had some idea as to what had happened but thinking it himself would bring on thoughts he would rather not consider. It was not too bad but he would need to work swiftly regardless... The Blue could not afford Tedaon working too slowly... Leaving it too long and the wings would barely be able to hold him in the air for longer than a few minutes and who knew what would happen with Threadfall. It was fine though, he was here and he was able to start working on the wings very soon.
{ooc: hope you guys don't mind... I thought I'd jump in here with Tedaon seeing as how he's a healer...}
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Post by larkwing on Apr 14, 2011 16:24:39 GMT -5
K'leb stepped away as a man followed by a firelizard came running into the infirmary. The blue rider studied the two for a moment before it finally dawned on him that these two must be a healing pair. Nodding his head, K'leb left to wash his hands of the dragon's ichor. As Harlequinth looked at the other man, he raised his head and snorted. I suppose he will do Mine...yes he will do fine. The blue had hissed mid-way through his thoughts as his wings throbbed yet again. At least though, the sarcastic messages meant Harlequinth was getting back to his old self. Smiling for the first time since the blue had gotten injured, K'leb returned to Quinn's side.
Taking the needle and thread, K'leb noticed the healer had only one hand. There was no need to comment on that fact, it just made the whole situation easier to understand. A one handed healer is probably better than me by myself anyway. K'leb took a few tries to thread the little piece of looped metal, but he did get it. Handing back the tool, K'leb took a moment to collect himself. "He was one of the males chasing Aimeth. She....took a disliking to him. Grabbed him with her claws and started to attack, Harelquinth didn't fight back though. He'se too good for that....Panzer please go site with Falx!"
The blue rider snapped at the firelizard which stopped tugging at his shirt and chirped. The blue flit reluctantly left and set down beside his black brother. Harlequinth looked at the two and hissed gently. Now is not the time to get in the way. I am fine, and so is Ours. Go get K'leb something to eat...I'm sure he will like that for later. The two firelizards crooned and popped into between to do the blue dragon's bidding. Thanks Quinn, K'leb stroked some of the dragon's hide.
Hearing the healer speak again, K'leb laughed. "Of course you do, I certainly don't know how to deal with that wing properly. I'm glad that it just seems to look worse than it is...or at least that's a rider's opinion. You will be able to fix it won't you?" Harlequinth looked at the healer,deciding to be formal with the man. We have not met yet, I am Harlequinth and this is K'lebMine. The teal colored blue dipped his head and winced a bit, a wound on his neck along one of the sapphire and ice blue stripes had started to bleed again. K'leb bit his lip, he didn't know if the healer could hear Harlequinth, but the dip of his head probably would be enough anyway."We're probably not the only ones who will come in today. That green's out for blood, and lots of it."
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Post by Boo on Apr 15, 2011 9:30:53 GMT -5
As soon as he had received permission he set about his work almost instantaneously. Although he was listening to what was being said he was most certainly concerned with the ichor dripping all across his infirmary. He took the needle from the rider with a nod of thanks and kept it carefully on hand while he did his best to clear away the ichor around the wings. His expression had already darkened a little from the realisation that it had been a Flight... If the Sharding Wherries didn't know how to keep their dragons under control then they were just hurting those they would need to Fly with during Threadfall. This he knew only too well and the pain in his chest seemed to grow ever more, the lump in his throat swelling. He fought it though by staring at Neras. Diasith. with intent for a short while before clearing his throat.
"Greetings to you Harlequinth and K'leb... I'm... Ah... Tedaon..." He mumbled off whilst mopping up as much ichor on the wings as he could. He then set about applying the numbweed. It would have been no use with all the ichor on the wings. It was still flowing but clearing it away allowed him to see precisely the extent of the damage. "Try your hardest not to move too much." He told the Blue kindly knowing how tough it was for a dragon to stay perfectly still.
He thought for a moment about the Flight. "And, yes, I suspected as much. Some of the Greens around the Weyr can indeed be a little... Forward in which Dragons they would rather not have chase them." He replied quietly. He'd heard so many stories about dragons being injured during Flights. He was so pleased when Diasith had been fine... He rubbed his face with the sleeve of his shirt and continued working. He'd be able to start stitches as soon as he had all the ichor cleaned and the wings completely numbed.
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Post by glee on Apr 15, 2011 12:12:02 GMT -5
"Forward!", repeated an angry female voice from the entrance. "What a way to put it! Forward! I can't believe this beast! How can anyone have so little control over their dragon? She could've killed that poor Blue for all we know! Leave him unable to fly! And only because that horrible woman let's her dragon loose like that!" Behind Sarrasri stood Tarvith, eyes cast on the floor. It had been quite the challenge to get him to follow her. When she had entered their weyr he had reluctant to even talk to her, she had spent her time comforting him, telling him how proud she was of him that he had been daring enough to even try this and for his attempt to catch Aimeth even after he had seen what she had done to the Blue. And it was no lie, she had no words to express how proud she was that this shy scaredy-flit had chased a Green like that for his first time, but Tarvith had felt her affection through their bond nonetheless. It had been enough to convince him to get a real healer to tend his wounds, not just an apprentice like her. "He's not badly hurt, so please, take your time there.", she quickly and more calmly assured the healer already tending Harlequinth and then turned to K'leb while looking around for numbweed to ease Tarvith's pain. "Heaven and earth, what a flight! I hope you two are going to be okay? Ugh, I could strangle her!" Tarvith remained quiet and seemingly tried to be as invisible as possible. The only reason he stayed was that Harlequinth had been hurt as well, he didn't feel as much shame in the company of him.
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Post by larkwing on Apr 15, 2011 19:09:06 GMT -5
Harlequinth turned one swirling eye to the black dragon. Hello Tarvinth. The blue tried his best to stay perfectly still. K'leb looked waywardly at Tarvinth and then at his rider. Be good Quinn. The blue snorted at his rider's thoughts, he is only a black Mine. I have nothing against him. And that was true, not only was he not a brown, but Tarvinth was a comrade in arms of sorts. He too had been harmed by that wicked green. Perhaps she will run all of her suitors off. The blue couldn't help crooning happily at that thought, it'd serve the green right.
Getting up from his place next to Harlequinth, K'leb turned to Tarvinth's rider. He only knew the black's name because Harlequinth did. The black rider was a different story. Glancing back at his dragon, then at the female rider, K'leb walked over to her. "Don't waste your time on her. It's not worth your, or your black's time." Extending his hand that was slightly less ichor stained, K'leb nodded his head. "I'm K'leb, and the blue over there is my parnter Harlequinth."
The blue snorted, but didn't move. He could faintly feel as the healer's needle dipped into his wings and then was pulled back out. Harlequinth bared the slight discomfort only because K'leb had felt it was necassary. Looking at the black, Harlequinth noticed the dragon was also injured. At the same moment, K'leb noticed as well. "Can I help with him?" The blue rider grabbed a clean rag from a nearby shelf.
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Post by Boo on Apr 17, 2011 6:37:21 GMT -5
Tedaon continued to work on the wings as quickly as he could. Unfortunately, a blue was no Gray... No matter what it was always tough to get the dragons completely covered in numbweed. And he needed a sharding lot of it from the sounds emanating from the corridor. He turned his head and spotted a woman walking into the Infirmary and then froze when he spotted what followed. A Black. He stared for a moment, hands covered in numbweed, standing right next to Harlequinth's wing. When the rider spoke to him he snapped back to attention and nodded, lump in his throat. He wasn't certain what to say so he started working again. When the two riders offered their help he was able to finally respond.
He forced his smile and nodded at the two, bustling off for a moment to grab more numbweed and passed it to the two. "First, we should try to clean the ichor off and then get some numbweed on them. Harlequinth needs numbweed for the moment and," He gestured at the black, "He will need to be cleaned. Then we'll have to start stitching." He looked over at the Black, eyes narrowed a little. He remembered when Diasith had been in a similar situation. Only, it had not been the female of the Flight but rather another suitor. These two dragons were more like comrades in arms in the face of a common enemy. Even the riders were closer than he would have expected of those in a post-flight situation. He had been less than... hospitable following that flight.
He cleared his throat and set about applying the numbweed again. By now, most of the wing was covered. He decided that he'd stitch this one up as best he could and then work on the other wing. He needed to be doing something. Diasith needed him to work. Overhead Neras was far more agitated and eventually flew over to the Black brother. He then flitted away again to the blue, circling around his head excited to be around his Big Brothers once more. He had missed them. They seemed sad. He would have to help! He betweened suddenly and then came back carrying one of Tedaon's shirts. He dropped it on the black and dropped it on the dragon, trying to clean the wounds.
Tedaon looked over in time to see one of his shirts dropped into the ichor of the black dragon. The only way he could actually stop himself from slapping his head was by pressing down on the cut he was working on. He then started stitching away, one handed, moving his fingers deftly around the wing, pressing down with the stump whenever he could. It was slow work but at least something was being done...
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Post by glee on Apr 23, 2011 1:32:55 GMT -5
Hello. "I know, I know. Should've known that before I allowed him to take off! My name's Sarrasri, that's Tarvith. Feel free to tell him he's a wherry head, he still thinks he's some kind of failure!" With a sigh she patted Tarvith's uninjured side and hesitated for a moment when K'leb asked her if he could help. She didn't feel comfortable having others treat him, but that's what she had come here for, right? "Yeah, thank you." She took in the healer's instructions and nodded, then helped him ro cover the Blue's wings in numbweed, all the while being extra careful not to hurt him any more than he had already been. "You're very brave.", she praised him quietly, "Staying calm like that." She was so fixated on the dragons that she didn't notice the healer's slightly odd behaviour; unlike Tarvith. He seemed to shrink even more and quickly avoided his gaze. He didn't know what that man was thinking, so better expect the worst.
For the first time since the flight had gotten so serious Sarrasri relaxed and laughed lightly as she the little fire lizard tried to help so bravely by stealing someone's shirt. She thanked him, still laughing, and quickly took the shirt aside so it would not get stained even more, though it already seemed ruined. Then she offered him a clean rug to drop on the wounds and started cleaning them as well. "With so much help Harlequinth and Tarvith are going to get well in no time.", she told K'leb with a wink.
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Post by larkwing on Apr 27, 2011 20:39:59 GMT -5
Harlequinth snorted as the black's rider talked to him. The numbweed felt good against his wing though and the snort soon turned into a croon. Looking at the black dragon, the blue spoke to him. Tell her that I like her, and that I know I was brave. And you. The blue turned his head to Tarvith. If you think that you've lost just because some hormone struck green decided to claw you a bit, then you are a wherry-brained fool. Snapping slightly, the blue looked back at K'leb. Very subtle Quinn.
Rolling his eyes, the blue rider rubbed gently at the ichor stained black. "He means that worse things could have happened to you Tarvith. It's not a failure to have lost a flight. You won simply by surviving it, and then some by trying to catch her yourself." K'leb turned to his rider and smiled. "I'm sure they will get better in no time at all. We'll have to think of something to keep them from getting bored out of their minds though when they're down here." Moving again to Harlequinth, K'leb rubbed an itchy spot on the teal hide.
"Hey buddy, I'm going to go down real quick to our Wingleader's Weyr and explain the situation to him okay?" The blue looked up at His and snorted. Of course K'leb. Do what you must. Just come back. The dragon's eyes whirled with a bit of orange. He wasn't admiting it but the flight had actually scared the dragon some. I really hate females now....or at least female dragons. Harlequinth fixed his wording as he glanced at the girl treating him. Nodding his head, K'leb turned to the two people in the room. "I'll be right back." With that he walked out the door.
(He'll come back the next time I post.)
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Post by Boo on Apr 27, 2011 22:33:28 GMT -5
Tedaon remembered discussing his flights with people. Diasith had not flown once in the Weyr. He'd have to ask the dragon why that was. Perhaps, if he met some of the nicer dragons maybe he would be more willing to Fly them. As it happened, most of the dragons Diasith had met at the Weyr were males. Still, it was strange that he didn't Fly anyway... Especially when this one had flown right overhead. Looking at the Blue and Black before him, however, Tedaon was pleased that Diasith had not Flown. He didn't want Diasith flying in a flight that violent. Something could happen to him. He didn't know what he'd do then...
He looked at the Black who seemed even more dejected than ever. He understood the feeling in a dragon. He'd felt the emotions from Diasith that flight he'd lost to the Brown. Tedaon continued stitching the wing up slowly and carefully as the woman, Sarrasri, applied some more numbweed to the wound. He nodded a little in agreement. He thought much the same really... Although, he didn't know the rider in question or the dragon he always preferred to. One could usually understand the mentality behind a Flight better.
Neras chirrupped happily when he was handed a bandage to help his Black brother. He flew down to the black and landed, drenching the bandage in ichor, cleaning up the wounds a little... He chatted away to the Black, showing some concern and sending pictures of His and Diasith, reassuring the Dragon that His could heal them. Neras also sent reassuring emotions to the Blue. His was the best ever! And Neras was the best helper!
"Yes, these injuries may scar but they'll heal up in no time. Let's just say that I've seen better and I've seen worse. You'll both be fine." Tedaon told the two dragons and their riders.
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