Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 12:19:12 GMT -5
Zephyros slipped into the trees, staying just within the wards. He felt his body start to tremble and he picked up a rock, throwing it as hard as he could. His wrist seared with pain and he fell against a tree, sliding down to the ground with his back against the trunk.
His chest hurt again... Zeph covered his face, shaking. He'd been having nightmares... and he didn't even dare go to Jason to talk about them. One; Vero would have a fit if he was found in Jason's dorm, no matter what excuses he gave. The way she'd been acting, if he was caught out here there would be less trouble.
The nightmare flashed through his mind and he whimpered, his chest constricting. Everyone, all of his friends telling him what an idiot he was (not difficult to deal with, they'd all done that multiple times now) and then... breaking off the friendship. Notos, just... ignoring him. For months dream-time. Even Jason just leaving him because of what he had done. At the end he was alone... bound by a promise and trapped with no escape. He'd woken in a cold sweat and laid for an hour trying to get back to sleep.
Now, he was out here so he didn't disturb Notos. His eyes locked on a twig, then flickered up to a tree. They flashed gold as he focused on the twig. It rose slowly, wind swirling around it rapidly. His fists clenched with the effort, and the twig flew forward, embedding itself into a tree... but not nearly as well as Notos could do.
Zeph groaned and leaned his head back against the trunk. Tears slid down his cheeks as the nightmare replayed in his mind, and the anger of his friends, and Vero's restriction which kept him from going to the one person he needed to talk to right now... He held up his hands, looking at the white bandages he would probably be able to stop wearing soon. Reminders of his own stupidity, and the reason he was out here hiding in the trees rather than spilling his guts to Jason.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 13:09:41 GMT -5
A soft voice spoke from behind Zephyros and to the left:
"You're really loud."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 13:12:38 GMT -5
Zeph yelped and leapt to his feet, spinning to face the stranger in a defensive posture. He cursed himself for coming alone to sulk in the forest. Now the fae were probably going to mess with him. "Who the hell are you?"
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 13:17:53 GMT -5
Angel stood behind the boy, still in his Academy uniform, looking a little smug and a little angry.
"I'm an acquaintance of Aritha's; after what she told me, I thought I'd get in on this chaperone thing Bitey Bitch put you on. It's the night before Samhain; you should not be out here."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 13:20:49 GMT -5
Zeph blinked. "Samhain? And what's that supposed to mean?" he retorted. Why the hell was this odd vampire looking angry at HIM? What had he ever done to this kid who... probably only knew his name because of Aritha. "The chaperone thing was when I'm with Jason. I don't see him here."
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 13:28:22 GMT -5
"I dunno, it's about not killing yourself, right? You seem like you're trying to do that now." He narrowed his eyes and started walking forward. "I could have slit your throat and swallowed every drop of your blood before you noticed you were dead, and there are things out here waiting for tomorrow that might actually be able to outmatch me."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 13:34:15 GMT -5
Zeph backed away from him, his heart pounding. "I'm a mage, you wouldn't want to do that..." he said softly. He'd known it was probably stupid, but that didn't usually mean he got in trouble doing it.
Then again, he was usually out here with Notos... The wind around them picked up, whipping leaves off the trees and tearing them to shreds as they fell. It pushed against Angel, trying to drive him back. Anger made Zeph stronger than fear... fear paralyzed him. He tripped and fell against a tree, barely catching himself before he hit his head. "I just needed to think, I didn't want to get hurt or anything... I'd rather go talk to Jason but I'm not allowed to do that..."
Back off, you're scaring the hell out of me. And I'm not supposed to be letting my heartrate pick up like this.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 16:18:57 GMT -5
Angel moved into a slightly wider stance in response to the wind, grin spreading out like a water stain on cotton fabric. If Zephyros attacked, he was willing- aching to hurt someone.
"Yeah, mage blood... does fascinating things, even to me. I didn't come out here to hurt you, though; can't do that, not when she'll give me a gift soon; it would be impolite." He licked his lips and forced his grin down. "If you need to talk to someone, go find her. Out here, the unseelie are coming en masse, and if they find you, I won't fight for you. Not that you'd want me to."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 21:52:23 GMT -5
Zephyros kept backing away, toward the castle. "She who?" he asked softly. Unseelie... Oh no. He'd forgotten... the Unseelie were the nastier fairies... His heartrate spiked and he staggered, falling to one knee as everything spun around him. Panting, he looked at his wrists, half-afraid they were going to start bleeding again.
He gagged as red bloomed across the white around his wrists. He closed his eyes, trying to calm down. Aramis was going to kill him... if this kid didn't first. "Please... please, help me... I was going to be okay until you came..." He held his head, his eyes opening slowly and glazed over. They closed again and he fell over limply, about to black out. Jason help me... Someone help me!
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 22:27:01 GMT -5
Angel bit his lip at the sight of blood. No one would miss this kid, would they? He's been so stupid, and they'd just think the ones outside got him...
No.
He sighed and walked forward. "I told you, I'm not here to hurt you. Just relax and let me carry you back home."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 23:01:19 GMT -5
Zephyros nodded slowly, curled up with his wrists pressed against his stomach. The kid was a vampire... sometimes vampires lost control at the sight of blood. Besides, pressure helped stop bleeding. He took several slow breaths, trying to calm down his racing heart. "Like you said... if you wanted to hurt me, you'd have gotten me before I even noticed. I just..."
He squeezed his eyes shut, trembling a little as the adrenaline faded and left him feeling even more drained. Everything spun around him, even without opening his eyes. He just remained collapsed on the ground, letting Angel come to him.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 23:06:44 GMT -5
Angel leaned down to pick the boy up. He even tried to be gentle and not to jostle him walking back towards the castle, though he wasn't as strong as he would've liked, and that was hard.
He looked down at Zephyros, curled up and injured, and spoke softly to him. "You're beautiful, you know. You even look something like Frog in the twilight."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 7, 2009 23:16:41 GMT -5
"I hear that a lot," Zeph mumbled, barely conscious. "Not the Frog part..."
Then he blinked and looked up at Angel, his eyes growing wide. What was that supposed to mean? He didn't usually hear that from people who were in a relationship. The last time he'd been told out of the blue he was beautiful, he'd been led into a trap. One of the times he'd been kicked out of a school.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 7, 2009 23:25:55 GMT -5
"I'm not surprised," he said drily. "Your kin have a reputation, don't they? Even I've heard of it. Hold on."
He bent down, careful not to knock Zephyros' legs against anything, and leapt over the wall into the courtyard. The wards bent around him, part of them trying to hold him back, but in a moment let him slip through like they always did.
"Where do you want to be dropped off?"
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 8, 2009 0:38:13 GMT -5
Zeph shivered a little, feeling the wards warp around Angel... and himself. "The sickbay... Aramis will want to heal my wrists and tell me what an idiot I am for getting myself in a situation that raised my blood pressure.
"And I don't understand what you mean by my kin having a reputation..."
Angel seemed to be being really careful with him... either his rather helpless state had softened him, or his current similarity to this Frog had. Zeph sighed weakly. I want Jason... but he's probably asleep and I don't want to wake a teacher just so I can cuddle my boyfriend. Damn you, Vero! You don't understand how much I need him!
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 8, 2009 1:52:12 GMT -5
Angel smirked. The combination of the smell of blood and the boy's... interesting features was doing strange things to his head. If the stupid little self-harming thing wasn't careful, Angel might start to like it despite himself.
"Sickbay. All right. Have you stopped being afraid yet?"
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 8, 2009 2:03:31 GMT -5
"Do I have a choice?" he asked softly. His eyes started to close slowly, and he looked up at Angel drowsily. He was reminded vaguely of the time he'd fallen asleep at Aritha's wagon and her father had carried him home. He'd been much smaller then... and her father had black hair.
He couldn't walk any more either. Zeph sighed, starting to shiver a little. It was cold out here... he hadn't noticed how cold it was earlier...
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 8, 2009 2:09:15 GMT -5
"No," he replied, nearly under his breath.
Angel held the boy a little closer and began a smooth run towards the windows closest to the sickbay. He figured it would be easier not to jostle taking the direct route.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Nov 8, 2009 2:19:15 GMT -5
Zeph's eyes flickered open wide as Angel held him closer. Something felt... off. His gaze turned to the castle... as he realized they weren't headed toward the doors. He stiffened, one hand moving to clutch in fear at Angel's shirt. His heartrate jumped again, the blood beginning to flow from his wrists worse. What was the boy thinking? He was going to get them both killed!
Or at least get Zeph killed! He turned away from the castle, his mind racing. He didn't want to die... honestly, he didn't! His throat closed as they came closer to the castle... until finally he blacked out, his head slumping pathetically against Angel's shoulder.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 8, 2009 3:04:51 GMT -5
Angel was about halfway up the wall when he realized Zeph had fainted. Given he had the boy in his arms and couldn't exactly cling to anything, he waited until he made it up to the windowsill in question- really, it was only a few stories up, it's not like he was trying to scale the towers- and kicked open the centuries-old latch with one foot. He turned around and slipped inside back-first, still gently carrying the little winds-boy.
One of the healers could fix it. No big.
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Nov 8, 2009 12:48:55 GMT -5
Vincent paused just outside the infirmary door, hearing an odd thump from inside. Curious, he pushed the door open just in time to see a lavender-haired boy climbing backward into the room through the window, carrying something in his arms. An unconscious boy with golden hair and bloody wrists...
Vincent leapt forward, accosting the lavender-haired boy as soon as he got his feet onto the floor. There was no disguising the panic in his voice. "What happened?!" He looked Angel directly in his strange, dark red eyes, his voice turning accusatory. "Did you have anything to do with this?"
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 8, 2009 18:34:55 GMT -5
Angel jumped and attempted to pull away from the man in panic and embarassment. How did he not hear the man coming in? Was he really that distracted by the blood?
"Who are you? Go away!" he growled, clutching the boy closer. The man was probably a professor, but he didn't know- and he wasn't the healer woman, or the other boy.
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Nov 8, 2009 18:42:48 GMT -5
"My name is Professor Hawk," Vincent answered, frowning a little at the boy's impudence. "I have no intention of going away. I'm here to help Zephyros. Please," he said, more gently. "Lay him down on one of the beds so I can take a look at his wrists. You would do well to run and fetch Dr. Evans-Barros while I do so... as well as Zeph's boyfriend."
He bit his lip a little, looking at Zeph. He looked bad... what had happened to make his wrists start bleeding again? "Please, tell me what happened," he urged the lavender-haired boy gently but firmly.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Nov 8, 2009 18:53:22 GMT -5
Angel stared hard at him for a long moment. Hawk. He didn't look like a Hawk. Was he related to the eagle in the forest? But...
He moved over to a bed and lay Zephyros down gently. "He needs watching when he's not with the wolf. He went out to the forest and spoke with the fae," his lip twitched, "and is very lucky I grabbed him before something ate him."
Angel bowed his head slightly and began backing towards the door. "I'll get the nurse first, if you will."
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Nov 8, 2009 19:00:28 GMT -5
"Yes. Please do. Thank you."
Vincent moved to Zeph's side, anxiously checking his pulse and breathing -- both steady. He moved to a cupboard, and pulled out some bandages before coming back, working quickly to replace the bloody bandages with clean ones. He made sure to wrap them tightly, very relieved to see that the wounds looked worse than they really were.
Vincent swallowed, glancing toward the door every so often as he waited for Zeph to wake or Angel to return, whichever happened first.
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