In which Cecile visits Cray in the infirmary and they speak of life, death, and fate, as well as wolves, cookies, and tourists.
Cecile: *brightly walks down the hallway to the infirmary and peeks through the door* :O Sir Cray? Are you still here?
Cray: *is sleeping lightly at the far end on the infirmary. REkion is in worlf form and curled up into a neat little ball beside him*
Cecile: :S *tiptoes in and sits in a chair near his bed*
Rekion: *one of her large ears twitches at the sound of Cecile, she then raises her head and looks to her*
Howling Voice108: *one of
Cecile: *holds up a finger to her lips* Shh~ :O
Rekion: *wags her floofeh tail*
LAC768: (XD)
Cecile: *whispers* I brought Sir Cray cookies just like I said--! :O
Rekion: *turns her head and noses Cray's Face to wake him up*
Cray: Myaahh... *pulls the pillow over his head*
Cecile: ._. *fidgets in concern*
Rekion: +Quit being Lazy.... you've been asleep all day anyway+ *Barks*
Cecile: o_o *panicks at Rekion's waking Cray*
Cray: Ughh... what is it Rek? *takes the pillow off his face and sits up, then notices Cecile* oh..hello.
Cecile: *apprehensive smile* Hello, Sir Cray. I was worried about you.
Cray: aw don't be.... I'm fine.
Cecile: But the rock and the pain and the hurtingness and all the other bad things that go along with that sort of thing--!! :O
Cray: Nah I'm used to it. No big...
Cray: It's just the bloodloss that gets to me. Causes you to pass out.
Cecile: o__o *sooo NOT reassured*
Cray: ....but uh... this time I didn't loose enough blood ot pass out at all, so I'm fine...
Cecile: *sighs, a little more reassured*
Cray: *sneezes*
Rekion: *moves away* +booogerrs ><;;+
Cecile: ^.^;; *hands him a tissue*
Cray: Thanks... *blows his nose* So how are you?
Cecile: Oh--! :O I was feeling terrible earlier today, but now I feel much better. *smiles brightly*
Cray: That's good. Whatcha been up to lately? aside form guarding the castle....
Cecile: Ah...I've been training very hard! >( I am going to challenge Sir Yuber to a rematch and this time I will win!
Cray: hmm. That Demon guy? Be carefull...
Cecile: v_v *sighs* That is what everyone says.
Cray: No really. True Rune Bearers are difficult opponents... I have faith in you though.
Cecile: o_o Sir Yuber has a true rune??
Cray: I think so.... at least I sensed a True Rune's Aura when I was near him....
Cecile: *sheepishly* I...would not be able to tell. ._.;;
Cray: I can tell because uh.... *Tries to think of a reason that has nothing to do with cyndar* I... used ot have a True Rune myself.
Cecile: *awed silence* ....
Cecile: ...Would you like a cookie? (XDDD;; )
Howling Voice108: (XD)
Cray: Sure.
Cecile: *eagerly searches through her wrapped parcel and hands him a chocolate chip cookie that's more chips than cookie*
Rekion: +is there any Cookie with that Chocolate?+
Cray: *takes it and tkaes a bite* You make these yourself, they're nice.
Cecile: *nods proudly and hands Rekion an overly-chocolate-chipped cookie* I have learned that following cookbook instructions is good.
Rekion: +yeah... if all else fails follow the instructions...+ *Takes her cookie and eats it*
Cecile: *smiles happily* I heard you like chocolate, Sir Cray.
Cray: Yeah, I do. Rekion tell you that?
Cecile: *debates momentarily on telling, then decides it can't hurt* ^_^ *nod*
Cray: Thought so. She's the only one who really knows things like that about me..... Say, did you hear about the two people slaughtered on the plains?
Cecile: o__o--!!! No!!! What happened?! Were they residents of Budehuc?!?!
Cray: I don't know hwo they were, but I dont think they were from here. They were both ripped apart by a wild beast aparently... a Wolf I think they identified the teeth marks as...
Cecile: *pales* D...do you think that Budehuc is in danger?
Cray: Naw. It it's just a wolf somone will go out and kill it...
Cray: Just makes me wonder.... beucase there are no wolves on the Plains....
Cecile: *pauses in though* Well...on Amur Plains there are some, but Yaza Plains has more rabbits and boars than anything.
Cray: Yeah... musta been a pretty strong owuld to tear two people up like that.
Howling Voice108: **wolf
Cecile: ;_; *SO would go out looking for it if she had time* Perhaps it is not native to Yaza Plains.
Cray: Probably not... I'd go hunt it if I was in better shape. But no one else has seen a wolf out there.
Cray: Only wolf I've seen around is her... *pets Rekion*
Cecile: *nods* I've never been one for hunting much. ._.'
Rekion: *shifty glance* .... +I'm innocent.... Sorta+
Cecile: *doesn't notice* You must feel safe with Lady Rekion around, Sir Cray. ^^
Cray: Yeah... shes always protected me. Like a guardian....
Cecile: *with admiration* That is what I wish to be for everyone.
Cray: You already are in a sense. You guard this whole castle.
Cecile: Yes, but everyone does not always wish to be guarded. u_u
Cray: I dont see why... having someone to look out for you is a good thing
Cecile: That is what I think--!! But there are many people here who do not see things as I do. >.>;
Cray: everyone has different views
Cecile: *sighs, looking at her cookie parcel* Yes....I suppose you are right.
Cray: in any case I think you do a great job....
Cecile: *flattered* Thank you, Sir Cray. ._.
Cecile: *offers Rekion another cookie*
Rekion: *takes it hapilly*
Cray: Hmm, now that I think about it the two men killed were Harmonians... or do I heard.
Cecile: ;_; It does not matter where they came from--that is so sad! They must have families and wives and children and homes and pets--!
Rekion: +Or maybe there wre two Cyndar hunters looking for Wealth and Power...+
Cecile: * pats Rekion, thinking her to be distraught like she is*
Cray: If oyu hear anything baout the killings, tell me...
Cecile: Oh, of course!! *nods feverently* I can imagine you must be upset about them too! ;_;
Cray: more curious actually... I wonder what woulda brought two Harmonians all the way out here.
Cecile: *didn't think of it that way* Ah...perhaps they were tourists? :O
Rekion: +what else would bring a Harmonian Rat out his hole? Power....+
Cray: Porribly. But by the sound of their description, they were looking for soemthing...
Cecile: Hm....*thoughtful silence*
Cecile: There is rumored to be valuable mineral deposits in the mountains in the north. Perhaps they were headed there..?
Cray: There is? I ain't heard of that...
Cecile: *nods* That is what drew tourists up to Budehuc when I was younger. But that was long ago, so that may be why you did not hear of it before.
Cray: Probably. I've only been here a few months.... Well, when I'm better I'm going to look into this Matter...
Cecile: *dismayed* Oh--but you shouldn't go searching for trouble!! What if the wolf decides to go after you? ;_;
Cray: I'm an expeienced Hunter... I can kill Dragosn single Handedly. A Little Wolf Won't Bother me.
Cecile: *still concerned* Yes, but...this does not sound like a 'little wolf', Sir Cray.
Cray: It'll be little compared to a 20 foot Dragon...
Cecile: ~__~ *decides not to mention several of her own bad encounters with the same 20-foot dragons*
Cray: and I killed a 20 foot Dragon not too long ago... so a Wolf will be easy enough.
Cecile: ....I will not stop you, Sir Cray. ._.
Cray: I have a few other things I'd like to do anyway.... I havn't got much else better to do...
Cecile: *sternly* Well, there shall be no heroic wolf-slayings until you are one-hundred-percent better, okay??
Cray: Sure... Though I dont think I'll ever be 100% well...
Cecile: ;_; Yes you will!! Just get lots of rest and think about happy things!
Cray: If only it was that simple...
Cecile: *frowns, because she doesn't find that simple at all* If you cannot get 100% better, try for something close to that then.
Cray: Sure.
Cecile: Really? :O
Cray: Yeah... I can't dp much of anythign in my current state...
Cecile: *sighs* -_-;;
Cray: Maybe Rekion can look into it in the meantime...
Rekion: +I dont got far to look....+
Cecile: Would that be safe? :O
Cray: Sure Rekion's Solid...
Rekion: +Uh huh.... and I'm the wolf oyu're looking for in the first place...+
LAC768: (:O Is she really?)
Howling Voice108: (XD yea)
LAC768: (Heh heh heh xDD)
Cecile: *nods sternly* Well, so long as you allow yourself enough time to heal...
Howling Voice108: (she killed tow peopel lookign for a Cyndar XD Knowing they'd find Cray eventaully she murdered them on the spot x3)
LAC768: (*dun dun DUN* Lucky for him she did that.)
Howling Voice108: (Thats why she's his guardian XD_
Cray: *picks at the bandage on his head*
Cecile: -___- Sir Cray....
Cray: ... I ain't used to bandages.
Cecile: *scoldingly* You will have to get even more used to them if you pick at it--then you will have to replace it! :O
LAC768: (*sigh* Cecile's such a mom. -_-)
Cray: .. open air helps wounds heal faster.
Cecile: ._. Yes...but picking at the bandage will damage your wound even more.
Cray: Not really.... *picks the knot off and takes the bandage off his head, revealing a gash at the top of his forehead*
Cecile: *cringes and covers her eyes...then peeks*
Cray: *feels the wound* hmm it's not too bad...
Cecile: ;______; It's not too good either.
Cray: It'll heal in a couple of days.... it'll be just another scar then.
Cecile: *frowns and abruptly stands up from her seat* Sir Cray, I shall protect you to the best of my ablitiy so that you shall never get another scar again!!!! >O
Cray: Heh... Thanks Cecile... But I'm sure I won't get any more unless it's through Blind stupidity... or...reckless people.
Cecile: Nevertheless, I pledge that I shall do all that I can to protect you from scary scars--!! :O
Cray: I have tons as it is, a fe more can't hurt. But I appreciate your concern.
Cecile: *takes that as an 'okay' and nods determinedly*
Cray: *pulls the collar of his hshirt down a tad, showig a rather larce scar on his collarbone* I have tons like this one...
Cecile: *reddens slightly in embarrassment* Yes, well, I shall see to it that you do not have to get any more to add to your collection.
Cray: If I had met Rekion sooner, this Scar Wouldn't be here...
Cecile: ._.'
Cray: I don't have the prettiest past in the world...
Cray: But if it wasn't for Rek I'd be dead.
Cecile: o_o
Cray: So you can imagine how I'm used to pain...
Cecile: *distraught* That does not matter--pain should not be something you expect to experience!! *even more determined to protect him*
Cray: After what I've been through I've learned to become used to it, I guess. Fate's determined to punish me.
Cecile: Then I shall have to punish fate for punishing you!! *unrealistically spoken* >(
Cray: Don't Becuase it'll hurt you just as much as it hurt me. I tried to defy fate once and I ended up loosing everythign that meant soemthign to me/
Cecile: *stubbornly* There is no such thing as fate, Sir Cray--everyone makes their own fate! :O
Cray: I beleive that, to an extent.
Cray: Fate has a life set out for you, a purpose if you will. It is your free choice to take or defy that Purpose...
Cray: MY fate, or Purpose, was to Hold the Rune of Punishment nad Die.
Cray: I defied it... through my own free will. Now Fate's turned against me and insists I suffer for my Wrong choice...
Cecile: *too deep for her to understand* ....If you were able to survive, then I think that was how things should be. ;_;
Cray: No... I guess you could say I made a wish the day I defied my fate. I wished to not Die.
Cray: And now Cruel Fate has twisted my simple Wish and made it Horrible...
Cecile: *holds up a hand to interrupt him*
Cecile: Nobody wishes to die, Sir Cray. There was nothing wrong in you feeling that way.
Cray: I wish I were dead now, but I@m not.
Cray: I realise now, That I should have died that Day...
Cecile: *flails in panick* You stop that talk right now, Sir Cray!!!! You did not die, so stop acting like you wish you did--!!
Cecile: Once someone is gone they never come back. ;___;
Cray: Yeah... I know. But there's been Two incidents in my Life I was meant to die, but never did... The second time I wanted to die more then ever....
Cecile: *would hit him, were he not injured* ;___; I never want to hear you say something like that again--!!!! Do not take your life so lightly!!
Cray: I've lived a long enough life... I had a good reason for wanting to be dead. And I was so close to it...
Cecile: *bites her lip and blinks back tears* Is there nothing I can say or do that will change your mind?
Cray: No... It's a difficult situation to grip. But when you're flesh is burnign away, you're laying in your own blood, you mind can no longer thing, you cannot see anything but fire, you look down and see your own ribcage.... you know you're meant to die.
Cecile: *determined not to cry; sits in silent numb horror*
Cray: That's the last thing I remember before I woke up here, in budehuc. Looking down, seeing my own flesh burning away, I could even see my own heart beating weakly in my Burnt away chest....
Cecile: *pales* But Sir Cray, you didn't die--you're here right now!!! Doesn't that say something???
Cray: That syas fate is laughign at me.
Cecile: Then you shall have to do all that you can to make sure that you do not waste the life that you have been given.
Cray: I guess.... but I@m just waiting for the next horrible near-death incident...
Cecile: *walks over to the window and opens it for fresh air* You should not think about death like that--instead you should be happy for each day that you have alive.
Cray: hmm... It's difficult when you;re in my situation. I have alot on my mind.
Cecile: *frowns slightly* I am afraid I do not understand.
Cray: It's nothign, dont worry about it...
Cecile: *still concerned* Well...
Cecile: *pauses in silence, obviously worrying about it anyway*
Cray: *can see the worry in her eyes* No really, don't concern yourself
Cray: I'll be fine
Rekion: +As long as no Cyndar hunter finds you...+
Cecile: *frowns and faces him* Sir Cray, I lost some of the most important people in my life...it hurts to hear that you would wish to give up your own life so freely.
Cray: Hmm "give up" isn't really the term. If I came close to death, I would not struggle to live.... but I wont go do something stupid like commit suicide...
Cecile: You must NEVER take your life for granted!! *a little overly-zealous* Even if it looks like you cannot go any further!
Cray: I never have...
Cecile: *returns to being motherly and stern* And you never shall.
Cray: Right.
Cecile: *nods, convinced for the time being* Would you like me to leave you the rest of the cookies, Sir Cray?
Cray: Yeah I'd appreciate that. Hospital food stinks.
Cecile: *grins sheepishly* I shall leave you the entire parcel, if you would like--I can even see if someone will bring you...more nutritionally fit meals.
Cray: I'd like that. *smiles*
Cecile: *happily* I hope I was able to help you feel a little better. *bows* Try to heal quickly, as we all miss you.
Cray: Heh, no one misses me...
Cecile: .....*preparing a motherly speech about how everyone misses him and he's sorely mistaken*
Cray: As you can see, I don't have a single "get well soon" card.
Cecile: *blinks in realization* Ah...~_~ I will give you a get well hug, if you would like. I do not have any cards. ._.'
Cray: Heh Sure... Those are better than cards if you ask me
Rekion: +Unless the card has money in it...+
Cecile: *throws her arms around him and gives him a warm hug* Now you cannot say that no one cares, okay??
Cray: *hugs her slightly back* sure...
Cecile: *smiles brightly and backs away, leaving the cookie parcel by his hospital bed*
Cray: You take care Cecile...
Cecile: *salutes* I shall do my very best~!!!