001.st Fragment: A Soaked Arrival [action]

[shred_the_sky]

[ A new arrival might seem unusual so late in the month, but there is one in town today. Visit the clothing store today and you might see a tall young man hanging out near one of the shelves. He's dressed in usual New Feather pants, except their color and the way they sit on him is a tad unusual. Coming up closer reveals why: the newcomer is

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Earlier this morning...

[shred_the_sky]

[ Aether's arrival is both quiet and unreasonably painful. His blood may be filled with memories of the eastern oceans, but the cold is an old nemesis and his ability to handle it is far from good. When the cold water envelops him, only his gills and endurance. His limbs quickly turn numb, skin becomes pale to the point of corpse-like and restless sleep is replaced by pained unconsciousness.

It is in this state, that he ends up being carried by the river stream. There is no sound or a hint of movement coming from him; if there is any sign of him not being dead, it will have to be discovered by fishing him out of the river.

...someone is going to fish him out of the river. Right? ]

[OOC: This comment is for the players who agreed to participate in bringing Aether back to solid ground and the land of the living! Everyone else, feel free to either ignore it or PM me if you'd like to participate in the scene.]

[poppetry]

[ Xion, like many people, has been trying to ignore the weird horoscope she found in her journal. But she hasn't been able to avoid this urge to at least use a brisk trot to get everywhere, instead of just walking, which is weird and annoying, but at least she's not full-on sprinting yet.

Besides, it ends up being useful when she spots ...

... is that a body?

In the river?

WHAT.

Stifling a shout of alarm, Xion races over, her mind racing as she tries to think of a way to get the person out without ending up in the probably freezing cold water herself.

She also chances a panicked look around, wondering if maybe there's someone else who can help her... ]

[falenandawn]

[Frey is luckily nearby enough to hear that stifled shout, and follows the sound out of concern. When he spots a girl by the river in the distance, he wonders if she nearly fell in, glancing at the waters as he gets closer.] Are you alrigh-

[His words are cut off by a startled gasp of his own as he sees the floating body.] What happened?!

[poppetry]

I don't know! I just--

[ She cuts herself off, realizing wasting her time explaining could cost this guy his life. She goes abruptly still, forcing herself to focus, then turns away from Frey and opens her eyes again. ]

I'm going to get him out of the water, but you're going to have to pull him to the shore. Get ready!

Drift!

[ A burst of black and purple magic pushes outwards from her body as she lifts an arm to perform the spell, and Aether's body abruptly lifts out of the river. A glittering transparent barrier surrounds his body, apparently holding him in the air.

It's go time, Frey. ]

[falenandawn]

[Frey doesn't waste time talking, instead wading into the water to try and reach the man- It wasn't exactly easy by any means, given the current was still quite strong and the water was freezing, but he manages to reach the man, reaching up and just barely managing to grab him by the arm. His hand was so cold... was he even still alive?

Slowly, he swims his way back to the shore, tugging the icy body awkwardly back with him.]

[shred_the_sky]

[ If he's alive, his body is far too cold to tell. A decent doctor would be able to feel up a semblance of the pulls through icy skin and stiff muscles, but a person not trained in such matters would only find a lot of cold.

The upside is that he doesn't struggle, unconscious as he is. Pulling him out is only a matter of a little strength. ]