when johnny comes marching home

[ayu_nee]

Who: Everyone
What: Returning from the draft!
When: Midnight on the 7th and on
Where: Anywhere
Summary: Open post for post-draft returning and reaction, for those not in the plaza. If you're in the plaza, go to that log; if you're not, feel free to post here. ^^
Rating: Varies.

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[distressedude]

It's nothing that won't benefit from me trying to relax right now, Nephry. I promise I'll tell you about it after... but right now, I'd rather the next time I sit down be in the bath.

[And he means that. He has no intention of hiding his head injury from her. He'd just rather be more comfortable while explaining it.]

[silversnowfall]

[The best response she can give him now is to nod, say nothing, and help him keep walking all the way to the bath.

...But the bathing part he will have to do on his own.]

[distressedude]

[He can handle that much, at least.]

Thank you, Nephry... though if it's not too much trouble, could you knock on the door in a little bit, just in case I start falling asleep?

[silversnowfall]

If I haven't fallen asleep myself by then.

[leaving him to it. What she will really do is turn down his bed, and bring a set of pajamas to leave outside the bathroom door, and bring another mug full of tea to his room, along with a glass of water.]

[distressedude]

[This is why Nephry is the best mommy.]

[The hot water stings the scrapes on his arms and legs, but he knows better than to try healing them himself. Once he's mostly clean, he just leans back and relaxes a bit... once he got used to it, stinging aside, the water felt nice.]

[silversnowfall]

[Knock knock. It's already been ten-ish minutes.]

Ion?

[distressedude]

[Oops.]

[Might wanna knock again Nephry. He is on his way to dreamland.]

[silversnowfall]

Ion?

[Her voice was sharper that time. There are worse things than falling asleep, after all.] Fon Master?

1/3

[distressedude]

[A bit of a splash.]

A-Ah, sorry. I'm awake, mom.

2/3

[distressedude]

[.........]

3/3

[distressedude]

Nephry, I mean.

[He is almost too tired to be embarrassed. Almost.]

...b-but I am awake, really.

[silversnowfall]

It's been a while.

[distressedude]

...a while?

[silversnowfall]

Nearly fifteen minutes now. I just wanted to make sure you were all right.

[distressedude]

Oh. I hadn't even noticed... [How long had he been drifting off for?] I should be getting out soon, before I really fall asleep in here.

[silversnowfall]

There is a change of clothes for you outside this door.

[and she will go wait somewhere else now for him to get ready]

[distressedude]

[Ion waits a bit until he's sure she's not by the door anymore before lifting himself out of the tub and drying off. None of his cuts looked too serious, so he just goes ahead and grabs his clothes to get dressed.]

[His head still aches, but now it's more of a dull ache than a stabbing one. He's still moving a little uneasy as he comes down the hall, keeping on hand trailing against the wall just in case.]

[silversnowfall]

[She'll get him about halfway down the hall, taking his free arm so he has something better to lean on the rest of the way to his bed.

Really, she ends up having to put him to bed far too often. It continues to surprise her that he's so fragile.]

You don't have to tell me anything, Ion. Especially now. You should sleep.

[distressedude]

[He sighs softly once he's sitting on his bed. Now that he no longer smelled the dirt and blood that had dirtied his hair and clothes upon arriving, he felt... calmer.]

No, I'll be all right for a little longer. But there is something I need to tell you. Something that happened during the draft.

[silversnowfall]

All right.

[she sits on his bed, too, facing him]

What is it?

[distressedude]

...there were a lot of traps set up in the forest. When you walked into one of them, a vine would wrap around your ankle and drag you into a tall tree.

[He's going to leave out that he walked into about 12 of these because that's just sad.]

The second day we were there, I fell into one and... then fell from it. I hit my head pretty hard and don't remember much about what happened in the hours afterward. Jade said I probably gave myself a concussion.

[silversnowfall]

[There is a look of absolute horror on her face]

You're lucky if that's all you did. I hope a doctor looked at you.

[distressedude]

Of course. There was a makeshift clinic set up at the main camp. I would have known by know if it were something more serious.

[Not that a concussion isn't still serious. Nor did he want to go into what other "serious" outcomes could have occurred.]

...but I was told some of the symptoms might take awhile to go away. I wanted to make sure you knew.

[silversnowfall]

Thank you for telling me.

[distressedude]

[He nods.] Although, I should probably still get a check-up from someone who knows about me...

[Of course, Ion is thinking about Dist in this case, seeing as Jade is partially to blame for his injury. But he'll never tell Nephry that.]