Let Me Show You How This is Done (Orion)

[Min]

In response to the startled yelps, Min simply stepped back, coolly, watching Orion as he jerked over onto his side, trying to ease the pain she had purposefully inflicted. Her arms crossed back in front of her, and she lifted one fine eyebrow a fraction of an inch. The doctor, however, was far from taking things lying down, and he abruptly came off the table, in a motion that might have been deliberate but also seemed almost like he fell off, so vigorously was he trying to escape the stabbing throb in his subscapular nerve. He actually ended up on the floor, at her feet, which was exactly where he belonged, in her opinion. She gazed down at him indifferently, as he let loose with a childish display of bad temper. What a baby! she thought to herself. No Myrian would ever react with such melodrama. She had no intention of moving, and all she said was, “You are here to learn too? This is my lesson to you.” Their instructor, though, had a little something to interject into the situation. “What in the world are you two playing at?” he asked in a loud, annoyed tone, staring at first the dark hued woman, and then the doctor on the floor. “I was told that both of you needed some instruction – and that’s what I mean to do. If we could just get on with it? Please?” His expression said clearly that he did not find these shenanigans at all amusing. With Orion on the floor, the masseur made a quick swiping motion with his hand, from Min to the table. “Min – get up here. Lie down and let’s just do this, alright?” His voice was laden with impatience and exasperation. Apparently, he didn’t care who went first, or last, he just wanted this done.

[Orion Michaels]

Orion Was it even worth it? She was vicious. Sure, Orion was a sleaze from time to time almost always, but to react so violently, especially when someone else was in the room? And the way that she looked down on him with so little care? As though she was so much better than him? Orion's face flushed red, both from anger and embarrassment. It was all too much. The woman, as stunning as she was, was just a waste of time. He'd been improper, she'd be violent. That's how it was. "Go petch yourself. I'm sure it'd do you some good." She was so uptight. He had the feeling he wouldn't be getting along with this one. Such a shame, too. If she only had some personality to go along with everything else, she'd have worse things than Orion's childish antics to deal with day to day. Forcing himself to his feet, the doctor pushed past the Myrian. "I'll have to reschedule. I'm not gonna get anything out of this anyway." Orion was too stubborn, or maybe just stupid enough to forget that the whole situation had been his doing in the first place. He could have just admitted fully he wasn't the instructor instead of beating around the bush. But what fun would that have been? Heading for the door, Orion paused for a moment, looking back at Min for one moment. He expected her to be watching him, uninterested, simply wanting to see more of the massage. Orion was surely no more than a temporary annoyance. That idea drove the blue eyed man insane. His oft misogynistic ways demanded more than that, and that was something he'd yet to truly realize himself. "I hope your personality is no reflection of your medical skill. People won't be able to stand you, otherwise." Childish, Orion. Childish. oocHey, you can feel free to continue this thread out to whatever completion you wish, but I'm gonna have Orion baby out unless you do something that'll make him stay. I'm more than happy to continue if that happens, though I'd be surprised. lol Hit me up if you wanna do another thread after 'Wounded'.

[Min]

His childish words just sealed the impression that Min had formed of him firmly in her mind. He was a whiny fool who wanted to dish out the joking about but couldn’t take a little in return. Min could hardly credit that Orion was a doctor! She thought he’d make a far better clown. Bored with his antics, her gaze lifted from him and went to their instructor. That this man had chastised her right along with idiot boy didn’t bother her much. This seemed all a huge waste of her time, but she would stick it out and listen – she was always in hopes of actually learning something. But apparently Orion Doctor Michaels wasn’t through acting the hurt child yet. He made it to his feet – amazingly – and pushed past her, still crying like a vexed baby. Min could heartily agree with him on one issue – she too felt like she’d get little out of this session. However, at least if Orion left, there was a possibility that she might not be so distracted by his antics. So she let him pass and when he turned to look at her, he was correct in assuming her attention had already moved back to the teacher. His stupid barb was met with stony silence and indifference on Min’s part. The instructor however, snapped back, “Look, Doctor, if you’re leaving – go! I agree, it’s for the best. You two are acting like a couple of spoiled brats. Let me deal with Min, and you I’ll see tomorrow!” He literally turned his back on Orion, though the teacher’s face held little pleasure when he gave his attention back to the Myrian. “Alright, so we’ll just pretend as if there was a warm body lying here,” the man said, patting the table. “Let’s go check those stones….”

[Min]

Min gave her attention over to the real instructor, as he went to test the temperature of the water, and the stones she had immersed therein. He nodded and beckoned her close. “Stick your fingers in there – that’s right where you want it. Just hot enough to be able to reach in and grab them out. Any hotter and you’re going to burn the patient.” Yes, yes, Min thought to herself. I have already figured this out. But she listened, silently, after having tested the water herself. One by one she pulled the rocks from the basin and the teacher, looking at the table, seemed to change his mind once again. “Go ahead and lie down, on your back first.” Min looked at him uncertainly, and for some reason, she looked back over her shoulder, as if she expected to see the other interloper standing in the doorway. But the teacher said impatiently, “He’s gone, don’t worry. And there’s no need to undress. Just lay down and I’ll show you where the stones can be placed.” Mostly reassured, Min slid onto the high table and lay back, arranging her body carefully for optimum speed of rising, should anyone come sauntering back in. Her instructor, ignoring her wariness, took two of the stones and carefully placed them right under her collar bones. “Now, it’s important to remember, as with most massage, balance is crucial. You always want to place the stones as symmetrically as possible. The benefit of the heat, of course, is to reach deep into the muscles, without a great deal of force.” He then placed three stones, running in a line down her sternum, and a fourth, a bit lower, at her navel. The last two he placed one under each of her wrists, right at her pulse points. “We seek to reach the points of energy flow in and out of the body. The heat opens up the blood vessels, and loosens up all of the bodily fluids – phlegm, mucus – it’s important to make sure the room is quiet and peaceful, so the patient can get the full benefit of all that relaxation.” The man grinned slyly and added, “So I’d suggest that you not invite Dr. Michaels to help out as your assistant. Not that he’d even consider it anyway.” Min snorted, but said nothing, wishing only for the man to hurry up and get done. What she thought about the doctor wasn’t anything she’d be likely to gossip about with other staff members. Not getting any arousal out of his sour looking pupil, the instructor in fact seemed of a like mind with her. He quickly removed the stones and said curtly, “Roll over.” Min did so, with a slight huff, and the teacher once again began to place stones, straight down her spine, about two inches apart. “This is standard, but then placement of the other stones may depend on if the patient complains of any pain in a particular spot. You can place them here…” He laid two on either side of her spine, in the dip of her lower back. “Or here.” He moved them upwards to right below her shoulder blades. “I guess you already know the sensitive spots that can be found here,” he said with an amused chuckle. Again Min said nothing, so the guy sighed and moved the stones a last time, to the base of her neck. “Or here – and then we leave the stones for, oh, fifteen minutes or so. Make sure to be heating up another batch meanwhile. Then, when the muscles are well loosened, take a warm stone and begin your standard massage, like this.” With a stone, he pressed down into her flesh, with circular motions, and indeed. Min could feel the extra pressure that was at the same time diffuse. “This is especially good for those with bone pain, or nerve pain. Make sure the stone doesn’t get too cold, and replace it if it does. Massage for about fifteen minutes and then go back to letting fresh stones sit. Massage once more after that and finish with a long stretch of just letting the heat soak in. All in all, about an hour and a half. Got it?” That seemed to be the signal. Min rolled over quickly and sat up, swinging her long legs off the table and rising to her feet. She nodded. “Yes, I understand. Can I go now?” The instructor raised a skeptical and not too well pleased eye brow. “You sure? I can show you again, if you like.” Min shook her head. “I understand now. I know the heat – you humans do not like it very hot. Not like my people. We do not cry so easily – not like OrionDoctorMichaels. But I have used heat to cure, many times. I know now – less heat. Right?” The instructor wasn’t really convinced, but he could see his pupil was not in a very open state of mind, and that he blamed – erroneously – on the incident with Orion. So he shrugged his shoulders and nodded. “Alright. Just make sure you don’t hurt anyone again. Otherwise it will be my butt in a sling.” Min nodded one last time and turned to leave, allowing one quick grimace to pass over her features.

[Accolade]

Min

Experience

Skill	XP Earned
Philtering	+ 1 XP
Observation	+ 3 XP
Intimidation	+ 1 XP
Massage	+ 2 XP

Lores

•	Lore Earned
•	Philtering notes on destroying poisonous leaves
•	How NOT to use the hot stones
•	Stone massage -basic
•	How to make a man cry - pressure point focus
•	Orion Doctor Michaels - disrespectful, pale jerk

Orion Michaels

Experience

Skill	XP Earned
Observation	+ 1 XP
Subterfuge	+ 2 XP
Leadership	+ 1 XP
Rhetoric	+ 1 XP
Seduction	+ 1 XP

Lores

•	Lore Earned
•	Magical fingers don't work on everybody
•	How to make a dramatic exist
•	The pretender
•	Sexy bronze, doll -Min
•	Stone massage - basic

Notes :

Okay great thread you two, I loved it! You must thread again and again!! It's just too much fun to read!

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