[Flashback] An Incident! (Nilkayn)

[Kaja]

I Season of Spring Day 32, 511 AV She wasn’t sure what she should do. She knew she needed to move on. However she was loath to really fully leave her home region. This was where she lived for a two years of her life. Year of that within the walls with family and her pack serving a few farmers in the city by guarding and herding for them, now she had been in the outskirts of the Sylira Region for almost a year now trying to make it on her own. However, she really wasn’t doing that well in trying to make it on her own, or finding anyone to bond with, or serve. She had to get out of this wilderness make herself move on. Once again she shed the clothes that she had worn to transform into her Dynakuva Painted Desert Dog form. She had nothing to her name again, having lost where she had stored her items in her last transformation because her memory was still so shaky from her fall into a stream and subsequent almost drowning. She was used to it though, losing things that is. Ever since that day she had lost almost her very existence but only came out of it with slight amnesia. She still didn’t know how she had survived. She was one lucky Kelvic in her opinion. She wandered cautiously in the wilderness, her nose, ears and senses on alert, not that these were any less in her human form, but it was just more comfortable to be in her dog form then her human one. She felt vulnerable in that form. However, she had learned a few things in her year and a half of being with her pack she still was inexperienced in a lot of things. She smelled the airs trying to smell where some game were, she was mighty hungry. She thought she was on the very edges of the wilderness that bordered Sylira. She knew she was inching her way away from Syliras, and she still wasn’t sure if she was comfortable with it. She heard a snap of a twig, and saw that it was a small animal she took chase caught it, and consumed her meal that made her stomach feel better. She slowly made her way to what she hoped was the South Kabrin Road. She had heard that it lead to Riverfall, which was one of the many stops along Endrykus’ route, or so she hoped. She didn’t know for sure really. She just thought that the moving city would be something she might like, and the area would suit her. Whether that were true, she could even find it, or they would accept her were on things she didn’t know until she made her journey. She thought it her right of passage, she had made it a year on her own, with only seeming to lose her memories, and even some of those were coming back slowly. She wandered closer to her destination, but that was when she was attacked. Once again she was in dire straights, she growled low in her throat, her hackles up. The beast was much larger then her, and she was unsure what to do to attack, or run. However, the foe didn’t give her an option as it jumped on her, she rolled trying to keep the other away from her neck, while trying to bite down with her strong jaws on her opponent. She yelped as the other bit, and clawed on her, but had not yet made any real damaging blow.

[Nil'kayn]

Kayn trecked down the road his mind filled with images of knights, castles, and dames in distress. His ear twitched slightly as he heard the sound of struggle. Sounds like animals. Lets go see. He rounded the bend of in the round peering through the trees he could make out thrashing shapes. He paused placeing down his things, he grabbed his bow, and he already had his other weapons strapped on. He stalked closer trying to make out what was happening. He could see a ball of fur tossing an tuning, and he could make out two forms in it. Some sort of dog, and a bear. He kneeled down drew a arrow from his quiver and fired a single arrow into the ball of fur hopeing it would hit the bear. Without stopping he fired two more arrows in quick succession.

[Kaja]

I The Bear was big, heavy on her. It was all she could do to roll around to prevent a killing blow around her neck or head. As it was the bear’s claws were ripping at her flesh, she had a gash on her back, and her thigh had a bite in it. She wasn’t sure if she was going to make it through this one. Maybe she was going to end her life hear and now only having seen one place, not having found a mate, or having pups of her own. It was just then that she heard a twang; the bear did too, and jumped at the noise. It gave her just enough to twist herself away from the oncoming bolt that flew their way. It hit the bear square on the hip, he roared in pain, turned to see what had hit him, and possibly who. His dark eyes not seeing anything turned to his prey, Kaja. Two other bolts came their way the next hit the bear in the side, and the other hit Kaja in the hip as she moved into it to get away from jaws that were going for her chest. She yelped, and as the bear slumped in death on top of her she fell unconscious. She lay under the bear, her human form being what she was in now. She had fatigued herself out too much. She didn’t stay unconscious for long, and pushed the big fur atrocity off her. She was as naked as the day she was born, and she was in terrible pain. She looked at the arrow that stuck out from her right hip, and moaned. “Ouch…” She looked around, but like the bear at the moment saw no one that could have been the one to shoot the arrows. They had to be around somewhere, she tried to stand but her hip hurt way too much, so she dragged herself to the nearest tree and leaned against it. She was going to have eventually pull the bolt from her hip, and she wasn’t looking forward to that, however, even though she did get hurt, she was glad of the help whoever and where ever it came from. “Is anyone out there?” She finally called. She was very hungry.

[Nil'kayn]

Kayn glanced over and saw the bear was dead, and he couldn't see the dog. He peered closer and started when he saw the corpse starting to move. He readied his bow, but there was no need; for a beautiful young woman had pushed the bear aside, and was siting there with an arrow in her hip. He stared at the woman confusion, and awe on his face. He did not move as she dragged herself to the nearest tree, leaning against it she called out. Should I answer? Well she could be dangerous, but in her state I don't think she could hurt us. Alright. "Yes, I'm here." He got up slowly walking towards the woman.

[Kaja]

I Looking up she noticed they young man with a bow hanging in his hand and arrows on his back. “Oh… There you are.” She smiled as he came closer to her. “Thanks for your help. I think I’d be a goner if you had come up. However…” She turned so her right hip was more visible. “I seemed to have got in the way of one of your bolts in the tussle.” That wasn’t the only injury she had her left thigh was bleeding and had a chunk of flesh hanging from it, and she knew that her back was hurting on top of that. She knew she looked a mess. She supposed a few more scars would be on her body. She sighed. “Do you know any healing medicine?” She asked rubbing her head. She really was beginning to understand how ill prepared she really was for this, but her lot had been cast. She was at the age that she had to go off on her own, and that was what she was going to do. She just hoped that maybe eventually she would find some people to travel with. She wondered if she would ever get to the place she wanted to go at this rate.

[Nil'kayn]

"Your welco-" He stopped mid sentence as the arrow became visible, he gasped slightly unsure how to continue. His glanced upwards into the face of the woman, "It seems so...Sorry about that." He stood there dumbly unsure what to do. He could also see other wounds on the woman, it all stated to click and he remembered some of the gentlemanly manners his father had taught him once. He leaned his bow against a tree, and pulled off his cloak walking forward he would drape it around the girl hoping to cover her. I guess its to much to hope she will not bleed all over our cloak? Definitely. You and your honor. Only then did the question hit him, "Erm, Medicine? I have no knowledge of that kind, I am sorry." OOCKaja Im looking for guest modder, to play some bandits and see if they can capture us, and hopefully one of them has actual medical knowledge.

[Kaja]

I Big round eyes looked up at him as he draped his cloak over her. “Thank you.” She blinked up at him. She wasn’t bleeding from the hip wound, but if the arrow were to be pulled out it might, as far as her back, and the back of her leg it was bleeding, but luckily it wouldn’t get on his cloak. “I have a little but only enough to patch up simple things, nothing like this.” She looked up at him worriedly. “Do you think I might die?” She looked a bit afraid, but she really didn’t think she was bleeding that much, and luckily she had protected herself from any really bad blows on her neck. “Hrmmm… What must we do then? Should I try to stand and see if I can walk?” She asked. “Maybe we could walk to some nearby dwelling….” It was wishful thinking; they were in the middle of a forest. However, they could run into someone or someplace that might be able to help. She didn’t have to be perfect, as long as the injury was sewn up even if it was crudely done and infection prevention put on it. She knew it was going to be a nasty scar as it is on her back and the back of her leg.

[Nil'kayn]

Kayn bobbed his head as he draped the cloak around her, "Your welcome." As her large round eyes looked up at him questioning. He couldn't lie to her, yet he had no wish to upset her. "I.. don't know." He paused at her next question, "I don't think there would be any dwellings nearby, and I don't think it would be good if you got up. I think you should stay here, and I will make a camp." He put down his pack. "I'm going to go get some wood for a fire stay here." He then started to trudge off in the look for firewood. Your a damn idiot.

[Kaja]

I Kaja felt bad she was injured and couldn’t help. She watched helplessly as he went off to get the firewood. She wanted to help. It was her duty to help. As he went away and deeper into the forest she tried to get up. But a sharp pain went through her hip, and she fell back. She moaned and lay back pulling the fallen cloak around her and closing her eyes. She was so disappointed in herself. The guy saved her life and she couldn’t even help him. She growled in her throat, opened her eyes, gritted her teeth, and with determination set in her eyes. She pushed the cloak off her self and ignored the pain that coursed through her hip, and when she took a step on the leg that had a torn muscle hurt too. She didn’t care she was going to collect wood. She went in another direction then the young man that was helping her and found a few branches, and pine needles for kindling. Blood dripped after her from her left thigh, and both her hip and her leg were now burning with pain. She leaned on a tree for a bit before pushing forward. If Nilkahn came back to the site before her he would find the tree where she was empty with his cloak pooled in the place where she used to be with it on top of her. She finally limped back to the camp dumping her cache she had got a few feet from where she had been laying. “I couldn’t let you just collect wood all on your own.” She smiled at him when she saw him. “I am Kelvic so its hard for us not to do something when we know something needs to be done…” She sat back down; it felt good to be off her hurting body parts. Again she was in front of him completely naked and she was completely oblivious of it. It meant nothing to her though. “By the way… My name is Kaja, and I know I have said this before but I really am very grateful for you saving my life.” She smiled up at him, with her big guiles eyes, and they showed how grateful she was in the shine of the hazel part of her iris. She watched when he had come back make the fire, the pain that had been racking her body as she had moved around before slowly subsiding. “I wish I could hunt for us for food, but…” She looked down at her battered body, and continued saying, “in my current condition I can’t really run very fast in human or animal form let alone walk very fast.” Her eyes looked sad at this admission.

[Nil'kayn]

Kayn felt bad that he knew nothing about medicine, and wracked his brain trying to find out something to help her. He guessed that taking the arrow from the wound would cause her to bleed out, but he couldn't just leave it in her. He started to gather branches occasional using his sword to hack of a branch or two, he bundled it all up. He started to head back. Once he got back he found the woman gone, and fear pierced his brain. He felt responsible for the woman, he had wounded her after all. He searched around for signs of her leaving and saw them. He was no expert tracker, not even competent, but he could see her trail, following it slowly he attempted to follow her, but eventually came to a spot he could not read, so he growled and went back to camp to start a fire, he already had the fire going and he was setting up his tent, when she came back. He went to speak but she intercepted him and spoke before he could. He listened to her a stern look on his face, but when she mentioned she was a kelvic his face softened. He helped her down, "Alright, but at least tell me next time." He glanced over her wounds grimacing, wishing he knew some medicine. He rummaged in his pack pulling out some linen, he started to rip them apart and wrap them around the wounds. He then would give her a shirt to wear. Walking off, he would continue to set up camp.