I just through Wolfgang out of the door...
Ripper
that's okay, right?
Noelle
....He was a guest. But if you do as you feel you must, my love.
Noelle
frowns as she looks over Ranette's wounds. They were extensive. "Who or what attacked you?"
Ranette
Im fine. Honest.
Ripper
well, he asked but then was able to piece it together pretty quicly afterwards
Ripper
*I']
Noelle
pursed her lips. "Hunters?"
Ranette
Cops and soldiers and hunters mostly.
Noelle
sighed a little "Darlin, you need to be more careful. Especially as things are now. Things are going downhill and are just going to get worse." Noelle made her way into the connected bathroom and pulled out the first aid kit.
Ranette
frowned a bit. "But I didnt know. I was sleeping for months. Woke up sooo hungry. And then, all hell broke loose and I dont even know what the **** happened, man."
Noelle
came back with the first aid kit and bent down to kiss her forehead "Aw sweetheart...You know you can always contact me and I'll come to help you immediately. Your sire as well. We can always get you all fed up without you having to kill anyone, so that you can stay safe." She started cleaning up the wounds, frowning a bit more. She didn't like seeing her all beat up.
Ripper
had judged so too by their hardware and caliber of bullet which was left imbedded
Ripper
rolls his eys.
Ripper
laying that is like advising somebody to 'do better next time!"
Ripper
while it's hardly something which can be disagreed with--it's generically inspecific to be of any real helpfulness.
Ripper
Torpor can leave a deep haze, it's why I try constantly to avoid it as such
Ripper
*consistently
Ripper
I suppose we should fill her in? At least on how the best methods of avoiding a soldier patrol..
Noelle
turned her head to 'eye' her partner. "Know what's helpful, darlin? Knowing you have people who care and are here for you...even if you **** off and disappear. When people come back from torpor and have that...deep haze as you call it...it's good to know they're not alone. Hence why I said what I said. We'll discuss how to avoid these wounds after we're all cleaned up. And she'll def need those deets, love. You want to fill her in?"
Ripper
sure. :lol: tell her all that you know.
Ripper
I'll plug in the blanks
Noelle
made a kissy face at the man before going back to picking bullets at and cleaning wounds. "You up to that conversation, Ranette? Or would you like to relax for a bit first? I'm sure you're in some pain." She didn't want to shove too much on her at one time and possibly send her back into her torpor.
Ripper
trotates m niggling with Noelle and turns to eye his offspring easily. Keep even further away from them then you would cops. each Patrol has a long-range spotter for identifying hostiles.
Ripper
So it's best not even go go a step near them when notorious.
Noelle
sighed and decided to jump in as well since they were apparently not giving her the option to rest if she desired. "When you've been overly active...killing, being caught feeding, using powers with others around...it makes you more notorious. Your face is out there. Soldiers, hunters, police...they have it. They'll recognize you easily and...well, they'll do this to you."
Ripper
Elle, stop coddling. >.<
Ripper
she knows the consequences of her actions so much as Sundial or the any of them.
Noelle
was holding a pair of scissors in her hand as she was using them to rap bandages and cutting gauze. "I will throw these at your face. I am not coddling. I am explaining in better detail. Yes she knows the consequences. This is just a reminder of how to avoid these consequences."
Noelle
made a grumpy face
Ripper
it will soon blow over. *surety*
Noelle
turned to face him "You know what's not going to blow over? The disaster this city has turned into. I've heard rumors of zombies being outisde of the QZ or Cats. I've not seen myself. I've heard rumors of something huge being stirred up. So many of our kind are fleeing Harper Rock for nearby cities and towns. So, in my personal opinion, I think it is wise to remind her how to avoid being caught. Doing anything that does not seem human. This place is going to become a mess sooner rather than later."
Ripper
Hmmm. *seems to gunneflect in consideration on this*
Ranette
*Rae sighed. So much information was being thrown at her and in the middle of all the information, they were bickering. She hadn her hands on either side of her head and winced. This was not helping anything at all.
Ranette
*
Noelle
was not bickering. She was discussing and was going to get her point across. Another frown tugged at her lips as she saw the one hands on her head. Fingers stroked through Rae's hair. "I"m sorry darlin. Are we being too loud? I bet your head is hurting from the gun shot wound." She would reexplain things later after Ranette had a chance to rest and get her head straight...well, as straight as it would get. She would also need to talk to Ripper further about the mess of this city and what that meant for them.
Ranette
Everything hurts. Im missing things. Things are shot. *She nearly cried but kept it together. She used to be much tougher than this. She needed to get back to herself again. After she healed.This **** sucked*
Noelle
had finished bandaging up all of the wounds. She almost looked like a mummy. "Darlin, do you know if you can take medication? Does your body react to it?" Some vampires could tolerate and even be effected by medication and other toxins, others...not. Eyes glanced to Ripper for an answer, in case Ranette wasn't sure.
Ranette
*tilted her head a bit as she thought, hair matted with blood. Had she tried to take medicine since she had been found by Ripper? Was that even a thing for her anymore? She had literally no idea and so, her eyes cast to Sire for confirmation* Sire?"
Noelle
Noelle quit
Noelle
shrugged a little and went back into the bathroom and into the medicine cabinet. She had just started stocking this place back up. She grabbed out some strong pain killers and brought them and a glass of water back out to the girl. "Ya know what, let's give it a shot. What's the worse that could happen? You vomit them up? Should be ok. Especially since you're his." She held them out to her.
Ranette
At this point, Im willing to try anything thats going to help this crap. *She commented and then grabbed the water and pills. She just threw them into her mouth and swallowed before taking a small sip of water. No fucks. Something had to help, right?*
Noelle
climbed on the bed next to the girl, careful not to bump or jostle her too much. "Why dont you get some rest." Fingers toyed very gently through her hair. A smile pulled at her lips as the orange cat that had been in the family...probably Perry's, jumped up onto the bed and curled up at the end of it.
Ranette
nodded her head gently and looked to the cat. "Probably a good idea, huh? Maybe by tomorrow, Ill feel a bit better." She sighed a bit. "Sorry for all the trouble." She commented, laying down in the bed. a bit to relax for a moment. "Ill head home in just a moment. Just need my head to lighten a bit."
Noelle
shook her head "Absolutely not. You are no trouble. This is no trouble. You are family. This is your home too...if you want it to be. You can stay. You can have this room any time you come here. Please stay. At least til you are healed up. Plus...it's not safe out there right now. Especially alone."
Ranette
gave a slow nod of her head and then sighed a bit, holding her hand out to Elle. "Calm down, woman. Youre so high strung." She wanted to laugh but knew she couldnt due to pain. "Im right here. Ill stay. Its fine....Not like i have anyone that can handle my crazy out there waiting anyway."
Noelle
grinned widely. "We can! Your sire and I. We handle each other's crazy just fine, so we'll handle yours too!" Not that Elle was crazy. She was absolutely sane. Perfectly normal. Not a thing wrong with her.
Ranette
smiled sadly to her. Wasnt quite what she meant but, she would take it anyway. She was used to this. This had always been her life. She finally understood that she was the problem. Not everyone else. "Thanks." She closed her eyes after pulling the cat up closer to her.
Noelle
kissed her temple as the cat purred and snuggled into Ranette. She was definitely not a problem. In fact, she was a solution to much. Elle loved having her around. "No need to thank me. I love having you around."
Ranette
smiled gently to Noelle. "Then maybe ill try and stick around for a bit." She offered up as she pet the cat.
Noelle
ran fingers through the soft fur of the kitty. "Good. That makes me happy. All of my progeny...are not around. I haven't seen them in a long time. It's nice to have you here."
Ranette
All I needed was a push out of the bed. A reason to be awake. I didnt find that reason. You, I was told to stay away from in a sense and he wasnt around much. I was too alone. Needed rest to curve the settling depression that was overtaking. So, I slept.
Noelle
continued to run fingers through her hair. "**** what anyone...ANYONE...says. You don'to have to stay away from me. I am your family as much as your sire, even if my blood does not run through your veins. If you need something, you are more than welcome to come to me. Yes, he will always be last word in most things...but we are family. He and I chose each other as family. I choose you as family." Noelle blinked a few times as these words left her mouth. It reminded her of a conversation that she and Ripper had had long ago. A hand came to rub at her chest some as she glanced over to her partner who had become absorbed with his hacking at the computer.
Ranette
sighed a bit, nodding her head as she listened to her words. The woman had a point but, still, Rae would always listen to her Sire. His word was law. She loved the man more than anything in the world, and for Rae to love someone or something was astounding. She just wanted more time with him. It was all she ever wanted. Still, it had been proven that would not be and so, rather than deal with that, she slept and now.... She had woken to pain. She traded one kind for another. This was no way to live.
Noelle
would start making date nights, family nights if she had to. Even if that meant no more....extra curriculars. Ranette deserved to have her sire around. It was his personality to go off and do his own thing, but he had brought her into this life. He would have to be here for her. And as for herself....Noelle would do her best to be around too.
Ranette
knew that was his personality. Wanted it to stop.
Ripper
Yes, Ranette. *after a pauses with a space of too long to normally respond*
Ripper
had gone thick inside his head contriving multiple streams of inconsistency but the sound of his title being hailed slowly drew him outside of the wooly fog he had been wrapped up inside.
Ripper
o.O what was it being asked?
Noelle
If you thought she could handle medicine...if it'll effect her or not
Ranette
That was.... forever ago....
Noelle
That's his brain, darlin. He gets wrapped up in it sometimes and it takes a bit for him to come back out.
Ranette
And he was back out and now hes gone again.
Ranette
pet the cat more.
Noelle
chuckled a little and snugged the girl and the cat. "See what I deal with constantly? You learn to adjust. It was hard my first couple years. I've learned to give him the space he needs. His head takes him places."
Ranette
And while you give him space, im hurt so I cant but, if I were normal right now I would be judging distance versus physics to kick my shoe off and beam him in the side of the head to get attention.
Noelle
chuckled a little "That was me for our first couple of years. I drove him absolutely insane...to the point where I was kicked out of his church for a while. He would stay anywhere and everywhere to get distance...he needed away from me. Then again, all of this was very new and a bit scary." She turned and smiled to Ranette "Want me to throw my shoe?"
Ranette
blinked and sat up. "Wait... he kicked you out of his place and ran from you and yet, you guys are still together? Why were you being a creepy stalker and yet, he loves you? Stockholm or something? Im confused."
Noelle
chewed her bottom lip some. "We have a very...complicated and interesting history. But yes, of course we are still together. Love him more than anything. And he loves me."
Ranette
Sounds like an episode from the psych ward to me, and trust me, Ive been there....
Noelle
shrugged a bit "It may have been weird in the beginning, but it's all good now."
Ranette
shrugged a bit, though it hurt. "Whatever makes you guys happy."
Noelle
smiled over to the male who was absorbed in his head again. "Exactly. That is all that matters. You cling to the things that make you happy. Don't let them go."
Ranette
I hope I never get like that. No offense but.... youre a little nutty.
Noelle
shrugged again. She'd been told that before. "I don't mind being nutty. I enjoy who I am."
Ranette
Which should be all that matters, right?
Noelle
Exactly
Noelle
You have to love who you are...
Ranette
What if you dont and cant change what you dont like?
Noelle
Accept. That's the first step, I guess?
Ranette
yawned. "I guess."
Noelle
stroked her hair "You're tired, darlin. Do you want some sleep?"
Ranette
nodded a bit and snuggled the cat. "Yes, please."
Noelle
kissed her forehead, watching out for wounds. "Alright. We'll go to our room. You get some rest." She then got up from the bed and headed to their bedroom. If he didn't come with, she would just summon him into bed and let him continue his ....whatever his head was doing.
Ranette
sighed and laid down fully, closing her eyes as she snuggled into the bed. She needed some rest to heal and time to recover. Plus, cat. Fluffy equaled comfy equaled sleep.
Ripper
hey childer
Ripper
come 'beam' me then
Ripper
if it'll be a balm
Ripper
yawns and stretches while shaking off Healing Trance.
Noelle
rolled her eyes and leaned over him, curling arms around his neck "Come to bed with me. I want to talk to you about something"
Ripper
I promised to sit vigil.
Ranette
Im right here, Sire. Im okay. I promise. Youll just be in the other room.
Noelle
We'll just be in the other room, love. She's safe. Resting in our home. She has the snuggly cat. She barely has to make a noise and we can run back in here.
Ripper
No, i won't be. <.<
Noelle
smirked. Now who was the one coddling?
Ripper
you are protecting me right now so much as me you.
Noelle
...Protecting you from what!?
Ripper
you.
Noelle
eyed him "Ugh."
Noelle
sat on his lap "You're infuriating. I don't tell you this enough."
Noelle
pushed a kiss to his lips
Ranette
laughed tiredly.
Ripper
dozes back off.
Noelle
glances up to Ranette "Is it going to bother you if we just...sit here? I"m sure you'd like your space to rest, but he's being a stubborn twat"
Noelle
nipped at his ear "You can't avoid talking to me forever. You promised me a date night."
Ranette
You can stay here as long as youd like.
Ranette
I dont mind. When I get tired enough, ill crash.
Noelle
ran fingers through his dark hair "He's so sweet when he sleeps"
Ranette
Only when he sleeps...
Noelle
smirked a little, a warm and fuzzy growing inside. "You'd be surprised."
Noelle
stretched out a little before curling up on Ripper's lap, head nuzzling in against his neck.
Noelle
ended up falling asleep just like that.
Ripper
snorts and twitches animatedly in dreaming.
Ripper
*slits an eye open suddenly and watches the blonde in full unconsciousness until he was certain her lights wre out.*
Ranette
moved after his eyes closed and drug the cat, snuggling as close to him as she could.
Ripper
*leans over in the faintest of whispers* we are to be having a talk tomorrow though--not on what happened here but on how to nip it out ever
Ripper
from making a repeat occurrence.
Ranette
*looked up and then sighed, nodding* Yes, Sir.
Ripper
*closes his eyes in what might be a slow smile* Now bring that cat over here.
Ripper
zzzz's
Ranette
hoarded the cat. "Mine." Sleeps.
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