A few days after the event [Open]

[notagiraffe]

Characters: Taiki and all that stumble across him.
Setting: Room 2-18, corridors and finally the meadow on floor 25.
Format: i'll follow you
Summary: There is far too much blood in this Tower and the latest fight has made Taiki even more sick than before. But he is attempting to act normal and failing
Warnings: Angsty self hating Kirin, mentions of blood and violence

Taiki had woken up with the others after the tower was put back together. Unlike the others though he promptly fell unconscious and remained that way for two days. When he finally woke up he felt awful. His clothes were still covered in blood and he felt nauseous.

He slowly pieced together what had happening, they had been attacked and mister Kirkland and Eridan had been protecting him. He hoped they were alright, he hadn't been much use.

Tears filled his eyes as he remembered. He had been so useless. He tried to sit up but a wave of dizziness hit him and he lay back down and cried. Everything had gone wrong, just as it had been going right when he had found his King and had done something right for once.

Now he was stuck in this tower, Gyousou was dead, Tai was being destroyed... he couldn't even help his friends that were here with him never mind the people of Tai who he couldn't even get to.

He felt a soft hand on his face and buried his head in the pillow, "Go... away... Sanshi," he sobbed and instantly felt bad. He sat up to apologies but the nyokai was silent. Taiki's tears came stronger and he got out of bed, barely able to walk without holding something. He wanted to be helpful though, he couldn't do anything lying in bed.

He stumbled his way to the bathroom to wash the blood off himself. He realized he was cut; as much as the infirmary made him fell even more ill he would have to go there to find some bandages.

He made it half way down the first flight of stairs before he remembered the rooms of blood and that he should use the elevator. He turned round but the movement made him dizy and he stumbled. He fell not onto the stone of the open floor like he expected, the one he and Eridan had flew from; but onto grass.

Tears streamed down his face as he realized he was too dizzy to sit up. He just wanted to go back home...

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[notagiraffe]

Taiki blinked at the woman who had been teaching him magic. "Miss Aqua?" He tried to sit up but a wave of dizziness hit him and he fell again, reaching out to clutch at Aqua.

[prayerless]

Aqua caught him before he could fall completely, the Keyblade that had previously been in hand falling to the ground in favor of holding Taiki up. It was at that moment when she realized how tired she really was; Taiki's weight disturbed her balance more than it should have, for someone who had effortlessly carried Ventus on her back. She kept standing, though, for the young kirin's sake.

"Shh, it's okay," the keybearer assured soothingly. "Hold on, okay? You'll be alright."

Following that, she took a deep breath, closing her eyes. She could feel the magic buzzing around her, but it flowed at a very sluggish pace when she tried to harness it -- a sign of her weakened spiritual constitution. She kept a hold on it, though, focusing it all into her hands.

After a while, tendrils of glowing green light snuck out from beneath her hands, shrouding Taiki with powerful Curaga magic. A golden flower bloomed above his head and sparkling green clusters of light rained down on him, to heal his wounds and taper his fatigue.

[notagiraffe]

Taiki nodded eyes filling with tears, he felt bad about leaving his room at all, he should have just stayed there where people didn't have to deal with him.

He blinked as he was healed, it made him feel a little better as the cuts where healed, though it couldn't help the sickness brought on by exposure to blood. "Thank you... but you shouldn't... erm... it was nice of you... but..." But it felt strange that someone should waste magic on him.

[prayerless]

Aqua's vision swam a little bit when the spell dissipated and she opened her eyes again, but a few blinks cleared it up quickly. It didn't help the sudden pull of weight she felt in the back of her mind that told her there would be no more magic for her until she rested, though.

"You were in pain," Aqua said quietly. "You want to learn magic to help people, right? That's what I do. I help people." If she could protect someone, or alleviate their pain, then none of her effort was a waste.

The concern on her face deepened. "You should still go to the infirmary, though. I can't fix everything." She was just a mage, not a doctor.

[notagiraffe]

Taiki nodded slowly, it was true, he was learning because he wanted to help people as best he could. "Thank you..."

He shook his head, "The infirmary... sorry the infirmary... there's lots of blood there... it makes me worse."