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...

Comments

[queenofbass]

Marceline had been intent on visiting the meadow, sun or not. She'd found her floppy hat and- regardless of whether or not it went with the sweater and jeans she'd thrown on that morning- headed up to that new level. Perhaps she could find something new to snack on as well...

That thought was driven from her head as she caught sight of Taiki, sitting on the ground. Something didn't seem right, but she tried to grin and approached, cautious. "Hey, ya okay?"

[emissaries]

Now that she was back, Aradia was intent on properly exploring the tower. She'd glimpsed each floor briefly on a very interesting trip down the stairs, once, but that felt like months ago and indeed maybe it had been. So down she went.

She didn't get far, of course, before catching a glimpse of someone falling down the stairs. With a concerned gasp, she hurried down the rest of the way, hiking up her skirts so as not to trip, and crouched next to the young alien, trying to help him up. "Are you all right?"

Floor 25

[prayerless]

Aqua wasn't faring so well herself, but the extent of her physical damage was mostly contained to minor cuts and scrapes. The worst consequence of all of her fighting was the overwhelming fatigue, a weight she was consciously aware of on both her body and spirit all at once.

She almost couldn't even get out of bed when she had first woken up, but the thought that there may be others still down in the tower that needed help was motivation for her to manifest enough healing magic to be able to carry herself with dignity again. The trek down the floors was not going to be pleasant, but it was something she needed to do. People were still injured, and who knew what monsters were still lurking?

When she came upon the new floor, at first, she could only feel confusion. There may have once been pleasant surprise, but now there was only suspicion at its sudden appearance. Especially when she caught sight of Taiki on the ground. She wasn't well-acquainted with the boy, but she knew him through her magic lessons.

"Taiki," Aqua addressed softly, hastening to his side as quickly as she could without succumbing to her exhaustion. "Taiki, is that you?"