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Post by observer on Dec 7, 2012 14:17:23 GMT -4
As they made their way up the path the archers pace was rather slow. Even though the sun was starting to move to one side of the canyon, ready to vanish within the hour, sweat poured down the archers forehead. About half way up you noticed her stagger a bit.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 7, 2012 14:26:46 GMT -4
I try to catch her, but I was not ready for the amount she weighed, and slammed down on my knees to the ground trying to catch her. As I try to work through the pain, I slowly lift myself and her back up. The pain hurt, but we continue walking up the path, and soon, i see the glow of a fire as we turn up the path and see a house.
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Post by observer on Dec 8, 2012 1:37:25 GMT -4
"I warned you against messing with the Gila dragons." An old voice said as the old woman stepped out from her little home. "Come in and lay down, I'll handle healing you up...again." She said, gesturing for the archer to enter.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 8, 2012 4:44:33 GMT -4
I notice how this women not seem old, but really old, but I helped her to the bed. She lays her bow and quiver on a table close by and I leave the room, as the archer takes her clothes off. I lightly limp outside, with the added weight off, it feels a bit easier, but my knees were still stinging, after catching her.
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Post by observer on Dec 8, 2012 13:06:08 GMT -4
The old medicine woman glanced at you before getting to work on the archer. The cliff side the woman lived on was now in the shade as the sun made its way west...At least you hoped it was heading west.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 8, 2012 13:47:49 GMT -4
I look around and did not see anything to sit on, as I felt a bit shaky. I took a breath, as it felt like a bit of pain rush through me, after all the time I spent here, and the punishment I took. Finally I decide to just sit on the ground, my butt felt the heat from the ground, but it was not to bad, as I notice my knees did have a slight bruise on them.
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Post by observer on Dec 8, 2012 16:48:52 GMT -4
"You'll need to come in too, if you want to be of any use to the others." The old woman said, startling you at how quiet she was. Looking past her you see the archer had clothe wrapped around her chest and was fast asleep.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 8, 2012 20:44:47 GMT -4
I struggle to stand but do, when I was lead to a second room so she can get her rest, and I sit in a room. "You will have to remove though wraps" she said, and then looking at them" hmm, seem one of my students, tended to you before" as she looks at the wraps. Then noticing some of my past injury on me. "hmmm, you seem to have been through as much as the young archer. Surprising for one so tiny" I slightly groan hearing that, but she turns her back looking at her herbs.
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Post by observer on Dec 9, 2012 1:06:34 GMT -4
She finds what she is looking for and starts grinding it up in a bowl. Once it is ground down into a fine paste she walks over to you. Taking two fingers she begins to apply the paste to your injuries, it surprisingly cool to the touch.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 9, 2012 2:02:58 GMT -4
I shiver slightly to the feeling, but I try to relax. After a bit, it felt sorta warm, almost like Icy hot, as the pain slowly dulls. She next, looks at my knees. "Hmmm" I hear her say as she starts to almost paint on a wrap, and bringing it over she lightly sets the medicine wrap on my knees, grabbing some more wrap, she wraps it lightly around. "you seem a little like the archer" she talks to me now. "You a warrior too?". I shake my head, "No just a person who got a bit lost." And abandon two helpless people, I think also. She sets the stuff down, and starts to help set some wraps around different parts I hurt since I been here. "Well you should be ok now" When I notice the archer, leaning in the door way, looking at me.
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Post by observer on Dec 9, 2012 14:57:53 GMT -4
"We need go if you want to get others before they caught." The archer said, getting a look from the old woman. "You two should rest." She said angrily.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 9, 2012 15:11:46 GMT -4
I slowly stand, feeling a bit Woozy. "No, I need to get back to them quickly." The old lady looked at me angry and putting her hand on me, with her only being a few inches taller but old, I did not think she be so strong. "You need more rest then her!" I look at the archer.
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Post by observer on Dec 9, 2012 15:43:17 GMT -4
"She need to go. It long way to the other door." The archer said. "Those pesky doors." The old woman growled. "What about the one just upstream?" She asked the archer, making sure you didn't move an inch. "It broke during fight with dragon." The archer said, causing the woman to look surprised. "Show me." She said sternly, her grip tightening on your shoulder.
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Post by tjgalon on Dec 9, 2012 15:57:56 GMT -4
"Ouch" I was a bit surprise by the grip, and she remove her hand a bit shock. "Ok, I will let her go, since I will be going with you, but you two better now do anything I don't like" she says the last part as she grabs her staff, pounding the ground.
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Post by observer on Dec 10, 2012 1:34:12 GMT -4
The archer grabbed her things and led the way out of the old woman's house. The three of you headed down the path to the raft. "We need to head back upstream. You need help paddle." The archer said, looking down at you.
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