[Sodium_noir] At the Temple

[Jennie Teakle]

Jack, Christine, Jesse, Paulo, Shang Mio
Spirit Entity, Orphan Mage, Mage, Mage, Monk
Temple of the Five Dragons
Late evening


> "Well," the man said. "So you're Jack? I am Paulo and
> this is Jesse, we're old friends of the Temple. We're
> also used to healing late night injuries with a
> minimum of questions so you can relax ... relax thats
> it."
>
> Jack looked from the man to the woman and back again.
> His eyelids, previously heavy in anticipation of
> sleep, were now open wide.
>
> “Uh...is this...?  He looked past the couple to
> Christine, his expression a mix of apprehension and
> something along the lines of
> what-the-fuck-is-happening.

Christine catches Jack's uncertain glance and shrugs rather  
helplessly. The newcomers  - Paulo and Jesse - seem very sure of  
their welcome here. Christine remembers that Shang Mio had mentioned  
some healers with connections to the temple. Presumably he had meant  
these two. Christine is aware of an odd feeling of pressure against  
her breast bone. It's like the blonde and the green-eyed man project  
some kind of invisible but radiant vitality. Their presence fills the  
small paper-walled room - so much so that the air itself compresses  
to make space for them.


>  The man reached inside his shirt and came out with a
> medicine bag on a leather thong.
>
> "Don't worry" he said with a smile. "It's not an
> enema!"
>
> Jack tried to prop himself up to get a better look at
> the object Paulo was holding, but his arms wouldn’t
> support his weight.  He flopped back a bit awkwardly,
> wanting to see what was going on but still afraid.
>
> “Yeah, that would...uhm...not really be necessary.”
>
> He looks at Christine again, hoping for confirmation
> from her that these strangely insistent people were
> okay.


Christine can almost imagine the scent of desert dust, pungent dried  
herbs mingling with the dense, green perfume of the forest. Her  
heartbeat seems to race suddenly and she feels giddy. She is dimly  
aware that potent magicks are pent expectantly.* As she struggles  
nauseously not to be overwhelmed, she becomes more than a little  
scared by 'Paulo' and his quiet companion. And horribly anxious for  
Jack.

"What are you going to do to him?" she asks a little belligerently,  
overcompensating in her anxiety.  Christine has been standing at the  
door but now steps back into the room, automatically moving closer to  
the futon bed where Jack lies, sick and vulnerable.


tag Jack/ST


OOC: * Prime 1  - sense magickal resonance - Christine's first  
encounter with Verbena Life Mages.





	
	
		
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