Another Visitor - RPLOG
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Date
18/8/477
Log
Early in the morning in Sveta's room, the faint calls of birdsong drifting into the room from the adjoining rose gardens. The sun's barely over the horizon, even for summer, and sunlight has only begun to seep in through the blinds.
The goshawk herself is lying in her bed amidst a nest of pillows, dressed in her nightgown and wings folded protectively about herself. The unweldy leg braces lie at the foot of the bed, but the cast is still on her shoulder and so are the splints on her legs. On the nightstand, a stack of books on simple alchemy, borrowed from the library; beside them, a calming concoction to help one sleep and settle bad humours, so the label on the bottle claims.
There's an empty being-shaped spot of mussed sheets next to her, but if there were indeed one there, they've left a little while ago.
A small smile adorns Flora's muzzle, and she gently guides Selena through the manor, towards Sveta's room. "Friend Sveta is here, yes... Friend Sveta is doing alright, but it will take a good amount of time before she's back on her feet, yes," the she-cat rumbles softly, before gently opening the door and making sure the goshawk isn't currently asleep.
Selena sighs quietly. "So I'd heard, Flora. You did mention it last time I was here." the wolfess replies quietly, bag fairly full in comparison to usual - and peeking around the doorframe with the cat before making her way in silently - presuming the door isn't pulled back in her face. "Sveta..?" She greets tentatively, tone kept quiet so that it wouldn't wake the bird if she was asleep but loud enough to be audible nevertheless.
Silence for a minute or two. Then a groggy, "Come in."
The goshawk looks uncharacteristically dishivelled, her feathers all out of order - perhaps it's that she's just woken up, or that she's been tossing and turning in her sleep despite the pain that would cause...but an eye flicks open and follows Selena and Flora as the two of them enter the room. "Oh. I...um, thank you for coming. Please, there are seats by the wall. Make yourself comfortable."
A small smile, and a light flick as Flora moves towards her chair, silently looking towards Sveta with a brow that is momentarily raised. She's got some things to bring up, but for now, it can wait until Selena and Sveta are done talking.
Selena smiles slightly over to Sveta, a somewhat empathic look on her face as she sets herself down by the bed. "You look terrible... Flora did tell me you'd been badly injured, but this is a lot more than I'd expected, Sveta." She notes, rubbing the back of her head slightly and setting her bag down before pulling it open. "It looks like you've got enough light reading for the time being, but I did bring some news reports if you'd like, and I took a look around the library and found a few books on alchemy as well - but I'd have to take a look through the ones you have already before I know if they're at all new."
"I understood what I was getting myself into when I chose to follow Flora, so I have no regrets about what happened. But...the sympathy is appreciated." Leaning on her good side, Sveta attempts to sit up in the bed, with some level of success. "It doesn't hurt that much any more. Not as much as it did the first few days, anyway; it's faded to mostly a dull ache and itching all about, especially in the cast. The main problem is that I'm feeling ill and tired all the time; I asked one of the employees to hustle down the the marketplace for something to settle my insides, and this is what they come up with. I took it anyway.
"It's just been a bit of a struggle to keep my mind distracted when I'm not otherwise preoccupied. The leg braces help, but even then, I can't have someone waiting on me hand and foot all day. Reading material...would be appreciated. Feel free to look through the titles there, yes."
A small nod, a small sigh. "It is still... Inconvenient, yes," the she-cat notes after a while, before sighing lightly and looking over the casts momentarily, tails swaying lazily behind her, ears flicking a tad.
"If there is anything else Flora can get, do let Flora know, yes... Flora will look for some potions later, yes... Or make a few... Flora should have some herbs somewhere," she mumbles, silently... "How has friend Selena been, in the mean time?"
Selena nods back to Sveta, taking a small pile of the books and offering the bird the news in exchange before replying, "It's not a matter of knowing what you were getting into, Sveta. That it happened..." She sighs quietly and shakes her head. "It's a bit worrying. At least you're not hurting so much anymore, or I'd offer a dulling potion for it. I just hope you haven't got an infection; from how beaten up you've got, it's a very real possibility."
Flora's comment prompts a slight shrug - "Inconvenient isn't how I'd put it, personally. I've been reasonable enough. It surprised me a little when I heard the Lightbringers were officially disbanded in favor of that new unit. What were they called... The 'Divine Sentinel Unit'."
Sveta nods as she accepts Selena's gifts. "I know. The dressings are changed as often as possible - Trace makes sure of that - and there's no sign of any infection having taken hold, especially with my sacred family being what it is. Still, with me feeling this out of sorts, I can't help but worry a bit. One moment I'm feeling fine, the next I'm just tired, moody and resisting the urge to scratch at my bandages. The aqua vitae stings like...something that stings terribly, but I've gone through worse."
The goshawk clicks her beak as she hears the news. "I'm not surprised they were eventually disbanded. The Lightbringers were formed to fight the shadow, and with that threat safely out of sight, if not completely quashed, it's time the resources were diverted to new efforts. I can't say I know about this new group that's forming, though."
Flora sighs lightly, and nods again, before offering a faint smile. "Things will be alright eventually, though... Flora has... Made a few contacts, a potential new contract, and a few discoveries, yes. And friend Sveta will be alright, it will just take a while, yes yes," the she-cat rumbles softly, offering an encouraging smile to the other two, murring softly.
Selena raises an eyebrow. "Oh? this wouldn't happen to be a kite? I remember meeting a being by the same name a long while back now in the Academy. He was having trouble controlling magic past a certain point." She notes amusedly, though her features quickly return to quiet concern as she continues. "that is fairly concerning, but at least it's not necrosis or paralysis, I suppose." She notes quietly.
"I'm more surprised that the group's existing resources weren't just redirected. I mean a full disbanding and unit creation. they're supposedly going to be on the lookout for creators breaking their or our laws, I think. I only heard a little about it through the ID's usual reports after I forwarded a formal complaint to them about one of their members." she sighs, shaking her head.
"So business as usual for you, I suppose. What about your employees?" the wolfess jokes, sighing quietly. "Magic's a lot slower in new breakthroughs these days. I suppose a good part of it is just in the amount of learning there's to be done already." she muses, settling back into her chair, setting Sveta's books back on the table and pulling a single one from her bag. "Well, you have almost all of the books I could find that'd interest you. I thought you might be interested in this, though. Maybe a bit fitting, too." she chuckles, showing the title - 'Refined Dulling Potions and Their Practical Applications'. "The book actually covers Ebon as well, though not in the same manner you'd find it on the street. I took the recipe I used to prepare for Arimia from here, not that she ever used them when she was injured."
