Caught in the Courtyard

Violeta never even stopped sprinting as she headed for the infirmary with the bottle for Eremita's medicine. She very nearly bowled over a couple holding hands and enjoying a quiet walk between classes and had to jump clear over a kid she didn't notice until the last second. That last one unfortunately lead to her cloak flapping a little in the wind and part of her ankle was revealed to the sun. Fortunately she was a huge fan of long stripey socks so she was saved from a sudden lick of terrible pain.

As she neared the building she was very relieved to see someone just leaving and they held the door for her as she ran straight inside like a maniac. The bewildered man just stood there dumbfounded as she continued on bringing a bit of a wind with her. Once she was out of the sunlight she pulled down her hood and skidded to a stop at the desk with a bit of a screeching sound from her shoes. She very nearly fell over from the sudden stop but managed to keep herself up.

Violeta quickly explained to the nurse that she had found a girl named Eremita in pain and stuck in the courtyard. She apparently had run out of medication and desperately needed it to, well she supposed at least stand up and start walking about again. She explained all that and then held out the empty pill bottle with a smile.

The nurse was understandably a bit suspicious of a teenager showing up to ask for pain medication for a friend but after reviewing the notes they had on Eremita, and also the notes on Violeta herself, she went to speak to a doctor. It was clear that Eremita needed the medicine because her records had noted how important they were when the prescription was given to her. Violeta on the other hadn't wasn't exactly a regular to medical care on the island since she just healed on her own most of the time. They did know however that because of her vampirism the medicine would have no effect on her at all.

The doctor came out and spoke to Violeta as well and finally Violeta angrily stopped them "Look, she's hurt and scared and stuck out there while you waste a bunch of time. Give me some medicine to take to her or send someone 'responsible' to help her. I'm an adult and i'm not going to do anything other than bring the medicine to her." She didn't get angry very often. Normally it was just a distracted happiness as she fed on various emotions but these people were annoying.

The doctor and nurse looked like they were about to tell her off but then the doctor sighed. They decided they weren't going to give her the full amount of medicine but they could give her enough for Eremita to take so she could make it to the infirmary herself. Aided by her friends of course. Violeta had to sign a few forms and they made a record of what she was taking from them but then she was back off running. She only paused for a moment to put her hood back over her head as she approached the doors and headed back towards Eremita at the same very quick speed.

Violeta continued running and running, dashing around and occasionally over other people who kept getting in her way. She wasn't gone for a terribly long amount of time but it did take a while. She hoped that Eremita wasn't suffering too much in the meantime. Finally, as Eremita was explaining about her very unusual family dynamic Violeta came back in range to hear her.

As Eremita finished talking Violeta skidded to a stop about 12 feet or so from her. "I got some meds but they were stupid and only gave me enough for you to get back there and i'm sorry." The words flooded out of her mouth without a pause until she was done as if she didn't want to waste even a moment on breathing. She held out the bottle with the small number of pills in it as she slowly approached even closer. Showing she was actually helping.

While she was holding the pill bottle for Eremita to take she turned her hooded face up to look Eremita in the eye. It probably wasn't possible to tell that exactly because she was covered but it felt like the right thing to do. In the softest, friendliest tone she could muster she tried to comfort the girl. "I don't have a family anymore but I think it's great you want to find a way to have you all live without killing each other. I'm a vampire so I guess you cold say I found a way to extend my life. Or my undead life anyway." There wasn't even the hint of uneasiness about the topic. In fact she seemed reasonably upbeat in a comforting sort of way. "I think I would be happy to help you if I can but I don't know if there's much I can do."

Violeta also turned to Eli. "Thanks for staying here to help keep her safe dude whose name I don't know. Maybe you can keep helping her get to the infirmary with me? Unless you have something you need to do." She was being friendly and she really did want him to come at least keep them company as they walked. Violeta liked having people around, and not just because it meant better feeding. She actually liked meeting all the cool people on the island and trying to make friends with them.

Violeta adjusted her cloak a little as she watched Eremita take the pills. She had no idea whether that was a normal amount of pain medication or not. She assumed it was ok though because they had only given enough for the girl to get to the infirmary. It was a little rude to pop back in right in the middle of the conversation between the two people but Violeta was fairly certain they wouldn't care. Plus they didn't really seem to be in that deep of a chat.

She was about to say she would be happy to take care of her but she never got the chance. As Eremita began to stand up the cacophony of loud metallic noises as various parts of her began shifting and grinding was far, far too much for Violeta to bear. She had no warning to even put her earplug in before the deafening noise washed over her and sent her crumpling to the ground with a pained yelp. She curled up into the fetal position and frantically covered her sensitive ears. Adding to her pain was the fact that in her haste to cover her ears part of her left hand had accidentally become exposed to the sunlight and it felt like it was boiling. In response she shifted and rolled a bit to cover the hand with her hooded head. "Ow ow ow ow. Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop please," she was crying helplessly as the noise and pain left her on the ground.

As the noise stopped her crippling pain started to subside too but it lingered long enough and gave her enough ringing in her ears for her to be far too distracted to hear the discussion about latin or where Eremita's name had come from. Neither did she see the extended claw for aside from the distraction her face was buried in the cloak. She was just recovered enough to hear the offer to be carried but she didn't quite know how to respond yet.

((I think that was a fine way to use the power))

Even as Violeta had rolled over to try to protect her exposed hand suddenly things were weird for a moment. It felt like something had been put over top of her head. Actually it would have been more accurate to say it was just there. There was no sense that it had fallen onto or been placed on her. Also she could tell that the boy was in a different position than he had been. His emotions were coming from a different direction and he had to have moved closer. It was a very strange sensation. From her perspective it was like he and whatever was on her head teleported there.

Violeta was just gathering her thoughts again when The others mentioned carrying her to the infirmary. Why do they need to carry me? I'll just lie here and...

At that moment something large moved near and under her and before she could say anything she was bundled up in some sort of material and being hauled away like someone folding a leftover cookie into a napkin to take with them. ...they don't know I heal!

Violeta wriggled around in her uncomfortable makeshift cocoon a little bit. The trip took longer for the others to get to the building than it had for Violeta of course but by the time they were getting ready to enter she was recovered enough so that the pain had died down and ringing had mostly stopped. "Um, excuse me," her voice came out fairly muffled through the layers of material but she didn't want to risk raising her voice too loud in case her ears were still hurt. "I'll be ok I think. I heal real good. Either way I feel kinda like a hot pocket and that's weird." She wasn't angry at them for the pain or for deciding to carry her to the infirmary. The pain was something she should have expected and she had earplugs in her pocket for just such a reason. As for the carrying? Well she appreciated that the two strangers were so willing to help her however they could. It was nice to know they cared.

Though the emotions being given off by the two were tasty she really just wanted a moment to collect herself. "If you could put me down somewhere not sunny please. I don't know how covered up I am with all this stuff all around me."