The words swirl around as if on another plane, while the blackness consumes all around.
"GET OFF OF HIM!" Rurutani shouts.....
"Even the walls here have teeth" the mysterious woman named Suri says...
The voices overlap and the image of the tall female Roegadyn floods his mind and she says "Wake up...there's work to be done yet."
With a startled cry, Ruru awoke, drenched in sweat from fevered dreams that seemed constant lately. He gasped and caught his breath as he realized it was still dark; the sun had yet to come up but sleep was not going to be happening. His hand slowly wandered to his face and felt on the left side, near the eye that used to be there. The area was still sore and bruised, but was improving every day. The lack of sight from that side still disoriented him, but he hoped time would fix that.
He sat up and heaved a deep sigh and thought for a moment, considering the events that had led to his current state. And he knew that he needed to change. He jumped off of the bed in the Quicksand Inn room and walked to the side table. He looked on to the two eyepatches laying there, the simple one that Remi had given him after cleaning his injury and the more elaborate one Denn had given to him. He closed his good eye and considered for a moment before opening it and reaching for the simple one. It would have to do for now. He placed it over his lost eye and then grabbed the larger, fancier eyepatch and grasped it tightly in his small hand. He would have to get some work done it before he could wear it, so he wanted to ensure that happened as soon as possible.
He placed the eyepatch down and looked over at the sword and shield leaning against the wall and smiled. He knew what needed to be done. He had, for too long, been averse to fully embracing the training he was going through with Kage and that nearly cost him and Kage their lives.
"Not one more shall fall because of my carelessness" Ruru said to himself in a low voice.
He walked to the sword and picked it up, feeling it's weight. He would certainly need to relearn his peripheral field of view, but was confident that he could with time. He needed to take the lessons more seriously and needed to work harder. He thought back to the events at Pearl Lane and gritted his teeth as he saw the image of the figure clad in black hurting his mentor, Kage. The figure was lost to him....he had no clue who had attacked Kage or why and had been struck so violently before he could even ascertain any details. He needed to speak to Kage, to find out who it was and what was going on. He also needed to speak with Ser Natalie, but she had been away for some time. He needed to be sure she was okay with him continuing the training with his lost eye.
Finally, he needed to speak to Denn, if he could. Something was offputting in the last conversation between her and Kage as she had left him and Kage with Remi. Something....and if Kage wasn't able to get answers, then maybe he could. He set the sword down gently against the wall and went to clean himself up.
It was high time to grow up and find out what was going on and he intended to so immediately.
"GET OFF OF HIM!" Rurutani shouts.....
"Even the walls here have teeth" the mysterious woman named Suri says...
The voices overlap and the image of the tall female Roegadyn floods his mind and she says "Wake up...there's work to be done yet."
With a startled cry, Ruru awoke, drenched in sweat from fevered dreams that seemed constant lately. He gasped and caught his breath as he realized it was still dark; the sun had yet to come up but sleep was not going to be happening. His hand slowly wandered to his face and felt on the left side, near the eye that used to be there. The area was still sore and bruised, but was improving every day. The lack of sight from that side still disoriented him, but he hoped time would fix that.
He sat up and heaved a deep sigh and thought for a moment, considering the events that had led to his current state. And he knew that he needed to change. He jumped off of the bed in the Quicksand Inn room and walked to the side table. He looked on to the two eyepatches laying there, the simple one that Remi had given him after cleaning his injury and the more elaborate one Denn had given to him. He closed his good eye and considered for a moment before opening it and reaching for the simple one. It would have to do for now. He placed it over his lost eye and then grabbed the larger, fancier eyepatch and grasped it tightly in his small hand. He would have to get some work done it before he could wear it, so he wanted to ensure that happened as soon as possible.
He placed the eyepatch down and looked over at the sword and shield leaning against the wall and smiled. He knew what needed to be done. He had, for too long, been averse to fully embracing the training he was going through with Kage and that nearly cost him and Kage their lives.
"Not one more shall fall because of my carelessness" Ruru said to himself in a low voice.
He walked to the sword and picked it up, feeling it's weight. He would certainly need to relearn his peripheral field of view, but was confident that he could with time. He needed to take the lessons more seriously and needed to work harder. He thought back to the events at Pearl Lane and gritted his teeth as he saw the image of the figure clad in black hurting his mentor, Kage. The figure was lost to him....he had no clue who had attacked Kage or why and had been struck so violently before he could even ascertain any details. He needed to speak to Kage, to find out who it was and what was going on. He also needed to speak with Ser Natalie, but she had been away for some time. He needed to be sure she was okay with him continuing the training with his lost eye.
Finally, he needed to speak to Denn, if he could. Something was offputting in the last conversation between her and Kage as she had left him and Kage with Remi. Something....and if Kage wasn't able to get answers, then maybe he could. He set the sword down gently against the wall and went to clean himself up.
It was high time to grow up and find out what was going on and he intended to so immediately.
