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》i. gabe ii. 26 iii. male iv. humanoid defender v. avian physiology/runic magic vi. form
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- while gabe was perched talking to elias, the brown falcon that the defender named raphael feasts upon his catch of a field mouse. though he was a normal falcon, rafe was taught a few things by his humanoid partner such as whistle tones that anyone in the group could do to get the bird's attention. rafe was in mid-meal when one such whistle sings through the air. his little head automatically perks up as he listens and his snack was forgotten as he quickly flies off to respond to the sound. it wasn't the simple summoning call, but the emergency tones only used when in dire need. it's been a while since they've been heard, but the training kicks in immediately at the sound. the falcon speeds through the sky to the location and circles overhead when he spots david and jaz in an alley way in town. he screeches as he lands on the edge of a dumpster near the pair and bobs his head around in agitation as he watches them. it didn't take but a moment for david to issue his command to bring gabriel and the bird was off again. rafe may not have any kind of link to gabe, but he does know where the humanoid tends to patrol so he goes looking, screeching the whole way.
the feathers along gabriel's shoulders and down his back stand on end in warning before he even hears his falcon's alarm cries. he quickly stands on the branch he was perched upon and looks to the sky as he finally catches rafe's screeches. an arm lifts to catch the falcon as he dives in to land and rattles off his report on how someone called out the emergency tones and how he saw 'leader' and 'odd one' in town injured. the falcon wasn't good with names, but knows enough to give the members some kind of title or tag. gabe's blood runs cold at the report, injured? peacekeepers. "show me!" he orders the avian and takes off after him, shaking the tree he was in and forgetting about elias in his haste. his wings couldn't beat fast enough to get him to his friends soon enough for his liking and by the time he gets to the alley way, his muscles burned as if he was getting stabbed by white-hot irons. gabriel lands awkwardly and almost trips as he stumbles down the alley towards the pair hiding within. "david! jaz!" his voice was hoarse from flight, but he finds them a moment later.
anger surges through him at the sight of the slice on jazmine's arm and stomach as well as the sparking wound on david's shoulder. only a peacekeeper would do such a thing. the humanoid quickly drops to a crouch beside jaz and pulls off his crystal pendent for casting and takes a few breaths to calm his racing heart. "just stay awake jaz, i'll stabilize you as much as i can and get you back home to get fixed up," he tells her, his honey colored eyes shimmering for a moment before turning a glowing gold as he touches the crystal pendent to the scarred healing rune on his arm which turns the same glowing gold. the clear blue crystal glows bright as his magic is summoned and transferred to jazmine. gabe takes the girl's hand in a tight hold and the golden light from the rune runs down his arm and into jazmine's where it takes hold and starts to heal the girl's terrible cut. the smaller one on her arm heals quickly, but the one on her stomach will need much more. gabe drops her hand after a moment as if it was a live coal and gasps softly at the depletion of his energy, his head swimming a little and his vision goes hazy for a moment.
after his body settles from the magic usage, gabe sighs and looks over at david briefly, making sure the android was doing alright with his own injury. "that will take a bit of time to patch up, let's get home so you can repair it somewhere safe." the defender shuffles closer to jaz and carefully picks her up bridal style like david did before and passes her off to the android gently so he can work his magic one more time. dark brown wings spread behind him as he moves closer to the pair and curls the feathered appendages around them all in a kind of cocoon. he doesn't use his teleportation rune much at all, maybe once or twice a month if things are a bit more tense. the rune was etched on his bicep in now faded sharpie marker, but it was still clear enough to be used. "close your eyes guys," he murmurs softly as he summons the rune via touching it with the crystal pendent. it turns a shimmering gold like the other had before the color travels up and back to his wings where it bleeds into the feathers that surround the trio. it takes only a flash of golden light and they're back home at the safe house. as soon as he pulls his wings back, gabriel collapses onto the floor, his energy completely drained. he is careful of his wings as he lands on his side and groans, but holds up a hand towards david. "i'm fine, get her to the infirmary and set up first then you can come help me onto the sofa." his tone was strained and exhausted, but commanding. he'll just lay on the floor until david returns and take a little nap.
