The darkest hour -- ( delta velorum fox roleplay )

[TheSongOfTheStars]

"I don't know what it is or where it came from; the sympotoms are Dry throats, need for more sleep, a more aggressive attitude, high fevers, short bouts of memory loss, coughing, and it seems to leave no room for recovery.... and my mate has it," Satin paw broke down in full blown tears, the little droplets pouring down her eyes and onto the ground almost immediately so low her head was drooped.

[PixieStoryteller]

Current Location: Safe Haven; close to Nymeria; very close to Chris, Damien, Espresso, and Satin Paws; the more the merrier! :3
Dandy Speaks In:Blue
KaiLee Speaks In:Dark Red
Bane Speaks In: Black

KaiLee's eyes softened as the vixen broke down and she immediately stepped forward and buried her nose into the young female's neck fur. It was a very brief gesture and KaiLee pulled away again almost immediately, but she had been overcome with sympathy for the unfortunate fox.

"I'm so sorry," she murmured, her voice soft and gentle, "its nothing I've ever heard of. Perhaps it isn't life threatening? Maybe your mate just needs some rest?"

"Perhaps," now Dandy cut in, his voice still analytical and his expression looking overcast with deep thought, "Or it might be something more..."

"Can you take me to your mate?" Dandy asked abruptly, "It might be nothing, and I'm no alchemist, but I've had my fair share of experience with small healing matters and I'll be able to tell if its just a problem of over-working or minor diseases."

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Satin paw quickly brushed the tears from her muzzle, sending thanks to KaiLee through her eyes "Tricket isn't exactly the hardest worker and he's been sleeping so much..."
She blinked curiously at Dandy "Of course, I'd be glad for any help, follow me."

[yeena]

Damien looked totally mesmerized with all the words being thrown around.. well. He was someone who wouldn't be able to
shut up on some topics.. this proved to be one of them. He was just tilting his head confusedly until the female mentioned
something about her mate having it. Oh. Then she broke down sobbing and he broke down mentally snarling. This was annoy-
ing. He hated people like this. Giving Spress a distressed look he flattened his ears down and looked quite awkward right now.
He wasn't good with this stuff.

Hearing about the trip to go check this new virus out he wagged his tail and nodded, " I'd like to come as well. I'm very bad
with any types of sicknesses and healing but I wouldn't mind coming to check it out. " Damien said before starting to trot
after the other foxes before pausing and looking at Chris, " Coming ? " his first instinct was to snap out a 'why the heck
would I come ?' but he instead just shook his head, ears flopping around. He would much rather not go and see this.. if this
guy was as tempered as his mate said he didn't want to rustle up an unwanted fight. Sitting down he let his cloak flutter out
around him and just watched the others leave. " Be back soon Damien. We're moving again soon. " and besides the fact of
no trouble. Spress was here. Why would he go with them and leave the hairless thing he found a little too likable behind ?

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Satin paw nodded admission to Damien "Thank you both so much," she trotted slowly through the woods leading the way to the small cave.

[PixieStoryteller]

Current Location: Safe Haven; close to Chris and Espresso; very close to Damien and Satin Paws; the more the merrier! :3
Dandy Speaks In:Blue
KaiLee Speaks In:Dark Red
Bane Speaks In: Black

Bane was pleased to be leaving Chris behind: the fox's inconsistent behavior was rooting up unpleasant memories.
He was also somewhat happy that Damien might be coming because he seemed like a much more fun kind of todd. And then there was the adventure in inspecting this new disease that everyone was talking about. What was that all about anyway? Was it fatal? Would the vixen's mate be dead when they reached him? Would Dandy somehow know the cure?
Actually, Bane was already pretty sure Dandy would know what to do once they reached the ill fox. He had always been able to come up with clever remedies to any problems Bane or KaiLee had. Bane often wondered if Dandy hadn't actually been one of those clan healing foxes once upon a time {he hadn't, fyi, nor is he that good, but Bane idolize's Dandy's wisdom} and that there was some great secret behind why he had left his clan...
Bane watched Dandy, padding quickly behind the vixen that had asked for their help, his eyes still narrowed as he thought. KaiLee was following behind him, looking a little nervous, an unusual look for confident KaiLee. She padded a little closer to Dandy and seemed to ask him something that Bane couldn't make out. Dandy seemed to shrug off the comment and kept moving forward.
Bane padded up to KaiLee, who had fallen behind.
"What's wrong?" he asked, feeling a little apprehensive.
"Nothing, Bane," was the young vixen's response, giving him a small smile or reassurance before frowning again, "I'm just not sure if we should go poking around a diseased fox... what if its contagious..?"
That gave Bane pause. The idea that they might catch the disease hadn't occurred to him before. But surely Dandy wouldn't lead them anywhere dangerous. Would he?

[TheSongOfTheStars]

"In here," Satin paw breathed, stopping in front of a low cave entrance "Let me go first for a moment."
She disappeared inside the darkness

[PixieStoryteller]

Current Location: Safe Haven; close to Tricket?; very close to Damien and Satin Paws; the more the merrier! :3
Dandy Speaks In:Blue
KaiLee Speaks In:Dark Red
Bane Speaks In: Black

Dandy halted in front of the cave and sat down, his tail tapping impatiently on the ground as he waited. However, in a way he was glad of the moment to think; he had to figure out a way of calming KaiLee down. Her stress could spread to the other foxes. Just then, his stomach growled and he had an idea. He turned to the vixen he had been travelling with for some time now.
"KaiLee," he began in a quiet, commanding voice, "could you please go and do some hunting?
"And take Bane with you," he added as an afterthought, "I agree that it might be dangerous to approach a potentially contagious disease, but if no one inspects this new problem, then it cannot be fixed. But I wouldn't want you two to catch it in case I'm unable to help."
KaiLee looked somewhat relieved, though still a little apprehensive that Dandy was going in. Bane, on the other hand, looked downright furious.
"That's not fair!" he yelped, an expression of belligerence plastered all over his face.
Both KaiLee and Dandy closed their eyes in unison and Dandy's felt his brain work harder on this problem than it was working on the disease.
"Bane..." he started, but the young fox cut him off, his ears back in his anger.
"No!" he snarled, "You've always told me to keep my eyes and ears open and to learn as much as I can whenever I can. You said that yourself!
"And suddenly I've got the perfect opportunity to learn more about healing and you tell me to go play in the fields???"
"Bane!" KaiLee barked, her eyebrows knit with intense disapproval, "Hunting is not play and if you'd listen for just a moment you'd understand how important it is to Dandy's work."
Bane's eyes were narrowed into slits and his ears were still flat against his head, his expression mulish, but he was at least silenced. Dandy took over the conversation.
"As you know, Bane," he began, his voice taking the tone he used when lecturing Bane or KaiLee about the properties of plants he knew, "when you get sick, your body gets weaker.
"When this weakness hits," Dandy continued, his eyes going out of focus as his mind followed the process, "your body works twice as hard to keep you from succumbing to the sickness. It therefore needs twice as much energy to keep it working properly. This means that the body needs twice as much food as it usually needs.
"If you were to go hunting for us," Dandy finished, his eyes focusing on Bane's directly now, "you would not only be keeping your body healthy with exercise and also honing your skills at hunting, but you would also be aiding me in keeping this fox well supplied with the extra food he needs."
Bane snorted, but his head lowered and he looked a little sheepish.
"Fine..." he muttered but he raised his head to look back at Dandy defiantly, "But when I get back, I get to help."
"We'll see if you'll make a good helper when you get back," Dandy growled, not liking the young fox's attitude, "be stubborn like that and I might not be able to trust that you'll follow my directions."
This fully cowed Bane's resolve and he sighed, rolled his eyes, and then looked uncomfortable. KaiLee, however, seemed to know that she should take advantage of Bane's somewhat more obediant state of mind.
"Come on, Bane!" she yelped, "The sooner we start, the sooner we get back."
Her tail started wagging a little, as if encouraging the teen to take on a more positive attitude.
"Coming..." Bane muttered, still a little sullen, and followed after her.
Dandy sighed, partially with regret that he had been so harsh on Bane and partially with relief that he had convinced Bane to go. Dandy found him helpful, but he knew that KaiLee would have hated it if Dandy had just put Bane in danger's way because he was curious. Plus, it was good for the over-sized kit to learn some respect for authority. Dandy hoped Bane would learn a lesson and come back less irritable.
Suddenly Dandy realized that the other fox... Damien he thought, was still there. Dandy felt his pelt grow hot with embarrassment as he turned to the todd.
"My apologies," he murmured, "Bane can be a bit high-strung. But he really is a good fox. Are you planning to come inside yourself?"
Dandy looked Damien over curiously, he didn't really look like a fox that would be interested in healing. But Dandy mentally shrugged off the judgement. He really wasn't good at guessing other foxes' characters.

(Whew! long post. Hope its ok. :3)

[TheSongOfTheStars]

Tricket looked up weakly at his mate, his eyes blank with unrecognition.
"Oh," Satin paw whispered, kneading up a few weeds, then gently placing them in his mouth "Go to sleep."
Tricket's yellow eyes blinked, then closed.
Satin paw poked her head out of the cave "Come in, he's asleep, no fear of waking him."

[yeena]

He flicked his ears around, following after the other foxes and simply giving his tail a wag to Chris's command. He might
come back soon he might not. Only time could really tell which. Keeping an even pace with everyone he looked over at
Satin as soon as she said to stop.. and he did. And he waited outside the cave like the others. No need to be impatient now.

Glancing at the other trio he only smirked when the smaller fox put up a small fight.. he had some fire in him. A worthy
todd to be in some clan in the future.. maybe. Chuckling amusedly when Dandy apologized he simply shook his head and
slowly sat down, tail curling around his legs patiently. " No need to be sorry. I understand the reason of.. having to do
such. " he explained before frowning at the idea of coming in. Yeah.. he'd come in.

" I'll come in. Not too interested in trying to learn how to cure anything at all.. I'm more into the idea of just observing
what effects it brings. How it could make someone change.. Its best for me to know then discover.. I don't think this
will be one of those go-away sickness though. I believe its a totally new one. There probably won't be a cure for awhile
to come.. its going to take some time and investigation. " he explained calmly, eyes staring forward at the Cave's en-
trance.. oh lookie. There was that vixen. Satin paw.

Come on in ?.. Okay then. " That's our cue. " he mumbled, uncurling his tail and standing up, ears flattening against
his head while slowly moving forward.. he wasn't sure of what to expect.