Veiled by a Song: PM to Join (Fox RP)

[keydemon]

Yuri lay, his sides heaving as he gasped for breath from his numerous runs. He prayed that Soul had heard Copper's shouts. Faintly, Yuri closed his eyes, not used to so much excercise in so little time. His muscles burned and his heart ached with sadness. Please keep Jakei safe... Yuri prayed to Kinari, tears threatening to fill his eyes.

Ryuu looked up to see Jupiter and Soul. "Only Shiko knows..." he said solemnly, he felt a few of his cuts burning, but right now, Jakei was to focus. "Shiko is doing the best she can..."

Shiko's eyes widened as Jakei's breathing slowed, fumbling in her herb store she brought out truffle and foxglove, two of the most powerful herbs. Carefully slicing them up with her sharp claws, she mixed them together and parted Jakei's mouth. She shoved the herbs down his throat and stroked it to make him swallow. These foxglove provided adrenaline and truffle was the miracle herb. She prayed silently for these herbs to work. Briskly, she treated Ryuu's wounds with daisy, mint, snapdragon and red clover, then shoved them full of cattail. Her focus then returned to Jakei.

[Calypso Sky]

Raven noticed that Phantom was the only other one who had heard the shouts, and she gave him a worried glance before turning to the others. "Let's keep moving," she said, "The river isn't too far off and we might be able to find some fish along the side, and maybe even a few crabs..." The hunter began to pad away, looking back to make sure the others were following.

Copper finally heaved himself up on his paws. He was shaky and bruised, but otherwise okay. He wolfed down the mouse, swallowing it whole before taking a bite out of the rabbit. Copper then pushed the rest of the rabbit towards Yuri, knowing that the hunter apprentice was probably as hungry as he was. "Good job," he mumbled.

Soul stepped forward, bending down and put his head close to Jakei's. "Stay strong," he whispered to the hunter, before giving his cheek a soft nudge. The leader then moved back, his presence demanding attention from the others. "Jupiter, you may stay beside your brother as long as you aren't a nusciance to Shiko and Wisp. Leaf Fall, stay as long as necessary, and then join Ryuu and I." The leader flicked his tail to the SIC and led him towards the side of camp. "Is it true?" he asked, grief already shining in his eyes, "Are Kiki and Sasha dead?"

[cookiethekitty]

(I thought nothing bad was going to happen today. D: )

Apollo's ears perked up as he heard shouting in the distance. "Do you guys hear that...?" he asked, wary of what was going on. He felt the air thicken with alarm and fear. "What's going on?" Apollo looked around, confused.

[Calypso Sky]

((Bad things always seem to happen ._. But it's still morning-ish, so it'll be forgotten soon I hope ))

Raven sighed and stopped, looking back at Apollo. "I don't know what's going on, and yeah, it seems terrible. But if Soul needed us, he'd be able to send someone over to come get us, they know we're over here. The best we can do for the leash right now is stay on patrol and do our best at our jobs. Also, could someone grab the blackberries? We wouldn't want a bird to get to them..."

[cookiethekitty]

He nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I guess you're right... I just hope nothing awful has happened." Apollo leaned down and picked up the tips of the sticks with the berries in his mouth and began to follow Raven.

[Sacred Sin]

Leaf Fall nodded. "I haven't checked the scene, but I can smell death." His eyes grew very upset. "I don't doubt Yuri's statement that they are...dead. We should go and make sure though." He whispered.

Jakei retched slightly as the herbs when down his throat and his eyes snapped open. "Where..where am I?" He asked.

Jupiter gasped as her brother woke up. "Jakei! Are you alright?"

[єναи]

Phantom had a worried look, and seemed silent as he picked up his berry-sticks by the tip in his mouth. He plodded behind Raven following her to the river. Trying to shake off the thought of death of someone in the leash, he poked his leg with is tail softly.

[keydemon]

Ryuu followed Soul out of the den and sat down. His eyes flashed with surprise at the news of the two foxes' deaths. "I... didn't know." Ryuu admitted, "I just followed Yuri to the demon."

Yuri recovered from all of the running and snapped his gaze up to Copper in surprise. Copper? Being nice? Yuri gave him a skeptical look, their temporary friendship faded since there was no longer an emergency. "No thanks." Yuri said simply and walked over, eating a few snails.

Shiko gasped in relief, "Jakei, you're okay." she breathed. "Keep still, you don't want to alert the leeches. You'll be as good as new in no time..." she murmured.

[CreativityLives]

As he watched Soul and Leaf Fall run off, he almost followed them, but then decided against it as it wasn't really his business. He looked at the other foxes with him. "So... berries? Snails? Nuts? It's useless to worry, I'm sure they're doing the best they can." He said confidently. He proceeded to walk around the clearing and found a small patch of strawberries. Quickly, he strung them on a thin branch and looked around for more.

When Wisp saw Jakei's wound, she felt suddenly dizzy. It was the first time she'd see a real wound like that, and she felt sick to her stomach. She quickly ran out of the den, and spying some bushes, she threw up what little was in her stomach. Shiko might need me. I have to go back in. Making sure she wasn't going to pass out, Wisp walked back into the den. She almost retched again as she smelled the awful scent of blood and poison, but she swallowed harshly and made herself stand by Shiko. "Do you need assistance with anything, Shiko?" She asked in a voice as strong as she could manage.

[keydemon]

Shiko sighed as her apprentice ran out of the den. She used her claw to begin to scrape some of the dry, encrusted poison from the edge of the wound. Looking up as Wisp entered again, she shook it off of her claw and shook her head. "You can go rest and get something to eat, if you don't feel well, you can get yourself some cornflower, I suspect you know what that is." Shiko murmured as she focused on scraping off the stray poison.