CHANDA: =So there had been some tension... just a little after talking to Sileas about the attempted poisonings. Tata and Lala had drudged up enough information on the toxicology of the makeup of the various things used to kill her to at least give them a direction in their investigation and with the combination of Sileas' emails they at least have a general area to focus on. Still... things were a little tense so it made her want to have them have as much fun as possible!=
CHANDA: =There was an event, kind of like a Halloween party with some pretty well-known faces. Luckily it wasn't completely political but at the same time it wasn't a club (since she figures he wouldn't be feeling clubs). Getting ready for it together was fun. Making the costumes and doing makeup and hair. It was all a labor that was much needed and low stress. She makes sure they're dropped off by a driver, a well trusted one, to the hall of the event. Their costumes matching Jack Skellington and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas. She is feeling the fuck out of this gown and is living for the illusion of short hair.... short for her anyway.=
CHANDA: =Walks into the party and right away you can point out some familiar faces on the Lauctan scene= oooooooooh good shit ---€
SILEAS: -He's following right behind her, fixing the miniature sparrow skull cuff links in his jacket. He hadn't really ever thrown himself this far into Halloween before, but it was absolutely a pleasant distraction from what had been going on since he got back to Lauctis. While he had been off world he had sent the email addresses of the more nasty senders (which had increased while he was away) to a friend he had within the lauctian law enforcement. There was a quiet investigation going on with pressing harassment charges, and that was enough to satisfy Sileas for the time being. He even had high hopes for this party they were going to.-
SILEAS: -He steps up beside her and offers his arm to Chanda with a skeleton smile. His whimsical suit making him look sleek and elegant, and his black hair slicked back with fragrant oil, he felt charming as hell.-
CHANDA: =Oh he was charming as hell... that's the thing and it's good that he got so into it. She happily takes his arm and gets close to him with a grin=
CHANDA: I would ask if you wanted to hit up the reefreshments first but they don't need a massacre yet. :P ---€
SILEAS: Hah, yeah let's not let me get completely wasted tonight. -He gently bumps their shoulders together.-
CHANDA: No wasted just a liiillllll tipsy. Just enough to get ya dancin. =Shimmies at and guides them further in= ---€
SILEAS: -He snrks and follows her in, looking around at those around him. Some faces he recognizes from business, some from local tabloids, and then there were the collection of people wearing full masks and it was impossible to tell who they were, but over all it was an impressive gathering.- This party is a popperazzi's dream.
CHANDA: Sure is and they can eat it prawnestly 'cause we look good! =Hair flip... its a little over dramatic=
CHANDA: I gotta get used to this hair bouy. Goddamn, it's light. ---€
SILEAS: Yeah got to say while the color is interesting looking I still prefer your own hair. -Picks up a strand of red and twirls it between his fingers. He's grossly affectionate.-
CHANDA: =It is gross and it's hella affectionate, her makeup is still too heavy to show the little fuschia on her skin but it shows in her earfins= He all sappy and shit bitch... don't make me kiss you while you in full-face. You'll be walkin around with a mark on your cheek all night. ---€
CHANDA: =There are actually pictures being taken but these... well she'll allow these. Not like they aren't old news anyhow.=
SILEAS: -It's true, not that they were front cover news, but the rumors and stories passed around online enough for people to know. Some though they were a low key red item, others thought long standing pale, some even argued for a pitch affair but it wasn't random strangers trying to guess their relationship that was the problem. It was the anonymous icons and voices that were declaring the son of the signless was an alternian apologizer who had been brainwashed by yet another devil witch empress.- You out so much effort into making me look like this though you wouldn't compromise the makeup would you?
SILEAS: -But yes let them take pictures, he couldn't bring himself to care it was a Halloween party.-
CHANDA: =It sucked getting compared to her mom. But it was inevitable. Even if she was her own person with her own beliefs and ideals it still fucking sucked to be seen as just another part of something bigger. As if she wasn't enough or she could never be enough on her own. This was something she didn't really dig into though, so she plays it up and gives Sileas a big grin. Hip nudging him=
CHANDA: Oh you betta believe I would, don't be too yummy now baybe! ---€
SILEAS: Haha, alright for the sake of my face paint I'll try not to how about that?
CHANDA: Mhm, he'll "try". But throw tat cute as ship laugh okay Barbara. --€
CHANDA: =Still though she's sweeping him to the dance floor. This was a night for them to have fun and dance, eating the refreshments and picking at the trays. She's been eyeing some of the fully masked individuals. Looking into the depth of the cameras pointed at them. She might be acting paranoid but she doesn't let that show so much. Currently touching up her makeup while the party is in full swing. The music playing, people a little crowded and dancing and talking and laughing. Her eye follows a masked figure in her compact and she knows they're elsewhere. But her fins stay down, relaxed. She was determined to not kickup a fuss.=
SILEAS: -Hes returning over to her side with two cups of (most likely alcoholic) punch in his hands, his head turned over his shoulder as he laughs at the parting joke an political associate had made after their conversation.- Heh, yeah Keneck I'll pass it on to him for you, see you on Wednesday.
SILEAS: -He turns to give Chanda his attention as he holds out a cup to her.- Thirsty? -Sucks on the straw he put in his, now third, drink so that he doesn't mess up his makeup.-
CHANDA: =snaps shut her compact and grins up at him when he gets back. Taking that cup, no use dredging up paranoia= Alwaves. ;) ---€
CHANDA: Look at you makin connections and getting your network on. Tipsy yet? ---€
SILEAS: -Raises his glass at her- Yes I am, but Keneck was drunk. It evens out just fine. Cheers.
CHANDA: =snrks and raises her cup a little=
MASKED PARTYGOER: =Slips through people off to the side. There's a flash of silver and the slightest flick of the wrist as they walk. A small, thin knife sailing through the air towards Chanda. Leveled to pierce right through her neck=
SILEAS: Heres to making connections and being tipsy, and also how lovely you-- =Something catches his eye from over Chanda's shoulder. Call it a chance glance, prime instinct, what have you, but the passing masked stranger's sudden hand movement registered within his hazy brain and made his eyes go wide and his stomach twist.=
SILEAS: =He might have said her name, it felt like he had tried to get some sort of word out of his throat but his reaction was so fast even he felt like he had lost several moments in time because the next thing he feels physically aware of is his own loud heart beat and how hes spun himself and chanda completely around, his arms wrapped tightly around her to hold the small empress close to him. They've switched spots so suddenly, and he feels a dull ache somewhere in his back. No, really IN his back, its warm and hot and there is a strong feeling of breathlessness.= Wh-... =His eyebrows knit together as he stares into Chanda's face with bewilderment. But, shes okay. Shes okay right?=
CHANDA: =She hears that familiar whistle of something cutting through the air. Sharp and deadly and approaching. She turns sharply to it but is spun even further than she anticipated. Fins flared and alert then lowered with horror and fear, eyes wide as Sileas covers her with his body.= ..Gilly... ---€
CHANDA: =her hands clutch at him, a sick feeling of fear twists her stomach as she searches his face and shakes her head= What the fuck?.. ---€
SILEAS: =His mouth moves to try and reply to her but every time he tries to make a sound it only comes out as wheezed breath.= Cha-..ch-chan--grk.... =His ears pick up sudden gasps, and then even a scream from the party goers around them. Someones frantically shouting for someone to call the police. Yes, yes do that. Someone should..= Hhn...
SILEAS: =His iron grip on Chanda starts to loosen and very suddenly his numb legs start to sink and now shes going to be feeling all of his weight on her. Its really hard to stand up right when there is a knife puncturing your lung through the back of your rib cage.=
CHANDA: =NO! She looks tearfully up at him as he slumps against her. Shifting to her larger form, the wig net snapping as well as some seams on her dress so she could hold him better. She holds him to her watching his face dripping fucshia tears onto his face and instinctively growling at the first person to approach. Fins flared and pupils narrowed, her nails clutching Sileas but she recognized the doctor from television. A Lauctan surgeon and reluctantly lets her have him after much reassurance=
SILEAS: =Oh, hes being held now. But oh no her wig and her dress, they worked so hard on that... damn his spooky sleek suit also feels like it might be messed up, judging from how wet his back feels. His throat also feels wet, like he needs to cough, and when he does something comes up and he can taste blood.=
SILEAS: =He is still staring up at her though through half lidded eyes, she looks so upset right now and he lifts up a numb feeling hand to drag a shaking thumb over her cheek to wipe off tears. She couldnt cry right now, she needed to leave. Someone was throwing shit it wasn't safe.= G-Go.
SILEAS: =He manages to gasp out that word and once he does its like a wake up call for his body because its finally registering the extreme amount of pain he is feeling. When he is handed over he clings as hard as he can to Chanda, not wanting to leave her because she wasn't safe here, she wasn't safe didnt people get that?! He even musters up a growl, but its short lived as the blood dribbles over his lips and breathing gets harder.=
DR. LORNET: =It had been terrifying enough to turn around from a conversation and see some youngster with a knife sticking out of him, and THEN having been snarled at by a large protective fucshia blood, and now mr. Connla was putting up a fuss too? Thank god shes a professional, and when she has the injured troll in her arms shes extremely careful to keep any and all pressure off the knife sticking out next to his spine. Thank goodness it wasnt IN his spine but still there was no way to tell what kind of damage had been caused until they got him to a hospital. And judging by how much blood the young upcoming politician was losing that needed to be sooner rather then later.=
SILEAS: =Whoever is holding him starts barking for people to call an ambulance, he can also hear upcoming sirens but hes pretty sure they are police not medical units. His vision starts to get hazy and at first he thinks the goggles are malfunctioning, but no, thats just him losing consciousness.=
CHANDA: =It's an unfamiliar fear and numbness. A sharp pain to see him like this, weak so close to just. No- no... no that wouldn't happen. It wouldn't happen. It couldn't. She wouldn't let it happen. A vial makes it's way out of her sylladex, dark with fuschia blood and she hunkers down to try and give it to him. It wouldn't magically fix everything but it would at least encourage his body to create more blood cells and help the healing process, not that he could do much with a knife in the lung but still it was... all she could do= Shhh, shsh it's ok, it's ok, you'll be okay. ---€
CHANDA: =It's for his sake and her sake that she says that, reasoning while trying to get him to drink it, sip it, fucking-- something. There wasn't much she could do. Nothing that she knew, nothing she was fed would help. All she CAN do is cry and feel sick and helpless that this stupid, loving hero wannabe-ass troll that she loves thinks HE'S the invincible one=
SILEAS: =Hes still "Seeing" her place something in front of his face, the goggles hadnt stopped sending the images into his brain, but he was having hell of a time trying to make sense of it. His whole body screamed to sleep, but the doctor trying to press someones jacket around the knife in his back was yelling at him to stay awake. It was some very mixed signals so he groans and tries to move.=
DR: LORNET: =Shes checking his pulse, his breathing, the blood is hardly slowing and when Sileas moves it just jostles the knife out of place so more blue stand her hands. The ambulance is on its way, the police are in the building shouting and detaining some people temporarily for questioning. And-- And now this girl is trying to feed her emergency patient some mysterious liquid and thats a big N.O.= What isss that?? =She hisses and shoos the vial.=
CHANDA: =His nonresponsiveness doesn't help her panicking, Chanda sobs and pats his face. Muttering for him to stay with her, to fucking cooperate then her vial is shooed and Chanda growls right back at the doctor she almost, so very comes near to biting this doctor's head off but she bites her tongue and sneers back with makeup run with heavy tears= My caves aren't the only things that heal. Help me make him drink this or fuckin rub it in that wound or some shit. ---€
CHANDA: I don't give a shit who you are. I'm not losing him. ---€
DR LORNET: =She grits her teeth and very near snaps to tell Chanda to fuck right off and how she isn't about to let some unpracticed girlfriend try and force feed her patient anything that might just make things worse but... christ Mr. Connla wasn't looking good. His breath was shallow, his pulse erratic, where the fuck was that ambulancemen at this rate he might just bleed out before the struggle of him breathing collapses his other lung.= (Ssshit.) =Its a hard judgement call, one of the hardest shes made in her career (Dammit why arent her cameras here to catch her saving that signless guy's kid's life? She will just have to do a vlog of it later.)= ....Fine!! =She quickly snatches the vial from her hands and with expert fingers she forces Sileas's mouth open, spilling in some of the thick liquid and then rubbing his throat to stimulate him to swallow.= You better hope thisss worksss, (Hhhh I might lossse my licence for thisss.)
SILEAS: =By this point he cant even keep his eyes open, its too much strain and hes more focused on the pounding in his head and oh, he feels something run down his throat that is more cold then his own blood but still tastes metallic.... it tingles.=
CHANDA: =OH IT WOULD BE SO ON. But she can't even fight right now. She doesn't want to, only rubbing his cheeks, smearing the makeup that she'd put on it only a few hours before. Regretting letting him drink as that was hardly helping with how much blood he was losing. Dr. Lornet was still really close to getting on her nerves because this wasn't for publicity. This was his life. Chanda looks at him with desperation as the abulance finally does start to show and makes their way through the crowd with a stretcher. She'd never used her blood to heal anyone, there was never any need for it. She didn't even start carrying vials until she'd let herself have close friends and especially not for Sileas. Because if she'd learned anything looking at the past mistakes and lives of heiresses and empresses she's learned that the people around them... don't always last long. =
SILEAS: =The tingly feeling in his throat had spread out to his whole body now, as numb as it was. A feeling like something crawling under his skin, but it didn't feel entirely bad.=
DR LORNET: =Thank god the paramedics are here, Mr. Connla might have a chance yet if that mysterious liquid really did help him. She quickly helps put the troll on the stretcher and in forms the two medical technicians in on the situation the best she can, but they need to move him and fast, so she (Carefully) brings Chanda over to the side so that they can take him out the building and into the ambulance.=
CHANDA: =She watches all this anxiously, did it help? Is it helping him? She looks to the doctor and back to the paramedic trolls running after them and shrinking back to her easily transported size= I'm coming with y'all, hold the fuckin phone! ---€
CHANDA: =Here she comes, she's going to watch this from start to finish. It was her fault this happened, she didn't think he would do that. She didn't react fast enough. It was her fault this was happening in the first place and there was no way she wasn't going to see this all the way through=
PARAMEDIC 1: =They were radioing the emergency room while their co-worker was loading the patient into the truck when Chanda started to run for them. He immediately stands between her and the vehicle.= Mam who are you??? I'm sorry you cant ride with him unless you are court appointed guardian or quadrantmate and we need to leave urgently.
CHANDA: I'm-- =They were something, whatever it was it was something. Specifics don't need to be had. She grits her teeth trying to not flip her shit= I AM his quadrantment, fucking move and lets GO. ---€
PARAMEDIC 2: =Looks at paramedic 1 like "wtf do we do we got to go hes dying squirtle."=
PARAMEDIC 1: =Terans you memeing fuck now is not the TIME.=
PARAMEDIC 1: =Looks between Sileas and Chanda and eventually just throws his hands up with a sigh and barks for her to get in fast before he jumps in.=
CHANDA: =Watch your ass HERE SHE COMES right behind him=
PARAMEDIC: =Shes in, hes closing the doors and then banging on the front wall and they are off to the hospital, leaving the rest of the party behind in the dust. They manage to keep him alive over the course of the ride, somehow his bleeding is actually slowing which is a miracle to the two emergency technicians. Once the ambulance arrives Sileas is whisked off on that gurney to go straight into the operating room. Chanda will be led to the waiting room where she will be questioned by doctors and police officers a like. Sileas is in a bad way, but he will manage to pull through.=