recapping retribution - fireproofing

[redvox.]

REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

Vox's pyrophobia, while something he liked to think he kept close to his chest, was definitely obvious in retrospect. It was obvious in how much he freaked out whenever the faintest smell of smoke reached him, and was even obvious now, in the way he recoiled in a flinch when Aslisk fell into and put out the last of the flames. He watched with a frown as Aslisk drew in slow and pained breaths, her entire body looking entirely different with the wide variety of burns that now covered it, her formerly purple scales now tinged and thoroughly burned through to yellow. She almost looked like a completely different person, and Vox's large bat ears pinned back, his entire body tingling with phantom sympathy pains. Even if Aslisk had been a dumbass and had done this to herself, he still felt awful about it, and found himself wanting to reach out and help her. He wasn't entirely sure how, since he wasn't sure all the aloe in the fucking world could help with such extensive burns, but it felt wrong doing nothing. Unfortunately, it seemed as though Aslisk was going to continue her established pattern of being irritable and stubborn, from the way she glared weakly at him and wheezed out sharp and oddly separated words at him.

Even in her current state, she was well enough to tell him to fuck off, which he supposed was a good sign, but he still found himself gritting his teeth to stop from snapping back. She was just trying to get under his skin because she was frustrated and hurt, and he had to do better than letting his wrath get the best of him. When he heard Aslisk's reasoning, however, his eyes wentwide, a disbelieving noise leaving him before he said incredulously, sounding like he was a mix of angry and deeply concerned for the wyvern, "Wait a minute... fuckin' fireproof? This was all because you wanted ta be fireproof? That is th'stupidest shit I've ever heard! This isn't gonna make ya fireproof! It's just gonna cause you pain!" He didn't mean to sound so utterly pissed off, but he wasn't sure he had ever met someone so stubborn who thought so highly of themselves while also being so goddamn stupid. Hell, even Hadley hadn't been this bad, and the former leader who had been his mentor had refused to ever admit that she was wrong, laughing in his face whenever he had tried to air out his concerns with her about what she was teaching him. Eventually he had just given up trying to challenge her, but that was because she had never done something as stupid as trying to light herself on fire. This was an entirely new level of self endangerment, and Vox nearly found himself questioning if Aslisk was suicidal.

When she told him to go away, Vox let out a snort of disapproval, shaking his head and saying sharply and immediately, "You're not fuckin' fine, y'stubborn asshole. Y'need some goddamn help or you're gonna die out here. I'm bringing y'back ta the apartment buildin'." Taking a deep breath, the hybrid moved over and looked her over for a long moment, trying to figure out where the burns were least concentrated. Basically nowhere was completely free of burns, but once he found the best place he could, Redvox ignored any of Aslisk's protests and moved to carefully grab her with his wings, heaving her up onto his back. He would've been more worried about her swinging at him or throwing a hissy fit if it wasn't for the fact that he was pretty sure she couldn't move for shit right now, and thus wasn't very threatening. If he was successful in heaving her up onto his back, he would carefully start to move towards the main fortress of the Halls, hoping to find someone who could actually help them. Perhaps Roman? That was the only one that came to mind at the moment... any way he sliced it, there would be more options for people to help at the apartment building than all the way out here.