12-06-2020, 01:29 AM
NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS — The monthly meeting had been a disaster, and rightfully so. Aurum wasn't sure what the hell Stryker had been thinking, deciding to bring together all of the groups that utterly hated his guts and sincerely wished death upon him. The whole event was just sort of a blur in the lion's mind for the moment, a rush of various violence and words and fuzzy memories. One thing that Aurum knew for sure, however, was that he had gotten a bit injured during it. Nothing huge, just a bleeding mouth and a few moderately deep scratches along one side of his face. However, he didn't want to leave anything exposed, knowing that would only leave him open to more trouble in the future. He certainly wouldn't be ready to fight, if he was battling against some kind of terrible infection. So, he had headed for his home, searching around the various rooms until he found what he was looking for – their little homemade first aid kit, full of bandages exactly for situations like this. Well, situations like this, and smaller things, like one of his children falling and hurting themselves.
Once he had the kit, he headed out for the porch of his home, wanting the light of the midday as he got to work. He made himself comfortable on the firm wood of his porch, slowly beginning to clean up his aching and bleeding jaws with the bits of gauze that he had. He had considered going to find either Moth or Kiira, but he hadn't seen either of them in quite a while, and he didn't really want to bother either of them with such minor injuries. Taking a deep breath, Aurum put some of the bloody gauze aside, picking up the bandages and beginning to apply them to the scratches on his face. They stung a bit, but otherwise weren't too bad, considering Sojourn had caught him on the side of his face that was missing an eye. As he slowly patched up the scratches, he mumbled aloud to himself, "Bandages and... and... oh, I can't remember. What was the herb that helps prevent infections? I know Moth told me..." His eyes then narrowed in thought, trying to remember what he needed to apply to the scratches before he finished bandaging them. — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.
Once he had the kit, he headed out for the porch of his home, wanting the light of the midday as he got to work. He made himself comfortable on the firm wood of his porch, slowly beginning to clean up his aching and bleeding jaws with the bits of gauze that he had. He had considered going to find either Moth or Kiira, but he hadn't seen either of them in quite a while, and he didn't really want to bother either of them with such minor injuries. Taking a deep breath, Aurum put some of the bloody gauze aside, picking up the bandages and beginning to apply them to the scratches on his face. They stung a bit, but otherwise weren't too bad, considering Sojourn had caught him on the side of his face that was missing an eye. As he slowly patched up the scratches, he mumbled aloud to himself, "Bandages and... and... oh, I can't remember. What was the herb that helps prevent infections? I know Moth told me..." His eyes then narrowed in thought, trying to remember what he needed to apply to the scratches before he finished bandaging them. — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.
— Reggan