03 . written + action

[calmbeforethe]

[It had been midmorning when Ororo woke up and found herself propped up against a tree, forest all around her. She was slow in waking, blinking tiredly up at the trees, wondering briefly where she was and what had just happened and thinking how nice it was that all was quiet; noise would have only served to make the throbbing in her head worse... It takes a few moments for her to realize that there was something wrong.

She tries to sit up - failing that, she looks around hurriedly. Nature was rarely, truly quiet, she knew. She was in a forest - she should be hearing something, anything - the rustle of leaves, snatches of birdsong, or even a whisper of wind. Panicking a little, she raises a hand to call forth a breeze, relaxing only when she feels a wind blow through her hair immediately. She closes her eyes in relief; if they'd taken her powers from her, she wasn't sure what she would have done.

She gives herself a moment to breathe before looking around - and finds her journal with a pen conveniently tucked in sitting beside her. She could hardly call her teammates right now, but at least she could leave them a written note:]

[written; filtered to Logan, Rogue and Mia]

Good morning. [Of course she's going to be polite about this!]
I hate to interrupt your morning routines, but [a pause here, because anyone who knew Ororo would know that she wasn't always comfortable with asking for help,] I may need some assistance in returning to the house.

[action]

[For anyone else: If you happen to be wandering the forested area behind the Barracks, you might spy one mutant weather witch slowly, carefully drifting through the trees - because of course she is going to try and make it on her own, anyway. Walking would aggravate the sprain in her ankle that she'd discovered when she tried standing - and she didn't have the energy to fly. Hovering was her next best bet, even if it took a lot out of her and meant taking frequent rest stops every few meters!]

Comments

[theogre]

I will need you to direct me.

[Hopefully Ororo doesn't mind having her space violated. That's all the reason Sakura needs to put away her journal, sling her bag over her should, and pick up her friend.

...Unless she resists, of course.]

[calmbeforethe]

[She doesn't resist, but she does gasp and tense in surprise - that wasn't something she was expecting at all. After all, she wasn't completely crippled...! Her instinct is to protest that this was unnecessary, but if she couldn't hear herself...]

[theogre]

[Sakura would apologize, but it was clear to her that this would be the fastest way to get her to where she needed to be. Really, her adult weight is still nothing to someone like Sakura. She knows which way the houses generally are, so she starts walking out of the forest.]

[calmbeforethe]

[Ororo relaxes eventually, once she realizes Sakura did not mean to set her down, not for a while. Struggling would be pointless, and a waste of effort anyway. She would have to find a way of thanking her, when the time came.]

[theogre]

[Hopefully Ororo won't be too upset with her later. This is just the best solution she can come up with, and even with having to ask directions, it feels like the quickest way to get Ororo to house sixteen. Sakura hasn't even come close to tiring out by the time she's set Ororo to walk again, right in front of house sixteen.

She speaks slowly again, trying to keep her sentence simple.]

Do you need anything else?

[calmbeforethe]

[She shakes her head no, and gives Sakura a warm and grateful smile. It's a bit of an effort, but Ororo does manage to stand and take a page from her journal to write on, because she was pretty sure she needed words to express herself properly for this:]

You've been very helpful, Sakura; far more than I knew to expect. Thank you.

[theogre]

[This is her first time being so close to one of Luceti's houses, actually. She runs by them all the time, but she takes a moment to look past Ororo. The fact that she lives here must mean she has housemates, which means in turn that Sakura won't have to worry more about her.

She writes her response.]

It was only the least I could do. Will you be alright from here?