Zombiefield Aftermath at 305 Miller

[adventurerextraordinaire]

Who: Cade Masters, Princess Luna, Jenny Sparks;
What: Preparing for and going on a picnic
Where: 305 Miller
When: The day after the zombie outbreak has finished
Warnings: Cade Masters! and probably swearing, since Jenny is involved.


[305 Miller held up ok after the zombie aftermath. There are some broken windows and a lot of debris in the yard, but compared to some other homes, this house is looking pretty good.
Cade, however, is not looking so hot. He was determined to heal as many people as he could, but eventually he used up all the energy he could from the White Well. There were still people suffering, so Cade began to draw from his own life force instead, nearly killing himself. He is very weak, and looks about 20 years older now with salt-and-pepper hair and bags under his eyes.
He hates to show weakness in front of Jenny, however, so he is hobbling about at the moment, trying to make what repairs he can.]

Comments

[voiceofauthority]

[Jenny can tell that he's in no shape to be on his feet. In fact, he's been getting a large amount of shit for not laying down as is.]

Masters, if you don't get your ass on that couch and lay down I'm gonna shock you till you pass out.

[The crackling from her hand showed that it was a promise, not a thread. The man needed to lay down and get his strength back.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Looks at her wearily.]

"..okay."

He drags himself over to the couch and collapses on it.

[shockinglyold]

[The electricity dissipates as she makes her way over.]

What the hell did you do to yourself anyway? You look about sixty.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade waves his hand as if its nothing, but his quivering kind of sabotages the effectiveness of this gesture.]

"It's only temporary, I've done this before. I just... well I... I only have so much energy I can hold from the White Well to power my healing spells. And normally it's plenty. But the last few days... so many people were injured... or sick... I just didn't have enough juice. So... I... kind of used my own life energy..."

[guardsthenight]

[Their pet is helping to repair the damage from the zombies, especially since part of that damage was from her aggressive removal of anyone trying to get into the house.

But Cade's condition is concerning.]

You should not be up. You need your rest if you are going to recover.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade stumbles a little bit.]

"No, its good, I'm fine, really..."

[voiceofauthority]

[It looked like it was time for a short break to scold the moron who overclocked himself.]

If you kill yourself trying to save people that helps no one.

[She pauses to run her hand through her hair and light a cigarette.]

Your first focus should always be to stay alive.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade sighs. It is more a tired sigh than an exasperated one.]

"I didn't die though. I just came as close as I could to do as much good as I could..."

[voiceofauthority]

How long will it take for you to get better?

[If he was like Apollo who didn't take much time to recharge it was forgivable. If it was going to take a while then that was that much longer he'd be helpless.]

[guardsthenight]

Stumbling means that you are fine for a hu-man? Because it appears that you are not fine and are about to collapse.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"In a couple days I'll be back to normal, for the most part."

[Sigh]

"Though the grey hairs will stick around for a while..."

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"I'm not about to-"

[Falls over.]

[guardsthenight]

As expected.

[She will just sigh and lift him up so she can float him over to the couch.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade comes to as she puts him on the couch.]

"Oh...what happened?"

[voiceofauthority]

And what if something else happens in those couple of days; something worse?

[She's not worried for him mind you, she's worried about the stupid decision he'd made that made him vulnerable to attacks.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

((A little secret for Jenny: being worried that someone has made them self vulnerable is the same thing as being for worried for that person.))

"Well, then I guess I'm screwed, aren't I?"

[Cade sighs.]

"Are you telling me you've never taken risks to protect the innocent, to help those who're suffering? Because I find that hard to believe."

[Cade knows he's asking for a smack or a shock but he's too tired to care.]

[guardsthenight]

You collapsed after not listening to my warning on the matter.

[This is a grumpy looking pony, but she is floating a blanket over to set on him, now that she has him settled on the couch.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"oh... Sorry."

[Cade looks about as the blanket is floated onto him.]

"And thank you."

[voiceofauthority]

[He gets an accusing finger instead.]

That's different.

[guardsthenight]

Your apology is unnecessary if you will now take the time to rest.

[She sits down near his head, giving him a 'look'.]

Will I be required to stand guard and ensure that you do so?

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade lets out a tired sigh.]

"...no. You don't have to stand guard. I'll be good, Luna.

Are you sure there's nothing I can do to help?"

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks at the finger and doesn't flinch.]

"Rubbish. How is it different?"

[voiceofauthority]

I was already dying.

[Which doesn't say anything for the other hundreds of times she did it. Or for the fact that what she did to kill God wouldn't have even put a dent in trying to kill her.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"And if you weren't? Would you have done anything differently?"

[voiceofauthority]

It wouldn't have killed me if I wasn't already dying.

[But the answer is no.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks at her, tiredness in his eyes.]

"You know what I meant."

[voiceofauthority]

I wouldn't do anything that would worry others.

[It was another lie, but she was trying. She didn't want him running off and doing stupid things again.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"Now that's a lie, because you already do stuff that makes me worry about you."

[voiceofauthority]

Tch. I don't do half as many dumb things as you do. You have absolutely no regard for your own life.

[The frown she was looking at him with was heavy with worry. Not that she'd admit that was what it was.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade sighs.]

"Wow. It's been a long time since someone worried about me, you know."

[voiceofauthority]

Why not? You're stupid enough to have everyone you meet worrying about you.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade seems more amused than insulted.]
"Hah, is that so?"

[voiceofauthority]

It is.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"Well, then thank you for caring about a stupid fool like me."

[voiceofauthority]

Then stop bein so stupid.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"...I'll try."

[voiceofauthority]

Good.