Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28358106-20181111180537/@comment-28358106-20181114171233

"No...no..." Regina shakes her head, resigning. "It's fine, Majesty. And Baku, you've helped us so much.  You're welcome to---"

A sound of commotion comes from the solarium. Thomas passes through the hallway, looking white as a sheet and sweating, his eyes sunken. He doesn't go straight to the den, but instead goes out the front door, almost staggering. His left forearm bleeds from two small punctures.

He is followed by two others. Simonelle is next, the High Vampire looking not much better than she did before. Her ghastly white-gray skin crawls with black veins, her black sclera pinpointed with red irises. She walks with purpose behind him, although much more calmly, despite her appearance.

Last comes Cosette, the brown Arachne walking into the den, where everyone is. Like Thomas and Simonelle, she looks spent.

Nevertheless, she walks to the front of the group with purpose, and everyone looks up at her. One or two stand up and pay attention as she takes a breath and sighs.

"She is stable, for now." She pauses for effect, or possibly exhaustion. "Stable, but she is still very much in danger. She suffered extensive internal injuries. We've stabilized her bleeding, which was severe, and not easy due to its acidic nature, and she is still bleeding around the brain and her spine.  She had an aortal rupture which will require bypassing before it causes further damage to her organs."

The mood is mixed as everyone takes the news in. Lucida has appeared in the doorway opposite that leads into the kitchen. She holds an empty tureen, her eyes downcast. Nobody says anything for several moments, until she pipes up in a quiet voice.

" What happened to Papa?"

"Simonelle bit him," Cosette sighs. "She needed blood. She was having difficulty holding on so he offered his arm.  Gods damn, I need some coffee..." She mumbles the last part under her breath, pinching the bridge of her nose and clenching her eyes.