Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25808351-20180615005427/@comment-28358106-20180929141228

Regina's frightened gaze flies around the group, jumping from Imperia, to Marcus, to Armata. She seems to have noticed them only for the first time, and her teary eyes grow fierce as she looks between Armata and Marcus, falling with fear on the Vampire.

"Sh...she was only gone for two days! What happened to her?  What did she do...What did you do to her?!..."

Regina is cut off as Tirush opens her mouth, rolls her head a little and groans, a brief, low sound as she struggles against her own congested breath. A single shallow cough ends her groan. Regina stifles a little sob as she again reaches down and pets the side of Tirush's face that is injured the least, her voice struggling to stay calm.

"Shhhhh...I'm here, honey, I'm right here...we're going to take care of you now..."

A soft clatter comes from the entrance. Lucida has stopped in the doorway, the folded silk sheets she was carrying falling from her arms as she stares in shock, her eyes wide in horror as she looks at her second mother on the ground. Immediately, Regina springs up and moves to her, her voice as collected as she can manage.

"Lucida, get to the kitchen, get all three tureens on the stove, and boil as much water as you can. When Aurum gets back, have her put the dutch oven over the pit and boil some bandages.  Hurry."

Any other time, Lucida would have argued that plain bandages would have been burned through by Tirush's acidic blood. But in her own shock, as well as her obedient Golem nature, she grabs up part of the silk she dropped and is gone in moments. Regina picks up the rest of the silk and moves again to Tirush, kneeling beside her and ripping the sheet into wide strips. She's moving automatically, because it's the only thing she knows to do, but her eyes are on her wife. Tirush's breathing is shallow and rapid, and she shows no sign of consciousness.