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02 ▒ EVENT: STASIS SICKNESS ▒ MEDBAY

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Medbay.
WARNINGS: Sickness, body horror, etc.
SUMMARY: Sickness central. Treatments, dying slowly, related events.
NOTES: Divided by days a la medbay organisation log in the comments!

You're not feeling too well. The last couple of days have been - rough. The medbay seems to be a bit more full than usual, but you're sure it's nothing to be worried about; whatever the illness is, it'll go away once you've rested and gotten a check-up. Right?

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[ every since friday night, things had gone from bad to worse. and then worse, to horrifying.

her friends were returning, but without the cure and without their health. people all around her were falling apart, crying and shaking with fever. it was getting harder to ignore the fact that she felt just as bad, felt her mutation giving up. she couldn't shift, she could barely move. on Sunday they put her to sleep and she didn't fight it, didn't care.

not until this very moment.

when she woke this time, she wasn't in pain. her body ached, but there came no searing pain with every little movement. her fingers closed into tight fists, and the action made her laugh, a raspy sound, but she was smiling and oh. someone must have come back with the cure, dosed her while she was asleep. she remembers waking up a few times before now, trying to get out of bed, and she can't figure out if it's been hours or days since someone pulled her back into bed when they found her watching over Jim and gave her a heavy sedative. she vaguely remembers hearing them tell her to calm down, have to rest or it won't work. can't risk it, not when they didn't know if this was even the cure that would save them.

but maybe they would all be okay now.

Raven sucks in a deep breath, feels her lungs expand in her chest and is relieved when it isn't followed by a burst of pain. she's blue, entirely, and her eyes drift down to her hand to check and see - yes, she can shift. her skin flutters and she's so utterly relieved she can't help but laugh again, tears stinging her eyes. only after a moment, a few more deep breaths, does she see her brother sitting at her bedside.]

Hey.

Edited 2012-06-17 04:25 (UTC)

[He's been pinging back and forth between Raven's bedside and Erik's, though now with Erik stormed off without so much as a 'thank you for saving my stubborn ass' Charles had just settled down next to Raven. He hadn't bothered trying to go to sleep again, he would wait till she woke, make sure she was okay and then find himself a place to hole up for a few days.

His attention was far away until she took that deep breath and began to move. By the time she actually spoke his eyes were focused back on the here and the now and he gave her a wan but warm smile. Standing up, he moved to lean against the side of the bed, reaching down to lightly press his functioning hand over her's.]

Welcome back, yourself. [He said softly.] That looked like a very good shift, how are you feeling?

Good. I feel good.

[ health wise, and because he's there with her. her hand turns so it's palm-up, fingers brushing his wrist then holding on, confirmation that he's there, we're okay. she's still smiling even as she takes in his appearance, his injuries, the tired look in his eyes. she wants to ask him a million questions about the maze, about their friends, but it can wait. right now all she wants to do is sit with him and let it sink in that they survived. ]

Sit, there's room.

[ she scoots over just a little bit more, even though she doesn't have to, leaving him room to sit by her. she might also be tugging his hand, just a little bit, the insistant pull of a little sister trying to get her brother to come play with her. maybe too much has changed for her to be acting this way, stubborn and needy, but she doesn't entirely care. ]

[Charles considers resisting for a moment but he is just too tired and with an indulgent smile, she will never not be his little sister, he carefully settled his hip to sit down on the edge of the bed. Fingers thread with her's and he grips her hand firmly, not punishing but tight enough to let her know that almost losing her had wrecked him.

Even if it was what their future held for them both.]

Yes well you look awful. [He offered with a ghost of his most annoying big brother smile on his lips, followed by more sober instruction.] You should relax to your blue form. There is no point in you struggling to hold a disguise around this place and you need your rest.

You do.

[ she's laughing again though, sinking back into the pillows and blankets she's grown entirely too used to during her stay here. with his suggestion she lets go of her shift, and it feels too soon, like maybe she doesn't want to let go of her abilities again, afraid they'll be taken from her, but it does feel good to relax. after a week of not being able to control her appearance, she still feels most comfortable in her true skin.

and now she asks what she's almost too afraid to know, because she sure if he needed to share bad news with her, he wouldn't be acting this way. so maybe there was none. hopefully. ]

How is everyone? Angel, and Alex, and Havok? How's Erik? [ she's already looking around the room though, to the beds where others she knew were resting before - Neal, Wesley, Jim. she wants to get up and see for herself, but that also meant taking the risk of falling down in front of everyone. so. maybe in a little while. ]

I believe we could all do with a little rest. [Charles settles on, figuring it is fairly close to the truth. He does not meant to be vague but the medbay is chaos, the only one he knows about for sure, is Erik and right now Charles is trying hard not to think too closely on the older man.

He has not felt any warnings or spikes of concern from either Alex or Angel, though he makes a note to check on them, Peter and possibly Spock before he takes himself off for a bit.]

I imagine the same could be said for most of the inhabitants of this ship at the moment. Has anything like this, this magnitude, even happened before, Raven?

[ she wants to question that vague answer, insist for details, more answers, but instead she just takes his words at face value - they all needed rest which mean they were all alive - and decides to move onto answering his questions. ]

Nothing like this exactly, no. I mean, there was... fear gas, a few jumps ago. This toxin got into the air, made people wild, see things that weren't there, believe things that weren't true. It only lasted a few days, though. And I didn't feel anything. A lot of people were sick, but not as many as this. [ her brow furrows ] And people recognized the toxin for what it was, they knew how to handle it. Like it was from their home world. This... obviously wasn't brought on by any of the passengers.

[Charles listens attentively or at least he attempts to listen attentively but exhaustion is starting to get the better of him and it's hard to hold his focus.

Exhaling a deep breath, he brushes his thumb soothingly across the back of her hand and nods.]

I got that impression from the reactions to the department we discovered. People did not appear to have seen anything like it before.

Wait, the maze actually lead to something? More than just wherever they hid the cure?

[ she sits up while she asks, only waiting a short moment before she's scooting closer to she can lean into him with her cheek against his shoulder, and she can't look at him properly like this, but she can reach around his shoulder with her free hand so she can, effectively, half-hug him, while also being careful not to touch where he's bandaged up on that opposite arm. she knows he's tired, that she should let him sleep, but she also has this overwhelming need to be clingy right now and that wins out over common sense any day. ]

More than just monsters. [ a twinge of panic, eyes squeezing shut again ] Wesley told me.

[Charles gave a little grunt as he got a partial lap full of little sister but he quickly wrapped his good arm around her, pulling her closer. Bending his head, he kissed her hair, as was his wont and then rested his cheek atop the bright red locks.]

It lead to a department of some sort, probably a science department. It was huge and had some incredible material within but also some horrific creatures. It was a death trap.

[Instinct had him wanting to keep back the details of what they had found in that department but he ruthlessly pushed down his older brother desire to ~~smoother~~ shelter and explained in more detail.]

Something happened in that area. Perhaps the creatures or something more I don't know but it was a blood bath.

You mean from before? Do you think that's what happened to the old crew?

[if Raven sounds thoroughly confused, it's because she absolutely is. Captain Ward would have... said something, if monsters were to blame for the disappearance of their od crew. right? that's not something you can hide forever, and if they were really brought here to help run the ship, risking the chance of losing them all the same way... no. no way. right? ]

I'm really glad you're alright, Charles. [ now that she's worried all over again ] And I'm sorry for being so crazy before you left. It was just nerves... everything.

[Gently brushing his hand along her shoulder, Charles gave a wry little, humorless chuff.]

Raven, to be perfectly honest I can not claim to be thinking much of anything at the moment.

[He genuinely did not want to start speculating when he could barely thread two coherent thoughts together.]

It was from before, the carnage was old but there were no bodies or even pieces of bodies to be found. It is ... unsettling.

[Here, he would have wrapped his other arm around her were it not bound to his side. Instead he pulls her closer and continues to gently rub her back.]

I am glad we were able to find the necessary medicine to help you and the others. There is no need to be sorry, Raven. This situation has been trying, for all of us. No one would fault you, your reactions to being so ill.

[ she just hums at his response, not exactly itching to think about the gory bloodbath that she didn't get to see, and might not ever see. were those labs still open to them? or were all those hallways locked again, so they couldn't explore or look into what happened? not that she could really do anything in a science lab, but she knew there were people that could. which raises a few more questions, really, but. no, it could wait. she finally sits up then, leans back so she can look at her brother properly, even if she's squinting a bit. ]

I guess I should let you sleep, huh?

[ she sounds reluctant, but she's also grinning, because yes, she would keep him here as long as he'd have her company. it's not like she can get out of bed just yet. not without help. ]

Were you thinking about staying here? Or heading back to your room? I could walk with you.

[ half because she wanted to make sure Charles got back okay, and half because she just wanted a reason to get out of the medbay for a few minutes. ]

You will certainly not.

[Have some big brother knows best firm tone Ms. Raven! Not the least of which also being that he's not going back to his room, because Erik may be there and right now seeing Erik would not be a good thing. However, he's not about to try to explain why that is the case!]

I am going to go find a quiet place to get some sleep, however. It has been a long few days and you still need to rest. Please, no breaking out of here until you are given the all clear, yes?

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