forum Floating Cities Are All The Rage (OxO//Closed//Dystopian)

Started April 05, 2019 by @Toxic_Persephone group

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She looked over at the male, grinning. “I was born into it and plan on keeping it until I get up in the floating cities.” She laughed, leaning back and looking to Astrid. “So again, go ahead and take it.”

Astrid beamed, glancing in Jesse's direction in excitement as Jesse apprehensively takes the bag, placing it on the table slowly and inhaling deeply.
"Well, are either of you two hungry for dinner?" He mutters, looking out the window to notice the sun threatening to set.

Juniper nodded softly. “I could go for something to eat.” She murmured. “It’s rather nice here. And I’m glad you are letting me stay for the short amount of time I am here. After tomorrow, I won’t bug you as much. Except we may be out looking for your brother then.”

"Who knows what the future holds." Jesse chimes as he opens the cabinet, revealing a can of chicken noodle soup, to which he then proceeds to cook.
"I know what the future holds." Astrid beams, kicking her feet as she sits on the table, leaning back. "We're gonna find Roger."

“And I’m going to be coming back.” She replied, grinning. “I’m going to visit you.” She promised. The look in her eyes was excited and happy. “I have a family to come back to.”

Jesse handed you a bowl of soup, failing to resist a smile. The gaze in his eyes was almost of a familiar, brotherly love. Though he didn't know Juniper, he felt like he grew up with her. Astrid held the same tint in her eyes as well as she rocked back and forth on the table.
"Here's to new beginnings." Astrid announced, lifting her bowl in the air ceremoniously.

Juniper hummed happily, taking her bowl and raising it with Astrid. She giggled softly. “To new beginnings.” She said softly. Her eyes traveled to Jesse.

“Hey, Uh… could you maybe help me patch this up?” She asked softly, tapping her bandages once she had drank from and set down her bowl.

Jesse jumped slightly, remembering the urgency of the wound.
"Yeah, I think I managed to snag a few cleaner bandages on the way home today."
Jesse exited the room for a few minutes, only to return with a bowl of warm water, a small hand-towel, and some bandages. He takes a seat next to Juniper and dips the towel in the bowl, glancing at the girl before reaching over and, as gently as possible, removing the bandages.

Juniper focused on the soup bowl rather than Jesse and her wound. She didn’t like the way her wound looked nor did she want to feel the pain of it. She just offered her arm up to him and bit her lip. “Please be careful. It’s rather tender.”

It was rather gone too. The bone that could be seen was scratched and worn, the flesh around looked tender and red, going onto purple from bruising and blood loss

"I'll do my best, does it hurt when I touch it?"
Jesse muttered, tapping the wound in various places. Astrid wanted to watch, but now that the wound had become exposed, she couldn't look directly at it, and instead sat on the opposite end of Juniper and listened, occasionally glancing to see how it's going.
Jesse dabbed the wet towel onto the wound, cleaning up any residue blood or other mess on it, until all that was left was the wound.

She flinched, whimpering slightly. “Hell… it hurts bad…” she complained, her arm twitching a little as if she were going to draw it into her side. She didn’t. She stayed still.

Juniper looked to Astrid, smiling weakly. She closed her eyes when he began to dab at it, wincing in pain.

Jesse's eyes trailed up Juniper's eyes as he held his breath.
"We have some leftover hydrogen peroxide to keep the wound from infecting, but it's going to sting a lot."
Astrid flinched at the thought of the hydrogen peroxide, knowing that the time it takes to clean even a mere scrape still hurts like hell.
"I won't apply it if you don't want to, but with how the wound looks, it's your best option."

“Do it. I would rather a clean wound with pain than an infected one.” She stated firmly, her hands clenching into fists. She knew this was going to hurt like heck. “Just, keep it slow, ok?” She bit her lip and waited for the sting, wondering if he had the peroxide on him or not.

“Man this is going to hurt.” She whined, opening her eyes to glance at Astrid. “I don’t like Peroxide on small scratch’s and scuffs but on something like this?”

Astrid winced before Jesse even had the bottle as she listened to Juniper preparing herself.
"Do you need a pillow to squeeze, or scream into?"
Jesse closed a cabinet door and returned with a brown bottle. "You can't squeeze with your wounded arm, it'll tense up and circulate blood. You can squeeze the other arm, though." He informed, bending his knees again, holding the towel at a more dry area.
"You ready?" He whispers, not really waiting for an answer as he pours the formula onto the dry part of the towel and slowly applies it to the wound.

“No I’ll be ok.” She murmured, relaxing her arm. She stared at Astrid, refusing to watch. “Yes I’m rea-“ Her eyes widened and she was cut off as pain seared up her arm. Her teeth clenched and a muffled scream fell through her teeth.

“Hell that burns!” She cried out, her eyes watering.

Jesse resisted the urge to flinch as he stiffened himself, still needing to maintain his composure, at least while he patches Juniper up. He allowed the formula to do it's job, the spots that it had touched started to bubble a bit, eating away at the possibilities of infection.
Astrid, on the other hand, felt her heart jump at Juniper's cry. Astrid shuddered aggressively as her throat tightened in an attempt to avoid crying.
"Almost done, the pain will end in a matter of seconds."
Jesse reassured, reaching for the clean bandages to wrap around the wound.

Juniper cussed some more, holding her head in her free palm. As the pain began to fade away she glanced up at Jesse, tears streaming down her face.

“Thanks again…” she murmured. “You two are the best things that ever happened to me.”

Astrid's face relaxed at Juniper's words, but the hint of anxiety still underlined her expression.
"I'm glad there's still soft-hearted people like you, Juniper."
Jesse quickly stood up from the floor with a satisfied sigh.
"Alright, all patched up. If it starts acting up, let me know, cause it's definitely something we need to worry about."

Juniper smiled at her words, shifting happily. She was wanted and loved and it felt wonderful. “I’ll be sure to tell you. It’s already feeling better. Minus the burn from the peroxide.” Shejoked, laughing softly.

Juniper stretched out her arms, testing the bandage.

"I'm glad Jesse's able to patch up your wounds," Astrid began, a little shakily and tired, but still managed to formulate comprehensive sentences. "I'd be too scared to do that."
Jesse eyed the window, noticing the sun's last hint of a sliver slipping down beyond the horizon, blowing up an array of pinks, purples, and orange hues throughout the sky, like a painting.
"We should get to sleep now if we want to wake up early." Jesse muttered, making his way down the hall. "Goodnight you two, sleep well."

Juniper nodded softly, looking out at the fading sun. “We should head off. Goodnight you two. Thank you again.” She murmured, laying her head down and pulling the blanket over her body. “You’re amazing and I’m definitely coming back.”

Astrid smiled from ear to ear as she bid Juniper goodnight and retreated to her room, washing herself off and changing into pajamas. She plopped herself down onto her bed and fell asleep within minutes.
The sleep was oddly better than any sleep she's ever had. Despite waking up early-before the sun even rose- and lying awake in deep thought for who knows how long, she managed to fall back asleep and wake up fully refreshed. Jesse seemed in a good mood when he woke her up, too. Was this their first good night's sleep?

Juniper had her second best good nights sleep that night. She woke feeling refreshed and happy, stretching out her arms, she studied the bandages, sighing softly. They weren’t red. That was a good sign. She slid to the bag of food and resources they had been given, sorting through the foods they could take and what tools they’d need.

There was a lot but she had it done in no time. They”d be on their way to find Roger in no time. All she had to do was cash in a few more items and they could be on their way. She glanced around, making sure she wasn’t forgetting anything. Her eyes fell onto the bag Jesse had prepared for her. She brought the whole thing, smiling warmly as she pushed the water bottles into another bag.

Astrid managed to put on a few clean clothes, but she insisted on wearing her over-sized jacket along with everything she wore. Jesse nearly returned to his bed, but Astrid reminded him they have plans, to which Jesse grumbled sleepily and trudged down the hall to the main room.
"We're going to hold out on breakfast until the sun rises, but we have to be careful of the creatures; some of them still wander around right before sunrise."
Jesse informs Astrid, taking out a few apples for later on in the day.

Juniper nodded softly, hearing Jesse’s voice. “Some even prowl during the day once you get far enough from this city.” She called, grabbing her now-filled bag. She walked to the two other beings, smiling at them.

“Do you have any old blankets you wouldn’t mind ruining?”