The House Of Healing

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*UknowWho
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Posted by *UknowWho »


(All speaking in Celestial)

She whimpers at the sight of Irza's condition, and answers back, "Were bad? Master's punish?"

She doesn't take her hand, seeing the rashes, "Will hurt Irza.  Goes with Irza, not touch wounds."

She seems genuinely sick with worry on Irza's state, tugging on the robes of the nurses as she passes buy, "Helps? Helps please?"

She would follow where Irza lead her.  It seemed someone have found her a very simple outfit at least, so she is more decent.  
*Sumdude23
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Posted by *Sumdude23 »


*celestial*  It's okay I'm fine.  They will heal quickly.  I was not punished.  *shakes her head and leads the woman to a bed for her to rest while izra finds her own. It isn't long until Izra is treated by the nurses as well as a certain proprietor of the house itself*
*Sumdude23
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*After a brief respite Izra returns to the House of Healing to keep Sarah company, the irony therein, Sarah likely staying because of Izra's exposure to cold injuries.  Though practically it probably is in Izra's best interest to do so anyway*
*UknowWho
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(all spoken parts in celestial) Sarah, the wildling, seems to blossom in friendly company.  Her turns might seem miraculous to some, but perhaps it is the celestial will finally manifesting when she is not kept completely down.  Bits of information come up. 

"Weak are eaten"
"Bad dogs are eaten."
"Strong, good dogs... Make more dogs. With master."

Malar is mentioned and Argent seems to become distant and cruelly reflective as if it has sparkled something deep and painful, crying for vengeance within him.  He continues his conversations in common, so Sarah is left in the dark. 

She seems to have her own demons "left them all... Left them... ran."

A tutor, fluent in celestial is eventually found to start teaching her common.  Sarah is drawn away from Izra for an hour.  Then the tutor leaves but the celestial maiden remains in her studies.  The sound of random phonetics are heard from her desk occasionally.  She struggles, but seems determined. 

"Aaay, Eeeee, EYE, Oooohhh, Y-yyoooouuu. B-B-Bee, SSSeeee for C-C-Cat..."
*UknowWho
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The green ring around her neck is finally cleaned away to reveal evenly spaced small burn marks, likely from sharply pointed electrodes... Some sort of cruel shock device was likely worn for some time and used with cruel intent, frequently.
*UknowWho
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She threw herself into her study of Common.  She even ventured out without someone to interpret her, trying to immerse herself and learn faster.  She was far from fluent after a few days, which frustrated her.  It seemed to go unnoticed to her how miraculous it was that she could communicate on even a very basic level that quickly.

She'd spent some time at the beach with Irza and Christena, and in that time managed a very... Very basic, uncoordinated flight. She had to give up on it a few minutes in.  She simply didn't have the strength to maintain it since those muscles were so under-utilized her whole life.  

She seems obsessed with learning to take care of herself, like Bane said.  Irza said one needs "jink" to take care of themselves, and for that one needs to work.  Her caretakers seemed to think it was too early for that.  The language barrier was frustrating, and the more that leaked out about her past, the more they seemed to believe she would need some form of therapy to cope.  Yet, when they tried to corner her about it, and make her describe her traumas in more detail she folded inward offering the same set of details again and again;

Was good dog.
Eats bad dogs.
Eats weak dogs. 
Good dogs make more dogs. 
Wore collar, makes hurt when bad.

She offered one additional detail in the company of the person she seemed to trust most, but who knows if it was interpreted, or passed along. 
*Venya of Argos
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Posted by *Venya of Argos »


No longer volunteering at the healing house, but sometimes visiting it, Christena would come by and check on Sarah. She'd invite the celestial to come with her back to Elysium or other places out of the city, acting as a chaperone while also taking the opportunity to advance the celestial's understanding and skill with Common. 

While Sarah might expect Christena would ask her the same questions and pry about her past, the Athenian instead never asked anything of her, though she would listen if Sarah brought it up. She knew Sarah would tell her when she was ready.
*Sumdude23
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Posted by *Sumdude23 »


Izra visits when time allows to help Sarah learn the more technical aspects of common.  Letters, pronunciation, and some basic grammar.  Izra mentions she was caught up in case research and wasn't able to visit until now.
*UknowWho
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Sarah is committed to her lessons, making happy bird songs when people engage her.  Izra gets all of her attention in lessons, noting that Sarah has to be told more than once every now and then, but is very dedicated and determined.  It becomes harder to believe she was held down by -any- force as her personality was allowed to shine through, but she is also very sweet and hard on herself, so maybe her eagerness to please was a factor.  There's just not enough known yet.  The pin point burns on her neck faded daily.

She seems to have really come out of her shell and was caught a few times practicing how to walk like normal people, stand, and sit rather than crouch.  She is heard through the door trying out her voice in different pitches instead of making animal sounds.  Any potted plants get care from the bright-spirited girl.  She says, if asked, that plants speak, it's just that we don't listen.  She seems interested in manners, having had a few people react poorly to the fact that she eats with her hands and guzzles drinks.  She is.... Well... A sponge! A child finally freed to learn. 

She is thrilled to leave with Christena often, thirsty for new places and new experiences.  Sarah keeps her mood bright. Only occasionally does the horror of her past seep through.  Then it is only a glimmer, quickly lost beneath her brilliant smile. 
*UknowWho
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Sarah returned from her latest outing in tears.  Alex, the bard, and a gentleman named Morn came on her heels to the hospital after her.  There was some incident in the bazaar again over her poor ability to speak and express herself.  She seemed deathly afraid someone was going to punish her for it. 

Today she seems reluctant to venture forth, regressing somewhat into her prior fearful state.  She mutters occasionally about meeting another dog, and a "Sir-culls" that she made mad without meaning to.  Instead of leaving, she buries herself in her study.  The dark is that she spoke in more detail than ever to a man named Xujja about what she had been through and soon after that the incident with a duodrone had happened. The darker dark was that she had been seen acting oddly while talking about her past; her eyes bounced like she was in REM.  When she snapped out of it, she seemed to almost snap back to her prior jovial nature.   The dichotomy of the mood was jarring.  The darkest dark is that she seemed to have some form of standing seizure.  She came out of it but didn't make any of her normal happy sounds for what remained of the conversation before the duodrone appeared and sent her running from the bazaar. 
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