Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24296957-20140301210623/@comment-5453682-20150611214346

Hm...?

Wha...?

The boy slowly released himself from slumber's grasp, wearily rubbing his eyes with an apparent lack of fervour. He felt a little...off...He winced as he sat up and noticed that something was clenching at his chest, preventing his vocal cords from squeaking out a sound. Yet he looked down and saw nothing.

''What...what is this...? I c-can't...-''

Reiku took a deep breath to calm himself, repeatedly inhaling through his nose and exhaling through his mouth until he was confident his voice returned.

"Hello," he muttered to himself. Yep. It worked.

Yet the sensation of his lungs being sucked of its air still lingered in his chest. Despite his partners' mentioning of gathering food, he feel like standing at all. He wanted to so he could assist them, and he willed himself with might, but he felt weak. Paralyzed. Shattered.

''Just calm down, Reiku...maybe it's the dream from earlier. Maybe it's because you got a slight infection from your wounds. Or...or maybe...''

The boy quickly shut away his thought process like a candle amidst a wind. He was stronger than that. He was sure of it.

But the thought never left his mind...