Faster, Faster, and even Faster (Graal/open)

[thunder]

Thunder's paws dug into the savanna ground. Her mind was spinning and she was trying to sort things out and her physical condition didn't help either. So she did what felt natural to her, she ran. She was a mess but right now she had to run. A trot was her start then it escalated into a jog, it quickly turned into a run which got faster and faster. She was a sprinter a runner and this was a challenge. She pumped harder trying to clear her mind.

Then she felt it, the poison that she had been unaware of earlier. one misplaced paw was all it took when she was moving that fast. her body plowed into the ground flipping in her light weight. A loud thwack could be heard as her head connected with a tree. Her vision blurred and the poison ate at her. She could smell something familiar, it was Graal's scent. She began following it on unsteady paws. As soon as she could make out the shape of a wolf her body failed her and her eyes closed as she desperately hoped Graal would notice her.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal had been following Thunder from a safe distance for some time now, always downwind from her, making sure she was staying safe.
When she began to quicken, he had grinned, thinking she had caught him and was making him tail her faster than he could quietly do, but he was a master at stealth.
He followed her for a time, his brow furrowing in confusion, she seemed-
The breeze brought her scent to him, "Fear!", he began to quicken, trying to catch her, sprinting to her side.
She fell to the ground with a harsh smack against a nearby tree.
"Thunder!" he barks, skidding to a halt by her side.

[thunder]

Right now most of her body failed but she could still hear Graal. When she found that she couldn't speak she tilted her ears towards him in acknowledgement. She didn't even bother trying to stand. Right now Graal needed to think and know fast. The worst part was she knew exactly what was wrong but couldn't help him. her ears then flattened against her head. She wasn't going to try an hide the pain either, for now, her body and its needs had won.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal looks around, he knew something was wrong, it was painfully obvious, but he had no idea what any of these plants did, or even if he did, he didn't know what was really wrong with Thunder, whether it was food poisoning, venom from an insect, or even a poisonous plant that she had eaten. He cast his mind back, and a thought flashes.
He runs his nose over her body, scenting her thick fur for proof of his idea.

(( What's wrong with her? ))

[thunder]

(Two things. One she's injured, two one of her pieces of prey had eaten foxglove a highly poisonous plant and it is now in her system.)

Come ooon Graal. You've got to smell it! Blood and Foxglove. She thought ears flattening even more as his nose hits a cut. Then even though it was hard she moved hid head so it was were she had some foxglove pollen in her fur. Graal think! she pleaded mentally. She quickly dropped her paw down as her energy continued depleting. She wished she could step out of her body and show Graal exactly what to do.

[cptkickercutleg]

He found it, not the poison Graal had expected a grown Drappa to have ingested, but judging from her dilated eyes and weakness, she had.
More pollen lingering in her fur, smelling of Foxglove, the sweet smell of poison mingling with that of salty blood.
"Any cuts and wounds may be in her favour here..."
He sneezes, turning away from Thunder to blow the pollen away in the direction of the wind, then turns back.
"Don't fight what I am about to do, Drappa, it will hurt to get rid of the poison, but this is the only way I know of." he whines, then opens her mouth, pushing a paw to the back of her throat to make her vomit.

[thunder]

Truthfully she could think of a few other approaches but this was the one Graal had chosen. It's not like she had much in her stomach anyways. What she had eaten weren't direct pieces of foxglove at all. Simply a few stupid rodents, this doesn't make vomiting any better though. Right now had she the ability to she would have smacked him in the face. Soon as she was done vomiting she shut her mouth to avoid yelling at Graal. other than shutting her mouth she couldn't really move. It woud take a little wile but for now she could simply stare at Graal and listen.

[cptkickercutleg]

(( Blech stupid illnesses gave me a fever ))

Graal tenderly nudges Thunders belly,
"All empty? That should have purged your body of anything still in your stomach, but your running may have spread it through you, don't panic, when you can move, it will hurt, your vision will be blurry, but when you get to the river, you can drink all you need to flush it from your system, okay?" he asks, concernedly probing her cuts to see if they would be a further problem.

[thunder]

She stood and walked now ignoring the pain. doesn't help that I hit my head she thought. She was pushing it but she could handle. She watched a hare sprint away into a hole through her blurry eyes. I know my eyes aren't seeing quite right right now but this twisted world is more inspiring than the one I saw before. She thought looking up at a hawk as it soared overhead. There is more than what I see to the world, there always will be, but who says I can't have more than my own view. She thought a grin spreading upon her features. She looked back at Graal. Looks like I have another task in mind already. She thought ears perking merrily. She began to run once more. When she got to the river she looked down into it curiously. She began drinking as her vision cleared. She then stood and stretched. She spotted a bull skeleton nearby and picked up a rib. She settled down with it and looked at Graal. "Please tell me of something you thought beautiful from your land, with lots of detail please." she said eyes shining.

(I had a cold for a week sick is never fun..)

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal furrows his brow in bafflement before noticing the bone in Thunder's mouth, then cocks his head, eyes looking down and away from her, thought, not shame ripples across his face before it softens, his head straightening and looking back to Thunder.
"I remember being- well, perhaps I am being too generous with my own thoughts there, it is more accurate to say I think I remember being a cub, sitting in the furthest depths of our den as a family, Ma, Da, Luca and Bran playing together in the snow, pine trees mere meters from the small enterance mostly kept away large dogs and other predators." He sakes his head, getting his mind back on track.
"Bran picked up a dead branch and swung it down on Luca's tail, and two parts of it dug into the ground, pinning it down, Da and Bran teased her for an hour before finally getting bored and helping her out..." Graal finishes, smiling with his eyes closed, remembering every detail, the laughing, the joy, Luca's witty come-backs and even his mother's warmth as she slept beside him, heavy with child once more.
"I was at the back of the den, protecting Ma as she slept, the oldest pup doing his duty, she was pregnant again, and It was my job to stay at her side and tend to her, as every youngest child did in our Clan."

[thunder]

Wasn't to specific but she had carved a pup with its tail stuck on the ground with a twig and another pup with an older wolf laughing. She really didn't know what the cave looked like but it was a try. She padded over to Graal and placed it before him. "Anything such as markings missing?" she asked him. To her the picture was vague and needed something more but it was Graal's choice.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal shakes his head in answer to Thunder's question and apologetically mumbles,
"I was but a pup, I remember nothing buts shadows of shapes, blurs of emotion and whispers of sound..." He hesitates before continuing.
"It can't be long after that when my family made their way to the red fields, sent on their way by a pride of Mountain Lions while I was scouting ahead of the others for prospective prey... I can't even remember what colour Bran's fur was..." Graal whispers, ashamed by his own lack of empathy for his dead family's passing and and the difficulty of retrieving any memories of his family.
"Ma was kind, even if I was a Sikla... I can't remember much about Da..."

[thunder]

"It's okay." She said. She looked up at a tree that was curved in an odd manner nearby. "Hm...." The sound was just there as the thought as she saw a bird at the top. I wounder... She never finished the thought as she raced as far up the tree as she could leaping backwards from it near the top to catch the bird. She succeeded but she had to force herself to finish the flip as she landed. The captured bird squirmed in her mouth and she released it. She wasn't hungry anyway. She watched it fall paralyzed with fear. It was unharmed and she watched to see what it would do as it panicked.