[1-06] CLEANING THE SHED

Orie is outside of the house in front of a shed next to the right side of the house, trying to figure out how to clear a bit of clutter out. From the outside, it looks like the den is engulfed inside the looming navy mountain peak. Or at least it's just one part of the mountain that comes to a point.

From where she stands, she can see Arakados' caves they dug out for a place they can hang out every now and then. In the caves, there's even a rhombus shaped lava hot tub with a lookout area behind and above the den.

The front lawn's pink grass is cut to an acceptable level and the terrain spans out from the den quiote a bit, until it reaches a cliff face over a pastel blue pine forest. Orie had roped othe edge off just in case a while back, when Phoenix started living here.

Orie stares at the junk inside of the shed. A bunch of loose blank papers, old gaming consoles, a flamethrower for some reason, and more cluttering objects are scattered along the floor and covered by long burnt and broken pieces of wood. Orie remembers the broken wood was from an older version of the house that burnt down from a "poke war" that got out of hand... or... finger.

Orie tries pulling one of the pieces of wood out, but it's lodged underneath a bunch of boxes and garbage bags, so it's a lot harder to drag out.

ORIE:

;I enchant myself to be strong enough to pull this piece of wood out.;

In an instant, Orie dislodges the piece of wood but falls over onto her wings. Inside the shed, a lot of boxes and garbage bags fall over, making tons of noise.

ORIE:
"Owww!!"

She rolls over dropping the wood piece, back onto her chest. She rubs the joints from the base of her left wing.

ORIE:
"OW OW OW!!!"

A mildly concerned Phoenix rushes out the front doorway, and sees Orie near the shed.

PHOENIX:
"Orie?? What happened? What was all the noise?"

ORIE:
"I was trying to clean out the junk and debris from the shed but uh... I think I may have sprained my wing."

PHOENIX:
"Ouch. And you didn't think to use your syntax for this?"

ORIE:
"My... Oh, yeah, I did."

PHOENIX:
"What did you cast?"

ORIE:
"I enchanted myself to be strong enough to pull it out?"

PHOENIX:
"That's- Ugh... Orie..."

Phoenix frowns.

PHOENIX:
"Orie, you've got to be really specific with the syntax you cast. Jeez, come here."

ORIE:
"Uh. I can't. It hurts like... a lot."

PHOENIX:
"Right."

Phoenix moves close to Orie.

PHOENIX:
"You don't mind if I touch it."

ORIE:
"No, don't! I said it hurts!"

PHOENIX:
"That wasn't a question. I'm touching it."

;I cast this spell to numb Orie's wings for five minutes.;

Orie, who was wincing in pain, is now relieved.

ORIE:
"Whew! Thanks Phoenix!"

She attempts to stand up, but she's pushed back down by Phoenix onto her chest.

PHOENIX:
"HEY, NO! It's not fixed!"

ORIE:
"Well yeah, but couldn't I just fix it myself with my syntax now?"

PHOENIX:
"That's a stupid idea, did no one ever teach you how-"

ORIE:

;I cast this spell to heal my wing injury;

PHOENIX:
"You IDIOT!!"

Suddenly, Orie's left arm begins to hurt and sting.

ORIE:
"OW! WHAT?!?!"

She rolls over to her right side to get the pressure off of her left arm.

PHOENIX:
"Dammit Orie! I tried to tell you!"

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;I cast this spell to numb Orie's LEFT ARM for 5 minutes.;

ORIE:
"Ough. Why did that happen??"

PHOENIX:
"I was GOING to say: any type of healing magic anyone uses will give more injury back to the spellcaster. So now you've only moved your injury to your arm. Now it's probably worse off than how your wing was!"

ORIE:
"I didn't tell you it was my arm? How did you know?"

PHOENIX:
<.=.< "You kinda rolled off it immediately, so. Good guess I suppose.

Now stay still this time."

ORIE:
"Wait, but! I'm left handed! I need to be able to use it! Lemme just..."

;I cast this spell to-

PHOENIX:
"STOP!"

;I enchant Orie to shut the fuck up for a minute.;

Orie's mouth shuts hard.

PHOENIX:
"LISTEN! You don't KNOW where the injury could shift to! It COULD end up damaging your eye, or maybe even WORSE, your fucking BRAIN, dumbass! Both are much harder to fix than a broken arm. We won't KNOW. So just to be safe, DON'T USE YOUR MAGIC TO FIX IT, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"

Orie stares at Phoenix and hesitantly nods to show that she understands.

PHOENIX:
"THANK you. If you had let me speak before, it would have been your wing and not something you regularly WALK on."

;I cast this spell to give me knowledge; a medical diagnosis of Orie's left arm injury.;

Phoenix's eyes close for a few moments.

PHOENIX:
"Thank the cosmos it's only sprained. You'll just have to avoid using your left arm for a while, got it? Hind legs and right foreleg only."

Orie nods again with a sigh.

Phoenix picks up the piece of wood next to her and puts it under Orie's arm like a crutch.

PHOENIX:
"Stay completely still"

;I cast this spell to create a Dreki Left Arm Splint in Orie's size around her left arm using this piece of wood.;

The wood warps and twists around Orie to become a slender and curved object with multiple rings to keep it latched. It also stretches over her shoulder to look almost like a piece of armor. It looks like it does actually fit perfectly, which is a good thing.

PHOENIX:
"See? You'll just have to deal with this for maybe... a week and a half or so? Maybe shorter. It depends on if you do anything else stupid in that time frame."

Phoenix's spell to shut Orie up wears off.

ORIE:
"Alright... Thank you."

Phoenix pulls Orie up from the ground gently using her right arm.

PHOENIX:
"You think you can make it back in the den on your own?"

ORIE:
"Yeah, I think so."

PHOENIX:
"Okay."

Orie begins limping back inside avoiding her land hand for obvious reasons, but right before she gets to the door...

PHOENIX:
"Hold on."

Orie turns around to look back at Phoenix.

ORIE:
"Huh? What's up?"

PHOENIX:
"I just wanted to apologize for losing my temper at you..."

ORIE:
"No, you don't need to. I was being dumb and not listening to you. I would have gotten myself possibly more hurt otherwise..."

PHOENIX:
"That too... but I mean... The other day. When I told you it's not your business to worry?"

ORIE:
"Oh. It's okay. I was being a little too nosy anyway."

PHOENIX:
"Maybe, but I shouldn't have yoelled at you like that. That's not how friends should treat each other."

ORIE:
"You think of me as a friend??" ::o

Phoenix hides a blush

PHOENIX:
"Myrka Drek, why'd I say that?"

She begins to speed walk toward the den's doorway.

PHOENIX:
"I mean uhhh, you're dumb and I hate you so much, rhawr I'm gonna kill you and etc, I'll be in my room- er, LAIR, listening to music, DON'T come in, or else! BYE!"

Phoenix runs past Orie into the loungeroom

ORIE:
"You can't take your friendship back, Phoenix!"

PHOENIX:
"SHUT IT!"

She disappears into the hallway.

She feels a lot better after hearing what Phoenix said, but she still has a decent bit of anxiety left.

She's still worried about Phoenix a lot. Orie doesn't know if Phoenix is actually genuinely fine, or just trying to get Orie off her back.

As usual, Orie submerges her anxieties with happy thoughts, but for how long will she be able to ignore it?