minor injury meme.

[estivates]

You or your meme partner has been hurt, but don't worry! This time around it's not that bad. You can still limp your way out of this mess.

INJURIES.
1. Sprain/strain. How did you screw up walking?
2. Broken bones. Simple fractures still hurt.
3. Cuts. Hopefully one of you has a sewing kit.
4. Burns. Location, location, location. Let's pray this one isn't on your ass.
5. Concussion. No, they're most likely not holding up fifteen fingers.
6. Other. I'm not a doctor.

HOW'D IT HAPPEN.
1. Stupidity. You did this to yourself.
2. Accident. Is an unintentional attack still an attack?
3. Attack. Don't lie, you deserved it.
4. Other. It's probably still your own fault.

WHERE'D IT HAPPEN.
1. Home. Did you remember to invest in a first aid kit?
2. School/Work. This should be excellent for getting you out of doing stuff!
3. Outdoors. Predators like the smell of blood. Clean up asap.
4. In the water. Hopefully there aren't any sharks!
5. Other. Like a hospital. That'd be handy.

Comments

[roddy_reinigen]

All right, let's go. [Roddy started off in that direction, making sure Carolyn was keeping up. He was trying to hurry, because although the cuts that were still exposed after he changed back still stung, particularly when a twig or leaf would brush against them, making him wince, he knew that the sooner they got back to the house, the sooner they'd have some protection.] Your one...uncle? He's a vampire, right? Do you think he'd help us?

[Because Roddy didn't believe for a second that the werewolf was gone for good. He attacked once, he'd probably attack again, and with how quickly werewolves could recover...well, he just hoped they'd have a chance to get out of there and get some help before he came back to finish the job.]

[awerewolf_woof]

[Carolyn tried to keep up, and she was pretty good at it, but her worry for Roddy was kind of making her space out a bit.

His question, at first, went over her head, then she came back to herself.] Uncle Barnabas? I mean, I don't know...I suppose so. I never really talked this kind of shit over with him, you know? We can ask him when we get back, I mean---you know, when the sun goes down.

[Once she got to her spot, she stopped to pull out of her shirt, and skirt combo. Then she was pulling on her stockings and shoes. Once she was dressed, she was ready to go inside.] Come on, first things first. Clean you up.

[roddy_reinigen]

Why not? [It seemed like the first thing Roddy would do. Had done, in fact, if talking it over with his father was the same thing. Of course, he'd forgotten about the sun down bit.] I'll have to call my dad and tell him I'll be home late. We can't let him know what happened, though, or he'll get pissed and probably try to go after the werewolf that attacked me.

[And that...wouldn't work out well. His father was protective of him, but he was a reinigen, too, and there was no way a rat was going to win a fight against a wolf.]

[awerewolf_woof]

Why? I mean, we just don't have that kind of relationship. We never really talked about what I was past me coming out to my mom and the rest of the family, like in front of him. That was during a fight with Angelique, and that is about the last of it. [For her, she believed that not all families were that close, or were as close as Roddy and his dad were apparently. She showed her family what she was because she was trying to save them all from Angelique, but to actually discuss it? Yeah, so not going to happen.

Plus, there was a big space between herself and her uncle. He was from 200 years prior, and she was a teenager that came from a 70's state of mind. Their paths barely crossed, so to speak.]

Of course, I get it. I don't want your dad coming up here anyway. Don't need this coming out to being a rescue event for any of us. I gotta tell my mom, most definitely, especially because of David.

[She stopped for a moment to look him over really quickly, wanting to make sure his arm was getting better.] How does your arm feel right now?

[roddy_reinigen]

Who's Angelique? [Possibly the evil witch that was mentioned, but he didn't want to assume. Perhaps she'd been mentioned some previous time, but if so, he didn't recall who she was. Still, he got the idea.]

[As for it's arm...well, nothing had changed in the time they were talking, but that was normal. Reinigen couldn't heal like werewolves. At least he wasn't losing much blood, though, since the majority of the wounds he'd gotten in the fight were covered up by his human skin, but they'd start bleeding again if he changed.]

It really fucking stings, but that's kind of expected when a werewolf just took a gauge out of my arm.

[Then, as they kept going, he saw the house.]

Come on, let's get inside.

[Once they were inside, he'd feel safer. Once they were inside he'd know they weren't about to be attacked again.]

[awerewolf_woof]

She is that evil witch, bitch I told you about. She slept with my Uncle 200 years ago. He spurned her, so she killed his beloved, and then turned him into a vampire. She made me what I am.

[His comment about it stinging made her turn to kiss his cheek quickly. Then they were close to the house, and she could only rush forward.

She got inside the house, and closed and locked the door rather quickly. Checking the window to make sure they weren't followed. Then she was off to the bathroom to grab the first aide kit.] Take a seat. [She said softly once she got back out to the kitchen proper. A small, grim smile on her lips.] This might hurt. [She said quietly as she took alcohol and a cloth to clean up the blood, and dirt from the wound.]

[roddy_reinigen]

Oh. Right. Her.

[He knew exactly who she was talking about now. This was just the first time she'd used her name. Once they got inside, he took a seat at her request, cringing slightly at the sting of the alcohol. He woged. Returning to the form he'd gotten the cuts in caused many of the wounds to become visible again.]

Should probably be like this, at least until the cuts are cleaned up. I don't really heal, the cuts just move under the skin when I woge.

[awerewolf_woof]

Yeah. She is...she is really horrible, and she scares me a bit more than my creator just showing up out of the blue again. Still...yeah, I'm officially scared.

[When he woged out again, she freaked on the inside a bit because she wasn't sure what was happening. Then he was explaining it to her, and Carolyn relaxed completely.]

Oh, okay. If my mom comes into the room, I am going to have to explain rather quickly, but it should be okay. I didn't know about your injuries though, that is interesting.

[roddy_reinigen]

Yeah.

[It still seemed weird to him that her mother knew what she was, yet there would still be any need to do any explaining at all when it came to him. Granted, there were things he didn't tell his dad, too, and a big part of the difference was likely because his dad could smell just as well as he could, so there wasn't much point in trying to hide it.]

I mean, she knows you're a werewolf, so it's not like this'll be much weirder, right?

[awerewolf_woof]

Well, yeah. I mean, I only told her when we were fighting with Angelique, no one even noticed my odd behavior since I was an infant. So, while we have ghosts, and a vampire uncle...it is still new and strange, any new being. I just mean...well, you know what I mean, right?

[Because she didn't want to offend him, but she would not know how to explain what she meant 100 percent correctly. She just hoped he understood that she might get a little shocked by it, but to not take it badly.]

It's not a bad thing.

[roddy_reinigen]

I know what you mean.

[She just meant he wasn't the sort of thing they expected to see. He didn't take any offense at that; he wasn't the sort of thing most people expected to see.]

I'll change back right away once I'm cleaned up.

[awerewolf_woof]

[She gave him a shy smile of thanks, and then leaned in to give his cheek a gentle kiss.]

Whoa, wait. If you change back, won't you wind up hurting yourself again? I mean, won't all of this be for nothing, or...well?

[She didn't want to him to rush to do something only to hurt himself instead.]

[roddy_reinigen]

Roddy shook his head.

"No, it's not like that. The wounds aren't reopening, exactly, it's more like...I've got two skins, and it's switching which is on top. The cut'll heal at the rate normal cuts always heal, whether they're under a layer of human skin or not, but stuff like cleaning them won't really go away, and I'm not really hurting myself again."

He just wasn't covering up what injuries had already occurred.

[awerewolf_woof]

"Oh," she said in a bit of a shocked way, but not super shocked. It was just new information is all.

"I had no idea, I guess we never sat down to talk to each other about our changes, and what we are, and how it makes us up? You know? I would like to know more, I really would," she said plainly, honestly.

"On a different note, we have got a while until the sun sets. Are you hungry? We can make something, take it up to my room while we wait?"

[roddy_reinigen]

"Yeah, I could eat something. Mind if I call my dad real quick, though?"

His dad wasn't going to be going out that night, after all, and knowing there was a Grimm living in the same city as them made him jumpy. Not that that ever stopped Roddy from sneaking out at night when he wanted to, but when he did that, he usually at least made sure his dad saw him come home.

"And are you done with the...wound stuff?"

[awerewolf_woof]

"Okay, I'll get the food. Of course you can call him, the phone is on the counter there," she said to him as she moved to throw away the bloody pieces of paper, and such. Putting everything back into the first aide kit.

"Yeah, you are all cleaned up. Just, try not to do anything that will reopen those wounds," she gently chided with a wink.

Once everything was cleaned up, she began to search through the refrigerator for something to eat.

[roddy_reinigen]

"I'm not promising anything," he said as he got up, heading over to the phone.

He made a quick call, saying he'd be out with friends for the night, and yeah, he'd be careful and everything would be fine. After his dad gave his okay, he said his goodbyes and hung up the phone.

"I'm good for tonight," he called out.

[awerewolf_woof]

"Rude, but okay," she said soberly. Moving to the fridge to take out some cold cuts, mayo, and tomatoes. Juggling them all a little awkwardly, she moved them to the counter top, letting them all spill from her arms as she put them down.

Then it was a flurry of movement to gather cutlery, and plates, bread was last. She just started making her first sandwich when he hung up the phone.

"Everything go okay?" she asked a bit absently.

[roddy_reinigen]

"Yeah, everything went fine. He gave his okay, so he won't be coming looking for me or anything, which is good 'cause I definitely don't want him out tonight."

Not with werewolves out...well, dangerous ones, anyway. He reached over for the bread to start making his own sandwich.

[awerewolf_woof]

"You and me both," Carolyn agrees "I'm glad, but you positive he won't get spooked and come out?" It was a stray thought that just crept into her head, so she threw it out there for him.

He reached for his own bread, so Carolyn finished putting mayo onto her own bread, then handed over the butter knife. "Here you go," she said as she leaned closer to press a quick kiss to his cheek.

[roddy_reinigen]

"I..." No, he wasn't. "I really hope not. I mean, he might, but he's less likely to if he thinks he knows why I'm out, right?"

Taking the sandwich fixings, he started to make his own sandwich, a smile flashing across his lips when she kissed him.

[awerewolf_woof]

"I guess, frankly the thought just popped into my head, but I mean...he doesn't suspect anything, right?" she asked near his ear in a soft voice, then she leaned in to press another kiss to his cheek.

Once she was done, she slid back, and away from him to finish up her sandwich. Once it was done, she grabbed some plates, and some chips to put on their plates as something else to munch on. Since she was finished, she sat back to watch him work, nibbling on chips as they talked.

[roddy_reinigen]

"Right," Roddy said, shaking his head to dismiss the though. "You're right. He doesn't suspect anything. There's no reason he'd go outside."

And she was right. Granted, there were always the 'what ifs', but there was really no reason to worry. He finished up the sandwich fairly quickly, reaching over to take one of the plates to put it on, and as he leaned in, he gave her a peck on the cheek. Hey, he might as well return one of the kisses he was getting.

[awerewolf_woof]

She gave him a bright smile when he kissed her cheek in turn, and then she puckered her lips at him. Making kissy noises, trying to tell him without saying it that she wanted an actual kiss on the lips.

Thinking then he might wonder why she is making kissing noises at him, she might as well just tell him straight up. "I want a real kiss on the lips, damn it," she said in a cheerful tone of voice. "I am glad you are here, by the by, and not still out there. I am glad I could step in, I would have hated if something happened to you, Roddy. I love you," and without realizing it, she finally said how she had been feeling for him for a while now.

[roddy_reinigen]

Roddy heard the kissing noises and looked over to see what she was doing, though she quickly gave an explanation. "I love you, too."

And he leaned in, giving her a full kiss on the lips. He lingered there for a bit, before pulling away. "And I'm glad you didn't get hurt. And I'm definitely glad you showed up because there was no way I was winning that fight."