Thread: //.ghost/ECHO::Murphy_Was_Right:// [ClockworkCadence x Ryees]

Lyras sleep was dreamless, her mind dragged too far down with exhaustion into a deep unconsciousness to even bother with drifting into fantasy. As soon as she gave up the idea of survival in favor of sleep, preferring to be killed in the middle of the night over staying awake for a minute longer, she was thrown into a wonderful rest that shed needed so desperately. It was a peaceful sort of nothingness that dwelled in her head, overworked from the events of the night and needing a break more than ever before. Comfortable slumber. Rejuvenating idleness. Blissful emptiness. At least, until she woke, and the consequences wrought by yesterdays activities would swing by in full force and smack her in the face. Or rather, torsoheck, maybe even her whole body. She expected all of the soreness and tender pain her stiff injury would bring as soon as she attempted to move. She expected her body and brain to complain the moment she opened her eyes, wanting to sleep for at least another full day before theyd be willing to function properly. She expected to find a rather restless dayshe was never good at just lounging around to recover from anything. Shed been prepared for a lot of things to happen as soon as the day begun. Being awoken by a string of expletives, however, was not one of them. Spring eyes squinted against the sunlight filtering through the dusty window as she grumbled in protestthough sleepiness still clouded her gaze, a bright laser of annoyance cut through the haze, ready to slice into whatever it was that had woken her up before shed wanted to be. This focus settled onto her companion on the other side of the off-white room, a pained and frustrated expression plain on his face. It took a minute to piece together what happened in her slow state of mind, but eventually, she realized ithe was just as pained by his injuries as she was. It was an oddly human expression that she hadnt expected from himmaybe from Kirin the pathetically injured traveler hed portrayed earlier, but not from .LAPLACE the deadly treasure hunter. Then again, this wasnt either man shed seen beforethis was just Kirin, whoever that was. She might have laughed at how odd this revelation was if she wasnt terrified of the waves of pain thatd ripple through her bullet wounds if she did so. Instead, the pain came from her shifting her weight and shuffling herself out of the stiff covers to stand, hissing air through gritted teeth at the effort. Jesus, Kirin. She muttered, a prolonged yawn interrupting her sentence as her senses tried and failed to crawl out of unconsciousness. This your idea of a wake-up call? Because it sucks ass. Her bare footsteps slowly plodded over to his side of the room, eyes forced to open halfway to not stumble into anything as a gentle hand found his good shoulder. I get it, I know that cant be feeling too pretty right now. The sleepy gaze grazed over his face as she shifted herself under his arm, supporting his weight and helping him to stand so his injured side wouldnt be strained from the effort. Here, lets get you downstairsIm sure someone has painkillers thatll Her sentence cut off abruptly, mouth still open mid-word as her eyes flew entirely open, surprise waking her senses. Wait, what the hell was she doing? There wasnt anybody around, she had no reason to act like his concerned little friendyet here she was, helping him like a damn bedside nurse. The realization hit her hardshe couldnt blame this entirely on their little ruse, and he might very well notice that, too. Shed acted of her own accord , even if that was only because this damn acting was becoming too second-nature to her. Embarrassment burned her lightly freckled cheeks bright red, pushing away from the side of his body as she promptly faded into plasm, her bodys matter flying out of the room much faster than her physical body ever could. She blindly phased through a few walls before she calmed down enough to pause, deciding that having a destination would probably be more productive in distracting her from her stupid actions than just throwing herself through walls aimlessly. That was how she came to find the showers, unsurprisingly strictly functional with only a modicum of luxury the indulgence of at least a bit of privacy with thin curtains separating each stall from the next. She peered into one, finding bottles stacked neatly into the cornershe guessed most things were provided here, so the raiders could focus on training instead of wasting time on shopping trips. Quite efficient. As long as she could get clean, hopefully not upset her wounds too badly, and avoid a certain someone so she could stop pretending to be friends with him, she'd spend all the time in the world here. Her content humming that had started during her shower as her thoughts drifted to happier things continued as she walked into the morning sun, hair still damp as a chilly breeze flopped a strand into her face. Her clothes remained the same as when shed fallen asleep, but she made a mental note to find someone to ask about a change of attire at some point during the day. For now, her stomach threatened to eat itself, and the gentle scent of cooking enticed her towards the building on her left, coming upon a scene of utter beauty to her starved bodya wonderful bounty of assorted breakfast foods, all laid out across the span of a few tables. In her hunger-crazed state, she filled her plate much more than she probably should have, given the fact that she was a barely-welcome guest. However, she'd barely sat down before a familiar figure had found his way in to the tenther gasp of surprise almost sent her into a choking fit, the clench of her abs electrifying a wave of pain through her torso. Shit. She'd forgotten he was a human that needed to eat.