The Survivals {M}{IC}

[MidKnight]

Breeze watched the Elven woman stood up, but could tell she was still in pain from her wounded leg. She watched as Eket walked around her and then her fingers touched her shoulders. Her eyes closed slowly as she felt the soft touch gently massaging her skin. She leaned her head back a little to enjoy this little moment she had with this Elven woman. She nearly let out a moan from the massage, but stopped when Eket pulled her hands away. Shivered at the words when she spoke about the cold, Breeze sighs softly as her ears were filled with her gentle words. She pouted a little when the massaging had stopped, but then felt a clothing material touched her skin.

She felt the groom from Eket, as she brushed the cloak for any wrinkles. Breeze pulled the cloak to cover the rest of her body and watched as Eket had returned to the camp fire with her knife. She chuckled softly as she watched her used it to slice the cooked meat and takes a bite.

Breeze finally walks over to the camp fire and sits next to the Elven woman. Looking at the offering meat, and then felt an urge in her stomach for food. She takes a sniff first before taking the bite. There was an exotic smell, but it wasn't coming from the cooked meat. The scent was coming from the Elven woman. Her nose inhales slowly and deeply, her lungs filled with an intense exotic aroma. Feeling a sudden pleasure, she moaned softly from the scent.

Her hand reaches up and takes hers to hold the knife steady. Her skin was soft then she realized at first. Leaning forward and her tongue reached out to lick it first. It was warm, but still wiggled the meat into her mouth and pulled it off of the knife. The cooked meat half ways out of her mouth, leaning back and tilted her head back. The meat disappeared in her mouth and slowly started chewing. She wiped her lips with her finger and licked the grease off. "That's still pretty good." She complimented her cooking. "Even if without salt, it is still pretty good." Then smiled at the Elven woman.

[AngelDellaNotte]

“Do Terrains always eat so....” Ruatria said, pausing as she looked for the right word, her mind jumped first to erotically but that wasn't what she wanted to use. Yes, the Terrain was acting strange but then she had been as well. She had taken Breeze's clothes leaving her with nothing. That wasn't an oversight, she had done that intentionally. She could tell from Breeze's flight suit the woman was in great shape and had to admit she wanted to see more. “Intensely.” She finally finished.

Ruatria cut up a little more of the meat taking a few bites for herself and leaving some for Breeze. She set the knife down on the rock and ate another piece. The meat was surprisingly good for a strange creature that she didn't even know what to call. She could only imagine what Eldeth the cook for her parent's estates could make with with. What little cooking skills Ruatria had she had learned from Eldeth. The cook was Elvin but from a lesser house, but that didn't mean Ruatria had respected her any less. Her parents were always off attending to other matters, her father with his military career and her mother's political career, leaving the raising of their children up to the household staff. Eldeth was really the only one Ruatria would listen to. That could be because the old woman had no problem hitting her with a wooden spoon. She always used to say that she had raised thirteen of her own children that a couple spoiled nobles were nothing.

Of her nine siblings Ruatria was the youngest and quite a bit younger from her oldest sibling who was already an adult with children of their own by the time she and her twin sister had been born. She had a nephew who was eight years older than her. Actually all of her siblings except Ruayn were in adulthood by the time they were born. Her parents were later in life and hadn't planned on having anymore children but nature has a way interfering with plans. Eldeth always said the two girls were like night and day when it came to their personalities. Ruayn was much more reserved and proper while Ruatria was not. Her sister had was always the calmer of the two, she joined the military but as a doctor not a soldier. Ruatria hadn't really known what she wanted to do and after getting in trouble one too many times with the city guard her father had her commissioned in the royal fleet.

Ruatria looked over to Breeze then past her seeing that the sun was starting to set. They had been studying data from the probes that managed to make it back, learning much about the planet but still having so much more to learn. The planet had twenty-eight hour days with more of it being in darkness the further south you went. It had been daylight when she woke up from the crash, she didn't recall where the sun had been in the sky to judge what time of day it had been. Instead she had been too focused on the Terrain trying to capture her. They were in a jungle which meant they were further south. The nights would be longer than the days.

A yawn came from her lips, she was tired from fighting in the battle, crashing, being captured, escaping, capturing Breeze, making a truce and then walking across the jungle. Sleep was welcome. But she didn't have a bed roll, that like most everything she needed to survive on this plant had been in the overhead bulkhead. Her first thought had been to use her cloak to stay warm but Breeze was wearing it and it would be several hours before her clothes dried. Breeze had gathered a number of supplies before her ship fell over the cliff she wondered if there were any bedrolls among them. “By any chance were you able to salvage anything from your ship for us to sleep on? I had planned on using my cloak but...” She said, trailing off and waving at Breeze.

[MidKnight]

Breeze looked through her bag and found the lantern, she pulled the tool box out and opened it to find matches. She lit one stick and placed it in the lantern. In seconds the lantern glowed and started releasing heat slowly. She placed it near Eket, and pondered a moment. Thinking about the storage compartment and remembered another crate.

"There is another crate and it is filled with some clothing, supplies and maybe a bedroll or two." Thinking hard about how far her ship had fallen, the crates were made from a hard material that would survive again'st almost anything.

"I could get it tomorrow." She looked to Eket. "You stay here and let your leg heal." She stood up and walked outside. She looked around and started grabbing large branches and large leafs. Bringing back the things together, she reached for her tool kit and pulled out a roll of string. She tied the branches together and formed a rectangle shape and placed it near the fire. She tossed the leaves inside the rectangle and gathered more. Making the bed made more comfortable, she sighs as she grabbed her bag and emptied out the content. Rolling it up and made a pillow, she placed it on the bed and looked at Eket. "Here." She takes a step back and sits on a rock while setting the warm lantern near her. "I'll stay up for a while longer, when my clothes are dry, I'll return your cloak." She smiled, but then faded quickly.

[AngelDellaNotte]

Looking at the makeshift bed Ruatria had to admit that Breeze had done a good job. It looked comfortable despite being made of leaves. She scooted over to bed and sat down on it. The bed was just as comfortable as it looked. Not anywhere near to her bed at her parents estate or the bed in her quarters but it was more comfortable than the one in the brig. At hearing the comment about waiting for the clothes to dry Ruatria looked over to the fire pit seeing the clothes were still very wet. “Your clothes are not going to dry out anytime soon. Perhaps they might be dry by morning.” Ruatria said, patting the bed next to her. “Come lay down with me. We both could use the cloak to keep us warm. Along with our shared body heat.”

[MidKnight]

Breeze looked at the bed, then at the Elven woman. She figured she didn't want to freeze at night and had to be thankful for letting her use the cloak. She stood up on her feet and walked over to the bed, laying next to Eket. She laid behind the Elven woman and covered her with the cloak, she could feel the cold air coming from her body.

She shivered a little as she laid by her and soon her eyes started drifting.

Hours passed as Breeze awoke to a cold chill. She noticed the fire went out on it's own. So she stood up, leaving the cloak on the Elven woman. She shivered as her nude body felt the cold chill. Walking over to where her clothes iaid, and touched the material. The clothes were dried, but cold as well. She started getting dressed and putting her gear on.

Breeze looked around the cave and sigh softly. Then she grabs a piece of log and sticked it in the pit, letting the remaining fire catch it. Her riflel remained where it was, picking it up from the ground and checking the chamber and magazine. Breeze placed the rifle on her back and let the strap settled on. She looked at the Elven woman again, noticing she started to awake soon, Breeze quickly left the cave before saying good morning. She had to find the crate before it got dark again.

Hours passed, Breeze followed the trail she had used with Eket. It was a long hike, and her body filled with sweat once more. She finally arrived where her ship had crashed and fell. She looked over the edge and noticed the ship landed hard on the ground. She even noticed the crate was out of the storage compartment.

Looking around to find a way down. There was no way to climb down by hand. So she searched around and found a long vein, and it was solid hard. Thinking for a moment, she looked around for more and started making a rope. It took a while, but finally finished. She threw the rope over the cliff and watched the end land on the ground. She tightened the other end to a tree so she wouldn't fall from free fall. Climbing down was hard, at times she thought she felt the rope ripping apart, but stayed together.

Her feet touched the ground and lets go of the rope. She looked around the crashed ship, more pieces laid around and some parts of her ship was still in smoke. She found the crate not to far away and pulled it away from the crash ship in case it exploded. Opening the container and checking the continents. She found what she needed.

Extra clothes, blankets, bedrolls, more food and medicine, a flare gun with a few flares, and a box of bullets for her pistol. Pulling a duffle bag and stuffing the items inside, it took longer to climb back up on the cliff. She was breathing hard and croaked over as she finally reached the top and laid on the ground.

She heard a noise coming from a nearby bushes, reaching for her rifle and keeping an aim on the moving bushes, she waited for whatever came out. A strange creature. and it wasn't hostile.

Hours passed again and Breeze arrived back at the cave with the strange animal. The animal apparently became friendly with Breeze and followed her. "Hey I'm back and look what I found." She looked over her shoulder and the creature looked at Eket. It made a small sound, but nothing scary.

[AngelDellaNotte]

When she had first fallen asleep she was laying on her right side, which was normal for her she usually slept on that side. Breeze was pressed up behind her back and most definitely a pleasant feeling. However at some point in the night laying on her injured leg must have bothered her because she had rolled over so she was facing the Terrain woman. She had her right leg draped over Breeze's giving it a little elevation and no doubt some relief while one of her hands was wedged between their two bodies and the other resting comfortably over Breeze's breasts. Ruatria woke up once in the night looking at the position she had rolled into but didn't move finding that she no longer shared the pillow but rather used Breeze's shoulder for one. The cave had gone completely dark making her realize the fire must have gone up. She knew she should have gotten up and started it again but she was so comfortable and the last day had exhausted her. So instead of starting the fire again she drifted back to sleep.

The next morning she woke finding the cave was warm but she was alone. Her cloak was back over her and the fire had been started again. Breeze however was no where in sight. She had recalled her saying last night that she was going to head back to her ship and get supplies. Ruatria didn't like the thought of Breeze going alone but yesterday's trip had been difficult with her injured leg and she didn't know how much of a lead Breeze had. After a few more minutes of laying on the leaf bed Ruatria finally roused herself and sat up. She moved back over to the fire unpacking the meat Breeze and butchered. She reached for the medical kit removing her knife since she wouldn't be able to 'borrow' Breeze's right now. It took her a while to slice up the meat and lay it around the fire where it would slowly cook into a dry jerky. The meat would probably taste better if she cooked it as she did last night but turning it into a jerky would make it keep longer.

When all the meat was cut up and set to cooking Ruatria wiped her knife clean returning it to the medical kit where it would be her secret weapon if Breeze broke their truce. She checked on her wound then noticing that it wasn't bleeding like it had been yesterday the mana gel starting to do it's work. Then when she was finished with that Ruatria exited the cave to relieve herself and clean up at the river's edge giving herself a sort of sponge bath. As she cleaned herself she noticed a rustling in the trees near not far away. Her first reaction was to reach for her pistol but that had been damaged in the crash. She had foolishly left her rifle in the cave so jumping to her feet despite the pain she drew her sword looking around. She couldn't see anything around her but her a chirping clicking sort of sound. The trees continued to rustle around her but she couldn't see what was causing it. Then a few pink berries were tossed her way one or two them hitting her. That was when saw that the rustling and chirping sound was coming from up higher in the trees where small blue gray creatures leaped from tree to tree. Though when the creatures noticed that she had seen them they scattered from the area causing a number of more berries to fall from the trees.

Ruatria shook her head at the small creatures thinking they were cute. Then she reached down and picked up a handful of the berries wondering if they were safe. She took them back into the cave and ran one through her tester finding out that yes they were okay to eat. The berries were sweet, very sweet but tasted really good. Ruatria thought they would taste even better boiled with some water to make a sort of tea. Grabbing one of Breeze's bags she went back out and gathered the ones that had fallen on the ground. Several good shakes of the tree and she managed to get enough of them to fill the small bag. Tonight when they eat they would have more than just the meat.

By the time she had cleaned up, observed the strange creatures, gathered berries and brewed a nice tea it was later in the day. She could hear Breeze when she came back into the cave with the supplies from the ship. Breeze wasn't alone though one of those creatures had followed her. Smiling at it thinking again that it was cute Ruatria made a couple clicking sounds with her tongue. The creature darted across the cave at her, it ran up her arm perching on her shoulder until it saw the handful of berries in her hand. Then it scurried down her arm took a couple then was back on her shoulder wrapping its tail around her neck for balance as it held the berries in its front paws and used a back paw to toss them in its mouth seeming to really enjoy the berries. “Oh hello, to you. Please help yourself.” Ruatria chuckled.

[MidKnight]

Breeze smiled as she watched the small animal scurried over to Eket, enjoying the berries while sitting on the woman's shoulders. Breeze looked around the cave and could tell Eket was rather busy then laying around. The area seemed very clean and also noticed one of her bags was used. She walked over the bag as she dropped the one she carried. Checking the bag and finds more of the berries like Eket had. She picked one, examines it first before placing it in her mouth. Chewing slowly, it was quite tasty. She took another before tending to her own duties.

She grabbed the bag she had before and pulled out the extra clothes she found. A military pants with a pair of black gloves, a black tank top, a jackt that matched the pants and a regular black shirt. Socks and underwear included.

She picked up the flare gun and the extra flares, setting it aside next to the clothes. Separated the food and the medicine, and tossed a bedroll with a blanket towards Eket. "Here." She said softly as she grabbed her own and set it next to organized area. She checked the cartridge box and the case was full of rounds for her pistol. Sighs in relief and sits down and leans again'st a boulder. She watched as Eket enjoyed being around the small creature. "What should we name him or her?" She asked wondering what she thought.

She stood up on her feet and started undressing herself. Not caring if she did it in front of another woman. "I need to take another bath." She muttered to herself, smelling the sweat.

[AngelDellaNotte]

She caught the bedroll and set it down next to her then handed the creature the rest of her berries. The creature chirped a sound of thanks then jumped off her shoulder running to the make shift bed Breeze had constructed the night before. The creature made itself at home on the bed. “I don't know what we should name him.” She said, thinking it was indeed a him. He was larger than the ones she had seen earlier and usually males were larger. Pulling her eyes from the creature she looked down to the bedroll. There was no denying she had enjoyed sleeping next to Breeze the night before. She knew she shouldn't have, Breeze was Terrain and an enemy of her people.

Ruatria watched as Breeze took her clothes off once again not looking away from her nudity. She set her dirty clothes down then walked out of the cave no doubt to go to the river to bath again. Ruatria looked back to the creature seeing he had finished the berries and curled up into a little ball. He looked like he was about to fall asleep but hadn't yet. “You like her don't you?” She asked, the creature. He gave a little chirp looking at her, she smiled then answered like she had understood him, “Yeah I like her too. But there is a lot you don't know. Our people are at war. I suppose you don't know what war is. Our people are fighting. We are only working together because we need each other to survive.”

The creature let out another chirp then tucked his nose into his paws and closed his eyes. “Not a lot of help with this are you?” She said, looking back at the entrance to cave noticing that Breeze had left the clothes behind. Ruatria stood up and walked across the cave picking up the clean clothes. She was still limping but not as bad as she had been yesterday. Still somehow she managed to keep the quiet stealth that was inherent to elves. She found Breeze standing about knee deep in water. Earlier she had taken her pants off to tend to the wound and hadn't put them back on yet. The weather was a little on the warm side and it felt good. Her intentions had been to set the clothes down at the edge of the water to make up for taking her clothes yesterday. But instead she set the clothes down and waded into the water stopping behind Breeze the other woman seeming unaware of her presence. She reached her hands up and brushed some of Breeze's wet hair away from her neck then traced her hands down Breeze's shoulders lingering on her biceps as she leaned in smelling her. Breeze had washed all the sweat and grim off leaving behind only her natural scent. The same smell that Ruatria had fallen asleep to last night.

[MidKnight]

Looking over her shoulder in surprise, she did not hear the Elven woman appeared behind her. "Sneaky." She said softly as she felt the massage. Her eyes closed and leans her head back, she needed to ease tension in her muscles after climbing so hard to get to the top. Her muscles ache, but felt much better as feeling Eket's soft touch.

Turning around and examined the woman, she noticed her leg was slowly healing. "I don't think Elven and Human analogy is different." She thought for a moment, "Mind trying human medicine?" She asked curiously. She reached and grabbed her hand and guided her out of the river, grabbing her wet clothes as well but clean.

Walking back inside the cave, Breeze finds a clean pair of clothes and puts them on and takes one of the medicine containers on the ground. She looked Eket while prying the container open, nodding her to sit on the large boulder nearby. She opened the container and finds what was aquired for emergency use. A bottle of rubbing alcohol and anti-biotics gel, Q tips, gauze pads and adhesive bandages with tapes, and several other items.

She looked at the bandage on her thigh and slowly peels it off. It was healing, but slowly. She hummed for a second before wiping the gel off with her fingers. "Sorry." She said softly if she hurted the woman. She grabbed the bottle of alcohol and dipped a Q tip inside. She started dabbing the wound gently and made sure she got the entire area. Then takes the anti-biotic gel and used a different Q tip for use. Slightly dabbing and wiping on her wound, she looked up at the woman and smirked.

She reaches for a gauze pad and places it on top of the wound and wrapped her leg with the adhesive bandage. "Now...let's look at that wound on your face." She looked closer at the Eket's face and examines the wound. "I think I might have something for this." She repeated the process as she did with her leg, but instead, she used smaller band aids and placed them on her wound. "It'll scar, but it'll heal." She said softly, touching the bandages with her finger. Her nose filled with her scent and her lungs filled with excitement. She closed her eyes and inhales slowly once more. "Um...let me know if it heals, if not we can go back to your healing methods." She pulled away slowly to look at her supplies, "So...thought of a name yet?" She asked about the strange animal on the made bed, "I was thinking of chip, he seems to chirp a lot."

[AngelDellaNotte]

Breeze guided her out of the river much sooner than she wanted. Ruatria would enjoyed staying there a little longer. Her mind raced with thoughts of what could happen when they got back to the cave but tending to her wounds wasn't anywhere in her mind. She hissed at feeling the alcohol touch her leg. It burned but she knew it was cleaning the wound. So far she had just been using water to keep her wound clean but she knew she should have been using something more. Her sister would have been furious at her for not properly tending to her wound.

After finishing up with the alcohol Breeze moved to the gel which was cool and soothing. Compared to the alcohol it felt wonderful. The it was dressed again with the bandages and Breeze moved onto the wound on her face. Ruatria hadn't really thought much about it. The wound didn't hurt and there wasn't anything here that she could see her reflection in so she didn't know how bad it was. Like before the alcohol hurt but the gel felt good. It was covered with small bandages and Breeze commented on how it would scar. “Do you think it will be bad?” Ruatria asked. She had always been considered pretty and the vain side of her wondered if a scar would change that. True there were surgeries she could have that would remove it but in Elvish culture removal of a scar was frowned upon. Scars like many things showed ones past, what they had endured and overcome. Ruatria for as wild and rebellious as she was adhered to the old way and would rather not get it removed.

As Breeze looked at her supplies the creature stirred from his nap and let out a chirp before running over to Breeze and rifling through the case that she was organizing. “I like that name.” Ruatria said, chuckling as Chirp pulled supplies out of the case sniffing each one before throwing them over his shoulder.