She might have fallen asleep in a church pew. Whoops. At least churches are sanctuaries...

"Right. Right, we will." It all started after Lenna had been in contact with the gloom, hadn't it? Or had it started sooner and Lenna just hadn't noticed? Either way, Lenna smiled back at her Hero. "Sunlight will do us both good, I think."

💚𝐻𝓎𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒💚@hylianhope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"You aren't. I promise that you aren't." Leaning over, Linkle gives Lenna a quick peck on the cheek with a small smile on her face. "We'll figure this out together, just like we always do!"

(I'm still working on revamping Lenna. I'll likely keep the herb stuff, since the idea is that she's a traveling apothacary, but I'll also have her dabble in the arcane arts too.)

"Sorry if I'm causing problems. I didn't think that it would affect me so much." Her joints might hurt right now, but at least it wasn't a constant throbbing pain. Just a dull one, as if someone was pressing against them.

💚𝐻𝓎𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒💚@hylianhope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"I guess that makes sense...." Linkle definitely wasn't leaving Lenna's side anytime soon, that was for sure. She's hoping that they'll find a cure for it on their travels...

Leggings are off. Her bare feet and legs are fully submerged in the water right now, and it's some instant relief. It usually doesn't get this bad. Only when she fails to take care of herself...and usually during those times she has to lay out in the bright sunlight to drive away the Gloom...

Measured steps. Each one harder than the last. She absolutely overworked herself the previous day. The spread of that vile magic crippled her every day, but today more than others lately had proven to be the most difficult so far. She can hear the sound of running water nearby. Her vision's

Ok, she's up now. A little bit in pain right now, but it's mostly in her legs. She can handle that. Moving water...maybe something like a stream would help drive that buildup out of her system...?

She lets out a soft grunt of pain as Linkle helped her up. "I'll be ok...I can't be laying around all day. Otherwise, it'll just make the Gloom spread..." Sunlight did seem to help stave off the spread of it. In fact, sunlight itself helped get rid of it. It was never completely gone though...

💚𝐻𝓎𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒💚@hylianhope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Linkle nodded before sitting up for herself. She made sure to be extra careful while helping her sit up at least... "...Are you sure that you should stand?"

"But..." Her words are silenced by Linkle's hand. Instead she does as she asks. "...maybe some help getting up? It's painful to move right now..."

💚𝐻𝓎𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒💚@hylianhope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

She brings a hand to Lenna's cheek... "Don't push yourself too much, okay? Do you need anything?"

She is awake at the moment, but movement is a little difficult right now. Each movement has a bit of pain attached to it. "Ow...maybe I overdid it earlier..."

💚𝐻𝓎𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓅𝑒💚@hylianhope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

She's flopping down next to Lenna, staring at her. .... She's worried about her princess.

She's been asleep for a long while. Must be the Gloom getting to her again...

(Final Fantasy peeps? Fire Emblem peeps? I hope you're ready for the amount I'm going to both study and know about your worlds.)

(Oh, seems Lenna's got group chats now!)

"Thinking...hm...maybe getting a new satchel would be good? Mine is getting a bit worn out..."

#DokiMocha A small message to all. It is fine to take a break, to seek comfort, to find your safe space. RP is a hobby, not a job. If you need to mute or block someone? Do so for your own sake. Not theirs. Taking care of yourself is far more important than text on a screen.

"Eheh...n-not that I'm worried. I just...I'm scared, that's all. A battlefield's not where I thought I'd end up."

"My first real battle..."

(Going to also do my best to be more active on Lenna. I know I kinda wrote Sarah-mun into a little bit of a corner...)

"Wait! What do I even do to cast spells!?" She reaches up, gripping the intensely heavy tome in her arm. She can barely even move with how dense the tome is, but still! "Please, even just a hint. If you want me to learn this, than surely that much would be enough?"

(Lenna, upon trying to pick up the Nosferatu tome:)

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ALT: a cartoon character standing next to a waffle

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(Little reference to the fact that Dark Tomes are really flippin' heavy in the earlier titles. Most mages get weighed down a ton by them, and I figure Lenna's Con is pretty similar to someone like Florina?)

She catches the tome in her hands. It was really heavy, Lenna's legs buckled a bit from the weight! "So heavy...no wonder you don't ever want to carry it on you." Lenna nods to him though. She knew the assignment. She had to memorize the material. "If I have questions, then I should come to

"Hmm...something of a transmutation thing, then?" She brings a hand to rub her chin, thinking to herself. It would be a tool to use at least. Not quite the miracle that dedicated healers from the churches used, but it was more akin to her own treatments. "I'd love to learn it..."

"That's quite a trick!" She steps closer to grip his arm, examining it closely. That trained eye of hers looking for any sort of blemish. "It's...it's completely healed. How did you manage it, Henry," she asks, now looking back up to him. Imagine the help she could be with such a power!