Archived Roleplay:Sick Feels RP

Apate's Cabin

 * Tiel: An Iris-message appears in front of Koreen five days after Tiel fainted in front of her (via the IM). It's him again, smiling weakly. His face is still pale like last time, with some vague reddish spots scattered scarcely all over. His voice is a bit shaky, but he does everything he can to sustain it at a happy tone.  "Hey Koreen!"
 * Koreen: Upon seeing the IM (and Tiel), she looks relieved to see that he looked alright, albeit looking like he had seen much better days.  "What happened to you?" Yet again, she gazes at his face with a look of concern.
 * Tiel: He scratches the back of his head, revealing his arm to have the same vague spots. "I just came back from my quest cuz I got really sick back in Paris, but now I'm pretty fine after some rest. Can you come over to my cabin? Please?"
 * Koreen: She chuckles and nods enthusiastically. "Sure. I'll be there in a few minutes."
 * It took her a few minutes to arrive at the cabin, which currently looks like the battle-worn Ares' Cabin. The cabin is perfectly empty, except for a bed at the end, which belongs to Tiel. As she approaches closer, a horrible sight welcomes her eyes. It is Tiel, sprawled to his side on his bed, unconscious; the vague spots became more visible and numerous, his skin really pale, and what would seem to be blood dripping from both of his nostrils.
 * Koreen: The sight of Tiel unconscious with blood dripping from his nose made her rush to him, bringing out a handkerchief which she always kept in her pocket. She gently sits him up before wiping away the blood, being careful so as not to wake the son of Apate. She subconsciously bites her lower lip as she gazes at his current state.  
 * Tiel: Being moved, even by gentle means, he wakes up slowly, lifting his semi-blank eyes. He shifts his head to see Koreen and smiles a bit. "N-nice to s-see you Koree-" He coughs up painfully, causing some blood splatter over his shirt. "H-hate to s-see you seeing m-me like this..." He tries moving his hands, but he only grunts.
 * Koreen: She smiles weakly at him before making him lie down. "Glad to see you came back with all your limbs attached." She sits herself at the edge of his bed, one hand stroking his hair, the other, clutching the bloodied handkerchief. "What happened to you?"
 * Tiel: Beads of sweat begins to form around his neck and face as he tries to stutter out his answer, "B-been f-feeling really sick since I-I left f-for the quest. D-don't want telling it to y-you actually s-so that y-you wouldn't worry much." He pouts at her, showing a bloodstained tongue. 
 * Koreen: She switches the handkerchief to her other hand. She uses the backside of her handkerchief to wipe away the sweat on his face. When she spoke, her voice was soft with a hint of a warm emotion underneath. "I wish you had just stayed. And you could have just... just told me." Tears begin to form in her eyes as she takes his hand into hers. "You don't always have to be the hero, you know."
 * Tiel: He looks away from her, feeling really guilty on what she said. His face's expression darkens with the emotion he is feeling right now, and all he could say back is, "I... I-I've never e-even did s-something to be this h-hero. I'm just... a humble guy..."
 * Koreen: She shakes her head sadly. "You don't need to do big things to be a hero. You don't need to lead a quest..." She tightens her grip on his hand. "Sometimes, you just need to be your usual self... and sometimes, all you need to do is care about those around you."
 * Tiel: The words pierces his mind like Iapetus and his spear is crushing his brain (srlsy?) and he lets go of her hand, clearly pained because of bruise located there. He grunts softly at the action, and says, "... Usual self, h-huh? .... Y-you don't know me, Koreen. Y-you don't know m-me..." Clearly, his face his full of pain, and he doesn't have the guts enough to cover it up.
 * Koreen: She averts her eyes from his face, his words hitting her hard. She didn't want to admit it but there was truth in his words. She edges away from him a bit, wanting to distance herself.  "....I'm beginning to think..... did I ever truly know you, Tiel?" If Tiel were looking into her eyes at that moment, he would see nothing but hurt and confusion in them.
 * Tiel: All of a sudden, he chuckles softly, trying to mask what he is feeling right now: the same thing as Koreen. "Right. Y-you made f-friends with m-me, a l-liar, and a person who did nothing but cause t-trouble." He looks back at her, smiling weakly to the point that his lips are quivering. "I-I'm a h-horrible person, a-aren't I?"
 * Koreen: She squeezes her eyes shut and grips her bloody handkerchief with both hands. She imagines the time when Tiel had taken her to pizza hut and the numerous IMs. She imagined the person who cared for his friend even when he was irritated. "Y-you're wrong..." She musters the courage to look at him. Despite her teary eyes, she manages a warm smile. "You're so much more than what you give yourself credit for."
 * Tiel: Not knowing what to say, he sustains his quivering smile. From a corner of his mind, something urges him to tell her something. He opens his mouth to speak, trying to bring out the clearest of his voice, "H-Hey... G-gonna t-tell you something..." His eyebrows twitch unusually, and his eyes are on the verge of tearing up.
 * Koreen: A look of curiousity passes over her face. She leans closer to him, so that he doesn't need to exert much effort. 
 * Tiel: He is only able to speak out a wordless breath, for something begins to interrupt him. His pale face suddenly contorts, bolts up, crawls for the egde of his bed and starts to vomit out some amounts of blood. He literally screams in pain, because he is already crying his eyes out profusely. Sweat begins to form around his neck again as he tries to fix himself up.
 * Koreen: She immediately backs away from the bed, having never been placed in a situation such as this. Seeing Tiel in so much pain brought about a deep fear in her and tears of helplessness began to fall from her eyes. When she approached him again, she made sure to be more careful. Tentatively, she touched his shoulder. "I'll... I'll go get someone...."
 * Tiel: He tries to speak out loud, only to utter out, "P-please..." His voice has a great hint of sobbing and breathlessness, trying to gasp for air that passes by his mouth.
 * Koreen: Fighting down a helpless sob, she searches around the room for whatever amount of nectar or ambrosia she could find. She tried checking the drawers, chests, bookshelves but had yet to find any. Every now and then, she'd glance worriedly at Tiel. "Where are they?" Yet another helpless sob escapes her lips and she furiously wipes at the tears that blurred her vision.
 * Tiel: He weakly gets off his bed and limps slowly towards her, uttering out, "No... No... T-there a-aren't... P-please..." He extends his red-spotted pale hand to Koreen. "P-please... Stay w-with me..." Eventually, his body, battered and greatly weakened by a sickness he's been enduring even way before he bid her goodbye in his quest, causes him to faint once again. His extended hand tries to grab ahold of Koreen's arm, only to crash down on top of her foot.
 * Koreen: Seeing Tiel faint before her very eyes, she remained still for a heartbeat before her instincts kicked in. She swiftly bent down, grabbed a hold of both of Tiel's upper arms and brought him to the nearest bed there was. All the while, she was silently cursing at herself for not getting someone to help. When Tiel was safely on the bed, she took hold of his face with both of her shaking hands. "Please please please, wake up."
 * Tiel: Apparently, he is heavily breathing, and his face is going way more pale than before. He is breaking out into a cold sweat all over, and his hands and legs are shaking. It is very visible on his face the pain he is feeling. Other than that, his temperature starts to rise rapidly. His body couldn't even force him to wake because of his condition.
 * Koreen: She squeezes her eyes shut and rests her forehead against Tiel's, praying to any god that would listen that someone would help them.
 * As if someone heard her silent prayer, the cabin door creaked open, revealing two other children of Apate. The instant they saw Tiel and Koreen, they stopped in their tracks and their earlier conversaiton ceased. They gave Koreen a suspicious look but before they could make a comment, the daughter of Poseidon looked at them with a pleading look.
 * Koreen: Tears were streaming down her face as she looked at the room's newest occupants. Her voice was a little more than a whisper yet one would be able to note the hint of desperation and hysteria in it. "Please, help him."  
 * Upon seeing the state of their head counselor, the two children of Apate only shared a look before moving. The bigger of the two moved over to the bed and picked up Tiel as gently as he could and, not a moment later, was rushing out of the cabin and to the hospital. Koreen soon followed.  

Hospital (Part 1)

 * Tiel is then attended to by the nurses and is brought to the ER to be immediately examined. As he enters the room, a nurse asks Koreen.
 * Nurse: You're with that patient, right? If so, what happened exactly?
 * Koreen: She unconsciously begins playing with her fingers as a sign of nervousness. "I went to visit him... but when I saw him, he was really pale. Not mention, blood was dripping from his nostrils. Then after we exchanged a handful of words, he suddenly vomited out some blood." She stops talking for a while, trying to banish the image from her mind before continuing. "Then I went to look for some ambro-- I mean, medicine and he walked... or um, staggered after me. Then he just collapsed." She began biting her lower lip before turning to the nurse. "Will he... will he be alright?"
 * Nurse: She mutters, "Tsk tsk," under her breath, feeling really disappointed at Koreen's words. As response to her question, she says, "We will know that once we are through on his diagnosis. Just stay put, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Please, sit here." She points her finger to a row of empty blue seats, just across the ER.
 * Koreen: She simply nods and takes a seat directly across the doors of the Emergency Room. Due to her ADHD though, she begins pacing instead of keeping still, occasionally glancing at the double doors of the ER.
 * She waited... and she waited... and she waited. It really took a long time. Until finally, the ER's double doors burst open. Some nurses came out as they pulled of what would seem to be a pole with a dextrose bag hanging at the top. The tube ran along downward, ending up on... Tiel's back hand. He is now wearing the white hospital gown, and is lying on a gurney, still unconscious. The nurses seem to hurry up, with blank looks on their faces. As soon as the gurney comes out, a doctor approaches him.
 * Doctor: He speaks to her while checking his clipboard from time to time, "You would be that boy's companion, I presume? I saw you pacing back and forth while we are conducting tests."
 * Koreen: She keeps her eyes trained on Tiel's unconscious and retreating figure, surrounded by the nurses, presuming that they were taking him to a room. She looks blankly at the doctor and nods. "Yes."
 * Doctor: He firsts catches a heavy breath, then sputters out, "I'm afraid..." He looks at his clipboard one last time to see if he is correct. "...." A few seconds of silence pass, and he finally continues, "He has chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage three; for his rapidly deteriorating condition, I fear..." He rephrases it into, "In a matter of a very short time, he will surely jump into stage four if his condition worsens. Sorry to say this, but his life is at great risk. " As soon as he finishes saying it, a nurse approaches him. "Excuse me." He leaves with her for the hallway.
 * Koreen:As the doctor told her what had happened to Tiel, she could do nothing but stare ahead, eyes not really seeing anything. Her thoughts wandered only to Tiel and what could very well happen to him. She had not taken notice of the doctor's departure and instead, turned in the direction Tiel was wheeled to. As though in a trance, she followed after the group of nurses, wanting nothing more than to be with the son of Apate in that moment.
 * The nurses then open a room door and puts the gurney inside. They fix the room before leaving him alone. The same nurse who asked Koreen from before approaches her and says, "You may visit him." She then leaves with the other nurses.
 * Koreen: She waits until the nurses have completely left before entering the room, mentally preparing herself for the sight which will greet her. While Tiel had looked very pale, fragile and sickly, he seemed to have been sleeping peacefully. With a small semi-relieved smile on her face, Koreen drags a chair beside Tiel's bed and quietly sits on it, taking Tiel's free hand as she did so. For a while, she did nothing but watch Tiel, her fingers stroking small circles onto the back of Tiel's hand.
 * Tiel: As if by a miracle, a single teardrop forms at the rim of his right eye, then flows down to his chin, then down his neck. His face, even while still unconscious, becomes sadder, as if he is experiencing a very bad dream. 
 * Koreen: With her other hand still holding Tiel's, she reaches over and wipes away the trail which the tear made on his face. A wave of sadness came over her and she sat down once more. With both hands now, she gripped Tiel's free hand while resting her elbows on the bed. To anyone who would enter the room, she would appear as though she were in prayer.
 * Tiel: As if someone heard her prayers, his free hand twitches a few times, and his eyelids lift up slowly. In his point of view, his sight is still fuzzy, but what he could see is all white, with Koreen's figure to his left. Another tear flows down from the same eye, and he slowly opens his mouth to speak. The quality of his voice right now is poor, but still pretty understandable. "K...Ko...Ko-reen... I-I-Is t-that y-you?" He slowly shifts his head from left to right, trying to figure out where he is. "W-where a-a-am I-I? W-w-wha-t i-is this p-place...?"
 * Koreen: Seeing Tiel awake made her want to leap out of her chair and envelope him in a hug but she restrained herself and only gripped his hand more, with tears freely flowing from her eyes. "It's me, Tiel... We're at the hospital." She reaches over and puts a hand on his shoulder.  "Just rest for now."
 * Tiel: The sudden mention of the word "hospital" makes his blood run amuck, his heartbeat pace, and his head throb. He moves his hand, which is connected to the dextrose bag, and feels sharp pain invading it. He grunts, while trying to keep back his tears and his breathing at normal. Feeling a bit certain on the reason, he asks her weakly with a hint of slight sobbing, "W-w-why? W-w-why a-am I-I h-here...?"
 * Koreen: She unconsciously bites the corner of her lips. "You lost consciousness while in your cabin then you were brought here by one of your half-siblings..." She purses her lips and glances down at her hands, not knowing how to fully say what the doctor had told her minutes ago.
 * Tiel: He feels that she is hiding something. He blinks several times, getting even more nervous by the moment. "... I-I m-mean... L-like r-really... W-why? D-do I h-have s-some s-sick-n-ness?" As he speaks, he could feel his lips tremble, fearing her answer. 
 * Koreen: Instead of answering verbally, she just looks at Tiel with a tearful gaze.  
 * Tiel: Staring back at her, he couldn't think of what she means with those eyes. In turn, his tears start to flow faster from his eyes, stuttering, "W-what? P-p-please... T-tell m-me..." He doesn't know actually where to focus his eyes on, nor where to get the breath to speak. The fear welling up inside him rises abnormally, trying to overcome him.
 * Koreen: She bows her head, not willing to meet his gaze this time. "The doctor... he said you had leukemia... stage three. He said.... he said it wouldn't be long... until you reached stage four.... and...." Her hands, which were gripping Tiel's, had begun shaking by then.
 * Tiel: Upon hearing her, word by word, it seems as if time has stopped, or maybe it is his shattered core, trying to take everything in. One of the things he feared the most ever since he was a child, has now arrived to test him once again. His mouth is open agape and his eyes now staring blankly into space. As his heart almost skipped a few heartbeats, he begins to stutter with a voice filled with inexplainable pain and fear, "N-n-no w-way..." His tears are now falling freely like big drops from his eyes, leaving large trails on his cheeks. "I-it c-c-an't be..." He sniffs loudly, looks away from her, and lets his emotions take over him. He screams as loud as he could, as if trying to yell out his disease in vain.  "It can't be! It just can't be! Please tell me you're lying! Please! Please tell me you're lying!" He shut his eyes as he cries uncontrollably and tries to flail on his bed.
 * Koreen: Watching him as he was broke her. Her brave facade all but disappeared and left her as she was truly feeling: scared and helpless; wanting nothing more than hide from the situation she was experiencing. Hearing Tiel cry brought more tears to her and she could do nothing else but grip her own arms in a self-embrace of reassurance.  "....I'm sorry..."
 * Tiel: His mind races like a road runner as he cries his eyes out, trying to find a solution to his worst problem yet. As he swims in an ocean of ever-shifting thoughts, the face of his father, Schyuler, shows up like a large projection in front of him. If this will be the time to ask forgiveness and help from him, then would do so. He slowly asks Koreen while still looking away from her, "I... *sniff* a favor... *sniff*"
 * Koreen: Without hesitating, she agrees to his favor, despite not knowing what it was that he would ask for. "I'll do it... whatever it is."
 * Tiel: Still crying and his hands trembling, he says, "Please... *sniff* call my... *sniff* father for me... *sniff* I need him..." He weakly raises his right hand and points it to a table near his bed. On it lays a pen and a notepad. "I'll tell you... *sniff* the details... *sniff*"
 * Koreen: She simply nods and reaches over to grab the notepad and pen. She flips it open to a clean page and waits for Tiel to tell her the details.
 * Tiel: He clears his throat again, blinking rapidly to see his house's telephone number flashing before his eyes. "Call him at... ... You *sniff* got that...?"
 * Koreen: She nods once again, finishing writing down the number. She stands from her chair comewhat hesitantly. While looking Tiel in the eyes, she flashes him a small smile.  "I'll be back real quick then."
 * Tiel: He silently nods then whispers, "Please do... I'll be.. waiting..."
 * Koreen: She smiles one more time before quickly leaving the room and going to the reception area where she could use one of the available payphones.

Hospital (Part 2)

 * Nurse: She greets Koreen from her counter. "Using the phone? Sure thing. Don't worry, it won't cost anything; just don't talk too loud and too long."
 * Koreen: She could only blink blankly at the cheerfulness of the nurse. "Uhh, t-thank you." She could only glance again at the nurse before walking over to the phone and picking it up. After a quick look at the number on the paper in her hand, she punches them in and soon hears the familiar ringing. As she waits for someone to pick up, she thinks about what she would say.
 * Voice Over the Phone: After several ringings, someone over the line picks up the phone. The person speaks up in a low, stern voice. "This is O'Shaughnessy, Schyuler. Who is this and what do you need?"
 * Koreen: She takes a deep breath before speaking into the phone. "H-hello sir. This is Koreen Trent. I'm a ...friend of Tiel."
 * Schyuler: His voice becomes colder and sterner by the sound of his son's name. "A friend of my son? ... Well then, where are you keeping him, and what are you doing with him? Is he even alive?"
 * Koreen: She internally flinches at the cold voice of Schyuler. "H-he's currently at the hospital near... near Camp. S-sir... he's been diagnosed with Leukemia... Stage 3 Leukemia."
 * Schyuler: Not paying attention nor showing any emotion towards his son's condition, he asks her, "Camp? What camp? Be more specified in your answers, if you would."
 * Koreen: She frowns  at the wall in front of her in response. "Camp Half-Blood, sir.... it's where your son and others like him are taught to survive..."
 * Schyuler: He grows irritated, as he doesn't know anything about the place. "No Camp Half-Blood exists at New York, friend of Sealtiel. You probably must be misdirecting me. Will you just tell me the name of the hospital he is in?"
 * Koreen: She realizes she has no idea what the hospital's name is. "Uhh, one moment, please." She uses her free hand to cover the speaker of the phone and looks around for a nurse. The one from before was close and she decides to ask the nurse. After the nurse tells her the name of the hospital, she repeats the name into the phone. 
 * Schyuler: In a straight and plain voice, hinted with that coldness and sterness, he replies, "I see." With that, he hangs up the phone, leaving Koreen listening to beeping sounds over the line.
 * Koreen: She looks in disbelief at the phone which was still producing beeping sounds. With a small sigh and shake of her head, she puts the phone down and makes her way back to Tiel's room, stopping only to thank the nurse from earlier.  
 * Tiel: He's still awake, clearly waiting for her all that time. He seems to have stopped crying, leaving dry tear marks all over his face and bloodshot eyes. He asks her, "How... was it? What... did he... say?"
 * Koreen: She could only shake her head sadly and sit down once mroe on the chair which she previously occupied. "He just asked where you were, basically..."
 * Tiel: He becomes sadder, feeling that his dad is just making him expect or something. "Oh..." Seconds of silence pass, and he suddenly blurts out, "Koreen... what if... I... you know... die? What if that... happens?"
 * Koreen: She reaches over and takes one of his hands into hers. "I really don't know anymore. I've never... I've never actually imagined what I'd do when someone... someone important to me passes away. Death just seems like a surreal thing to me."
 * Tiel: He sighs heavily, tightening his hold back on her hand. "I just feel like... giving up..."
 * Koreen: She bows her head, her hair falling over her shoulder and acting like a thin curtain between her and Tiel. "Don't.... don't feel like that. There's so much... so many things that you'd be throwing away."
 * Tiel: He remembers his past memories, making him feel guilt all of a sudden. "I have nothing but you and the others... But I feel like I've thrown up everything... I've been too naive, only to search myself ever since this silly leukemia kicked in..." Deep inside, he tries to use his usual funny remarks to cheer himself and Koreen up, but he feels that he's trying in vain.
 * Koreen: A small pained smile appears on her lips as Tiel speaks. "If you feel like you've given everything up already... then fight for those who want to see you again. Fight for those who want you to see a new day." She looks like she wants to say more but just shakes her head and keeps quiet this time.
 * Tiel: He speaks nothing in reply, and just stares into space, not knowing what he should do. From what would seem like hours, he eventually falls asleep, still holding Koreen's hand.

Hospital (Part 3)

 * As the two stay silent in the room, some nurses checking on Tiel every now and then. That happened for the past one and a half hours. When suddenly, someone knocks on the door that doesn't seem to portray a nurse nor a doctor.
 * Koreen: She jolts awake, having fallen asleep due to the silence in the room. She untangles her fingers from Tiel's hold and hastily fixes herself before walking to the door, a frown marring her face. She opened the door, looking both curious and a little bit irritated at the same time. "Yes?"
 * The man turns out to be Schyuler himself, Tiel's dad. He's as intimidating as he was on the phone, with striking Irish eyes, and wears a sophisticated business man's suit, along with an expensive looking silver watch. With the simple luxury he wears, he basically tells Koreen that Tiel hails from a rich family.
 * Schyuler: He pierces his eyes on Koreen and speaks in the same stern and cold voice. "Would this be Sealtiel's room? And you must be... his friend, I comprehend?"
 * Koreen: She could only nod numbly, never having expected that Tiel's father would ever come to visit his child. She quietly steps aside, clearing the path for Schyuler, her eyes nervously glancing back at Tiel's sleeping form. "Tiel's asleep... would you, uh, like me to wake him up for you?"