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.