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Post by Kiernan on Mar 1, 2013 1:04:39 GMT -5
[47th of Summer, following "Calm Before the Storm" Roughly midday, probably about twelve-thirtyish]
Usu was glad to have Sil with him, even if he did break his nose mere moments ago. Kai would have started off by laughing long and hard, then scolding him, smiling from ear to ear, about how stupid he was for trying to sneak up behind somepony in their own home, where you were not a guest. Usu should have known better, being the kind of pony who would break into somepony else's house without permission. Granted, he didn't know about the loose floorboard, but still, it was stupid of him to even attempt it when he was on good terms with the house's owner.
As Sil had said, the hospital was right down the road. He had heard a few less-than-polite words directed at Sil on the way here, from passerby and resident alike, and that disturbed him. Sil was a wonderful find, a veritable diamond in a bag of cereal box decoder rings. These ponies should be treating him as a greater power, not blaming him for a simple mistake. Granted, it was partially his fault Usu had a broken nose, but he hadn't intended it.
Usu walked through the doors of the hospital, and found himself in a waiting room. A reception counter against one wall, a seating area with magazines from several months ago against the other. In the corner sat a plastic bin filled with toys for small foals to play with. He decided that his first stop needed to be the receptionist.
"Uh bwoge by dose (I broke my nose)," he explained. Without looking up from her computer, the receptionist handed him a clipboard and a pen.
"Unless you have an appointment, fill this out."
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Post by Person on Mar 1, 2013 21:25:55 GMT -5
Silent Storm plodded into the cold, sterile hospital waiting room along side Turnkey, and split off into the seating area as Key went to the reception desk to sign in and do whatever it was ponies do when they go to hospitals. He still didn't entirely know. he only knew what he saw, and what he saw was slightly uncomfortable ponies go in, and ponies in greater pain come out. Needless to say, finding out what happened in the middle was not one of his priorities. Now, his plan was to stay with Key and not much beyond that.
Scanning the remaining seats in the oddly packed waiting area, Sil saw three open seats. The first and closest was adjacent old mare who either thought the room was too bright, or was glaring intently at him. the second was in the corner opposite his current position, between a all and a, though not apparently unfriendly, colossal stallion. Fearing he may get squished like a tomato, he decided against that as well.
Third and finally was an open chair nearest the foal's play area. Only a small colt was there, with a chair near him occupied by what was assumed to be his mother's extravagant saddlebag. He chose the last option over the others and slowly made his way between the rows of mares and stallions, young and old, finally stopping and seating himself upon the chair's plush cushion.
The colt's coat was a shade of deep green, his mane sea blue, and he had a pair of glasses perched on his snout. He was staring intently at a book with a picture with more ponies than Sil could count. After taking as discreet a peek as he could at the book's cover, he saw it's title: "Where's Waldoof?" along with a picture of a stallion garbed in all red and white stripes, with overflowing saddlebags and a walking stick. A very much exaggerated word bubble containing the text, "Find me!", hung above the stallion, and Sil made the inference that somewhere in that sea of equines was the pony depicted on the cover. He put his head in his hoof and took on the same befuddled expression as the colt, staring at the image over his shoulder.
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Post by Kiernan on Mar 2, 2013 1:56:02 GMT -5
Usuwas bewildered by some of the questions on this application. Some were understandable, such as name, gender, and social security number, but others threw him off.
What is the intensity of your pain caused by the illness/injury? []Very acute []Acute []Moderate []Severe []Very severe
The injury itself didn't hurt quite so much now; the pain had ebbed over time. But due to the inanity of the question, he marked 'Very Severe.'
What Era are you from?
Usu didn't know anypony over a thousand years old, save for the princesses. And since the current Era was over a thousand years in the making, there was little point in having this question, he thought.
How long will you be staying with us?
'As little time as I possibly can,' he put, chuckling to himself. As soon as he could leave these crazies behind, the better.
He handed the clipboard back to the receptionist, which she, again without looking up from her book, took from him. The odd thing was, she just left it on the counter. Didn't enter it into the system, didn't file it, didn't ever turn it face down. Usu didn't like the idea of somepony stealing his social security number, so he blotched a bit of ink on it. They would have to find him by the name he put down: Turnkey.
He left the receptionist to her raunchy novel, '50 Shades of Neigh,'and waited against the wall for his name to be called.
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Post by Person on Mar 3, 2013 14:33:30 GMT -5
Once a solid eleven minutes had passed, the colt let out a gasp, then beamed of triumph. Silent Storm, however, still hadn't found the elusive stallion. There were just so many ponies to search through on a single page in the effort of finding one in particular. The colt began to lip the page to the next, and concerned he wouldn't be able to finish, Sil gave a little squeak, then covered his muzzle with a hoof. He didn't want to know what the colt would think of him if he knew Sil had been looking over his shoulder the whole time.
The colt was a bit startled at the sound and turned to see who or what had made the awfully close noise, and was slightly taken aback when he discovered it had been a young stallion, maybe ten years or so older than him, with dragon's wings. Sil stayed quiet as the colt examined him with curious yellow eyes, then looked from him to the book and back.
"Did you find him?" the colt asked Sil, extending the book toward him.
Sil shook his head without saying anything. He looked at the feminine saddlebag, then scanned the room quickly to see if anypony that could be the colt's mother was standing by.
The colt saw Sil's glances and reassured his unease, "Don't worry, my mom already got called in to see the doctor before you came, she shouldn't be back out for a while yet. Would you like me to show you where Waldoof is?" he asked, scooting over a little ways to the right, clearing space enough for Sil to sit beside him.
Sil nodded, then slid from the chair to the carpeted play area as stealthily as he could and asked, "So where exactly is he?"
The colt pushed his glasses a little higher onto his face, then pointed with a hoof at the stallion hiding amidst a group of pegasi near a table. "Right there."
"Oh!" Sil quietly exclaimed. The colt flipped to the next page, a scene of Fillydelphia's crowded streets.
A couple of minutes passed in silent staring, then the colt said, "My name's Raindrip, by the way. What's yours?" and extended a small hoof to Sil.
Sil took the hoof and gave it a slight shake, saying, "I'm Silent Storm, but you can call me Sil or Silent," then exclaimed "Aha!" pointing to the striped pony slightly obscured by the similarly painted side of a building.
"Did you do something wrong?" Raindrip asked, flipping the page once again. When Sil exhibited an expression of slight confusion, he added, "I've seen how all the grown-ups look at you, and I've seen what they do to you around town, did you do something?"
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Post by Kiernan on Mar 3, 2013 15:52:41 GMT -5
It took about fifteen minutes for them to call Usu's assumed name. When they did, he followed the doctor to a small, sterile room, where he sat down on the table.
"It seems we didn't get all of your information," said the doctor, looking at the paperwork. "Or rather, some ink covered up a portion of it. We need you to fil out the paperwork again."
After filling out the paperwork a second time, the doctor asked, "What seems to be the problem?"
Usu glared at the doctor over the now fully soaked rag. He brought it away from his face for a moment, wringing it out over the sink. When the doctor was still looking at him, Usu gave up. "Uh bwoge by dose (I broke my nose)." He was starting to regret not going to Kai for this. He may have had to put up with snide commentary, and he would have to live with that for who knows how long, but at least he would be able to breathe.
"Okay," said the doctor. "If you'll wait here, I'm going to send in somepony who knows noses." He left, leaving Usu to wonder why he didn't just look at the paperwork, where Usu had clearly put down that his nose was broken.
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Post by Person on Mar 3, 2013 23:48:46 GMT -5
"No, at least, not that I know of." Sil replied to Raindrip with a sigh, "They just s-seem to hate me for... this" he gestured to himself, particularly his wings, and partially bared his pointed teeth.
"Well that's not fair," Drip replied, then let out an "Ah!", pointing to Waldoof's location on the next page. He turned the page once again, revealing that they'd made their way through the entire book. The colt set it aside on a stack of apparently much less entertaining books, then chose a thick simple wooden puzzle from the bucket of toys, scattering the pieces across the floor, then reassembling them into their proper places in several short moments. He picked up puzzle the once again and pushed it into Sil's hooves.
"Now you do it." Raindrip said, and looked expectantly at the pegasus.
Sil examined the placement of the jigsaw pieces together, then tossed them to the ground in a similar fashion as Drip, then in the blink of an eye, his hooves flew across the dispersed pile of pieces, and reassembled them in merely a couple of seconds.
"Wow!" Raindrip said, giving Sil a hoof bump, "I usually do the foal puzzles for speed, but I've never seen one get done that fast." A light glinted in Drip's eye, and his attention was entrapped by the dagger still sheathed in it's scabbard on Sil's front leg. Before the pegasus could react, he snatched the dagger from the sheath and examined it closely, running his hoof along the flat of its blade.
Sil was quite alarmed when the crafted piece of steel that was perpetually by his side was suddenly removed, and was frightened even more so when he saw that it was Raindrip who had it.
"C-could I have that back?" Sil requested more softly than he should have, but the colt merely pushed his hoof away and kept the dagger in hand. "I r-really need that back, c'mon" he said more firmly, and reached for the dagger.
Just as Raindrip was about to return the dagger, an older mare's angered voice rang out loudly from behind them, turning several heads.
"And just what do you thing you're doing?!"
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Post by Kiernan on Mar 4, 2013 1:48:53 GMT -5
Usu must hhave been sitting there twenty minutes by the time the next contestant walked through the door.
"So, I hear you want your nose fixed," he said, setting down a stack of paperwork on the countertop. The new doctor motioned for Usu to join him, which he did.
"Now let's look through some options," said the doctor, rifling through some pictures of different noses. ""Canterlot elite is very popular right now," he said, pushing forward a picture of an upturned nose, perfectly straight. "We also have one we call sweet petite," he gave Usu a picture of a tiny nose, which was somewhat plump.
"Dogdor (Doctor)," interjected Usu, but was interrupted soon after.
"How about the Muffin Crown? Fountain? Cackling Witch?"
"Dogdor..."
"Long and pointed? Short and fat? Owen Wilson?"
Usu was getting fed up with this. He grabbed the doctor by the shoulders and pushed him up against the wall, glaring into his eyes. "Dogdor, Uh done deed a dew dose. Uh deed by dose do dod be bwoked Uh done gare whud id loogs lige, Uh dust wand do bweathe agaid (Doctor, I don't need a new nose. I need my nose to not be broken. I don't care what it looks like, I just want to breathe again)."
Without any kind of warning, the doctor wrapped his foreleg around Usu's neck and pulled him down to a workable level, holding his head in place, and a thick towel up to his face, the doctor said a single word. "Blow."
Usu did as he was asked, happy to finally be getting somewhere. A torrent of blood and mucus was expelled from his nostrils into the towel. As his neck was released, he sat back down, as the doctor put his hooves on either side of Usu's face. A few seconds later, he felt an immense pain as his nose was reset. It was more painful than the initial break, but he chalked that up to the fact that this pain was solely in his nose, rather than all over his face.
"There," said the doctor, scowling. "An ugly nose. Now get out."
"Gladly," said Usutora, grabbing Sil's rag, and covering his face with it. the bleeding wasn't nearly as bad as it had been, but it was still flowing as he made his way down the hall and back into the waiting room.
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Post by Person on Mar 5, 2013 1:04:27 GMT -5
Sil quickly shoved the dagger just handed to him from Raindrip into the sheath and spun around to face an orange mare who was wearing the saddle bags that once sat upon the otherwise unoccupied chair. It was clear that this lady was not happy to see him, and if looks could kill, Sil would already be well on his way to the final sleep.
"I-I was j-just--" Sil began, but was cut off by her shrill voice.
"Get away from my son, you Celstia-forsaken freak!" the mother all but shouted at Sil, "You don't belong here, so why don't you just go back to wherever you came?!"
The frightened pegasus trotted around Raindrip's mother as quickly as he could, and she drew her son close to her side, petting his head as if he were a newborn foal.
"Moooom," Drip said in complaint, "He wasn't doing anything, he was just playing with me. He's really a nice guy. Just let him--"
"No," the mare coldly interrupted and stomped toward Sil with menace in her eyes. "He isn't one of us, never has been one of us, and will never be one of us. He's just a freak of nature that should be removed from the peaceful society we've all worked so hard to build." She spat, all the while advancing on the pegasus.
Silent Storm shrank back and lowered his head in hurt at the verbal abuse, slowly retreating backward. He flinched and his head hung a little lower at each stinging word. His vision blurred as a film of fluid began to cover his eyes, and at the iteration of the last sentence, a single tear rolled down his cheek an dripped onto the floor followed by others as he mumbled "B-but..". The mother locked eyes with the young stallion from mere inches and demanded;
"GET. OUT."
Sil turned tail and fled the room and burst out the door to leave that place of too many watching eyes. He searched for a place to go momentarily, but still unable to fly, he didn't know where to go and just flopped onto the pavement and stayed there, his muzzle now wet with liquid pain.
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Post by Kiernan on Mar 5, 2013 3:05:36 GMT -5
Usu managed to catch only the end of the scene, but still he knew what must have happened. On any other day, he would have followed Sil out the door, and tried to console him. But today, he was just too pissed off.
"Who the hay do you think you are!?" he said, as he stomped up to the mare, scowling as best he could with his nose still healing. "Do you have any idea who you were just talking to!?"
"You mean that freak?" replied the mare, slinging her saddlebags over her shoulder. "He deserved it. Nopony needs to be subjected to seeing his hideousness."
Grabbing the mare's other shoulder, he pushed her up against the wall. It was surprising, at least in his eyes, that even somepony weak could be intimidating if they acted the part. "Now you listen to me, you pompous, pretentious windbag! The stallion you just sent out of here in tears is not only the most interesting thing to come to Whinnyapolis since Princess Luna, but he is also a close friend of mine! So any problem you have with him, you need to take up with me, else I will spill your innards down this hallway, you miserable cur!!"
The ploy worked, as he could see the fear in her eyes. What he didn't expect, what he should have expected, was everypony else in the waiting room jumping him. In his eyes, what he was doing was no different than what she had. on the other hoof, nopony wanted to defend a freak, but everypony was willing to defend a damsel.
The end result was predictable. Usu was thrown out of the hospital with more injuries than when he came in. Not only was his nose broken again, he had a black eye, a few lacerations, and some mild bruising. The only good news, he landed on the pavement, right next to Sil, lying on his back.
"Ey Dare (Hey there)," he said, a pitiful attempt at humour through a weak smile. "Gum ear opden (Come here often)?"
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Post by Person on Mar 5, 2013 12:24:47 GMT -5
Silent Storm forced a chikle out of the tears. He Wiped his sore eyes as best he could, and stood up. Thinking of Raindrip, he shot a glance through the window of the Hospitlal. I've never been run out of a hospital before, he thought, Maybe I should make an effort not to again.
Sil turned to Key and gave him a hoof up."I think it m-may be a good thing I don't come here often," he said, trying to smother his feelings with humor, He felt sorry for the bruised and battered unicorn, and it had all been in an effort to defend him.
"Maybe we should find mister Akaitora. You look really messed up," the pegasus said forlorny, " You really didn't have to do that for me. I can keep to myself away from most of the ponies in there and keep out of the general public eye. It's what I do other days."
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Post by Kiernan on Mar 6, 2013 1:35:34 GMT -5
"Done wowwy abowd be (Don't worry about me)," smiled Usu, rolling onto his stomach and accepting Sil's hoof. As he stood up on his wobbly legs, he chuckled. "I'b bid drew wurz (I've been through worse)." It was an outright lie, but Usutora was doing this to calm Sil down.
"Maybe we should find mister Akaitora. You look really messed up."
As much as he would come to hate himself for it, Sil was right. It was time to find his brother, and ask for his help.
"You really didn't have to do that for me. I can keep to myself away from most of the ponies in there and keep out of the general public eye. It's what I do other days."
"Dad's nod ride (That's not right)," scowled Sil. "You hab done nuding wong. You zood be annowed do walg duh sdreeds widoud beer. Uh hobe do zee dad one day, you wiw be zeen as ad egual (You have done nothing wrong. You should be allowed to walk the streets without fear. I hope to see that one day, you will be seen as an equal)."
Usu looked up and down the street. If Kai wasn't still out shopping, he would be at home. Unfortunately, Usu didn't know how to reroute the portal to Kai's house, so they would have to walk. and since the shopping district was closer, they should check there first.
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Post by Person on Mar 7, 2013 0:43:01 GMT -5
[moved to Argen]
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