Ren almost shrieked with incandescent frustration as Gareth proceeded to do exactly what she told him not to do. She stomped her foot on the floor and would have kicked him in the head under literally any other circumstances. She had a sudden and intense flash of empathy with every doctor she, personally, had ever had.
Still, she knelt back down to wash off his back, swearing loudly the whole time. The second she finished, of course, he was off again. This time she decided to try and help pushing him and supporting his weight as best as she could, then guiding him as he rolled over onto the bed she'd made. Then, matter-of-factly, she picked up the very softest, fluffiest pillow, lifted it up above her head, and smacked him in the face with it. She didn't do so very hard, despite her urge to smother him with the damn thing.
"I! Am gonna boil water! An' get more blankets an' pillows! An' find yer fuckin' rope, cause right now yer whatever I say you are, you fuckin' miserable, incapable of restin', workaholic moron!" She threw the pillow down to the ground much, much harder than she'd hit him with it.
Fuming, she stormed over into the kitchen to get a pot, at which point she noticed there was a kettle. It seemed to still have some water in it, which was good. There was a sound of clattering as she rummaged through his kitchen with all the care she normally showed in her places of work, which was to say none whatsoever. She poured hot water into a mug and then more cool water into the kettle and even more into a pot to go on the top of the wood stove. It wasn't as though there was a shortage; she could always just melt snow later. But she didn't want to need it and not have any. Boiling water just seemed like something one would need.
She managed to find her idiot boss' tea leaves, although she saw no sign of an infuser, only what she could only surmise was a strainer. She had never in her life felt richer than another person, but in that moment, when her only experience with tea was at a Duke's house, she felt it. Frustrated, she just put some tea in the hot water directly. He could deal with shitty tea; he'd need to get some kind of fluid in him. Then she began the arduous task of finding his bedroom.
By deductive reasoning, she wound up climbing the stairs, which were many and excessive and only spiral until they abruptly weren't. His half-wizardry normally only showed in his desire for things to be just so, but this was definitely some wizard bullshit. Fortuantely, at the top of the tower was his bed. And a desk. And an excessive, mansion-esque cage full of pigeons, which she probably should have heard and noticed before now. They were all staring directly at her. It was very unsettling. There was a fire in the fireplace, beginning to run a little low, and it was very drafty. She'd probably have to deal with that, at some point. She could hear the wind better up here, and it was beginning to howl in earnest. Snowstorm nothing... she was beginning to fear she had a blizzard on her hands.
She began grabbing for blankets and pillows, but paused as she grabbed one. It was embroidered... they were all embroidered, actually, but this one. This one looked identical to her own pillow in the room she'd moved into. The stitchwork was more even but the pattern was the same. She frowned down at it, then, slowly, shook her head. Gareth must get his pillows at the same place as the... as the King's Guard. Maybe they were even presents by someone who worked there or... Something. It wasn't important right now, just like so many things weren't important right now.
She threw all the pillows into a pile on the middle of the bed, then wrapped the corners of the comforter around it, twisting them up until she had a huge bag full of down pillows and embroidery. She dragged them down the stairs, having to take great care that they didn't roll over her entirely and drag her down with them. She was panting when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"That," she told him, "is the dumbest possible place for you t'have put yer bed. The fuck d'you do when y'need to pee in th' middle of the night, you fuckin' idiotic nestin' half-wizard." She tossed the comforter pillow-bomb onto the ground next to his makeshift bed, and went to check on the tea. The addrenaline was still sailing strong, but she was starting to think a bit more now. She should get him a doctor. Or at least... tell the castle what happened. Tell them what Colin had done. But then they'd know she was here. Even if she didn't say it was her, they'd probably put two and two together. She'd be caught and killed.
Could she possibly hope to take care of Gareth on her own, though? What if he died because she was too much of a coward?
You, who wouldn't allow him his heart's desire if it were a sword through your ribs.
"Where," she said finally, voice quiet, "is yer message box for the castle." She just assumed he'd have one. He was Gareth, of course he'd want a direct line to work and to the King.
Still, she knelt back down to wash off his back, swearing loudly the whole time. The second she finished, of course, he was off again. This time she decided to try and help pushing him and supporting his weight as best as she could, then guiding him as he rolled over onto the bed she'd made. Then, matter-of-factly, she picked up the very softest, fluffiest pillow, lifted it up above her head, and smacked him in the face with it. She didn't do so very hard, despite her urge to smother him with the damn thing.
"I! Am gonna boil water! An' get more blankets an' pillows! An' find yer fuckin' rope, cause right now yer whatever I say you are, you fuckin' miserable, incapable of restin', workaholic moron!" She threw the pillow down to the ground much, much harder than she'd hit him with it.
Fuming, she stormed over into the kitchen to get a pot, at which point she noticed there was a kettle. It seemed to still have some water in it, which was good. There was a sound of clattering as she rummaged through his kitchen with all the care she normally showed in her places of work, which was to say none whatsoever. She poured hot water into a mug and then more cool water into the kettle and even more into a pot to go on the top of the wood stove. It wasn't as though there was a shortage; she could always just melt snow later. But she didn't want to need it and not have any. Boiling water just seemed like something one would need.
She managed to find her idiot boss' tea leaves, although she saw no sign of an infuser, only what she could only surmise was a strainer. She had never in her life felt richer than another person, but in that moment, when her only experience with tea was at a Duke's house, she felt it. Frustrated, she just put some tea in the hot water directly. He could deal with shitty tea; he'd need to get some kind of fluid in him. Then she began the arduous task of finding his bedroom.
By deductive reasoning, she wound up climbing the stairs, which were many and excessive and only spiral until they abruptly weren't. His half-wizardry normally only showed in his desire for things to be just so, but this was definitely some wizard bullshit. Fortuantely, at the top of the tower was his bed. And a desk. And an excessive, mansion-esque cage full of pigeons, which she probably should have heard and noticed before now. They were all staring directly at her. It was very unsettling. There was a fire in the fireplace, beginning to run a little low, and it was very drafty. She'd probably have to deal with that, at some point. She could hear the wind better up here, and it was beginning to howl in earnest. Snowstorm nothing... she was beginning to fear she had a blizzard on her hands.
She began grabbing for blankets and pillows, but paused as she grabbed one. It was embroidered... they were all embroidered, actually, but this one. This one looked identical to her own pillow in the room she'd moved into. The stitchwork was more even but the pattern was the same. She frowned down at it, then, slowly, shook her head. Gareth must get his pillows at the same place as the... as the King's Guard. Maybe they were even presents by someone who worked there or... Something. It wasn't important right now, just like so many things weren't important right now.
She threw all the pillows into a pile on the middle of the bed, then wrapped the corners of the comforter around it, twisting them up until she had a huge bag full of down pillows and embroidery. She dragged them down the stairs, having to take great care that they didn't roll over her entirely and drag her down with them. She was panting when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"That," she told him, "is the dumbest possible place for you t'have put yer bed. The fuck d'you do when y'need to pee in th' middle of the night, you fuckin' idiotic nestin' half-wizard." She tossed the comforter pillow-bomb onto the ground next to his makeshift bed, and went to check on the tea. The addrenaline was still sailing strong, but she was starting to think a bit more now. She should get him a doctor. Or at least... tell the castle what happened. Tell them what Colin had done. But then they'd know she was here. Even if she didn't say it was her, they'd probably put two and two together. She'd be caught and killed.
Could she possibly hope to take care of Gareth on her own, though? What if he died because she was too much of a coward?
You, who wouldn't allow him his heart's desire if it were a sword through your ribs.
"Where," she said finally, voice quiet, "is yer message box for the castle." She just assumed he'd have one. He was Gareth, of course he'd want a direct line to work and to the King.
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