13690/Bear tends bed-bound Buffy

Bear tends bed-bound Buffy
Date of Scene:	02 August 2021
Location:	Apartment, the Blue Lady
Synopsis:	Summary neeeded
Cast of Characters:	Thomas Raith, Buffy Summers

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Thomas Raith has posed:
"It's all right little girl, you stay with us now..." The voice is deep, almost too deep to belong to anything human. Yet the massive hand that it wiping her forehead with a damp towel has the tenderness that wouldn't damage a butterfly's wing. "You gotta get back to us little girl. Old Crush got enough work as it is without having to pick up your slack too."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers is completely out of it..Not only did she suffer a serious wound that drained a lot of blood and would have done a lot worse were it not for Mon El's staunching the bleeding in a rather painful way - not to mention her healing factor, but then she was heavily fed upon by Thomas in his feral state..

Still, it seems her healing factor is quite remarkable and the wound is already repairing itself and closing in the last several hours.

She blinks slowly, still weak but better than before, trying to place the voice, frowning a bit, her mind still a blur. "Huh..What's going on..?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
the nearly eight foot tall, 350 pound black man smiles a bit, "And there she is. Sleeping Beauty returns to us, and I didn't even have ta kiss yah." Crush says taking the damp rag away and heading to the fridge to get her a bottle of water. "You gave us quite a scare there Little girl, I don't mind telling yah." He hands her the bottle. "Now drink this, you lost allot of fluid and we need to get it back.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers recognizes. the tall muscular were bear immediately and smiles faintly, nodding and drinking the liquid. Although a thought occurs. Last thing she remembers they are on a ship. And Thomas. She sits upright suddenly, worried,"Thomas! Is he okay?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Crush puts one massive hand on Buffy's forehead and lays her back down flat on the bed gently but firmly. "Thomas is okay... Well he's locked himself in the wine cellar and is trashing the place, but he's not injured." Crush says with a sight. "You try to sit up again, I'll handcuff you. I'm sure there are plenty of handcuffs around here somewhere."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs, shaking her head. "He lost it back there, he needs to feed. I need to go to him!" she sighs though, laying back down, wondering if she's any good to him like this. "Dammit."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Crush gives her a "look" when she tries to get back up again and nods when she lays back down again. "Let's think this through Little Girl, in your state, you go feeding him it'll likely kill you. And then where would he be? If he /kills/ you, he'll just straight go insane."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns, weighing her options. "Sooo what? We just hope that he'll calm down? that he doesn't give in to his inner demon? We have to do something or he'll get worse!" she curses under her breath again, hating to feel so weak and useless.

"Can he really wait for me to heal up? I just..When I saw him back there, she was like a different person.." and that scared her. Not that she thought he might hurt her but that she didn't recognize him, that she might lose him to his inner demon..

But maybe the best can do now is rest and heal up. "Oh, Thomas.." she murmurs sadly, trying her best to relax, to heal up, though it may take a few more hours yet to do so.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Crush shrugs, though the thought obviously bothers him too. "You gotta better suggestion. You aint going down there, not in your condition." He says it with a firmness that says he'd fight her if she tried. He shakes his head. "I haven't seen him this out of his mind before, I admit but I think that'll just make it worse." He hesitates and adds... "I could call someone..."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly, arching a brow at him. "Call..Who? Who can help him in his current state?" oh she can think of one person but..Buffy's not letting Faith anywhere near her boyfriend. Nope.

Thomas Raith has posed:
The werebear shrugs a bit. "He used to keep a little black book... sort of an in case of emergency thing... it's in his desk.." He sighs, "I don't even know if it's up to date. He hasn't looked at it since.." He doesn't finish the statement, just shrugging. the ending of the sentance clear. "since you."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns, "Get it. Please. I need to save my boyfriend. I'll do anything.." she flinched a bit. "Even if I might not like it."

But hey, at least for now, Buffy is trying to relax, laying back and closing her eyes. As long as she can focus on healing she can help..

How did Willow do that tree visualization thing again? Pretending you have roots growing through your feet..A ball of energy in your chest, visualizing through all the chakras.

Really Buffy doesn't believe in all that crazy hippy stuff but she saw Willow use it to heal herself so maybe if she focuses, she can hasten up her own natural healing process?

Thomas Raith has posed:
Crush is gone about two minutes... the fact that there is a bit of dust clinging to the book is likely not a good sign... at least in this context. I mean it does mean Thomas hasn't even looked at the thing in ages, and that is a good sign, right?

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers is still resting and it may take a while to wake her up as she tries to relax and heal herself. Still, she is anxious too, and it's hard not to notice as the big muscular man steps back into the room. "Did you find it? What's it say..?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Crush holds up the black book gone grey with dust. "I found it, but it's not great news. I recognize some of the people in this book and..." He sighs, "This one moved out to California to open a vineyard. this one is not on the planet any more... same with this one... and... how the heck does the boss know this many hot aliens? Anyway this one changed her number.."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns, practically glaring at Crush. "Look are you saying we have to bring in some..'Hot Alien' to have sex with him to save him? Can we not just..I dunno, give him a tranquilizer to calm him down then I can come help him in a couple hours when I'm fully healed? I just.." she sighs, shaking her head. Of course she still feels guilty, like she's letting her own petty jealousy get in the way of her lover feeding on someone else because she just can't right now.."This is Soo messed up.." she mutters, shaking her head.

Thomas Raith has posed:
"Don't growl at me Little girl, you think this is my idea of a good time?" He asks with just a bit of of heat in his own tone. Note Scarry black man is scary. Scary black bear is scarier. Still he takes a breath. "One, no. We don't keep any sort of tranqualizers around, unless you count single malt scotch. Second, even if we did I wouldn't know how much to give him. He's not human. Too much could kill him."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs, feeling more frustrated by the minute. "And in his current condition he could seriously harm someone anyways. So then we just have to wait it out and hope for the best I guess. I need to concentrate on healing..Just hope he can hang in there for a couple more hours."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Crush nods and closes the book, "Seems like. Thomas is a tough bastard. Hell maybe he'll just wear himself out." He says simply. "You might not know this," He says with a playful smile. "He's allot more then a pretty face."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers swallows and nods. "I hope you're right. I don't think he was injured badly, just used a lot of his demon reserves to outpace that super speedster vampire.." and she tries not to query too much as she lays down again, soon drifting into sleep..

A few hours later, Buffy wakes up with a start, after a frightening dream involving Thomas turning into a monster and her being unable to stop him. "Thomas!" she frowns, sitting upright, Climbing out of her bed.

She feels so much stronger now and with her wound fully healed she rips off the bandage and pulls on some jeans and a shirt, climbing down the steps and to the wine cellar, "Thomas are you in there?" she knocks on the door before trying the handle.

Thomas Raith has posed:
"Woah now, Ice," This comes from Smash, the head chef at the Blue Lady. a former gang banger with a heavily tattooed face and a split tounge that he can wiggle independently of eahch other, he smiles a bit. "Boss is still in a pretty bad state. He's been quiet the last hour or so... " He offers her a large bowl of what smells like home made chicken soup and a glass bottle of water. "I was about to send these up to you..

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers pauses at the top of the steps, glancing at Smash and smiles faintly, taking the bowl. "Thank you.." she does sniff at it and helps herself to a few spoonfuls if the stuff but seems anxious. "Is there a key to the cellar? I need to see if he's alright..I'm worried sick about him."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Smash looks moderately amused, "You two really do love each other don't you? It's so cute." He sighs reaching into his apron pocket and pulling out an old fashioned skeleton key... And a .22 Pistol. "He said to watch him, and if he did anything crazy to make him back off. A Twenty-two ain't gonna do much more then annoy him but I let him hurt you, he'll rip off my head and shove it up my ass. His words, not mine.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers nods taking the key..And hesitantly eyes the pistol but frowns. "you know I don't like guns and I won't use this but.." she heads down the steps, carefully opening the door. "Thomas..?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith is in a corner, his clothes mussed and looking...well he looks like he's been through the wringer. His knees are pulled up and his head is agienst hem. His body is shivering slightly. When Buffy speaks his name he looks up, His eyes still silver white... "Are you okay... I didn't mean... I hurt you.." He looks torn between running towards her and running away..

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly at the sight of him, which reminds her so much of when Angel returned from hell, tortured, starving, driven mad.

She blinks slowly, pained at the sight of him and shakes her head, kneeling in front of him, reaching for his hands. "Shh, it's ok now, I'm fine, all healed up..How are you feeling..Do you need to feed?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith nods slightly, slowly... "I... I saw it stab you... I thought you were dead... and then you were in pain... I didn't know what to do... I had to get you out of there..." He is rambling. Tired. Drained... he's not critically low on energy, but it's close. He so rarely lets Pandora's box open like that... and he's been like this for close to a day..

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers shushes him with a finger to his lips. "I know, but I'm alright. I'm tougher than that, you know? So don't worry..I'm here now..So just..Come back to me, Thomas.." she wraps her arms around around his back, pulling him closer to her, and then just kisses him deeply, lovingly, hoping to relax him more and bring him back to her.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith's kiss is hesitant before, then stronger and more passionate. Behind them Smash eases the hammer back on the twenty two, just to be safe, but it doesn't look like Thomas is in danger of loosing control just yet, taking energy from his lover. Feeding deeply, but not wallowing in it as so many of his kind do.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers gently pulls him to his feet, pinning him against the wall, shivering against his kiss as she gently strokes his hair with her free hand. Her lips never leave his mouth, her kiss loving and gentle but urgent, determined to help him heal, to let him feed on her as much as necessary.