02-15-2018, 06:10 AM
Nox was grateful for the help. His leg hurt like hell and the more the rush of a fight wore off the more painful it became. Blood loss was going to be the enemy here. It hadn't hit the femoral artery so that was good or he'd be dead already. But gun shot wounds were never good. "Gun shot wounds in hospitals are reported, not exactly in a position to explain myself to them. I'm sure Ascendancy would love to know I'd gotten in trouble the same day he told me not to."
Nox laughed. It was almost manic and he heard it in his own voice. He was clearly losing it.
He shook his head and sighed. "I know a small place that doesn't ask questions. Not the first time I've gotten hurt and needed to be patched up."
It was an Atharim run clinic, but they saw normal clients too, as long as they got paid that's all that mattered to them. And he'd pay whatever he had to to keep out of the police radar. Nox tapped up the address on his wallet and handed it to his savior? Nox hummed in worry, did he need a savior? "Clearly you need a keeper."
Nox sighed and opened the bottle of water hopefully that would help. "Thank you. I owe you one."
And to start that repayment Nox told him what happened. He kept it brief. "Aria's lover died, brutally murdered though he deserved it from the looks of things. Aria's wallet broke as she signaled me for help so I came running and found her in a pool of his blood. She was broken before but his death was more than that. I promised that if she went rogue that I would end it for her so she didn't kill any more innocent lives. I wasn't sure she had, but she confirmed it back there. I hunt monsters for a living, Aria was a monster in sheep's clothing. So no, no civil war. There are those of us who don't agree with the kill on sight rule for human abnormalities - gods, wait channelers, is the term now I think, sentient, those like aria, wolfkin, etc. But we are small, far between. The war is and always has been about killing the gods before they enslave humanity again. Perspective changes when you become one."
[[ Gonna let you decide hospital or shady clinic. Nox's 'future' is in your hands. ]]
Nox laughed. It was almost manic and he heard it in his own voice. He was clearly losing it.
He shook his head and sighed. "I know a small place that doesn't ask questions. Not the first time I've gotten hurt and needed to be patched up."
It was an Atharim run clinic, but they saw normal clients too, as long as they got paid that's all that mattered to them. And he'd pay whatever he had to to keep out of the police radar. Nox tapped up the address on his wallet and handed it to his savior? Nox hummed in worry, did he need a savior? "Clearly you need a keeper."
Nox sighed and opened the bottle of water hopefully that would help. "Thank you. I owe you one."
And to start that repayment Nox told him what happened. He kept it brief. "Aria's lover died, brutally murdered though he deserved it from the looks of things. Aria's wallet broke as she signaled me for help so I came running and found her in a pool of his blood. She was broken before but his death was more than that. I promised that if she went rogue that I would end it for her so she didn't kill any more innocent lives. I wasn't sure she had, but she confirmed it back there. I hunt monsters for a living, Aria was a monster in sheep's clothing. So no, no civil war. There are those of us who don't agree with the kill on sight rule for human abnormalities - gods, wait channelers, is the term now I think, sentient, those like aria, wolfkin, etc. But we are small, far between. The war is and always has been about killing the gods before they enslave humanity again. Perspective changes when you become one."
[[ Gonna let you decide hospital or shady clinic. Nox's 'future' is in your hands. ]]
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