distressedude | 016 ~ [Action]

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[After being flung into countless numbers of trees from the third party's traps during the last draft, Ion swore to himself he'd never climb another tree for as long as he lived. Obviously, he didn't count on finding a baby bird having fallen out of its nest when he made that declaration. And with the mother bird calling for her child overhead, Ion couldn't just leave the poor thing there to die.]

[Thankfully, getting to the top of the tree where the nest was had been surprisingly easy! Getting down... not so much. He didn't notice the lower branch breaking until after he stepped off of it, and now that he was on his way down, he found himself stuck. He wasn't too high up, but this particular tree had quite a few thorn bushes around it. He'd been able to avoid them going up for the most part, but if he were to try jumping, the chance of him falling into one of these bushes was rather high. He wasn't too far off the path, just a ways north of the village, so hopefully someone will spot him.]

[Though, in restrospect, today was probably a bad day to wear green.]

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[Assuming the princess is eventually rescued, Ion will be spending the remainder of the day at the library in search of a few new books to read before eventually returning home, his clothes still looking a bit worse for wear.]

[[ooc: Feel free to break time and space for the first part, or run into him walking towards the library looking... well, like he fell out of a tree.]]

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I know it isn't that far, but last time I fell out of a tree, I gave myself a concussion. I think Dist might be upset with me if I injure myself again.

[Nevermind potential for brain damage: Angry Dists™ were far more dangerous.]

... so don't land on your head, then.

[Jeez.]

[Toph doesn't know who this Dist is, and she doesn't care. IT'S TIME TO MAN UP.]

A little pain and suffering is good for the soul! You gotta learn that before you can stop being a sissy.

[He glances down again and grips the branch he's balancing on. He didn't want to jump, but... what choice did he have? Besides, if Master Toph was the one telling him to do it, then he had to do it.]

[With a deep breath and a nod, he shifts himself to where he's right above one of the less-thorn-covered patches...]

[And jumps.]

[And he lands!]

[Of course, only a second after that, his knees buckle out from under him and he has to catch himself, getting an armful of thorns in the process.]

[But to his credit, he doesn't make a sound.]

[Okay... actually, ouch, that looks like it hurt. How had he not noticed the thorns before?]

Uhh... you okay there?

[For her part, Toph will start applauding. Thorns? What thorns? It's not exactly like she can see those very well.]

Well, done, my pupil! This is an important first step for you.

[So observant, Sokka! Ion stays still for a moment, gritting his teeth as he pulls himself slowly to his feet. A few strings of thorns stay with him as he rises, clinging to his arms and even his hair. Though there's a fair number of them, most of his cuts seem pretty small.] I-I think so...

[But when he pulls up his hands up, one string of thorns comes up with it, the spikes having dug into his palms. He manages to pull it off, but that only makes it hurt.]

...d-do either of you happen to know healing magic?

[He winces sympathetically. No, it's not a bad injury, but thorns friggin' hurt. Take it from the guy who got a fish hook stuck in his hand once.]

Sorry. I tried, didn't work out. [He does have some bandages and medicine in his bag. Because that's how Sokka makes up for his lack of powers - being super prepared.]

[...Well, that's just great. Of course there had to be thorns at the bottom of that tree. Of cooooourse.]

Sorry. Not my thing.

[He frowns. If Tear were here, he could just walk back home... but she was still with the Malnosso. He could bandage them for now, but healing works better when the wounds are still fresh. He knew he shouldn't be using his artes, but he shouldn't have been climbing a tree either. ] That's all right. In that case, I should be able to heal them...

[He only intended to heal his hands, but controlling the size of his artes was always a bit more difficult in Luceti. As he presses his palms together and summons the seventh fonons necessary for healing, most of the cuts on his forearms disappear as well. Healing spells didn't take as much energy as defensive spells, but as the glow of the spell fades away, he still feels a little lightheaded. A bit breathless too, but at least his hands didn't sting anymore!] Th... there...

[Wow. A healing kid who wants two TOUGH MANLY people like Sokka and Toph to heal him. Not cool, dude. Not cool at all.

Though how many healers wind them self after only one spell?]

So... that wasn't that bad.

[Toph can feel him exhaust, but he stops wincing, so...he's healed? He just whipped that out? Why didn't he just do that in the first place?]

See? No harm done. And you've gained a few manliness points. A few.

[Healers whose bodies weren't strong enough for using healing spells, obviously. Ion's just going to take a moment or two to catch his breath. If he hadn't already wore himself out climbing the tree, he probably wouldn't have felt as tired after just one spell.]

I suppose it wasn't. Though if I ever have to climb a tree again, I hope there won't be any thorn bushes nearby to fall into...

[Manliness points were nice and all, but falling into thorn bushes seemed more foolish than manly.]

[Toph really does need to whip him into shape if climbing a tree tired him out that much.]

You wouldn't have lost manliness points for pointing out the thorn bush, you know. I could have taken care of that. [It's why he keeps so many sharp and pointy objects on him.]

[Toph shrugs nonchalantly--of course she doesn't feel bad he got hurt because she insisted he jump out of the tree! Where would you even get that impression from?]

Well, if you're fine now, mind telling us why a baby bird was a big enough deal to climb a tree for?

I'm sorry. I thought you knew they were there. [Well, they were a bit more difficult to see as thorn bushes without looking rather close... no point in thinking about it now, though.]

[He frowns.] The bird was too small to survive on its own. And the mother was so distraught... I couldn't just leave it there to die.

You know, it's possible the baby bird was kicked out of the nest so it would learn to fly. It is pretty late in the year.

[So, you know, maybe this whole thing was entirely unnecessary.]

[She nods along with Sokka's words.]

Yup. That baby bird was probably just like you. Needed a little extra push to toughen up.

[Look at that! Perfect analogy.]

I don't think the mother bird would have been calling for help if that had been the case...

[The animals in Luceti could talk, after all. They couldn't say much, but "Help" was pretty universal.]

Unless 'help' meant "There's a giant clumsy human about to step on my baby!"

[Though he's willing to accept maybe Ion was actually helping.]

[Too bad Toph isn't. But hey, at least he got a manliness lesson out of it.]

Well, whatever. The point is, you're out of the tree now.

[And yet somehow he doesn't seem even a little bit manlier...]

Yes. Thank you, both of you. I would have been at a loss if I had fallen and injured myself with no one around.

[Well okay, so maybe he feels bad about the thorns, but that was not a debilitating injury.]

Injured...? You didn't break your legs, Ion! You would have just walked to town. It's not even that far!

[This earns him a toss of the head.]

Yeah, seriously? Thorns aren't exactly like threatening. You're gonna need to get used to rocks coming at your head when you're in my class.

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