Emotions on a sleeve

There's been so much going on that I nearly neglected this journal. I'll start with the good - the Ashagi Security Forces along with others were able to locate and save Dr. Lani Weymss. She did not escape without a fight however. Several returned with minor or major injured from bullet wounds.

She nearly didn't make it.

Another achievement to be proud of was the start of the medical classes in the Pack. Lately, I realized that the medics charged with aiding the injured more than often ended up being the ones in need of medical help. So I figured it was time to teach the pack family how to take care of minor injuries themselves.

Lesson one: Basic Booboos!

There was quite a turnout for the first lesson.

I explained the ins and outs of treating GSWs and knife slashes, as well as answered some questions the attendants had. Curiously Ayr was just as attentive as the other medic trainees. Not sure if he was into medicine or just wanted knowledge to boost his ability to protect the family, but I was glad to have him there.

A rare good couple of days.

Isn't it funny how before we used to avoid the den at times?

Now it puts us at ease for a while.

I prefer it that way. Not like things are better at home. I feel at times like I'm married to two different people - The kinder Adagio that sits down and talks to me as well as the other Adagio I still know little about. Over the course of this week I believe I met both.

To be a bystander

It's an agravating thing when you end up watching from the side lines, having to trust your self in someone else's hands. Life does not have a set path, and in a flash it can be forever changed.

Ain't that the damn truth?

Everyone was off to pay their respects to the dead king and queen of the short lived Midian monarchy. I had better things to do. With my jobs at both the MCMC and Ashagi, I hardly got a minute to myself, much less for anyone else. In a rare quiet instant, I ran into Mitka and Iellwen around the corner of the Midian Dark Times building. Mitka had just given birth to her first child, a premature but healthy girl named Claire.

Suddenly, we were flown in different directions as  explosives hidden inside the mailboxes nearby went off. I still can't remember anything up to that point. In my memories, there's a dream of a vast never-ending field. I felt both calmness and fear here. But I was not alone and this was not a dream.

It was Adagio's doing if you can believe that. She didn't explain much, only that she had entered my mind in the hopes of relaxing me during surgery.

You married the telepath...don't look at me.

I couldn't recall why I was so scared. Seeing Adagio when I thought my life was over should have helped, not hurt.

No, you know why.

...yeah, I suppose I do. I was terrified that my physical self was in such bad shape that my wife had to use her powers as the only means of calming me. That meant whatever was wrong could not be treated with medicine. I was scared that this might be the only way I'd ever see my wife again...and I became horrified by it. Luckily, Adagio was not willing to give up on me as much as my own mind was.

 

I remember being chained or attacked my chains, like my own mind refused to accept being at ease for once. Was it that messed up?

We fear uncertainty. We don't know how to relax.

Pitch

Midian City is now victim to a hostage situation - an entire city cut off from its lifelines by a sick and twisted man in the wake of the King's unfortunate passing. I'm sure Forge likely assassinated the man himself, but all that remains now is that I need to do my part to make sure my family's safe.

If you could find said family...

Speaking of which, when I woke up in Levi, Adagio was nowhere to be found. We had left Arwen sleeping in Midian so we could have a little time to ourselves before heading back. But of course, when I woke up that morning, heading back was a bit more difficult that I thought. I managed to get back into the city on a favor and a good word from my wife, but leaving again was not possible. First thing I did was check work, in search of Adagio still. There was no sign of her.

Most of Midian was in hysterics, not knowing where they were going to get food from once supplies were docked. Sari-Mart, the restaurants, even the MCMC were taking precautionary measures to keep looters at bay before the riots even started. 

I was sure Arwen woke up terrified and I wanted to make sure she knew where I was. I figured she'd head to the Den for safety, but according to Lily, she had been wandering Midian in search of Adagio and myself. If Adagio had made it back to Midian, why wasn't she with Arwen? What kind of mothers were we?!

I finally returned to the apartment after failing to locate either of them, three hours of searching with nothing to show for it. I just wanted to rest my body a little. Turns out Adagio had been back to the apartment. She left a letter explaining that as soon as the blackout hit, Lithia sent her out to the mainland to seek help from the other Ashagi branches. She warned that there would be some dirty deals made, but by now, I've come to expect that from my wife given those connections of hers. From the words however, it was clear she had not met Arwen here when she arrived either.

So where the hell was that little scared girl?