Strange and Stranger - For Raina

[small_reservations]

Missions, always missions. Go scout a new world, they said, and ignored him when he pointed out Demyx might be better for the job. Well, he can tell when someone wants him out of their hair, at least, even though it makes him more curious than ever. Regardless, he ends up on the scouting job. You don't turn down someone who can take away your identity when that's all you have left.

So he's in a new world, now, walking in a forest. If that were all the world consisted of, he wouldn't be worried, but there're lights in the distance, sometimes visible between the trees. As he approaches, there's a rustle in the bushes nearby.

Axel's had his chakrams out a while, but now he readies them. "Who's there?" Hopefully it's just a squirrel or a deer.

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[small_reservations]

Once more he lifts her foot in his hands. "Hold it up here if you can." He then begins to wrap, nice and snug, as good a compression bandage as he can manage with plain gauze. Only once that's done does he stand again.

"I think you're probably good to stand up now, if you like." He tries to smile, but it comes out a little strained. "We've got to keep moving. If we split up, they're more likely to find at least one of us, or we can put all our eggs in one basket and stick together."

[theweirdo]

She sits there silently, letting him wrap her foot; he's being... nice to her. Even though he doesn't have to, and she doesn't know who he is. Maybe... he's okay.

While she doesn't quite return that smile, she does, again, incline her head, just slightly. Her expression is more steady and even, less like a cornered mouse now, though she is still on edge. She picks herself up carefully, slowly, and shifts her weight on her feet; it still hurts, but... she can put her weight on it now.

She sighs, her eyes closing for just a second... and then she, again, inclines her head. She steps closer to Axel; she's ready to go.

[small_reservations]

That's a good start, and Axel grins more broadly. He's ready to keep going as well.

"Walk or ride?" He crouches down so she can climb on his back if she wants to.

[theweirdo]

... she glances back, listening; she can hear them approaching, more quickly now. She looks down at her foot, shifting it slightly.

Finally, she looks back at Axel, and she moves over closer, reaching up to try and climb onto him carefully, unsure.

[small_reservations]

"Arms around my neck or on my shoulders." He helps her arrange her arms as he speaks, and then slides his own behind her legs. A piggyback is a very efficient way of carrying someone.

Even if it leaves her back exposed. And butt kinda hanging.

[theweirdo]

She does as he instructs, looping her arms around her neck, and lets him lift her. She doesn't feel the most secure, but... well. She lays heavily against against his back, her slight weight pushing against him fearfully.

[small_reservations]

As soon as she's secure, or as secure as she's going to get, he starts running again. He won't be able to keep this up forever, but he's got decent stamina.

He runs, and runs. The forest would be easy to get turned around in were it not for the people pursuing them. Instead, it's just difficult to navigate, not impossible.