1st Die - I'm no lord

[princeoftheravens]

Who: Mat and whoever hears his screaming you
Where: The Plaza
When: May 23rd
Style: Either! Starting in prose though
Status: OPEN!


He had been smiling, turning to pick up that rabbit his dagger had found, when he had been pulled - physically this time, unlike when it felt like he had a hook sunk into his belly tugging him toward one of the other two - straight into salt water. Did he somehow get launched into the ocean surrounding the island? That didn't make sense, he'd been standing closer to that river than the sea but- Light his eye hurt.

Blood and bloody ashes, he'd thought getting it torn out hurt! That was nothing compared to this, that pounding as salt water touched where he had had an eye not long before. Dimly he was aware he had begun screaming, collapsing to the ground as he had when they had taken his eye from him. Burn him, maybe he ought to have taken that offer of Healing. He couldn't do anything but scream, but he faintly noticed that not just his eye socket had been drenched in salt water-his entire body had. At least, he hoped it was salt water. He couldn't check. Light, had his eye started bleeding again? He had thought he would be safe once he was outside the Aelfinn and Eelfinn's domain, but here he was proven wrong. He took a few ragged breaths a while later, having stopped screaming.

Light, but it hurt! "Blood and bloody ashes," he whispered, voice hoarse from screaming and weak from pain. He shakily pushed himself to his feet, leaning on his ashandarei and pulling his hat down to shade his socket for all the good that would do. At least his scarf had stayed in place; he didn't want to deal with explaining to Thom and Moiraine how he had gotten it. Burn him, he couldn't remember if she'd known before she pushed Lanfear into the doorway back in Rhuidean and it'd collapsed. He'd gotten it not long before that. Why weren't they here? They'd been nearby and he wouldn't be surprised if the Band had heard his screaming back in Andor! Thom at least should have been here; Moiraine was still weak from her stay but she could channel to protect herself. But they weren't. That was strange. He hoped they hadn't run into trouble at the camp.

He had half a mind to not refuse Healing the next time it was offered, but no. He'd not let any Aes Sedai get their claws into him again, not even her. Light, maybe especially not her.

Tuon wouldn't learn to channel, not with what that means to the Seanchan. That much he could relax about. No need to worry about his own wife tangling him up in Aes Sedai plots and schemes. She'd tangle him up into other plots but he didn't care. Other people's plots hadn't been what had torn away parts of his memory. For now he should just plan on how to get back- a scan with his good eye told him this place was completely unfamiliar to him. That would explain Thom and Moiraine not showing up. But...Light, he'd been screaming. Thom and Moiraine hadn't shown up, but what about creatures from this bloody place? Something had been bound to have heard, and he doubted he'd like the meeting.

Still in barely more than a whisper, he mutters, "Burn me, what's going to be thrown at me now?"

Approach him...?

[ooc: An ashandarei is a sword spear. He will try to use it on you if you try to heal him, just a fair warning. And his face is bloody right now. Have fun~]

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[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda's first instinct is to heal him, but when she notices where his injury is... no, she has to rinse out the wound first. The princess heads over with a bottle of water, trying to get the man to look up at her.]

We need to rinse out your eye. Try to tilt your head back, all right?

[princeoftheravens]

[What. This girl has pointy ears. That's new. She isn't near big enough to be a Ogier or a Trolloc, and besides Trollocs aren't near as pretty as she is. Not that he's interested in her. He's a married man now and she has far too much hair.

He watches her with his eye, wary.]

That's just water? [didn't hurt to check.] Not more flaming salt water?

[He's not tilting his head back yet. His eye still hurt, but he could deal with it until it went away. He'd done it before, just they didn't hurt as bloody much. He didn't need to accept her help but...it'd be easier.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda's built very small. On a physical level, he has nothing to fear from her and it's obvious. She doesn't seem bothered by his wary gaze.]

This is plain water, I assure you. The salt must be burning. Come on, now.

[Mat, Zelda mothers everyone and you are no exception. Tilt your head back!]

[princeoftheravens]

[Moiraine is even smaller and she's definitely worthy of being afraid of. For all he knows, Zelda is an Aes Sedai which she kinda is since she uses magic.

He keeps watching her for a moment longer than sighs, takes of his hat, kneels, and tilts back his head. He has this feeling that it's going to feel like when he got his leg sown up back with the Band. No, he's not going to say anything this time.]

[zelda_hylia]

[She pours the water into the wound carefully, tilting his head to allow for drainage. It might not feel pleasant, but it's a lot better than the salt. Besides that, it's nice and cool. Just plain water, as she said.]

Is that any better?

[princeoftheravens]

[His eye still hurts but...it's back to the throbbing. That's nice. He nods.]

Yes. Thanks for that.

[Excuse him as he promptly stands up, still leaning on the ashandarei and tips his hat to her a bit. He'll take a couple steps back too. Pointy ears or no, she might try to Heal him. If she could, anyway. He still had his medallion so he wasn't sure it would work, but it always made him feel cold when it touched weaves and he didn't want to be any colder.]

Where is this flaming place?

[zelda_hylia]

[Oh, she most certainly can heal him. And she wants to! But Zelda knows better than to heal someone without at least finding out if they're a neutral element or not. What if he's a creature of darkness, after all? Her healing would burn him.]

This is Vatheon. There's a Welcome Center nearby, you can get cleaned up there and take a look at the brochure... ah, but you should touch the coral, first. People who don't have contact with it may suddenly fall comatose.

[Zelda indicates towards the Lamufao, glow dimmer than usual. This will be a good test. How much will it heal him?]

[princeoftheravens]

[Not a Darkfriend here, but he'd try to hurt her if she did and then he'd freak out forever because it would work.

Mat walks toward the coral, trying to keep Zelda in his sight as he does so. Light, having one eye will take some getting used to.] Vatheon? Doesn't sound familiar.

[Then again, she doesn't look like anything familiar either. He'll wait for her to speak again before touching the coral. It doesn't look like anything he's seen either.

He scowls.] People show up here often enough that they put up a bloody Welcome Center?

[zelda_hylia]

Unfortunately, yes. Once a month, people are pulled into this city from different worlds and times. Thankfully, time does not pass in our home worlds while we are here, so you can relax on that point if you had something pressing you were attending to.

[Zelda keeps herself in his line of sight with her hands folded in front of her. He seems to be extremely paranoid, and she doesn't want to set him off.

Or, judging from the rather fresh state of his wound, perhaps he's just not used to having one eye?]

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin has been spending more time close to the plaza on learning that this is the time of month new arrivals typically begin showing. He's been trying to tell himself that it's unlikely for anyone else from his world to show up, and he certainly would prefer them to stay where they belong, but he can't entirely ignore how ta'veren tug on those around them. What if his coming here pulls others after him?

Of course, his ears probably could have picked up that screaming from the island. As it is, he's near enough the sound almost makes him wince, but he heads towards it all the same. It sounds unpleasantly familiar, and above the smell of seawater he catches a familiar scent as well.

"Mat!? Light! What happened to you?"

[princeoftheravens]

"The bloody Eelfinn and Aelfinn happened to me." He leans a bit harder on his ashandarei. Perrin's here? Another question. Light, his eye hurt. He focuses as well as he can on Perrin. He has to tilt his head up a little to meet his eyes though.

"Where are we? And how did I get here? I was with Thom and Moiraine outside the flaming Tower of Ghenjei and weren't you off in Andor?" He's not sure where Perrin went after that, but Caemlyn was where Mat left from and Perrin saw him off.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

The Eelfinn and Aelfinn? The Tower of Ghenjei? Moiraine? If Mat has questions, Perrin is certainly developing some of his own. Light, he doesn't even know where to begin. What sort of trouble has Mat gotten himself into this time?

One thing at a time. His own questions can wait, Mat's the one who just showed up with a missing bloody eye, though Perrin's stunned expression is staying for the time being.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Mat"--and maybe you're delusional--"but we need to do something about that eye." He moves closer to offer support that seems much-needed from how Mat's leaning on that spear, and to guide him towards one of the fountains where they can at least rinse out the wound.

"This is another world entirely-- like one connected through the portal stones, perhaps."

[princeoftheravens]

Just the usual trouble that comes with rescuing an Aes Sedai. He frowns and leans on Perrin a little-just a little mind. The polearm is all well and good, but at least this tells him that Perrin's actually here wherever 'here' is.

He was about to say that Perrin was there when Mat stepped through the gateway, but...his eye is more important than explaining or arguing right now. "Right. I'm not getting it bloody Healed though." Walking in an unfamiliar area makes him grateful for the support, especially since his eye still stings.

"So if we find this place's portal stone, if it has one, we might be able to get back?" If that's true...well, he'll at least look for it.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

"Maybe. There are channelers here, of a sort. But I don't know if there is a portal stone." It's just the closest comparison he can draw to how they were brought here.

Let's sit you down by the fountain, all right?

"There's a large coral in this plaza that's said to be responsible." He looks at Mat's eye with a thoughtful and worried frown. Obviously Aes Sedai Healing isn't an option, and Perrin isn't sure he'll go for this either, but... "Touching it helps heal wounds, too."

[princeoftheravens]

"Of a sort?" He raises an eyebrow at that. Well, he thinks that's a bit better than actual channelers. Light, will they be able to touch him with their Power even while he's wearing the medallion?

"We can look anyway. Maybe it's inside the coral or something. I'm not sure what you were doing, but I just rescued Moiraine. I don't want to leave her there." Different world doesn't mean that their own time isn't continuing, after all. The inside of Tower of Ghenjei was a different world too.

He frowns at that and sits next to the fountain. The coral could heal wounds...? "It doesn't get you caught up in its bloody plans, does it?" ...Could it plan? He'll...think about that later. Especially if Perrin says it does tangle people in its plans. He shakes his head. "Let's just rinse the salt out of my eye."

[ex_wolfbrother668]

"They're from different worlds. It seems to work differently." Not that Perrin can really know for certain, since he can't do any sort of channeling.

"Strange things happen here, Mat, but I'm fairly certain they happen whether or not you touch the rock. Tilt your head back," he adds even as he's tilting it back anyway. Scooping water from the fountain, he pours it carefully over Mat's eye. Or rather, the socket where his eye used to be. Light.

Finally, Perrin allows himself to question some of the things Mat's been going on about. "What's this about Moiraine?" Mat's talking like she's alive. Is that possible?

[princeoftheravens]

"Bloody ashes. Think they'll listen if I ask them not to use it on me?" Most important question. Then again, a lot of Aes Sedai didn't seem to care about that anymore, so hopefully these people do.

He grunted and tilts his head back. It's probably a good thing that Perrin's holding his head since Light, that's not comfortable. He probably would've tried to let the water out of his socket immediately after having it put in. It's like how he had to stay still when his leg was being sown up by Lopin; he didn't want to stay still then either.

Talking to distract himself sounds like a plan. "She survived falling through the flaming red stone doorway. She's been with Eelfinn, the Foxes, this entire time. They drained her so she can't hold near as much of the One Power now, but one of her wishes gave her a bloody angreal so you can hardly tell. Light, it felt like I was talking to a legend after we got her out. Like talking to Birgitte Silverbow or Jain Farstrider." Perrin knows he's talked to the former, doesn't he? He can't quite remember right now. He's sure only Thom knew Noal was Jain though. "Did you know she and Thom love each other?"

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

My, that was a decent amount of screaming.

[A rather condescending, but light voice. He seems more amused. If Matt looks to the owner, Jade is peering at him curiously, red eyes searching him briefly.]

Though you would do well to wash and bandage that wound or get healing before you try to cover it up~

[princeoftheravens]

[Mat glares at the owner of the voice, turning his head to see him. He doesn't approve of how amused he sounds. Red eyes might startle him, but he doesn't care too much right now. He doesn't look like Aelfinn or Eelfinn and he doesn't look like someone he knows. That's all that really matters]

I've screamed too bloody much today.

[He gives the other man another look before turning away.] Thanks for the advice.

[He didn't sound thankful. Yes, he is going to try to walk off. His luck would help him find someplace safe eventually, and it's not like this man was offering to actually help him.]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

You're not going anywhere fruitful. You could travel up to the island if you need some fresh air.

[Jade didn't move from his current spot, hands in his pockets.]

Though a healer might be of better help~

[princeoftheravens]

[Mat scowls and stops walking away, turning to look at Jade with his eye.]

I don't need a flaming Healer. What I need is to get somewhere I can get the bloody salt out of my flaming eye and find out how to get back to where I was before I was brought here.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

The first is, of course, possible, but the second is not. However, there is an island you can go to if you tire of the city~

[princeoftheravens]

[He is not amused. So you're going to continue to say that he should clean his eye, and maybe get it healed, but not going to tell him anything. Never mind the fact Mat hasn't actually asked anything.]

Why do you keep mentioning a flaming island? [He normally isn't this cross. But why shouldn't he be right now? Salt water where his eye used to be not long before and transported somewhere completely unfamiliar where he met someone who doesn't seem interesting in doing anything useful apart from saying he should clean his eye before covering it. It's not like going up to the island will help anything.]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

That's where most of the whiny people go.

[Yes. You're whiny.]

I'd offer to clean your eye, but I have suspicions you'll reject that.

[Jade getsmalong with people so well.]

[princeoftheravens]

[....He doesn't think he's whining.

And he doesn't want to accept the offer but...]

Just with water? [It's hard to keep yourself still when you're the one putting water in your eye. This man might be a Asha'man. He seemed insane enough for it.

So bloody well.]