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When the crew met the young monarch of Frostfeather, they didn't expect her to be poisoned at dinner onboard the ship. Hazel and Cassia leapt into action, Hazel barking orders at the others and Cassia checking vitals.
After forcing some medication to slow the spread of the poison, Cassia checked the royal's pulse and panicked. The royal was in cardiac and respiratory arrest.
Cassia snapped out of it after a second and began CPR.
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Hazel was quick to put the barrier device on the patient and give 2 rescue breaths that way. Cassia waited for their chest to rise and fall before starting CPR again.
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Still no pulse or breathing. Cassia slumped back onto her knees. She knew they didn't have an AED, due to a crew member tripping and dropping it into the sea, and necromancy was against the religion in Frostfeather so that was it.
She had failed. She failed to resuscitate a patient. She had the chance to bring someone back to life, but she couldn't. That realization crushed her.
Cassia looked up at Hazel and immediately felt tears start running down her face. She couldn't stand to be in the room anymore, so she got up and stumbled to her quarters.
Cassia sat on her bed, her mind as far away as she looked. Eventually, she felt a hand on her back as someone sat next to her. She leaned in and cried into their chest. They wrapped their arms around her tightly.
"Shhhh... It's going to be ok, you tried your best. I'm here, you'll be ok." Sorrel. It was Sorrel.
They stayed there for who knows how long before Cassia calmed down enough to talk. "Cassia? Do you want to talk about it?" Cassia sat for a moment before speaking up.
"I did the 10 rounds of CPR like I was supposed to, but it didn't work. It didn't work! Why didn't it work? I failed..." Cassia's voice was barely a whisper by the end of the sentence. Sorrel cupped Cassia's face and turned it so she was looking him in the eye.
"Cassia Mistfern, you listen to me. You did all you could and I am so proud of you for that. Even if someone else was doing the compressions, it still wouldn't have been enough to help the monarch. You were so brave. Try not to blame yourself for this, I know it's hard but please try. For me?"
With that, Cassia broke down again. Shaking and crying. Soon Cassia had exhausted herself and fell asleep. Sorrel kissed the top of her head, gently laid her down on the bed, tucked her in, and laid next to her.
That night, after a long day, Hazel walked to the quarters attached to Cassia's to find her asleep and curled up into Sorrel's chest.
(My friend and I went from talking about cardiac arrest to talking about Lightning McQueen and slamming our head on doors and I think that's very important-)
("Are you lightning, cause your McQueen😏 oh mommy's honking gotta go KACHOW *slams head on door*")
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FantasyI have too many ideas and not enough plot leeway in The Most Wanted to include them all, so here we are! (Credits to Giz and Remi for giving me the idea/inspiration to do this)
