Order of Aria

Chapter Eighteen: New Friends and Escape Plans

    Ronwynn was tired of waiting around for Aslocke and Esmeray to stop by. They're the one source of entertainment she could get here in the medic tent but they're nowhere to be found. Aslocke has an excuse but Esmeray doesn't. It's been about an hour since Esmeray left and they've already administered the medicines to Ronwynn. There isn't much left for her to be entertained by. Besides the incoming patients and their guests, a few have been some shocking entries. One of the knights across from Ronwynn got whacked in the back of the head by the hilt of his opponent's sword. Another, a mage, suffered from some burns. Poor thing specialized in mostly plant and ground magic, it wasn't much of a fair fight Ronwynn had thought. It was also a similar one to a friend of the mage, who almost went on a rampage due to it. Ronwynn had stopped listening after that not to upset herself.

    The visuals of the white tent and smells of medicine and blood were already getting to Ronwynn. She was attempting to plot an escape to get out of there and watch Aslocke's fight. Her health be damned, if Aslocke was going to fight Oros, she would be there to witness it. She thought about the different times she could try and leave. She was unsure if they would switch out the medics since she hadn't been there that long and felt like it would be too suspicious to ask. Walking out the door would be difficult because she couldn't remember if there were guards at the entrances along which one was the path to the field. 'This damn concussion. If only I was signed up for this stupid thing. Still don't know why they're even having it in the first place.' She huffs and closes her eyes.

    She hears shuffling beside her and cracks open her left eye. She witnesses a mage get sat down onto the bed on her left. His dark hand held against his nose as if to prevent it from receiving any more damage. 'Maybe the poor guy got a broken nose like me.' The two medics with him worked quickly to try and prevent his nose from bleeding further. The two murmured to each other and their patient, rushing to see if they needed to perform any other immediate tasks. Soon, he had a piece of gauze in his nose and a small cup of Shatter Serum, the red liquid causing Ronwynn to shiver. The reminder of the taste from her earlier cup of it coming back to her. She closes her eyes and goes back to minding her business.

    She continues to listen to the shuffling next to her, hoping it may lull her into a small nap. 'I was told to rest after all. Maybe while I'm asleep I can think of a way to get out of here.' She tries to get comfortable in her cot, shifting around and removing the ice pack from underneath her. She places it beside her head and gets ready to go into her slumber.

    "Hey." She hears whispered near her. She brushes it off thinking that it's just someone visiting her new neighbor and trying to check up on him. "Hey, are you asleep?" Ronwynn groans internally as it appears she was the one on the receiving end of this conversation.

    "I was about to be," she grumbles and turns to face her neighbor, "what do you want?" She makes sure to glare at him so he can understand her anger. He just smiles sheepishly and rubs his hand behind his head.

    "Sorry, I just had a question for you." Ronwynn sticks her hand out and waves it in a 'continue' way. "Well I was just wondering if you were the mage in the fight from earlier. The one that went against Daoinalos?"

    Ronwynn turns away from him and faces the tent top once again. "Yeah what about it? Some good winning got me if it landed me in her for the next week."

    He laughs nasally, the gauze not helping his situation. "Yeah I feel you, they haven't gone through their questions yet. Think it might be because I didn't lose consciousness after my fight. I'm not sure." Ronwynn closes her eyes once again trying to end the conversation. "You did really good in your fight. Better than me that is. You gave the people a show and won. All that happened for me was a quick blow to the nose and a rock holding me down and I was done for."