Essentia Animus

10-Personal Delivery

Once again, a fresh day took upon itself to make another attempt at resuming a feeling of normal. Once again, everything about the three girls had shifted to anything but normal.

Vwyx had made her way out to the workshop once again early in the morning, finding her sister already hard at work. The table she had been working on before had been ruined and discarded, and yet it's replacement was already completed. Additionally, the ladder she had herself made that had also been ruined was also replaced. Her sister was otherwise working on yet another project, though she was still early enough along that Vwyx was not yet certain what that new project was. Vwyx went to check the request list, still finding it to be blank. It seems her sister had taken upon herself to get everything taken care of in her absence, and was doing reasonably well. The whole situation put Vwyx at a bit of a loss in what she should be doing at that point.

Noticing Vwyx's arrival, her sister picked up a cloth-wrapped parcel and approached her. "I'm sorry for making a big mess of everything yesterday, and I'm sorry you ended up hurt in the process. I know it isn't much, but I went and got you something to protect yourself with, maybe it would protect you in the future." Vwyx's sister passed her the parcel, which was revealed to be a thin pair of gloves. The simple brown material resembled leather, but was more of a woven plant resin. This made it even less durable than leather, not something that would do very much to protect her hand from injury. Even considering the fact that it wasn't exactly her hands that had gotten injured, none of this dissuaded the meaning behind the gesture. Her sister had done what she could to help, that was all too obvious.

"They really aren't just some stupid doctor, aren't they? Your friend asked me to give them a chance, and.. you really did get better." "Oh, you would be surprised just how much our new doctors are capable of. The worst part about it is that, cut off from everything, there isn't even much of a chance for them to do everything they are capable of. Even the entire village is lacking, cut off from the outside world. No one realizes how much we could profit from having more contact with the outside world." Vwyx's sister considered the idea Vwyx was presenting when the two heard a knock at the back door. The only person who ever knocks on the back door was the delivery guy.

"See? Even our work uses supplize from beyond the village. Think how hard it would be to get this work done if we didn't have such support. Think then how much more we could bring the village if we had even more support from outside? Sryine is like the only one who seems aware of this problem, while the rest of us do nothing." Vwyx wandered from the workshop, off to answer the door. Her sister was left to tend to her current project and her current thoughts.

"Oh, here's a face I haven't seen for a while. It's been.. what.. a year or so? It was seeming like you had already moved on and left your sister to take over everything for you." "I might as well, she's got everything under control here as is. Got to be thankful for all the hard work she's done while I was down for the count." "You got sick or something. Wow, now that's got to suck. A whole year is a long time to be sick." "Yeah, well, we've got a good doctor now. That family that showed up last year, seems they make for quite a good doctor." "Doctor? Well, I guess you could say that. Say, while there, did you ever get to meet..." "Oh right, you were the one who first told me about their daughter. Thank you so much for referring me to Khyzae, that was a .. life-changing experience." "How is she doing anyway? Has she been keeping busy the past year with much of anything?" "What? How much do you expect she could do from.. a sick bed?" The delivery guy started to get pale as Vwyx kept up with the illness story. Of course not, she died. Vwyx really didn't want to share such private details, but the guy was just heaping expectations on Khyzae's shoulders.

The selfsame delivery guy had gone pale. "By the divine, it failed, didn't it. Just what could have gone wrong? How serious was it? This is why we had all told her that moving away from the city was a bad idea. Blast it!" The delivery guy slammed his foot into the wall at the side of the house, fortunately not causing any visible damage but causing Vwyx to jump in surprise. She was becoming aware just how much this guy might personally know Khyzae, making obstructing him more and more challenging. The guy was flustered considering his alternatives before resolving to a conclusion. "Where.. where can I find her? How can I find her?" "Well, you're certainly not going to be able to walk up to her front door, there is a bit of a societal mess with the place right now. I won't be able to come with you either, recent events would raise an even bigger mess were I to leave. On your own, you won't find many people who would be all too supportive of an outsider asking any questions." The delivery guy was visibly getting more and more frustrated, as Vwyx just stacked on further complications. The completion of his own job was already a serious complication.