11-07-2022, 03:36 PM
Astrid opened her mouth to protest, honestly not wanting to bother anyone with the matter and knowing she would make it work somehow on her own. She had done it before and in a worst state, surely she could do it just fine again. Only she didn't get to respond as he paused in front of the school's grand doors and her train of thought stepped back.
She could see the problem in front of them now, he couldn't open the door holding her and as unsteady as she was on her feet she wouldn't be able to open it without some help with her balance. Astrid was trying to think of what they could do when she felt Godric move and with great care set her down onto her feet against the nearby wall. She looked up at him as he tried to reassure her things would be ok, her back for now leaning against it while her feet did what they could to keep her upright. While encouraging, his words stung at something in her mind, her independence and maybe more so her stubbornness that didn't like to be helped like this. As if she was a helpless woman who couldn't do anything to protect herself, far in fact from the woman she had tried to make of herself.
Astrid took a few breaths, knowing she needed to something, help in someway instead of just standing here. She had combat and healing training so surely there had to be something she could do even in her current state. Looking down at his broken fingers than at her cloak she got an idea and hopefully she could get her body to do it before she was hit with another dizzy spell.
She took hold of the inner lining of her cloak and with as much strength as she could put into it she jerked hard until a piece ripped free. Not wanting to lose the momentum she had going, Astrid reached out for Godric's hand with the broken fingers. Her vision was a touch blurry but with steady hands she lined up his fingers together and wrapped the cloth around them to hold them in line together. It wasn't quite a splint but it would help out with her idea if his fingers were as straight as they could be.
Astrid swayed a little as she moved one of her hands away to grab her wand from the inner pocket of her cloak. She thought of using the bone mending spell, brackium emendo but unless you were clear minded and focused it was easily miscast and instead of repairing his broken fingers Godric would find the bones in his fingers gone instead. Astrid wasn't sure she had the potion on hand or the inventory to make a bone regrowing potion, it hadn't been one she had to use often so it was better she not try to chance it now given her state. A couple episkeys would have to do and hopefully be enough to at least get them to the infirmary.
"Hold still" she said though her tone was more suggestive caring than demanding, simply put she wanted to do something that was well within her ability even if her current state was more resembling a meeting with the ground at any moment. With a determined focus she pointed her wand at his fingers and produced as few episkey spells to his broken fingers. It wouldn't fully mend the bone but maybe repair it just enough to give him some working ability with his hand and fingers.
"There. I figured that way maybe I could be of help instead of just standing here being useless. The only other option I could think of was if you held me while I took hold of the door handle and we both pull it open together but I figured you would have preferred this option instead. You get to have a macho hero moment of opening it yourself and save the day." Astrid said as she let go of his hand and lowered her wand away, trying to lightheartedly tease the situation but she felt a bit of regret afterward. He didn't have to help her but he was. She didn't have to protect him stupidly with her own body but she did. Overall there had been quite a few reasons they were like this but poking at him wasn't going to help either of them much even if she wasn't meaning to in a bad way "Sorry, I was just trying to lighten the air with a joke. Give your hand a try to see if it was enough, if not I can do a few more healing spells until it works well enough to get us inside."
She took a small half step backward, her free hand moving to brace herself on the wall before her feet could stumble her into it. The last thing she needed was to bang up her head any further and make it worse on herself and Godric who didn't have to but was helping her out a great deal more than she would have assumed given how he felt about her.
She could see the problem in front of them now, he couldn't open the door holding her and as unsteady as she was on her feet she wouldn't be able to open it without some help with her balance. Astrid was trying to think of what they could do when she felt Godric move and with great care set her down onto her feet against the nearby wall. She looked up at him as he tried to reassure her things would be ok, her back for now leaning against it while her feet did what they could to keep her upright. While encouraging, his words stung at something in her mind, her independence and maybe more so her stubbornness that didn't like to be helped like this. As if she was a helpless woman who couldn't do anything to protect herself, far in fact from the woman she had tried to make of herself.
Astrid took a few breaths, knowing she needed to something, help in someway instead of just standing here. She had combat and healing training so surely there had to be something she could do even in her current state. Looking down at his broken fingers than at her cloak she got an idea and hopefully she could get her body to do it before she was hit with another dizzy spell.
She took hold of the inner lining of her cloak and with as much strength as she could put into it she jerked hard until a piece ripped free. Not wanting to lose the momentum she had going, Astrid reached out for Godric's hand with the broken fingers. Her vision was a touch blurry but with steady hands she lined up his fingers together and wrapped the cloth around them to hold them in line together. It wasn't quite a splint but it would help out with her idea if his fingers were as straight as they could be.
Astrid swayed a little as she moved one of her hands away to grab her wand from the inner pocket of her cloak. She thought of using the bone mending spell, brackium emendo but unless you were clear minded and focused it was easily miscast and instead of repairing his broken fingers Godric would find the bones in his fingers gone instead. Astrid wasn't sure she had the potion on hand or the inventory to make a bone regrowing potion, it hadn't been one she had to use often so it was better she not try to chance it now given her state. A couple episkeys would have to do and hopefully be enough to at least get them to the infirmary.
"Hold still" she said though her tone was more suggestive caring than demanding, simply put she wanted to do something that was well within her ability even if her current state was more resembling a meeting with the ground at any moment. With a determined focus she pointed her wand at his fingers and produced as few episkey spells to his broken fingers. It wouldn't fully mend the bone but maybe repair it just enough to give him some working ability with his hand and fingers.
"There. I figured that way maybe I could be of help instead of just standing here being useless. The only other option I could think of was if you held me while I took hold of the door handle and we both pull it open together but I figured you would have preferred this option instead. You get to have a macho hero moment of opening it yourself and save the day." Astrid said as she let go of his hand and lowered her wand away, trying to lightheartedly tease the situation but she felt a bit of regret afterward. He didn't have to help her but he was. She didn't have to protect him stupidly with her own body but she did. Overall there had been quite a few reasons they were like this but poking at him wasn't going to help either of them much even if she wasn't meaning to in a bad way "Sorry, I was just trying to lighten the air with a joke. Give your hand a try to see if it was enough, if not I can do a few more healing spells until it works well enough to get us inside."
She took a small half step backward, her free hand moving to brace herself on the wall before her feet could stumble her into it. The last thing she needed was to bang up her head any further and make it worse on herself and Godric who didn't have to but was helping her out a great deal more than she would have assumed given how he felt about her.
