Bumps and Drops [Nessa/Taxx]

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Ny'x - Blue Nimocith

Herbs were her specialty. When it came to mixing concoctions and remedying the symptoms, she felt overly confident. Dressings, while she was proficient in, she felt she could still improve in. Which is why she was currently distractedly walking towards the infirmary, with open hide in hand, reading up on wet to dry dressings, and the different compotes of dressings.

I still don’t understand.

Well, when you use the wet dressing, and remove it once dry, you are debriding the dead tissue from the wound.

Wouldn’t it also take healthy tissue as well?

Yes, but when used correctly the benefits outweigh the risks.

Such as?

Well, use during the inflammatory stage is the-

She was so wrapped up in her conversation and the information she was soaking up she wasn’t paying attention to her surroundings, and before she knew it, she had bumped into another, causing some of her other hides, rolled up in her arms to go flying across the floor.

Taxx

[Taxx]

Lounessa

If she'd been paying more attention, the bump could have been avoided, but Lounessa had sort of expected the other person to move first, given she was carrying less. The bluerider, however, had had her eyes fixed on the parchment in herr hands and Nessa, somewhat spaced out, hadn't realized until it was too late that they were going to walk into each other. A belated attempt at sidestepping kept the full weight of the tray from digging painful edges into tender skin, but also at the risk of a precariously balanced cup tipping over the edge and shattering on the ground.

"Shells!" Staring at the mess she'd have to clean up- before some barefooted child came along and cut themselves- Lounessa leveled a glare at the rider. It only lasted a moment and she said nothing else beyond the exclamation, swallowing down the rest of what came to mind and instead heaving a sigh. She knelt- carefully- on the ground and set the tray down, picking up the largest shards and dropping them back onto the tray to dispose of later.

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N'yx - Blue Nimocith

The cup that followed, shattering on the floor made her jump with dismay towards the hides she had dropped, completely unaware of the glare being levelled at her. “Shards!” Her own swear word came on the end of the other girl, and she grimaced as she picked up the hides in her awkward crouch, carefully brushing off glass shards from them. She was just grateful the cup hadn’t been full of liquid. “Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention.” She said, feeling abashed. She should have been paying more attention. Her attention only really focused on the object of her bump when the other young woman bent down to start picking up the larger glass shards.

“I probably shouldn’t read and walk. Nimocith likes to ask me questions about my reading, and well… multitasking three things isn’t my strong suit, not when the other two are so interesting.” She sighed, placing her pile of hides to the side. I’m sorry I distracted you. Not your fault. It was mine. You had really good questions. It took her a moment, really not wanting to get on the floor and muss up her outfit more, but she had caused this… She knelt and started assisting in picking up glass. “I’m N'yx.” She offered her name, looking to the other woman. She couldn’t help but notice the striking gray eyes, and smooth darker skin, feeling a wave of envy.

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Lounessa - Candidate

The rider seemed to miss Nessa's cool glare, which was probably for the better; the last thing she wanted was to be on the receiving end of a lecture about respect, if the woman was the sort. Bluerider, she noticed from the knots, and distracted by her dragon. Walking in the middle of a hallway, not paying attention? Lucky the only thing that suffered was a cup. And a bruise or two, maybe.

"It's fine," she replied, because that was the appropriate response to give, no matter how she felt. The inward irritated comment on how the rider just stood there, watching her clean the mess she was partly responsible for? Definitely not something she could voice. It helped, anyway, when the rider finally knelt and began to clear the glass fragments. She'd probably have to sweep to clear any too small to handle, but at least she wasn't left to do this on her own.

She glanced up to meet N'yx's eyes as the other introduced herself and gave a quick smile. "Lounessa," she answered in turn. "Thank you for your help. I'm sure you're busy?" Her eyes darted to the sheets of parchment and curiosity on their contents momentarily pulled her from the task at hand. "What are you reading about, that's so interesting?"

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