On The Mend... Or Something

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Closed to Excellen and Kyosuke - Within a couple of days after the Gigas event

Ryuko had been unconscious by the time her team had regrouped with the Union forces after the failed attempt in Gigas. And she'd stayed that way for the trip back to Union and some time after, not stirring even once. The Emperor's grip had crushed her ribs, the god-powered ice attacks had led to second degree frostburn all over her body. She'd been lucky, if it hadn't been for her resistance to Ice, those wounds would have been far more severe. Worse though, had been the mysterious and severe blood loss. A condition that couldn't seem to be explained by any of her injuries.

Still, her healing factor had kicked in after some rest, repairing her ribs and healing her skin. She'd woken up not long after and even though she'd been ordered to rest by the medical center... well, Ryuko Matoi is a creature of action and cabin fever set in quickly.

It's early in the morning when she creeps out of bed, fully-dressed and determined to get out of this apartment for at least a little while. The bedroom door sloooowwly creaks open and she peeks her head out, glancing from side to side before she begins to sneak her way to the front door.

Or she tries to anyway.

Open - A few more days later

Finally Ryuko was allowed to actually venture outside and get some exercise with the set-in-stone condition that she take it easy until further notice. That means taking more time off from her job with the Swords, and didn't leave much for her to do except wander around town and hang out. But that doesn't matter, as long as she can finally stretch her legs.

So, here she is... taking it easy.

Her Pokemon team are lined up in the park watching their trainer with blank looks on their faces. The trainer in question, is grappling with lifting up a huge rock onto her shoulders, grunting and straining under the weight. After a long struggle she finally straightens up fully, supporting the huge chunk on her shoulders!

"Ha! Got it--" She feels something creak around her ribcage and the rock suddenly tips wildly to the side. "WHOAH-WHOAH-UWAAAAAAAGH!"

CRASH! Over goes both Ryuko and the rock. Her Pokemon draw back as one and wince sharply at the sight.

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[magicquotes]

Oh, it's that girl who was excited about motorcycles. He doesn't remember seeing her anywhere else, but if she's toppling over like that she probably shouldn't be going around lifting boulders.

He picks his way over, leaning on his staff. He still has a few injuries that are yet to be taken care of, and much to his annoyance, they're slowing him down.

He peers down at Ryuko with a blank expression on his face. His Murkrow tilts its head with a similar look.

"Is that really a good idea?"

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Fortunately, she managed to at least not be under the boulder when it fell over so she's not a pancake when Magnolia makes his way over to her. She's sitting up by them, rubbing the back of her head and muttering curses, and looks up when he speaks. She's a far cry from the girl who had excitedly gushed about motorcycles last time, not much enthusiasm but a definite level of stupid stubbornness.

"Yeah." She says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. "I'm not just gonna sit around on my ass doin' nothing forever."

[magicquotes]

"Maybe you should try a smaller boulder, then." Magnolia certainly isn't going to advise something sensible like "don't strain yourself", mostly because if someone is going around trying to lift boulders then they're past sensible advice.

"Or something less strenuous?" Fine talk from the person who seems to be finding walking properly strenuous, maybe, but he can still give the advice. "Surely there's other things to do around here."

[guitar_case_vagabond]

"That is a smaller boulder." Rolling her shoulder she gets back up to her feet, stretching out a little bit.

"Uugh, everybody's tellin' me that. 'Don't work too hard, take it easy.'" She turns back to the boulder, kicking one foot against it and pushing enough to make it tilt a bit. "But I don't got time for that! Day of Fire's in a couple of days and I gotta be ready!"

[magicquotes]

"Wouldn't you be readier for it if you rested your body for a while first? I'm not an expert, but training while you're injured can aggravate injuries." He's treated enough strains and sprains to know on a base level that working something that hasn't healed yet is a bit of a bad idea.

"If you broke something, you really wouldn't be ready for the festival," he says, after a moment of thought.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Ryuko opens her mouth to fire back, then closes it with a frown and a huff. It's clear that Mangolia has a point there... no matter how utterly loathe she is to admit it. She folds her arms and half-turns away with a growl.

"Whatever. I know what I'm doing." Truth is, she's tired of taking it easy, and she doesn't like everyone looking at her like she's made out of glass all of a sudden.