FTEC, Thursday January 14

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Simon was reading a medical journal. He had read it before, but it didn't matter. Anything that would distract him from the giggling nurses was a good thing. It might not have worked completely but it was better than nothing.

[Open and OCD-free]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

-- And out of nowhere, Griff and Dinah appeared in the clinic lobby, Griff holding Dinah in his arms.

Just like she'd thought, the trip was too much for her, and Dinah immediately leaned as far over as she could to throw up, so as not to hit Griff's shoes. "Uuugh."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

He rarely had patients here, but that didn't mean his attention immediately turned to Dinah, despite the rather sudden appearance of her and the boy.

He reached out to support her. "What's wrong?"

And, just as if the nurses had never ever giggled behind his back, he straightened a little and called to them: "I'm going to need some help here." For once, they listened.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Griff..." Aside from the cuts all over her arms, it wouldn't be immediately obvious to Simon, so as she staggered onto her feet, Dinah said, "Got thrown. Explosion. Landed wrong, hit my head. Ribs feel... ouchy." She inhaled sharply, weaving on her feet. "And there's two of you, kinda."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Broken ribs? Internal bleeding? Concussion?

"I have to get you to the exam room," he said, his voice a trained calm.

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff really didn't know what he should do now that he'd played out his role as medical transport - and for once there was no death involved.

He stepped back to let the doctor take care of things. "I'll just uh, be over here, then?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You rock," Dinah told him, trying not to fall over. "Really a lot." She closed her eyes, and added, "Could you wait? If you don't have to be somewhere?" Partly because no, she didn't want to hang around with Azula when she finally got there. Not alone, anyway.

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Sure thing," he nodded, giving her a thumbs up as he headed to the waiting room. He could be nosy and get the story about what she and Azula had been up to this way.

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Supporting Dinah, Simon helped her into the nearest exam room. "I need you to lie down on the bed," he said gently.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I can do that," Dinah agreed, gratefully. She climbed onto the bed, then slowly leaned back, still feeling sick and nauseous, her head pounding. Her arms were really beginning to sting now, too, and the adrenaline was wearing off, making her limbs tremble a little.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula entered the clinic a few minutes after Dinah and Griff's sudden appearance.

Her hair was back to proper order but she was frowning. If she lost Dinah's trust because of that stupid, miscalculated stunt... All the time invested would have gone down the drain. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff was sitting with an old magazine in the waiting room and looked up at Azula's entrance. "Sorry you had to walk."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula schooled her features and looked at Griff with a smile. "It wasn't that far of a walk? How is Dinah?"

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"She's with the doctor," he said with a shrug. "Least she didn't get sick on me and she was awake." Really, he didn't need the drama of a friend in a coma these days.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"Good," she nodded. The doctor will fix Dinah, the injuries weren't that bad. It was still a stupid that she was unable to control her lightning. She looked around the clinic with a trained eye and back on Griff. "That was the first time I've witnessed a teleport."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"First time I witnessed a lightning explosion," he countered, feeling a little uneasy under her gaze. Not many people ever saw him teleport.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"First time you witnessed a miscalculated lightning explosion," she said with a measure of disgust. "I never used to make such a mistake."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"That's some ability." Definitely more dangerous in some ways than his. "What were you trying to do?"

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"Dinah and I were training, I was attempting to show her how to best use the environment to her advantage. The explosion wasn't supposed to be that powerful."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"It did give you the advantage," he pointed out. What with Dinah being all battered as a result.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"But that wasn't the result I intended," she frowned. "Now Dinah's hurt."

And would, Azula suspected be too angry to resume her training. "It was fortunate you were around."

His ability was very, very handy. Unbidden, the possibilities and applications of such an ability came to mind.

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"She'll get better," he said, far less worried when people were conscious and walking. "This was actually the first time I've come in handy in Fandom."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"I think so too, Dinah didn't look that banged up." Azula tipped her head, "Really? I can think of a dozen ways you can be of use."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff tried to seem disinterested, "Oh yeah?"

Being deemed useful had to be better than being labeled an abomination.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Azula confirmed. "Really. I think its short sighted of people if they don't see how you can be useful."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Mostly they just try to kill me," Griffin shared, testing the waters for what type of reactions Azula was prone to.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula snorted. "Idiots."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Despite the reasons for their meeting that told him this girl was trouble, Griff found himself smiling at Azula. "Agreed. If you think of something I'm suited to help you with, I'm in the book."

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

The words were exactly what Azula wanted to hear. She smiled at him, "I'll keep that in mind, Griff."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

After Simon's examination and treatment, Dinah carefully walked back out into the lobby, still feeling fuzzy, her arms taped and stitched. The headache wasn't really getting any better.

Upon seeing Azula, Dinah stopped, and tried not to grind her teeth. Because ow, that hurt.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula turned her head and studied Dinah. She was walking, a good sign. "Dinah."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Azula." On the one hand, she'd come to see how Dinah was. On the other hand? It was her fault. If it'd just been a miscalculation, Dinah wouldn't even be that pissed. But Azula had done something really stupid. "You were right. I'm not seriously hurt. Simon said I should be fine in a week." Her tone probably didn't sound like that made her as happy as it should have.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"Yes, it seems I was right. You're walking and your intestines are still inside you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"No thanks to you." Wow. Okay, so, yeah, more pissed than she'd realized. Dinah had to ask, "How could you think that was a good idea?"

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"I told you to move," she said, defensive. "But it was... a miscalculation in my part. The lightning was too strong."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"No shit!" Dinah held her head, lowering her voice to reduce the ache. "I was ten feet from that rock and you blew it up. What did you think would happen? Was it just going to bounce off? Set fire to the rock? That shrapnel could've done real damage!" Ow, ow, low voice, low voice.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"I know about the shrapnel!" Azula returned, "It's what I was planning to show you but the lightning went a little--" lot, "--wild."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oh, so it was just going to be a little gravel fountain? Not huge honking rocks and-- why the heck did you feel like doing that anyway? I got you wet! I was still losing! You're still better than me at that! Why did..." Dinah gulped for air, still feeling queasy, and this was so not helping. "Why did you have to show off?"

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"Exactly, that." Azula said. Her cheek still stung from where the water whip hit. "You were not without points."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Which, Dinah realized, was maybe the closest Azula could come to admitting she'd screwed up. It still wasn't an apology, but she was feeling too lousy to keep arguing about it. Injuries you got during a spar-- that was expected. Injuries because someone was stupid-- that was something else.

"At least you admit that much," she muttered. She rubbed her forehead. "I want to go back to the dorms now." She looked over at Griff. "Could you get a rickshaw, and walk me to my room, Griff? I still feel like I could pass out, and someone's supposed to watch me 'til I get back."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff had been watching the exchange between the two girls with great interest.

Realizing Dinah was done there and wanted him to take her home, he nodded. "I'll even promise the driver a good tip if he can keep to the smooth paths."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I so owe you for this," Dinah said, then looked back at Azula. She wished there was some big dramatic righteous thing she could say here, but her head hurt too much to come up with it. "I'm still pissed at you."

Yeah. That about covered it.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

"I know," she acknowledged then ordered. "Go rest."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Which was just so Azula, thinking she could give orders under these circumstances. Dinah gave her a dirty look, and winced when she rolled her eyes, then turned back to Griff. "Let's go."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Later," Griff said, sending a nod back toward Azula since he was still intrigued no matter what seemed to be going on between the girls. Then he smiled slightly at Dinah and offered his hand.

[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula nodded back, "Until next time." She smiled at the departing pair but especially at Griff. "It was good to meet you Griff."