An Injured Mind

[kadaj]

<MorthaUnderwood>To say the least the young remnant looked like crap. Not only from rings under his eyes indicating the little sleep he had been getting but the bloodshot eyes and bruises and cuts across his face and the fact that there was dired blood he didnt seem to notice just under his ear despite his hair being soaked. ( thankfully thought not to the point it was dripping all over the place) Still despite it all he had a weak smile on his face as he trudged his way out of his room down the hall.

<anime-oujo>Xemnas had just been coming from the labs with his latest stack of notes, the experiments he had been working with not as fruitful as he had been hoping for. Amber eyes lifting from the top of the stack he spotted Kadaj, eyebrows arcing immediately at the state he was in. He hadn't seen the remnant in a long while. "...Kadaj? What has happened to you?" The First's head inclined a bit as he looked him over. "Do you need some medical assistance?"

<MorthaUnderwood>He blinked looking up at him laughing weakly "uh...not sure havent looked in a mirror lately...been busy training and...yeah...no time to do much else with all that..." he was still giggling oddly seemed sorta...ok REALLY out of it Considering the fact he seemed to be looking over Xemnas's shoulder rather then at him. It was most around his head. and many looked like under the skin injuries.

<anime-oujo>The Superior frowned deeply, grabbing the green eyed man by the arm. "You are getting some medical attention. You are injured in several places and I am not convinced that you do not have a head injury as well."

<MorthaUnderwood>He blinked seemingly confused with what he was saying but stumbled along as he was tugged along. "but...i can...keep her out naaoow..." the last bit slurred as he nearly tripped over his own sword.

<anime-oujo>Arcing a single eyebrow this time at Kadaj he sighed. "I do not know who this her is but it does not matter, you need to be treated, Kadaj."

<MorthaUnderwood>He seemed to finally get his footing but he still swayed side to side as he walked at one point almost leaning on Xemnas. "gen-jen-Jenovaova..." he didn't seem to notice that extra syllabal that he tacked on. "Anaki sephy-san said I had to...learn to keep her out...so I did."

<anime-oujo>Allowing the remnant to lean on him the First finally just opened up a portal to the infirmary, not trusting the state Kadaj was in to walk the entire way there. Tugging him through with him he helped the younger to sit on a nearby bed, heading off to find some quick fixes for some of the lesser cuts. "Well whatever training you used did a number on your body..."

<MorthaUnderwood>"nuh,,,nu...just my noggin" he giggled stupidly. Yeah head injury without a doubt but the thing of it was that asides a few bruises that didnt look like they could of been caused by getting hit due to the lack of broken skin of anyform there didnt seem to be anything wrong visibly with his..as he dubbed it 'noggin'.

<anime-oujo>He came back with painkillers and some water and a cloth to clean off the dried blood. "Well that is good to know..." The Superior went to work, handing the painkillers to Kadaj with a glass of water before he went about cleaning the blood away.

<MorthaUnderwood>Kadaj looked to him after taking the pills giggling rather stupidly. "ya know you look really weird in a pretty kinda way...cause your all dark skined and then you have really pale hair..." ah yes brain injured kadaj was...observent was one word for it.

<anime-oujo>Quirking an eyebrow at the commentary he continued to work on cleaning the younger up. "Well thank you. I suppose my coloring is a little odd."

<MorthaUnderwood>He grinned eyes blinking between normal and glowing like a darned strobelight for a miniute or so by the looks of it something having completely short-ciruited in his brain so to speak. "I see why he likes you xe-emm..man..emnas"

<anime-oujo>The First frowned at the sudden change, feeling vaguely alarmed at that. "Kadaj perhaps you should lie back, you have definitely sustained more damage than I previously surmised..." He was already mentally going through what all he should be giving the remnant that might fix whatever internal damage he had.

<MorthaUnderwood>He cocked his head looking to him seemingly conufsed. The blinking suddenly stoping. "Waz wrong? I can..." he did however lay down seemingly on his own eyes shutting "...can..fight her...keep her out."

<anime-oujo>"I know...I know, but you are still a little off, I do not want you to end up having some kind of brain damage." Xemnas hurriedly went to another cabinet, pulling a minor potion out to give the other man, pushing some of the other bottles aside to examine them in case there was something more effective. He cursed quietly, they hadn't restocked since Marluxia and Sora had been brought in...

<MorthaUnderwood>He laid there quietly for some time. His fingers twitching after a while "I saw home...for a while" he murmered softly finally sounding like he was at least back to his senses enough to speak right

<anime-oujo>"...Oh? And where is your home?" He asked as he pressed the potion's rim against his lips, pretty much telling him to drink before he answered.

<MorthaUnderwood>He winced drinking it hand shaking a bit as he lifted his hand to help guide it. Kadaj kupt his eyes closed as he anwsered him. "I was floating like...off of this world. Its not far at least it didnt seem like it. From Gaia...well...thats where i woke up on anyways. The same place Sephiroth is from.."

<anime-oujo>"I see...was it a pleasant visit or was it something you did not want to see again?" He withdrew the bottle, setting it aside as he sat down in the nearby chair, looking over Kadaj's nearest arm for any damage that he needed to disinfect.

<MorthaUnderwood>As far as open wounds they seemed minimal. Just cuts and scrapes that came with over excerting in training the most notable visible wound was the dried blood that had come past his ears when what ever had caused him his head injury assulted him. "I'd never seen it...without seeing it through her eyes before." he murered softly with a smile "How could I say if it was good or bad, when it was like seeing it for the first time.."

<anime-oujo>"Well...I do not know, I am sure if it were bad you would be well aware, would you not?" He cleaned off the last of the blood, reaching for a clean cloth and some antiseptic for the smaller spots that needed tending to.

<MorthaUnderwood>He nodded quietly "wish i could...show you" he murmered softly absently reaching to his wrist.

<anime-oujo>Xemnas smiled a little. "That would be interesting..." He responded, eying the hand at his wrist.

<MorthaUnderwood>".....whyd you help me?" kadaj mumbled a bit...confused.

<anime-oujo>The Superior shrugged. "A sense of duty, and you are also a good aquiantance that needed help."

<MorthaUnderwood>He slowly opened his eyes looking to him curiously. They werent the normal shade of green but not that weird jenova-y glowy color either. More ore less they looked hazed over a bit but that was probably from the medicine. "...thankyou"

<anime-oujo>"You are very welcome." Gathering up the used supplies to be disposed, brushing the bottles into the crook of his arm to be put away. "Do you need anything else?"

<MorthaUnderwood>He slowly sat up blinking "....do you think if i saw my world...it was in the past or whats going on right now?"

<anime-oujo>"I do not know... I am not familiar with out of body experiences..." The First answered as he shut the cabinet door, glancing back to Kadaj.

<MorthaUnderwood>"It was like the world I knew only-" Kadaj trailed off thinking over a way to word it properly. "Only things were just different. I dont even know why things seemed so different it just was some how." He blinked knowing how odd that must of sounded.

[kadaj]

<anime-oujo>"The world does change, whether you are around to witness it or not..." Xemnas almost sounded nostalgic, a quiet sigh escaping him. "That is the problem with time."

<MorthaUnderwood>"....do you remember anything from where your from as you were. I talked to marluxia and kinda get the idea of how you exist but I guess im just not getting how you can exist and not remember what you were like before you-" he blinked trying to think of a way to word it. They didnt really die because here they were. Then again he had died so how could he be sure that this wasnt some odd form of another existance. "Before you were reborn i guess so to speak."

<anime-oujo>"In my case most of my memories remain intact, though several parts are fuzzy or fragmented..." The First didn't really enjoy talking about that part of him, it wasn't a pleasant experience for him. "It is because I am only half of my original self that this sort of thing happens...."

<MorthaUnderwood>"so..why dont the rest remember?" he blinked looking to him. Ah yes the head injury clearly hadent effected his curious side at all.

<anime-oujo>"I am not sure." The silver haired man murmured. "Perhaps my heartless has the others or perhaps I just do not want to remember them on some level...Its hard to say." He brushed a hand through his hair, shaking his head a bit. "That is one of the reasons our group wants our hearts back."

<MorthaUnderwood>He nodded quietly blinking "so...something seems really backwards to me. Your called Nobodies right. And those black creepy things are Heartless. But...from what i understand your the ones who have no hearts and their the one lacking bodies so...arent your names a bit..backwards?" he asked after a long moment trying to lighten the clear tension. Or maybe it wasnt tension at all maybe he was just misjudging the entire situation.

<anime-oujo>"Heartless...though they carry their heart they feel empty and seek to fill the void. A Nobody is the body left behind... The names are not exactly correct but they were ones applied before the full extent of the condition was understood." He said with a vague frown.

<MorthaUnderwood>He blinked looking to him noticing the expression. ".....so it wasnt you all who came up with the name?" he glanced away "so..is it kinda like me then someone else gave you the name like they were god over you or...am i just misinturperting"

<anime-oujo>"It was just easier to go with the name." He replied. "You do not have to take the name they give you, you know..."

<MorthaUnderwood>"as you stated it is easier..." he mumbled softly closing his eyes slowly slipping into a unconcious state. "...looking for your heart...looking for their feelings...so what happens to the soul...what happens to the spirit. Made to serve, made to give life. looking for my self...looking for my purpose..." he mumbled seemingly going on without realizing too much of what he was saying, more or less just his thoughts travling to his mouth without that barrier to keep stuff back. "...you take care of anaki..looking for purpose even if it is to protect him still. Jealousy is a strong thing but im not letting it eat me away, that wont mean i wont be there to catch you slipping up." that last bit seemed more or less jokingly though.

<anime-oujo>He chuckled, eying Kadaj with some vague amusement at that last part. "I assure you there shall be no slipping up. Sephiroth will be well taken care of." The Superior made a point of pulling a blanket up over the younger man, silently suggesting he should sleep. "Eventually a purpose for you will be evident."

<MorthaUnderwood>Kadaj nodded quietly smiling. "Though...some how...you saying that makes me feel better about having to give up on him." he mumbled softly before slipping into an uneased sleep. Every so often he'd whine a faint glow visible under his eyelids but every time it started it seemed like he'd wince tensing up and it'd stop and he'd drift back to normal. After a while it seemed to cease.