One Day at a Time

[rhapsoidein]

Characters: Genesis "Genny" Rhapsodos and whomever Monty runs into (preferably those who've had CR before)
Where: Genesis' House
When: 09/11
Summary: Being unenhanced has its drawbacks. Her immune system, something that was lacking a little before, is now even weaker. Now Genesis has to deal with a bad case of the flu and being in an unfamiliar world!
Warning: None.

"...kupo? Kupooo?"

Genesis groaned as Monty continued to hover worriedly over her, she waved him away as she curled up in her bed. She shivered with chills but she felt so warm too, her throat dry and scratch and her chest hurting from coughing so much. She knew she was sick, but there wasn't anything she could do about it. Of course, she wished she had foreseen this. She really should have, given her health in the past prior to mako enhancements.

"Monty, just go away," She murmured into her pillow. "Can't sleep with you whining."

"But you're sick, kupo! What do should I do?"

"Being quiet is a start."

"Kupo!" Monty, instead, went a different route. He went away, like she asked, but instead, left the house to find someone that she might know who could help her. Maybe have some medicine? He didn't know.

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[wear_tear_rust]

Mogington had been outside playing in the garden that Angeal was creating. Having been given the task to arrange the stones to separate the garden from the lawn, Mogington was happy to do the work. The moogle hummed happily until he saw Monty.

"What's the matter, kupo? Where's your hero?" Mogington turned around to regard Monty.

Angeal stopped what he was doing to listen through the open window in the kitchen that overlooked the garden. He knew that something was wrong when Monty showed up by himself and Genesis wasn't anywhere to be found.

[rhapsoidein]

"It's terrible, kupo!" Monty flailed, pom-pom flicking about with his exaggerated movements. "I think Genny's got the plague. kupo! I don't want my hero to die! And I didn't know who to go to, kupo, but someone who knows her oughta cure her, right?"

Monty was exaggerating, but he didn't think about how that would go over the others' heads. But he truly thought Genesis was going to die from her sickness, even though the possibility really was evident.

[wear_tear_rust]

"Plague!" Mogington covered his mouth and nose. The rock he carried fell to the grass with a soft thump. The alarmed moogles definitely caught Angeal's attention and the situation had escalated to alarm in the larger warrior's mental state.

He emerged out of the house in hurried steps and called out to Monty. "Take me to her."

He wasn't about to waste any time if she was in danger of dying.

[rhapsoidein]

"Kupo!" Monty nodded, leading him straight to her house.

Genesis heard the door slam open from Monty shoving it open and she jumped, nearly throwing herself into another coughing fit as she shouted. "Monty, I thought I told you to-"

Angeal was here. She groaned and flopped back onto her bed, muttering a curse into her pillow.

"See! But don't get too close, kupo! The plague is highly contagious, kupo."

[wear_tear_rust]

Angeal stood in shock for a moment and thought it was better to have the moogles wait outside but shoving them out the door.

"I'll take care of this. It would do us no good if you are sick as well. Guard the front doors and make sure that no one enters." He said pointedly at Mogington who was more than happy to oblige in the given order.

He let out a soft sigh and shook his head. "They don't understand that it's just a cold." He turned to face the ill stricken Genesis. He had a feeling that he may have to wrestle the pillow from her grip. "Let me see."

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis was always petulant when ill or wounded. Now was no better. She childishly imitated him as he ordered the moogles out, like he was giving them a sacred duty when all he was going to do was mother hen her to death. Of course, her mutterings were muffled in the pillow.

The pillow he was trying to pull free and she smacked his hand. And continued slapping it when every tug. She wanted her damn pillow, damn it! No one was going to take it from her!

Of course, her "slapping" were rather pathetic taps and hardly did anything. Even Scholar Genesis wouldn't feel much.

[wear_tear_rust]

He pressed his knee against the mattress to balance himself which was a sight that should anyone walk in would think something else entirely. Her pathetic, kitten-like slaps told him that she wasn't at her best but that was mostly from the illness taking its toll than her not wanting to hurt him.

"Give me..." Angeal huffed and groaned through the struggle that Genesis was giving him. "I can't help you if you won't let me."

Angeal thought to yank the pillow from her grip but then that would mean risking the destruction of a perfectly good pillow and he certainly didn't want to clean up chocobo fluff down feathers either.

[rhapsoidein]

"And how does taking my pillow away help me?" She all but whined, finally lifting herself from the pillow to go cough in the scarf around her neck. Her face was flushed from her fever but she shivered with cold and she winced with every cough.

"I didn't ask for your help, I'll be fine."

[thegreatninja]

Yuffie had a plan, it might not have been a good plan but it was hers. Her target was dubbed old looking grump and she was pretty sure this was his house.

Her eyes focused on the bedroom window as she stood on an outside tree branch. A bucket of water balancing on top of her head. Her smile widened as she jumped across the gap, the bucket staying perfectly steady on her head. She slid the window up easily and entered, stopping with one foot still hooked on the window frame. Her eyes going wide at the sight in front of her.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER!" Angeal appeared to be doing something unspeakable to the poor girl and Yuffie's face promptly turned bright red.

The young teen flailed and tumbled to the ground, sending the bucket of water over the two.

[wear_tear_rust]

It was times like this that he really wished he had his heightened senses. He didn't hear anything and that was bothersome. Yuffie's exclamation promptly forced his back to become ramrod straight in response.

He has no words but his expression is clearly one of shock the moment the water splashed on him from the bucket that was once balanced on Yuffie's head.

[rhapsoidein]

"Angeal! Angeal, kupo! Someone is trying to sneak in and-!" Monty promptly burst in then and then his little pom-pom dropped. "Oh, kupo."

Well, he certainly failed at the warning, Lester flailing behind him. But at least it was just water? Right?

Genesis raised her hands to stop the water from hitting her face, although Angeal's bulky frame blocked most of the water. But now her sheets were wet and her night gown was a little wet and "H-achoo!"

She flopped back on her pillow. "She knows where I live now and the mother chocobo is here. Ugh."

[thegreatninja]

Yuffie sat on the floor confused. "I thought this was his house." She pointed over to Angeal with a lost expression on her face. She wasn't sure what was going on and it was evident by the look are her face.

"Are you sick?" Not that she cared because of course she wouldn't care about someone who was so mean to her earlier.

[wear_tear_rust]

Now that the shock had worn off, Angeal shot a glare at Yuffie that quickly changed to urgency. He ran out of the room to grab a dry blanket to wrap Genesis up in. He didn't want her cold escalating into something worse, which was something that he feared most since neither of them had their heightened healing.

He wrapped her up fast and lifted her out of the soaked bed to take her to the living room without a second thought. At least he could get a fire going to help her. "I'll get the tea started."

[rhapsoidein]

"Angeal, what are you..." But he was gone, and then he was back and she was barely able to glance at Yuffie before she was in a blanket and in Angeal's arms, a soft exclamation leaving her. "Oh!"

She didn't have any firewood for a fire, though. The moogles fluttered after them and once she was deposited onto the couch, she pulled herself from the blanket. "Tea isn't really necessary, Angeal. Besides, I don't have any."

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda was about to leave her house when she spot the familiar moogle flying towards her. She made a point to remember everyone's names and moogles names after meeting them. "Hello. Where's Genesis?"

Her own moogle was off on a wayward quest for her and hadn't come home yet.

[rhapsoidein]

"She's home, kupo, and she's got the plague!" He flailed, unsure of what to do. "I think she's going to die! I can't like my hero die, kupo! But I don't know anything about the plague!"

Then, he paused and pointed a tiny paw at her. "You're a healer! Can you help her, kupo?"

[goddessofthesky]

"O-Of course! Let me grab something from inside real fast." She quickly dashed inside to pack a quick bag and scribble Kupola a note. Zelda didn't want her moogle to worry when he came back and she wasn't there.

After that she followed the frantic moogle to Genesis's home.

[rhapsoidein]

"Kupoooo," He whined, waiting anxiously for Zelda. "Kupo!"

He took off as soon as she was out of the house again, leading the young woman to Genesis' house. He threw open the door and led her to the bedroom, where Genesis was curled up around her pillow and in the sheets, having thrown off the big comfortable when she felt too warm. "Monty, I thought I told you not to bother me!"

Genesis didn't see Zelda, she was too busy talking into her pillow at Monty.

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda followed Monty in and gave her friend a warm smile. "Looks like your sick." She realized now after seeing the red head that it was probably a cold or something and quickly set to helping.

She ducked out of the room for five minutes so that she could run down stairs with her bag tightly in hand. When she reappeared her skirt was pulled to the side and her sleeves were rolled up. In her arms she held a damp cold rag. "You should lay back."

[rhapsoidein]

Oh, it was Zelda. She didn't really mind her presence but she was hoping to get over this on her own, not having her friends see her pathetic state.

"Thank you, captain obvious," She muttered into her pillow. She was sick so she was allowed to be in a bad mood. Although she might apologize later for it. When Zelda returned, she peeled her eyes open and rolled over onto her back. "I just need some medicine and sleep, it's nothing."

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda shook her head dismissing her friends comments. "I'm used to taking care of people in my town and it could easily get worse if your not careful." She lightly placed the cold compress across Genesis's forehead.

"I'll make you some soup and then we need to clean your pillow and sheets. Or your just going to make yourself more sick."

[rhapsoidein]

"But that involves getting up," She whined softly, but that cold compress felt rather nice on her forehead. She sighed softly. "Just because you're used to it doesn't mean you should always do it. Doesn't it ever get tiresome?"

[goddessofthesky]

"I want to take care of my friends." Zelda's smile grew as she moved from Genesis's side and headed towards the door. "I'm going to make some soup. Shout for me if you need anything." With that she headed out the door.

It took her about twenty minutes to prepare and cook the soup. She was used to working quickly and picked a tomato soup that didn't take long to make. She ladled the soup into a large bowl and then carried it up stairs to Genesis. Since Genesis had to sit up to eat so Zelda figured she could replace the pillow case and sheets while she did.

She entered the room with a smile and set the steaming bowl of soup next to the bed on the nightstand.

[rhapsoidein]

Genesis hadn't realized Zelda considered her a friend until now. Were they friends? They had shared maybe two moments together and Genesis didn't make friends easy. But perhaps Zelda did and she wasn't sure how she felt about that.

Not that she didn't want new friends, but it was hard to trust given what happened in the past. All this thinking meant she was quiet the entire time Zelda made soup and sat up when she returned. She moved the cold compress to the side, pushing her hair behind her ears as she did so.

"Thank you, by the way."

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda was easy going and gave Genesis a happy smile. "It's no problem at all. It might be a little too hot."

She moved towards the hallway and grabbed a spare pillow form the pantry before returning. "Here. Let me clean the sheets and pillowcases. If you don't you might make yourself more sick."