Mercy [Ani]

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Autumn hummed a tune to herself as she took stock of her supplies. She was running low on morphling, she'd need to order more with construction season booming. She'd need a full stock. A commotion in the front of the shop suddenly had her running out from the back to see one of the workers from the construction site that was removing trees from the victors village and she knew whatever it was, it had to be bad if they'd come to her.

"Accident at the site... One of the trees fell... Several hurt..." she didn't need anymore explanation as she scooped up her supplies, giving some to the worker who'd retrieved her.

"Come on, hurry." when something happened, she tended to go into care mode, a mode in which nothing but the patient mattered.

She ran as fast as she could, her apprentice, Cedar, staying behind to look after the shop while she was away. The worker led her towards the victors village where she could see the potential for possibly fatal injuries.

"Someone please explain to me what happened" she said, her voice holding authority as it did whenever she had patients to treat.

"You see, ma'am, one of the tree we were working on shifted and collapsed one of the roofs. Several of our workers were working up there at the time and most of them are alright, it's just one or two of them that are in serious need of care. " the man whom she assumed to be the supervisor explained. She nodded and took her supplies back from the worker who'd retrieved her. "Here, put this on just in case there's any falling debris" she took the hat from him, tied her hair back and walked quickly to the scene.

"How many?" she demanded as she approached.

"Just one, Andrei" an older fellow replied. "thank you" she said, hurrying inside. She found a youmg man lying face-down on the ground and she kmew it was bad. His head was unhurt as he still had his hard hat on but his right arm was bent awkwardly, broken most likely, and he had various cuts and bruises. This would take time to heal.

"Someone get me a stretcher" she barked, knowing she had power to instruct the others to help her. As one of the only healers in district she had earned a lot of respect for her skills.

She helped lift the man, Andrei, into the stretcher and had them carry him back to her shop, Cedar could begin healing him while she dealt with the minor injuries.

Once she finished, later in the afternoon, she headed back to the shop, knowing she had a long night ahead of her. When they'd moved the patient, she'd realized that he'd also cracked a few ribs, making breathing painful. She checked in with Cedar who was working on him and she took over the younger girls work for her.

"Her, Cedar, I'll work on him. I'm going to need you to work late tonight if you don't mind." the younger girl nodded and Autumn smiled. She turned back to the patient and asked softly. "Where does it hurt exactly?"

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"Everywhere" her patient replied and she felt a stab of pity for him. He'd taken what could have been a fatal fall and the only thing she was pretty sure had saved his life had been his hard hat.

Autumn washed her hands thoroughly, rinsing away the dust from the construction site before going through her things. She'd give him the little bit of morphling she had while she worked on the ribs and arm. She hoped for his sake that his ribs weren't broken. "My name is Autumn and I am going to help you get better" she said, trying to smile at him. "Now, I'm going to give you a bit of morphling to dull the pain but you are going to be sore for a while" she said, taking out a syringe and filling it with the morphling before injecting it into his uninjured arm.

"Now that that's done, lets get you fixed up. I am going to need to check your ribs for any broken ones, if that's alright?" she asked, hesitating to touch him.

She gazed at her dwindling stock of morphling, realizing that the bit she'd given him probably wouldn't last for long, soon he'd feel the full force of pain once again. She frowned, knowing she'd have to be quick about this and got to work, her hands checking lightly for broken bones. A few cracked and one broken, how in Ripreds name he'd managed not to break more was beyond her but she wouldn't complain about it. If anything, she was grateful for it.

"Cedar, I need you to get me some gauze and the poultice for fixing broken bones" she said, not taking her eyes from her patient. She'd need to set his arm before it set at the awkward angle it was currently at and she'd need to disinfect his numerous cuts and scrapes. I am going to be here for a while she thought. She loved her job but sometimes, she liked sleep.

Dampening a cleab cloth, she she began cleaning off the dust and dirt from his arms and torso, her mind going into the zone it went into whenever she was healing someone. Nothing mattered at that moment apart from her patient and she would do whatever it took to make him get better.

As she gently wiped the dust and dirt from him, she couldn't help but notice how good looking he was. She shouldn't focus on that though, she should focus on the large bruises that were starting to form on his abdomen. He's going to be in pain for a long time she thought.

"I think I'm gonna need some more morphling" she said, looking at his size. The bit of morphling she'd given him likely wouldn't cut it. "I'm going to give you another shot of morphling before I reset your arm, alright? Should make it less painful" she usually talked to patients while sh worked to keep them distracted from what she was doing, keeping their minds off the pain they were likely in.

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She sighed, looking at the numerous bruises on his torso and shook her head at his words. "As far as I'm concerned, this is more important. You took a great fall and are lucky to be alive, the least I can do is make you more comfortable" she said in a tone that said she would not listen to further complaints as she retrieved more of her supply of morphling and put it into his bloodstream before beginning to work on his arm. It was broken in two place and she knew she'd need to reset it before it set this way permanently.

Biting her lip, she took his arm, feeling the flushed skin before gently resetting it properly. She heard a slight crack and knew, had she not given more morphling, this would probably hurt like a bitch. She slathered on the poultice for broken bones onto his arm and chest before wrapping both. "You're going to be quite sore for a few weeks and I believe I will need to keep you here overnight. Cedar, can you let his family know?" the young healer nodded before exiting the room amd Autumn sat back, knowing there wasn't much more she could do for him. He needed rest and time to heal, sleep would do wonders for him.

"I need a bit of sleep syrup and some soup, he should be ready to take in food because I think the shock has begun to wear off" she said softly. She could smell chicken noodle soup cooking on the stove in the back of her shop and it was then that she realized how hungry she was. She hadn't eaten since early that morning and her stomach was growling at her to feed it. She let out a small laugh before Cedar came back with two steaming bowls of soup.

"Don't eat the one on the right, I put sleep syrup in it" her apprentice said and she nodded. She padded back to her patient, balencing the steaming bowls in her hands before setting one down in front of him. "Eat up, it will hopefully be easier to eat now." she said, taking a bit of her own soup and sipping it.

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She looked up just in time to see whom she assumed to be Andreis father enter the room. She smiled, taking a few moments to recollect herself as she prepared to turn in for the night. She was close with her parents, ever since Brayden, her older brother, left the district in search for a better life.

She had been around sixteen when he left, only just beginning her apprenticeship as a healer and one day, she'd come home to find him gone. Her parents hadn't had a clue as to where he'd gone but Autumn found a note on her bedside table, a note from her brother telling her he was leaving. It devastated her but it also made her a stronger person.

She smiled as he left to let the rest of the family know as well as get a change of clothes before sipping her soup. About halfway through, the sweet taste of sleep syrup registered but by that point, it was too late. She felt her eye lids begin to droop as she rested her head on her elbows. Really Cedar? she thought before the sleep syrup took over and she was out like a light.

She hadn't realized how tired she was until she woke up the next morning, her mind awake and alert. She found herself asleep in the same position she had been in the night before, her head resting on her lap. She sat up and peered around the room, looking for her apprentice. "Cedar, why did you put sleep syrup in my soup last night?" she demanded. The younger healer flushed.

"It was the only way I knew would get you to sleep" she replied and Autumn sighed. She was right, she never would have slept last night if her apprentice hadn't stepped in.

"How is he?" she couldn't help but ask even though he was right there.

"Fine. He slept the night like you did" she replied and Autumn sat back, waiting for Andrei to wake up.