ione meliflua (ioned) wrote in raveled, @ 2016-11-11 21:32:00 |
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Numbness spreads up through her arms, that turns into an odd static-y feeling. A million sharp pin pricks, like tiny needles. Her fingers wiggle, but she can't feel them any more. Ione shifts and there's a sharp spike up her back. She inhales, taking in the pain and letting it settle in her stomach. She feels as if she's going to vomit, hot and steamy for a moment and then the sensation fades. There's a noise that she can't quite concentrate on, but it's droning on and on. The noise is high and tense, and it's in her ear. She can't bring herself to open her eyes and figure out where the noise is coming from, not quite yet. Instead she groans in protest, and now she's pretty sure that she can't feel her feet either. Great. Just what she needed. Now there's something wet and sticky, just beneath her face. Every time she breathes in, she can taste whatever it is on her tongue. She cringes and tries to flex her fingers. Finally her eyes flutter open, and all she sees is brown. There's something black, and she tries to remember what happened. Is she wounded? Cut open? No. While she is numb and her limbs are asleep, she knows that she hasn't been hurt in any way. Her memory is foggy, but what isn't foggy is the fact that the noise she hears is someone yelling at her. It certainly sounds like yelling. Someone is not happy. Then it hits her. She feels the wood beneath her fingers, and though it feels like icicles forming on her hands, she pushes and sits all the way up. The wet smear is all across her cheeks and mouth and she reaches up to wipe it away, finding that she isn't bound like she feared. Her back screams in protest. Oh. Yes, now she remembers. Her boss is angry at her. So very angry. That's the noise droning on and on. It's her boss. She still isn't sure what he's saying though Ione had fallen asleep at her desk. She finally turns her head, and though that clearly hurts as well, she gives him a smile. It's the only thing she knows how to do. |