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Ethlyn, Princess of Leonster ([personal profile] baldrshand) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs2023-04-01 11:34 am

Welcome to the Arztenritter

Who: Ethlyn + anyone interested in healing + anyone else
Where: A clinic near the edge of town
What: Arztenritter healing brigade training! Feel free to put up your own toplevels too.
Warnings: None


The Willow Clinic wasn't the one nearest the center of town in Aldrip--more towards the fields, and crucially, near a horse paddock as well. It was where Ethlyn had found employment as one of the clinic's standing healers and where she'd first proposed the idea of what she now liked to call the Arztenritter--"doctor-knight" in old Jugdrali--who could ride out all over town and beyond it in case of emergency medical needs.

After starting on the idea with people she already knew and putting up flyers around town for a general interest-and-training day, Ethlyn made her way to the clinic bright and early in the morning to get things set up for a day of medical and horsemanship training combined.
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I

[personal profile] menancia 2023-04-03 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[The flyers posted around town had been quick to grab his attention; healing through artes was a skill he already knew, but was one he was always willing to hone and expand, in addition to finding new applications for. The idea of becoming more proficient with riding in the process was also appealing, a skill that would undoubtedly be of great use here— he certainly knows the basics, but it wasn't until recently that he had left Autelina Palace, and he and his companions largely traveled by foot.

He crooks a finger against his chin as he examines a nearby training dummy, then turns his attention to Ethlyn with a faint smile.]


I already know some healing artes— spells, others might call them— but my more practical skills are lacking. I imagine the combination of first aid and healing artes would be far more effective than simply one or the other.
snowslip: (ht2)

contemplations

[personal profile] snowslip 2023-04-04 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I just wanted to say hello. You've been busy.

[ Marianne has also stayed on late, out of choice to spend more time with the horses and spoil them with a bit of grooming. She's glad the troupe has attracted members and the clinic is bustling. What a wonderful idea Ethlyn has come up with.

It must be a lot of work though. She finds the troupe leader lost in thought, looking pensive. Marianne doesn't know what to make of it before Ethyln is smiling again, but she ventures to ask. ]


Is there more I can do to help?
wishupona: (But I'll be close at hand)

[personal profile] wishupona 2023-04-04 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fortunately, the extreme basics were already covered. She's familiar enough with animals that approaching them isn't hard. Or even feeding them. Thankfully, Rinoa's read enough and already met enough horses to know all of that.

Which leaves the actual riding part. Which no amount of book reading can truly prepare you for. At Ethlyn's question, Rinoa manages a smile.]


Pretty sure he's managing a lot better than I am.

[True to word, the bay she's riding seems to be doing just fine.]

I know you said I'll find the rhythm eventually, but it still feels really weird.
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Shionne Imeris ⛤ Tales of Arise

[personal profile] thornygunner 2023-04-05 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
⛤ Clinic ⛤

It takes Shionne a few days of agonizing self-flagellation to finally head over to the clinic that Ethlyn has put on the fliers. She likes the idea. It's responsible and helpful for not just the natives of Expiation but for all of the Chosen. And, well, she's never made any difference between peoples back home, so she's not about to start now. She wants to help, even if she doesn't vocalize it. It's just something good to do.

She's hesitant before she enters, but eventually she gathers up enough courage to walk inside, looking as if she's just there to look around.

"Hello? Is there anyone here?"

⛤ Horse riding ⛤

As someone from a world where horses are seen more for their nutritional value, riding horses still seems strange to Shionne, but she does like the idea of not having to walk everywhere. She just doesn't know if she can ride a horse.

When it's her turn, she stares at the beast and then at the person beside her. "Can't I just ride in a cart?"

⛤Wildcard ⛤
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marianne von edmund | fe3h

[personal profile] snowslip 2023-04-06 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
i.
[ On a sunny day where the horses graze lazily in the fields, Marianne sits outside the clinic with a medical book in her hands. She might know healing magic, but it's become apparent to her that her medical knowledge is dated. There are treatments and explanations for diseases that are eye-opening to read about. The faith magic she studied had been comparatively vague when it came to theory. After all, the goddess works in mysterious ways... Her brows furrow as she takes in a passage. ]

I never knew...


ii.
[ As someone who enjoys horseback riding, Marianne is in her element. She can be found helping beginners get in their saddle and giving gentle instructions on how to coax a horse forward.

For those who have experience on horseback or have grown comfortable enough, she rides out with them to the meadows so the horses have room to gallop and build the stamina they need for emergencies. Out here, Marianne looks alive, even cheerful, as she spurs her horse forward and picks up a little speed. ]



iii.
[ When it comes to first aid lessons, they're paired off to practice on each other. Marianne and her partner are pointed to a table with rolls of bandages and boards for splinting. There are other tools she's just learned to recognize and use, such as a blood pressure cuff. ]

Would you like to go first? I can play the patient.

[ She says, extending her arm. ]

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Horse Riding

[personal profile] sisterlyshield 2023-04-09 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Kisara is not actually here to learn how to ride horses, but she is here to provide some support. Shionne may act as though she doesn't need it, but evidently her blonde-haired companion thinks to the contrary. As a result, when Shionne speaks up, Kisara gives her an encouraging smile.

"If you were just going to do that, then why actually be here?" Kisara asks with a hand set atop her hip. "It's going to be fine. There's nothing wrong with learning something new, right? I'll be right here to make sure nothing happens that shouldn't be happening."

If she can stop a full-grown man with her shield, surely she can stop a horse. Maybe. Probably.
snowslip: (h2)

[personal profile] snowslip 2023-04-09 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah. Marianne's head turns to look at the sky above. It's a beautiful night to stargaze. The constellations shimmer overhead and in the vastness beyond, the goddess dwells. At least, she wants to think that the goddess is still watching over them from above. If she were to mount a horse and ride to the ends of the earth, would she find a way home? ]

Do you think your friends and family are gazing at the same night sky? That would be nice.
wishupona: (Believe we can laugh)

[personal profile] wishupona 2023-04-09 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I can kind of tell already. You make it look so smooth and easy!

[But there's... So. Many. Bumps. She's going to be feeling bumps when she's trying to sleep tonight.]

This is going to be one of those "I hurt in places I didn't know I had" situations isn't it?

[This isn't the first new physical skill she's picked up in her life, after all. What with all the combat and stuff she's seen, even ranged like she is you learn things. Have to adapt physically to different things in a way that's not like you normally would.]
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Healing

[personal profile] killtohero 2023-04-10 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Kazutora steps up to the table looking embarrassed as he'd rub the top of his arm and wave awkwardly. He was normally confident, even if that confidence was made up, but in this case, he really didn't know where to turn.. He hoped this clinic could help.]

Hi-! Um-- I dunno if this is something you do, but I'm actually looking for... a therapist. Do you have anyone around that can do that?
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[personal profile] thornygunner 2023-04-10 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
To be honest, Shionne does appreciate the backup that she gets from Kisara. Even though she tries to push the others away, they're all so damn insistent that they're going to be in her life, no matter what she thinks. And, it's tiring to keep pushing them away all the time when she doesn't really want to do it.

"I... I want to be useful, but I don't want to have my curse get in the way."

She's already hurt law and some wolf zeugels who were just trying to have fun. However, she's so worried that she isn't paying attention and when the horse backs into her, she lets out a shout that is quickly covered by the sound of the horse crying out in pain and rearing up on its back legs as it thrashes.
snowslip: (ht3)

[personal profile] snowslip 2023-04-13 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ One look at Ethlyn's face tells Marianne that something is wrong. She thinks back to their first meeting and what Ethyln shared with her of her fate. Could it be...that whatever cruel designs had befallen her had also put her family in danger? ]

Ethlyn...What happened back in your world?

[ To Marianne, Ethlyn has always appeared calm and certain, facing the circumstances with grace. Has she been carrying this weight all along? ]
wishupona: (If you find another galaxy)

[personal profile] wishupona 2023-04-14 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
I guess you're right...

[Ugh. This is another one of those situations where she's woefully behind everyone else because they've been doing it for ages. Just like how she'd been tagging along behind the members of SeeD in combat ability. Gross.]


Ugh, I knew it. [She makes a face, but laughs very shortly after.] Oh yeah. A nice, long soak is definitely in my future tonight.
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ii

[personal profile] oracledriven 2023-04-15 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not a stretch to say that Noel Kreiss has never seen a horse in his life -- the closest thing was an Eidolon, but. Not the same. Way more magic involved. So he approaches the creatures with trepidation -- they're huge, like two chocobos put together, with a lot less feathers and, so he's heard, a lot more ability to smash you under its feet. By the time he's actually on a horse and getting it to move forward, most of the other riders-in-training are already pretty comfortable. So he tries to look comfortable too, urging the horse forward by trying to get it to follow some other horse. Sure, that'll work. Definitely.

More like what it does is convince the horse to bolt into a gallop, and since Noel isn't exactly expecting the horse-zoomies, he finds himself flying off at top speed, rolling backward head over feet a few times in the dirt, helplessly watching his horse charge right to the other end of the meadow, a clump of grass sticking out of his hair.]


"Give it a bribe," she said. "It'll be fine." [Yeah, he's muttering to himself while he picks himself up. When Marianne speeds past him, he throws his arms up, hoping to wave her down.] Hey! Gimme a hand? Trying to wrangle an escaped maniac.

[He's...being a bit dramatic about it.]
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iii

[personal profile] oracledriven 2023-04-15 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[After his disastrous attempt at horseback riding, Noel gave a whole lot of thought to just packing it in until someone could find a chocobo for him to ride. No such luck yet, though...and unfortunately, he's too committed to trying to help to give in just yet. So he gave it another shot. And another. And he's got the bruises to show for it, so it took him a little while to put everything back and clean up. He's just leaving the barn when he spots Ethlyn, and when he does, he hangs back for a second. Seems like she needs a moment to herself, and he doesn't want to interrupt, so instead he follows her gaze to the sky.

It...it's a big sky. Something he took for granted back home, even loathed, in a way. The skies of Pulse were always blanketed in heavy clouds, a sickening off-gray color that radiated the same feeling of unrightness as the rest of that dying world. Luxerion, too, was under constant cloud cover. But the few puffy clouds in the sky here are a silvery white, and the moon is huge, and the stars are coming out, and--]


--Huh? Oh. No, I don't... Sorry. I was just heading back. [Get it together, Noel. He shakes his head, briefly gesturing upward.] It's a big sky, huh? Guess I got lost in it, for a second.

[The smile is put on so dutifully that he wants to ask what's on her mind, but he holds off, for now.]
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[personal profile] snowslip 2023-04-16 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry.

[ It's a story too painful and too cruel. Why, goddess, did someone as kind as Ethlyn have to suffer such a terrible fate? Marianne embraces her, feeling her heart breaking for Ethlyn. Her brother, her husband, and most of all, her child...how painful it must be not to know what's become of them. To be unable to reunite with them even in death. Marianne can do little but offer her comfort, knowing that words can't possibly be enough to ease the loss of her loved ones. ]

It's not your fault. You fought bravely, and you did what you thought was best.
oracledriven: (talk; i can...change the future?)

[personal profile] oracledriven 2023-04-16 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[It all sounds so...so ordinary, when she says it that way. Like it's no big deal. Maybe it's not, for some people: the sun rises, it sets. The sky changes, the seasons change. He saw plenty of that when he was traveling with Serah, but-- that didn't make it any easier to get used to. He nods softly, a little noncommittally.]

I think I see what you mean. Like some places aren't so different, even if they're different worlds.

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