Indisposed

[Roxana Strix]

I should have known this was going to happen at some point in my time living here. Roxana thought to herself, unable to talk at the moment with all of the coughing that she was doing. In short, she was sick. Long version was that there were certain things about Roxana's body that caused this sort of thing to happen from time to time. While the thing itself normally would not be seen as a big deal, the way it affect Roxana made her completely...useless to say the least. Roxana didn't really get sick; she tended to have a pretty strong immune system after years of being exposed to certain things in order for it to improve. However; that did not stop that when she did get sick, she got seriously sick.

While she did get sort of ill on those times when she would lose her power, how she was now was far worse than that kind of illness. She had not stopped coughing since she woke up in the middle of the night having hot flashes. This was dreadfully awful timing, especially with the Security Squad underway with training and a cookout in the works to happen at some point to wrap up the summer with a party of sorts. details were still being worked out and it was not in Rox's department to be concerned about the planning so much as to just make sure thing were okay security wise.

Elsa, can you please slide the papers on my desk in the security office under my bedroom door?

Rox sent the text to her closest friend; the one that she figured could accomplish this task without too much difficulty or ask any questions. She could have asked Vera to increase the likelihood of no question being asked, but Vera had been busy at the moment and she didn't want to add to the girl's workload. While she didn't want to add to Elsa's either, she was certain the other girl was not too busy today to do a simple pick up and slide things under a door task. Rox had asked for them to be slid under the door because her door was lock; she didn't want anyone coming in on her curled up in her bed, and also because she didn't really like people in one of the few places she could have some level of privacy.

((tag: Elsa Bellefonte))

[Elsa Bellefonte]

This time of year proved quite busy for Elsa Bellefonte. There were so many events overlapping one another, right along with school properly starting and just everything that entailed, that she often found herself getting up early, going to bed late, and just juggling things in general. at least she had a good group of people around her to help support, otherwise she'd probably have started murdering people some time ago (starting with some of the children who kept asking her to sing for them).

So she definitely didn't appreciate the text from her friend. It was a request, and Elsa had no compunction about not complying, even if she found it a bit odd that she was fetching something for Roxana instead of the other way around. The temptation to send a text again outlining the specifics of their relationship rose within Elsa, but she suppressed it, instead moving to grab the papers and tuck them into a folder.

Then it was to Roxana's room. Elsa knocked. "you do realize that generally you should be fetching your own work? You also have subordinates for this sort of thing, and if you don't, I can get you one," she thumbed through the folder, still holding onto it. "This does look fairly priority, I'll give you that," she tuned her head, tightening her mental scan to start picking up some of Roxana's surface thoughts. Might as well see why she was standing by a locked door holding a folder, after all.

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana had half expected that she would have gotten some kind of text back from Elsa putting out that someone else could do this for her. It was true that Rox could ask someone else could have done this for her, but there was a reason why she had asked Elsa to do this for her. The papers were sort of on the sensitive side and she could not just have anyone grabbing a hold of them and possibly getting to see them. That was why she had only a few options on people that could help her out in this situation.

It should have been a very important note that Roxana didn't like reaching out for help from anyone; she was very much the type who wanted to handle things on her own. She didn't know how much time had passed since she ended up dozing off a little after she had sent the text, but the knock at the door had her eyes snapping opening quickly. While she might have felt like she was basically dying, that didn't fully put a stop to her ability to at least be alert. Why was Elsa even knocking? She was certain she had put in the text to slide the papers under the door.

Perhaps she should have added that Elsa could be on her way after completing such a task and get back to whatever it was she needed to take care of. Rox blinked a few times before she went about typing up a message on her phone and sending it to Elsa.

That was why I had asked you to pick them for me. Slide the papers under the door and you can get back to what you have to handle for the day. Thank you.

There, now she had told Elsa that she could leave after sliding said papers under the door, since Rox would not be looking into the paper work just yet. It was still best for it to be in her possession instead of having to leave it sitting on her desk for whoever knew how long. She already had a feeling that Elsa was likely going to try and read her thoughts so she was already making sure to be humming a Russian song in her head, turning her head into her pillow to muffle her coughs.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa's phone buzzed instead of words coming back. That was something of a giveaway. She pulled it out to look down, not at all surprised to see that Roxana wanted her to just slide the papers under the door and go away. "Really, do you think this is going to work?" She asked, leaning back toward the door again. She suddenly picked up a bunch of nonsense. It took her a few seconds to catch on to what Roxana was doing.

"Roxy, you do realize that putting forth a screen is practically begging for a good old fashioned mind delve?" Elsa pointed out. She tapped the folder against the door. "What do you think is going to be more effective? Your actually telling me what's going on, or your attempting to distract me with obvious distractions? Because I think you're forgetting that I can probably get someone to break down this door. Just claim that I'm worried about you. Or, well, I think I've got at least one person with super strength on my contacts list."

Elsa started flipping through, pausing as she realized that yes, yes she did: Riley. Just seeing the name made her wince. why hadn't she deleted that? She needed to be more on top of her contacts.

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana could talk but it would have given away what was currently wrong with her at the moment, and she didn’t want Elsa knowing that she was ill. She never even left her room when she was without her powers and was still certain that Elsa was not aware of such a thing even occurring to Roxana. That was how she liked it, people not really knowing anything about her; especially when said thing could be viewed as one of her weaknesses. Elsa words just caused Rox to pull her bedsheet further over her head, knowing that she should have expected this risk with Elsa. Clearly the other girl was not busy enough to not have time to stick around and press Roxana to find out what was up.

The temptation to like was there, and what did it hurt to try another tactic to get Elsa to go about her day and not concern herself with anything involving Roxana past sliding those papers under her door. Then was that nickname that Rox didn’t like anyone but little kids and a select few people calling her that, and said select few people were back at her old school. One specifically was the one who was first to start calling her by Roxy; having enough gull to do such a thing with a person like Roxana. Roxana’s finger went over the keypad of her phone once again, hearing the familiar click that came from touching the buttons when she didn’t have her phone on silence.

I have a guest over. They are naked and you can’t read their mind because they have a power that combats yours.

Roxana sent the text. Sure it was a lie, but it was a lie that could very well be true if Roxana had someone that really wanted to do such a thing with her. It had been a while since someone had used her body for such a thing like that at this school, but it was not like she cared at all. The only thing she cared about now was not ending up dying in her bed or being discovered in this state. Still, somehow she doubted that such a text would be enough to convince Elsa to go about her day. She was already working on trying to collect enough strength to get out of her bed, make it to the door, unlock it, and make it to her bed without collapsing.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

There was a bit of silence and Elsa went ahead and let that dominate for a little while, figuring that Roxana was likely typing up another little response. It probably helped that Elsa was reading the other girl's mind and was literally following along with her thought pattern as she came up with it. Then the phone was buzzing and Elsa was pulling it up to look.

"You really want to go with this one?" Elsa asked, turning again. "Because let's start at the top: the chances of you suddenly sleeping with someone and my not knowing are slim. DL might not be too prevalent, but there's enough of a rumor mill that we'd know. Unless someone forced you into it, and if they did, I'd pick up their mind. Second, that would just make me want to see more. And third, you might want to realize that if you're going to lie to a telepath, you probably shouldn't be thinking 'this should work' with while sending." It didn't even matter to Elsa whether or not Roxana had been thinking anything of the sort: she'd have stuck with it anyway.

Elsa tapped the door again. "So, I'm going with either you're contacting your agency, or you've got a body in there. If it's the former, tell them to fuck off. If it's the latter, pigs are you best bet and I can drive to the local hog farm."

Which really said all you needed to know about Elsa and Roxana's relationship in three sentences.

[Roxana Strix]

Yes.

Rox quickly texted back at Elsa's question since that was not so hard to type up in her current state and really all she needed to do was type why and her phone already came up with three words that she used frequently for her to just select and hit send. Little to no effort on her part in this case, but Elsa was already not buying it. The other girl still remaining outside Rox's door with those papers as she spoke of why such a thing was not possible. As Elsa spoke, Rox was already working up on the text that she was going to end up sending the girl. A few times she had to go back in and change things based on what Elsa was pointing out and saying.

It could simply be a one night stand, I used to do those; believe it or not. That 'forcing' happened once and in truth I can't say that I didn't want it. I did say that this person is able to block out your power.

You want to see me naked? I'm confused by our relationship status once more. Fair point but i could be thinking in such a way to further distract you.

Rox ended up sending too text out. Not wanting to have to deal with a big wall of text for Elsa to read. That and well she was a little surprised by the whole comment Elsa made about wanting to see more, which had her wondering what it was that Elsa wanted to see. At any rate, Rox knew that Elsa was not going to let this slide so she was already managing to get out of her bed and slowly make her way over to the door, unlock it, open it, and without a word turn back around and move back to lay down on her bed.

"Neither....but good to know your standing on the latter." Rox spoke up, but if anything it sounded like she was whispering as she literally kept all of her body covered up with the blanket. Including her face so Elsa would not be able to see just how she looked at the moment, because she likely look paler then usual and like she was pretty much on deaths bed. "I lied obviously...about a person being in here." Rox added after a moment, knowing it was not really something that needed to be said but in her current state she was not fully in it.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa kept her attention on her phone, already expecting the buzzing responses. First a simple, one word answer that clearly wasn't going to be enough. Elsa at last had enough patience to wait while more came. there was something about a one night stand, which Elsa hardly doubted. Roxana might have been capable of those at one point, but that had been before coming here. Things had changed for the girl, regardless of what she may think to the contrary.

"I have no desire to see you naked," Elsa said, her voice actually tired. And Vera had been just so insistent that this wasn't going to be something that was happening. Elsa was tempted to try and figure out a way of sending the text to Vera, and she at least had the good sense to take a photo of it for evidence at a later point in time. She couldn't very well handle two awkward conversations with people with whom she had a rather confusing relationship with at the same time. She was good, but she wasn't that good.

at least Roxana opted to make this conversation slightly easier by actually opening the door. "You actually get sick?" Elsa asked, unable to hide her surprise. She entered easily enough, holding up the papers as she did. "I'm fairly well inoculated against everything, so you don't have to worry about my catching anything. Should I just go ahead and assume that you didn't think to actually tell anyone you were sick?" Elsa looked around, hoping to at least see some medication or something. Roxana didn't strike her as the sort to be completely stupid when it came to things like this.

[Roxana Strix]

It must have been such a drag for Elsa having to wait for text as she could practically read all of Rox’s thoughts. Especially with how Roxana was currently feeling, but Elsa still seemed like a good sport about it considering how she waited to get the text before she would just answer or respond to them. Elsa didn’t desire to see her naked, no surprise there. The other girl was not interested in her that way, but it was not like Rox could say the same in response. Instead she just opted to not say anything as she focused on getting her door open without collapsing onto the floor or falling at all.

She did her best despite the pain to walk up straight, keep herself hidden, and at least try to behave that maybe she was just having a bad hair day or something. The latter would not have worked as an excuse because Roxana didn’t care about her hair unless it was changing colors. Apparently all her effort didn’t matter as Elsa was quick to jump to the question about Rox getting sick. Rox had a moment of violent coughing as she buried her face into her pillow to muffle the sound as best she could. There was a pause for a moment then once the coughing stopped. “Not usually...but when I do it...pretty bad.” Roxana responded.

Just great, now she was already having issues with her breathing after all that coughing. Elsa assured her that she should not be worried about Elsa getting sick. That was not what Rox was worried about in her current situation. Her worry and what she didn’t what was already pretty much happening with Elsa knowing that Rox was sick. “Why would I tell anyone…that I am unwell?” Roxana asked, having to pause for a few coughs for a moment before she rolled over to her side.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

That did often happen with people. They resisted sickness for quite a while, and when it struck, it laid them low. Elsa wasn't too much different herself, but she didn't see any reason to share that with Roxana right now. Plus, the blonde had already seen Elsa tumbling from grace a time or two, at least enough to know that when Elsa did tumble, she had a tendency to do so hard.

The breathing issue was definitely disconcerting, and Elsa had to frown at that. The frown only deepened as she noted a decided lack of prescribed medication in the near vicinity. She heard the thoughts just before Roxana spoke them and had to roll her eyes. "Well, generally it's because most people are selfish enough that they want to spread it," she replied quickly enough, gesturing toward Roxana. "But if you also want to get better you're probably going to need help. See," Elsa leaned down, hovering a few feet from Roxana, "there are these people called doctors, who can recognize illness and offer treatment suggestions. And the Academy just so happens to have several hired."

And Elsa finished with just the sweetest of smiles.

[Roxana Strix]

It really did suck when Roxana got sick, because as Elsa was thinking; it would hit her hard, and it didn't help that Rox had health issues as a child. Thankfully she didn't have most of those issues anymore thanks to training and test to improve her health overall. It really was no fun at all to be in this current state. Roxana hated it, wanted to be better right now and not have to deal with Elsa knowing just how ill she was. Her face was covered the whole time so she didn't see the frown on the other girl's face as she coughed and was having issue with her breathing for a moment.

She didn't see why Elsa felt like telling someone you were ill was a good idea, especially when Rox clearly didn't like being seen when she was not at her best. She was supposed to always be at her best. As for why there was no medication around, she had a very hard time keeping down what she had. Her medication was powerful, mostly maid to just get rid of pain but not really heal anything. "I don't like people aware of me being in a state of weakness." Roxana responded, followed by some more muffled coughs into her pillow. Then she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up a little, like someone was closer to her.

The voice then revealed that Elsa had moved closer and was the one that was talking. "I don't need a doctor." Roxana responded, a hint of anger in her voice. A hand soon reaching out to try and grab anything that she could that was a part of Elsa.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

"Yes, wouldn't want to show weakness. Because someone may come along and murder you in your sleep," Elsa replied. She did understand to some degree: she certainly didn't want to show weakness herself. As per usual, she and Roxana had a good deal more in common than some would actually think and either of them would likely admit. That didn't mean that Elsa had any intention on bending in this particular manner, particularly as she heard Roxana turning and offering coughs.

"No?" Elsa repeated. She then leaned forward and pushed at Roxana, attempting to force her to the bed. "Because from what I can see, you've some sort of respiratory issue on top of everything else. Do you really think that it's a good to keep going, risking the possibility of it getting worse or even, Heaven forbid, permanent damage? Because that strikes me as being rather stupid and prideful, and while the latter might sound at least somewhat appealing, it's generally too close to the former."

Elsa then looked around again. "At least tell me that you started taking something for it. Surely you wouldn't be so stupid as to think that your natural immune system is enough. And I swear if you're taking some sort of hippie medication I'm just going to call my personal doctor right now."

{1,200!}

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana had not been thinking about the whole, someone coming to murder her, but essentially one could chalk it up to that. Why would she ever want anyone to see her in a weakened state that would allow them to do as the please without her being able to put up a decent fight. There were people that no doubt wanted her dead but with the name she carried, it was practically a shield that kept people at bay. That and well she had proven time and time again that she was not someone that was not just going to roll over and die. Even if she had been ordered to die, she was just not going to.

She didn't know what in her made her will to live so strong at times, but it was within her; even if she acted and spoke like her life meant nothing. In truth her life didn't mean anything if she was not fulfilling her purpose, but that did not mean that she was just going to die. She would just work all the more harder to live up to what she was supposed to do. Rox didn't fight the push, going to the bed and laying down, still mostly keeping herself wrapped up since she still didn't want Elsa to actually get a look at her. Elsa was speaking about what was likely wrong and what could happen if she did not take care of it.

Rox didn't say anything, just went through another small coughing fit that caused her to curl up a little bit as it felt like her chest was trying to collapse in on itself. Pain, it meant she was alive. "I don't need a doctor. I will...be fine." Roxana responded, taking a deep breath that sounded a little wet but she cleared her throat as she attempted to try and at least make herself comfortable in her pain. "No." Roxana responded when Elsa pointed out that she should have been taking something for her problem and that if she had hippie medication then Elsa was going to have to call her doctor.

Those last words had Roxana mustering up all of her strength to reach out and try to grab a hold of Elsa's wrist. Leaving the comfort of the blankets so she could look Elsa in the eyes and glare at her so Elsa understood just how serious she was. "Don’t. Call. Anyone." Roxana said as sternly as she could, likely still slightly effective even in her current state. "It is bad enough that you...see me like...this. I only have medications that are vitamins...supplements...and a few to numb serious pain without the drowsiness." Roxana responded her blue eyes glancing to her bathroom where such medication was hidden.

((Congratz! Elsa will get Rox 1,000 when that rolls around))

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Didn't need a doctor? Fine? Yet the other girl didn't even put up a little bit of fight when Elsa pushed her back down, acting as meek as a kitten about the whole thing. That just drew a flat look out of Elsa, not quite believing that Roxana could be quite this stupid about, well, herself.

And an insistence on not calling anyone. "You say that like you're the one in charge," Elsa said, pointing at Roxana and then drawing it back in. "But then you start talking about how you're not actually taking anything, and how you clearly can't get up and walk around much, though I do admit to being impressed that you're still getting some work done," Elsa gestured toward the papers she'd brought in before leaning down.

"You need to somehow convince me not to call Dr. Campbell and have him come here to treat you. Because see," she gestured, practically producing her phone with the wave, "I already have my phone, and I just so happen to have his number logged in here, and you know how skilled I am at using one of these."

[Roxana Strix]

She should have asked Vera to do this for her; the other girl would have simply slipped it under the door and then been on her way. Why had she thought that Elsa would have done that same? Perhaps because Elsa was supposed to be busy and have a desire to get back to her work instead of dealing with Roxana being cryptic and earlier obviously not wanting her to stick around. If Elsa was going to insist on her needing help, then she was just going to have to prove that she didn't need any or ensure that Elsa was not going to be able to get help. All she needed was rest and time.

Roxana didn't need a doctor coming here and giving just another way for someone else to find out that she was in a weakened state. "I'm not on the clock, therefore you are....not official in charge of me." Roxana pointed out when Elsa spoke of this in charge comment. As if Elsa was the one really in charge, Rox would have chuckled at that if it would not hurt to do so and if she really did that sort of thing often. "I will take something when it is necessary, I have to first eat something...or it will...be a waste of time." Roxana tried to explained, slightly interrupted by a few coughs. She already felt herself heating up and as a result just removed the blankets from their wrapped around position from her body.

Revealing beneath it all Rox to be wearing a very large tank top that more so just barely covered anything 'sensitive' due to its size. She was wearing it for this very reason, so she didn't have much on and would be able to cool off easier. Of course she had underwear on too, but that was about it. The main thing that she did not desire Elsa to see was certain scars and marks on her body but at the moment she did not really care. She needed to somehow convince her that she didn't need anyone called. Elsa was saying more but Roxana was already moving to try and grab a hold of the wrist that would dare grab the phone.

She wanted to grab a hold of it and force it behind Elsa's back, then force the other girl down against the bed in attempt to pin her. Even in this state Roxana felt confident that she would be able to pull it off, even if her body would be less than happy with her afterwards and she would likely make her current overheating problem worse.