Punishment

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa rolled her eyes. "Did I ever say the word 'medic' or 'nurse'?" she pointed out. "I said the infirmary, as in--" she paused though, while Roxana apparently worked at hacking up a lung. The thought that she was going to end up in charge of the school amused Elsa, not least of all because it demonstrated what she fully believed should happen but knew without a doubt wouldn't. Erika would get the school because she was the older, responsible twin whom everyone liked. Just like Erika would end up prom queen. Roxana was replaceable? Possibly, certainly more than Elsa. Didn't mean she didn't enjoy throwing the rhetoric back at the lithe woman.

The threat made her chuckle though. "Or what? You'll flail at me a little? Now, like I said," she nodded and looked back at the school, "are you going to the infirmary, meaning the place with all the medicine and healing paraphernalia willingly, or am I going to have to knock you unconscious? I think I'll use a tree branch, just in case you were curious. Or maybe I can find a gun that those SPECTRE agents who attempted to assault Mr. Konrad and that fragile little girl."

Elsa paused for a moment, knowing she could easily catch up with Roxana in the other's current state. She looked about, humming a little under her breath. "And you can't look after me until you get medical attention. If I were, say, attacked by your vicious pet owl, you couldn't do more than whimper and bitch about it. So you're currently failing your mission by not going to the infirmary and getting treatment," Elsa paused then, lighting up and stepping off the path, reaching for a branch. She turned to Roxana, brows raised, hand on it, waiting.

[Roxana Strix]

Roxana didn’t know who would actually end up in charge of the school; she didn’t care since it was not her job to know. Her employers felt that it was going to end up being the twins together or one of them, their minds thinking it would be Elsa. She had the skills to make the hard calls and do what was needed to be done. Roxana would argue that was not fully what the school needed and Elsa would have been better in a job more so related to what Roxana’s company did. Once more it didn’t matter to Roxana, she thought both the twins would do good at the job, her employers thought that Elsa would, and apparently everyone else thought Erika would do best. In the end Roxana was replaceable, Elsa and Erika were not. That was why her job was to keep both of them safe, but apparently Elsa had caught certain eyes and Roxana had been told to look after a little closer along with her other targets. A chuckle, which had Roxana thinking a few more things of what she would like to do to Elsa if she was not supposed to look after her.

“Just because I’m in this condition does not mean I still can’t handle myself.” Roxana pointed out, a bit of pride in her words there. Sure she would most likely end up losing to Elsa, but that didn’t mean that she was not going to at least try. Well, she wanted to try but her body just wanted to lie down for a moment. Instead she was pushing it to get to her dorm room first, would allow herself rest, and then would tend to her wounds before going into a full rest mode and attempting to get some sleep. Elsa however seemed to be determined to mess with that plan and make Roxana get outside help even if she really, really didn’t want it. Roxana squinted at Elsa as the girl talked about how she planned to use a branch or find one of the guns that were used on an attack on a student and the man who was supposed to be watching her. Roxana of course knew about that even but it was not important to her since neither of them were her targets. “Must you bother me on this Elsa?” Roxana asked as she sort of let out something of a sigh as she slowed down.

She knew that Elsa was not afraid to act on what she said she planned to do, she seen it firsthand a few times already. Elsa pointed out something that could almost be a fact, but was a bit of a stretch with the whole whimper and bitch part. “I could call him off and I could still use my body to shield you if need be.” Roxana pointed out but already knew that she was not going to win this battle against Elsa. Even less when Elsa moved to pick up a branch and was just looking at Roxana. There was a long silence for a moment with Roxana downright glaring at Elsa. “You make me feel conflicted you know that?” Roxana asked but it was less of a question and more of her pointing it out. She honestly didn’t know sometimes if she wanted to punch, kiss, break, or just destroy the other girl sometimes.

“You win alright. Put the stick down and let’s go.” Roxana said sounding a little defeated since again Elsa had won and just dealing with this Bellefonte seemed like a battle that she was always going to have something of a power struggle with.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Oh yes, Roxana could certainly handle herself. Elsa was tempted to make a joke about that, point out that Roxana probably couldn't handle a toddler right now. She was also tempted to point out that the owl had actually initiated the bothering and that Elsa was simply following up on it. But Roxana already knew all this. Besides, Elsa was finding that her head had started to throb yet again, and she decided that she preferred standing there, threateningly holding a branch.

"I inspire conflicted feelings in everyone," Elsa said, sounding far too pleased with herself. "No doubt you're impressed and frustrated as hell. I, however, don't care how you feel, so long as you--" but Roxana was soon agreeing, and Elsa was soon grinning. she nodded and took a step away from the woods, releasing the branch.

"Excellent idea," she said. She nodded toward the school. "I'm sure you know the way to the infirmary. I imagine that you spend quite a bit of time there, what with regularly attacking people and the like. That is assuming that you don't pull the stubborn ass each and every time you get wounded." Elsa shrugged. Roxana could do whatever she wanted for the most part, so long as she still proved useful to Elsa in the end. she wasn't right now, hence, well, the branch.

[Roxana Strix]

"So long as I'm useful to you, correct?" Roxana asked in a way to finish Elsa's sentence as the other girl talked about how she inspired conflicted feelings in everyone. Roxana didn't think Elsa knew just what she was getting at but it was not actually important at all. Roxana was just in pain, not feeling good, and she had to deal with being bossed around by a target. It was like an insult in a way, but more so just disappointment in herself for just being a push over at the moment. She just wanted to sit down for a moment and if that meant she had to deal with Elsa first and cater to the princess needs then she would for the sake of getting it done and over with. Even still she could not find a point in hating or being too upset with Elsa, but she still wanted to punch the girl or something along the lines of causing the other girl pain.

"I know where it is but I don't visit it too much. Like I said I tend to take care of my own wounds." Roxana said, her tone short and to the point, not commenting on the whole attacking people. she had yet to outright attack anyone at the school yet but a certain Bellefonte that had threatened to hit her with a branch was certainly stepping up on that scale. Roxana let out a deep breath as she moved to head in the direction of the infirmary as she looked down as her wounded hand. She was not going to be able to use her power with it for at least a day or two and drawing or doing pretty much anything with it was going to cause some pain. She was better with her right hand, but looked like her left hand was going to get some more practice.

"Are you planning on walking with me all the way there to make sure I go or something?" Roxana asked after a moment as she went to glance over towards Elsa and see what she was up to. Roxana didn't want to be attacked by the girl or anything like that. Plus this was a good time to get some more information on the girl, since Roxana still had a job to do even if she had been punished for messing up. "Now will you tell me how you are doing?" Roxana asked after a moment, figuring since she was giving into Elsa, Elsa could at least talk about how she was holding up. Even if Roxana was half sure that Elsa was not going to give her much, didn't hurt to try; just hurt to walk.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Elsa didn't bother to answer the question. Clearly Roxana had meant it to be rhetorical, and just as clearly Elsa didn't care one way or the other. It probably would've been what she'd have said anyway, so why bother getting into a squabble about the precise language or what have you? She did have to resist the urge to skim through Roxana's thoughts, mostly because she was fairly certain that doing so would put strain on her and likely wouldn't give her stuff she didn't already know: Roxana found her and this whole thing to be one massive nuisance.

The next words reinforced Elsa's interpretation: knew where the infirmary was, but didn't like to head there. Elsa was tempted to point out the stupidity in that, but she didn't see the need to quite rub salt into the wounds just yet. She'd save that for the next time she needed to enforce her will upon Roxana. That should be interesting.

"Yes, yes I am," said Elsa. "Since we both know that the moment I let you out of my sight, you'd go running off to lick your wounds like some kind of caveperson. You do realize that we actually have people with healing abilities? We can literally pick up the phone and get someone on campus who could heal you by touching. It's really as easy as that," Elsa left it at that, not just because Roxana was attempting the conversation back onto her. She clicked her tongue at that. "You're deflecting again. Skillfully, I'll admit, but deflection. I'm pretty sure I told you that I'm doing fine," except for the massive headache, "or at least, there's nothing bothering me that you need to worry about."

[Roxana Strix]

"Tend to, not lick and like a person who does not want to because a ton of questions and prefers to take care of themselves." Roxana responded back after closing her eyes a moment to take a deep breath. It hurt, but it felt good at the same time. Not like that she enjoyed pain, she didn't mind it, and just accepted it. Roxana did know they had people who could heal her, but she didn't want their help. She didn't want questions to be asked, or even to plant the thought of question in their head as they wondered what had happened to her. Sure she could remain silent the whole time or let Elsa come up with something but she preferred to deal with it herself. It was easier then, looking out for yourself, doing your job, and just taking things as they happened. No failures, she was one; she didn't deserved to be healed by someone. That was how she saw it in her mind but she figured Elsa would not understand so said nothing about it at the moment.

"Deflecting with a purpose. I'm headed to the infirmary so that means I will be fine, the question is will you be Elsa." Roxana said still doing her pained walk, even if she wanted to stop and talk to Elsa head on. Elsa was just saying she was dealing with a headache and that if there was anything else that Roxana didn't need to worry about it. "So you don't need to talk to anyone about what happened to Erika? How you are feeling after having made the calls that you did with everything involving SPECTRE? You are not at least a little bit tired by that burden?" Roxana asked, feeling herself get worked up just a tad because it felt like she was pulling teeth again to get something out of Elsa. "It's not just because of my job that I ask and worry you know." Roxana pointed out since she was not even sure if Elsa was getting that but figured Elsa was just being stubborn.

They were nearing their destination either way, well sort of. They probably would have gotten their sooner if Roxana could at least move at a normal speed. Luckily they were not even all that deep into the woods. There was tree that looked perfect for what Roxana need to do at the moment anyways. She didn't bother to say anything as she made her way over to the tree and positioned herself against it just the right way. Taking a slow deep breath and then shoving her weight forward the right way to shove her arm back into the socket. "Pain means you are not dead. Pain means you are not dead. Pain means you are not dead." Roxana said in a low mumbled and pained voice in a moment, repeating it a few times like a chant as her eyes were squeezed shut for a moment before moving back to head to the infirmary.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

Again Elsa found herself selectively listening to Roxana, or at least, selectively responding. She could care less about the exact wording of what she'd said, unless it was her doing the correcting. the deflecting with a purpose comment was far, far more interesting. Elsa actually chuckled as Roxana continued. Really?

"Nice to know you're concerned about my mental and emotional well-being," she replied. "But you seem to be confusing our relationship. I'm not going to be unloading anything on you, and i'm certainly not going to tell you if there's anything about me you should be worrying about. Honestly, Roxana I'm almost--" Elsa stopped, frowning as Roxana moved against a tree. The Bellefonte stopped moving, watching the other girl carefully, not simply seeing the movements, but studying each and every little shift. Did she just...

yes, yes she did. At least it definitely looked like Roxana had just popped her arm back into her socket, chanting a mantra the whole time. Elsa sighed, rolling her eyes toward the sky. "You won't feel pain if I knock you out with a branch too. I'm sure there's one around here that would work perfectly fine," she then sighed, digging into her pocket for a few moments. She didn't think she'd actually have anything in there, but she had been keeping migraine medication on hand. It might not help, but it should have some painkillers in the mix. Wasn't like it had been prescribed to Elsa anyway. She thought she felt a pill in there, but she paused, wondering if she really wanted to use one on Roxana. Just how much pain was she in, really?

[Roxana Strix]

The answer that Roxana has sort of expected left Elsa's mouth and Roxana was just not in the mood to fight it at the moment. "Right you don't trust me. I'm just useful to you and that is all." Roxana said simply and with that was just going to remain silent for the rest of their little trip. There was no point in talking when it already took effort to do it and the other person seemed to be determined to keep things the way they were. How was she supposed to ever gain Elsa's trust if Elsa never actually gave her a chance? There was also the fact that part of Roxana was blaming Elsa for all of this anyways. If she just pretended like Elsa was crazy and regretted the spot of being in charge then she could have focused on just her targets. Who cared if things turned out differently? Roxana knew that she was just not feeling up to her usual self for dealing with this sort of thing.

She wanted to be alone to do her own thing, but for now she had to deal with Elsa. She at least took care of her arm and was on her way again without out a word as she let her mind wonder to what she needed to do the rest of the day. She would have to write up a report, but that could be done later and thankfully because of the whole SPECTRE thing she didn't have homework, at least not yet. Elsa saying that Rox would not feel pain if Elsa knocked her out that had Roxana just staring at Elsa for a small moment. "If you knock me out that just make more work on you." Roxana said wishing she had a different power at the moment so she could just teleport to the infirmary, glancing back to see that Elsa was digging around in her pockets. What was she going to pull out some magical stick to knock Roxana out or something? She was going to the infirmary and she had just wanted to at least put her shoulder into place. What did Elsa want from her?

"You know that you don't have to stick around me right? I can just say that I will go to the infirmary and I'll go. You should go lie down and take care of your headache." Roxana pointed out since Elsa should be tending to herself. She was not really helping Roxana out at the moment besides the usual conversation that happened between the two and Roxana was sure Elsa had better things to do then waste her time following Roxana along to make sure she went to the infirmary. Elsa seemed really set on it so Roxana was going to go either way.

[Elsa Bellefonte]

"I can deal with a little more work if it's for a worthy cause," replied Elsa, not missing a beat. Roxana kept degrading herself, which Elsa couldn't help but find utterly fascinating. Was this just the training, just the whole bodyguard thing? It didn't feel like it, no matter what Roxana kept saying. No, Elsa was betting that people kept telling Roxana that she was lesser than everyone else, and when you heard something often enough, you started to believe it.

Elsa knew that all too well.

"I know," she responded to Roxana's question. Her eyes flicked over to look at the other girl, letting the word hang in the air for a bit. Elsa was tempted to add more, to throw some more arguments into the mix. Perhaps she could point out that she didn't trust Roxana to simply follow orders. Or she could lie and say that her head didn't bother her; she'd certainly been keeping up some variation of that for a while now. She could even continue arguing.

But why bother? Roxana was smart enough; she'd been proving herself to be smarter than Elsa had often been giving her credit. Besides, those two words said everything, now didn't they?

[Roxana Strix]

"Worthy cause huh?" Roxana said in half of a mocking tone, just in feeling her harsh and cold side come out more now that she was setting her mind in 'mission mode' to better deal with pain. She had a high pain tolerance but there was still only so much she could do in order to fight of the feeling of just wanting to collapse. Her adrenaline already worn off a while ago when she was doing her best to defend herself and ended up in this state. Elsa would have been right on her guess on why Roxana was well how she was. She didn't honesty try to make herself seem worthless or anything like that. She didn't want people to feel pity, she was just staring the facts in a way. Facts that she had been told over and over. Her parents had been harsh on her growing up like that had with her siblings, but she still seemed to not be able to fully prove herself to them yet.

That was why she worked for who she worked for now, why she even had this job. Her parents wanted to give her a large scale task that would span for a period of time to see how she would do. She was used to things that would last a week after all or maybe in a day. Not months or years like this seemed like it was going to turn out. Who she worked for just seemed to be even harder to please, the one behind it all just had to hate her or something since they were always so eager to send in negative reports and belittle her when they could. Roxana was used to it, she didn't expect any different and she would just work harder. That was all there was to it in the end. A simple I know had Roxana glancing over to Elsa. Waiting for more that did not come and the two words just hung there. Causing some confusion and a little bit more of conflicted emotions in Roxana. There were many ideas that Roxana was assuming Elsa meant by that. She could still not trust Roxana, that there was nothing that was a big deal for Elsa, or that maybe she cared a little.

The last bit almost made Roxana want to laugh a little bit but she just smirked and shook her head, getting to the building and then to Elsa since she herself could not open the door. Her shoulder was back in place so she could move her left arm and hand, but pulling on a door could pop it back out if she was not careful and was not successful of fully getting her shoulder fully into the right spot. "Would you say that we are sort of friends Elsa?" Roxana asked, honestly wanting to hear the other girl's opinion. Yes she knew Elsa did not love her or trust her, but did she like her enough to say that they were something like friends? They were not acquaintances, that was for sure and they were not outright enemies, so what were they besides sort of allies?

[Elsa Bellefonte]

As usual, Elsa opted to remain silent, let Roxana think what she would. Normally she'd remain silent and start skimming over thoughts, but usually her brain wasn't hammering at the walls of her skull in a desperate bid for escape. So Elsa's silence wasn't entirely based around wanting to unnerve Roxana. Sure, she knew that quiet could be used as a weapon quite easily, but it also helped the whole headache thing. Easier to fight against the throb if it wasn't being aggravated.

They'd made it to the school, somehow. Elsa nearly sighed with relief, but instead opted to open the door, waiting for Roxana to catch up. The girl asked a question though, one that caught Elsa by surprise. She'd blame the pain for why she couldn't hide it very well, instead blinking owlishly at the other girl. Friends? Elsa was tempted to immediately reply that she didn't really have friends, which wasn't strictly true. She had people that sort of fit that definition all too well. But did Roxana? What were they? What did this count as? not enemies, allies, certainly, and obviously more than acquaintances. There might be some underlying tension that Elsa might have attributed to sexual desire if she felt that way about Roxana in the slightest.

"Probably," she said, looking away from Roxana and toward the building, "now come on," she said, gesturing, "there's still a ways to go before we get to the infirmary."

{We could probably end it around here if you'd like; pretty nice stopping point, imo}

[Roxana Strix]

The silence did bother Roxana, a lot. Mostly because she did not like silence when she was with someone, unless she needed the silence in order to focus on something. There was not much to focus on other than getting to the infirmary and talking was providing the distraction Rox liked because it kept her mind off of other things. If you made yourself do a lot of one thing then there was less room for other things. The more she chatted, thought about figuring Elsa out, and pushing herself to keep taking step after step the less she felt the pain. It was going to the back of her head and she was going numb. Going numb itself could have been a bad thing but Roxana was not worried about it at all.

Elsa had been right that there were people there that could heal her and worse case if they could not do something for her she would take care of it herself. She was still only going to let them help out at the minimum; she preferred to deal with the healing process. It was a reminded of her failures and just set in the purpose of the punishment even more. She already felt a little pathetic that she was being 'made' to get help. It was either go willing or be taken against her will by Elsa and that seemed like it would be an even more of a failure on her part. Roxana did keep glancing at Elsa from time to time, waiting for some kind of answer. Hating the silence and just how Elsa was still able to get at her. Was it because of Elsa's power? No, Roxana had dealt with other mind readers before...so what was it?

A probably, just a simple probably. Well it was not a no, but it might as well just been like saying the word maybe. "Noted." Roxana responded simply, making a mental note to herself that at least she could put down that she was at least having a third person like her...or more so tolerate her. It didn't matter in the end because Roxana had a job to do and that was all that matter. "Thank you, Elsa." Roxana said with a nod of her head as Elsa got the door for her and she made her way in. Falling into that silence that she herself hated but didn't see the point in saying anything more. Just making her way to the infirmary so she could get this down and over with and wait for her powers to come back.