New Beginnings

Rosario Duran · 07-02-2010, 05:04 PM

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Word Count: 622 , Points: 5 ;; That’s what makes her so adorable! XD

The sudden switch in language was almost enough to make Rosario’s head spin. One moment she was listening to the beautiful, seemingly rare chords of her native tongue, and the next the rough syllables of English were grating against her ears. The elation she felt in her breast didn’t entirely subside, but the feeling certainly lessened. Rosario still remained incredibly comforted by the fact that she knew at least one other who understood a bit of Spanish. Truly, it was a relief to know she was not entirely alone in that regard in the vast wilderness she had traveled across. Despite this, she still briefly squinted her eyes as if in a bit of pain when she heard the words of English.

Upon receiving the thoughtful offer for assistance, the coyote finally decided she wasn’t going to be made into lunch the moment she let her guard down. She slowly lowered her haunches to the grainy sand before the weight of her body slid down, putting her in a laying position that allowed easy access to her injury. Rosario nestled her long tail against her bulk before she looked up at Yuki and spoke to her in English for the first time. Her accent was thick and possibly a bit difficult to understand, but she tried her best. “Gracias…ah, thank you forr patience and underrstand,” came the somewhat awkward speech. ”Please forrgive. I am no verry bien {good} at this language.” Rosario paused for a moment in thought, trying to put together her next sentence. The lines of concentration were clearly etched into her expression as she said the next part with some trepidation, “I.. I do no rrequirre help with.. how you say ‘herida’..”Frustration flared up briefly in her eyes at the language barrier. “Oh! I do no rrequirre help with wound,” she finally managed to relate to Yuki. ”Excusa {sorry},” the small coyote said apologetically about her difficulty in speaking.

After a moment, Rosario began to truly inspect her wound for the first time. The brief survey showed three remaining splinters of wood that were lodged beneath her skin, making rather disgusting lumps appear where the skin was still intact. It wasn’t too severe, but the bleeding would definitely increase without the debris to block it. Her expression never betraying even a hint of disgust or discomfort, Rosario carefully grasped the first splinter and pulled it out. She did this with the other two as well, though on the last one a sharp part snagged another bit of her skin and cleanly sliced it beneath the canines’ eyes. The pain was enough to send splotches of red and black dancing across her vision, but her face remained passive.

Sure enough, blood started to flow in earnest. Rosario immediately began to slide her pink tongue across her fur, catching the coppery liquid in her jaws. It had a strong, not altogether unpleasant taste, but it overpowered her senses and all she could smell was the mouthful of her own life fluid. Pieces of sand that had stuck to the trail of liquid also went into her mouth, crunching unpleasantly between her teeth. Yuck! Following the meticulous attention, her saliva began to coagulate the blood coming from her injury, and the flow slowed before coming to a stop.

Rosario looked back up at Yuki for the first time since she had begun to tend to herself. She had no idea what the large femme’s reaction was to everything that had quickly happened beneath her eyes. Was it interest, disgust, horror? Before really getting a good look at the wolf’s expression, Rosario asked something that had been bothering her for a while. “Parrdon rrude question,” her gentle tone crooned, “but arre you Luperrci?”

Big thank you to Sie for the beautiful table!

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