Topic: Picking up the pieces.

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-22 10:43 EST
Orchid's Soul (Phoenix's story.)

First off, let's explain the story and system...

Orchid has died by the hands of Solaris' Martyr and Emlen's father. He broke her soul into a bunch of pieces, and used the fragments to spear her body. Phoenix felt responsible, not only because she'd always resented Orchid for winning Katan's heart, but because Solaris was there to kill Phoenix in the first place. . .

With her body, broken and battered on the ground, Phoenix collected the soul fragments into her own body, and, after telling Katan she was gone; had Martyr take him to safety, while she took the body away. To no one but her self's knowledge, Phoenix healed the body and, using resources gathered in a way that many people would frown upon, kept Orchid heavily sedated.

With only a limited time before the fragments decayed within her body, Phoenix had to get started right away on the healing process.

Now onto the system....(Bask in my nerdiness....)

Starting fragments: 425. Rolling: 1D20 (Main attempt.) 1D8 (Fragments met on their own.) Additional 1D8 (Spare time.) Sacrifice— Damage to Phoenix. 1D8 Phoenix starting health 125

30 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-22 20:29 EST
First attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 14 2D8: 3, 6 Roll total: 23 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 2 HP: 123/125 Soul fragments remaining: 402/425 Day one: Productive... After taking the body back, Phoenix promptly hooked it up, and got it set up. She immediately sat down beside her and began to work. Once she completed her work, she felt dizzy upon standing up but it passed quickly. 29 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-23 18:42 EST
Second attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 19 2D8: 7, 7 Roll total: 33 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 6 HP: 117/125 Soul fragments remaining: 369/425 Day two: Very productive. Phoenix, with her free time during Addison's nap, began to concentrate on putting the pieces back together. About half way through, she began feeling a pain in her chest, but pushed through without stopping, determined to fix what she'd caused. 28 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-25 00:19 EST
Third attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 11 2D8: 7, 4 Roll total: 22 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 1 HP: 116/125 Soul fragments remaining: 347/425 Day two: Slightly productive. Finding herself with more free time than she knew what to do with, Phoenix yet again began working on putting the pieces back together. After finishing, she found herself feeling only slightly faint, and began to think maybe the effects were something she'd outgrow. 27 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-27 01:52 EST
Fourth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 16 2D8: 2, 3 Roll total: 21 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 8 HP: 108/125 Soul fragments remaining: 326/425 Day two: Slightly productive. Phoenix began out on a roll. She was putting pieces together left and right. She felt a twinge of pain in her chest, but pushed through it... Then, it was an agony she hadn't felt before. She ran to the bathroom, gathering up her locks of hair and doubled over the toilet, emptying out her stomach. The pain was still too much, and she hit the floor soon after. 26 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-27 03:09 EST
Fifth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 18 2D8: 7, 8 Roll total: 33 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 6 HP: 102/125 Soul fragments remaining: 293/425 Day two: Very productive. This day was slightly less painful than the last. Maybe it was because it was on this day, that she went to visit Katan... She saw his misery, he'd not eaten, not moved from the bed since--well, since Orchid's passing, it made dealing with the pieces that much easier. 25 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-31 20:33 EST
Sixth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 12 2D8: 7, 8 Roll total: 27 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 3 HP: 99/125 Soul fragments remaining: 266/425 Day two: Productive.. The pain from the procedure was something she'd grown accustomed to. She found this day in particular nice and easy. 24 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-31 20:39 EST
Seventh attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 20 2D8: 2, 8 Roll total: 30 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 2 HP: 97/125 Soul fragments remaining: 236/425 Day two: Very Productive.. With plenty of soul fragments pieced together and little to no pain, Phoenix was quite pleased with herself. She was beginning to think she might be okay after this whole ordeal... 23 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-31 20:55 EST
Eighth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 8 2D8: 4, 5 Roll total: 17 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 2 HP: 95/125 Soul fragments remaining: 219/425 Day two: Not very Productive.. Phoenix stopped working as soon as she began. . She only gathered a few pieces together before feeling too tired to do so. She spent most of the day in bed. 22 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-31 21:18 EST
Ninth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 18 2D8: 4, 5 Roll total: 27 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 5 HP: 90/125 Soul fragments remaining: 192/425 Day two: Productive.. Phoenix refused to give up, once again, despite the significant pain. She forced herself to get up, and go on about her day. 21 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-01-31 21:25 EST
Tenth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 12 2D8: 5, 5 Roll total: 22 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 5 HP: 85/125 Soul fragments remaining: 170/425 Day two: Productive.. Phoenix pushed through and gathered a good amount of pieces together. Later that day, while brushing her hair, she noticed more hair than usual in her brush, upon looking in the mirror, her hair looked in tact, but her eyes had dark circles beneath. She promptly covered them with make up. 20 days left. . . ((Apologies for the delay, been distracted!))

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-01 16:39 EST
Tenth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 19 2D8: 6, 4 Roll total: 29 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 8 HP: 77/125 Soul fragments remaining: 141/425 Day two: Productive.. Phoenix once again, lost consciousness. When her eyes were open, Pilot was standing over her. Her silver eyes filled with worry. It was her that took notice of the small bruise that was forming on the back of Phoenix's fragile little neck; a black and blue fleck that seemed to spider out, only the size of a quarter just yet. 19 days left. . . ((Apologies for the delay, been distracted!))

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-09 05:14 EST
Eleventh attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 18 2D8: 5, 4 Roll total: 27 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 5 HP: 72/125 Soul fragments remaining: 114/425 Day two: Productive.. The bruise was spreading over her back like a wild fire... After she gained what was left of her strength back, she was overcome with the dark cloud of realization.. She wasn't going to make it through this. 17 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-09 05:20 EST
Twelfth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 14 2D8: 8, 4 Roll total: 26 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 4 HP: 68/125 Soul fragments remaining: 88/425 Day twelve: Productive.. The harder things got, the closer she came... She could feel it. She was running out of pieces. The soul was feeding off of her own energy but it was growing... She knew time wasn't on her side... She couldn't slow down. Not yet. 16 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-09 05:25 EST
Thirteenth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 4 2D8: 2, 4 Roll total: 10 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 6 HP: 62/125 Soul fragments remaining: 78/425 Day thirteen: Unproductive.. Phoenix was weak. Though she pushed herself to keep up and stay at it. Still, she couldn't find the strength today... 16 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-09 05:31 EST
Thirteenth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 16 2D8: 3, 5 Roll total: 22 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 2 HP: 60/125 Soul fragments remaining: 56/425 Day thirteen: Productive.. The bruise was spreading further across her back. Her flesh was hardening and chipping away, only to regenerate and come back black and blue. Phoenix found herself wearing sweaters. 15 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-09 05:35 EST
Fourteenth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 19 2D8: 2, 5 Roll total: 26 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 2 HP: 58/125 Soul fragments remaining: 30/425 Day fourteen: Productive.. More bruises, more pain. Closer and closer. Ya-da ya-da ya-da. 14 days left. . .

Phoenix Black

Date: 2014-02-09 05:55 EST
Fourteenth attempt... Attempt: 1D20: 17 2D8: 4, 2 Roll total: 23 Damage to Phoe: 1D8: 5 HP: 51/125 Soul fragments remaining: --/425 Mission success. With the soul at hand, Phoenix had Pilot come over and take care of Addison. She moved to retrieve the sedated body, and put the soul back where it belonged. Parting black eyes turned that perfect shade of blue. "Ph--..." Soon, they'd roll on shut and Phoenix would proceed on getting her cleaned up, dressed in one of Phoenix's old shirts, and set neatly into a box. Carrying it on over to Katan's place, she remained stealthy and sneaky, writing on the box: "To Katan." and slapping a big red bow on it. The knife was taken from her boot and she stabbed the container carefully. "That would have been bad... They...need to breath." Would be mumbled, before the wounded Phoenix stumbled away. Complete. . .