[closed] just as the light begins to fade to dark

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Who: Lightning Farron & Zack Fair
When: When the thread happens
Where: Outside the city
What: Lightning takes on Wilde Quest #1, but there must have been some kind of mistake because why did she get paired up for the quest with this guy????
Warnings: N/A

[Having only been here less than a month, Lightning is still trying to find her bearings. Finding a suitable place to live hasn't been easy, nor has finding a job that pays well enough for the work. And good luck finding something she would enjoy doing. Needless to say, she's become a touch restless in the past few weeks that she's taken up some quests because might as well help where she can, despite the lingering sourness she feels towards the Coven.

It is what it is, though, and she's stuck here whether she likes them or not. So, after reassuring the very fussy Witch that she'd be just fine on her own and firmly stating that she didn't need or want to be supervised, Lightning set out to the Outer City with a face mask and a pair of gloves stuffed into her bag in case she'll need it.

It's not the infected she's interested in – there isn't a whole lot she can do to help them – but whatever it is that lurks outside of the city. It's dark out here, and quiet... so Lightning's steps are lighter than usual. She keeps her eyes sharp and her ears sharper, staying alert to anything that seems out of place. It was probably a bad idea to leave without waiting for whoever she was paired up with, but she's sure they'll find her in due time.

But as she's walking, she hears the snap of some dirt under a shoe, and she spins, gun drawn and aimed at whoever – or whatever – is coming up behind her.]

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[Zack lets out a wheezed cough before he tapers to his feet. He takes her offered hand because he's not hurt enough to let his pride show as such either. He staggers slightly before he gets his weight right with a flap of his wings. After a small, pained smirk in her direction...]

See what I mean about the magic?

[He probably shouldn't be playing 'i told you so' right now. Not when he can smell the burning sting of magic coming off of her like it is.]

... Let's get back to the wall.

[He reaches for her out of protective habit, arm going for hers to help support her too. Time to hobble back...]

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[She is the worst person to play the 'I told you so' card with. She doesn't react to it, minus the annoyed click of her tongue because as far as Lightning is concerned, that's as much a response as it deserves. She realized quickly that magic was the best way to defeat it and she tried – goddamn it she did – but how the hell is she supposed to do anything about the pain it inflicted on her?

Fang's voice rings quietly in the back of her head, and she tries to push it away, distracting herself instead by slinging Zack's arm over her shoulder.]

And you to a hospital to get that looked at.

[The rest of their journey back to the city won't be an eventful one, and should he try to protest in any way against seeing a doctor, Lightning will have Words for him. At any rate, she'll stay by his side until they're both certain that he'll be okay.]