Kill myself= cause =boredom

[--Tiffa D.L.]

Cassentie was walking going to the infirmary. She went inside and saw a knife. Her boredom made her to think of killing herself. Suddenly, she grabbed the knife, it was actually a penknife, and slash it to her upper arms. Both arms, and next she was gonna cut off her wrist. But still thinking.

[Xena]

I muttered words incohorently, trying to figure out where I left those darned skull earrings of mine.

Walking back and forth before the infirmary door, I was already thinking of the odds of my accessories being behind those closed doors, as how it was when I met... Arose, was it?

I thought it wouldn't hurt to try, so I pushed open the infirmary door, bracing myself for what I would see aside from the memories of that kid connected to that machine. And standing with a penknife was Cassentie Oracle, looking ready to bust her head with it. She was already bleeding.

My first thought was, Where the heck is the doctor? Before it came to me that the doctor and the nurses were like always absent for some reason. I gulped nervously, before steadying a hand in front of me to Cassentie, and began to inch closer to the girl. Careful not to alarm her though.

"Did you drink something?" I murmured, afraid that she took some medicine without looking at its contents.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

"Xena?"

Cassentie said. She can't move. She can't continue what she liked to do. What the hell is happening to her? She moved so slow to attack herself. The penknife was so close to her wrist, she was sweating so fast. Really bad...

[Xena]

"..."

She didn't answer me, only said my name as if she cannot believe I was there. Without much thought I reached out to the penknife hovering above her wrist, thinking of what reaction that might cause.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

"Huh?"

"Why are you stopping me Xena. Go away!" She pushed her but the penknife flew beside Xena. "I wanna die now!" she shouted. Her decision is final. She likes to die. BEcause of having one problem. BOREDOM. Can boredom really cause suicide? She moved slowly near to Xena trying to reach the penknife but she thought Xena would try to stop her from getting it.

[Xena]

I swiftly avoided the blade as it flew pass me. Listening to the words of Cassentie Oracle was mere distraction. Instantly, I tackled her to the ground, hitting her midsection first yet ending with my hands an inch from the two sides of her head.

Seriously, did you drink something? Was what I would have asked. The situation fails me to do so, however, as when Cassentie is around I tend to lose myself as well. "If you truly wish to die," I began, the words sounding faded to me. "Then let me do it for you." My voice, hissing the words. Not an empty threat. I can stop her heart anytime.

Damn it, Cassentie. Throwing the knife at me wasn't a good move at all. I'm going to get carried away with this suicidal act.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

If you truly wish to die then let me do it for you

Suddenly, her mind was mixed up. She knew Xena can do. And know that everything she would say, she would do it. Tears were falling while she was tackled a while ago. She moved her head trying to escape and said, "I can't decide! I can't take this anymore. I don't know if I really wanna die or what. Ahh!" that exclaimed may explain evrything to her.

[Xena]

"Then you're having a psychological breakdown."

It was a theory and something I read off the book Stealing Faces by... who was the author? Ah yes. Michael Prescott.

Having a psychological breakdown, muddled thoughts, verbal problems, and unawareness of what they are doing can be cut down to smaller pieces to the problem. Mostly negative traits.

Depression, anger, hatred, envy. One of the least most effective one is boredom. For Cassentie, I do not know if she was depressed, or angry, or at envy. And I do not wish to kill her; I'm the vice-president, damn it.

"Eh, you don't wanna die," I exclaimed calmly before standing. "You're still a kid after all. Your mind doesn't think toward suicide for a solution... yet." I offered her a hand to stand up.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

As Xena spoke some psychological things, Cassentie's head were full of bad things. She was thinking what is the solution for her breakdown thing. As she cried, Xena offered a hand to Cassentie. She reached it and stopped crying. "You know why I am like this Xena? It's because my boredom had overcome me. I dunno why I let these things happen to me. And I think I need to.." she explained.

[Xena]

OOC: Your font color burnz my eyes -.-

Well, need to what now? My hand retreated to my side after she took it and after I was sure that she could stand on her own... Properly.

I would have listened further, but the penknife displayed as a possible threat if/when she breaks down. Giving her a weapon to use on yours truly is something I could not afford to risk.

I picked up the weapon that almost sliced through the left side of my neck and pocketed it. It's my own fault now, if the blade slides through my upper thigh. Turning again to Cassentie, I uttered simple words.

"No. You don't need to. You need some sleep." Truth be told, I didn't know if Cassentie does need some sleep. But I do.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

No. You don't need to. You need some sleep

"Eh?"

She heard some words. And it was sleep. Maybe Cassentie really need to rest. She was standing infront of Xena, trying to say sorry but sh can't speak. Her boredom just overcome and didn't know what to do. Sleep might be the solution.

"Arigatou Xena-chan"

[Xena]

If it would be up to me, I would have given her a shot and call it a day.

The thing was, the smell of alcohol in the clinic is affecting me already. "Yeeaaah." The positive reply stretched like rubber. I wanted to get out of that clinic as soon as possible. "Just not here," I added. The smell was affecting me.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

"Can we stay here for a while? Since I was thinking of finding some medicine. Pills for sleeping. So I can sleep peacefully. Please?" she asked. It was her first time to plead Xena for something. Cassentie was changing. Changing into a nice person. Btut still, her boredom personality is there.

[Xena]

I disagreed stubbornly. "No. You would not and should not take medicines without a doctor's prescription." If she wanted to rest, then so be it. "I'll shut up if you'd just take a short nap and then we go out of this anesthetic-smelling clinic."

[--Tiffa D.L.]

"Okay Xena"

Cassentie said. Suddenly, she was feeling dizzy. As if she as falling to sleep. She was dazing off the place. She sat down on the bed for the patient there at the infirmary. Suddenly, her sight became blurry and fell asleep. She was hot. Hot. As in having like a fever.

[Xena]

God. Did she seriously have to come up with so many issues? I sighed and took a nice and comfortable seat on an empty bed. Hey, maybe laying down wouldn't be such a hassle. True enough, as I dropped down to the bed, the smell wasn't affecting me anymore. It was as if I slept the moment my head hit the pillow.

But I was aroused a second after relaxing on the white-sheet bed. I mumbled something incoherently, just as how I did before I entered. This time I complained about how the infimary bed seemed to make me sleep easier than my One Star bed. I stood up slowly, still dazed but already preparing to go back to my One Star room to my One Star bed.

I moved to Cassentie, a figure on another bed. My feet slid grudgingly on the well-polished floor. Just as I arrived at the head of her bed, my hand touched her forehead accidentally. I drew it back at the sudden exposure to unusual body warmth. The feeling only came when... Yeah, that's right, when having a fever. I thought about making her take some pills but that would be stealing, and besides I'll be going against my own word that way.

Instead, I decided on using my alice to reduce her body temperature. Although it just may seem that I only made her look better on the outside, the fever itself faded. That was one of the wonders of my alice; even though you don't work with it for a long while, it comes back fresh. But still gets rusty. The familiar pain surged through my spine as small, devlish wings sprouted from my back along with a tail at the lowest point of my spine.

[--Tiffa D.L.]

Having that kind of fever, Cassentie was like having a nightmare. But she wasn't. Suddenly, Xena had accidentally touched her forehead and felt that Cassentie has fever. She used her alice to remove the fever from Cassentie. Cassentie's face looks better now. As if the bad things are gone.