save me from this hell

Medusa · 12-19-2022, 01:14 AM

It had been an interesting few weeks. There was a festival that was lots of fun, a bunch of strange and mysterious statues that had cropped up, and some of the lands were in some weird autumn bubble (that she occasionally kept trying to poke at to see if it would pop or something but she was disappointed each time it didn't). The world was weird, she had to admit. And just a few hours ago, she had a mysterious litter of pups! Okay, maybe they weren't that mysterious. Though she had no idea when she had gotten pregnant, or that she had been until she had them. The pups at least were something she had apparently already had an instinct for. They were fed, cleaned, and stashed away somewhere away from thieves, predators, and enemies alike. All they did was eat, poop, and sleep. So while they were asleep, she decided she was going to venture out and maybe find some food. After all, all that work of having pups made her hungry! Whether or not she would be a good if not decent mom outside of instinct was still up in the air, but for now, she wasn't worried about them going anywhere. They could barely crawl as it was, so they were fine to be alone for a couple of hours probably.

With a deer cloak over her back (because man, was it getting chilly with all these random autumn bubbles!), she took off to the forest, one of the places where one of those mysterious statues had appeared, and she was on her way to go poke her nose at it when she heard a commotion in the woods. The voice sounded...vaguely familiar. But she couldn't pinpoint the owner of the voice, but whoever it was, sounded like they were in pain or something. She had half a mind to just keep going, but curiosity prevented her from walking away, and instead, she sought out whoever it was. It took a good bit as she weaved her way through the foliage and around trees, but when whoever it came into view, she came to a dead stop.

She recognized that pelt. She didn't know the other girl personally, but she knew her to be one of Recluse's spawns. Asides from Ghoul, she kept her interactions with the members of Habari to a minimum during her time as a slave. But as she got a closer look, she could smell the blood, and the girl was unmoving. But...something else near her did move. Squinting, she realized that the leopard-spotted girl had just given birth. Huh, weird. Did she know she was pregnant too, or no? She had half a mind to simply walk away and let the girl to her demise. But...the pup...practically dancing on her paws at this point, she swayed in place until ultimately, her empathetic side won over and she hurried over, slinking closer like a hyena looking to snatch some prey.

But instead of snatching the pup, she nosed at it and looked it over to ensure it was okay, and that's when she spotted another one. Only the other one wasn't moving or breathing. It just lay there, cold, lifeless, just a little lump. She frowned as she realized that this one wasn't alive at all. Glancing at the unconscious Widow, Medusa pulled the deer cloak off her back and carefully wrapped the stillborn in it, placing it off to her side before she settled down with the other pup, nudging it between forelegs, and then she began to wait. If Widow didn't wake soon, then she figured she'd have to feed the pup or something, considering it was already searching...but she thought it'd be weird to place the pup at the unconscious woman's side to let it suckle...after all, did she even know she just had babies before she knocked out!?

Whatever the case, she'd wait to see what happened next. She did think about looking for herbs to help, but she also didn't want to leave the vulnerable pup alone without adult supervision...hopefully, the woman would wake up soon...

"Medusa"

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