Ch 1 Part 4

Her mother walked over, proud at how well she was able to move. She could clearly tell the special medicine was starting to make her sleepy, as it was, she decided to help her to the outhouse before having her sleep.

Ceilic Bennion: "I am so proud of how well you have been able to walk today. Let me help you to the outhouse and back. Remember to make a good showing of it."

Sachi Bennion: "I fully understand mother. Do not worry, I will make it look good. You should have seen the show father and I put on, I do not know which one was staring, but they were pissed off."

Ceilic Bennion: "Well that is their problem. Plus, if they give themselves away, it will make your father's job figuring them out easier."

Simply smiling at each other, they headed to the front door and opened it. Sachi leaned on her mother and hobbled as though one of her legs were broke. She limped her way into the outhouse. After a few minutes, she opened the door and leaned on her mother once again. Her second sister Arlynn was sitting on her porch, as soon as she spotted their mother and Sachi, her smile faded, and her look turned black. Her mother shuddered at that black stare in disbelief at one of her own children hating their own family so much. Ceilic began to wonder what evil she could have committed to have children who would do this to each other.

The main thing left unknown to all the family, Sachi was getting better in record time. It was probably only going to take two more doses of the special medicine to fully recover. But it still remained to be seen by all. The plan was still getting put together to get the council on board. There was not much else they could do at this point other than wait and see, after all, everyone was being watched carefully.

After getting back to the house, Sachi let go of her mother and hobbled to the bed. She had gotten so tired. A side effect of the special medicine, no wonder her mother gave it to her at night, but today, she had her drink it toward the afternoon. Sachi laid down on her bed and quickly fell asleep. He mother sighed with relief placing medicine on only the bad areas. She then went over to the wash tub. Adie had already gotten in and did a quick scrub down. He had also already added some fresh water for her. Ceilic kissed her mate on the cheek and proceeded to get undressed and take her bath. After half an hour, she got out, dressed herself, and headed outside to help tend to washing the laundry. The guards still on duty around the main family home. Her sister still stewing over the fact that they were not allowed in the main family home at all. Still trying to figure anything out to try and kill Sachi.

The next morning, Sachi woke to the sound of birds chirping mildly as rain was hitting the roof. The sounds of the gutters draining loudly into barrels that were catching water. The livestock could be heard running through the rain as though they were glad to be getting a bath themselves. She stretched big as she yawned big, to her surprise, no pain could be felt. She sat up with little struggle as she took her hair down and combed it out. Placing back into a loose braid once again. Walking over to the fireplace, there was no pain in her limbs. She could now walk without even so much as a wobble to her steps. The cauldron had been filled the night before, so there was plenty of water waiting to put in the tub. Taking a medium sized bucket, she scooped the water out herself and poured it into the tub. It was still fairly early, so Sachi found a proper outfit among her things in the small dresser by the bed. To her surprise, there were several sets of what appeared to be pants that were made for her. She snickered as she thought, "wow the things I could alter and make myself". To keep up with the farce, she dug out one of the dresses she had in the upper drawer that would fit loosely and packed it over to the tub. She sighed slightly as she had realized, she still did not have underwear. Well as a clothing designer, she would be able to make her own eventually.

Getting in the tub, she undid her hair and set the twine on her clothes. As her parents were not up just yet, she decided to make it a quick bath. Cleaning her skin well, no signs that the soap was even stinging this time. Her skin, practically clear now with the exception of where the deepest bruising was. It was now only slightly discolored. Her skin, almost the color of a light walnut that is cream in shade, was completely free of any abrasions. Her mark seemed to be twice as brilliant as it was yesterday. Finishing her bath, she put on the light forest green dress she had dug out with the beige strings and got it tied up proper. Taking her dirty clothes, she placed them in the basket next to the screen and headed back toward her bed to get her hair recombed. Sachi then put her hair up in a French style braid and tied the ends with the twine. Going outside was not an option at the moment. Going back over to the tub, she searched the bottom end for a plug of some sort so she could empty it. To her surprise, there was an actual drain of sorts. It mainly comprised of a smaller version of a rain gutter, but it led through a small hole in the wall to outside. Along the bottom just above the drain trough, a small metal flap that rotated from side to side. Taking hold of the large, handled pin, she turned it to the left. This opened up the drain hole and emptied the tub. Taking a few extra buckets of water, she rinsed the tub out.

She put the bucket down and set beside the fire once again for a few minutes to warm up. Once her hair was pretty much dry, she got up to take a good look around the house now that she could walk right. In the corner by the front door, there was a barrel. The barrel was being filled by the rainwater through a system that came through the wall. It was quite an ingenious setup really it was. The more she looked around the place, the more she realized as she thought to herself, "man I am going to like being here". Realizing that was the main water source for the home, she picked the bucket back up and refilled the large cauldron used for the bath. Heading back to where her dresser was, she looked through her drawers to find the clothes that were the worst. Looking them over, she sorted which ones could be salvaged and which ones could be deconstructed and turned into underwear. She just could not stand going without underwear anymore.

As she sat sorting all that out, she got lost in her thoughts getting ideas out. Her mother walked to her bed space without her realizing it. Looking oddly at what she was doing, she decided to ask what she planned to do with the older clothes. It was not something Sachi normally did.

Ceilic Bennion: "Well I see that you are up early. What are you doing with all your older clothes? I did not think you knew how to sew very well."

Sachi Bennion: "Well I figured I would give myself something to do since I can not go outside at the moment past the hobble show to the outhouse. I figured going through my older clothes and see what needed mended or could be reused."

Ceilic Bennion: "Oh okay. I guess you have to do something to keep busy. But I did not think your sewing skills were that good. You usually focus on training, so it threw me off."

Sachi Bennion: "I will focus on training after I heal all the way. That special medicine is great, it works like nothing I ever knew we had. But I still have the really bad bruises that were the worst on some of my body. So, I figured, sewing up some of my clothes would not be to taxing just yet on myself."

Ceilic Bennion: "I suppose you have a point. I take it you took a bath this morning already. It was hard to tell since the cauldron was refilled."

Sachi Bennion: "Yes, I refilled the water from the barrel by the front door and even scrubbed the tub some. I figured after all the baths to cleanse the medicine off me, it was warranted. But I got bored, so here I am, sewing stuff."