Nyla Grey

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Jin felt beyond foolish, to be honest but she supposed it wasn’t the worst thing that the nice lady had happened on her shift. “I’m sorry” she mused, as the other said, taking deep breaths before sipping her water a bit. “Well I suppose that is quite normal after what I’ve been through, thank you for your kindness and the water I appreciate it “ she mused softly.

“of course. it’s what I’m here for.” Nyla gave the woman a sympatric smile. She could hardly imagine what she was going through, it left her uneasy knowing she and mason were only a mere few feet from the chaos of everything. “Can I check your bandages? Or do you need a moment?”

Pain was all she felt as she slowly tried to will her body to work for her again, she winced as she tried to open her eyes finding the light too bright at the moment. It took a moment for her mind to catch up to just what had happened and then the panic set in as she tried to move and run away until someone stopped her from thrashing about causing her to immediately open her eyes. “Oh I’m sorry I…forgot where I was for a moment” she mused, calming down a bit to take in the Hospital room she was in. “You haven’t been here for a long time have you?”

Nyla heard the woman moving about and quickly went over to wake her. “It’s okay ma’am. Miss Zhang wake up!” she called to the woman. When she came too Nyla backed up. “It’s alright. you were having a nightmare. it’s perfectly normal.” she tried to reassure the woman. She placed a cup of water on her nightstand. “here, drink some water. take some deep breaths.” Nyla instructed. “You’re safe here Miss Zhang.”

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Where: hospital

Izzy stared at the headline on the newspaper in her hands. It would have been hard to believe if it wasn’t the talk of the town– if she hadn’t seen some of the victims come into the hospital. It was a tragedy. As things finally began to calm down on her shift, she had more time to let the news of it all actually settle in. 

A voice behind Izzy tore her from her thoughts, bringing her back to planet earth. She set the newspaper down as she turned to face the other. “So sorry, did you need me?”

Nyla shook her head, stretching a bit as she entered the nurses’ station. “No it’s okay. She was just having another nightmare, poor thing.” Nyla sighed. She took a seat in one of the office chairs, and started to type on the computer. “you alright? You seem pretty lost in thought?” she asked Isabel. 

“I would say you’ll be the cutest tiger out there but you definitely have some competition.” Elizabeth said with a small grin as she nodded towards Mason. Elizabeth didn’t have any children of her own, having never really settled down long enough to start a family. “I’ve been painting since I was in high school, though usually on a canvas and not someone’s face. I just volunteered to do this so that I could stay in the warm tent.”

“that ingenius. I haven’t been to one of these in so long. And it’s Mason’s first time so of course he wants to be doing everything that requires me freezing my stripes off.” Nyla joked. “Well you’re quiet talented. Do you do it as a hobby or a profession?” she asked.

Elizabeth smiled as she watched the little boy whose face she had just finished painting convince his mother to get a matching one. She grinned as she picked up the paintbrush and dipped it in the yellow paint. “You are my first of the night but honestly, probably not the last.” She joked before holding the brush up the the woman’s face. “Alright, this might tickle.” She warned before starting to paint the other’s face.

“ Well I maybe I’ll start a trend.” Nyla giggled and then tried to not move too much. She kept peeking to make sure Mason didn’t try to run off. “Have you been doing this long?” she asked curiously. Mason’s birthday was coming up and she was hoping she could throw him a party.

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“I mean…it’s technically for the kids but if you’d like me to paint a tiger or butterfly on your face, I absolutely will.” Elizabeth teased the other with a grin as they sat in the folding chair across from her. This was her first annual bonfire since being back in town and while she no longer had an interest in playing capture the flag, she still wanted to help out. So she volunteered to help out in the tent with the kids’ activities and because no one else wanted to, she got put on face painting duty. It was a good thing she had some experience with drawing or this could have turned out terrible.

Nyla laughed as she watched the woman sit down.Mason had just got finished being pained like a tiger and wanted his mom to be one too. “Alright a tiger it is.” she gave in and pushed her hair back so it wouldn’t be in the way. “You paint many adults?”

Jaqueline had spent most of the night so far in her own tent in vendors row, occasionally getting clients wanting to know their futures by getting a tarot reading. She loved when couples, specifically, came to her. It was cute. And even if most of the people here didn’t really believe it, she still liked her job. Jaqueline rubbed her shoulder as she saw someone else approached her. “How can I help you today?”

“Oh we’re just looking around.” Nyla smiled as Mason ran up to the booth. “What is all this?” she asked curiously.