Diamond Form

She wasn't sure when she'd passed out. Somewhere between Jono grabbing her and landing on on him later she lost consciousness. The world had gone scary, and dark, and dangerous and somehow it had been too much. Penny heard Jono later, calling her name, and that was what brought her blearily back to wakefulness.

He might have been trying to wake her up for some time judging by how thin and soft his mental voice had gone. Blood loss would do that to a guy...

...BLOOD LOSS.

THERE WAS BLOOD!

THERE WAS BLOOD AND IT WAS JONO'S BLOOD! HE WAS BLEEDING!

HE WAS BLEEDING AND IT WAS HER FAULT!

Her mouth opened in a silent moue of horror as she carefully, so carefully, tried to loft her head off Jono's bandaged chest. Her hair was in his arm, his blood was dripping down her scalp, and things were not okay.

>>...relax luv, jus'....relax...<<

No, that wasn't happening, but if she concentrated her hair could thin and spike longer, which made sure it wasn't cutting on the way out. The original holes were larger after all. And he was bleeding a lot. The arm was the worst but she had managed to nick his shoulder and some bandages as well when they'd landed. Her own bandaging might help some but she couldn't get it on him and tied tight enough, not with her fingers as they were.

With a shifting chime she carefully reached forward to pat Jono's good shoulder, then signed 'STAY' carefully. She'd go find help. She'd be right back.

>>...careful luv...don' be too long...<<

Yeah, she could be careful. She pattered down the alleyway on all fours, watching the shadows suspiciously. Those things had come from the shadows and they could have followed them here. Wherever Here was.

It was a strange place, full of buildings she'd never seen before. Lights glowed in several of the windows and lights usually meant people so she carefully nudged the first door she saw. The blank look that greeted her wasn't encouraged. The man had a toothpick in his mouth that he removed just to say "The hell are you?" Before she could lift her hand to answer a girl dressed in green straps hopped off a counter and called out "Mine! I call it!"

Penny wouldn't have worried except that the girl was armed and Jono was bleeding.

The best course of action, naturally, was to make a mad dash back toward Jono and hope 'guy bleeding' trumped 'attack the diamond girl'. Granted, she had to sheer through a blade or two thrown at her (else Jono would have been bleeding more) but eventually there was a scream of "HEY THERE'S A GUY BLEEDING HERE!"

About damn time. The girl wasn't bright enough to bandage Penny's teammate, but she was vocal, and that would get more help headed their way. Penny, for her part, crouched next to Jono and did her best to curl up and look...harmless. Not an easy task but it did mean that the two other teens who came running into the alley focused on the bleeding man first.

And one of them knew magic. Healing magic. Penny felt herself smiling in sheer relief when she saw the wounds on Jono's arm closing up. She'd worry about introductions and trying to answer questions later, for now she was just watching the pulse in Jono's wrist and waiting for him to wake up while the trio of teenagers stood around and babbled.

At least the youngest one didn't try to throw things at her again, though the self-proclaimed ninja did keep shooting dark looks at her while fingering the damaged blades from earlier. The other girl, the one with a braid, did smile when Jono's eyes blinked open. "Welcome to Traverse Town."

>>Bloody hell<<

Penny nodded in agreement.

Penny wandered in behind Leela, the Bar showing behind them for a moment before she carefully settled into a kitchen chair. She'd learned today, she always learned, but usually it left her a bit more cheerful...

...today she just looked thoughtful as she traced lines in the air above the table, not touching the actual wood.