Board Thread:Important Logs/@comment-28929139-20170705031324/@comment-28929139-20170705185828

So there it was. Zaiko did actually pay Tiatsu to cheat for him. But how? Because even if they had gotten out alive and practically unscathed by comparison to the others, what they went through was not easy. Kids ready to kill and pillage, bloodthirsty wolves and the harsh outdoor elements. Nevermind that she had a curse mark to deal with and a time limit. Plus aside from her gauntlets and the spear, Tiatsu didn't appear until the very end. Which meant he probably sabotaged another team. To that, Kideme bit her tongue angrily as she thought of what extra hell he had Tiatsu pile onto some poor unsuspecting team.

So when at the door Zaiko had the mitigated gall to call her a traitor for defending one of her closest friends, her eyes narrowed at him. "Cheater." And then came the door slams.

Inside, Kideme stared at Tiatsu, relieved to see that he would at least hear her out but disheartened by the sight of his broken nose. She didn't care if it ate up her time, she couldn't just let him leave like that. So with tearing a large strip of thermal cotton from her nightgown and ripping it in half, she went to the window and opened it. She swabbed the two strips along the snowy overhang then closed the window to go back over to him. "I DON'T like Zaiko that way." Kideme said while staring Tiatsu in the eye as she knelt down to his left. Her words were firm and without hesitation.

After wringing the strips of excess water, Kideme placed one cold and damp strip across Tiatsu's forehead and balled up the other to gently press against his nose. The wet coldness would have helped with the blood clotting as well as give him a little relief. "This mark thing I got on my back was driving me crazy and I was trying to fight it when he kissed me and well... I saw you then I blacked out." After some moments of pause, Kideme looked at him, frowning with glassy eyes. "Up until a minute ago, he was my friend but....it was never like that. I treasure our friendship though and I hope you know that."

Kideme was wiping the blood from his nose by now, listening to what he had to say, if anything. When and if there was pause she would glance to him while pulling Winky over to open her stomach. "And I'm sorry about your mother. I lost my dad from drinking himself dead over the guilt of not going to that war..."

Kideme went quiet then as she pulled out a small bird shaped compact mirror and held it up to Tiatsu to see his own reflection. His nose was a bit swollen and bruised, but at least now he didn't look like he was fresh out of a backwater prize fight.