Snippet #809176

"Good God that hurts!" Eva had rightly not given the Goblin King any time to protest before she launched herself into taking care of his immediate needs. Jareth scowled as his muscles tensed up but then relaxed once the joint was properly back in place. The sound was sickening but the act was necessary as Jareth was in no shape to force the joint into place himself.

"Since you're so inclined to be helpful, see if you can help me get this bloody armor the rest of the way off. I can barely breath as it is." Jareth requested.

The chest plate was a little trickier but between the both of them they managed to pry that off with minimal trauma. "Thank you."

"Come, now. We'd be wise to get within the Labyrinth's walls as soon as possible. It's getting dark, and its not safe upon the neutral ground of the bluff." This time Jareth was much more careful about getting up and managed to put aside his discomfort in favor or directing them to the closest entrance into the Labyrinth which happened to be a huge set of double doors that for all intents and purposes seemed to be sealed.

"Go on and knock. I've got something I need to do first. Its all right. I'll be but a moment." Jareth insisted as he leaned against one of the stone statues near the wall.

Jareth wanted to take a moment to himself without this stranger hovering all over him. Luckily while his ribs and arm might have been in bad shape, his legs worked mostly fine even if they were a bit wobbly from the adrenaline coursing through his veins. For one he needed to know just how much real damage had been done and for another Jareth wanted to do something about the blindingly sharp pain he was in.

Happily the one major advantage to being so near the outer wall was that there was no shortage of biting fairies floating around. Jareth had every intention of garbing a few of them and ripping their powdery little wings off. It was common knowledge in the Underground that the wings and dust of biting faeries could be crushed and used as a moderate to strong sedative. At the present moment Jareth had every intention of chewing on some of the wings to take the edge off his pain levels until he could get some proper medical attention.