[IC] When the Rapture Comes Knocking

[RhineQueen]

It was 3:47 on a mild, partially cloudy afternoon and somewhere in the distance a bird was singing. It would have been just like any other day, except that the city was empty. Almost an hour ago everyone just left. There was no warning, no ceremony, but the rapture came all the same. Somehow though, it had missed a few. Maybe it was random chance or maybe the great filing system in the sky had just been poorly organized, but either way Roxy was left with nobody else. Or at least that was what she thought until she found the other girl, fainted in the streets. She had taken her from where she found her to a nearby park and bandaged the scrape on her arm. Then she had waited. Waited for the girl to wake up, waited for another person to show up, waited for anything to happen. Some kind of sign or direction, but as she waited, nothing obvious came. Out of context, she couldn't help but chuckle that she was out in the park with a strange girl's head in her lap. But she couldn't ignore the context enough to warrant more than a chuckle, so she took out her heart patterned ukulele and strummed softly, hoping to ease her mind.

[ChristaEinheart]

@RhineQueen
Christa slowly opened her eyes. she was having trouble breathing again, but she knew she was safe. She...just sensed it. She found her head in a lovely lady's lap. Moaning softly, she reached up to touch a bruise on her forehead. She found a gently put on bandage on her arm and tried to sit up. "O...ow...Where am I? Who are you?" Her cheeks faintly colored, as she had a tendency to get shy around pretty girls. "H-Hi...Did you find me?"

[RhineQueen]

@ChristaEinheart Roxy put down her ukulele and smiled a slightly lopsided smile. She was relieved that the other girl was awake. She had been worried about a concussion. The girl looked confused, rightfully, but Roxy almost missed the serene look she had when she was asleep. It had been enough to sway her thoughts away from the chaos.
"Hey. Glad you're awake" She said. "I'm Roxy. I found you out in the street passed out and brought you to this park. How are you feeling?

[ChristaEinheart]

She blinked a little and smiled, then shook her head and sat up. "I'm ok. Just...a little dizzy and sore." She muttered a moment, in a foreign language, then blushed at the look on Roxy's face. "I'm Christa. I...sorry...I have anxiety issues so I pass out sometimes."
She looked around. "Where is everyone? Do you know?"

[RhineQueen]

Much more relieved that Christa was alright, Roxy shrugged and shook her head.
"Search me. I was nose deep in a book and when I looked up, everyone was gone. No trace or anything. Just, poof, abracradabra, bye bye birdie." She gestured almost excessively with her hands as she spoke.

[ChristaEinheart]

Christa scowled softly, trying to stand up. She wobbled and fell back down into Roxy's lap, whimpering. "O...ow...my leg..." Her anxiety triggered again and she had trouble breathing.
Fumbling with her inhaler, she took two puffs and slowly calmed down. She closed her eyes, somehow feeling a little safer with Roxy around. She gulped a bit and took an unsteady breath. "S-sorry. Didn't mean to land on you, like that."

[RhineQueen]

Roxy caught Christa's head on the way down and gave her a moment to compose herself. She would have to take a look at her leg.
"Not a problem." She chuckled. "I guess you're a bit lucky that the only other person here knows first aid, huh? How about I have a look at your leg, then. Whereabouts are you hurting?"

[ChristaEinheart]

She closed her eyes a moment. "My left leg, near the knee. It hurts bad." She reached down to touch it and whimpered when it burned as if someone had pressed a hot knife to it. She winced a bit and clenched her teeth. "Sorry." and tried to pull out her bandages. She had a few other things in her backpack and was trying to help Roxy.

[RhineQueen]

Roxy held her hand still, holding up her own large red case and smiling softly.
"Hey now, just try to stay still. I'll have a look at your leg." She said, getting up from under Christa, making sure that she was laid back down gently. She crouched beside the leg and felt it gently, searching for any inflammation.

[ChristaEinheart]

Christa yelped when the woman touched it and closed her eyes, clenching her teeth and breathing hard. "O....Ow..."
She took a deep breath. "I don't think it's broken, but I do believe it's bruised pretty bad." She just laid there, letting the lady work on her leg and trying to keep from twitching too much.

[RhineQueen]

It was quick work for the leg. There was no open wounds so she simply applied some numbing gel to it. All things considered, Christa was quite a good patient. She sat back with a satisfied smile and wiped her hands on the grass.
"There we are." She declared. "That should numb the area so you should be able to walk on it, but let's try not to put too much strain on it, alright?"

[ChristaEinheart]

She nodded, blushing. It felt...good...when she touched her. Christa sat up and carefully got to her feet. Looking around, she frowned softly. "I...can't see anything. I..don't understand. Where is everybody? Should we go look? Or...should we find somewhere safe?" She reached her hand down, to help Roxy to her feet and...feel her touch again. The silly woman had a tendency to fall in 'crush' quite easily with women.

[RhineQueen]

Roxy took her hand and stood up, slinging her ukulele over he shoulder. Christa was nice. She definitely like Christa. She held on to Christa's hand for a few extra moments after she was standing. Looking over the city, she was at a bit of a loss. Cars sat abandoned and crashed when their drivers disappeared and the shop fronts were empty.
"I don't know." She said. "I haven't seen any signs of anyone. But I mean, we can't be the only ones. Right?"

[ChristaEinheart]

Christa closed her eyes a moment and frowned, thinking. After a bit, she smiled gently. "We can't be. Let's look for people." and took Roxy's hand, leading her off down the street. She knew this area quite well and was making sure she looked for trouble or anyone that might still be there. She took great comfort in the touch of Roxy, liking to know that someone capable was near her.

[RhineQueen]

Roxy followed along, quickly matching pace with Christa. She couldn't help but smile along with her, this girl was working wonders on her nerves and having a help with a sense of direction, both literally and physically. Her hand inadvertently tightened around Christa's as she scanned the area for any signs of anything at all.

[ChristaEinheart]

Christa kept a close eye on Roxy, worried for her. She somehow knew that the other woman was nervous and that made Christa stronger, wanting to help her.

As they searched, Christa thought of what was going on. "Do...do you...think maybe it...was the Rapture?" She asked, gulping a bit and looking up at her. She had a serious look on her face and she just certain of her guess. It was logical, after all. No one was here, it seemed, and they all disappeared in a very strange way. As if teleported or something.

[RhineQueen]

Roxy pondered a moment, brow furrowed.
"You mean like the Christian apocalypse kind of rapture?" She asked, her voice skeptical. As she looked around her, her skepticism softened somewhat. She was never a religious person, but she couldn't deny that she didn't have any other real explanation.
"I don't know. I mean I have no idea what the hell else it could be or anything." She trailed off into a mutter.

[ChristaEinheart]

Christa softly took her hand again. "I believe in God...but...I don't...think he'd just leave us alone. There's a reason we're here. There must be." She had a grim smile on her face as she gaze at Roxy. She looked up and smiled softly. "I believe...we're here to do something important for Him."

[RhineQueen]

Roxy thought a moment and nodded, giving Christa's hand a soft squeeze.
"Alright." She said with another lopsided smile. "I'm not particularly religious myself, I mean I never really thought about it to be fair, and now I don't even know what to think." She rubbed a hand through her hair. "I guess that a holy mission is just as likely as anything else at this point."

[ChristaEinheart]

She smiled more, blushing a little at that cute lopsided smile, then nodded. "I just...we need to find one of the churches and hide out for a it. I get the feeling...we're being watched by...something."
She cast a look around, feeling nervous again. She gulped a moment and then looked at Roxy. "We need to move. I...We just do."