knocking
Whirlwind: Come in! Door's open!
Hot Head: Hey Whirlwind
Whirlwind: Hi Hot Head! Hi Amber! gets up and stumbles as she tries to walk
Hot Head: Whoa, careful! You okay?
Whirlwind: Yeah. Still a little off balance I guess. So did you have any trouble getting up here, Amber? Sorry I couldn't meet you on the ground.
Amber: It's fine. Annie was able to use the cloud walking spell
Whirlwind: That's good!
Amber: So, are you ready for physical therapy?
Whirlwind: I think so.
Amber: Alright, let's get that splint off first
Whirlwind: Thank you so much for doing this. Physical therapy is so expensive. I feel so bad. I could pay you if you'd like
Amber: It's alright. Anything for Hot Head's marefriend
Hot Head: She's not my marefriend! blushes
Amber: You wish she was
Hot Head: Amberrrrrr
Whirlwind: Heh, still embarrassing you even after you moved out, huh?
Hot Head: Nnnghhh
Amber: Oh relax Hot Head. I'm kidding…… kinda takes off splint
Hot Head: winces That looks so painful
Whirlwind: Well, it's better than it was at the beginning of this mess
Amber: How much can you move your wing now?
Whirlwind: tries to move it Not that much
Amber: Hmmm… it's pretty stiff. I'm just going to move it a little bit at the joints, okay?
Whirlwind: nods Ouch!
Amber: Sorry, this might be a little sore. Have you been exercising?
Whirlwind: Kinda. It's a little hard since my balance is horrible. Owieowieowie.
Amber: Understandable. Make sure you get out and about as much as you can okay? No need to overexert yourself, but y'know.
Whirlwind: Gotcha
Hot Head: How come your feathers aren't back yet? It's been a while hasn't it?
Whirlwind: Uhhh….
Amber: Her wing bone and tissues are damaged. They need to heal before the feathers can grow back
Whirlwind: What she said.
Hot Head: That sounds awful
Whirlwind: Fire sucks. Can't even look at it
Hot Head: Guess that means you can't stare at my butt anymore
Whirlwind: Wha? looks at Hot Head's flanks and sees his cutie mark Oh! Hahaha lookit you making jokes
Hot Head: chuckles
Whirlwind: But don't worry, your butt still looks great
Hot Head: Heh, thanks blushes
Amber: Ugh, stop flirting, you two are making me sick
***
Prism: Whirlwind? You home?
Whirlwind: yeah
Prism: Where are you?
Whirlwind: Room
Prism: goes to Whirlwind's room There you are. How are you?
Whirlwind: How do you think?
Prism: Not too well it seems like.
Whirlwind: sighs
Prism: Well no worries! I am here to make your day, not 20 percent, not 40 percent, not 60 percent but 100 percent better
Whirlwind: Oh yeah?
Prism: Yes ma'am.
Whirlwind: And what will we be doing?
Prism: Flying!
Whirlwind: ……………………. are you kidding me?
Prism: Nope
Whirlwind: Prism I can't! My wing……… it's……… it's GONE! shows Prism her back I'm….. I'm never flying again……
Prism: Maybe not on your own, but you can with a little help
Whirlwind: What are you talking Eep!
Prism: scoops Whirlwind on his back
Whirlwind: Prism!
Prism: Ready?
Whirlwind: Prism I
Prism: flies out the window
Whirlwind: holds on to Prism Are you crazy?
Prism: Just a little. But hey, look. You're flying!
Whirlwind: ………….
Prism: You okay?
Whirlwind: It's been so long……
Prism: smiles
Whirlwind: Feels so nice…..
Prism: You can spread your wing if you want. I'll slow down a little bit
Whirlwind: takes a deep breath and slowly opens wing
Prism: slows down
Whirlwind: giggles and tears up
Prism: Are you alright?
Whirlwind: Mmhm sniffles Thank you so much, Prism
Prism: No problem
***
Whirlwind: ….and then I did like 10 barrel rolls with a backflip to end it. I thought I was gonna puke! But it was soooo awesome
Icy: Sounds awesome. Can't believe you recovered so fast.
Whirlwind: Me neither. I got really lucky for sure.
Icy: Mmhm.
Whirlwind: So how've you been?
Icy: Pretty good I guess.
Whirlwind: You got a marefriend yet? nudges Icy
Icy: chuckles Nah. Not yet
Whirlwind: Well, nothing wrong with that. That's……. that's………..
Icy: …………. you alright? What're you
Whirlwind: huddles close to Icy and breathes heavily Fi…..fi….
Icy: notices smoke in the distance Whirlwind, it's okay, I think it's just a chimney
Whirlwind: Fire…….. starts shaking Nononono…
Icy: Um, i-it's okay………… Shshhshhhh rubs Whirlwind's back and leads her away from the smoke
Whirlwind: breathing slows down W-Wha?
Icy: looks at her with a worried expression
Whirlwind: I'm sorry, Stormy. I just…. that happens sometimes when I'm reminded of fire. I can't help it I
Icy: It's okay. I understand. What you did was probably really traumatizing. But you're a hero and that's really inspiring.
Whirlwind: Thank you Stormy. That means an awful lot.
Icy: Hey, did Priz tell you?
Whirlwind: Hm?
Icy: I finally decided what I'm gonna do. What kind of job I want to have.
Whirlwind: Are you sure it's YOUR choice?
Icy: Mmhm. I decided that I'm going to be a firefighter.
Whirlwind: Really? Wow. I must be REALLY inspiring chuckles
Icy: O-of course you are!
Whirlwind: Oh Icy, I was just kidding giggles
Icy: I wasn't.
***
A lot of you seemed to be under the impression that Whirlwind would actually end up with her wing amputated or that I would decide on a scenario based on your comments. However, in reality, I meant it's kinda like the ships and stuff. You get to have your own headcanon about the situation.
Maybe she eventually recovers but only after a lot of physical therapy like in the scene with Hot Head
Or maybe she does get her wing amputated like in the scene with Prism
OR maybe she has a full recovery but suffers from PTSD like in the scene with Icy
OOOOOR any variation of that.
Sorry if I'm drawing a lot of the same thing XP I'm just trying to draw as much as I can before I start getting a lot of work for my classes. Sooooo I just think of an idea and draw it. When coming up with one idea, I tend to stay on the same track and develop it more which is why I did like three pictures in a row related to Whirlwind lol