Tourn RP Archive

Toward the middle left side of the area was a common area made up of sand, rocks, and vine hammocks tied up to the rocks. It was fairly close to the #beach, #farmland, and #pathway, making it a pretty frequented area. There were only two hammocks put up right now, but more could probably be placed if requested.

After mucking about and doing absolutely nothing but just wait in that damp, dirty, vine-y ramshackle of a building, Nathan had eventually made his way through the grass over to what he had thought was an occupied area- to which it was not, but it was a common-looking area. "Hey, anyone there?" Nathan called out, beginning to tie his jacket around his waist. This heat was going to straight up suffocate him in his sick-ass outfit. "C'mon, don't be shy, I'm just as lost as you are." Whether or not he was talking to the wind, he didn't care. Talking would keep him sane through all of this. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

A light, tropical breeze blowing by was the only response. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

After the refreshing stop at the stream, Moses headed westward. Coming across the hammocks set up, Moses figured they were put there by the first three who lived here. It didn't seem all the comfortable, but at least they made the most of what they had. He stopped by for a moment, examining the area. @soul | 🎻

Theora marched back to where she had been before. Perhaps Miles had found the hammocks. Taken a rest. Shame she couldn't take him out. Would have been easy. Instead she found another stranger. Of course, she wasted no time in walking up to him to ask, "Have you seen a nineteen year old boy called Miles?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

The question itself wasn't what perplexed Moses. It was the fact it came from what seemed to be a teenage girl. Moses blinked in confusion as he faced Theora. "No, I haven't, sorry.. but hey, you must be one of the kids Rakin brought here. Thank goodness you're not hurt," Moses said with relief. "Who's Miles? A friend of yours?" @soul | 🎻

"Nineteen. Not a kid." So many old people here. "I don't get hurt easily." Girl you got bonked with a rock earlier. Her expression soured at the mere concept of being friends with Miles. "No. He's not my friend. He's my target. I'm supposed to bring him back to base where he belongs." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Right, sorry. You're a pretty big kid," Moses chuckled faintly. Awh, how cute. This girl seemed tough. "And your target..? I think we're a little far away from home for you to bring him to your 'base'. What does he look like? Maybe in the meantime, we can keep a lookout." @soul | 🎻

Theora glowered at him. "Once I find him, I'll work out a way to get out of here. Brown hair. Looks stupid. Ranging level of height and consciousness." Only one of those is an actual physical description pop off queen. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses hummed. "You got a headstrong head on your shoulders, young lady. I'm sure if you're that determined, you'll be able to get out of here with no problem, but for now, why don't you take a small break? He suggested. "You look like you've been running around for a while. You won't be able to capture your target if you're worn down. Trust me. I've tried to do that before in my younger years. Twisted my ankle pretty bad because of how tired I was." @soul | 🎻

Theora continued to glower. "I'll get to rest properly when I'm back at the facility. With Miles returned. My focus is getting him back. It's my mission." She grimaced and glanced at Moses' foot. "Don't twist your ankle next time. It's easily avoided." I don't think so but sure. "Have you seen Miles?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses sighed and rested a hand on his hip. "What I'm trying to say is that by the time you find Miles, you would of already expended all of your energy. What's your name, little one?" Moses decided to attack the problem via diverting Theora's question. @soul | 🎻

Theora eyed him suspiciously. "You are not answering my question. You're covering for him." She stepped closer and leant into his personal space. "Where is he?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses couldn't help but chuckle a little at that. "Oh? Do you think you can threaten the information out of me?" He taunted. "You're never going to find him if you think that's how you gather information, little one." @soul | 🎻

"I won't need to threaten you if you tell me where he is." Sorry Moses. She's on a mission. Literally. "I had an Eye on him before. Now they've taken his bag." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses raised a brow, but his smile didn't fade. "Well, maybe if you tell me your name, I'd feel more incline to tell you what I know," he mused. "And perhaps what purpose it serves to bring him back to your 'base'." @soul | 🎻

"Theora." She was still staring at him. Refusing to break eye contact. Go girl give us nothing. "It's where he belongs." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"It's nice to meet you Theora. I'm Moses." She didn't ask, but Moses was going to tell her anyways. "And why does Miles belong there? Did he do something bad?" @soul | 🎻

"It's where he lives now. I live there too." Theora scrunched up her nose at Moses' words. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Oh. So you want to bring him back home then..?" Moses questioned. "Hmm... but why do you call him your target? If he's not your friend, why are you so desperate to send him back to base?" @soul | 🎻

"I'm under orders to," Theora said as plainly as the sky was blue. "If I was allowed to, I'd kill him." She did not see an issue with telling this to random strangers. Even with how Yeonaixho had reacted. "But I'm not allowed to. So he stays alive." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

It was only now did Moses' expression tighten just a bit. "Ordered to? Are you in some sort of legion, kid?" He asked carefully and folded his arms across his chest. @soul | 🎻

"No. It's orders from the facility. The base." Theora's glare moved to his arms. She also crossed her arms. "It's just me and the scientists now. And Miles when I get him." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Hm. "So the scientists have ordered you to retrieve Miles... why do you listen to them, Theora?" Moses asked, his voice light and curious. @soul | 🎻

Theora's eyes flitted back to Moses' eyes. "Answer my question. Where is Miles?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses shrugged. "I don't know, little one, but I would like to know why you follow your base's orders. Is it some sort of military?" He asked. @soul | 🎻

"Why am I talking to you if you don't know where Miles is?" Girl. "It's not military. It's science." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Again, he shrugged. Moses didn't have an answer for Theora on that first one. "Science? Could you elaborate? I could maybe help you find Miles if I knew more. This is a strange place with things no one knows about. It would be more effective to travel with other people." @soul | 🎻

Theora was not getting what she wanted out of this conversation. "You don't need to know anything. All you need to know is that I am looking for Miles. You have that knowledge." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses sighed. "You're one tough nut, kid. Guess I can appreciate that in you," he commented with a shake of his head. "What happens to you if you can't find Miles?" @soul | 🎻

"Then I don't go home until I do," she said. Very blunt. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses frowned at that. "Okay... look, if you want, I can help you find him. I'm good at that sort of thing. You don't look like the type to want help, but I also doubt you want to run away all day around here. You'll get hungry, dehydrated, and exhausted eventually. Even if you don't want to admit it." @soul | 🎻

With a ZAP of lightning, Kevin appeared in the area... @Barry | Taylor + Kevin

Kevin groaned, the lingering sensations of the headache and general pain throughout his arms disorienting him as he was laid out on the ground. "Ugh... where the hell am I?" He groans, rubbing a gloved hand over his eyes to block out the light as his head throbbed. He could tell his body was uninjured and the pain was fading, but it still was annoying as hell. (edited)

Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses frowned at that. "Okay... look, if you want, I can help you find him. I'm good at that sort of thing. You don't look like the type to want help, but I also doubt you want to run away all day around here. You'll get hungry, dehydrated, and exhausted eventually. Even if you don't want to admit it." @soul | 🎻

Sorry Kevin Theora is ignoring your appearance. She can only think about so many guys at a time. "I can look after myself. I'll find him with or without your help. He has to be somewhere." She stared at him in judgemental silence. Drinking him in, taking in the strange old man before her. "You will tell me if you see him." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses spared Kevin a glance, noting that he should get to him as well, but he was more worried about Theora at the moment. "And what if he's not here, Theora. What then? You'll just aimlessly wander around," he sighed again and rubbed the skin between his eyes. "I can't make you stick around, but if you ever need help with anything, just come find me. Or if you just want some company. Be careful, okay? And watch out for giant crabs. One of the locals here told me they like to jump out at people." @soul | 🎻

"He is here," Theora quickly retorted, "I saw him be teleported away shortly before I was as well. He's here somewhere." She was not catching Moses' concern. This was a total normal conversation to be having. "It's not aimless if I know he's here. I'm closer than I was before." Theora narrowed her eyes at the mention of crabs. Giant crabs. "Crabs are no match for me." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"You were just asking me where he was. Clearly, you don't know where he is, young one," Moses curtly replied. "I know you must be strong to be so confident, but it's better to be careful. I doubt any of us have fought giant crabs before. Don't be reckless." @soul | 🎻

Her eyes narrowed. "They took his bag from him so I can't see him anymore." How dare you doubt her, Moses. "I'm not reckless. I can fight crabs." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"..So that still means you don't know where he is," Moses hummed. "What about his bag that allowed you to see him? Is it a part of your powers?" Moses asked and unfolded his arms. "Have you ever fought giant crabs?"

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@soul | 🎻

Theora had never fought a single crab in her lifetime. It was dubious if she had ever seen one. So she did not answer that question. "I have an Eye on his bag. I could see him that way." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses blinked. "An.. Eye? What does that mean." Girl please elaborate. @soul | 🎻

"An Eye," Theora repeated instead of elaborating. "I put an Eye on his bag. It allows me to watch him." She blinked then huffed in irritation. "I can see the bag now but he doesn't have it. It's useless." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Well, Moses could deduce this eye thing must be some tracking device. Yay. "Right... Well, that leaves you back at square one though, I suppose. Do you plan to just run around and ask random people if they've seen Miles? Like the way you did to me?" @soul | 🎻 (edited)

Kevin just stayed silent as he watched the other two converse. Glancing between the both of them as he figured to keep to himself for now. Honestly, after thinking on it, he figured he should jusy leave and figure out where the hell he was. With a grunt he got up and walked off after it was clear these other two were busy. (edited)

"The more eyes looking out for him the better. I'll find him." So basically yes that was her entire plan. "Once I find him I'll get out of here." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"And how do you plan on getting out of here..? As far as I know, we're much farther away from Earth than you may think. Apparently, we're in space on some alien island or something," Moses informed her. He chose to neglect mentioning how Theora's idea of running around wasn't the least bit efficient. @soul | 🎻

"I'll work it out." AKA she had no idea. "It doesn't matter how long it takes as long as I do it. I don't have a deadline. Just an objective." She glared at him through squinted eyes. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses sighed. "So you don't know then," he commented and ran a hand through his hair. "So, let's think about the worst case scenario for a moment. Miles isn't here, you don't know how to get back home, and you're exhausted. What would your objective change to?" @soul | 🎻

"I know Miles is here," Theora snapped. "I saw him get teleported away shortly. I was teleported here as well. My objective remains the same no matter what. I find Miles. I bring him back. The objective doesn't change." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"You're ignoring the question because you don't know what you'd do," Moses commented, unphazed and shook his head. "Look, kid, whenever you're ready to try and talk more, you can come find me again. I'm obviously not getting through to you right now, but that's fine. Do what you want and I'll be there if you need help." @soul | 🎻

"I do know what I'd do. I'd find a way to leave, and I'd leave." That was a longer way of saying she didn't know what she'd do. "You'll tell me if you see Miles. I have three people looking for him now. He can't escape me." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Right," was all Moses graced Theora with. "And how are any of us going to tell you we found him if you're still running around?" @soul | 🎻

"You'll find me. Duh." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses stared blankly at Theora for a moment, before letting out a small chuckle. "You're an interesting kid, Theora. Fine. I'll find ya," Moses complied, even if he was a little peeved. @soul | 🎻

"I'm not a kid. And you will find me." Theora stepped backwards and then began to turn to leave. Sorry she's like this Moses. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Mhm. See ya, kiddo," he waved goodbye to Theora, ignoring her first comment. @soul | 🎻

Theora stopped turning to glare at him but said nothing. She didn't wave back. She just walked away. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Nora led Juno to the closest place, the area with lots of tied up cloths. She wasn’t very chatty, but talked enough so Juno could follow her by her voice. “Um… I- I don’t like… there being… so many people… there’s- there’s too much t-to… think about.” Her anger from before had quickly died out, over taken by that fear she always seemed to have. Her voice was less flat than before, though. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhmmm..." Yeonaixho had kept close to Nora and navigated with his cane, which he now folded up as they stopped. "I'm not the biggest fan of crowds, either, honestly. It can be hard to track conversations when you can't see people. Especially when they're all strangers. It's nothing to be ashamed of." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Oh, so... it’s not just me…” She shuffled a bit, the sound of small beads shifting could be heard- she was fiddling with her cat again. “Um… Mister Juno… t-thank you for… being so nice to me.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Do you want to know a secret, Nora?" Yeonaixho said gently, "Almost no experience is completely unique to just one person. If you feel some way, there's a high likelihood someone has felt that way before. I've always found that a really comforting idea. Makes me feel less alone." His smile brightened at the thanks, though it had a certain wistful sadness. "Oh, you're welcome! Thank you for being nice to me." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She perked up a bit at that. “Oh! That’s- that’s nice… if-if someone else… has done it then, I’m not doing s-something wrong… or, um. No… hm.” A rather complicated idea. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhmm, that's one way of thinking of it. I don't think there's any wrong way of being a person, honestly. Unless you're hurting people." He hummed. "It means that no matter what you do or what problems you face, someone else has made it through the same stuff." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She wilted a bit at that. “…if.. if I hurt people before.. am I a bad p-person… now?” She was definitely a bad person before- good people would never hurt someone. Never. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Hmmm.... I don't think it's as simple as being a 'good person' or a 'bad person'," He began, "but overall, I think recognizing the harm one did in the past is good. And making efforts to do good in the present. People can be forgiven, I think. No one is inherently bad." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“…I was bad.. before. But I’m… good now…?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Hmmm...." Yeonaixho thought for a moment. "I think... it's more complicated than simply being 'good' or 'bad'. Most people fall somewhere in between the two. And I think it's more productive to judge the moral weight of an action, rather than ascribe a moral value to a person." "However," He added, "If you make an effort to help others, I think that makes you a good person." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She shuffled a bit. She was quiet for a minute, trying to understand what he was saying. “…I.. I don’t understand… what- what am I supposed… to do to be a.. good person? You’re good..” Perhaps this is too complex of a subject for such a sheltered little girl. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"In the end, I think it boils down to helping people when you can, and doing your best to do as little harm as possible." He rephrased. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“…be nice and.. don’t hurt people.. wh-what about now.. we have to fight… right?” She yawned suddenly, shaking her head a bit to try to fight off her exhaustion. It had been a very long day already… @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"We'll- we'll figure it out." Yeonaixho said, noticing how tired Nora seemed. "We can talk about it more some other time. You sound pretty tired... do you want to rest some?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Mmhm… but there’s.. no beds…” There were these strange hanging cloths though. Nora walked over to them. They looked like blankets, and they were long enough to fit her if she sat on one. Maybe..? “Um, Mister Juno, there are… um, these… blankets, um, they’re..” How the hell do you describe these to someone who can’t see. “They’re… hanging, um, like on… both ends. Do you know.. what they are?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho walked over to where Nora was, and inspected the hammocks with his hands. "Oh, these are hammocks! They're like- a mix between a swing and a bed. Very comfy." He nodded. "I think this would be a good place for you to rest." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Ham… mock. Hammock. Okay!” She tested her weight on the ‘ham mock’. It seemed pretty sturdy! “I- I’m going to… sleep here. I’m tired. Um… bye bye, Mister Juno.” It was a confusing bed, but once she could get herself onto the thing, it was rather comfy. She set her hat over her eyes, and settled her cat close to her heart. The toy was still tied to her in a sort-of sling, so it couldn’t be taken from her. She clutched it possessively. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"Rest well. I think I'm going to explore some more." Yeonaixho smiled. "I'll talk to you later, goodbye!" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Her voice was quiet and soft as she drifted off. “Bye bye…” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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Her voice was quiet and soft as she drifted off. “Bye bye…” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho was off. Blind guy explores the world.

With a ZAP of lightning, Mallon appeared in the area... Yeonaixho was here. None of Mallon's items were here. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Sprawled out on the ground at first, it hardly takes Mallon a second before they’re launching back to their feet with a gasp. They seem somewhat disoriented as they frantically scan the area around them, clearly looking for something in a panic, and a loud snarl escapes them when they don’t see it. However, they don’t seem to notice anyone nearby just yet. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho had done some exploring, and returned back to the common area by the time Mallon appeared. He could hear them scrambling in panic, and could hear the snarl, but his caution did not overtake him. Tentatively, he approached Mallon. "Hello? Are you alright?" He asked. "I assume you teleported here, too..." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

The viol is nowhere to be seen. Mallon bites back a loud swear that would’ve made Hannah proud, whipping around in a circle at the sound of footsteps in their blind spot. When they see the man approaching they immediately slip into the defensive with a low warning growl, but then… Well. Then they hear his voice, and everything clicks. Victory to Mallon. The feeling of sand beneath their feet suddenly makes their stomach roll. It’s a good thing the air is warm and humid here, calm rather than the cold, biting wind from the arena. And slowly, that same hunter’s stillness settles over them, heartbeat pounding in their ears. For Yeonaixho, all sound of movement ceases, leaving no reply and only the lingering feeling of being watched. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho noticed the cold silence he was being given in reply, and took a few steps back. He rose his free hand in the air, in a gesture of surrender. His expression was that of fear hidden under neutrality. "I- I don't mean to hurt you," He continued on, "I promise. My name is Yeonaixho Sehwolh, I have healing powers." He hoped introducing himself might ease the mind of this stranger. Little does he know. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Don’t mean to hurt you. Right. Yeonaixho saying his name is already a less than necessary confirmation. They would recognize his voice from their memories anywhere. Sure, Rakin had said something about ‘another’ Yeonaixho. But he’d also chained them up and stolen Ekmeros’s viol not once but twice and they’re much more inclined to believe their own eye rather than anything he’d said. Mallon still doesn’t reply, and there’s only a very faint sound of sand moving that might alert Yeonaixho to the fact that they’ve slowly begun to circle. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho could hear Mallon circling them, and tracked their moments as best he could with only sound to guide him. Worriedly, he worked his cane in his hands, unsure of what to do. He was a sitting target, and he knew it, but all the adrenaline pumping through his veins was only keeping him still, unable to move. "I don't mean to hurt you," He repeated, voice cautious now. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon’s eye narrows at the repetition. Every hunting instinct screams at them not to speak, not to startle off their prey when they’re this close, but they just can’t help it. They pause behind him, letting the silence hang even heavier before they hiss quietly, “You did already.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"What?" Yeonaixho's voice in cracked in surprise. "I- I don't think we've ever met before. Who are you? If- if I hurt you, I didn't mean it, I swear-" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“It doesn’t matter!” Mallon snaps, taking a single step forward. Unfortunately for Yeonaixho, he’s only helping to make things worse. Though with the outburst at least any aspect of the ambush they rely on is lost as their fists clench at their sides. “Why do you care now?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I didn't- I don't know what you're talking about!" Yeonaixho flinched, stepping away from Mallon as they near him. "I don't know who you are!" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon bares their teeth at Yeonaixho, then at once seems to remember he can’t see it so they hiss again instead. “I know who you are. That’s enough.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I think you must be mistaken-" Yeonaixho kept his hands up, in defense. "If- if you could please, at least tell me why you're so upset with me, perhaps we could clear things up?" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Rakin had said he brought another Yeonaixho, sure, but he had also said he’d brought the man responsible for the viol changing owners. To Mallon, that signaled they were in fact one and the same. “Yeonaixho Sehwolh. The Hand of God. You stood there and watched and then—“ Their voice shifts abruptly, bitterness bleeding out into pain. “I saw the bodies in the hospital.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Hand of God-" Yeonaixho repeated, the words sounding foreign on his tongue, but only to him. Mallon might find his specific annunciation of the syllables too familiar. He shook his head. "That- what? Bodies in the- I don't know what you're talking about!" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

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Mallon’s earfins pin back, Yeonaixho’s repetition rattling around painfully in their brain. They shake their head to try and clear it as their breathing picks up. “You have to!” They snarl, swiping out a clawed hand in front of them. While it doesn’t land it’s more of a warning than anything. “You owe it that much!” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho scrambled back, away from Mallon as they swung towards him. He only barely caught himself, narrowly avoiding a fall. "I- I think you have me mistaken for somebody else- I don't know what you're accusing me of-" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

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Mallon swings again, and though Yeonaixho can’t see them it would be easy enough for him to hear that they’re starting to get a bit more erratic. They miss, again. “I know who you are!” they snap once more. Sorry Juno the circular thinking is kicking in again they still think you’re just lying <//3. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho scrambled further away. "Please- please calm down-" His fear was rising in his voice. "I don't know what I did to upset you. I'm- I'm confused, and scared-" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Missing twice seems to have only made Mallon more upset. “I don’t care!” They shout suddenly, voice cracking audibly with a small sob and surprising even themself. “I don’t— I don’t care,” they repeat with a shake of their head. “I don’t believe you.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho heard the crack on Mallon's voice, but still remained where he was. "What can I do to make you believe me?" He pleaded, "Why are you so upset with me?" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“I.. I don’t know,” Mallon says eventually, desperately. They suddenly sound defeated, like the fight’s gone out of them all at once. “I don’t believe you.” It’s starting to sound more like they’re trying to convince themself, too. They don’t give a better answer as to what Yeonaixho might have done, but at the very least, they don’t seem to be attacking again. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho took in a few laborious breaths. He didn't move any further from Mallon, but didn't get any closer. "Please," He begged. "Tell me- tell me what you think I did. Please." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon squeezes their eye shut for a brief second, struggling to calm their breathing down. “I don’t ‘think’! I know, I was—“ Well. They weren’t there, were they. “Fine. Fine! I’ll humor you!” At some point they’ve started pacing, sand kicking up around them, and there’s a faint clicking and humming sort of sound echoing behind their words the more emotional they get. “You toyed with people’s powers and lives just for one person and just because you could! You killed the ones that stayed. Or if you did not then you left them to die which still means you are guilty just as I am! Happy!?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho's brow only furrowed more as Mallon went on. He kept shaking his head, unable to believe what he was hearing. His entire body was trembling, he kept his arms crossed before his chest. "I didn't- I never did anything like that- you think I killed people? How- why do you think I killed people?!" His voice strained. "I- I don't understand!" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon, unfortunately, does not seem to be putting together the pieces. Yeonaixho’s insistence on saying that it’s only what they think happened is certainly not helping him. “I saw it! I know what I saw and I know what I heard and I will not be lied to about it!” Blindly, they swing again at him. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 def

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7:50 PM

Mallon's claws tore across Yeonaixho's bare chest, leaving sanguine red wounds in their wake. He yelled in pain and fright, and stumbled back, clutching a hand to his chest. The wounds did not immediately repair themselves, nor did he put in effort to heal them himself. "I- I'm not lying, please," He begged. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Something distinctly wrong tugs at Mallon’s gut the second their claws dig in, but they mentally push it down as hard as they can. No—the feeling has to be wrong, not their actions, surely. But when Yeonaixho doesn’t heal himself, that doubt grows ever so slightly. “It’s not what I think,” they repeat, with a desperate edge to their voice. “I lived it, it happened, it did, it—“ They squeeze their eye shut again. Their hand is shaking, ever so slightly, dripping blood onto the sand. “It was you. Y-Your name, your face, your voice, I— I hear it—“ Mallon cuts themself off again, wheezing painfully. “Stop saying it didn’t happen.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho winced, both from the pain of the wound and from Mallon's words. "I- I don't know how to prove to you that I'm not lying. You're accusing me of- of these terrible things, but I swear I didn't do them. Please. Please." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon laughs at that, a dry sound that’s more distraught than joyful. “I don’t know either, I don’t—“ They stagger a few steps back, luckily for Yeonaixho. “I was there, I went back— I don’t understand, it doesn’t make sense!” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

As Mallon backs away from him, Yeonaixho sits down on the grass- to try and make himself seem less intimidating, to ease his pain. "I- you've been referencing something, something I don't know what is- I, I don't understand... I don't know you..." His frantic voice was dissolving to sobs. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

A strangled mix of growls, clicks, and whines escapes them in lieu of a reply, though it sounds like it could possibly be a language. It only seems to make them even more distressed. They’ve never had a flight instinct. It goes against every bone in their body. But now, faced with everything Yeonaixho has been saying and everything spiraling around in their mind, it feels like they don’t have a choice. Earfins pinned against their head, Mallon turns tail and sprints away towards the stream in the distance. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho didn't even try to chase after Mallon. He listened as they left, and when he was certain he wasn't there anymore, he laid down in the sand and began to cry. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Yeonaixho was left to cry miserably for a while alone. Then, a growing feeling of static began to grow around him, making his hair stand on end. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho sat up as he felt the static electricity, patting both his body and the ground to try and figure out what was going on. Weird. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

The feeling continued to build- until it crescendoed with lightning striking the ground right next to him. Hardly giving him enough time to let his ears stop ringing, Rakin spoke. "Heal yourself already." Rakin ordered him. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho scrambled away from where the lightning striked, and took a moment to gather himself. "Oh, right..." He pressed a hand to his wounded chest, and began healing the claw marks. Within seconds, they faded into faint, pale scars. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hm. Good." Rakin said, not moving from his spot. "Why did you not heal yourself right away." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I- I didn't immediately think to." Yeonaixho stammered. "I'm not used to being in... combat situations. What- what were they talking about?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I have to say I wasn't really listening, so I do not know." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho wrapped his arms around his chest. "They said I killed people...." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Killed people? Yes, Yeonaixho has killed many people." Rakin said, not bothering to use any body motions. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Wh- no I haven't!" Yeonaixho immediately defended himself.. "I don't- I would know if I had killed- oh, god." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I never said you, I said Yeonaixho." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"So... they have me confused with someone else..." Yeonaixho stated. He knew there weren't many other people with his name, but that was the most reasonable explanation. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yes.. Another blind man with healing powers and blond hair named Yeonaixho who is infatuated with a woman named Jymairyi... Simple mistake." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho's brow furrowed. This... was difficult to think about, and Rakin's vagueness wasn't making it any easier. "That shouldn't be possible." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"It's quite possible.." Rakin chuckled. "You're only one of many different Yeonaixho's I could have chosen from. You're actually the most normal one I could find. No cults or dead wives yet or epic quests.. Just a simple man with a simple life. It was even more satisfying to rip you out of it and trap you here in space." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"That's not possible," Yeonaixho restated, suddenly firm. "I'm the only one of me, and- and I'm not in a cult, and Jymaiyri's not dead- and you're lying to me." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"You're right, you're not in the cult, you're the cult leader, important distinction." Rakin said. "I would implore you to believe me. My master has taken an interest in forcing the knowledge in to you if you do not. I promise hearing me out will end better for you. Keep an open mind." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Now-" Yeonaixho stammered, and got to his feet. "Now I know you're lying to me, because- because I would never be a cult leader." "And why should I believe that. You've given me no reason to think anything you say is true, at all. All you've done is brought me here to kill me, separated me from my family, and lied to me." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I haven't lied to you, I am simply trying to impart to you some of my wisdom without you having to experience it. I am trying to help you, but you need to take my word for it." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Your wisdom." Yeonaixho repeated, and scoffed. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Rakin placed his hand on Yeonaixho's shoulder. "I am giving you one last chance to hear me out. At least pretend." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho flinched at Rakin's touch, and stepped back away from him. "And why should I?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Rakin only stepped after him, increasing his grip. "Three, two..." He faded off, grip vice like on Yeonaixho's shoulder. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Get off me!" Yeonaixho shouted, still backing away from Rakin. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

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(THIS IS THE THIRD 3 IN A ROW FROM RAKIN BTW)

12:06 AM

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(lmao)

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Yeonaixho managed to get Rakin to let go of him. "You are going to have to speak with my master. They'll make you understand." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Your master..." Yeonaixho repeated, finally stepping away from Rakin. He shook his head, and... started walking away? He wasn't the fastest, having to unfold his cane again and work out where he was again... @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

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@Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I warned you." Rakin said. Suddenly, there was another tight grab at his shoulder, but no footsteps were heard before it. They both disappeared in another flash of lightning. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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"I warned you." Rakin said. Suddenly, there was another tight grab at his shoulder, but no footsteps were heard before it. They both disappeared in another flash of lightning. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho yelped, and put his hand to his shoulder as it was grabbed, but couldn't get anything else out before they were teleported away...

... When Yeonaixho awoke in the place he was before, he was alone. Any injuries he had felt before we also gone- along with any blood that he had splattered across himself. The only thing that felt different about him now was the feeling of something shoved in to the waist of his pants. A small piece of paper. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

It took Yeonaixho a while to wake, or at least, it took him a while to find the will to pull himself up from the earth. He soon noticed the paper shoved into his waistband, and pulled it out. If there was anything printed on it, he was out of luck, but hey a man can dream. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

Well, luckily for him, it was written in braile! It was.. Very sloppy and kind of all over the place. Like the person writing it was either not looking at what they were doing, or were inexperienced in it. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

What great luck! Yeonaixho ran his fingers over the braille, trying to read it despite its amateur quality. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"1 do not speak of this to anyone 2 do not let anyone see this 3 the woman and child are fine they are on the other side 4 eat this paper now 5 bye rakin" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

As soon as he read over the paper, Yeonaixho folded it up again, making it small enough to hide in his fist. He wasn't yet sure if he was going to eat it... @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Well, it didn't explode or anything so... The paper was just going to sit in his hand. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

After a moments contemplation, Yeonaixho tasted the paper with just the tip of his tongue. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

It tasted like someone's gross sweaty palms. But it didn't burn him or anything. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Well. Yeonaixho sighed, and, realizing he probably didn't have much of an option in this matter, ate the fucking paper. Eugh. Gross. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Yep. Just regular sweaty palm paper. Probably wouldn't cause any problems. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

In true Yeonaixho Sehwohl fashion, he's too stressed to make good decisions. He laid back down in the dirt, and tried not to think of everything he'd just learned.

After taking a good nap, Yeonaixho departed from Celena and decided to go explore some while she still rested. He ended up back in the common area he'd taken his first nap in, before Mallon had attacked him and... all of that had happened. He sat down by some of the rocks, and took a moment to think... @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

He wouldn’t be alone for long. A sudden rustling of branches from behind, and out ran Nora- panting and sounding all around panicked. As the grass changed to sand, she tripped and fell on her face with a little shriek. She started to pick herself up when she realized someone was in front of her. “Ah! M-mister Juno..?!” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

Yeonaixho got up as soon as he heard someone else in the area, and rushed over to Nora's side once he identified who she was. "Nora? Are you doing alright?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“I- hh- N-Nathan and… Th-Theora… they were fighting and I saw them and then Rakin… Rakin stopped them and yelled at them and- and he… he was mad.. at me. S-so I ran.. away…” Her voice was panicked and her breathing was harsh. “M-mister Juno… Nathan… he got hurt. And- and Rakin was really mad. He might- he might hhurt him.” Nora’s eyes started to shine with tears, and her voice wobbled like she was about to cry again. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho's eyes widened in fear as Nora described what happened. "Oh, god..." He shook his head, and ran a hand through his hair. "Deep breaths, Nora. Let's take in some deep breaths." He led her through some, because he, too, needed to calm down. He couldn't face Rakin- not after what had happened, not like this, not when Nora's and Nathan's and Theora's safety all depended upon his being able to handle a situation. "If anyone gets hurt, I'll be able to heal them. Did you get hurt? I heard you fall...." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She nodded her head and sniffled as she tried not to cry. The breathing exercises definitely helped. “I- I’m okay… I-“ Her voice broke with a small sob. “I’m s-scared Mister Juno…” She really couldn’t understand why. She wasn’t in active danger, unless Rakin came back. Really, she didn’t know why she was so scared. But the more she thought about Nathan getting hurt, the tighter her chest felt. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho continued to lead Nora through breathing exercises. "In... out... in... out..." "It's okay to be scared. I'm scared too," Yeonaixo admitted. "But you're alright. We're alright here." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She followed, but she still worried. “B-but we… we’re not safe. We- we have to fight here…” She shook her head and held herself tight. “Mister Juno… I saw.. others. They all have powers and… and they’re strong. But none of them.. want to fight. What’s… what’s gonna happen if… no one wants to fight?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho could not easily provide an answer. Not after what he'd been shown and what he'd been told. He'd been expressly informed that if he refused to fight, his family would be harmed. And he couldn't let that happen. But that was not what Nora needed to hear. "They can't make us do something we don't want to." He said. "If we all work together, we'll be able to get out of here. There's more of us than there are of them, I think." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Her eyes went wide. “R-really..? We… h-how do we get out..? I- I don’t know how.. I got here. I don’t know how to go.. back.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"We'll figure it out," Yeonaixho said. "I met a man named Moses, he seemed pretty confident we could all get out. I believe him." He believed him, because he didn't have much of a choice. It was believing Moses, or falling into despair. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Moses… okay. I… I really don’t.. wanna fight, Mister Juno. Um.. if- if we have to fight… what will you.. do? You can’t see..” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I don't want to fight either," Yeonaixho sighed. "If we do, then... then I'll just have to hope my opponent takes pity on me, or something. But don't worry about that, don't worry about me. I'll be fine." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Um, okay.” She would of course still worry. “…I don’t want.. you to get hurt, Mister Juno.” She looked nervously back at the farm. “…do you think… Nathan will be okay..?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I won't get hurt. I promise." Yeonaixho said, knowing it was a lie. He sighed. "I think he'll be alright. I'll be able to heal him if he gets hurt. Besides, he seems like a smart enough guy to not get himself into more trouble." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She frowned, knowing it wasn’t the truth. “You.. can’t.. never get hurt. I.. I just… I don’t want.. you to die, Mister Juno. You are… nice.” Important to me. She stopped hugging herself and started brushing little bits of sand off of her clothes. Trying to keep her hands busy. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"I'll be able to heal myself. Please, don't worry about me." Yeonaixho sighed. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“…okay. Be… careful.” Healing magic would be very helpful. Even if he did get hurt, he could always heal. “…Mister Juno, can you… heal everything? Like if you.. got hurt really really bad, could you fix it?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I will. You be careful too." Yeonaixho said. He had to think over the question. "I think so. I can heal most wounds. I mean, I've never encountered something I haven't been able to heal, barring disabilities like my blindness and the like." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She nodded. “Mhm. Oh, um, so… your eyes aren’t.. broken. They just… your eyes just can’t… they can’t see..? Not broken.” She nodded as she tried to understand. “Um. Well, if you… got hurt really bad and.. and you might die.. could you fix it?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Yeah, that's one way to think about it." Yeonaixho nodded. "You don't need to worry about fixing my sight, or anything like that. I get around fine without it." "I think so. I guess it would depend on what sort of wound it was. But I'm pretty sure I'd be able to heal myself, still." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Mhm. If they.. were broken you’d fix them… and if.. you get hurt really bad… you can’t die? Because you’d heal it..?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho hummed in thought. "Well, I wouldn't say that. But I don't want you worrying about me dying. I'll be fine, I can heal myself." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Mm, okay.” She shifted a bit, thinking over her words. “…you.. mm.. you are.. important. To me. So, um… please don’t die. You’re… you’re really nice and you don’t hurt me.. and you know a lot and help me. You’re really nice. So, um..” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"I won't die." Yeonaixho reassured. "But you're important to me, too. So you don't go off dying either." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Her eyes went wide. “I… am? I’m.. important.. b-but I haven’t… done anything for you.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"You don't need to have done anything. I care about your safety either way." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Nice people don’t need things from you to like you, apparently. Was everyone important to him, then..? Maybe that was why he was so nice. “…why?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Why do I care about your safety?" Yeonaixho asked. "I care about pretty much everyone's safety, especially kids like you." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

So she was right. She smiled at him. “That’s.. why I like you. You’re really really nice Mister Juno.” There were no signs from the farm, and she really didn’t want to go back. Not until she was sure Rakin was gone. “..um, you said you met… someone. Um, Moses. What does.. he look like? Or um.. ah. What does he sound.. like..?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"Thank you, that's really sweet of you to say." Yeonaixho smiled. He laughed at Nora's question. "Ah, it's alright. Moses has got a pretty deep voice, kinda gravelly. He's nice too, he's got a kid like me. He's building shelters for us all on the beach." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Deep.. okay. And he’s nice.. he’s building… um, shelter.. houses? Wow.. that’s- that’s very nice..!” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"It is very nice. I wish I could've helped him out, but I don't think I would've been much help." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Oh, um.. maybe I can help..? Um, houses need… um, well, I can make.. blankets..! Oh, but- um, it’s hot. So no blankets… hm..” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh, that's a good idea! I also met someone named Itsuki, who's been here longer than we have, and he said it rains a lot at night. So blankets will still be useful. Maybe we can make fiber out of the plants that grow here. I've got some sewing experience, too, so I could help out some." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She smiled, excited at the thought of making something. “Yay! I, um, I like making things.. blankets.. that won’t be very hard. How do you… make things out of plants?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I'm not exactly sure, my wife would know more about that... I think she has some books on organic fiber making back home. But she's not here..." He sighed. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Oh, but.. we can still.. look for her, Mister Juno. I wanna help..” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho winced. "I appreciate that you want to help. It's really nice, but... I don't think we'll be able to easily find her." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“But you said.. they’re here.. right? You, um.. you’re nice, I think if… if you ask for help, other people will.. help you. And I will too..!” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I appreciate that. I really do. But..." He tried to think of how to say what he needed to. "Do you remember when we were talking to Nathan, and Aileen appeared? And she was talking about different sides?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Oh… um, yes. But can’t we- can’t we… go to the other side?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"I'm not sure we can." Yeonaixho sighed. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She frowned, shuffling and fidgeting with her cat again. “Oh.. did, um, someone.. tell you..? I- that’s sad, Mister Juno…Um, I’m sorry. That’s sad.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"It is sad," He nodded solemnly, "But right now, there's not much we can do about it." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She looks at his sad face and finds herself feeling sad as well. Looking down to her toy, she tentatively holds out her cat to him. “Um… when I’m sad, I… I feel less sad when.. I hold my kitty.” The little beads shift around as she moves it closer to him. “You can hold kitty if, um.. you want. To feel…better.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"Oh- thank you." Yeonaixho hadn't realized he looked so sad in front of Nora. He hadn't meant to. "Thank you, Nora." He said as he took the kitty into his lap. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Mhm. I know, um…. it’s hard to be alone… but having… having my kitty always.. it makes me feel better.” The toy was very clearly old. The fur was smushed, almost entirely rubbed off in some places. Most of the stuffing had left its arms and neck, leaving it very floppy. It was quite soft though. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho took the plush carefully, and held it gently in his lap. "Thank you." He repeated. "It's good to have something to hold onto." He considered for a moment. "And anyways, I'm not really alone. My family's not here, but I've still got you with me." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She smiled at that. “Mhm! We… we aren’t really alone.. it’s nice. I, um… I didn’t really.. know anyone before.. this. Just… Salvatore. And he was mean. So um… it’s nice to.. know you, Mister Juno.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"It is nice." Yeonaixho nodded. He couldn't help but feel bad as Nora spoke about her former master. "I'm glad that you think that way, and that you think I'm nice." He managed a smile. "I'm glad that I know you, too." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She smiled even brighter. “Yay! I’m.. I’m glad, too. I.. I felt very.. alone when I… lived there. But I don’t anymore. So I’m.. I’m happy. Even though… we’re stuck here. I’m not..lonely anymore.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"I'm very happy that you don't feel lonely anymore. I wish it didn't have to be under these circumstances, but I am glad we met." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Mhm. Um.. Mister Juno, I- um.. I’ve always been told… people are mean and- and selfish.. but.. everyone I’ve met has been.. mostly nice.” She shifts again as she thinks. “Nobody wants to fight. Nobody..listens to Rakin. Why… why don’t you listen.. to him? I..I always do what.. I’m told, but I- I don’t know if I should.. anymore.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho sighed, and thought over his next words carefully. "Nora, I think there's a strong possibility what you were taught previously isn't true. People are inherent kind and good, at least I believe so. No one here wants to fight, because we all have a choice in what we want to do. You have that choice, too. You don't have to do everything you're told." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“But, um- but what… else am I supposed to do..? I don’t know what.. the right thing to do is.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"You don't have to make any sort of big decisions, not right now. What do you want to do?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“I want to… go find Nathan. I want to… see if he’s okay.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Alright, we can do that." Yeonaixho nodded. "We can do that now, actually." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

It was at that moment that the familiar clunk, thunk of composite toe boots was very much present in the little common area, and Nathan was making his way out of the farmlands. He seemed to be clenching and unclenching his jaw rhythmically, hands jammed into his jacket pockets. While his jaw was still aching like Hell, he seemed to be doing fine, all things considered. "You should'a seen the other fuckin' guy," Nathan crowed, the moment their sight fell on the little pair. Buddies, went a thought in his mind, and the corner of his mouth quirked up. Ares. Jaw. "'Cause I didn't. I ditched. Like, as soon as Mister Teenager let go of me." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Nora whipped around towards the voice, looking happy in her worried sort of way. “N-Nathan!! You- you didn’t die! Um- I’m glad… you’re okay! Do you.. do you need Mister Juno to… heal you?” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Nathan! It's good to hear from you again. We were just setting out to look for you." Yeonaixho smiled and turned to face Nathan. "As Nora said, I can heal you if you need." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

"skata, please heal me," Nathan groaned, dropping all hints of his cocky facade. "Dude, I've been shocked with lightning, punched in the jaw, and ate my own flesh for my powers. I'm not having a fun-ass day." He plopped down near the pair, starting to rant about what had just happened; "Look- I don't think she could have killed me if she tried- uh, Mister Six-Year-Old, probably, but he just up and left- dude, that malakas punched me square in the jaw! She thought she was so big and tough and strong, talking about her eye, looking for this guy with her eye, she had her eye on the bag, her powers are called eye, and she was going to use her eye powers on me, too! I would have had to burn my binder! And it's a good, good binder! It's good! Not too restricting, not too strainy, it's a good binder!" Nathan seemed pretty animated, gesturing wildly with their arms as if to elaborate on the fact that they had a really, really good binder that they valued a liiittle more than their own life. "And- and I saw you, you were in the trees," he quietly said, eyes darting over to Nora. She didn't...seem, hurt. "I didn't get to see where you went after the kid arrived- are you alright? He do anything to ya? Did she hurt you before?" If one could notice, there was a low beckon of a crackle in the back of his throat. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She couldn’t really follow all of that, frowning and tilting her head. But at the mention of the trees, she finally caught up. “Oh- um… I’m- I’m okay. I… R-Rakin. He was mad and… I didn’t want.. I didn’t want to.. be there. Um.. I’m sorry I… left you alone with.. them.” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Well, that was just a lot of information. Nathan used a lot of nicknames for parties Yeonaixho wasn't intimately familiar with, so it took a bit of effort to fully track what he was saying, but he got the gist of it. "Well, I'm glad you got out of it when you did." He said, "Come over here, please, and show me where the wound is. My healing is kind of... hands-on." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan scooched over a little closer to Yeonaixho, eager for the healing boost. His head was killing him. And his jaw. His everywhere, really. "Bah, don't 'pologize," he said, waving Nora off quickly. "Nothing happened, and even if it did, it wasn't your fight to begin with." He hummed, tapping his finger a little on his knee. "Uh, I definitely wouldn't win against the kid, but uh, that eye girl? Yeah, no, I'd sweep her. Easy fight. Rrright on the head." He mimed knocking his hand on top of his head, not exactly doing it on the account of Ouchy-Oof-Brain-Hurt-Bad disease. "My brain hurts. Like, super bad. But, uh, don't go digging around in my brain now," he laughed. "I guess, my jaw? Man, everywhere just aches." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She flinched at the mention of… hitting on the head. Strange. She carefully took her toy out of Juno’s way so he could work easier. She rubbed its soft ears to busy herself. “..I should’ve- I should’ve helped you… that’s.. that’s the nice thing to do.” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho focused most his attention on healing Nathan, and put his hands around the other man's jaw, numbing the pain and righting its position. "Did you hit your head? You could've gotten a concussion." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan didn't seem to notice Nora's reaction, eyes closed as Yeonaixho did his thing. "Well- yeah, it's nice, but you don't have to, y'know?" he hummed. "Again, it's not your fight. And even if it was, uh, hit the bricks, get out of there. Value your own safety over other's. That's what I live by. You can't help others if you can't do a thing. I think they say that on airplanes too. I've never been on an airplane." "Eh, I didn't hit my head," Nathan considered, feeling his jaw shift. Shit, just like his powers could do. Wild. "That was freaky. Uh, didn't hit my head, more like I tried to get the frog legs and got smote by Zeus. Or the kid. Either-or." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“I should… help me first? But, you were… you were in danger and..” She cringed suddenly as she watched Nathan’s jaw shift. “…I could’ve…mm, stopped you from.. getting hurt.” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Not at the expense of your own health. You would've gotten hurt, too, and that's still a problem. Help people when you can, yes, but don't rush into harm." Yeonaixho said to Nora. Returning to Nathan, he thought a bit. "Hm. Maybe some kind of electrical damage..." He moved his hands to Nathan's temples and healed his brain. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Yeah, as the big guy said." He worked his jaw a little, a hand briefly coming up to touch the part where it had felt uneven before. Smooth as ever. "Look, don't put yourself at risk for anything, really- especially if you can't keep yourself safe. Sure, stuff gets risky, but you gotta make sure you're in working condition before you throw yourself into the mix." "Did you fix up my brain?" Nathan asked after Yeonaixho semed to work his stuff, the corners of his mouth curling up with humor. "Like, every bit, or just the ouch bits? Cause it would have been super helpful to fix up the sad bits of it, too." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

The way Nathan worded things was confusing, so she just listened to Juno here (sorry Nathan). “…okay. I’ll be.. safe. But, um.. you- you need to… be safe too.” She tilted her head as Nathan spoke, once again confused. “Sad? You- you can fix sad..?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"I'll be safe. We'll all keep each other safe." Yeonaixho affirmed. "Fixing sadness is beyond me- though, if you need that kind of help, I can recommend a few therapists and psychiatrists." He said to Nathan. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"We can help each other," Nathan said, the words leaving his mouth before thinking. Something was stirring in the pit of his stomach, yet he shoved that feeling away as soon as it surfaced. "We'll keep each other safe, keep an eye on each other. Make sure we all get through this together." "Bahh, I'll be fine," he assured, waving his hand a little bit. "It's been like that for years, I'll manage. Just hoping for a little bit of luck from Tyche, y'know?" "Uh- you can't. Really, fix sad? You can help...it, though?" He winced a little, scratching behind his ear. "Uh, it's kinda weird to 'xplain, I guess?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

She smiled at the two. ’Keep each other safe.’ “I.. I’d like that.” Once again she tilted her head, confused. “But you..asked Mister Juno if… he can fix sad..?” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho nodded. "The more of us that are working together, the safer we'll all be. We'll get through it." "My powers can't affect mental issues, not to that degree. They're almost exclusively physical." He sighed. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Again, magic, and just a liiittle bit of wishful thinking." Nathan pressed his fingers a little bit together at that, as if accentuating the slim little chance of hope he may have held. "Eh, but it's alright, I'll manage. Thanks, Yeonaixho," he said, lightly patting his hand. Although he couldn't see him, it was very clear there was a bit of a smile in his voice. "I definitely don't feel like I'm on the constant verge of keeling over now." If he considered it, maybe he cared about these two a liiittle more than that eye guy from earlier. He wouldn't say he'd die for them or anything, but that fondness for the pair certainly was building. Nathan is at 25 HP Slowly massaging his jaw, his attention drifted up to the sky that was once so vibrant and now a dull grey. "It might rain soon," he considered. "We could stay here, but we might get caught in it." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

“Rain… is there.. somewhere we can go? I didn’t.. see any buildings, or- or houses..” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Of course." Yeonaixho smiled. "If you need any more healing, just let me know." At the mention of rain, he frowned. "There's a small shelter by the beach. It would probably fit all three of us." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"There's this old holey brickhouse of a building nearby, though again, holey. Not fun." "The beach- that isn't too far away, right?" He was just there a little earlier, and it didn't seem too far. "Maybe we could get there before it starts getting awful. Does feel a bit colder, now." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Nora tugged at her capelet as the wind blew colder. “We should, um… we should go.. inside.” She could vaguely remember being outside in a storm once, and it was not something she wanted to relive. She pulled out some of her string, going over how to make a blanket in her head. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Yeonaixho stood up and began unfolding his cane. "Let's head over to the beach. I think I remember how to get there from here." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan pushed himself up to his feet and shook the grass off his sweater a little bit. "Yeah, let's head over," he agreed, offering his hand for Nora to take if she wished. "Lead the way, big guy. You'd know best where the tent is." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Nora looked up from her string, staring at the hand. That awful creeping fear returned, but lessened. Nathan was nice. He wouldn’t hurt her. She shook her head, and grabbed at the loose sleeve from the tied up jacket. She followed along. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Alrighty, off we go." Yeonaixho hummed, and led the group towards the beach... @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Well, here the little family was! They were all piled into one big hammock, cuddling with each other and fast asleep. Minerva was resting in the crook of Yeonaixho's arm, while Jymaiyri rested on his side, her head on his shoulder. Nap time. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran had had their fill of crab, and washed away all its residue in the river. Their feet were all sandy and alloying now, but otherwise they felt better. A good think in a palm frond skirt was that it dried off quickly. The lerava was now exploring leisurely, and was happy to find hammocks. They were used to sleeping in those. They paused, when they saw a bunch of people all huddled up together. It didn't take big brain to figure out that this was a family. Kiran stared at them for quite a while, and an odd feeling started welling inside of them. It was a harrowing, gloomy feeling, hot and cold at the same time. They frowned, their tail whipped, and they let out a raspy growl, before finally turning away and hopping onto another hammock. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

The sound of Kiran approaching stirred Jymaiyri from her sleep, but neither of the others. She lifted her head drowsily, enough to get a good look at Kiran, but didn't say anything. She was watching them intently, trying to figure out what they were and what they wanted. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran sat on the hammock, and started cleaning sand from their feet by rubbing them together. Rain of grains pattered on the ground. They concentrated on their task for a moment, before throwing a sharp glance at Jymaiyri, having noticed her staring at them. "What?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"My baby is sleeping." Jymaiyri said in a hushed tone. She glanced over Kiran. "Never seen someone who looks like you before." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran rolled their eyes, and their tail whipped. "I've heard that before." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Jymaiyri still kept watching Kiran suspiciously. Just to be safe. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran continued scratching dried sand off their feet. They didn't need to use their hands, since their feet were very handy. Once they were clean enough, the lerava laid back on the hammock and sighed. They let their tail fall limp and hang off the side. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Once Jymaiyri was pretty certain Kiran wasn't going to start attacking the baby or whatever, Jymaiyri sank back it o the hammock. She didn't fall back asleep, though. She wanted to be aware, in case something happened. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran didn't pay attention to the family anymore. They wanted to take it easy and enjoy a moment of peace before the unevitable violent end that was waiting for them. Unfortunately, a cirious crab had wandered over to the common area, and saw Kiean's tailtip hanging just above the ground. That could be a tasty snack? It scuttled closer, and experimentally pinched the tail, not all that gently. Kiran shrieked and wrenched their tail up, startling the crab, which made it clamp down twice as hard. The lerava scrambled to sit up and fight off the crab, resoulting them both falling off the hammock and plummeting on the ground. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

The screaming and falling startled both Yeonaixho and Minerva awake- the former waking with a startled gasp, the later with a cry. "Hand me the baby," Jymaiyri said, and Yeonaixho did so. As she cradled her child, she explained. "It's just another person here. They fell out of the hammock." To Kiran, she called out. "Hey, you alright?" @Twig | Kiran + Riki ( @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 y'all can come grab Juno now!)

Kiran made a series of creaking, clicking and snarling sounds that were language, but didn't get translated. They cussed and cursed the crab, and only the parts that weren't curse words came out in English. "You krreAAnrrKOEurrrAEERRNrrRKRKRKRrrAAWWERSSHRZgrHAAUrnrgg!! I'll EAT you like I ate your ugly OAGRYNRRR cousin!" they screamed while trashing in the sand, trying to pry the crab off their tail. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"C'mon, I think 'Naixho might be this way," Nathan said, unable to hide his smile at Lykos' enthusiasm. "Man, you seem really...psyched...about. This." Nathan's words trailed off into a puzzled little noise at the sight before them. Well, there was Yeonaixho, for sure. And a baby. And a screaming guy? Yeah. "Um," Nathan slowly said, though it couldn’t have possibly been heard over the screaming and thrashing. "Bad time?" @Twig | Kiran + Riki @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Lykos was indeed excited, and only slightly deterred by the current scene. “Oh. Aie, that seems.. painful.” Lykos shoved at him with his snout, tail still wagging. “Well- tell him! Or, I suppose we could continue our experiment and I can call him over if it goes awry.” @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

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Yeonaixho turned towards Nathan as he spoke, and got out of the hammock. "Oh, hey Nathan. Are you alright?" He gestured to Minerva and Jymaiyri. "That's my wife and daughter, they got moved over to this side just a while ago," and to Kiran. "That's... somebody." "Hey again, Dr. Lykos." Jymaiyri waved to the wolf, though it was clear her attention was mostly on the baby. Sorry Kiran. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran paid no attention to the people gathering around. They were too concentrated on beefing with the crab, currently no recognizable words leaving their mouth, only hoarse croaking that kind of sounded like a baby seal barking at the top of its lungs. Kiran managed to barely remove the crab's claw from their tail, only for it to grab on with the other one, to which Kiran could only shriek even louder. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Ough, yeah, that definitely looks painful," Natha winced, watching the teeny tiny little ceab absolutely wail on this guy. Whale on this guy. Ouch. At the mention of his wife and daughter, some expression of horror and also horror befell him. A baby? Here? In this, this fuckin' deathmatch? What the Hell was Rakin thinking? "Hi," Nathan greeted, waving ever slightly. She seemed to be pretty focused on the crying baby. Made sense. "Um, nice to meet you." "Oh, shit, right, um. Lykos and I here, were going to do some experiments. Y'know, with my powers and the like. And we were wondering if you could, say. Help us out on the chance that my bones um. Uh. Break. Snf. Or worse. Y'know?" It was evident there was a bit of a smile in his voice, and he was. Certainly so, smiling as reassuring as he could be, with the whole breaking bones prospect. "Sst, c'mon, Doc, you're the sciencey guy," he desperately hissed. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Lykos looked to Jymaiyri, noticing how much happier she seemed. They seemed to smile and waved a paw to her. “Good to see you in high spirits, Dr. Jymaiyri. And yes, I swear to properly monitor and doc- er. I will monitor him closely, if any mishaps occur I will inform you immediately. Given Nathan’s experience with changing his form, I believe this experiment shall go off without a hitch.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Your- bones." Yeonaixho repeated. He figured if he didn't go, these idiots would probably do the expiriment anyways. "I'll come watch out for you. Better to be safe than sorry." He turned back to Jymairyi and his baby, who was currently trying to outscream the alien. "Do you want to come with? I don't want to leave you here with..." Jymaiyri glaced towards Kiran. "Well- sure, I guess. I can come with." @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Finally, Kiran managed to twist the crab's claw off their tail, and in a fit of pained panic, they grabbed the thing and jugged it as far as they could, through the air. They stood up and yelled more insults after it, their tail writhing in oddly angular shapes. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Mhm. Anyyy mishaps. Hey, wait, no, this can still go off with many hitches, these are still bones," Nathan quickly said, gesturing at himself. "I can't just remove my bones, they gotta go somewhere." "More th'merrier, wynaut?" The baby was still screaming. As the lion-y kinda guy full-sent the crab into the air, Nathan couldn't help but whistle a little bit, watching as it sailed off (and as the guy's tail- tail? Lion- tail thrashed about.) "So long, crabby." "So. Where do you lot want to go? Here isn't too bad, but the beach has...a little more room for error, one could say." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Twig | Kiran + Riki

“Nathan, an important step to magic is having faith in one’s abilities. Yes, the beach is a great venue. Plenty of space to move. Onward!” It was clear they were excited even in their voice. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Let's... try to avoid any bone-related mishaps. Just in general." Yeonaixho said, and helped Jymaiyri down from the hammock. "The beach should be good." She agreed. Minerva was even calming down now, though it was clear she was still upset by Kiran's continual outbursts. "It'll be good to get Minerva somewhere... calmer." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡ @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Now that the assaulter was gone, Kiran could finally calm down. They huffed and puffed, staring in the direction they had thrown the little animal, making sure it wasn't coming back. Then, they threw an angry glance at the crowd, before inspecting the damage on their tail. The metal was slightly bent, and a few hair tufts had fallen off or twisted. Not too bad, but hurt still. Kiran grumbled, and went back to lying in a hammock, making sure to keep their tail curled in their lap this time. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan shuffled a foot closer to the beach, glancing between where the crabby...crab had handed and the guy on the hammock. He seemed to be...fine, that was a word for it. Leaving the guy to nurse his injury, Nathan jerked a thumb in the direction of the beach. "I can't promise I'll avoid the bone stuffs, but by Hades, I'll try." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺 @Twig | Kiran + Riki (they can set off now if yalld like!)

With the experiment over and no longer taking all of their attention, Lykos had realized there was another person in this area. One who was not human, nor anything else they had ever seen. Curiosity led the doctor back into the common area and towards the strange person. “Greetings.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran had closed their eyes and were resting. They didn't dare to go to sleep-mode though, lest some other wild beast attacked them. They heard Lykos' paw steps approaching, and opened one eye slightly to see what was coming. Seeing it was that one quadrupedal fellow from the crowd a moment ago, they didn't freak out. "What?" they grunted. "What do you want?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“I want to know who and what you are. You are unlike any other being I have seen.” Getting straight to the point. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Unf..." Kiran rolled their eyes, although Lykos could barely notice since their eyes closed almost immediately. Rubbing their face for a moment, Kiran let out a sigh, before they turned their head towards Dr. Lykos and looked at them with a nonchalant, mildly annoyed expression. "Name's Kiran. I'm a lerava", they paused for a moment, before lazily continuing: "you?" although they didn't sound very interested. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Lykos hardly noticed the tone, or they didn’t care. “I am Doctor Lykos, a wolf. You smell like metal and yet you have fur. Tell more about your kind.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran frowned slightly at the comment, seemingly even more annoyed. Their tail started tapping on the hammock, and they winced a bit. "Ugh... Why do you care?" they groused. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Curiosity. Will you tell me or not.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki (edited)

"Eh..." Kiran sighed, and turned onto their side, facing Lykos. "Well, typically my kind don't smell like metal. I'm a cyborg." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“A cyborg? Hm, were you military, then? I have known some altered like that. Most were soldiers.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Huh? No..." Kiran gave Lykos a puzzled look, but also seemed almost uncomfortable. Their tail squirmed. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Hm. Well, what are most of your kind like, then. What do they eat, what environments do they inhabit?” Again, he didn’t seem to notice their discomfort. @Twig | Kiran + Riki (edited)

Kiran frowned a bit more, and glanced away. A quiet burr came out of their throat, not quite a growl, but something more than a sigh. "Mm... What I remember... We mostly ate fruit and nectar. Honey, juices... sweet and liquid things, mostly", Kiran hummed. "I remember very little... but I think we used to have a lot of trees and grass, nature near our homes. And, I think if I remember right, our very old ancestors used to live in trees." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

They noticed the sound, ear flicking. They didn’t understand its meaning. “Frugivores then. Living in trees makes sense. Yet, they have stopped doing so? What happened.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Uh... you mean like long time ago or recently?" Kiran looked at Lykos again. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

They tilted their head. “You made it sound like a long time ago. Did something else happen recently?” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Ah. Yeah. Well. See. I don't remember much. But I don't think we lived in trees anymore? At least not where I lived. We had more like, multi species neighborhood or something, so the living spaces were more suited to multiple types of people... at least, that's what I think. But yeah. Things aren't like that anymore, either." They turned onto their stomach, and dangled one arm off the hammock, one arm under their head as they looked at Lykos. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Oh, so they moved to settlements. Multiple species? Interesting. What happened to it, why is it different now.” Despite their flat tone they did seem interested. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Eh, uhm. Alien invasion." Kiran looked up to the night sky, with false indifference. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Oh. From.. space?” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Yup." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“That is sad. Was your kind assimilated or were they eradicated.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Erm. Well. Enslaved for the most part", Kiran grunted, tail swishing restlessly. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Lykos scowled. “Eugh. Terrible.” They did notice the tail. “Er- if you do not want to talk about this, that is fine.” After a moment, the spoke again. “Have.. have you been able to climb like you once did?” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Mm..." Kiran was very happy to not talk about the invasion. "Yeah, I climbed the big leaf trees before the storm came." They pointed towards the palms. "That was cool. I should do it again." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

“Hm, you should. I have been idle too long, would you like to run with me?” Their tail swished in anticipation. @Twig | Kiran + Riki (edited)

"Mmh..." Kiran looked at Lykos, a lazy look in their eyes. After a moment of thought, they did feel an itch to run and climb again, so they sighed, and got up from the hammock with dramatically drawn out motions like it was incredibly troublesome. "Fine. I guess I will." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Their teeth bared in a smile, showing their fangs. They crouched, readying to run. “Excellent. To the farmlands, I’ll beat you there.” @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran huffed, and their tail lashed. They got down on all fours, and shook themself a bit. "We'll see about that." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Beep boop Ip be here. She sighed, grimacing at the heat and tying as much of her hair back as possible. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hi." Another person was approaching the area. "You look hot." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"You better be talking about the weather-" Isabelle commented tiredly as she looked towards the approaching figure. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Well, did seeing that it was a shirtless woman make her feel any better? "What other way would Llinos mean it." She asked plainly. "You are sweating. Hot. It is heating up again here." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle looked almost relieved at the response. "Don't worry about the other ways. I'm normally used to this weather, but that doesn't mean I have to like it." She was still debating ripping the sleeves off her shirt a la Uly. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Why bother wearing a shirt. Way too hot. That's why Llinos ditched hers." She asked, putting her hands on her hips. "The stream helps too. With the water." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I'm not really comfortable with that. For multiple reasons. More power to you for doing what makes you comfortable, Llinos." She shuddered at the thought of the stream. "Yeah... I'd rather avoid the stream at the moment." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. What's wrong with the stream. Is the dog still there." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I... don't know." Isabelle actually does remember the dog. But she did also leave so- "There's nothing wrong with the stream. It's personal more than anything." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Why do you have a personal problem with a body of running water." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I have a personal problem with all bodies of running water." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"................... That's really stupid. How do you not die of thist. Or shower." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"A glass and shower are not bodies of running water." Isabelle clarified. "I'm not afraid of water." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Are you scared of bath tubs." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Bath tubs don't have running water." Isabelle huffed. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

As this riveting conversation continued, Jymaiyri approached the clearing, holding the baby. "Oh. Hey." She said to the two strangers. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"But what if it was like an infinity pool." Llinos added just before Jymaiyri approached. "Hey. Who are you. You're new." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle turned towards the new figure, her face dropping as she spotted the baby. "Forget the infinity pool, Rakin brought a baby???" She gestured towards the new pair. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yes. It's my baby, she's not competing, her name is Minerva." Jymaiyri explained, trying to hit as many of Isabelle's potential questions as she could. "My name's Jymaiyri. I got to this side last night, I was on the other one beforehand." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... Eugh. Human babies are so gross..." Llinos mumbled, glaring at the infant. "How do you know its not competing. And are there frogs on the other side." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"All I know is that there's two sides Llinois. And Rakin sounded pretty in charge of both." Isabelle sighed. Still concerning but Jymaiyiri sounded like she's done this many times already. "My name's Isabelle, although you probably already knew that-" she looked away for a moment, "And this is Llinois. I think." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Rakin told me." Jymaiyri said. "Also, she's not gross, she's just a baby. I- yeah, there's a frog lady on the other side." Meanwhile, Minerva was making eye contact with Llinos, looking mildly upset at the glare. "Ah, yeah, you were in the fight." Jymaiyri said, a bit bluntly, then caught herself. "Sorry. It looked... rough. Nice to meet you both, though." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... Just Llinos. Not that bit at the end." She corrected Isabelle. As the baby smiled at her, she made sure to smile back, baring her fangs at the infant. "She would not survive the Kurkihns. The baby or that frog on the other side." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I'm not exactly expecting sympathy... I realize how bad that looked." She continued to avoid eye contact. Yeah, she didn't really talk about it yet. But the effect it had was apparent. Nathan was downright terrified. As confused as she was, she wasn't ignorant. Really not gonna hold the baby am I? Big sadge. "It doesn't matter. The baby is protected." She commented, noting the correction. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Minerva flinched at Llinos's bared teeth, and turned back to her mom. "Yeah... well... yeah." Jymaiyri said inconclusively. "Kurkihns? Is that something I'm gonna have to worry about?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Not unless the baby is a frog or toad. I need to kill a frog." Llinos shrugged. "What's the name of the frog on the other side." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"You're a toadling? I don't quite remember the name-" Isabelle asked, shimmying in between the two. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Well, she's a human. So..." Jymaiyri frowned. "I'm not telling you that." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Toadlin. No G." She rolled her eyes. "Well Llinos will go and kill that frog regardless. Llinos doesn't need a name to go with it. Froglings usually look stupid and wear frog clothes anyway." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"That's the third time, fuck." She mumbled to herself. "There's no need for frog killing. Well, not entirely. I know you guys have like a blood feud thing going on but this really isn't the time or place for it." Futile effort, really. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Her clothes were normal. And there's really no need for killing, frog or otherwise." Jymaiyri agreed. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"What do you know about the toadlins?" Llinos asked, turning to glare over at Isabelle instead. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

(hi i'm back from the middle of fuckin nowhere) "Very basic information. Just enough to know about the real deep seeded hatred frogs and toads have for each other. Couldn't tell you why that is, nor is it my place to." She answered honestly. At least the glare was off the baby. "Either way, who knows if you'll see the other side, it looks like only competing people switch." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Jymaiyri, who did not know much or frankly care much about toadlin politics, was just standing there. With her baby. "You don't want to go to the other side, anyways. It's awful there." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I will do anything to get my hands on a frogling." Llinos says. "But why is the other side so bad." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

(do any of us know if isabelle was told of the cold. We were all there but i deadass don't remember)

(I don't think so)

(I also don't think so)

(k cool it's Jymaiyiri's answer then) "I was never actually... Told what was on the other side. Didn't wanna waste my question or try finding out." She answered, just choosing to ignore the want for frogicide for now. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"It's all snow and dried fish. And it's awful. Not worth the hassle of going there." Jymaiyri shuddered at the thought. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... Hah! Llinos was walking through Russia before getting here, that's not that different. Llinos hates the heat." Weird thing for a toad to say but... "Llinos could handle that. Llinos needs to figure out who this Rakin is so she can ask him to change her side." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle shuddered at the thought. "Don't think Rakin will be so kind as to do that-" She sighed before turning to the mother child combo. "And your baby is alright? Both sides are pretty extreme from the sounds of it. We already got hit with a hurricane." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Well, good for you." Jymaiyri said to Llinos. She turned back to Isabelle. "We're as alright as we can be. I heard about the hurricane... really, the biggest problem right now is lack of proper supplies. Rakin did give me some... right before I switched sides." She sighed. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. I'm going to go look for Rakin. Or the frog woman." Seems they had sent Llinos out on a quest on accident. She left. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle watched as Llinos left. "Well I wasn't gonna tell her Rakin is a frog." She sighed before turning to bebe. "What kind of supplies? I heard the farm on this side got wrecked but I still haven't gone to see for myself." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

11:42 AM

(wait fuck)

11:43 AM

(didn't mean to tag mads she just left)

"Probably best she learns on her own." Jymaiyri sighed. Minerva looked curiously to Isabelle, unsure what to make of her. "Oh, I've been fixing up the farmland- I've got plant powers." Jymaiyri explained. "She mostly just needs basic baby stuff- formula, diapers, whatnot. She's only six months old." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Honestly fair Jymaiyiri. Isabelle hesitated to get any closer, trying to appear harmless although that was kinda futile. "Really? Can't remember the last time I saw someone with plant powers. The ones I'm used to are less... Traditional." She worded it carefully. "That's a huge help. And at least Rakin isn't entirely heartless. Although, there's something off about him. Outside of Alrai Pin or whatever, I don't think even he's here willingly." She hummed in thought, mulling over their past conversations. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"That so? I guess it is pretty common. Mine come from a whole bloodline deal. I dunno if Minnie here's gonna inherit them, though, since her dad also has powers." She hummed in thought. "What sort of powers are you used to?" "Well, it would've been a help if I had access to the stuff he gave me." Jymaiyri sighed. "He's... something alright. He doesn't know much about human babies. I think... to get out of here, we'll need his help." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Most everyone's comes from a bloodline thing. Although I know of cases where it's given. Either way, both are very niche for the uninitiated. Reflection, animation, technology, the list goes on. Who knows, maybe Miss Minerva will have both powers in the future. Weirder things have happened." She looked at the baby curiously. "That's not a bad idea. I got to ask him... A question. Anything in the universe. I asked about the amphibs that have been here longer. Apparently it's a sensitive subject for our gracious host, but Rakin seemed to want to protect them. Seeing as they're tools and not sacrifices like we are. At least that's what Rakin was willing to divulge." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Really? It's not the case where I'm from- usually, it's pretty random." Jymaiyri hummed. "Huh. Those do seem... interesting. In the case of Minnie... well, we'll just have to wait and see." "Oh, he definitely cares about them. The frog woman I met on the other side especially, it seems." She nodded. She didn't say it, but she kind of pitied Isabelle for wasting her question on something Jymaiyri could answer. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Well that makes sense I suppose. We were seemingly pulled from everywhere they could find us." Isabelle sat down on one of the hammocks. It's hot out here gotdamn. "Right. Celena mentioned something about him being a king of the froglings or something. " Fair point from Jymaiyri but she didn't really have anything else to ask. "Outside of the details, it doesn't look like Rakin really has control. I'd suggest you ask him for help if you were to win but I don't think his boss would be in favor. Or even let him answer at all honestly. Maybe in some roundabout way someone can help us find out how to get out of here." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm. They've certainly brought an interesting assortment of us.." Jymaiyri mused. She sat down on the ground, sitting Minerva in her lap. "Yeah, that's him. The Frog King." Jymaiyri nodded. "I'll keep that in mind. We might get an opportunity to talk to him outside of winning fights- he showed up to help Zahara- the frog woman- when she was injured." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle hummed in thought. "Kind of obvious but it says a lot about him considering he volunteers himself as a punching bag while not tolerating his people getting hurt. God why does it always get weird?" She put her head in her hands. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Zahara has a lot of good things to say about him. I get the feeling he's not a half bad king when he's not doing... this. That, or she's brainwashed." Jymaiyri hummed. "I do think the control his master has over him is more of the... magical variety, rather than pure psychological." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Could be both. I know enough about royalty and zealots to figure it's probably both." It is most likely both. You could argue this is one of Isabelle's strong points. "Rakin did mention something about using force if it was required to get the job done, which could mean anything in this circumstance. Once you throw space into the equation all logic seems to go out the window. Even in a world with powers." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Jymaiyri spared Isabelle a curious glance, but then turned her gaze back to her baby. "Yeah... that doesn't give us much of a clue. If you ask me, making people fight to the death in sanctioned matches counts as 'using force'." She sighed. "God, it had to be space, didn't it..." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"It just had to be space." She groaned. "Fighting to the death seems like an aesthetic choice at this point. Not to mention Alrai Pin's very obvious sadistic side. Based on what I've learned from Celena and the fight, all they seem to need is our death and some of our powers. Real ritualistic...." Isabelle paused for a moment before her eyes went wide and she let out an even louder groan. "FUCK. It's another fucking cult, isn't it? A space cult. Just kill me know-" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Well- maybe?" Jymaiyri thought. "A cult needs people, doesn't it? One guy doing a ritual doesn't count as a cult." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Well that's true, but it is a bit strange that every person we've likely met who arrived before us is amphibian. Not to mention Rakin is only considered king of the froglings. I only know so much from prior knowledge, but there has to be something that links them to the whole Pilarian resurrection thing." Isabelle is trying her best but I don't know if the braincells are awake. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Well, the Pilarians are connected to the amphibs, right? I mean, Zahara described them as gods." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Sounds like a cult." Isabelle said without thinking. She didn't actually know about that. "Them being deities to the amphibs lines up with everything. The Amphibs are Alrai Pin's tools because he holds dominion over them in some way." Isabelle stopped for a moment. "And why is this whole thing a maze? It's not even a maze, it's a labyrinth!" She threw her arms up, sitting back in the hammock and shielding her eyes from the sun with her arm. "I'm too tired for this." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Maybe.... we should take a break from theorizing. We won't get anything good done when we're stressed." Jymaiyri advised. "And I don't think semantics about mazes is much of a help, anyways." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

'It's still stupid for a man with this much care for detail.' Isabelle repressed the thought and sighed. "You're right. No use getting so worked up in this heat. You mentioned that Minerva's father also has powers?" Maybe a change in subject will help. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh- yeah. His name's Yeonaixho. He's got healing powers. He's... also here, so you might've seen him around. Tall, blonde hair, blind..." She described. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle you were literally right below him. "I can't say I have unfortunately." She sat up slowly. "I'm sorry that you both got taken. At least you managed to find each other before things got too out of hand. Not that they aren't already." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm. I'm very glad we've been able to reunite." Jymaiyri nodded. "Being on the same side as him has made everything... easier. Especially with the baby." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle nodded silently, looking at the baby and then the floor. She did wonder what would happen to the baby. Rakin was very much not a good guardian. "That's good." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Yeah." Jymaiyri was watching her baby. There was a faint layer of melancholy over her tone. "It is." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Another hard right into sadge huh? "What is he like if you don't mind me asking?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Yeonai? He's... well, he's a great guy. That's why I married him." She laughed. "He's kind, and gentle, and cares so much about everyone..." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"He sounds like the whole package." Isabelle chuckled weakly. She didn't really know what else to say. "I'm sure you know that you're very lucky to have someone like that." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I do. We're very lucky to have each others." Jymaiyri nodded. "Do you have a partner?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Me? Y-yeah." Isabelle looked sheepish as she tried to answer the question. "His name is Souma. No powers of any kind." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Souma, huh?" She hummed. "What's he like? Other than not having powers." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle sat for a moment, trying a find an answer that did him justice. "He's more than I deserve, to be honest with you. Souma is a good person. Kind and understanding, and more patient than I could ever be." She pulled her legs onto the hammock, almost curling up on herself. "We had a pretty complicated history, and not in the way that you'd think. I don't think I could've possibly found someone more devoted than he is. And he was the one that found me." She chuckled softly, looking down at the ground with sadness in her eyes. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Jymaiyri smiled. "He seems like a very good guy, and I can tell how much you care about him. I'm glad you have someone like that in your life- not all are as lucky as you and I." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle stayed silent for a moment. "Right." After another moment, she stood from the hammock as she shielded her eyes from the sun. "I should probably go look around some more. Missed the last two 'fights' so I should probably find out what's happened." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Yeah, I'd like to go find my husband again." Jymaiyri nodded. "Anyways, it was nice talking to you." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Likewise." Isabelle smiled weakly as she left. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Nathan Explores

Theora and Another Dad

Kevin Arrival & Theora Moses continuation

Father Daughter Naptime

What the FUCK it's HIM

Is it Gaslighting if a different him did those things

Yeonaixho Is A Normal Man

Nora and her Papa

Gotta Heal Natto

Kiran Interrupts Family Naptime

Healer Needed for Goat Time

Alien Wolf Time

Isabelle Llinos and also Mari (and baby!)