Tourn RP Archive

Ah. The beach. A beautiful tropical escape. Warm sand and sunlight most hours of the day made this one of the most beautiful and popular places to hang out for the residents here, which could be clearly seen by the three sleeping mats laid out on one side of the beach. The only life besides the residents present on the beach were a few giant crabs which mostly minded their own business. They were about the size of a house cat. The beach ran up against the #stream, making it a great place to dip your toes in or just hang out. If you didn't want to get wet while crossing, the #bridge provided a dry pathway. Not that there was currently much to do on the bottom side of the area as of right now... (edited)

With a ZAP of lightning, Damien appeared in the area... Llinos and Itsuki were here. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien stumbled over into the sand with a groan, hugging himself a little. When he opened his eyes, he shot up still a little off balance, his legs had fallen asleep with Rakin laying of them. He looked around. This wasn't what he'd been expecting at all. He noticed the other two, but didn't approach at first. Actually, the first thing he did was take off his sweatshirt- it was warm. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Huh." Llinos mumbled as she stared across the beach at the new guy. "Heeeeeyyyyy!!" Itsuki called over to him with a grin, wiggling his fingers in the air. He had a thick salamander tail which was slowly wagging back and forth in the sand. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 (edited)

Damien looked up and walked over, a slightly-strained but hopeful smile on his face as he did so. He looked tired, and despite having just arrived he was already sweating quite a bit. He seemed to notice the legs hanging out of Llinos sash, which spurred him to speak. He looked confused as is natural, but seemed to have his mind on other things, and didn't comment on the tail or attire or other things. "Hey! I'm- glad there's other people here. You guys had a friend go missing lately? Like, a guy- dark green hair with the side shaved, funky bandaged arm? Because I think he's in trouble." His voice sounded a bit rough, and he was rushing his speech like it was urgent. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Not familiar to Llinos." The woman said and laid back on the sand, clearly thinking that this was not her problem at the moment. (drug ment) "Whuhhh? Nah man, that guy doesn't ring a bell." Itsuki shrugged. "You want a blunt or somethin'? You seem pretty stressed." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien just half-laughed and shook his head a little. He seemed a tad dismayed by them not knowing the guy he was describing. Not like he could do anything about it, he clearly wasn't anywhere near the place he'd just been. "Y'know, usually I'd be down but nah. Thanks for the offer though." He looked around a bit, then at Itsuki. "So you're Llinos and- What's your name?" He asked the other. "I'm Damien." Return of the mildly tired smile. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Eh, suit yourself." Itsuki said, getting back to what he was smoking before. He let out a puff of smoke before continuing, blowing the plume over toward Damien and grinning, "Name's Itsuki. I'm a salamander, and I take it, you are a human. I always found humans pretty adorable." "Eugh. Llinos knows where this is going.." She huffed and rolled up to a sitting position, dusting off some sand before trudging off down the beach. "Eh, don't mind her." Itsuki smiled and patted the sand next to him. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

The plume of smoke seemed to split itself apart and whizz past Damien's head of its own accord as he walked closer. Damien watched as Llinos left, giving her a little wave as she did. He nodded and gratefully took a seat on the sand. Next to the other. "Cool, Itsuki. Salamander, huh? Neat tail. Didn't know people like you existed actually, only ever seen humans." He looked towards the water. It occurred to him he'd probably be a bit more excited about meeting a salamander person if he hadn't just tried to fight god and lost. "Do you live here? Because I have no clue where I am." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I guess I live here now. I didn't before. But we've been here for like... uhhhh... A month or two now? Not too shabby here, dunno why we got yoinked here, but we got a great climate, an epic well, and some good food. Can't complain too much." Itsuki said. "Seeing that we're all amphibs, probably summin to do with that, but now you're here, so.. That train of thought is a bit out the window. But hey, have you seen any like seven foot tall blue-gray guys with short white hair and really scary teeth recently?" @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien listened, occasionally raising an eyebrow or nodding a little, though he didn't seem happy with the prospect of an extended stay. He frowned a bit. "I'm sorry dude, I don't think we're here just to live and eat good food, unfortunately." At the last comment he shrugged, lightening up a bit. "Nope? Why, friend of yours?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. I was hoping we'd just be here to chill. I hate my job back home-... uwwugghhh.." He huffed. "And no, he's not a friend, he's my husband. A caecilian guy- and no he's not Tai'Tana, if you meet them." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"yeah, I was hoping I wouldn't be here at all. Was kinda in the middle of something back home." He sighed. "What kinda job do you have?" He hummed a little in understanding. "In that case, you wouldn't happen to have seen a kinda nervous-looking human also with white hair and neat purple eyes? He's my boyfriend." He said so with a faint air of pride. He hadn't met Tai'Tana, but he'd keep the description in mind. It was kinda nice, making smalltalk with this salamander dude. More chill than he was expecting. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I worked at Subway. In Atlanta." Itsuki said, shrugging. "I haven't seen any humans since I got here. You're the first. But sounds like we're looking for people who look similar- but I'm guessing you would have known if yours was a caecilian guy too.." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"Subway, huh? Yeah I worked fast food for a while too. Stressful as hell sometimes." He replied. "don't think I've met any Caecilians. He's certainly not 7 feet tall or blue-gray though, but I bet he'd look cool like that too." Damien frowned. "God, he's probably gonna be so freaked out. I was supposed to call him when I got home from work." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"He's soooooo hot, you'd totally remember if you saw him." Itsuki said. He held his arms out toward Damien, showing off the tattoos on his biceps. "We both got these together, so that's another way you could recognize him." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"those are so cool!" Damien leaned over a little to get a better look. He liked tattoos. "Yeah I'll definitely tell you if I see anyone with those. Me and my boyfriend have matching necklaces, but I wore mine too much and it broke so it's on my keychain now" he replied. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Danggggg, yeah, that's rough." Itsuki said and moved his arms down to brace himself against the sand again. "You got separated from your boyfriend too to get here?" @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"Sure looks that way. Maybe its better if he's not here but man, do I miss him already." Damien took a hairtie from around his wrist, and tied his hair back as he talked. "How'd you get here, by the way? And did it have anything to do with a floaty-dude with six eyes?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, one day I was takin a smoke out the back of Subway to avoid the lunch rush, and then I feel all weird and tingly and boom, I'm here. No explanation or.. anything. Especially not any six eyed dudes or whatever. Doesn't ring a bell." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien nodded. "The tingly thing! Yeah, I got that too. A bunch of chanting and stuff to go with it. Don't get why I met that dude and you didn't, though. But they're a massive dick, so it's probably better that way." He felt like laying down but didn't wanna get sand in his hair. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Chanting?" Itsuki raised an eyebrow. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"yeah. Buncha voices repeating 'Al-rai-Pin' If I remember right, then a countdown, I think." Damien told Itsuki. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Huh. I didn't hear that part before I showed up." Itsuki shrugged. "Or the.. countdown part." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"They why'd they do that to me, and go and beat up the other guy I saw-" He sounded annoyed and confused. Damien had found a rock somewhere in the sand, and chucked it in the stream. "If we were all gonna end up here anyways?" [drug ment.] He's seriously considering that blunt.

4:42 PM

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"Hmmm. Dunno, doesn't seem like you saw any exit there." Itsuki took in another deep huff and laid back on the sand. "I don't really mind it here. If my boyfriend was here I'd probably just... stay? I dunno, pretty nice. Decent food, new powers, good weather, I don't gotta go in to work at Subway..." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Yeah, there hadn't been an exit, actually. Not that he could've reached it if there was. He just sighed and stretched out a bit in the sand. "I hear ya on the weather, at least. Bet swimming wouldn't suck." He looked at Itsuki questioningly. "new powers, huh? What kind of powers?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Plant powers. Which is interesting- that's like- the powers for salamanders. For the top of the top king or queen. I didn't expect to be getting them." Itsuki said. "I didn't have any powers before." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"So they're pretty rare? Must feel really cool." Damien was kinda jealous honestly, hearing that Itsuki got new powers compared to how his first venture here went. "Probably gonna come in handy here." After a minute, Damien stood up. "You've probably seen it all, but I wanna go see what else this place has. Figure stuff out." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah, feels pretty good. I'd be a big time celebrity if I got back to the city. And everyone here tries to be nice to me, since I grow half the food here." Itsuki chuckled. "Kinda sucks for Llinos that she didn't get any epic powers, but I think toads never have them anyway." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien chuckled with Itsuki. "You're a cool dude, I think I'd wanna be nice to you regardless of the food thing, actually." He looked in the direction Llinos had walked off in previously. He looked briefly concerned, he hadn't meant to make her walk off earlier but it wasn't like he'd done anything other than speak. "Is there a reason why Toads don't get powers but Salamanders do? Or why only the king or queen get plant powers?" He sounded pretty interested. not like he'd encountered this stuff before, and he'd probably be less chill about it in ordinary circumstances but he was worrying about other shit. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"That's a real good question. I dunno. I'm not super familiar with the groups besides the salamanders.. I know we get our powers since we still serve the Pilarians- overall. I personally never really cared. Most of the salamanders I knew didn't care. But everyone super high up cares, and it's a big part of growing up. But once I left the creek, well.. Eh, the Pilarians never meant much to me." "I think the plant powers are supposed to go to whoever is the most devoted to the Pilarians, and that's why it's only ever one person at a time..? Or they just say that to justify a monarchy, I dunno. The axolotls split off from us ages ago and none of them have ever gotten the plant powers. Maybe toads aren't believers as well and that's why they're powerless." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

With a ZAP of lightning, Kiran appeared in the area... @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Limbs splayed out and lying on their face, Kiran was currently out of commission.

Damien is learning so many new funky things. Pilarians? Axolotl split?? "It's a faith thing, huh? What-" Damien was promptly interrupted by a zap, looking over at the source, immediately alarmed at the person splayed out on the ground. "Dude-" he immediately ran over, crouching beside Kiran, trying to see if they were conscious, injured, whatever he could honestly. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki stayed seated where he was. "Is that guy dead or.." he asked looking over his shoulder. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Sure felt as cold as dead. Didn't breathe either. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Damien, with a bit of effort, flipped Kiran so they weren't face-first in the sand. They were remarkably heavy, even. And they felt weird, at least on the back, a bit metallic or scaly. Damien shook his head. "Not breathing." Just in case though, he shook Kirans shoulders a bit. "Hey, you there? C'mon, man-" Damien wondered if floaty eye dude had done similar to Kiran as they had to Damien, only worse. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hm. Sounds dead." Itsuki said and looked back to the stream in front of him. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Now would be a phenomenal time for Damien to know CPR. But he doesn't, doing it wrong can cause more damage, and this guy's chest feels weird. Hard. Doesn't give like ribs normally do. "Do you know anyone with- medical skills here? Healing powers maybe?" He sounded a great bit more concerned about this situation than Itsuki was that's for sure, and a bit frustrated by the others apparent disinterest. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Nah, none of us have healing abilities. I've made some medicinal plants before, but if that guy's already dead I can't do anything." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

// REBOOTING // It was mostly drowned out by the sound of water and nature, but some mechanical clicks and buzzing sprung to life inside Kiran's body. Their slightly opened eyes gained a faint glow behind them, and their body soon jerked harshly, and they drew in a berath. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien looked briefly like he was gonna give up after hearing Itsuki speak, the guy was right afterall, if someones cold and not breathing you can't do much. In the silence though, he heard something that didn't really line up with the environment they were in. It sure didn't sound natural but he didn't register it as coming from Kiran until they jerked and breathed a bit. "Woah! hey! Itsuki, dude's breathing again" He's so relieved. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh. Well that's nice." Itsuki said, still entirely disinterested.@sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran groaned and moved to put a hand on their face, not opening their eyes. Dismayed clicking and creaking like a dolphin or a big bat chattering gurgled out of their throat. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien just shrugged and looked back at Kiran after Itsuki's indifference. He sat back a bit, didn't wanna crowd the guy, waiting to see what they'd do. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Kiran rubbed their face for a moment, before they let their arm flop back on the sand with a thudd. They slowly opened their eyes and blinked, noticing Damien and staring at him with a frown and heavy eyelids. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"What're they doin." Itsuki asked blankly, hearing all the commotion and movement. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"dude, you okay?" Damien looked at Kiran with concern, ignoring Itsuki for the time being. He had guesses about the mechanical sounds but didn't state them. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran's translator picked up on the language the other two were speaking, and automatically shifted the output language for them. "Oh, y'know, just a few more corrupted program files, all peachy," they said in a mock-carefree tone, before dropping back to their grumpy demeanor. "And who are you supposed to be? Are you going to pummel me to death now?" @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I mean, I won't be pummeling you. Dunno about the other guy." @Twig | Kiran + Riki @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

"Oh- no, hell no. Don't worry. I was just trying to make sure you were okay, man. Thought you were dead for a minute" Damien hastily explained, scooching away from Kiran farther as if to make that point clearer. "Aside from the- corrupted program files," He is so very confused but yk. guessing that its robot stuff now. "you badly hurt or anything?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran grunted, and pulled themself up into a sitting position, swaying a little. They put a hand over their face again, closing their eyes. "Nnrrr.... Not badly injured, no. My circuits are a bit damaged... I'm working on it," they mumbled, before figuring they maybe shouldn't ramble so openly, and shot the two a sharp glance. Their tail swept and tapped the sand. "Why do you care? Aren't we supposed to kill each other or what?" @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"What- nah, of course not!" Damien replied on instinct, before thinking back to Alrai Pin, shoulders dropping. "Well, maybe they want us to, but I don't plan on it." Damien stood up, offering his hand to Kiran. "I'm Damien, by the way." @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Nora collapsed on her knees into the sand, breath shuddering as she held herself tight. Fear washed over her in an icy cold, tipping past her body’s perception of the hot temperature. She was losing it. She remained on her knees, shaking and forcing down tears.

Kiran eyed Damien's hand and then glanced up at him, the same sullen expression on their face. "Hm, guess you'll die first, then. Not that I'm gonna kill you either, I don't feel like doing it." They shrugged, and took Damien's hand. Have you ever held a gecko's paw? Me neither, but Kiran had pads on their fingers and palms that felt like that. They were, once again, heavier than they looked, and almost pulled Damien onto the ground instead, before the two managed to get onto the same page and the lerava up on their feet. Kiran shook their mane and grumbled. "...getting sand everywhere... mrgrmrmn...." @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪 @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Nora collapsed on her knees into the sand, breath shuddering as she held herself tight. Fear washed over her in an icy cold, tipping past her body’s perception of the hot temperature. She was losing it. She remained on her knees, shaking and forcing down tears.

Child abuse tw As she sat panicking in the sand, her mind fought to keep herself together. She found herself unwillingly returning to a memory. A young girl clutching a shaking hand, blood oozing from a gash in her palm. ’It- it hurts…’ A man stood over her, scoffing. ’You think that hurts? Tch- No, that pain is nothing.’ With a sudden strike the girl was against the floor, under the man’s hand. Her neck was so small. ’I’ll make you feel real pain until you understand that these are nothing. ’ His voice was rough, clear as living in her mind. [Nora.] Her face contorted slightly, hiding the grimace. “I-I’m fine.” He scoffed. [Don’t lie to me, brat. You’re growing weaker.] Her breath hitched. “I- I’ll do better, I swear-“ [Nora. This pain is nothing. So why do you cry over it?] She gritted her teeth, she was getting worse, even if she hated him… he was right. [Nora. You will listen to me. Under my command you were strong. Before that man corrupted you, you had no fear, no hesitation. You will come back to me. I will make you stronger, strong enough to survive.] Her hands tightened, nails digging deep into her palms. Her breathing slowed, and her face returned to that expressionless state. [Don’t disappoint me.] “…I’ll do better.” …She stood and walked shakily off of the beach. (edited)

"Well I'm not just gonna lay down and die, but I'm not attacking people at random or anything." He didn't sound particularly offended by the comment. Damien gripped the paw to pull Kiran up. Damien was pretty strong, but yk, Kiran is heavy. The paw felt odd in his hand. His attention was stolen by the sight of someone else on the beach, who looked like they were doing just about as well as Kiran had been like a minute ago. They were far enough along the beach that he couldn't see them super clearly, but he really felt obligated to go over there if they looked to be in trouble. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran didn't bother answering. They shook sand off of their mane, grumbling and checking themself for injuries. Getting sand into his system would add insult to injury. They glanced over the sobbing girl they noticed from the corner of their eye, stared for a second with a raised eyebrow, and turned away. "Aw f***. How am I gloing to clean these??" They grumbled, scratching the back of their shirt, before pulling it off. Sand rained down from the clothing item. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien blinked as he was sprayed with a bit of sand from Kirans clothing. "Yeah, the sands gonna be real rough for you, huh?" Yeah no, Damien really felt like going over and seeing if that other guy was okay. He looked back at Kiran, and at Itsuki. "Guessin you guys will be fine if I head out, right" he asked. didn't feel like just bolting. @Twig | Kiran + Riki @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I don't own you. Do whatever you want", Kiran waved their hand dismissively, keeping their eyes on the shirt. It seemed to be sewn from metal thread, and the sand was really going into the loops and crannies in the stuff, making quiet but harsh high-pitched creaks against tye metal. That'd be fun to deal with. Kiran groaned. @sketti | Acxiom 💿 + Damien 🌪

Damien nodded like that was fair and gave them both a little salute as he jogged off in the direction Nora had gone.

@Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (if you wanna continue we can but we can also have the guys to separate ways if you want!)

"Sooooo... Weird hairy guy." Itsuki leaned his head back- just far enough to see Kiran upside down in his view. "Haven't seen a guy as hairy as you in a while." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran didn't realize at first that Itsuki was talking to them. They glanced up to him while trying to shake off the sand from their shirt, and noticed the other looking at them. "What, me? It's called fur, if that's what you're talking about", they huffed, and their tail swished and slapped the sand in agitation. "I haven't seen someone like you ever." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"If that's what we're calling it now." Itsuki chuckled and leaned back until he was laying flat on the sand. He kept his eyes back to look at Kiran. He let his big tail wave between his legs. "Never seen another guy with a tail? I find that hard to believe." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"No, I've never seen someone with so thin fur your whole skin is practically exposed", they replied grudely and focused back on their shirt, flapping it as hard as they could, causing sparse sand particles dprinkle around. They cussed to themself, their translator refusing to translate the words so it was just a series of clicks and creaks. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Mmm, well, I'd say I have the perfect amount of hair going on. I think you're gonna overheat over here pretty soon." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Most of this is metal. It's fine", Kiran replied, pointing over their shoulder without looking at Itsuki. They shook their mane again and sneezed sand out of their nose. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Metal gets pretty hot, bud. And what are you, a robot or somethin?" @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Oh?" Kiran paused to think, and frowned. "Well sh**." They looked around for some shade, before glancing at Itsuki. "Somthing like that", they grunted. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

There really wasn't too much shade around here. Off in the distance there were those palm trees, the old building that was falling apart, and some more trees in the farmland. "What? You never been outside when it's hot, Mr. Roboto?" @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"My name is Kiran", they snapped. "And I am not a sir." They grumbled for a moment, inspecting their shirt to see if sand still remained between the weaves. "I might've, long time ago. I don't really remember. And no, recently I don't go out if it's not pleasant enough. Unless I really gotta get out." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"Sorry, Miss Roboto Kiran." Itsuki said, still wrong. "You're missing out. I think this weather is great." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"I'm not a lady either", they corrected, though didn't seem too focused on the conversation again, brushing off sand from their shorts now. "Eh, that's a matter of taste", they commented, and just like that, pushed off their shorts and gave them the same treatment as they had given the shirt. Buddy didn't have undergarments, but nothing interesting was seemingly in sight anyways. Just smooth fake fur. Sand rained down and sprinkled around, and Kiran squeezed their eyes closed, holding their breath, seemingly cussing in their mind. Their tail whipped and whacked the ground.@Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

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".. Huh. You're really interesting lookin. What are you exactly?" Itsuki asked. @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Lerava", Kiran replied, and shook themself again. "What are you?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"I'm a salamander guy." He wiggled his tail again. "I can turn into a salamander. But I'm guessing you don't know what that is sooooo.." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran lifted their head and cast a look of confusion and annoyance, and managed to look judgmental while doing so. "You are a salamander who can turn into a salamander?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, technically I'm a salamander that can turn in to a guy. But I'm usually just a guy with a salamander tail." Itsuki said. "If you wanted an old name sometimes we still go by Salaminks but eh. Salamander gets the point across." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran didn't look much less confused, but still seemed annoyed. "Oh, guy is like... another species? I thought you just meant you are a male. Hm. Well, I've never heard of guys, salamanders, or Salaminks before. Cool though," they shrugged. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"No, I do mean guy like a dude. A male. Like what I look like now. Salamander to man. Man back to salamander." Itsuki said. "Do you turn in to anything or do you always look like that?" @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran huffed and shook their head with a deep, frustrated frown. "A guy, a dude, a man, but I think you're not saying what species. Unless you mean a salamander male to a different salamander male. Or do you mean from a man salamander into a female salamander? Gah, whatever, it doesn't matter." They sighed. "Hm. Good question. I don't know. I know the metal is intelligent, it can morph, but I don't know what all my body can do," they shrugged. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"Human." Itsuki said finally. "The metal is.. Intelligent? You've never tried to experiment with that?" @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran blinked, and their eyes widened slightly. "That's what humans look like? I thought you were taller. And you just kinds, change species? That's pretty wild... you're like a, uh, like a mimic species?" They went back to shaking their clothes off and slapped the shirt and the pants together to hopefully sock the sand out of them both. "Eh, I've tried a lot of things, tested my limits, but there's a lot of things that I can't do. I know there's programs I don't have an access to. Not sure what they are for... guess they activate in specific situations and I'm not supposed to know or control it." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"No, only some change species. I'm a salamander that mimics a human, I guess..? Not too sure. Don't really care." Itsuki shrugged. "Hm. Weird, about your powers. Also you may as well just give up trying to get the sand out, it's gonna be there forever." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

"Yeah, okay, that makes sense, I guess", Kiran murmured. "'Powers'? That's a funny way to put it." They let out an agitated shriek and flopped their arms to their sides with the clothes, and threw their head back. "Great! I can just as well throw these away then!" They lifted their arms in a large arc motion, waving the clothes above their head. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah, might as well. When I appeared here I just had these clothes with me, and they're a bit sand proof. But there's still granules packed in places they probably shouldn't be." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran let out a few ragged and rattling swearwords that didn't get translated. "I hate sand!" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

@Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Eh, you get used to it." Itsuki chuckled and finally looked back over at the water. "Why don't you go splash around for a bit to see if it comes out? Assuming your pieces are waterproof or whatever..." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran grunted, and looked over at the water grumpily. "They should be. I dunno if my clothes would rust as well, but they're ruined anyway, so might as well." Without much of a farewell, Kiran started to trudge towards the stream, shaking sand off of their feet with every step like a cat shaking water out of its paws. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"Byeeeee, lemme know if that works, Mx. Hairy." @Twig | Kiran + Riki

Kiran threw one last, miffed glance at Itsuki over their shoulder, before leaving him behind. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

After parting ways with little Maki, Moses decided to head south. He had heard the waves of the sea earlier and figured he may as well check it out. If they were lucky, they could catch food here too. Maybe even some coconut water. He walked with purpose, but also made sure to examine his surroundings as he did so. It was a rather nice beach, despite everything. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

It was a pretty nice beach, with beautiful sand, warm water, a lovely view that he didn't yet know was artificial, and a shirtless guy with a big wet tail snoozing on the beach, arms crossed behind his head. He was snoring pretty obnoxiously. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Well, snoring wasn't the sound Moses was used to hearing at a beach, so that garnered his attention quite easily. He walked until he saw the source of the noise and raised a brow as he looked over Itsuki. He must of been one of those 'amphibs' Tai'Tana talked about. He wasn't sure if he wanted to interupt the man's nap, but Moses shrugged and gently tapped Itsuki's shoulder. "Hey.. You're gonna get a pretty bad sunburn if you sleep out here for too long." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hmgmgffughh." Itsuki groaned as Moses tapped his shoulder. He blinked a few times as he stared up at Moses, his confused expression quickly shifting in to a sly grin. He moved his arms back further so his chest was protruding ever so slightly. "Hey handsome. Ya worried about me?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses bit back from making a face as he watched Itsuki wake up. He already wasn't liking the man's attitude much, but perhaps Itsuki was just overly friendly. He stood back up and offered a small smile. "I would be worried about anyone just laying about in this hot sun. I'm Moses. You must be an amphib. Tai'Tana told me a bit about you guys here." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Awe, my reputation proceeds me." Itsuki chuckled and pushed himself up to his feet. He patted off some of the sand from his back, his tail lightly swishing back and forth behind him. "Were you out searchin for little ol' me?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses had to look up to meet Itsuki's eyes, but that was a pretty common thing for Moses. "Not particularly, but I was interested in getting to meet you all if I came across you. Which amphib are you? Tai'Tana didn't exactly give me too many descriptors," Moses asked. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"The most handsome one here." Itsuki gave him a wink. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses blinked. "I was hoping more for your name and species," he replied. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Aww, that's so formal." Itsuki chuckled and held out his hand to him. "Well, I'm Itsuki. I'mma Abe's salamander as you probably know em. We go by Starlight Salamanders back home." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

He seemed a bit more interested as Itsuki introduced himself. "Abe salamander? Can't say I really know what those are, but cool. Tai'Tana explained to me a bit about the whole.. 'alien' thing to me. As well as some of the different views each of your species' have," Moses commented in return. "What were you doing before you were suddenly taken here, Itsuki? It seems like no one really wanted to be here." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, right before I was having a smoke and hanging out behind Subway. Then poof i was here. That was a month or two ago now. I've kinda just been chillin. Oh, also my husband isn't here. So that's been a little lonelllyyyyyy." Itsuki nearly whined. "You haven't seen a dude caecilian around right? Just Tai'Tana?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Hm.. so you're just a normal guy," Moses said after Itsuki explained himself. That was honestly the most relieving story he's heard today. Moses then shook his head. "No, sorry.. I haven't seen any other amphibs besides yourself and Tai'Tana. Your husband must be worried about you--being missing for a month or longer, after all." Moses folded his arms across his chest, letting out a small sigh. "I hope we're not stuck here for much longer. I have to get back to my son as well.. A week is fine, but I don't think he can manage for longer." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah, I'm sure he's out lookin for me and everything." Itsuki said. "Huh. You already laid your eggs or whatever you humans do?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Again, Moses blinked. "Humans don't lay eggs.. At least, not the kind you're probably familiar with," he replied. Did he have to give a 'birds and bees' talk to a grown ass man? He hoped not. "But I do have a child, yes. One son. He's thirteen now. Old enough to not die by himself, but not really old enough to sustain himself in the long term. I'm worried about him.." Moses frowned. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Wow. Mhm." Itsuki nodded. "What happened to the other kids? Or do humans usually just have the one. It's not all super clear to me." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Humans typically can only carry and birth one child at a time, but there are cases where they can birth several children in a single pregnancy. I think the most recorded in history was ten.." Moses explained. "But those are rather rare. One child is typical, two is uncommon, three is rare, and anything more is extremely rare." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Huh. Well, amphibs always have ten eggs... Soooo.. I had ten kids. No big deal." Itsuki shrugged. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

It already slightly surprised Moses to hear Itsuki was married, but hearing he had kids—ten, no less—truly threw him off. "You have children as well..? How.. does that exactly work with amphibs? Do you all come out looking more humanoid..? Or.. more.. creature-like?" It was Moses' turn to ask birth questions now. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, when I was eighteen I went back to my home forest and got with the hottest dude salamander I coould find, laid all my eggs, and headed out." Itsuki said. "There were plenty of other salamander couples that wanted em sooo... all the other salamanders would get off my case once I did that." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

For the third time in the span of ten minutes of covering, Moses could only reply with a blink for a moment. He just left his kids??? With strangers??? Perhaps it was a cultural difference (or more likely, a species difference) but Moses was still shocked. "I.. see. So, you don't actually know how your children are doing? Is your husband the same one who help bear your children?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Nah, I don't know any of em." Itsuki shrugged. "And no, I met Geri after I moved to Atlanta. He was hangin around. He's a caecilian, so our genes couldn't really mesh, y'know?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Hm. Yep. Definitely a species difference. "That makes sense.." He supposed. "Well, now that you're here, am I correct in assuming you have powers? What are they? I'm asking around to everyone I meet to try and see we have anyone who can help sustain all of us." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, luckily I did get some powers when I arrived. I got the plant powers the governor gets- hah, and I didn't even have to get elected. I have plant powers now. I made that giant crazy garden up in the corner." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses seemed to relax a bit hearing that. "You have plant powers? That's perfect, actually," he smiled. "We won't have to worry about food in that case. That's great!" Moses' morale definitely has shot up. "Now I guess the next big thing to take care of is shelter. It doesn't look like there's much of that around here. After that, we can focus on getting the hell out of here." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah, there should be enough up there to last." Itsuki hummed. "There's one shack me and Tai'Tana made in case the weather gets shitty. There's a fire inside so we have some kinda heat if the temperature drops.. But yeah besides that we kinda just lay around and soak in the sun. If we wanted to make more rooms we could I guess, but there's not a whole lotta space. As you can see." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Oh, I think I've seen the shack you mentioned. With the amount of people here.. we're definitely going to need more room. And better room, actually," Moses commented. "Believe it or not, but I'm pretty skilled in crafting up small huts by using logs and mud. I've had to survive in an environment like this before, and it's been some time, but I could probably build us a decent place to at least sleep safely from the environments." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"You been in a big space prison before? Well, I'll be damned." Itsuki said. He took a step closer to Moses, leaning over ever so slightly to get more on his level. "I wouldn't mind some more privacy, if you know what I mean." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

While Itsuki leaned closer, Moses leaned back. "I've been on a deserted island before, yes. About the same resources," he replied with an unamused expression. "I can make you your own hut, if you want. Granted, you make enough trees to do so for me." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I can make you as many trees as you want. I got a lot of wood to go around..." Itsuki laughed entirely to himself. "Just make sure my hut has space for two or more." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses smirked a bit and shrugged his shoulders. "Will do. I'm sure if your husband manages to find you here, he'd want to be in your company," he nodded. "I'll start making some of the huts asap. Can you start making some trees now?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"..." Itsuki pursed his lips for a moment before sighing. "Me and my husband have an open relationship but anyway... Yeah. Sure. What kind of trees do you want?" @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"And I don't sleep with strangers—much less strangers ten plus years younger than myself," Moses replied as he stepped off towards where the sand of the beach met dirt and grass. "Pine or cedar would be best. Make some clustered together and some further apart from one another. We'll need to use some trees as a base while others will be cut down." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Pft, you don't even know how old I am." Itsuki rolled his eyes, but regardless, followed Moses over to the grass. He held his hands out in front of him and closed his eyes, humming to himself. Slowly, real shitty looking trees started coming up. Just thick enough to be useful, but also kind of wavy and hard to work with. Full of branches. He made a handful all together near Moses, then a few scattered around the rest of the area. His hands were shaking pretty badly by the end, and sweat was dripping down his face, so he let himself stagger back to the ground. "Eugh- that's a lot of work.. bleurghh.." He fell over on to his side. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"I doubt you have a proper skin care routine to keep you looking as young as you do if you were my age," Moses offhandedly commented as he waited for Itsuki to do his work. Even if the trees were rather shitty in terms of looks, branches were actually a useful additive. Once all of the trees were up, Moses scanned the area, mentally mapping where he would build more huts. "Nice work. Thanks for your help, Itsuki," Moses said with a small smile and offered his hand out to help Itsuki up. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Mnnmmmm.. I.." Itsuki drawled on as he laid on the ground, not reaching up for Moses' hand. "... e...eugh... tired.." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses sighed a bit as Itsuki continued to lay in the sand. "Too tired to move? Here, I'll put you in the shade at least. The trees you made made a pretty shady spot," Moses said as he put Itsuki into a fireman carry. He looked for a comfy spot before gently placing Itsuki down in the shade, leaning him against the trunk of a tree.@Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Hmm. Itsuki felt pretty light. His whole body was also trembling slightly. But he didn't make any weird comments as Moses carried him, surprisingly enough. He leaned back against the trunk and closed his eyes. ".. thhhhhanks." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses nodded. "Of course. Just take it easy for now. I'm going to start making the huts. Just call me if you need me," he hummed. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Mmmmm yeah I'll.. I'll do that." Itsuki said, then nodded a few seconds after. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses waited a few moments after Itsuki seemed to of nodded off to get to work. It seemed like Itsuki still wasn't all that entune with his powers. He shouldn't push it for now. Moses didn't think he'd be building any of the huts now, but it was better than nothing. It'd give people morale seeing a proper place to sleep, for one, but two, it meant none of the kids here would have to worry about being in danger. Quickly, he got to work. He couldn't do many proper huts by himself, Moses knew that, so he started off small first. Creating an axe out of crystals, he cut down a lot of sticks and branches, and put them together in a much more makeshift manner. The lean structure was a basic survival shelter. It was bare minimum in terms of quality, but it would keep you alive through the cold and heat. He continued making said lean structures for a while...@Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Restless energy not well spent, did not a happy man make, and while Yeonaixho could not currently conceive of himself being happy in any form, he lad long exhausted his minds capacity for laying in the sand and sobbing. So he made his way to the beach. To any discerning observer, this was not a man in a healthy state of mind. He navigated with his cane absentmindedly, stumbling into things and getting frustrated as it got stuck in the sand. His hands trembled, and he kept moving where the free one sat on his body, always returning it to his chest. He was also muttering to himself- little incoherent nothings that only made him look less stable. @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Compared to the stumbling man, Moses was honestly thriving in this environment. He had long forgo his shirt, sweating through most of it and had cut through a few good trees to make shelter in the meantime. When he noticed a light figure in the distance, Moses frowned. It was obvious that the person was struggling, and since Itsuki was still exhausted, Moses decided to head over alone. "Hey! You okay over there?" Moses called out to Yeonaixho as he jogged over to the man's location. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (just tagging you for now since moses didn't wake itsuki lol)

"What?" Yeonaixho spun around to face Moses as he approached. He backed away from the man's voice. "I- I'm fine. Really. I am." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Seeing the man step away, Moses stopped a couple feet away from him. "I'm not gonna hurt ya, man. I'm another person who got kidnapped here. I'm Moses.. Are you sure you're okay? You were fumbling around earlier when I first noticed you." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Little did Moses know, it wasn't fear of being hurt that made Yeonaixho flinch away. "I'm fine. Please." Yeonaixho took in a few heavy breaths. "I'm not crazy." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses raised a brow at Yeonaixho's 'crazy' comment. Okay. "I think you need to sit down, sir. I just want to make sure you're okay. I'm a firefighter, if you're hurt or anything, I know basic first aid. There's sand right where you're standing. You're okay to sit down, but any further and you'll start hitting some water or trees." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I'm not hurt. I'm fine." Yeonaixho insisted. He kept his hand pressed to his chest. Slowly, though, he sat down, running his hands through the sand as he thought. He didn't say anything more for the time being... @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Moses bent down on one knee as Yeonaixho sat down. "Okay, I believe you, sir. Again, I'm Moses. Do you know your name? How you got here?" He asked these probing questions in hopes of calming the man down. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Moses." Yeonaixho repeated the name. "If- if I tell you who I am, you have to promise not to hurt me because of it. Please. Please." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Again, Moses quirked a confused brow at Yeonaixho, but nodded. "Of course, sir. I have no reason to hurt you. I'm here to help," he reassured him. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"You can't hurt me. You promise." Yeonaixho insisted, but then sighed. He confessed: "My name is Yeonaixho Sehwohl." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

"Okay. Nice to meet you, Yeonaixho," Moses replied. Luckily for the blonde man, Moses didn't want to hurt him on sight. He didn't even know who tf this man was. "Do you know how you got here?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Moses's nonviolent reaction to his identity seemed to calm Yeonaixho down a bit. Maybe, the entire universe wasn't out to get him. "I was teleported away from my family, I was put here-" He took in a heavy breath. "I was told I had to fight. Or my family would be hurt." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

On one hand, Moses was glad Yeonaixho seemed to relax. On the other, now Moses had two people to watch after. He hoped those giant crabs weren't coming out soon. "I see.. I'm sorry to hear that. I was taken from my son, so I understand your worry. Can I help you over to some shade? We can talk more in the safety of shelter. I was just building one when I saw you come by." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho took in another deep breath. "Yes, the shade would be nice." In addition to the multitude of things plaguing him, the blinding bright sun certainly wasn't helping. "I'm sorry... about your son..." @Aj | Kian+Moses+Bridge

Ah. The beach. Itsuki was sitting down and looking up at the swirling, ominous clouds. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle wandered for a while. Probably not the best place to build camp if a storm was coming... but it didn't look like the stream could flood... I think. She listened to her footsteps crunch on the sand, also looking up at the impending cloudage. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Looks great, don't it? Shit's gonna hit the fan real soon." Ituski said as he contiued looking up. "Hope you got somewhere to shelter." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I've been through hurricanes before. Besides, outside of wind and potential lightning, the biggest danger in a storm is the debris." She was a liiiiitle on edge about it though. "There's enough of us here to find a way it seems. Shouldn't you be worried about shelter as well?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Eh, I've been here a while. I just turn into salamander mode and hop on in. The storm doesn't really hit the stream too bad." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"You're an amphib? Let me guess, you've definitely been here longer than the people who just started showing up-" Isabelle asked, looking toward the water. "I don't think I'm semi-aquatic enough to trust the water during a storm. But if it keeps you safe it doesn't really matter what I think." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah. Been here for a month or two now." He glanced back at Isabelle, clearly slightly disappointed. "Have you seen any tall blue-gray dudes around? Not named Tai'Tana?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Are there multiple blue-gray dudes around here?" Isabelle wasn't sure if she should be offended by the disappointment or not. "Not sure if that Tai'Tana name rings a bell." Yeah i read back lmao Tai'Tana never said her name. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, there's one. And my husband is presumebly back in Atlanta." Itsuki huffed and looked back at the water. "Want a smoke or anythin? That's about all I can offer you." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

(Georgia Ninjago?)

(his world is the one where greenland got split in half to put ninjago in the atlantic)

(i hate it here)

Husband... better not to think about that right now. Sorry souma. "No thanks. Somehow never became a smoker, I'd like to keep it that way." She waved the offer off as she continued to look towards the clouds. "Any particular reason you're looking for a blue-gray non-Tai'Tana dude?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. My husband is the blue gray non Tai'Tana dude. Duh." He rolled his eyes and formed a new smoke in his hands. He took in a deep inhale before exhaling the smoke. "I'd like him to be here with me." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru (edited)

"Ain't that the feeling... in a kinda... twisted romantic way." She stopped for a second. "Dying without them even knowing if you're okay and all... but if you've been here longer, then I don't know what your fate is supposed to be." Ip sighed, crouching down to feel the sand. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Well, I don't wanna go home, lady. My life ain't great there. The only good thing was Geri. If he were here, I wouldn't be complainin' bout anything." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I never said anything about going home." She scoffed, not sure if that really told her anything. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well you're saying I'm twisted for wanting him here. Same thing." He huffed. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Well that depends." She retorted. "Depends if you've been told you're going to die or not." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I haven't heard that I'm dying. I don't know anything about this shit, okay? I'm also just here." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I'm sorry? I wasn't assuming you knew anything... just forget what I said, I guess." She sighed, hunching over to doodle in the sand again. "At least you have some certainty whoever's doing this doesn't want you very dead." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"That doesn't actually make me feel any better." Itsuki rolled his eyes. "I feel like we're all getting the short end of the stick here." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

... "You! Fish person!" Tai'Tana called out as she entered the area, not even looking in Mallon's direction. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon’s head lifts up from where they’ve huddled under the bridge again, squinting through the occasional spray of water from the churning stream. They stand up slowly, not really sure if the newcomer means them or not, and so still keeping a distance they cautiously venture out onto the sand. “Me?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Ngl this was kinda bumming her out. And the lightning was... concerning. "Well I should... go." And go she did.

"Yes! You. What are you." Tai'Tana approached them, sniffing the air dramatically. "You smell like a lot of places." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon tilts their head at the question. They take a small step back as Tai’Tana sniffs, with a faint frown though it seems more out of confusion. “I am Mallon. An Angler. If that is what you are asking.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"An Angler?" Tai'Tana asked, tilting his head as he got up to Mallon. "Got that ol' rod an' reel? Ha!" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon tenses at the mention of rod and reel, knowing enough to immediately equate it with a hook as their frown deepens. “What?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"You said you were an Angler. Someone who fishes. But you're also a fish. That's interesting." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“I don’t fish. I hunt.” Mallon blinks, and their lure pulses once with an ever-so-slight glow. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Tai'Tana did not notice the glowing whatsoever. "You hunt. Weird. Hunt in the water?" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“Yes,” Mallon huffs, crossing their arms. “I did. I do.” They pause, then add, “And I was learning to on land. A little.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well. Hunting in the water is just fishing. But hunting on land is hunting. And hunting underground is... Hmmm.. Also hunting." Tai'Tana chuckled and stepped in to the water. "Why were you hunting on land. You're a fish." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“Not fishing like the humans do,” Mallon mutters. Their head tilts again in interest this time as they watch Tai’Tana enter the water. “But I have been on land for some time now. Learning new things.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hmm. A fish being stuck on land is like a worm being thrown in the air. Sad. Really sad." Tai'Tana put her hands on her hips as the water splashed around violently. "Fish. What does the weather look like right now." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“I’m not stuck. I can still go back.” They don’t entirely sound like they believe themself, but the attempt is there. The shift in topic to the weather has them pausing, though. “…It is.. a storm, I think. Lightning and wind.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"You smell like the ocean, though. So you must have been there recently." Tai'Tana said. "And hm. If it is getting that bad out we better shelter. I'm not sure if hiding under that bridge will save you." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“I was. For a bit.” Their face sours. “Before I was stuck here.” Mallon glaces back up to the clouds rolling in. “It is just a storm, is it not?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Last time it felt like this, half of the palm trees got uprooted. And sand was everywhere. Took forever to kinda clean up. You're gonna get flung. Far. And then die." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“…Oh.” That does sound..bad. They might not know much but they at least know that doesn’t normally happen to trees. Mallon carefully lets some shells cover their upper body, a somewhat decent shield from the wind for now. “I see.” Then, muttered half under their breath, “Though I have been told we may die anyways..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well you should want to die in a more cool way than a natural disaster. I'm going to bury myself under the sand." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon snorts. “I don’t wish to die in the first place.” They narrow their eye a little bit. “How is burying in the sand going to help if the sand will be everywhere.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"The sand many feet under the top is fine. Just the first few inches fly around. Duh." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Duh. Of course. Mallon glares down at the aforementioned sand for a moment before sighing and asking, “Where should I go then if not here? Or would the stream be safe.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"You should go to the old building. Or to the shack that someone else put up." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“…..So no stream, then.” Squinting resignedly up along the beach, Mallon can vaguely make out something somewhat shack-like. At the very least it looks like it’s fairly secluded compared to the general openness of this entire place. “Fine. Enjoy your sand I guess.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I will. I love sand. But it's not my favorite type of soil." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mallon seems like they want to question several things at once, but evidently decides not to. “…Good luck with your not favorite soil then.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I do not need luck. This is my element." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“Okay. I take it back then.” Mallon shrugs. Sorry Tai’Tana. The sand shifts beneath their feet as they start to trudge off toward the lean shelter. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Bye." Tai'Tana transformed in to a small worm creature and began to dig down in to the sand beneath the water. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

The beach is currently a sopping wet mess of clumps of sand and various palm fronds.

Itsuki is laying here as a fucked up little salamander currently.

Yeonaixho wandered out onto the beach, cane in tow, with no real idea of what he was doing. Getting someone else to help with this may have been smart. "Itsuki? Are you out here?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Seeing as he was unconscious, and a tiny salamander, Juno was not going to be able to find him so easily. Thankfully, someone else was there.. "Itsuki is hurt." Another voice said, one that he hadn't heard before. It was feminine, but gruff, and with a slight Russian accent. She didn't sound all too far away. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho bristled at the unfamilair voice, and turned towards the stranger. "Oh. That's- not great." He frowned. "Is he here? I'm a healer, I can help." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Llinos is holding him." She said. Was there.. Another person here? "Can you heal salamanders. Llinos was going to put Itsuki on the Well to see if that helped." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I don't think there's any reason I wouldn't be able to heal salamanders." Yeonaixho mused. "Can Llinos- uh-" He rested his cane in the crook of his elbow and offered his hands out. "Can I hold him? I'll need to, to heal him." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... Yes." She said and placed the cold and slimy creature in his hands. It was now covered in a layer of sand particles, so that made it a bit less slimy. It seemed that Itsuki had many broken bones, which was easy to happen when such a small and delicate creature was getting thrown around in a storm. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Well, at least Yeonaixho had been expecting a cold and slimy creature. He delicately placed a few of his fingers over the salamander's small body, righting the position of his bones with his powers. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

That seemed to be the trick, as soon after, Itsuki began to shift around in his hand. "Oh good. Itsuki is alive." Llinos said, letting out a slight huff. "Itsuki is not the brightest. Staying out here during the storm. Only Tai'Tana can handle that." And suddenly, without warning, Ituski grew back to human size, seeming very content to trip Yeonaixho in the process. "Miss me?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho stumbled back into the stand as Itsuki grew back to human size. "I figured as much." He said in reply to Llinos. Instead of repling to the question, he simply brushed the sand away from his body. "How are you feeling?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki made no effort to catch himself, instead simply falling down to the sand and crossing his hands behind his head. "Oh, much better. Thanks for kissing all my boo-boos or whatever it is that you do. I feel better than ever." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Of course." Yeonaixho said flatly. "Well, if you're feeling better, I was wondering if you might help regrow some of the vegetation around here? A lot of the farmland got decimated in the storm." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Eugh. Gross." Itsuki mumbled, seemingly at the idea of having to do any kind of work. "Why should I do that." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Well, we're all going to be having a harder time eating if the farmland doesn't get fixed." Yeonaixho said. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well I wouldn't. I'm content to just eat bugs." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho took in a breath. "Well, good for you. That doesn't solve the problem at all." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"And that problem affects me hooooowww?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"If the rest of us die from starvation you'll have to deal with the corpses." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well none of y'all newbies have been very nice to me. And Llinos and Tai'Tana are also fine to eat bugs. And no I won't be dealing with corpses, the crabs will do that." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"What have I done that's not nice? I saved your life just now!" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well all you new people only seem to want to use me for my powers. Like you and Moses. That's not very nice. You literally only healed me so I would fix the farm." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"You're assuming things. I healed you because I'd heal anyone." Yeonaixho crossed his arms across his chest. He did not add that the only reason he'd had to heal Itsuki was because he'd been stupid enough to stay out during the storm. "Look- that farm needs to be fixed. If you're not going to help, that's fine, but I think you should." A moment's contemplation, and he added, "Maybe you'd be more popular around here if you helped out." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I feel like I assumed correctly. And I help out plenty. I put that farm out here in the first place. I made the trees to make that dinky shelter that I'm sure some people stayed in. I. Help. Plenty." Itsuki huffed. Yeah, Llinos decided to walk away. This was just kind of embarrassing. "Not like doing all that shit before got me laid.. So... I think I'll just give up." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Alright. If that's the attitude you want to have." Yeonaixho shrugged. "Just don't come crying back to me when you need healing again. I'll make sure to tell everyone how you're too lazy to help out, or whatever." He began readying his cane to return back to the barracks. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki reached out to try to grab Yeonaixho's leg or something to stop him, but just ended up pathetically hitting his arms on the sand. "So you would only heal me again on the condition that I helped with the farm. As I expected." He mumbled, with much less gusto than his previous accusations. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Well, you've established how you don't want to use your powers to help others. I'm simply returning the favor. Golden rule, and all that, you know?" Yeonaixho hummed, and stepped out of the way. Seems he was leaving, unless Itsuki had any final comments. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki shifted closer to Yeonaixho, before pulling away. "Fuck you. You're just like all the other guys. Get out of here." Itsuki grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki shifted closer to Yeonaixho, before pulling away. "Fuck you. You're just like all the other guys. Get out of here." Itsuki grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho was already leaving, and didn't say anything else.

Isabelle shambled out of the shelter before just plopping onto the ground. Agony. Pain. Suffering. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Right. Yeah. That was definitely the worst entire thing to come out of this fucking. Sacrifice death-game-show tournament. Nathan had sat in the shelter for. However knew how long, just listening to the bustle around him before eventually grabbing his shit and heading to the beach. He needed to start the pot over again. He needed to actually make slip. He needed to make it look nice for her. She wasn't dead- he had to keep reminding himself that. Not dead. Not dead. Not dead. On the other side. Not dead. Not dead. Not dead. So why did he still feel so useless? After a bit of a...retrieval. Of water. Nathan was just starting to make his way to the beach before he saw a very familiar lump on the ground. Right. Yeah. She was the guy who just left her friend to die. Kill her? Eh. Nathan scrunched up his nose a little, not out of disgust, but for fear of having to deal with feelings again. They shuffled over to her, nudging her arm- Isabelle, right- with the toe of his boot. "Yo, you good?" Probably not. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Surprisigly, Isabelle did not seem to react, only further clutching something in her arms. Not the most graceful way to start a conversation. Although she still had half a mind to retaliate for being nudged with a foot. "Is anyone?" @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Yeah, damn, fair point there," Nathan grumbled, squinting a little out into the distance. Door in the wall. Hole in the wall? He loved Hole in the Wall. "Probably not." Nathan plopped himself down at a distance near Isabelle, picking a little at the new lump of clay he had managed to get. The old pot was back in the stands. Guess it'd fuckin'. Dry out, or something. If he were being totally honest, she didn't look all too intimidating, keeled over in the sand. Maybe a bit intimidating before, in the arena, when she suplexed a frickin' hog, but she seemed just. Miserable now. After a moment, he fished out a peach from his jacket bundle from earlier, depositing it in the sand near the victor. He considered making a 'prize for the victor' quip, but, um, seeing the end of that. Fight. He didn't think it would be well appreciated. "Peachy, innit?" he said, flatly. Fuck. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

The woman was too stunned to speak. She couldn't even see him to know what he was talking about. She rose almost like the Undertaker to face his pure audacity. A... a peach. It was a pun. She was too bewildered to even say anything. But man she had murder in her eyes. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan quickly scrambled to his feet, kicking up sand and shit in the process as he backed away from her and that death glare. "It's a peach," Nathan wheezed, nearly tripping ass over feet. "Its- its a peach- I gave you a peach-" Bless. Bless. Bless. He thought this was better than the alternative. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Where the fuck did you even get that?" Was all she could muster as her grip tightened on the frog statue. She wouldn't throw it though. Her glare faltered slightly as it gave way to confusion, given she was still reeling from the absurdity. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"The farmlands," Nathan slowly said, not quite inching closer. "Uh, before the storm. Um. I kept a few in this before it hit." He very gently kicked the jacket bundle, now kind of sad and pathetic without any fruits to hold within it. "It was either that or palm leaves. And I don't think you would'a liked the alternative." His attention ever briefly darted to the frog statue in her hands, and he gnawed on the inside of his cheek to stop himself from saying something else. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

She took a deep breath as she processed the information. That look of fear. It was already so familiar. "I... see. Can you take me there? I haven't... eaten in a while." She asked sheepishly, relaxing herself after all the tension. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Oh, sick, she wasn't gonna try to rush him. "I mean, I'd like to if I could," Nathan said after a moment, also quite sheepishly. He seemed to relax, too, hands tucked loosely into his pants pockets. "Uh, but it looks like the storm wrecked up most of the farm. I saw some people o'er there earlier, but I don't think we'll be having much fresh veg and...and." Right. The strawberries he and Celena picked. Blinking a little, Nathan took out a handful of the tiny, tiny strawberries from earlier. He glanced between the fistful of berries and the victor before slowly shuffling over to her. "...I got pocket berries, though?" he tentatively offered. "Uh, and there's crabs 'n shit in the river over there, I think." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I'm not getting back in that thing." She shot back as she looked at the strawberries. They were so smol. After some hesitation, she gently reached out to grab some, putting the statue in her lap to politely try and eat them. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan squatted down near Isabelle, pulling out the palm leaf to set a majority (not all) of the strawberries on the thing like a mat. He wasn't going to put the good strawberries in the sand. Gross. In the background, he could hear fighting. So soon? It sounded like a dog, maybe. And like a very familiar acquaintance of his. Popping a strawberry into his mouth, stem and all, Nathan chewed thoughtfully. "You didn't eat at all?" Nathan asked, some lame excuse of a conversation starter. Don't ask about the statue. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

She looked bewildered once again as Nathan didn't bother to remove the stem. But she just continued to eat the strawberries. "I did... before the storm. But I generally need more calories due to my routine. Not that I can really follow it right now." She sighed, crossing her legs to get more comfy. Isabelle looked pretty calm now, but she was still eerily present. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Hm," Nathan mused, still munching. Leaves. He wanted to eat another one to keep that same, stunned look on her face, but she needed the food more than he did. "You...not a fan of crabs? In the stream o'er there?" A jerk of the thumb behind him. "I hadn't tried going for one of the crabs yet, I should though." Despite the chit-chat-talk, Nathan was still a little on wary and on edge, though his overall lax demeanor seemed to cover it pretty well. "Wouldn't hurt to try, or somethin'. I know some guys were making soup back in there, earlier. Crab and veg." He didn't need reminding that she just won the previous fight. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Need I remind you what I was just put through?" The fight was in a massive river Nathan. Her grip strengthened, almost crushing the strawberry in her fingers. Isabelle grimaced at Nathan before her gaze shifted to the frog statue. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan thought she meant the stream behind them. The one with the crabs. Pointy pokey jabby-jabby-snap crabs. "...Sorry," Nathan said after a moment, nothing kind or unkind in his tone. Just flat. He took another strawberry and ate it, whole and all again. "...What's that for?" A slight jerk of the head to the frog statue in her lap. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle almost reflexively moved to hide the statue. However she took a breath before she could. "This... is my prize." She answered simply. "For betraying my friend and condemning her to the Abyss. I get to keep some of her power." She fought back the tears that were creeping back up. "I wouldn't say it was worth it." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Feelings. Feelings. Feelings. Nathan tapped his fingers along his knee, turning something over in his head before speaking. "Doesn't seem like much of a prize," he hummed, "but at least you...get to keep a part of your friend with you through this, huh." He didn't want to get too preachy about death. None of that 'their spirit lives on' bullshit here. "You, uh, knew her before this? Madison." A pause. "The kid said it, before. Announcer." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle nodded slowly. "We've... been through something like this before. That's where we met. Madison was just a kid, and she went through so much at their hands. I betrayed her then too... all to get someone else back. She was scared on the bridge. She... never truly left that dungeon. After we escaped that island, we moved on with our lives. Mostly for the better, but Madison... she stayed behind. Not physically, but we could tell she was never the same. I knew what she wanted from me, but I couldn't give it to her. I tried, I really did-" She trailed off, wiping tears away. "I never wanted to see her go through this again. But... some part of me hopes her death wasn't too painful. That wherever she is now... she has peace." Isabelle could only hope. Considering she directly led to her friend's death. "It's my fault. I always tried to tell myself it wasn't in my control. But just then... I could've let her win. But I didn't. I... I was scared. And that froggy bastard knew how to get me to run. She never stood a chance. Not then, not now." Isabelle curled up on the sand with the statue in her arms. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Oh. Oh. Oh Man. Man. A kid? She was a kid and went through this shit, too? And she kinda just let her die on top of all that? Well. Lives were on the line, he could get that. But still. It was enough to get Nathan to just sit there for a moment, blinking a little as the gears turned in the back of his head. Man. Feelings. Feelings. Life and death. Allat. He was kind of...relieved she curled up on the sand in this sad, pathetic little ball of depression so that she wouldn't have to see him flounder for some sort of reassurance. Scratching his head with some sort of wince, he sighed through his teeth. "It sounds...rough, having to go through all of this again," he finally said, trying to keep his voice as unbiased and un-mean as he could. "'Specially for Madison. Not- khm, not to say it wasn't for you, just. Kid. Um." Throwing? Throwing? Throwing? "Fear drives us to do shit," he finally said. "Just, shit. And, uh, in a high-stakes situation. I bet that. Fear kind of. Stops...logical thinking. Or any thinking. It's just, panic mode, I guess. Look just-" "I'm not gonna lie and say everything'll be better." He was preparing to run. "But it's- it's not- entirely? Your fault? I guess? That fuckin' kid's been pitting people against each other, and uh, it's pretty clear he knew about it, too, with his whole little speech. She's gone, you won, you have her powers, carry her...powers to. Not victory, uh, killing, the, guy." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Isabelle kinda just shifted around. She had heard most of that before. "Don't. I really don't wanna hear it. And unfortunately Madison's powers don't work like that. Even if I did have the full extent, I wouldn't be able to do much damage. Unless..." Isabelle blinked a few times before taking off her glasses, focusing on the statue for what seemed like too long before something seemed to appear in front of her. She took a deep inhale before sticking her head into it, disappearing into the void. Barely any time later, she pulled her head out. "Fuck, he emptied it out. Would've been nice to have a few robot animals out here..." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Throwing. Definitely throwing. But- a relief to not have to continue. "Ah, bummer." How many people here had damaging abilities? Him, two- two? Him and Celena. Was that literally all? Oh, and fire lady. Nathan's attention just briefly flicked up to see Isabelle's entire head disappear into. Something. Gone. Straight up. "What the fuck was that," Nathan balked, immediately shuffling over to look at. Whatever it was she stuck her head into. "What- huh? Robot animals? What are you talking about?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Pocket Dimension... usually it's full of shit. Especially Madison's robots. But Rakin cleared it out just like mine." She sighed deeply. "But heyyyy free storage space, I guess." As Nathan shuffled over, he would see a portal of sorts into an empty space. "I'd be careful, you can't breathe in there." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"That's freaaaky," Nathan mumbled, clearly in awe. "If you have one, and so di- does Madison's, do both of you have these little Pocket Dimensions? Or...?" He didn't know how else to finish it. Coughing a little into his fist, he picked up the peach he had offered Isabelle earlier, much to her...dislike. "Could I try tossing this in there?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Not quite. I have a mirror dimension. Not the same, harder to get to. Also I can breathe in there." She shrugged before seeing the innit peach. "Sure, you can toss it in there. Don't exactly know how decay works in here but it's better than this heat." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

"Huh." Right, mirror powers. Did everyone have a sort of dimension? He decided not to think too hard on that right now. "Still, pretty cool." "It's not gonna be for long," Nathan said, lightly tossing the peach into the little Pocket Dimension. "Just for a litttle bit. 'M'curious to see where it'll go." He watched the fruit expectantly, unsure if it would fall endlessly or hit some sort of bottom. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

It kinda just. Plopped in there. Hitting what seemed to be a bottom without much fanfare, bouncing a few times. "It's... just sitting there. Do you want it back? I have to go find someone.." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

That was crazy interesting. Great bounce. Perfect bounce. Seven out of ten. "Well, you can. Have it if you want, I guess?" Goodbye, last peach. "If you need help finding someone, I could help," he said after a moment, shuffling back a little from the Pocket Dimension. "I mean, if I know the guy, that is." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I don't... really want it." Isabelle fished it out and handed it back to Nathan. "Can't know a guy if he's been unconscious the whole time. Thanks for the offer, though." She grabbed the statue and stood up with surprising efficiency. No matter how relaxed, Nathan is never safe. "My name's Isabelle by the way. Don't think you told me yours." @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Nathan just barely managed to take the peach before Isabelle was moving worryingly quick for someone who was just grieving her friend's death. He kept calm as best he could, the peach grasped tightly in his hands. "Mhm, Isabelle. Heard your name earlier, mhm." In the deathfight, yes. "Uh, name's Nathan." "Good luck finding your unconscious...guy? I don't think I saw him in that building, but, good luck findin' him. Hope he's alright." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"I doubt he moved..." Isabelle mumbled. She gave a wave as she walked awayyyayyayy If you know you know. @Kipology | Nathan 🏺 + Connie ⚡

Itsuki was still lying on the beach, though now he was laying on his side with his arms crossed over his chest and pouting. His tail lay limply in the sand, covered in granules. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Someone would eventually come and block out the sunlight. Sovran had leaned over Itsuki with an eyebrow raised, looking quite uncertain about even bothering Itsuki. "Hey man, you good?" Sovran asked. Due to the heat, he had his coat off and folded in his arms, leaving him in his mesh top and sleeves. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki's pout would intensify as Sovran blocked out some of the last remaining sunshine in the sky. "Don't 'Hey man' me-" Itsuki grumbled and opened his eyes. His pout gradually turned to a slight sly smile as his gaze shifted up from Sovran's feet and up- definitely lingering on his chest for a moment- until he met his eyes. "That's a really interesting shirt you got, pal." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"Just makin' sure that you're all good," Sovran returned the grin. He took a step back and held a hand out toward Itsuki to help him up. "Thanks man, perfect for this type of weather, ain't it?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Good. Someone who would humor him. He reached out and grabbed Sovran's hand, not at all helping himself up. He was gonna wait for Sovran to do it. "Yeah. I'm alright. No thanks to Yeonaixho." It was actually only thanks to Yeonaixho but whatever. "And yeah, that's a pretty good shirt. Sometimes my husband would wear shirts like that- hah- but don't worry about it, we're in an open relationship and not even in the same galaxy right now." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Easily, Sovran pulled Itsuki up to his feet. His calloused grasp on the other's hand was strong. "Yeonaixho? What'd he do to you?" Sovran asked as he raised his other eyebrow. "Ah, open relationship, huh? How's that been workin' out for yourself?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki stood as Sovran pulled him, rubbing his thumb along the back of Sovran's hand. "Oh, well, he only wanted to heal me so I would do something for him.. Quite rude. He actually said he wouldn't heal me anymore since I refused- even more rude. Can you believe that?" Itsuki huffed, placing his free hand on his hip. "And its working out great. We both came from pretty lonely places without contact to the outside world, so we didn't wanna cut ourselves off from experiencing the whole package just because we found each other. But I know Geri's my forever guy. It's really just been flings outside of him. But we both go off and learn some things, new positions, new techniques, figure out our bodies more.. It's great." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"What'd he want you to do?" Sovran asked, despite already knowing the answer to that question. "I hear ya, it definitely sounds like it's workin' out alright, good to hear," Sovran grinned. "You like learnin' new things, huh? Well, there's definitely a lot that I could teach ya. I'm pretty well educated." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh, just something stupid with my powers." Itsuki shrugged, grinning and leaning in closer to Sovran. "Well now, why don't you teach me somethin' I've never heard of before? I'm all ears." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“What’re your powers? Mark me intrigued. Maybe you can show me a thing or two with ‘em.” Sovran hummed. “Sure, I can teach you somethin’ entirely new. Trust me, it’ll blow your mind.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh, just plants and stuff.." Clearly Itsuki's mind was wandering from the topic of his powers entirely as he slipped a finger under one of the strings of Sovran's top and hooked it, yanking it back just a bit before letting it go to snap back against him. "I would hope my mind isn't the only thing that would get blown. Ha." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“How ‘bout this,” Sovran moved closer toward Itsuki’s ear. His voice became lower and sultry. “You show me some plant stuff and what you can do for the farmland, and I’ll blow your back out in bed. I can heal you so you can get up and walk, though, if you like feelin’ sore, I won’t heal you all the way. How does that sound?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Instantly, Itsuki's pout returned as he brought up the farmland. So this was all just a ploy to get him to fix up that shithole- Sovran was probably leading him on anyway, watch he was gonna tell him a stupid fact about narwhal's or something equally dumb- But as he continued out, the pout turned to a grin, and Itsuki leaned his head toward Sovran. "You drive a hard bargain. But fine. I'll do it. I need Tai'Tana to be there as well if you want them to be worth a shit. I zapped all the minerals with my first go at it." Itsuki said and turned his head to face Sovran. He leaned his torso against his, increasingly taking weight off of his feet so Sovran would be forced to pick him up or let him fall. "I don't have my bottom surgery yet, for your information, figured I'd tell ya that. So, ha, dealer's choice." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"Alright, we'll get them eventually for the farmland," Sovran chuckled. He supported Itsuki's weight, though as he listened in, he frowned lightly. "Alright, thanks for lettin' me know. I don't think any of my protection transported over, least, I didn't feel it in my pocket.. We might have to do a raincheck, if you don't mind. Until I figure somethin' else out." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Wh- No it's-" Itsuki huffed, furrowing his eyebrows. "I have some, I'm not stupid, but I'd figure you'd have some too if you were so open to the prospect." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"I figured that you didn't have any. I figured you've been here long enough that any that you might have might've been expired already. That, or the heat here might've messed up the latex if it's been even a decent amount of time." Sovran made a face as he glanced around. ".. What I had on me might be left on the other side when I landed in the snow.." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well that's just great. It's been easily over a hundred degrees here most days so just- urgh!" Itsuki shoved himself off from Sovran, crossing his arms over his chest. "If pregnancy is your only concern, I don't think it's possible. The second I turn back in to a salamander I obviously have no uterus. And I know injuries carry over, so I assume anything living in my organs would too. So.. Not possible. For your information. Unless I stayed human forever which I would prefer not to do." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"Sorry to kill the mood," Sovran sighed as he stepped back. A hand reached up to rub the back of his head. "Also real sorry to say that pregnancy is a pretty big concern for me. I'd be most comfortable with protection regardless, y'know?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki just let himself pathetically plop back down in to the sand. "Whatever. Just figure out something on your own for the farm. I don't care." He grumbled, laying back down on to his back. "People always expect me to do shit just cuz they ask, I never get shit back. You're just like Yeonaixho." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Sovran fought back the urge to roll his eyes. "What'd he do to you that was so bad?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

(healed him)

"He wanted me to go fix up all the farm, just like you. Except all he had to offer was treating me like everyone else instead of letting me die or whatever. A shitty bargain. He doesn't expect anyone else to go put their body on the line to fix up food they don't even eat just so he keeps treating them. He claimed he would heal anyone, then literally said he wouldn't heal me anymore if I didn't do what he asked. It's all bullshit." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Alright, there definitely was a lot to unpack there. God, Sovran was itching for a cigarette already. "Definitely sounds mighty unfair." Sovran awkwardly responded. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah. It is." Itsuki grumbled. He held his hand up and began to grow some kind of small plant.. Definitely didn't look like food. "But it's not like I'm not used to it. Every single guy I've met besides Geri has always been the same story. You're no different. Usually I don't care, but when you're asking for so much.. Do you know how hard it is to grow new plants? I nearly knocked myself out growing a few regular trees for Moses. And what did I get for that.. Grr.." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"No, I get that, I'm sorry for askin' a lot out of you when we don't really know each other," Sovran offered him an apologetic look. "Just because it's your power, that doesn't make it your role to have to tend to it, 'specially if it's drainin'." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Finally. Someone who has sense. Thank you." Itsuki mumbled, continuing the small sprouts he was working on in his hand. "But since you're so understanding, and maybe in some crazy chance you change your mind, I'll grow you something here. Something like- small. But anything you want." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

"Nah, don't worry about it," Sovran reassured with a small smile. "You save your strength, alright? There's no need to make somethin' for me. I appreciate it, though." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well aren't you nice. But I think I do know something you'd want. I can smell the tobacco on you. That comes from a plant, yknow. I figured out how to make pretty shitty cigarettes on my own. They're not great but they might do something. I dunno. I mostly make weed for myself and Llinos." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Not too fond of weed, if I’m honest. Makes my head too fuzzy, don’t like being unable to think right.” Sovran let out a quiet laugh. From his pocket, he took out his box of cigarettes and gave it a little shake. “I got these, I’m good on cigs. I’ve actually been wantin’ to quit, but I’m a bit too dependent on ‘em. This tournament’s gonna force my ass to quit.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Oh his cigarettes survived the trip but his condoms didn't.. Convenient. "Well if you wanna quit so bad why don't you toss that box in to the stream and get it over with." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“It’s still nearly a full pack, I’ll hold off until it’s a bit emptier.” Sovran pocketed the box for its own safety. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Mm. Nice that you can continue to have your support system.." Itsuki mumbled and pulled some of the sprouts he made off his hand. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Yeah, sorry ‘bout that, Itsuki,” Sovran sighed. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"What are you hanging around here for. Just get out. Find someone else to fix the farm if you're so worried about it." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Alright, I’ll head out,” Sovran sighed. He turned away and held up a hand, waving in farewell. “You take it easy, now.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah. I'll be taking it real easy. Bye." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“See ya.” Sovran gave him a two finger salute before he walked off. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itauki continued rolling up his blunt he had just made.. Angrily.

Nathan, still on the beach somewhere making his pot, lifted his hand for the announcement. Might as well watch.

When the zap of lightning fades, it reveals a crumpled man splat onto the ground. He really needs to get a hang of these teleportation landings. Kenji sits up, sand falling from his hair, and immediately starts trying to wriggle out of his jacket while still keeping his scarf over his mouth. Because priorities, apparently. He doesn’t seem to notice anyone around right away. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hey there, Horns." Itsuki said from his pathetic position on the sand. He was just watching as Kenji was undressing. Fucking weirdo. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Kenji’s head shoots up in surprise, jacket slipping out of his hands. It’s very much a deer-in-the-headlights look that he gives Itsuki— “What?”—before his brain kicks in and he reaches up briefly to the small horns on top of his head like he’d forgotten they were there. “..Oh. Um. H-Hi?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hi." Itsuki said. "What brings ya round these parts?" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“T-The— The side switches, I-I guess?” Kenji answers, somewhat vaguely baffled by the question. He still seems a little disoriented as he adjusts the scarf again. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Mm. Interesting." Itsuki said flatly. "What's with the scarf. Isn't it still a bit warm for that." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Kenji’s hand tightens on it instinctively. “It’s— It’s nothing, it’s not warm..” Yet. “Um.” He seems to have just (conveniently) realized how much of a mess the beach looks. “D-Did something happen here?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh, well it's gonna get warm later, then maybe you'll be forced to show off your crooked teeth or whatever you're so scared of hiding. And there was a little hurricane. Might happen again." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“A hurricane?!” He’s deciding not to address the first bit of Itsuki’s comment. “H-How— That can happen in space??” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I dunno. You should ask Rakin. It just does." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Kenji shudders. “I-I do not want to ask Rakin anything..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Did Rakin do somethin' to ya or what?" @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“..You.. You mean besides teleporting me i-into space, chaining me to a w-wall, and telling me I’m h-here to die a— to die?” Nice save. Kenji takes a deep breath, looking away from Itsuki for a moment as he tries to calm himself down. “Were, um.. Were you here b-before us too?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"So.. About what everyone else is freaking out about. And yeah, Been here for a month or two now.." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"So.. About what everyone else is freaking out about. And yeah, Been here for a month or two now.." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

“Agustin said the— something similar. And yeah. Sure. Everyone else. I-I don’t know why they’re not freaking out more!” It’s more of a rhetorical but still. Sir can you be chill for once.

"You become numb to it after a while. But I'd be more numb if someone could fill the void being separated from my husband left.." Itsuki stared up at Kenji. @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

Kenji stares back. Just not in the way Itsuki wants. “Wh— Husband?” It seems to click (somewhat) after a second, unfortunately. “Um. Sorry. I..have a boyfriend, if..if that’s what you mean..?” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Ugh." Itsuki looked away from Kenji and back up at the sky. "Everyone here is like you. Or just not interested.. Or they are and they get me all excited and then they drop everything and run away.. ughhh.." @em | mallon 🎣 + kenji 🌒

….Nora was really getting tired of being zapped places. She landed once more in the sand, clutching the pincushion close. She was… she was back. Her family- her family is here!! Nora rose to her feet, blinking away tears as she searched the beach for them. ”DAD!!! M-mom wh-where- WHERE ARE YOU?!! DAD!!!” Her calls were quickly turning to cries as her heart ached with loneliness. They were here!! They’d be together again!! She wouldn’t be alone!!!! @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

Yeonaixho and Jymaiyri had been trampling through the brush near the beach, arm in arm, as they searched for Nora. "Nora!" Yeonaixho called out for her, "Nora, where are you?!" "There she is!" Jymaiyri exclaimed as she spotted the young girl, alone on the sand. She and Yeonaixho both rushed forward to her- Yeonaixho holding Minerva safe in the sling. "Nora, oh my god-" Warm tears ran down Yeonaixho's cheeks, but they were tears of joy. He was smiling. "You're safe! You're here! I missed you so much!" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She spotted them and the dam broke. She wailed and ran to them. “Dad!!! M-mom!!!” She reached out for her parents, grabbing their hands in hers and holding them close to her. She hiccuped, her voice shaking with so much emotion. “I- I mmissed you… sso much… don’t- don’t l-leave..” Her body trembled with each breath. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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"I'm glad you're here," Jymaiyri smiled, showing more composure than her husband. "We won't leave. We'll all stick together, here." "Oh, Nora..." Yeonaixho used his free hand to wipe away his tears, the other wrapped around Nora's. "I was so worried about you, but- but you're here now. We're all together, and we're safe." Even Minerva, who was kind of confused by all this crying, seemed pretty happy to see Nora again. She waved her little arms out to her big sister and babbled some baby nonsense, still holding the makeshift toy Maia had given her. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

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She felt so much. It was more than- than anything she’d ever felt before. More than the rage, the loneliness. It was overwhelming, this feeling. Still holding their hands close to her, Nora trembled and fell to her knees in the sand. For a while she just held them and cried. She was happy, she was here!! Her family was here!!!!! “ssafe… safe.. mhm.. m-missed you…” It was hard for her to talk through the tears. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh, Nora baby..." Jymaiyri got to her knees with Nora, coaxing Yeonaixho down with her. "Let it all out. It's good tears, right?" "It's safe. We're all safe." Yeonaixho smiled warmly, his own tears subsiding. "We're all safe, and we're all together. How family should be." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Safe… It was too long since she felt safe. Jymaiyri taken away, the fone, the not-juno, the nightmare, Theora- she was so scared. It was too much like before- like the house- With Salvatore. She hated it, she never wanted to be alone again. She cried until she couldn’t, her sobs slowing down until she could almost breathe normally again. “mm.. I.. sscary. I- it‘s scary.. being alone…” She held their hands closer, resting her head on them. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"But you don't have to be scared anymore. You aren't alone anymore." Yeonaixho cupped Nora's face with his hand, letting her head rest in his palm. He felt a wash of relief- they were all safe. They were all here. "And Celena's here too- we'll have to go find her at some point. But there shouldn't be much trouble for her to get into. We're all safe." "Deep breaths, Nora. Deep breaths." Jymaiyri sighed. "Are you hungry? I fixed up the farmland, there's all sorts of fruit trees there now. You like mangos, right?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She sighed and leaned into the hand. ’Juno loves you.’ ‘He loves you.’ The voice was fake the nightmare wasn’t real stop being scared it’s fine it’s fine it’s- Celena’s here.. that’s good. Both sisters, both parents, everything’s fine now. She shuddered a little and finally let go, nodding her head. “Mhm.. I- I want mango.” She looked.. worried. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

As his hand was let go, Yeonaixho wrapped his arms around Minerva, supporting her even in the sling. "Let's go get you some mangos, then." As they were getting up, Jymaiyri glanced to Nora with concern. "Are you alright?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Nora’s eyes fell to the sand, emotions stirring around in her mind. “…s-something…” She rubbed at her face, her hands pocked with little cuts. “…something.. sscary happened.. over there. I- mm..” It was over, so why did it still hurt? @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"What happened? You can tell us." Yeonaixho said, suddenly concerned. "Did someone hurt you?" @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She shook her head, looking scared again. “N-no.. I..” She whined a little and pulled at her hair. “I- th-there was.. was a f-fone and.. and I t-tried to call… c-call you..” Her hands pulled tighter at her hair as she tried to force out the answer. “W-was bad- lies. I- it ssssounded like y-you…” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I- you tried to call me..." Yeonaixho repeated, his words carefully chosen. "Whiever you reached, it wasn't me. I didn't recieve any call, I can promise you. I don't even have a phone on me," He explained. Jymaiyri put her hand over Yeonaixho's, but faced Nora. "Sometimes, people can sound like other people. But it doesn't mean they're the same." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She nodded, forcing her mind to accept it. “S-sounded.. mhm..” But it was him. It used his name, his voice, liar liar LIAR- [self harm] Her hands hit against her head trying to stop the awful thoughts. “Not real- ffake. Fake.” Her words were strangled. She grimaced like she was in pain as she tried to convince herself. It was real- he loves her. She loves her. They’re here now it didn’t happen!! Stop feeling bad stop hurting it’s done it’s over!! But it still hurt!! Why?? @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"Nora- don't hurt yourself-" Jymaiyri chided, interjecting into the conversation. "It's okay. It's okay." Yeonaixho stiffened. "Whatever happened, it wasn't real- or at least, it wasn't me. I promise. It wasn't me." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

She wailed. “I KNOW!! I- I don’t- I c-can’t sstop f-feeling..!!” She whined, upset with herself for how she felt. It was too much. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"It's okay. It's okay to feel." Jymaiyri stepped in once again. "Take some deep breaths, let it all wash over you like water." She guided Nora in some steady, guided breathing. "It'll be okay." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

Nora did her best to follow with Jymaiyri, her panicked breaths slowly calming. Her hands unclenched, letting go of her hair. She looked up at her family, her hands reaching up to her little sister’s. Her hands were so small. She took a deep breath. “…the voice.. you said I.. wasn’t your daughter. I.. it hurt. And… and I had a nightmare.. you h-hated me and- and you.. you ran away and then you.. you died. It was.. was really scary...” She sniffled a bit. “Celena.. helped. I.. I don’t.. mm.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

Jymaiyri seemed to relax as Nora did. "It'll be alright. I promise. It'll be okay." Minerva looked to Nora with an expression of uncertain concern. She reached her tiny hand out, wrapping it around Nora's finger. "I would never say that, Nora." Yeonaixho assured. "I promise. You're my daughter, and I love you. And look- I'm here, I'm not dead. Dreams can be scary, yes, but they aren't real. It's good Celena was able to help you. I'm glad you had her around, even when I couldn't be there." @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

…The voice didn’t sound like it knew her. And then.. there was the other one that sounded really young. It was weird but… They weren’t her dad. Her family was here, they love her. That’s what’s important. It was all one big nightmare. The sun was here, the bad dream was over. She sniffled again and nodded. “Mm.. mhm. Bad dream…” She shakily got to her feet. “C-can we… go get mango..?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺 (edited)

"Of course," Yeonaixho gave Nora a supportive smile, and offered his hand as she got to her feet. "Let's go eat some mango." "The farmland's this way," Jymaiyri said, leading the group away from the beach. @Sauce | Nora🧶+Lykos🐺

"Ugh- Nathan is going to the other side! Great!" Itsuki grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring up at the sky as the announcement played. He kicked his heels in the sand pathetically.

"And now Nathan's probably dead. Great." Itsuki was totally baking on the beach at the moment.

Itsuki was dropped back on to the sand, now wearing his all red outfit. He curled up around himself, gripping on to his hair.

.... At this point Itsuki trudged away from the beach.

Itsuki was dropped back on to the beach pathetically, now awfully burned and probably about to die. Well.. rip

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... Aldreda was dropped back in to the A side! "Eugh- humid." She mumbled and glanced around the beach. Oh. There was a guy who looked like he was burned to death on the ground in front of her. Pleasant! "THIS WASN'T ME!" She quickly yelled to clarify to anyone in the area. She knelt down next to him and waved her hand in front of his face. "You alive, buddy?" He just let out a small whine. Well, he wasn't dead at least... @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Tsubari was also dropped here. What a coincidence. She was immediately taken out of it by Aldreda's immediate defense against no one in particular. But she was curious, so she hopped over to see what she was even referring to. "Ah. Yeah I can see why someone would think that's you." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh hi- yeah, every time theere was arson or someone burned to death in Avis we'd get blamed! It was only us sometimes." Aldreda said. "Do you know what happened to this guy?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Us?" Tsubari wasn't sure if she actually cared for an answer, but her curiosity did always load faster. "I literally got here at the same time, and I've never seen this guy in my life. At least.. I don't think I have." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh- me and my coven girlies. That's us." Aldreda said and looked back down at Itsuki. "Taubari can you heal at all? I can't." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Tsubari gave Aldreda a look. "It's Tsubari. Like a ssss. No a. And do I look like a healer to you? I would have had some serious balance issues if I was." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oop, sorry, must've misheard you before." Aldreda said. "And I don't like to judge by appearances! Maybe you're a doctor! But seeing that you're not, do you know any healers around?" (edited)

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@Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Well the one we just brought back to life is on the wrong side, so not any that can help right now. I keep running WebMD but it just keeps telling me that he has like 10 different kinds of incurable illness." Tsubari was a lil frustrated by her inability to do something rn. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, I'm not sure if getting burned to death is an illness.. Actually, I'm 100% sure that it's not." Aldreda said. "We should at least get him out of the sun. There's a shelter way in the back... Maybe there's also someone in there who can help us." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Uhhhh didn't that Celena girl say she was also a healer?" Tsubari suggested, her 'brain' trying to clear the WebMD searches. "We can probably go find her." Tsubari walked over to Itsuki and slowly heaved him upwards. Homegirl is struggling. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"She did say that, but I dunno where she is.." Aldreda hummed. Itsuki grunted loudly as Tsubari picked him up. "Woah there girl! Careful careful- he's hurting all over. Let me hold him. I won't bend him around at all." Aldreda said and held her arms out to grab him. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

"Oh sh**- Sorry, I didn't think he'd be heavy,,," Yes there was a censor sound there. Tsubari let go of Itsuki gently as she tried to hand him over to Aldreda. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Aldreda took him as carefully as she could, but he still groaned and winced. "I know- it hurts. But you'll be okay." Aldreda soothed. "Yes! Very soon!" Rakin said, approaching the trio with Celena by his side. Aldreda glared over at Rakin, and slightly at Celena. ".. What do you want? Celena, what are you doing with him? What did he just say?" @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Y-you guys need a healer, r-right? Well- I’m your healer.” Celena offered Aldreda a small smile. Already, the scent of burnt flesh was making her grow nauseous. Hopefully, she could heal and head out. Though, judging by the stench, she’d have a lot of work to do.. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Tsubari was very skeptical, but she wasn't in a position to really argue. Celena was the healer. "That's good. We were just about to look for you." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"This guy is pretty messed up. I'm honestly not sure how he's still alive." Aldreda said. "Should I put him down, or..? I really don't want to move him too much." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“N-no, just- Set him down, please, then I’ll get started with my healing,” Celena looked nauseous at the sight of Itsuki. This was definitely going to drain her of her energy. A nap would definitely be needed after this. “I-it’ll be alright..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Tsubari kinda just stood there, not knowing what to do. But looking between Rakin and Celena, something felt off. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

(If we can, could we perhaps wrap this scene up by tomorrow? I’d like to get Zora back to Nora and Nathan before the fight happens)

(ye!)

(Thank you!!!)

Aldreda slowly set Itsuki down on the ground in front of Celena. It was clear that any movement was agony to him as his head rolled back. His breaths were slow, shallow, and sparse. @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Celena couldn’t help but stare at Itsuki for a moment. His condition was definitely a terrible reminder of days that occurred long ago, but still haunted her all the same. Shaking her head, her light appeared over Itsuki. “O-okay, time to work..” Celena spoke quietly. She began the healing process, as slow and as tedious as it would be at the start. Burns were always tricky to work with, but she’d do her best. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Itsuki gasped slightly as the light appeared over him, the slight increase of warmth making him even more uncomfortable. "Just hold still, she's helping you. You'll feel better soon, guy." Aldreda said calmly. Itsuki reached his hand out, grasping for someone who wasn't there. Aldreda sighed and crouched down to hold his hand. "I think you're doing a good job so far, Celena." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

“I-I’m sorry, Itsuki, I wish I could adjust the temperature for you,” Celena winced. Her healing continued at a surprisingly rapid pace. Her light was getting deep into the damaged tissue, healing the damage from the inside to the outside first. Burnt figures flashed into minds. Bodies of people long since passed strewn across the ground where a village once stood. Those who lived cried out for help, and were in similar condition to Itsuki, and she had done her best but couldn’t save everyone and- Blinking rapidly, she gave Aldreda an appreciative nod. “Th-thank you, that- Means a lot..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

Itsuki slowly opened his eyes as the pain was gradually fading away. "Not many people can treat burns like this. Man, I had to die and come back to look half as good as you're doing!" Aldreda joked, but Itsuki didn't seem to think it was as funny as he blankly stared up at her. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Homegirl was high rolling over here. Another 19, and larger patches of skin were being healed all the way through. She kept her light trained over Itsuki. “O-oh.. I’m sorry that you had to experience that..” Celena spoke, not.. Really knowing what to say about that. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Once it wasn't pure agony to move, Itsuki craned his head up to look down at his chest. Man, his torso was looking so smooth and fresh- it was an odd sight. Also weird to see his fleseh rapidly reforming. "E-eugh-" Itsuki mumbled and lowered his head to the sand again. "U-uh-" He cleared his throat. "Thank you, I mean.. It's just w-weird to look at." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Sorry, I should’ve w-warned you not to look,” Celena winced. “It can be a bit- Weird, and disorienting..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Definitely weird." Itsuki cleared his throat again. "Wish I had you to heal me after my top surgery though, would have made that recovery a lot quicker. I was stuck in bed for like a week." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“A week stinks, but that’s actually a bit faster than most! Some people take up to two weeks, but I wish I was around to have been able to lend a hand-” Momentarily, Celena lost focus on her light. The healing nature of her light bounced back at her as a sharp, venomous sting of heat. She could feel burns from her light forming on her left arm, and she held back a wince. “S-sorry, lost focus for a-a second there..” Celena apologized. Her healing continued for Itsuki. [Celena’s at 21 HP] @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

The smell of burning skin instantly shut Itsuki up. He looked away from Celena uncomfortably. "Ah, careful. Maybe you could take a break quick? You've done a lot, Celena. He's lookin' pretty good. Looks like a sunburn now." Aldreda suggested. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“A-a break sounds nice..” Celena admitted quietly. Her light faded away, and so did Celena’s strength as well. She quickly took a seat on the sand and took in a few deep breaths. She hated the heat here, she hated the sand, she hated how tired she got after treating such rough injuries like burns. “Sorry, I-I usually can do more, I’m just- A b-bit worn out..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Itsuki slowly rolled on to his side, only wincing slightly. "You- you did a lot. I-I think I'm good. You even um- got rid of my top scars, guess there were none left when you started so that's- good, I guess.. Kinda liked em though.." Itsuki said, carefully touching his chest. "I think that's good enough for me." Rakin said. "Do you want Nathan's things back now?" @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Oh, I’m s-sorry, I just kinda- Healed everything I c-could..” Celena apologized. “I’m just gl-glad that you’re o-okay..” She turned to Rakin and nodded her head. “Y-yes please, I-I’d like it all b-back..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I really can't complain. I had kinda accepted death before you helped out so- this.. Is better." Itsuki said. "Well, that is sad. I wouldn't have let you die, I would have brought Agustin over.. Eventually." Rakin shrugged. He held his bandaged hand out toward Celena and snapped his fingers. All at once, all of Nathan's things appeared on the ground in front of her. Every single item he had on him was there, including his mostly singed clothes. There was also a pristine looking container of testosterone gel.. Don't think he had that before, but he had it now. ".. Why you.. Um... Bringing all that dead guy's stuff back..?" Itsuki asked. If Nathan wasn't going to use the t-gel.. Well. He'd ask for it. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

At everything that appeared, Celena grew emotional. His jacket, his necklace, his pictures- Everything was here. Celena couldn’t help but hug it all close. It still even smelled like Nathan, the jacket carried his scent somehow. “Th-thank you so much,” Celena sniffled as she looked to Rakin. ”Thank you.” She then looked to Itsuki. “My brother’s st-still alive, we br-brought him back earlier, he’s- He needs his stuff back..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"What- Nathan's back??" Itsuki asked, quickly rolling over to face Celena. "And he's your- brother..? I didn't know that." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Mmhm, he’s back, and he’s my brother,” Celena nodded. “Have you.. Spoken with Nathan b-before?” Celena slipped Nathan’s jacket on and put all of his belongings into the pockets, including the t-gel. It would simply be easier to carry it all that way. Plus, she wanted to feel a bit closer to Nathan at the moment. She had only been away for about twenty or so minutes now, and she was already anxious being away for that long. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Uh. Yeah. We've... Spoken." Itsuki said. "Can you tell him when you see him I'm not really in the mood anymore? Um. I think I just need to sit around for a while and think about how I'm still alive." "Oooooooo~" Aldreda chuckled a little. "Did you guys really just talk?" "Yes. I'm quite sure." Itsuki mumbled and laid back down in the sand. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Celena made a face. “I-I’d rather not know more than this about my brother, but- Okay, I-I’ll tell him that, I’m gonna.. Get ready to head back to see him now..” “And Itsuki, you should probably lay in the shade, it’s- Safer for you.. M-maybe later, I could completely heal you, if you’d like. I think I just need to get some more rest..” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... Eugh.. I don't wanna move.." Itsuki said. ".. We can move him. You get going back to Nathan with all that stuff." Aldreda said. Rakin decided to peace out as well. His job here was done. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Thank you,” Celena gave Aldreda a grateful, tired little smile. She began to make her leave from the beach. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Aldreda waved as Celena walked away. "Okay Tsubari, that saved us a trip, I guess. Now we just need to get him somewhere not in the dang sun." @Gab | Ip🪩 + Subaru

They appeared on the beach. Sovran squinted as he glanced around. It was brighter here, nicer. Yet, Sovran still felt cold. “.. We’re on A side, now,” Sovran spoke to Yeonaixho quietly. “We’re on the beach.” @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

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4:39 PM

@innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho sat on the beach, listening to the sounds of the water. He dug his hands into the hot sand, trying to ground himself. He didn't say anything for a long moment. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Slowly, Sovran sat beside him. He set his crutches to the side and slowly moved his hand closer to Yeonaixho’s. Yet, he didn’t take a ahold of the other’s hand, not yet. He didn’t break the silence either. Sovran simply listened to the sounds of the waves against the shore, every gentle push and pull. Whatever Yeonaixho needed from him, he’d give it. He’d be there for him. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

It was a while before Yeonaixho found his words again. It would be longer, til he really felt able to speak again. "I want to go find Minerva soon. I need to find her soon." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“We’ll find her,” Sovran soothed. “We’ll find her, she’s safe with Nora. Minnie’s gonna be okay.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho nodded. He still seemed apprehensive, but he knew he wasn't prepared to speak to Nora. Not yet, at least. @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“It’s okay, we’ll get up and search soon,” Sovran spoke softly. “We’ll just take a moment longer, okay?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Right. A moment longer." Yeonaixho sighed. "What should I... say to her? What am I supposed to say?" @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Well, first, I want to ask you, how do you feel?” Sovran asked quietly. “I know that little girl must still feel love for you, and she’s probably scared of what you’re feelin’. That was a situation that neither of ‘em should’ve been forced into, but the poor kid was tryin’ to survive. ” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I don't know how I feel, it's all too- too much. And too recent." He ran his hands through his short hair. "I don't blame her. And I wouldn't have blamed Jymaiyri if she'd been the one to- I just... I don't know what she's expecting of me. I don't know." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

Sovran was quiet for a moment. He rested his hand upon where Yeonaixho’s hand was buried in the sand. “I think the kid would expect you to still love her,” The man’s voice was soft. It sounded as though he was speaking from a rather personal place. “But she’s probably scared that you don’t, and that you might blame her for everythin’. I think she might expect comfort, but she might also expect harm. I think she might expect plenty of things, but over all, she just wants to know that you still care ‘bout her.” Sovran was silent for several more seconds before he spoke again. “‘I don’t blame her.’ I think even those four words could mean a lot to her.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho's panic seemed to calm as Sovran went on. He flinched at the sudden touch, but didn't move away from it. "Mhm. Mhm..." The words he wanted to say felt dry on his tongue. It was so hard, now, to put how he felt into words. He could hardly believe it had ever been easy for him. "I... I do still care about her. A lot. And I don't want her to think I hate her." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Well, I think her learnin’ that would mean a tremendous amount. That you care for her, and that you don’t want her to think that you hate her. Sayin’ those words would mean the most to that lil’ girl.” Sovran glanced at Yeonaixho before he looked back out to the water. “.. Tell her that you care for her, that you don’t blame her, that you don’t hate her. You’ll take the weight of the world off of her shoulders by tellin’ her that. Those words? She’ll remember ‘em for the rest of her life.” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I will." Yeonaixho said. It was all he could manage. "I will." @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

“Okay then,” Sovran took in a deep breath. “How are you feeling? Ready to leave now?” @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Yeah. Yeah. Let's go." Yeonaixho helped Sovran up, and walked with him over to the farmland... @Vanessa| Sovran+Zora+Cansu

To the farmland they go! @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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Kiran Arrival

Nora Struggle Hour & Beach Boys Continue

Moses and the Salamander Guy

Extremely Pathetic Guy

Isabelle and Itsuki

Anglerfish Caecilian Meetup

Beach Aftermath & Twink Fight

Ip and Natto

Sov and Itsuki

Itsuki and ANOTHER pathetic man

Nora and Family Reunite

Itsuki Pathetic Times

Tsub and Aldreda on the Beach

Healing Itsuki

Wifeless Guys