Tourn RP Archive

5:06 PM

"Ugh... my chest..." Yeonaixho groaned, but the pain slowly eased. He still couldn't make sense of why it was hurting in the first place, but that was a question for another time. He sat up on his knees, narrowly avoiding colliding with Aldreda, and sighed. "I don't..." It was then he noticed the sand beneath him, and the lightness on his head and shoulders. "What the- where am I? Did someone cut my hair?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

... Should she tell him..? ".. You died. But you're alive now! It's only been a day." Aldreda said. "And don't freak out- I'm undead too. It's nothing to worry about. And yes some guy cut your hair. But I'm sure that can grow back." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Wh- what? I died-" Obviously, he was inclined not to believe that. He checked himself over for injuries. "I don't- I don't remember dying- how did it happen? How did I come back?" His hair concerns could wait, for now. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I'll cut it straight with you since I know I would've appreciated that. You were mauled to death by some kind of creature. Your guts and blood was everywhere, and the guy that cut your hair also took your organs to presumably give to your.. Wife. If you don't believe me, you can ask Jymaiyri later." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

His brow furrowed, his face scrunched up in disgust. "Eugh... well, I seem to have all my organs now. Which is good." He hummed, patting himself over once more. "I'll... I'll definitely have to talk to Jymaiyri soon... you said it's been a day?" A day, with him dead. How would she feel? Would she feel as strange as he did, being back? He was still reckoning with having been dead in the first place. "Eugh. God." He repeated. "Where are we now? Where's Jymaiyri?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yep, a day. There's been a lot of fights since then, and we just voted to bring you and Nathan back.. We heard that you're a healer that can help us?" Aldreda asked. "And we're in the arena right now, only the winners were invited to vote and Jymaiyri hasn't had her fight yet. She's either watching or back on the cold side now." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh. Hah. Huh." Yeonaixho's breaths were heavy as he tried to take all that in. "They can just... bring people back from the dead, huh..." "The cold side... I'll need to talk to her soon. I'm not dressed for it, but..." His thoughts trailed. "Oh, yeah, I'm a healer. I've got healing powers. I don't know what you need help with but..." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"In the future when we're getting out, we'll need a healer. I'm fine though, I'm immortal." Aldreda said. MAN the temptation to say something was strong. Imagine his reaction if she told him- no, don't be so juvenile! "I'm sure we'll be getting taken out of here soon and you'll be able to see- be with her again." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh. Right. When we're getting out." At least his task was pretty straightforward. "Mhm. I hope so." He sighed again, and adjusted his new robe a bit. Of course, they changed his clothes too. "And, you are...?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I'm Aldreda." She said. "You could borrow one of my phoenixes to go with you if you'd like, they'd be able to keep you warm until you can get more clothes." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Phoenixes?" He asked. "I'd- appreciate that, I guess. I need to get my cane..." Obviously, that was not on his person right now. "And do you think we'll be able to decide where we're going? I might just get sent back to the warm side- I never switched beforehand." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Turtle hopped up on to his shoulder. It was nice and warm. "Hmm.. you probably won't be able to decide, but hopefully Rakin won't be a total ass and you'll be with Jymaiyri again." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho startled at the sudden warm touch, but seemed to settle a bit soon after. Seems he was still pretty jumpy from the whole dying and coming back thing. "Mhm. I hope so." Hoping was really all he could do in this scenario. "Has Nora had her fight yet? Or Celena? I know you said Nathan also came back, so- I assume he lost his too." Hopefully, he wasn't also mauled by a creature. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Nora hasn't fought. Celena and Nathan had to fight and it was a little.. Weird. But Nathan's back now." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Huh. Well, it's good he's back now, anyways." He could faintly hear Zora and Nathan's cheerful voices somewhere nearby, and the sound filled him with relief. "Good, that he's back." He assumed the other losers hadn't been so lucky, or else Aldreda might've mentioned them. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Lemme think about who else died since your fight.. um.. We've been doing a bad job keeping track outside of fights, but in the fights it's been Nathan, Kevin, Aileen, Riki, Calamity, and Moses. Did you know any of them?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh, Riki.... we met once, and Kevin, and Moses... I've met all those three. I don't recognize the other two names." All good, hardworking souls. He was brought back, while they were left to rot in their graves. Or wherever they went when they lost. He wasn't sure how comfortable he was, thinking about his living while they remained dead. "Hm..." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Aww. If it's any consolation, Aileen was a real piece of work. But everyone else is pretty unfortunate, yeah." Aldreda said. "But don't beat yourself up about it, we all voted to bring you back. There were a lot of people missing you." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm... thank you, I guess is what I should say. If it weren't for all you, I'd still be dead." It was hard to say it. To reckon with it. Something else unnerved him. "If... all the fight winners are here, does that mean the thing that...." He couldn't voice 'killed me', the words stuck in his throat. "Is the creature around? Mallon?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Umm. Yes. But it looks like someone beat it half to death- actually- yeah- I think Jymaiyri nearly crushed it to death and also ummm... Poked out its eye. I don't know when she had the time to do that..." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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Yeonaixho seemed to stiffen- discomfort growing in the pit of their stomach. "Jymaiyri? Why would she-" Of course. For revenge. For him. "Ehhhh...." He shifted uncomfortably. "That's... that's not too pleasant. Huh." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

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"If you really feel bad for it I could lead you over to it and make sure it doesn't get ya while you're healing it... But it really had it out for ya man, I don't think you'll want to approach it. It might try to get you again. It seemed incredibly personal." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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"I don't- I don't want to risk aggravating it again, after what it did to me the first time." He shifts his robe so it covers more of his chest. "Don't think Rakin would be merciful enough to bring me back a second time, yknow?" "Mhm. Personal. Yeah." Yeonaixho muttered. "You know, I didn't know them at all before any of this. I... don't think it's me they have a problem with. Or not exactly." He was beginning to ramble now. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Fair enough." Aldreda said. "But you don't think it had a problem with you specifically? You think it would have done that to anyone?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"No, I- I phrased it weirdly." Yeonaixho frowned. "There's another dimension out there, with a version of me that's a cult leader. I think... that's the me that it was angry with. I don't... I don't really know. But it's the only explanation I can think of." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... Huh." Aldreda said. That was the most sane thing he could come up with..? "You're... Sure of that? You think you're a cult leader in another universe?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I've... got some evidence." Yeonaixho nodded, but didn't readily offer what that evidence was. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

".. Wow. Maybe there's a universe where I'm a dove, hah!" Whatever she meant by that Avis lingo must have been equivalent. "Is it weird that there's different.. Yous out there? I've not considered that much." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Ehhh... it is pretty weird. Especially when some of the other versions of me seem to be pretty... different." Yeonaixho frowned. "But, uh, right now, it doesn't feel that much weirder than dying and coming back to life because of a vote." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, Yuhnnie, can I call ya that?, dying and coming back to life is pretty typical for me if you need any advice." Aldreda chuckled. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Uh, please don't. 'Juno' is fine, if you can't pronounce Yeonaixho." He weakly chuckled, more out of sheer surprise than anything else. "You... mentioned being undead before." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Juno! Alrighty." Aldreda nodded. "But yes, I'm a Phoenix. My brother burned me at the stake and I just couldn't stay dead. So now I frequently turn to ash and come back good as new!" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho seemed... impressed. "A Phoenix. Huh." He didn't ask about the brother thing, seemed... personal. "I guess that explains your friends." He gestured vaguely to the firebird perched on his shoulder. "That's... huh. And it doesn't freak you out any?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Mhm, that one's Turtle." Aldreda said. "Well, that first time it happened it was pretty scary, but most of my friends at the time went through the same thing, we all had each other afterward and we formed our own little community." Aldreda turned her attention away from Juno for a moment to start scanning the rubble around them. "It's all pretty normal now." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Turtle, cute name." He hummed, though he let Aldreda speak for a moment, simply taking it all in. "Mhm. It sounds scary. But... I'm glad you have a community to rely on, that always makes things better." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"They're all pretty great ladies, and we really helped out during the Avis revolution. Our president actually has a seat at some meetings now! It's great- but that doesn't really have anything to do with you." Aldreda chuckled. "Do you feel any different than you were before?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm... well, my chest hurt a lot when I first came back, but I guess that can be explained by... everything. I feel the same as I used to- I mean, I feel like me... I don't even remember my actual fight, or dying or anything. I guess I'm glad I don't, seems like it'd be... traumatizing, but I don't feel any different to how I did before." He frowned. "The only weird thing, I guess, is I keep hearing this weird ringing in my ear." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"That's good- you seem mostly the same then. No new strange abilities to speak of." Aldreda hummed. "Well, you came outta this pillar that exploded everywhere, and that got struck by lightning... So maybe it's ringing from the thunder? Or maybe you came back with tinnitus." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"None that I'm aware of, at least." He hummed. "Yeah, that might be it. I hope it's temporary. Would suck to not be able to hear properly, what with me already being blind." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah, that would make everything harder.." Aldreda said, continuing to scan around the rubble. A few glowing stones caught her attention. "Aha! Good, the power stones weren't absorbed or something." She picked up the feathery one and placed it back in its usual place- between her breasts. She ought to invest in a purse or something. Maybe. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Power- what?" Yeonaixho turned with Aldreda, mostly to track her voice. With somewhat mild curiosity, "What's going on?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well the winners get half of the powers of the losers- except you I think because you died- oh and Calamity too- and my opponent lost obviously. So I got half of her powers. Seems like she had some kind of lame as hell thinking powers. They're a bit useful in some niche places though. We had to use the stones to place our votes." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Huh...." Yeonaixho's brow furrowed as he took that in. "Huh. Well... I still think I have my powers. Which is good." Never mind that they felt... different now, somehow. "Thinking powers? How's that work?" He asked. "My friend's partner has mind control powers, though those seem... more broadly useful." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I don't think this is mind control- it's like- if I think about something hard I can make it play it." A risky game to try when she had something particular on her mind right now... She wouldn't offer up an example unless he asked. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Huh..." Yeonaixho said. Seems he didn't entirely get it. "So it can... play memories?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yes. Like as video clips, kinda?" Aldreda hummed. "It's a bit weird." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm. Sounds weird." He sighed. "Load of good video-clip memories do for me. Most of my memories aren't even visual at all." He chuckled dryly. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well it plays audio too-" Aldreda said. "So you might find some use out of it. You could try it out if you want." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Uh, sure. I'll try it out." Yeonaixho shrugged. "Might as well." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

Aldreda took out the stone and placed it on Yeonaixho's hand. "Just try to think of something super consciously. It should start playing." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho cupped the stone in his palm. It took him a while to settle on anything specific. But eventually, he picked something. He concentrated on the memory, the gentle motion of the rocking chair, the softness of the blanket Minerva was wrapped in, the weight of his daughter in his arms as he gave her a bottle. She'd been only a little bit under a month, then, and so tiny he could barely believe she was real. His daughter, his little girl. It had been back when things felt safe, when things were normal. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

No visuals accompanied it, but Aldreda could feel what he was feeling at that time. It was an overwhelming feeling of contentness. "Oh- oh wow- that's.. beautiful." Aldreda said quietly. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

Yeonaixho smiled softly. "Oh, uh- thank you, I guess? I just thought of my daughter, Minerva..." He chuckled lightly. It was clear he loved his little girl quite a lot. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Hopefully you can see her again soon.." Aldreda said. "I would share some of the memories of my nephew, but none of them are as peaceful as that, ha!" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm, I hope so too. She should still be with Jymaiyri, wherever she is..." Yeonaixho hummed, and laughed. "You have a nephew? How old is he?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh, he's eighteen now, but my brother adopted him when he was seven years old. He's always been a real handful, no doubt because of his dad." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm... I've heard the teenage years can be pretty rough." Yeonaixho admitted. "It wouldn't surprise me- we're all influenced by our parents a bit more than we'd like to admit, especially at such a young age.." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well, he was trying everything he could to not be like my brother. He succeeded, in my books, he's much less lame! And he probably won't die at 35.." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I'd say that doing everything you can to not be like your dad still counts as being influenced by him. And, hey, same thing happened to me." He shrugged. "Your brother died? My condolences." He offered them, even though Aldreda didn't seem particularly saddened by the matter. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah, apparently he died while we've been here! Did ya know we've been here for over a month now? Kinda crazy." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Oh-" Yeonaixho said, but couldn't comment further before Aldreda continued. "A month? That doesn't make sense- it feels like it's been just a few days.." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Yeah- it's weird. We've only been here for like two days but I called my buddy to come pick us up and he said we've been gone for a month.. and he's the smartest guy I know." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Weird." He vaguely remembered Nora saying she had tried to call him... "We can call people outside? And... you said you called him to pick us up?" @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh, yep, I called.. Don't know where he's at, I really thought he would have been here by now.. must be a slow connection." Aldreda sighed. "On the cold side there's a phone and you can call anybody you want- as long as you have powers to pay for it." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Huh... maybe I'll have to place a call at some point." Yeonaixho hummed. That was definitely... weird, but nothing really beats the weirdness of 'I was just dead for a day and now I'm back'. @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Who would ya call?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhmm, probably my friend Petrai. I don't know if she'd be any help getting us out... though she does have sight-related powers. And anyways, she's my best friend. It'd be nice to hear from her again." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Petrai, hmm? I haven't heard about her before- obviously." Aldreda said. Because she's never talked to Jymaiyri. Yeah. "... but your friend has seeing powers? That's a little funny, you have to admit." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"... I would think not." Yeonaixho laughed awkwardly. "Yeah. It is pretty ironic. Maybe that's why we've stayed friends all this long." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Maybe. What's she like?" Aldreda asked. @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm, she's pretty serious, somewhat grim, but she's very loyal. She's a very good friend." Yeonaixho hummed. "She's a bird person like you- a corvi crow." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Oh an Avian- wait what." Aldreda paused her interruption to stare at Yeonaixho, confused. "A corvi crow? She's a Crow? That's a weird way of saying it.. What nest is she from?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm, yeah, she's a crow. I think she's part of the Jetfoot Murder, or something like that, but she doesn't really keep up with it all I don't think. She lives in human society with her partner." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"... I have never heard of that group." Aldreda said. "Also- I'm not a dove. I'm a golden eagle. My joke was saying that I'm far from a dove. And neither of those are corvids... When did she leave Avis?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"... huh. I kinda figured something like that." Yeonaixho hummed. He was deep in focus, trying to remember if Petrai had ever mentioned a place called 'Avis' before. "I... don't think she ever went there? She's from the Blackrock Mountains in the North Loucari. Where all the other Corvi are from." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Well Avis is also on mountains but not those ones- I've never even heard of that. And all Avians are from Avis.. I think there's two different bird societies happening here. Do they happen to also worship a giant Jacana with big claws?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Yeah- I think there's two different bird societies. The Corvi are kinda... all corvids, so that would make sense." Yeonaixho nodded, and laughed. "Oh- definitely not. At least Petrai doesn't. I've never heard of anything like that before, and definitely not from her." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Interesting.. I've never encountered other bird societies, and I consider myself pretty well travelled.. Would I be able to visit once we get out of here? Or would they be anti other birds.." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I'm not exactly sure... the only corvi I really know well is Petrai, and she's not been a part of mainstream corvi society for quite some time now. Maybe she could set something up for you, like a tour or something..." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"I think that would be interesting. One of my coven girlies is a raven, is that similar enough? That's a corvid." @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"I think bringing her along might make them more inclined to listen to you. From what I can tell, ravens are pretty well-respected there." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽 (edited)

"Hm. I'll have to look in to that. We're always trying to expand our trade, but we're pretty limited in what we can provide, so trading with people who may share more of our... Sensibilities may be useful." Aldreda said. "Where are you from though?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm..." Yeonaixho hummed in mild agreement. "I'm from the middle valleys, also in the Loucari. A bit south of the Blackrocks. I live in the South Loucari now, though. That's where Jymaiyri's from." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

"Valley? Hah, I guess I kind of live in a valley too. The Coven is a bit off from the main ledge of the mountain." Aldreda said. "What's Jymaiyri like?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

"Mhm. I'm from Sehwolh valley, it's where I get my name." Yeonaixho nodded. "Jymaiyri... she's kind, strong. Very confident. She's incredibly determined- if there's something she wants done, she'll get it done. I guess I struggle to say anything bad about her." He laughed. "She's great. I'm lucky to have her." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽

You're not the only one who's had her- STOPPPPPP THINKING ABOUT IT! "She sounds lovely." Aldreda said, her voice still nice and calm. "And you have a daughter here too, right?" @innsjo | juno🌻/jymaiyri🌿/minnie🌺

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"Mhm, yup. Minerva. She's six months old now." Yeonaixho smiled, ignorant and blissful. "She's adorable." @Mads|Madison📱+Aldreda🔥+NPCS👽