#and my body is so starved and i hadnt eaten anything all day and all i wanted was to eat everything in my sight

[starvingcl0wn]

how life feels after not breaking my fast even when faced with a plate of my favorite most mouth-wateringly delicious binge foods

[divorcetual]

[ID: Three drawings of a young, chinese man with short, black and white striped hair. The first two are headshot drawings, and the third is a crude full body with the words "Organ seller, wanted crimimal, ex-cannibal" written next to it /End ID]

This is Day my friend Day of pastex fame. Hes an OC from my still yet to be drawn Comic and hes been im existence for. Since November 2022 WOW. okay. Anyway he looked totally different back then tho

[ID: A digital drawing of a young, white man with orange, pushed back hair. He has an angry expression as he breaks an egg into a pan /End ID]

He used to have color changing hair. rip proto day's hair u will be missed. ANYWAY thats not important, who is day NOW?

WELL he is a gunslinging organ seller from an unincorporated settlement (<- Takes a lot of explaining, basically there was a giant war n now the world is in a nuclear winter. Theres one main city, Koro, that incorporates the smaller settlements into itself in exchange for the ppl in it to work for them). Day's old town was bought by Koro, so he kinda hates them now.

Previously, he had a little brother, Ico. Day was suuuuper protective of Ico and a little insane abt him- the village they lived in was totally isolated since it was on top of a mountain and the entire base was surrounded by high levels of radiation. The top, where they lived, was safe but they couldnt go anywhere. Because of this there werent a ton of other kids in the village so ig Day put all his energy into being a good older brother. Except he actuallt wasnt his overprotectiom was actually a little too excessive and got in the way of anything Ico ever wanted to do. Buuuut Ico was really deep into being a victim so he went along with it. They genuinely did care for eachother as brothers its just they were both reaaally unwell just in general

[ID: A drawing of a missing poster with a photo of two children. One has an open-mouth smile and is holding carrots. The other one is holding a rabbit stuffed animal, but his face is blocked by a speech bubble. It reads "Turns out he's one of those brothers that went missing a few months ago. We thought he died..." /End ID]

After Day + Ico's village was bought, Day was suuuper not into that and didnt want he or his brothers life to be boight and yo become employees for Koro. Their dad was one of the advisors to the mayor who had insisted on agreeing to the contract, so Day killed him and ran away with his brother at age like. 12 I like. Ico was 9? idk I just know they were kids.

While escaping, they got in a fight with someone from Koro. Ico kept running and Day's words, while Day stayed back and took on the guard. The guy was kinda weak and was also caught by surprise so Day did end up beating him, but during the fight the guard had stabbed into Day's right shoulder. Day crawled forward, trying to escape, but that ended up just pulling the knife further. It ended up going all the wau from his right shpulder down to his left knee, where it stabbed fully through. His calf ended up having to be amputated, which Day and Ico then ate as a means to get by.

Buuut, the radiation hadnt been clearned fully at that point. Part of the contract was that Koro would clear the radiation with technology unattainable to the village, but it took time to do and it was only partially done. Both of them got sick from it, but Ico- being younger and of weaker constitution- died. Not wanting his brother to die, too, he asked Day to eat the meat from his body so he wouldn't starve. Along with the radiation, a major factor in Ico's death was that neither of them had really eaten for multiple days.

[ID: A digital drawing of the same two boys from above, now both with longer hair. The second one is pale and laying on the ground as the first one kneels over him, holding intestines and with his mouth and hands covered in blood. His left leg is also cut off from the knee. At the top right is text reading "It looked like he was eaten" /End ID]

Day ended up eating part of Ico, but he couldn't bring himself to eat the whole body so he just sat with it. The death was obviously very traumatizing for him so Day just. sat there. He couldn't think, he could't move, there was nothing he was able to do. The only reason he ran away was to help Ico, so what was he supposed to do now?

Maybe a two or three weeks later there had been a ton of complaints about two homeless kids out on the street, so a social guard came to do smth about it. At this point Ico had begun decaying and his face was totally sunken and rotted. Day was kinda in a trance at this point tho so he genuinely didnt notice. When the social guard came and teied to tak the rotting corpse away, Day got super angry and started clawing at the guard and screaming for him to stop. He actually ended up killing the guard, and mutilated his face so much he was totally unrecognizable.

Day, still in his dead brother trance, couldn't tell which corpse was Ico's and that totally broke him. He ran away and was found a day later in the snow by some people from an unincorporated settlement called Geludum. He had total amnesia about his brother n family, but he still remembered things like uis name and where he was from.

Day ended up living in Geludum in a communal home. As he got older he took on a few differemt jobs, and ended up getting really immerses in the black market. One thing that particularlt interested him there was a radiation bug (see previous post in #pastex for more info on bugs), bit it was SUUUPER expensive. He found a freshly dead corpse one day and since the snow actually kept organs viable for WAYYY longer than theu would usually be, he was able to sell them and make a hugeee profit. So that became his job !! He would aquire corpses and sell their bugs and organs to make money, eventually making enough for the radbug. He installed it himself and kept on living, selling organs n gettin into gunfights bcs he was selling organs, etc etc. Ended up getting a massive bounty on his head from all the everything.

And thats basically caught up to where the story starts !! Cant give you anything else w/o spoiling it (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

babe who is Day ♡

GIGGLES CUTELY. ONE SEC

[shadedrose01]

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Turned Very Good Day

Ship: Parkner (Harley Keener/Peter Parker)

Summary: Harley has a bad day, then Peter promposes to him.

Tags: Febufluff, Day 11, proposal, Promposals, light angst, Light Angst, Harley is sad at the beginning, But he gets happy so its okay, Fluff, SO MUCH FLUFF, sweet and cute, Cute, Sweet, short and sweet, Im pretty proud of this one, Even though its short, Mutual Pining, Gay Harley Keener, Bisexual Peter Parker, Boys In Love

Day eleven of Febufluff: "Proposal"!

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Harley puffs out a long sigh, dragging his feet to his locker. It has been one of the worst days Harley could remember having. He woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and late, so he had to rush to school. He hadnt eaten breakfast because of the aforementioned lateness, so he was starving by lunch time. He realized that he had forgotten to pack a lunch, so he had to buy the cafeterias terrible, cardboard tasting food. He bombed a literature test that he had studied for for days, and he had almost failed a math test on top of that. AND, as if that wasn't bad enough, he noticed that his friends were acting... weird around him all day. They would be talking in their little group, but as soon as he approached them, they'd stop and act like they weren't doing anything. MJ was constantly whispering things to Ned, and Ned to Peter, and they almost seemed like they were avoiding him at times, ducking out of the way as soon as he tried to approach them. He wasn't going to lie, it hurt like a bitch, and he was the entire day wondering what he had done wrong, thinking about the hushed conversations and immediately drawing assumptions. I mean, they had to be talking about him, why would they stop whenever he was around if they weren't?

Peter was the worst of the bunch, and that made Harleys heart ache even more. He was acting jittery all day, nervous, picking at his clothes and his nails, being extra jumpy, and stumbling and stuttering over his words like he used to when they first became friends, almost two years ago. Harley thought they had moved past that awkward stage, had grown and become so much closer in the past two years, especially in the past few months where guys thoughts of Peter went from 'best friend' to more. But Harley must've thought wrong. And it sucks.

So yeah, a terrible, awful day. The only thing keeping him going was that it was friday, and now, that it was the end of this day, so he could go home and not have to deal with any of this shit anymore (minus the fact that he has a mountain of homework to do, but he couldn't handle to even think about that right now, so he doesn't). He puts in his combination, and tries to open the locker, but the lock doesn't budge. Of course, even his locker would fight him today. He just wants to go home. He redoes the combination again, slower, and it opens (thank god). He goes to put his last classes books away when he catches glimpse of a bright pink stick note attached to the inside of his locker door.

'meet us at the chem lab, loser -MJ'

Harley grits his teeth, feeling a flash of irritation swirl in his stomach. What kind of sick joke is this, to avoid him and talk behind his back all day, only to try and meet up with him now?? But the feeling soon disappears, drowning in the pit of despair Harley's found himself in all day, and Harley finds himself shutting his locker, making his way to the specified lab. Because why not, really? What else could go wrong?

Harley doesn't know what he is expected when he pushes the heavy door open, but it sure as hell wasn't this. Right in the middle of the room, stood directly in front of Harley is Peter, Ned and MJ stood on either side of him in some sort of open triangle formation, all three of them wearing the lab safety gear, lab coats, big, goofy goggles, gloves and all. But the thing, the person that catches Harley's attention right away is Peter, it's always Peter, but more specifically, the bouquet of roses in Peter's arms, the shy, anxious smile on his face, and the poster clutched in his other hand. Harley's reads the words on the big page ('I hope you don't react badly, but I think we have some great Chemistry together. Prom?') and immediately bursts into tears.

Peter's eyes widen in fear, but before he can panic too much, Harley launches into Peter's arms, hugging him tightly as he sobs loud, ugly sounds. Peter embraces him just as tightly, the poster and flowers getting in the way and making it slightly awkward, before coughing slightly. "I-uh- I had- have a speech but uh, I just- are you okay??"

He sounds so worried, and Harley cant help but to laugh loudly, pulling away with the biggest smile on his face, even as tears run down his face. "I'm perfect." He whispers shakily, sniffling and wiping away the snot that starts to run from his nose with his sleeve. "Tell me? Please?"

Peter smiles back lightly, still noticeably worried but mostly relieved, before clearing his throat, his fingers twitching nervously. "Harley Keener, you have been my best friend for two years, 5 months, 13 days aaaand," he squints at the wall over Harleys shoulder. "6 hours ish, but who's keeping count, right?" Harley chuckles a little at that, ignore the tears that are still pooling at his chin and dripping onto his shirt. "And those two years have been some of the best in my life. And lately, I feel like our friendship has grown and evolved into something- something better, something..."

"More." Harkey finished for him, and Peter's doe eyes light up, his lips tilting up higher.

"Yeah, more." He whispers, something looking like hope growing behind his pupils, behind his irises. "So, uh, I was wondering if you maybe not only wanted to go to prom with me, but maybe wanted to go as... my boyfriend?"

Harley feels himself brighten at the words, feels his chest loosen and his heart soar, his body glowing and tingling, and he sobs again, choking out a firm "yes, yes!" before hugging him again, burying his face into Peter's shoulder, the wetness on his face soaking into collar of the lab coat. But its okay, because he can feel Peter's wide grin buried into his neck. He hears his two friend cheering around them, Ned shouting out "I'm so posting that online!" and MJ stating "Finally, you two idiots wont be pining after each other anymore."

Harley just laughs again, and pulls Peter, his prom date, his boyfriend closer, any memory of his bad day fading into oblivion.

[dyaz-stories]

“you’re the only delivery person who gets to my house in any semblance of the word fast which is why i keep requesting you but you don’t believe me and tease me constantly about it” AU

AU by @dailyau and @demineil. Enjoy!

Modern AU, Inukag and Mirsan, crack-ish I guess. Just a short little something because I liked this idea ^-^

Word count: 1,636

Kagome practically jumped when she heard her stomach grumbling. In a daze, she looked at her computer screen, glancing at the time for the first time that day.

10 p.m.

Shit. When was the last time I ate? I don’t remember eating at noon… Did I even eat this morning? Oh, mom is going to kill me if I lose any more weight!

But more importantly (though ‘murder by Mama Higurashi’ was pretty bad) she was so hungry it hurt. Food. Now. She needed to it. She got to her feet and walked in her kitchen, only to find it painfully empty. Riiiight, she hadn’t gone out all week because she was working on that never-ending thesis. She cursed inwardly. Looked like she had to order some food, again, but quickly because otherwise she was going to faint.

She grabbed her phone. She knew just where to call, but…

She hesitated briefly before shaking her head and dialing the number of the closest pizza place.

“Hello, Shikon Pizza here, what can I do for you?” the elderly voice of Kaede greeted her.

Kagome smiled in relief. She liked it better when it was Kaede — the other woman who picked up the phone, Kikyo, was terribly intimidating.

“Hi, it’s Kagome Higurashi, I was hoping I could…”

“Of course, Kagome,” Kaede interrupted her fondly. “I’ll take care of everything. I suppose you want me to send Inuyasha?”

Kagome closed her eyes. She could already feel herself blushing. But the truth was, at least Inuyasha was fast as hell. Kaede was terribly slow (but why did a woman that age insist on riding a bike anyway?) and Kikyo wasn’t particularly fast either, while Inuyasha had the advantage of his demonic speed.

“Yes please,” she mumbled.

“Then consider it done!”

Kagome sighed as the old woman hung up. She glanced at her clothes and frowned, stepping into her room to get dressed. Not that there was much of a point at this time of day, but at least that would be one less thing Inuyasha would comment on.

The first time, he had been unbelievably rude to her, and she had promised herself she would never, under any circumstances, have him again. She had even taken the time to write herself a note to ask for someone else.

Unfortunately, situations like this night were becoming more and more common as her deadline got closer, and the time right after, she had actually asked Kaede if she could send him. He had gotten there incredibly quickly, and well, she was fucking hungry.

He had been even more rude that time, with a hint of confusion behind it though, and Kagome had sworn, again, that he wouldn’t be back.

But, again, her stomach had won that battle.

The third time, he had been much more intrigued and almost defensive. That had been easier — she had been able to get rid of him fast and to eat.

Afterwards, though, it hadn’t been that easy. He had started doing that thing where he towered over her a little more, and he grinned (which tended to let his fangs appear and for some reason she loved that), and his voice got deeper and somewhat sultry and then how was she supposed to focus on her thesis when her senses were filled with him and and and ugh.

Yes, she thought he was handsome. His golden eyes, particularly, filled her dreams, but his white hair, cut short, and his lovely dog ears didn’t leave her indifferent either. Maybe, some other time, she would even have asked him out.

But she had work to do. She really, really couldn’t get into anything right now, much less in a relationship with a moody, though terribly attractive, man. She was sighing heavily when she heard the doorbell.

She glanced at her clock in disbelief — how does he do that? — then walked, maybe a little too fast, to open it.

Sure enough, there he was, with a smug smile, and looking at her like he was going to devour her whole.

Honestly, she’d let him.

If she didn’t have a thesis to finish.

“Hungry?” he practically purred, holding out the pizza.

Oh, if only he knew.

She reached out, only to have him put it out of her reach. She rolled her eyes.

“Starving, actually,” she replied, annoyed. “I haven’t eaten all day. Could you…?”

“Sure thing,” he answered, waiting for her to get her money.

“You’re the fastest delivery man around,” she mumbled, feeling her cheeks burning any way. She wasn’t too sure why she always got the need to justify herself. Maybe she didn’t want him to think she was desperate girl, doing everything she could to get a chance to hit on him. Maybe she was trying to convince herself, because she genuinely enjoyed seeing him.

“Yeah, you say that every time,” Inuyasha answered, his voice dryer than it usually was.

She looked up at him and noticed his frown, but more importantly, the way his ears drooped a little.

Oh, no. She didn’t want that. It hurt her more than she had expected and she hated it and…

“I have a thesis to finish,” she blurted out.

“Oh?” Inuyasha asked, cocking an eyebrow. His ears perked up just a little, and even though Kagome was terribly embarrassed at this point, she swallowed and kept going.

“The deadline’s really close and that’s all I’ve been doing.”

“Oh.”

“So I really don’t have time for anything right now.”

This time, Inuyasha gave her a toothy grin, and for a second, she wondered about how his fangs would feel against her skin if— Your thesis, Kagome.

“But after that…”

“Yeah?” Inuyasha leaned in. Being taller than her, he was easily towering over her, and the closer he got, the harder it got to think and be coherent.

“After that, I’ll be free.”

“Huh,” he said. “But that’ll take you a while.”

She breathed in deeply as he got closer, one of his clawed hands toying with her hair.

“I mean, it’d be nice if I got, I dunno… A reason to wait.”

Kagome blinked. Despite herself, images of her giving Inuyasha an embroidered handkerchief passed in her mind. Ugh, this thesis was killing her. She never wanted to hear about Feudal Era, whether it was in Japan or in Europe, ever again.

She bit her lip, eliciting an almost immediate growl of Inuyasha. “What do you have in mind?”

He took that as a permission. He crashed his mouth on hers, and he smiled when he heard her sigh desperately. She got on her tiptoes to try to get as close to him as possible, their bodies reacting almost desperately to the other’s embrace.

Way too soon, Inuyasha stepped back, leaving her with weak knees.

“If you need some distraction ’til you finish your thing, you’ll know where to find me,” he said, his words teasing but his voice letting on more of his emotions.

Kagome nodded wordlessly.

“But then I’ll want you all for myself.”

Oh. Oh God.

She wanted to finish that stupid thing more than ever.

“It’s so nice to meet you Kagome!” Inuyasha’s best friend, Miroku, hold out his hand while his girlfriend, Sango, gave her a bright smile. “We’ve been so curious about you!”

“Miroku’s a real gossip,” Inuyasha told her with a frown.

He looked all grumpy, but Kagome knew he’d been dying to introduce her to his friends, and at the same time, terribly stressed to do so. She had come to see that that was very like him. He would always act annoyed when he was afraid something would go wrong, at the risk of making it go wrong that way.

“How did you two meet?” Sango asked. “Inuyasha wouldn’t tell us!”

“I had a very good reason,” he growled.

“Oh, well you see, Inuyasha was the delivery guy and I always requested him because he was the fastest one…”

“Sure you did,” Inuyasha said, grinning, but Sango couldn’t help but notice how fond his smile was.

“I did,” Kagome sighed. “I swear. Anyway, after a while…”

“The seventh time she requested me, actually,” Inuyasha corrected her.

“You counted?”

At that he only responded with a ‘Keh!’ and looked away, with maybe the smallest of blush on his cheeks, and it was only Sango’s foot furiously crashing Miroku’s that stopped him from commenting ‘Oh how adorable!’

“The seventh time I requested him,” Kagome continued, smiling widely and discreetly reaching for her boyfriend’s hand to give it a squeeze, “I told him that I actually had a thesis to finish so I couldn’t do anything right now, much less see someone. And then he said he’d wait.”

She giggled, keeping for herself the heated kiss they had shared afterwards. Sango bit back an ‘Awwww’, knowing it would only embarrass Inuyasha further. That being said, she had no idea why he hadn’t been willing to tell them. What was the problem with that story?

“Wait, so he was your deliveryman?” Miroku asked.

Sango and Inuyasha’s eyes met. Holy shit, no, she had to stop him…

“Yes, he was,” Kagome answered.

“So it’s just like a porn flick!”

He knew Sango was going to kill him for that, but the look on her— Oh, Inuyasha was not happy with him and Sango did look like she was going to murder him.

Well, he’d better start running then.

Kagome shook her head as his girlfriend caught him and Inuyasha and her both started growling and shouting at him.

“I mean he’s not wrong though,” she mumbled to herself.

Especially for the sex.

Inuyasha’s ear flicked and Kagome couldn’t help but smirk when she noticed his eyes widening.

She understood why he had teased her so much in the beginning. It was so much fun.

[sagenivydragonfly]

🌌Wolf Child🌌

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Not having a family is harder than you think. Having to watch other children receive presents and hugs from their parents. Its the little things, like watching families ice skate or seeing then get icecream and the laughing. Its the laughing that bothers me the most. I don't think I've really laughed in my entire life. I've tried before. What came out was a ghost of happiness, of real joy. Just an eery sound that brought a shiver to my shoulders and uneasiness to my mind. My hands clung to the cold rails of the ice rink. I couldn't afford to go in. I just watched no money. No anything. Just the clothes on my back. Id managed to swipe them from a donation bin. Tan skinny jeans and boots two sizes to small. The only thing I liked about my clothes was my coat. A blue denim jacket lined with fleece and little yellow buttons with matching yellow pockets. The boots dug into my toes almost telling me what everything told me, "You've been here too long, No one wants to here. Time to leave. I gazed at the families holding hands one last time and walked away. I don't know where I was going. Just away.I was adopted and for a short while I had a family. My parents dumped me when was 10. Id always had issues with anger. They decided it was a good reason to get rid of me. Parentless again. Ive been living on my own for a while stealing and begging for food and clothes. Im not old enough for a job being 12. So until then im here. I was knocked out of my daze by a sign. The town line. Id walked too far. Ahead of me was forest. I stood for a while trying to figure out where to go next. For some reason I walked forward. So dumb. I noticed the trees slowly getting darker their leaves were harder to make out individually. I keep walking. Suddenly I snap out of it and realize what Ive done. Nightfall. I can barely see my hand in front of me. I panic. I don't know the way back let alone where I am. I can hear my heart pounding I run. My breathing ragged. I need to get out. Faster faster! I push on. Miles and miles, the sheer force of adrenaline and will to live forcing my body on. I feel im about to pass out. Then out of no where Thump! I hit something! Wait something hit me! Im on the ground now. Looming over me is a form. I hear a growl and from above something wet and slimy drips onto my face. The gaping maw closes over my shoulder. I claw and scream hit and kick but im too exhausted to fight anyone "No! No! No..."I let it consume me I pass out.

I hear sounds but they sound faint and watery my head feels like its under water. I try to move. My head throbs. I groan. I force my eyes open. I look up. Trees are above me and I hear birbs chirping. Where am I? This isn't the city. I sit up dizzy and disoriented. Im in the spot I was last night. I jolt to attention. That thing...from last night what was it? Was it real was it a dream? I move my arm and yell out. My coat is on the ground next to me my shirt is torn. I move the fabric to expose a few scabbed over punctures in my left shoulder. It was defiantly real. I try to stand up. I wobble. "Ugh" I gather my coat and put it on. At least I still have this. I pick a direction and I begin walking. My stomach growls. I haven't eaten in 2 days. Maybe ill starve. That wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. I stop. Leaves are crinkling. Its not me. Something runs near, only a few trees away. I can't see through the thickness of the forest. Fear. I dash off. My hunger overtakes me. Im not as fast as before. Im weak and tired. I have nothing left. I stop. Keeling over and wheezing. I almost choke my guts out breathing so hard. Finally it doesn't hurt to break I stand up. No. I look straight into the eyes of a Grey wolf. I freeze. No where to go now. Nowhere to hid. A deer in the open. Almost begging to be eaten. He doesn't move. I look panic in my eyes. He doesn't look angry but he doesn't look away. A menacing stare. Could melt ice with that gaze. I look away. He sits. I try to slowly back away. He growls. I stop. He stops growling. I sit. We look at eachother. Im confused on what to do and scared about being eaten alive. He yawns. I being and idiot scoot towards him. He cocks his head. He doesn't know what I am. I wonder what hes alone. Hes not the biggest wolf but hes not small. Hes dark grey with black guard hairs. Yellowy amber eyes cunning and sharp. But something about his eyes now are soft and inviting. I suddenly want to touch his fur. I reach my hand out. He looks at me and does nothing. I begin to lower my hand. He shoves his muzzle into my hand. Im shocked. Hes soft. I gently pet his muzzle. I look at his eyes again. He respects me it seems. Im still going to be careful. We spend the rest of the day walking and sitting infront of eachother. I wonder why he didn't eat me in the first place. Was he lonely? Im lonely. Wheres his family. Its dark again. Im scared. What is in this forest. I instinctively grab onto him. He makes a noise. A nonthretaning noise. I rest my hand on his back and let him lead. We come to a clearing. I think he sleeps here. There's a tree with a hole at the base. He leads me there and I follow him inside. The floor is dirt and smooth. He turns around 3 times and curls up in a corner I do the same and laugh. I cover my mouth. A real laugh. Im astonished. A wolf made me laugh. I giggle and close my eyes, drifting to sleep.

Morning. The birds are chirping again. I look for the wolf. Hes standing in the clearing. He needs a name. So do i. I sit next to him and study him. He sniffs some Wild Thyme. "Aha!" he looks up questioning me. I point at him "Thyme!" he sniffs the thyme again. My stomach growls. He runs off. I get worried. I wait 30 min. He comes back with a squirrel. He sets it down infront of me. I look at him. Im silent for a few min. I finally give in a start tearing of chunks of meat and stuffing it on my mouth. There's barely any taste. But food is food.

Over the next few days Thyme and i become good friends. He hunts and I spot his prey from up in a tree. Thyme gave me a wolf name it kinda sounds like "Aaaaaru!" I laugh all the time now.

Years have passed and I still live here. Ive outgrown everything except my coat an pants. Im 15 now old enough to work. Thyme showed me the way back to the city a along time ago. I never wanted to go back. I say goodbye and that ill come back.

I walk down the main street. Things have changed. Its been 3 years after all. I go to the donation box. I freeze. There in the pile is a fuzzy wolf hat with paw gloves attached. The same color as Thymes coat. I snatch it immediately. "Hey.Hey!you can't take from there!" I don't even see whose yelling. I ran before I could look i put it on my head. Im homeless anyways. I ran to the other side of town. Sliding down the wall onto the ground I sit. "Hey you." I turn around. "Youre fast" "me?" she nods. "Thanks?" I nervously reply. "You got the legs on ya that you could deliver my baked goods to the customers in the knick of time! Would ya like a job missy?" "uh...Oh! Yes yes definatly!" "Come on in then! Oh by the way what's your name?" Oh crap I don't have one. "Uh...uh...Aaru?" she nods. I take a deep breath and begin a normalish life.

It has been a year since I last saw Thyme. I went back a month later but he wasnt there. I walked the whole forest and he was gone. I screamed the name of my best friend and brother and only family as loud as I could. Nothing. Now I walk through that forest for the millionth time. I sit by the clearing and the tree with the hole. I rest my weary legs. I hold my arms out and cry pretending he was there. I felt him but it wasnt real. I cried into his fur and sobbed against his chest. I opened my eyes. I stared into the eyes of my old friend. He was missing a part of his front leg, he was covered in battle scars and he looked like he had been to hell and back. I didn't care. I had my family. But I hadnt even begun to realize what happened to him. Finding out may be to gruesome

For now we wait in eachother arms. Two wolves

A family

🌌A pack🌌

I really worked hard on this so if anyone reads it im so happy, but also surprised cause its suuuuuper long aaa 🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌

[virulentshadow]

*Hunting Can Be Tough*

It was a rather humid evening in the forests of the shroud just a few miles from Girdania. Walking through some thick foliage was a male miqo'te with dirty blonde hair and some rather disheveled looking adventuring gear. It looked as if he had been hiking for quite a while as dirt covered most of him, while mud covered his boots. There was a sheathed sword on his hip, along with an assortment of daggers on his body. His right ear looks as if the tip of it was bitten off or just missing, and he had brilliant golden eyes as they darted to and fro as he made his way to a clearing. Beads of sweat roll down her face as she sits crouched in the bamble branch watching the wild hoglets and waiting for a chance to strike. Despite the heat and lack of protection she wore cloth robes to hide her face and protect her from the sun. Shes been out tracking and hunting for hours. She hadnt eaten for days. She was feeling weary and her lance was starting to feel heavy in her hands. Now may be her only chance to strike. Unbeknownst to him he’d wipe some sweat that was building on his face with his dirty sleeve. It would do the job or getting the moisture, however there would be a long dirty streak running across his forehead.  As he was making his way through the clearing, he noticed some small hoglets, and not really wanting to be blind sided by the mother waiting in the brush he’d lift his hands out and start yelling obscenities at the hogs, “Get the fuck out of here you stupid shits,” he’d say causing them to start to flee in the opposite direction of him. She jumps startled at the sound of screaming behind her and turns to see a man behind her. “Shut it you idiot! you’ll scare them away” She shouts. But it was too late the hogs started running away… She throws down her lance in anger falls to her knees frustrated at todays hunt. Suddenly theres a loud grunt behind her. Turning her head to look she sees a giant hog who must be the mother of the little ones she was hunting. She scrambles quickly to her feet grabbing her lance off the floor. She was determined to get this hunt in today. Both of his miqo'te ears would perk up at the woman’s voice who he hadn’t noticed prior. He’d blink rather lazily at her as he looked her up and down. He’d give a slight frown at the state of her thin frail body, but as he heard the grunt from behind her his eyes narrow in behind her. “Little girl… you best move out of it’s way… you never stand between a mother and it’s spawn… trust me,” he’d call out as he went to rest his left hand on the hilt of his sword and started making his way towards her. Exhausted and hungry there was no way she was letting this hog go. Tightening her grip on the lance she stepped forward towards the hog and attacked. As her weapon made contact with the hog it let out a loud squeal and became and angry and lunged at her making her fall back. She hit the ground with a thud. Perhaps not wearing armour wasnt a good idea… though she never thought she would be hunting anything this big.

It wasn’t until she was pushed back from a brutal slam from the boar that the Miqo'te man arrived next to her. He’d reach down and unceremoniously wrap his arm around her mid thin midsection and lift her while his left leg went out to the boar to attempt to kick it’s nose in hopes of giving him enough time to carry the small child out of harms way in a hurry… hopefully she wouldn’t put up too much of a fight. Overcome by exhaustion and defeat she let the stranger carry her off. She didn’t speak except to say thank you. She didn’t know if she could trust him yet… as he carried her she studied him a bit.. she hadn’t seen him very clear before. She had some questions but knew now was not the time. She hated being rescued. She hated looking weak. The quick dash from the brush where they were to a good distance from the charging boar would take a few minutes. The ‘trip’ wasn’t pleasant at all for either party as going through brush with no time to peel back branches meant many scratches and maybe even some torn clothes when the mama boar finally gave up pursuit. He would take her to a clearing and let her go to her feet as he was finally able to look at her. His hand went to her chin and guided it upwards as if he was inspecting her. He made a straight face, before it went a bit disappointed. “Even for one of those Aura… you look frail and weak,” he’d say more so to himself then to her. He’d even go as far as turning her completely around to inspect her body fully. She stood there catching her breath while looking the stranger up and down admiring his strong arms that were able to carry her effortlessly through the brush. Blushing lightly when she realized he was watching her she turned her face away from him. “Yyes sir.. It’s been a hard year hunting wise with the humidity and imperialis scouting for hunters.  I guess at this point it would be easier to just move to a different area”

The man continued until he spun her around all they way around so he could see her body fully. “You are thin… weak,” he’d say in a very judging tone as he’d drop down to a knee and pull his pack from his back..  He’d also be sure to give her a few sniffs before pulling out a small little bag  with some dry meats.  "Imperials are probably least of your worries here… hunting in the shroud is forbidden… you are lucky the Adders haven’t caught you hunting.“ he’d say as he slowly rose back to his feet. He’d go to hand over the bag with some jerky in it but before she could take it he’d grip it tighter and pull it back just a bit. "Why should I give you this?” Taken off guard by the strangers blunt rudeness she takes a step back. "I..I don’t know. I guess you shouldn’t. After all I’m just a lowly AuRa to you. I’ll be fine. I’ll hunt again tomorrow in a different area” He lets out a huff through his nose as his ears lower, but doesn’t say anything.  His right hand with the dried meats extends towards the small woman and opens as if to let her take it. As he extends his hand she gets a smell of it… it smelled really good and slowly reaches out to take the bag" He would just blink and watch as she would take the bag. Again he’d let out a huff out of his nose as he glanced back where he took her from. “You would have better luck in La Noscea… or at least less Peril,” he’d say shortly still glancing away from her. She sits in the grass and takes a piece out and.puts it in her mouth looking up at the stranger…. She wondered if he bought it or made it himself .. it was very good. “Thank you….for the food and.the suggestion” “Also, you might not want to go out by yourself… if you are caught… you are just going to end up being someone’s bed warmer,” he’d say bluntly as he started closing his pack and putting his pack back on and preparing himself to depart.  He felt odd as he kept himself back from talking how he normally did… as this small woman seemed meek. “I’ve.. been by myself for quite some time..and while it may get lonely sometimes..Its better that what could happen if I were to befriend the wrong person.” She picked herself up from the grass feeling a tad bit better. Handing him back the half eaten bag. “Thank you. I feel alot better now that I have eaten. I will take your advice and move areas. If you.. have no previous engagements.. you are more than welcome to join me?” She looked at the stranger hoping he would stay with her.. While she didnt know if she could trust him, It was kind of nice having someone to talk to. He would have already taken a few steps from the girl as he paused and both ears perked up just a bit. “You can keep the food… there isn’t to many men… or women that like a half starved girl,” he’d say looking over his shoulder at her again. Again he looks her up and down one final time before turning on his heal and crossing his arms looking at her. “You would want me to join… you? When you are the one that is starving. No I think I will pass,” he’d say shaking his head. “But, it was kind enough for you to… try and welcome me… for that I will let you join me… at least for a bit,” he’d say blinking at her… wondering exactly what she would choose to do. “I ..am not always like this.. Like i said the hunt has been slow lately..and im not really looking to attract any men. Ive never been with one and at this point dont think I ever will be.. Im always on the move and have really only met one person since I left my home.” Pushing back thoughts of the half voidsent from before she looked at him smiling .. “I would love to join you if you truly dont mind it..At least till i can gather some of my strength back.” She picks up her lance and places the half eaten bag of jerky in her robe. “I guess if we are going to be traveling together for alittle while I should introduce myself. My name is Kharina.” He raises his right hand and shakes it a bit as she talks about attracting men. “I didn’t really care to hear about your… past experience with men,” he’d say shaking his head a bit.  He’d let out a sigh before resting his hands on his hips. “You can call me X'sete,” he’d say wrinkling his nose at her a bit. “Woman or not, do not expect any leniency…  and if you are following me I expect you to pull your weight… deal?” he’d say spitting onto the ground to his side and holding out his right hand, ready to give her a firm handshake. Kharina pulled back and turned around. “ Thank you but .. I think its best I just go my own way from here. I appreciate your help from before.. Maybe we will run into eachother later under better circumstances.” She pulled up her hood and began her walk back into the shroud. After a few minutes of walking she realized what her stubbornness and pride was costing her. She turned around and started running back towards X'sete. When she could see him inishe the distance she stopped near out of breath and yelled “Wait” Sete would have already had his back turned and started walking towards the thick brush by the time she seemed to get her head back on straight. He’d let out a rather loud sigh before looking over his shoulder back at her and just starred… waiting for her to say why she wanted him to wait. “..I know i seem weak right now.. and I know that you look at me in disgust for it.. and you dont think I could be of any use but i can be. I would very much like to join you if the offer is still there… I will pull my weight and keep to myself. I promise.” Kharina walked closer to him in hopes that she wouldnt have to continue this alone… at least until she could stand on her own two feet again… and although he seemed to be blunt and proud.. maybe it was better than being completely alone still. “You are wrong. I do not look at you in disgust because you are weak, nor because you are a woman, but that is neither here nor there.” He’d turn back the way he was facing and wouldn’t exactly turn her down from following him… “We are heading into Gridania. I need a bath, and a comfortable bed to sleep on for a couple nights. Is that going to be a problem… the guards aren’t after you are they…?” “No… not that I know of… I’ve been staying off radar for personal reasons.” All she could think about now was sleeping in a bed instead of the grass or in a tree to keep safe from the wild… She couldnt even remember the last time she had been IN Gridania and not just a spectator on the outskirts.. She loved to watch the women go by in the fancy dresses and the men strut around like they serve a purpose. A hot bath… now that would be a real treat.. Nice.. hot relaxing water ..as opposed to washing up in the rivers and lakes around. Snapping out of her daydream she look at him embarrassed by her  thoughts. “Apologies.. I ..didnt mean to take up so much of your time.. we can go as soon as you are ready. Kharina stood behind him waiting for him to continue so she could follow behind .. "That’s good,” he’d say as he’d turn back towards the direction of Gridania and start trudging through the thick brush.  He had no real plans of sharing his bed, nor his bath at least not for free. And for a quick judge of the woman that was now his companion, she couldn’t afford any of that and would probably have to sleep on the floor in his room, or a couch should it be provided. Regardless he moved towards the City and didn’t seem to be in a talkative mood… he must have been out there for a good while or at the tail end of a long journey. “You do not need to apologize for that… nor do you need to apologize for anything to me. Just keep up, and don’t put a blade in me,” he’d say simply as he would makeThey way towards and through the gates of Gridania without much further conversation.

[howaboutthetruth]

A Fracture of the Mind

20:00:39] Zeth Yorn had left the bath house, running across the snow glistened fields and darting past the trees, finally making it to the familiar house. Finally he leaped up against the building's top most window which he thought was open cause it was quite dark out when infact it was not. The glass of the window shattered as the direwolf fell into the tub with such force that him and the tub fell straight into the floor down below as a loud crash came from the living room.

[20:05:57] Alinoura had literally laid down, moments ago, she would jump up, screaming loudly from the shattering and the sudden cast-iron tub hitting the floorboards, which the wood would make sickening snaps and cracks as some of the tub broke the floor! She got up and locked her door with the dead bolt, her heart beating within her entire beating, she trembled with fear. she was not about the leave her room, she looked to her window, she moved to open it, with a soft, pathetic grunt of pain, she were still weak.. and hadnt eaten in days, as she panted a bit, she moved her hand to her stomach, as she began to cry, she had to force herself up, but she found herself crying instead.

[20:08:49] Mathias Orrin had been approaching Alinoura's house to see if she had returned from her travels... The sound of a familiar voice letting out a scream had put him on alert... What the hell was going on these past few days! He hobbled faster to the front door and pounded on the wooden structure. "Alinoura! Is everything okay!?"

[20:10:37] Zeth Yorn groaned as he moved out of the cast iron tub and wiggled himself a bit, avoiding a bit of the glass and that came from the upstairs window with him and the water that was now puddling on the floor boards "Ali is going to kill me..." he said to himself but he heard grunts of pain and crying. She was in trouble! He quickly lunged at the door,  ripping it off its hinges toward the living room "Ali?" he would say before hearing Mathias calling from the front door.

[20:16:05] Alinoura had tears rolling down her cheeks, she were shaking, she covered her small baby bump, her other hand raised, she was terrified, more so as the door came off and smacked Zeth upside the head, she scrambled to her open window forcing herself to climb into the window seal, she were making louder panicked sounds, she couldnt hear anything, she couldn't *SEE* anything. But she knew her house pretty well... For a blind woman.

[20:22:19] Mathias Orrin was still pounding the door outside. "Screw it..." he grunted as he tried to open the door... It wasn't locked... "Shit.... Alinoura!" He called again only to hear her panicked noises. He watched Zeth get thoroughly smacked by the Drow... He moved slower, slow steps, if Alinoura slapped him, something was wrong.... a pit began to grow in his stomach as he approached her he reached out with his hand slowly in an attempt to cup her hands in his. "Ali..." he called out once more

[20:25:11] Zeth Yorn had ripped off the door with too much force, causing him to get smacked in the face and fall backward onto the floor below, the door resting on him as slight annoyed whimpers came from him. "Ugggghhh..." was all he can say as he slowly started getting back up, pushing the door off him only to see Mathias enter in the house and enter the back room. "Is she ok?" he would yell toward Mathias as he slowly made his way to the room, limping a little bit as he had cuts on his back leg "Ali?"

[20:26:34] Alinoura fell back down her body shifted towards Mathias, she felt hands against her own, she only jerked back and soon fell, she scooted back against the wall, her tears still flowing from her cheeks. "No more.. No more... No more... Please.. no more.." she begged through her tears, and her gasping. She moved her hands to cover her face, she moved them from her face to her belly suddenly. " I dont.. Do.. dont want.." She mumbled a bit shaking her head, she clung to her belly.

[20:29:37] Mathias Orrin 's face soured, "Does she sound like she's alright?" He cursed, wincing from his pain. He put a  slow comforting hand on Alinoura's shoulder. "Something's definitely not right... Go... go get a healer... You'd be much faster than me at this point." He grunted at his own weakness at this point...  He'd attempt to wave his other hand in front of Alinoura's face.

[20:36:35] Zeth Yorn scrunched up his face "Where the fuck am I supposed to find a healer? I don't know this town or people. I tend to stay away from those that like to hunt me..." he growled slightly "If I was in better shape...I could sprint faster than you..." as he pulled a shard of glass out of his leg, the blood slightly seeping onto the fur and floor boards below "But..I had a crash in with a window upstairs..." he sighed a bit and look toward Ali "Ali, its me, Zeth..Please calm down..."

[20:37:36] Alinoura would be panting lightly. "Mathias?" She would whisper, her amethyst colored eyes, seemed to stare past him. "Wha-what are you doing?! What did you do!? she lifted her hand like a fist, she were speaking between her tears, her sobbing. " I.. just got home!" she shouted at him.. her head turned towards the voice of her brother. "Zeth?!" She shouted even more. "You broke what!!!!"

[20:41:56] Mathias Orrin glared at Zeth. "Go to a town... any town....." he growled at Zeth. "Ali... I heard something crash... Can you see me Ali?" He questioned completely concerned... he already knew the answer..... "What happened Ali?" He paused a hint of sadness in his voice as he tried to grip her raised fist.

[20:45:16] Zeth Yorn glared at Mathias "Do you know if she even needs a healer? We should inspect her first before deciding who or what she needs..." But as Ali asked him what he broke, he whimpered slightly as his ears pinned back "I may of thought the upstairs window was open...annnnnnnd I lept toward it...and it was dark and there was a window there..." he slightly coughed "I might of busted through the window, fell into the tub with full force that it knock the tub into your livingroom..." his tail went between his legs "So uh..yeah, I'm home!" he gave a slightly cheesey don't kill me kind of grin. He eyed all his exits just incase he had to make a quick escape to not die.

[20:46:56] Alinoura seemed to be calming a bit, as she knew who were in her house. "No.. I.. am fine! please do not go to a healer! I do not want to see anyone, not out side of you two or.. " She trailed off, she couldnt even say Azynis, she smelled.. like the minotaur. she raised her hand to wipe away her tears, she jerked her hand from Mathias. " Please do not touch me.." she said a bit softer, she began to swallow a bit. "Do not leave." she practically begged. "I do not want to be alone." she were beginning to tear up once more, her stomach growled. " Zeth.. you could have knocked... "she sounded very disappointed in him. She was blind. There was nothing she could really do to fix up her home.. she just.. seemed to stare into the void.

[20:50:25] Mathias Orrin rescinded his hand. and shuffled himself to the ground near Alinoura. "What can we do Ali?" he asked concerned... he sounded tired.... more tired than usual... Ali had seen what he'd gone through in the past after he died, he held a hand to his stomach wincing once more in pain.

[20:54:48] Zeth Yorn frowned a bit "I'm sorry Ali...I was hoping to surprise you instead of frighten you and caused all this...I will..knock next time.." he felt bad but he sighed "Ali, what has happened? Are you well?" he would ask before looking at Mathias "I actually agree with him, what can we do to help?" as he began to shift out of his direwolf form back into his Lythari. His bones cracking and shifting as he returned to his normal form.

[20:56:39] Alinoura felt.. dizzy, light headed really, starved, she grimaced, her hands moved to her belly, as she made a pained groan. "M-Mathias.. " She managed to say. " Are.. you okay?" she took in a long deep breath, she tried to handle her pains that she were having. Her ears twitching here and there, she leaned against the wall, her head loled a bit. " I am famished." She would admit.. "Mathias.. She took me again.." She whispered. " She took me again... I escaped two days ago.. I got lost.. and a.. brute of a creature kept me in his cave because of the snow storm. .. But I am here now.. "

[20:59:43] Mathias Orrin grunted, "Nothing like getting cut in half again..... Just about a day ago..." he answered Alinoura.  "I have no clue where you keep anything in this place Ali...." he answered with a sigh. "But I have some jerky.... Any idea what manner of beast absconded with you?" He'd inquire. there all manners of beasts living in the wilds to begin with.... "And are you sure you don't want a healer Ali?"

[21:06:47] Zeth Yorn finally back in his normal form looked over Ali and sighed a bit, before exiting the room and flipping over the table and looking over the potions she had on the floor, some broken, others still intact. He placed the ones in tact between his belt loops before rummaging through some of the drawers picking up a bit of the fruit. He returned placing the fruit in her lap "Food" he spoke before looking over the potions and pulling out some herbs from a pouch he had as he sat on the bed, concentrating on what he was mixing together.

[21:09:02] Alinoura continued leaning against the wall, she felt sick. "I.. Am not sure... all I remember was it were cold.. I ... think I fainted in the snow.. ?" she questioned her hand moving out in front of her. "Jerky is sustenance if you do not mind sharing. I do not feel so .. well." her head were spinning, she felt the cool air hit her, which helped with hot hot she felt, it were preventing her from passing out right then and there. " But.. what ever beast it were, it were rude, and demanding.. and man handled me.. and snorted loudly.. It... IT forced me to.." she trailed off turning her gaze away. " It had women, I could hear them crying... telling me to run. When I did try to run.. he tore my clothing from me, and told me to sit besides the fire, where it were warm.. " She wasnt going to mention the fact that the beast made her stroke him, and covered her in gross. Which the scent did stick for those with the noses to smell it. " I do NOT want a healer! I do not want to deal with anyone!" She felt.. very stressed, her hand jerked back to her belly as she cried out in pain once more. " HUNGRY!" She had a growl leave her. and suddenly fruit were set in her lap, her hands moved to the fruit, she went to grab one, she shoved it into her mouth, without hesitation. ... When Zeth sat on the bed, a strange smell of death filled the entire room. Gag worthy.

[21:19:22] Mathias Orrin listened as Alinoura told what had happened, snorting, he winced slgihtly..... he pulled the jerky from his jacket and tossed it over to Ali as well. "We're here Ali..... No healer.... I got ya...." he sighed... Honestly... where the hell was Azynis in this whole mess? His opinion on father of her future child kept getting lower and lower. He had left the note soon after Ali had been taken last time... "OH GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL!?!"

[21:23:24] Zeth Yorn as was mixing the potion and herbs in, causing the potion to fizzle to life, suddenly the gagging smell came to his nostrils "BY WHAT IN THE SEVEN HELLS IS THAT SMELL?!" he would look around and finally under the bed and almost threw up "Alinoura!" he spoke with a bit stern voice while gagging. "This is going out now! I'll be back!" as he grasped the body and carried it over his shoulder heading to the graveyard not too far from the house.

[21:28:16] Alinoura were devouring the fruit that were given to her, if she didn't slow down she was going to puke, but she did not care, she was famished,  She was blind, she turned her head up as a bit of jerky smacked her in the forehead. " What just hit me in the face?" she were stunned, as the smell of the body .. that had been rotting there, seeped into her nostrils, immediately they flare. she turned over, as vomit erupted from her lips, and hit the floor, she just sat there. "uuuhuhnnn..." her dizziness hit her hair.

[21:30:08] Mathias Orrin winced slightly "I have no clue what you're talking about.. but the jerky is on your lap." He paused and looked away as she vomited all over the floor. "Huuuurp...." He muttered trying to hold in the urge to not throw up as well.

[21:32:12] Zeth Yorn is burying the body in the graveyard. Lots of shoveling noises and gagging sounds in the distance.

[21:34:49] Alinoura were on her knees at this point, she held her breath for a moment, she moved to stumble to her feet, she moved to try and find the door out of her room, it smelled awful in here, how could she forget the dead body!!! She leaned over and gagged, choking a bit, drool from .. a pre-vomit feeling came to her. "O-oh no-ouughh!" She would throw up once more in the doorway.

[21:36:21] Mathias Orrin called out to her as she ran, "Ali wait... there's..." but she already ran past him.

21:37:12] Zeth Yorn has finally buried the body and is now taking off his cloak and straps and burning them [21:37:30] Zeth (riguel.ilsker): ^ still in the graveyard

[21:38:23] Alinoura moved to try and step past the vomit, she stumbled a bit more, she would trip on broken wood, yelling loudly, as she fell forwards into her cast-iron tub... her forehead colliding with the side of it, she laid there, unconscious now, her arms on the sides of the tub, almost backwards, her legs bent over the side. Oops.

[21:43:08] Mathias Orrin glanced outside the room, "well I tried to warn her...." he muttered  "Zeth!" he shouted, "This your mess.! I'm going home!" He shouted... waaay too much problems today...

[21:44:07] Zeth Yorn finally after burying the corpse in the graveyard and burning his clothes cause there was no way he was getting the smell of corpse ass out of that cloak. Finally stumbling back toward the door, he opened it up "I'm right here! You didn't need to yell."

[21:45:58] Alinoura were there in the cast-iron tub, her blood, her scent filled the air, of the smell of death, and vomit. Blood were seeping in the tub now from her forehead, this were not good, and fuckin MATHIAS JUST LEFT HER THERE LIKE AN ASSHOLE. (*GIVES THE BIRD*)

[21:55:00] Zeth Yorn saw her ass up in the tub and he just sighed "Last time I saw you like this was on that on your birthday a few years back..." he rubbed his forehead and sighed as he dabbed a bit of his hand on the blood and began writing ruins upon the tub near her and sigils and a couple incantation circles. "Heal hi adaneth o hen wounds a naeg, leith hen o hen naeg a rejuvenate hen health(Heal this woman of her wounds and pain, release her of her pain and rejuvenate her health.)" he would open the vial of the elixer he had finished prior and would bring it to her lips, forcing it in her mouth.

[22:03:14] Alinoura continued to lay there, she did not move very much, for the poor dear were unconscious.. her forehead split open from hitting it so hard, she were limp, within her mind, she were playing her best memories, Azynis had been holding her close "Moxt rasvim..." echoed through her memories, each one playing like an old record, as Zeth had attempted his healing her gash, the break, a green aura filled her room, the hue of blue were with it as well, warmth filled the room, the gash slowly began to heal, as she laid there, the blood had stopped pooling in her tub, she slowly sat up moments later, the world were spinning, she could see! But.. everything were a blurr, she moved her hands to her blood soaked face, the blood were not dry as it ran down her neck against her breasts. .. No words left her, she just. Sat there.

[22:09:19] Zeth Yorn collapsed next to the tub, a bit weakened from his attempt to heal her "Hey...you ok?" he huffed a bit "I haven't restored my mana recently so I'm a little low..." he looked toward her, inspecting her body to see if the wounds had closed up.

[22:14:13] Alinoura just sat there on her knees, staring at the blood in the tub, her eyes were bright red... she reached down slowly, touching it. She felt angry... " ....." she looked up slowly to Zeth. " Mmm..." She moved her hand to rub against her eyes. " ... You.." her voice carried a bit of venom. " I should have killed you, and your filthy mother.." a slow his left her. Her Memory block! she moved to lunge at him with her poison coated claws. "I wont make that mistake now!" she shouted, she were a bit slower, she hadnt eaten in days, and she were recovering from what just happened.

22:23:47] Zeth Yorn was taken by surprise that she was attacking him as her claws sunk into his flesh as he let out a yelp "Alinoura! What the fuck?! We've been together, took you in, treated you like family?! Just what the fuck!" he tried to push her off but he couldn't, she was like stuck to him like goddamn glue and the poison wasn't helping his situation.

[22:26:22] Alinoura sat there on him, she moved her hand to his throat, as he had tried to push her off, she remained seated there. " I will never be family to a filthy elf.." She would cackle loudly, her red eyes flamed for a moment. " Ooh.." she said, moving her hand down his chest slowly.. " How.. yummy..." she couldnt help but to laugh more, she lifted her hand and began drawing a rune in the air. "You are going to wish you were dead... "

[22:28:36] Zeth Yorn could only think he was going to die if he didn't get out of there quickly he would try shove her off again, disrupting her magic and try to run out the door as quickly as possible.

[22:32:26] Alinoura continued to draw a bit more of the rune, it were for fire, her legs tightened around his sides, when he tried to push her off once more, he failed. Once more. she continued to laugh, like a maniac. " Look your gods have abandoned you, Zeth.." her voice were firm as she said this. " Vesa, my lady, I call upon you to bring harm to this poor.. poor elf." a fireball formed up above her and she moved to get off of him as it went to shoot down at him!

[22:42:19] Zeth Yorn was struggling to get up, sliding against the pools of her and his blood. Just when he was getting his footing, he got smacked in the right side of his shoulder, burning and seering the flesh as he screamed in pain. "Damn it Alinoura, you wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for me? I just saved you and that's how you repay the person who saves your life?! Regardless of my disgusting blood to you, I still saved your life and if you end mine, that blood is on your hands, you will have to live with it that you killed the one person who saved you." as he struggled to get up, he lunged at her, his hand on her chest, his tattoos glowing slightly as he held his hand there, trying to drain her of every last bit of her mana so she couldn't cast anymore temporary.

[22:46:54] Alinoura stood there, she didnt seemed phased, or seemed to care at all, about him being harmed, she looked down at him as he were nothing to her, her lips curled into a grin, ear to ear, there were something twisted about her aura, she seemed to enjoy watching him struggle to get up, she stepped off to the side as he leaned forward to try and touch her. "Do you understand, Your Alinoura is a FAKE! A weak little whore.. who got herself knocked up.. over "LOVE" I will tell you my dear... There is no such thing as love.. only misguided feelings... " a purr would leave her lips.. " Filth.. Look at you.. Weak.. " she said slowly, she moved to lift her knee, towards him, to knee him in the gut as best as she could.

[22:47:00] Mathias Orrin had returned after clearing out his stomach contents. hearing nothing but pure mayhem inside the house, "Seriously! I'm gone for a while and all shit hits the fan?" He muttered as he entered the home

[22:52:11] Zeth Yorn coughed as he fell to the floor from being kneed in the stomach, his shoulder ached from the burns, the poison was still having its effect, his magic was low and he was not doing well from the glass shard that had gashed his leg earlier. As Mathias came in "Run! Don't let her get close, she is not herself!" he would cough out as he tried to get back up, trying to escape.

[22:53:38] Mathias Orrin grunted, "Ali... I know he broke most of your shit... but that's no reason to go on a rampage..." He'd state clenching a fist and taking a swing at her face with a bare knuckled fist.

[22:56:03] Alinoura moved her hand up into the air, as the energies would shift she began channeling energy, which caused the room to shake briefly.. She was doing something bigger... her free hand began drawing another rune, flames were forming, she were suddenly struck across the face as a fist hit her square in the jaw, the energies returned to normal, she stumbled over, she leaned over spitting out a tooth or two, with some blood, she slowly looked up to Mathias, as she began to shriek at him. her eyes glowing vibrantly, she ran towards him, she lunged her poison tipped claws extended towards him, trying to scratch him!

[23:02:43] Zeth Yorn would slowly began to get back up and make his way back toward the table trying to find the potion. He knew she had one that could get him back on his feet and maybe finally able to subdue her. He'd look toward Mathias, oh good he's keeping her busy.

[23:02:51] Mathias Orrin leaned forward attempting another swing as she jumped toward him, the poisoned claw catching his shoulder as he once more took another swing at her face... the usual alinoura would kick his ass if anything happened to the baby.

[23:04:54] Alinoura lifted her hand catching his fist in her claws, she narrowed her eyes. "You... Cannot die.." she whispered, her gaze moved to the door, she moved to kick Mathias towards the couch in hopes to knock him out towards, and over it.

[23:06:50] Zeth Yorn mentally yelled fuck as he was having trouble finding it "Who even keeps bull testicle regrowth?" he muttered to himself as he kept moving past all the vials that were around and past some of the broken ones.

23:08:48] Mathias Orrin moved his body to remain in front of Alinoura, side stepping her kick he swung another strong right hook punch for her cheek.

[23:11:29] Alinoura would begin to turn, she had noticed Zeth over there, but the moment Mathias' fist hit her she stumbled, and fell against the ladder, she panted a bit, blood running down the corners of her cheek, and her nostril..  she lifted her hand, the energy began to change as she began to draw a blue rune in the air, channeling arcane energies.. What was she doing?

[23:15:46] Zeth Yorn finally found the potion, the rejuvenating potion, he quickly popped the cork and chugged the whole thing. It tasted terrible but suddenly he felt a lot better, his wounds healing, his strength returning and his magic was back at full. "Finally! I am back at full! Mathias! Stop her from doing that rune, I need to time to craft this spell to finally stop her." He grasped some of her blood from the tub and began chanting as he drew a sigil in the palm of his hand in her own blood.

[23:16:05] Mathias Orrin rushed forward toward Ali once more, both fists held at the ready as he threw one jab and punch aimed at her face once more.

[23:18:30] Alinoura would move to dodge the first punch, some how, being cornered like a rat, she hit the ladder, and it snapped beneath this, it had been a weak ladder anyways.. she sat there, her hand  remained holding the rune, she were struggling, which ads another round for casting.

[23:21:02] Mathias Orrin narrowed his eyes once more going for a knee strike to her temple and a follow up punch to the face.. "Ali... stay down!" he grunted....

[23:22:54] Zeth Yorn finished the sigil as he began to chant "Oh by the blood of the woman who's mind is corrupted, bind her in crystal, her body, mind and soul, trap her within this prism and by the blood can she be released" A dark red magic would begin to seep from the sigil, crimson as blood moving toward her in hopes to encase her.

[23:24:52] Alinoura would scoot back further into the wall, the punches just missing, as he swung so recklessly! Missing each time. She whimpered a bit. She changed one line to the rune, to a barrier rune, they both were very close to each other, she needed to go. NOW.. a magical barrier were put up as soon as Zeth had casted his spell, she held up her hand leaning against the wall, she were panting a bit. everything were blurring. she lifted her other hand, and began channeling more energy. She was drawing another rune, she was threatening to teleport away.. They needed to break the barrier.

[23:28:18] Mathias Orrin grunted as he saw the barrier appear. he grabbed the broken ladder and tried using it as a battering ram against the barrier... once, twice... three times to probably no avail.....

[23:31:52] Zeth Yorn shouted "Oh for fuck's sake!" as he moved his hand over the sigil again "By the blood of the woman who's mind is corrupted, bind her in crystal, her body, mind and soul, trap her within this prism, break forth through the barrier and trap her completely" The red magic would come out from his hand like twin serpents rushing at Alinoura's barrier.

[23:34:38] Mathias Orrin summed up the situation with one word... "Fuck"

[23:35:06] Zeth Yorn joined Mathias in unison "Fuck"

[23:35:38] Mathias Orrin glared at Zeth... "The fuck did you do?"

[23:36:11] Mathias Orrin let out a heavy sigh, "Whatever just heal me before I die again!"

[23:43] Zeth Yorn grasp the blood from the tub "Brace yourself, she's coming back, I can summon her back" as he began writing blood sigils and runes, as he begans create a circle of direction to bring her back. [23:43] Mathias Orrin stands back and watches.

[23:44] Zeth Yorn begins chanting an ancient elven verse and finally he says in a loud booming voice "ALINOURA, I SUMMON YOU"

[23:45] Mathias Orrin steps back into a fighting stance ready to strike out as soon as Alinoura appears., he took a swing at him.

23:46:45] Alinoura were stunned from the summoning spell, she  flung forward as MAthias hit her, and back towards Zeth, he would hit her too, her blood splattering against the floor, she would fall towards the blade of the dagger she held.

[23:47:45] Mathias Orrin caught Alinoura as she flew back from Zeth's punch, "Got her!" He called out, "DO YOUR GODDAMN SPELL!"

[23:52:04] Zeth Yorn finally creating the sigil once again, he brought her blood together and summoned his spell to bind her in crystal. The red energy encased her completely in crystal, freezing her in time until the crystal was broken again by magic. The crystalized Alinoura which probably got really heavy suddenly in Mathias' arms.

[23:53:04] Alinoura were unconscious in Mathias' arms, her blade fell against the ground. limp noodle, the crystal would build around her, soon she could not do anything, at all. Basically shelfed.

[23:53:22] Mathias Orrin felt the sudden increase in weight. "Seriosuly...... The fuck did you do?"

[23:56:05] Zeth Yorn sighed "I encased her in crystal so she's sealed until I can study the spell my mother used on her before to block that darkness from her memory because right now I do not remember it and the last thing we want is her to be the loose."

[23:56:49] Mathias Orrin waved it off, "Screw it... I'm going home..." He sighed as he walked out of the house.... "Sort this out or." He raised a fist up toward Zeth... "You'll be on the receiving end next."

[23:58:30] Zeth Yorn grinned "Well, make sure you stay alive so you can save my ass incase this all goes south"

[23:59:16] Mathias Orrin grunted at Zeth, "Yeah... fuck you too." he muttered leaving the house once more.

[23:59:39] Zeth Yorn waved as he chuckled

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Cursed Castle Chatzy 2 [Archive]

Icarus is placing his portion of potatoes and mushrooms and such on a stick by the fire

Junior is still kind of being a pillow for Deak

Smolma hes just chilling in his corner

Deak is still using junior as a pillow while also avoiding interaction and speaking still :I

Lavi busying himself making food

Allen is humming and trying to lift this stick and impale a potato with his powers. They seem to be shaking in the air and keep missing each other. The stick even snapped in half. Allen eventually reached out and impaled it by hand.

Junior: omg Allen lol } Junior kind of half-asleep but also idly watching Allen try to magically impale potatoes Junior like wtf Allen why you gotta be all mysticy they're just potatoes Smolma hes making small shards of ice appearing near him

Allen wants to practice gdi. He's humlifting another potato and slowwwwlllyyy bringing the stick and potato together but he runs out of breath and they both drop to the ground as he gasps for breath.

Smolma hes practicing in case more of those monsters come

Icarus: (i read humlifting as humiliating and imagined a potato in a gimp suit getting whipped.....)

Junior nudges Deak a little Junior: Hige no }

Lavi humming quietly, he's fine with Allen practicing since he needs it as well as Alma Lavi: || w h y

Icarus: ((THATS WHAT ID LIKE TO KNOW))

Junior: gonna be honest I read it as "humiliating" too but I stopped those thoughts short xD } Junior bro look at the sideshow trying to magically skewer a potato Junior brooooooooo

Allen magically skewers the potato and it just. Turns to mashed potatoes. Both of them just press against the stick like a long potato ice cream bar with some potato peel sticking out. That works.

Junior snorts

Allen holds it over the fire this didn't look too bad

Icarus raises eyebrow but continues munching on his own unsalted skewer

Lavi writes in fire by Allen 'You tried' and gives the other an amused smile before looking back at the cooking food.

Junior isn't starch flammable...?

Smolma tummy growls real loudly Smolma falls over ded

Deak no Deak leave me alone smh

Allen his stick turned into a torch great. Looks dully at Lavi before trying to blow it out without success. Runs around waving his stick like stop burning plz

Lavi snaps fingers and puts the flame out for Allen

Junior bro don't be like that to your pillow its v rude

Deak shush pillow just shh Deak moves away though and just lays on something else then

Allen thinks he put the fire out and cautiously takes a lick. It's hot! Ow!

Junior is gonna just follow and use Deak as a pillow then Junior squish

Lavi: Food's ready. Lavi grabs a potato stick for Alma and peels it for the small one before going over to him.

Smolma he just gets up and follows where he heard lavi

Junior kinda wants to say he's not hungry but is actually starving otl

Smolma and he runs into lavi- Smolma: Oof-

Lavi grabs Alma's shoulder to keep him from falling over Lavi: Woah, there, gotcha

Smolma: Thank you!

Lavi takes Alma's hands and puts the potato on a stick there. Lavi: Careful you don't burn yourself when you bite it Lavi: Okay?

Smolma: Okay~

Smolma holds the potato and lets it cool Smolma doesn't want to freeze it by blowing on it

Lavi goes back to grab another two potatoes on a stick and goes over to his moody brothers that he still very much cares about even if they're not speaking to him. Lavi crouches down next to them. Lavi: Eat, you two.

Junior: ......................

Smolma feels round for allen so he can sit by someone

Junior takes the potato

Allen eats his potato popsicle that's the opposite of ice, really. All burnt and stuff.

Junior he can't remember the last time he ate tbh

Lavi: Deak.

Junior between being here now and the getting chased by asshole humans

Smolma cold hand finds allen! Allen !!!!!!???!!! Smolma sits by him

Allen didn't hear him coming lol

Junior nudges Deak in the ribs Junior you should eat bro

Smolma writes 'i was trying to find you!'

Allen sits down too Allen: Ooo 'cared me! *he chuckles*

Smolma 'Sorry'

Junior just gonna take that second potato Junior and wave it under Deak's nose tbh

Lavi sighs and moves on to get himself his own food to eat as well

Allen: S'okay. Allen nibbles around stick

Smolma starts eating his potato

Lavi slowly starts to eat his potato after a quick glance around to make sure everyone's eating.

Deak takes the potato thank u

Junior lets the potato cool and then starts eating it once its not ready to scorch him from the inside out

Deak juggles the potato

Allen chews on the stick tbh it wasn't very tasty but he's hungry

Smolma finishes potato then plops cross allens lap

Junior ye its a pretty plain potato but whatever he hasn't eaten in days

Allen ice pack on his legs felt nice. They were walking for a while. He reaches out for Alma's hair and tries to mess with it. Smolma Allen's lucky he loves it when his hair gets played with Lavi finishes eating his potato and just scoots over so he's sitting by Alma and Allen

Junior finishes eating his potato Junior gets up to stre-- aaaaaah fuck its really hard to get up from the ground when your tail bone hurts fuc--

Smolma Almas slowly dozing off

Junior just grin and bear it Junior ow ow ow Smolma hair pets are the best

Junior hair pets ARE the best

Allen is gonna hair pet Alma's and his own worries away tbh

Junior don't get frostbite on ur fingers

Lavi knows that you're in pain even if you're trying to hide it, Junior

Junior is totally not you saw nothing

Smolma his hair ain't cold tho

Junior has been avoiding contact with the smol so doesn't really know where or when he is or is not cold Junior isn't very fond of the cold honestly

Icarus is gonna go doze after eating his food

Deak stops juggling the potato

Smolma he can't control how cold he is without sight to know if hes cold

Lavi reaches over and pets the small one's hair a bit.

Smolma its warmmmm

Allen starts braiding Alma's hair.

Junior are you gonna actually eat that potato Deak or just juggle it

Deak i was planning on just juggling it tbh im not hungry Deak would you like it

Junior how are you not hungry Junior have you been holding out on us on food Junior have you been sneaking food and not sharing

Deak what no im just Deak not hungry

Junior squints

Smolma 'have I made your legs too cold?"

Lavi squinting at Deak

Junior: you should hold onto that for when you are Junior: No telling when we'll find anything edible again in this place

Deak shrugs

Allen: no...

Deak continues to juggle the potato then

Allen can't feel his legs anymore

Junior: RIP Allen }

Smolma: Lavi is he lying....

Junior is gonna go investigate the open gate then Junior you coming?

Smolma misses being able to lay on peeps without making them cold

Lavi: He's lying

Smolma but sits up and hugs his knees

Allen casually rubs feeling back into his legs

Lavi: You can lean on my legs, Alma

Deak gets up to follow junior

Lavi reaches over to rub some warmth back into Allen's legs Lavi: Oh...

Junior idly hums and heads to the open gate for a look-see for what's waiting for them on the other side

Smolma plops cross lavi's lap

Lavi: Actually, we should continue on, we won't get out of here by just sitting around-- Lavi stands up and picks up the small on with him

Smolma tilts head curiously but nods

Lavi 'Allen, c'mon, we should keep moving'

Smolma: Mh, okay

Allen It's kinda weird to have someone else rub his legs, but Allen's accepted the help. He stands up at the message and shakes out his legs.

Icarus was ready for a nap tbh, but gets up to follow

Junior stepping through the open gates and looking around

Smolma lays against lavis chest

Lavi follows after Junior and Deak

Allen follows Lavi

-- -- through the open gates is another, narrower courtyard. Ahead is another large gate, this one near-identical, but closed. On either side looks to be a stone crypt with a dark, open doorway, and iron-wrought fence with spikes along the top. Past the fence looks to be a grassy graveyard, on both sides. In the very center, a black statue, this one looking skeletal, but the bones are a big mangled looking and the face looks like a dog's skull. -- -- a very big dog skull

Smolma puppy!

Junior you have strange taste in "puppies" Junior tilts his head and circles around it a bit at a distance

Icarus: Looks happy to see us. We should go pet it.

Smolma since he feels better, his body feels warmer

Junior: Then go pet it

Smolma: What looks happy to see us?

Junior: Maybe it'll wag its tail at ya Junior: Roll over and let you scratch its tummy

Smolma: ????

Lavi describes to Alma what the statue looks like, it's definitely not happy to see us.

Deak casually kinda gets a bit closer to it

Lavi swear to fuck, Deak, if you get in trouble

Smolma shivers because it sounds creepy

-- -- oh woops now that everyone's through the gates, they're closing behind you

Deak: .................

Lavi looks behind the at the closing gate

Smolma: ...... Smolma: G-good thing we all left?

Deak oh well just gonna kinda slowly move closer to the statue

Icarus only one way out and its probably forward anyway

Smolma does not want to get separated

-- -- there's a bit of a cracking sound

Lavi tenses

-- -- the statue moves a bit and then its eyes light up

Lavi: Deak, move away from it

Junior just grabs Deak and yanks him back a few paces

Lavi: Move away from it ​right now​

Allen: Gonna... figh'... a cer. ber. us?

Smolma perks up as he tenses up

Deak jhggh Deak rude af

-- -- shadows form around it and the skeleton rips itself free from its pedestal mounting and snarls

Lavi to Allen 'let's not jinx it'

Junior um excuse u I'm saving your life

Allen smirks nervously

-- -- its a very big wolfish shadow on two legs

Smolma he heard growls

-- -- have fun

Lavi: .......

Smolma getts down from lavi

Icarus: (the furry it cometh))

Lavi lets Alma get down

Icarus: Maybe it wants to play, anyone got a stick? Icarus is wishing it hadnt left his at the fire

-- -- howls loudly and lunges towards the closest person(s)

Deak waIT I STILL CANT FIGHT SO Deak rUN A WAA AAAY

Icarus is furthest away of course....

Lavi BLASTS THE SHADOW WITH A HUGE FIRE BALL

Smolma judging on the sounds HAS SPIKES STAB UP AT THE MONSTER

Lavi bETTER NOT FUCKING ATTACK HIS BROTHERS

Allen takes deep breaths, ready to use his magic to push it away if worst came to worse. He didn't want to hurt anyone's ears. He's a bit in the back, by Icarus

-- -- howls and staggers a little but instead just turns and lunges towards Lavi now barely slowing

Junior was kind of following Deak but is also looking around for a weapon of some kind fuck fuck fuck

Lavi kind of facing the consequences of using his powers because his hands really hurt but he still shoots another fire ball while dodging

Icarus decides to make himself useful by rushng in to jump ontop of the furry to...idk...poke its eyes??

-- -- fireball just kind of staggers it and slashes at Lavi with a snarl

Smolma heres a new idea

Junior there's a... um... a... brick?

Smolma an ice spear appears in his hands

Deak thrOW IT

-- -- howls and shakes itself violently when Icarus leaps onto it

Smolma then HE THROWS IT AT THE MONSTER

Junior thROWS THE FUCKING BRICK

Allen sees the bricks flying and lets out a shout to make the brick go faster

-- -- gets hit with a brick and shakes ow did you really just throw a fucking brick bitch ur next

Lavi throws a mini fire ball grenade into the shadow's mouth

Allen hopefully it doesn't hit Icarus lol

Smolma did... did he miss?

Icarus is trying to poke the monster in the eyes..if it actually has them..at the least hes getting in the way of it seeing

Deak hey good job @ junior & brick

-- -- shakes off the fire and flips around to its back to attack Icarus with claws and fangs both

Lavi: You didn't miss, Alma, it just didn't really feel it

-- -- nah sorry its eyes are pretty much just like little fires or w/e -- -- clamps down on a limb

Lavi doubles over, clutching his hands to his chest because that really burns

Junior oh look another brick

Lavi yells directions to Alma SO HE CAN IMPALE THAT WOLF

Junior motions to Allen to do the sound thing again when he throws it and then just fucking hurls it

Icarus tries nt to scream, winds up saying ouch really loud

Allen oh no, uh, he does the sound thing Allen tries to shout louder this time to accelerate that bit-I mean brick faster

Smolma this could be dangerous but its needed Smolma 'keep it distracted for a bit allen!'

-- -- staggers a little from that hit ow that hit fucking hard but nah just gonna kinda shake its head and try to take that limb off that limb belongs to it now you can't keep it

Lavi buRNS THE SHADOW'S FACE

Smolma then he begins to make ice lotuses starts to appear all around

-- -- scREECHES AND LET'S GO -- -- okay, just gonna take one of YOUR limbs then

Junior ohshit

Lavi try and get it, bitch

Smolma once theres enough the petals breaks apart and fly towards the sound

-- -- leaps straight for Lavi

Allen picks up another brick himself and throws it with a shout-acceleration

Lavi FUCKING DODGES OUT OF THE WAY AS FAST AS HE CAN

Junior fuck throwing, just gonna pick up a brick and chase that bitch down tbh

Deak stays away bc he'd just be in the way

-- -- twists around and snags his leg

Deak is smart

Smolma sharp shards begin to stab said beast

-- -- just gonna YANK and pounce on top of him

Lavi shouts in pain as he falls Lavi thinking 'I'm gonna regret this' as his hands begin to glow

Junior jumps on top of that fucking thing and just tries to cave its stupid black skull in with the brick

Allen runs back and forth trying to find an opening, carrying another brick.

-- -- keens as ice shards impale in its ribs and mc-Jerk-Face here rams a BRICK into its skull

Lavi shoots a fire blast from his hands at the monster.

Allen gonna be merciless and throws a yell-amplified brick at one of the side of the ribs

Smolma since the petals found the monster Smolma they gonna keep slashing him

Junior keeps bashing that brick into its stupid skull

Icarus is glad to have his limb back but is going to try to keep jumping in the monsters face then leaping away using his wings, playing keep away and dodgeball all at once! Icarus since, you know, he left his stick and only actual weapon apparantly

-- -- ow, ow, ow, fucke--

Icarus can kick it too though, and he does.

-- -- shakes the fire off and just twists around to snap onto Junior's arm

Icarus inthe face

-- -- your limb will suffice

Lavi: MOTHERFUCK--

Smolma all that ice stabs the monster at once

Junior oWWWWW

Lavi ANOTHER FIRE BLAST AT THE MONSTER Lavi screams in both anger and pain

Junior just Junior SLAMS THAT FUCKING BRICK INTO ITS JAW HINGE

-- -- jaw hinge fucking bREAKS EXCUSE U ASSHOLE

Allen runs to get more freggin bricks to throw at this thing and then keeps throwing them

Icarus kicks it in the same jaw that just broke

Junior rips his arm free and scrambles back

Smolma tries to find the monster with his hands out stretched to freeze him

-- -- jaw snaps off okay fuck you

Allen with a side dish a sound telepathy of course, hopefully it doesn't hit anyone as Allen is forced to git gud quick.

Lavi has to stop using his fires because the pain is too much right now.

-- -- ow, ow, ow, more -- -- fucking -- -- bricks

Smolma guide the smol lavi

Lavi tells the small one the shadow's location

Smolma runs to said monster and freezes part of him

-- -- okay now cannot move b/c there's ice wtf

Smolma ‘hit those parts with the bricks!’

-- -- is struggling and howling

Smolma finds its face tho and uses ice knife to stab em

-- -- keens and slashes at the smol -- -- motherfuck-- -- -- you're all so VIOLENT

Allen gonna throw some SOUND PAIN TIME brICKS AT THE ICE THEN

Junior just fucking kicks one of its frozen legs and snaps it tbh

-- -- screams and the lights of its eyes go out -- -- goes limp

Smolma barely manages to throw self out of way of slashes Smolma no more getting his wounds burned shut pls

Lavi: .....Is it dead...

Smolma thnk Smolma: G-good.....

-- -- it ded

Smolma feels round for lavi Smolma his cold will help him!

Icarus: Sorry ol yeller~ Icarus not sorry at all

Allen throws a couple more bricks at it for good measure tbh

Lavi heavy pained breathing and he passed out.

Smolma trips over lavi Smolma found em!

Junior just gonna collapse for a moment and regain his bre-- Junior oh shit Lavi

Smolma sits up Smolma makes light frost cover lavis chest to cool him down

Lavi pained breathing eases up some

Junior crawls over to Lavi, kinda hard with one arm bleeding but w/e, standing back up hurts too Smolma freezes some of lavis arms too Allen coughs a bit and runs over to Smolma and Lavi.

Nea hey there junior how you doing pal

Junior: Lavi! Junior ...w h a t

Nea is just gonna casually borrow this body of your's if you don't mind.

Lavi still out cold but his breathing is a lot less ragged

Junior I reiterate:

Nea what did you DO to this thing holy shit.

Junior what

Icarus is trying not to showhispain, it's still coming through as a grimace as he looks at his bloody arm

Smolma non the wiser smol working on cooling lavi down

Junior who--

Icarus: (the casual body snatcher)

Lavi: || Deak's totally not worried for his two older bros

Icarus: (this should be some sort of mini series of books tbh)

Lavi: || best body snatcher

Nea blinks in Junior's body before shaking his head and looking over at the dead creature

Junior: lolwut }

Nea: || he's just. casual.

Deak: ur rite hes not ]

Deak: he's casually just juggling his potato again ]

Lavi: || w o w

Allen waves weakly with his hands at Lavi like a fan thank goodness Alma was there

Junior: Junior: Let a guy use you as a pillow and this is what he does with it }

Lavi groans as he starts to come to Smolma the groan makes him squeak

Deak: shrUGS ]

Nea: || something like thaT Nea whistles impressed

Deak: is not a fighter ]

Smolma then hugs!

Nea: You guys ​reeallly​ did a number on that thing.

Smolma: You're okay!!

Junior: Junior: isn't either but still managed to find a brick smh }

Icarus: 'you guys?'

Lavi makes a quiet 'ow' and pats the small one's head

Icarus: ?

Smolma: .... Junior, you helped?

Lavi: Thanks...

Smolma junior has confused him while hugging lavi Smolma: You're welcome

Icarus is distrcted from his pain by the odd sentence

Nea: You guys-- This guy, too

Junior they did do a number on it, didn't they?

Lavi looks Junior and immediately tenses

Junior they should be proud

Nea pats Junior's chest. his own chest. w/e

Smolma: .... you're talking funny

Deak ???????

Smolma: Junior...?

Junior also who the fuck let you in here

Lavi: Who are you and what the hell are you doing in my brother's body.

Nea: What kind of name is ​Junior?

Allen looks at Junior why was everyone looks at em strangely?

Nea I invited myself

Smolma noticed lavis tense

Nea don't be rude?

Icarus is warier than usual of most people, his feathers are all poofy like a scared cat

Junior clEARLY

Smolma: Whats going on?

Deak: D'ya kill 'im when you took 'im over?

Icarus: What brings you to the party?

Nea gets up on his feet

Junior have fun with that hurting tail bone lol Junior also that arm

Icarus doesngt know the person, isnt sure whats going on, but its best to assume a ghost has posessed someone, cause whynot at this point

Lavi: Someone possessed my brother

Nea ooooh everything hurts

Smolma: Oh-

Lavi: And he better not be dead

Nea: He's not ​dead Nea rolls his eyes Nea err. eye?

Lavi: ​Good​

Junior eyes

Nea: You guys are quick, though

Junior just can't see one of them

Smolma: ...... Who are you?

Nea eyes.

Lavi not that Nea would know with the eye patch on.

Smolma literally can't see

Allen lmao he has no idea what's going on

Junior oh woops no one's supposed to know that haha

Nea: ​Nea​. And I wanted THAT body Nea points at the beast Nea: But you all had to rip it to shreds

Lavi: Nea, a girl's name.

Smolma: .... oh Smolma: Whoops

Deak good job junior

Nea: So now I'm-- Nea: ........

Lavi: And you gripe about Junior.

Nea if my everything didn't hurt I would STEP on you, boy.

Smolma plops carefully on lavi

Icarus kinky

Lavi even if it's my brother's body, I'll slap you and apologize to him.

Deak irritated looking back elsewhere

Nea ew

Junior Junior is a perfectly valid name you hijacker

Nea: AS I WAS SAYING

Deak: 'Course y'take the only person I cared to talk with.

Junior excuse u Lavi do not ruin my perfect face

Deak: Fuckin' lame.

Nea: Now I'm stuck in... What is this, a pirate?

Lavi I wouldn't ruin it.

Smolma: Hes a pirate?

Lavi: Everyone always calls us pirates, We're not.

Smolma: Ohhh

Deak: Definitely pirates.

Nea I'm wearing a pirate

Smolma: Why do they call you pirates?

Junior that's really fucking creepy man

Lavi throws his hands up, whatever, guess we're pirates for today.

Junior get out

Smolma confused smol noises

Lavi: Alma, can you make a small cube of ice really quick for me?

Allen: mmh???

Nea I mean I can but I'll just jump in one of the others

Smolma: Mhm!

Nea are those your brothers??? Nea one of them could work

Smolma: Where?

Allen confused snowball noises

Junior good go jump inside the--

Lavi: In my hand.

Junior no not them Junior go for the Chickenstub

Nea the what

Smolma nods before holding lavis hand

Icarus excuse you? dont touch me

Nea did you just sneeze?

Junior the Chickenstub Junior the winged guy

Lavi if he wants to possess someone then he can go for me

Smolma then makes an ice cube in his hand

Junior the guy with the mangled wings

Icarus ....kinky

Lavi: Thanks, Alma Lavi: Allen, here.

Smolma writes 'junior got possessed by a ghosty goo'

Icarus posess flambo instead, I bet he's begging for it by now

Lavi hands him the ice cube, 'eat that and hydrate a bit and it'll do your throat some good.'

Smolma 'the ghosty goo's named Nea'

Allen nods and takes the ice cube. Allen: 'hank ooo.

Nea please, everyone, there's enough possession to go around

Allen put ice cube into his mouth

Icarus God no, there's more of you?

Nea: Is there anyone here that ISN'T in excruciating pain?

Junior haha that's funny Junior ...............

Smolma him but he can't see at all

Deak: Nope, I think we're all extremely in pain.

Junior oh wait there is one isn't there Junior not gonna say who tho

Nea don't you want me out of here??

Junior Like I said, try the Chickenstub

Nea fine Nea HEY ICARUS, MAKE ROOM

Smolma lays on lavi chest Smolma ultimate ice cubeeeee

Icarus you touch me and I swear to god Icarus not having nnone of that shit right now

Nea I'm not a physical entity right now so I can't ACTUALLY touch you

Lavi stands up carefully with Allen in his arms, he's feeling a lot better now that his arms are cooled down again

Junior go for it, he'd probably secretly be into it anyway

Icarus I feel like you can touch my mind, nd that's as close to rape by a ghost as I don't want to be Icarus you aint gotta kinkshame me like this

Smolma: alma not allen??))

Junior: Nah I bet they secretly eloped or something while everyone was distracted by Junior } Junior: Imeanwhat }

Smolma just lets his lil body be superrrr cold

Lavi: || yeah my bad

Deak: Does it hurt to be possessed by you?

Nea: How should I know? Nea: I've never been possessed by me.

Deak: Well, I would assume you understood how your own possessions worked.

Smolma ......

Lavi sighs

Nea: I'd say it hurts me more than any of you

Deak: That's terrible, I'm sorry.

Icarus: What do you want, anyway?

Allen crunchy crunchy ice at least he can feel the vibrations. It felt good on his ears.

Lavi adjusts his hold on Alma

Deak: Can you not permanently host with someone to avoid it?

Smolma nuzzles lavi Smolma he warm

Deak: Or do they just kick you out after a while?

Junior either pay me rent or gtfo

Smolma then pokes possessed junior to make nea cold

Junior: Its funny tho b/c } Junior: Junior was like "possess Icarus so I won't feel bad when I punch him in the fucking face for possessing me" xD }

Allen hums experimentally

Nea hey alma how you doing Junior fINALLY Junior ooooh... feelin' a little dizzy now that he's back haha

Lavi: You okay, Junior?

Nea I hope you can orient yourself fast enough that you dont fall down junior lmao

Lavi reaches out to grab Junior's arm and steady him

Junior um was sort of bleeding everywhere from his arm while he was possessed so--

Nea wait this kid can't fucking see holy shit

Junior: ....oh yeah, I feel just peachy...

Deak gOOD JOB LOL

Lavi I know all that, junior, just making sure you're alright after being possessed

Deak: Peachy is good. Deak: We should figure out where to go next since you're all alright.

Nea keeps turning Alma's head as though that'll fix things???

Lavi: Alma?

Junior going down

Lavi: Shi-- Lavi grabs Junior's arm Lavi the GOOD ARM

Deak casually walking around to look around

Junior: ...just gonna... si'down for a moment

Nea: What happened to this kid's EYES

Deak: Torture, probably?

Allen sits down. Are they talking? Okay he'll rest right now.

Lavi startles because, wow, that is not Alma's voice Lavi: Some asshole humans carved symbols over his eyes Lavi: They carved something on all of us

Junior: ...mhm... Junior well didn't actually get anything carved into... more like something carved off haha Junior RIP tail

Nea: Well I know ​that Nea: I just didn't think they'd go straight for the eyes... Nea prods his face

Junior sitting kinda hurts now that tails are mentioned so he's just gonna lay down instead

Lavi: Stop that Lavi swats Alma/Nea's hand away from their face

Nea jumps a little

Smolma ...... starts freezing himself

Nea: Who did that? Nea whoa whoa whoa

Deak rip nea

Nea: What are you doing, kid

Lavi: Get out of his body, you're scaring him.

Nea: This is the only one that isn't totally messed up!

Smolma keeps freezin Smolma enjoy the cold neabitch

Lavi not feelin' the cold really.

Nea actually really hates the cold Nea abort abort

Smolma cant breath but keeps goin

Nea jumps to Lavi because he's the closest and trying to find someone else while blind is Too Hard

Lavi !!!

Smolma suddenly unfreezes and falls on lavi

Nea oh this is nice and toasty.

Lavi you're lucky I can't burn myself since I want to protect my brothers and that requires me to live

Nea: Alright, now that THAT'S over with

Smolma takes deep breaths

Lavi oh god, this feels weird

Deak is disappointed but just gonna ignore u all instead

Smolma: St-stay... O-out.... mh body... Smolma jump into deak

Deak w hat Deak w hy

Nea maybe after I warm up a bit

Smolma hes not messed up

Deak fuck off alma

Lavi where the hell did you leave your body?

Deak fuckin brat

Smolma nah

Nea just sort of removes this frosty child from his new 'outfit' Nea I don't really remember actually

Smolma nottt a good idea nea Smolma lavi was covered in burns

Nea why n-- oh Nea grabs the frosty child again

Smolma feels round for allen-

Lavi they've cooled down a lot thanks to Alma

Smolma op. hes been grabbed

Lavi hey, be nice to the kid

Nea: You guys might've shredded that thing, but it sure fucked you all up in return.

Smolma: So.... whys mister ghost possessing us?

Lavi well you could've done something instead of waitin' for so long.

Smolma: Are you a ghost with no body?

Nea like what buddy. jump in the big monster while you all tore it up. sounds ​fun. Nea: I'm not a ghost.

Smolma: You aren't?

Deak walks up to the closed gate to observe it casually

Lavi you could've jumped into it and got the fuck out of there Lavi or, I dunno, attempted speech?

Nea: No. I was brought here like the rest of you. Nea gestures vaguely to the group

Smolma: oh-....

Nea Do you ever shut up? Nea: How long have you all been here?

Smolma feels a bit bad for freezing nea now Smolma: Donnu Smolma pokes allen and writes 'How long have we been here?'

Junior: ...hard t' say but maybe half a day? Junior: Maybe a day?

Smolma: Um, sorry for freezing you.... my ice kinda goes out a whack a bit when i'm scared

Junior: ....it was a bit dark in that dome to be watching the passage of time

Nea: Not that long, then...

Lavi hums a merry tune

Nea looks at Alma

Lavi ​loudly​

Nea is that elevator music?? just for me?

Smolma scratches his cheek sheepishly

Junior: 'said you were brought here like us. How long have you been here?

Lavi I don't like you enough for elevator music

Smolma it just you

Lavi but I appreciate your humor.

Nea: Don't worry about it, kid. I've had worse reactions. Nea turns back to junior

Smolma that gets a smile!

Nea: A while. It's kind of hard to keep track

Junior: Y'know the way outta here then? Junior hopeful

Nea laugHS Nea: If I did do you think I'd still be here?

Junior okay so that's a no

Smolma holdin onto Nea/Lavi

Junior: Hell if I know why you're still here. Maybe you like it here.

Nea annnd he's not laughing anymore

Junior is kind of salty his brother is being possessed tbh

Nea: Are you serious? I haven't stopped looking since I got here.

Junior: .......

Smolma: Well, do you have a body somewhere safe? Mister.....

Junior: He said his name was Nea

Smolma: Oh! Nea

Nea nods Nea: Somewhere Nea: It's easy to get turned around in this place

Smolma: Do you know where?

Junior: Maybe you're just not good at navigation

Deak snickers

Nea frowns Nea I don't like your friends, dude

Junior is actually his identical brother not his friend and you get one you're stuck with all three kthnx

Nea: I lost track of it a couple days ago

Smolma only the one you’re possession has been my friend so far Smolma and allen Smolma: ...... Smolma: How does one do that?

Nea: It's easier just to hop around those creatures

Junior: He's probably bad at navigation

Smolma giggles

Deak: True.

Nea: Oh, shut up

Junior has been tying up his arm with his scarf while he talks Junior its not perfect but better than nothing Junior gonna need a new scarf tho

Smolma would offer to freeze the wound Smolma but doesn't know if it'd help

Junior does not want his wounds frozen and/or burned thank

Deak: cauterize it.

Junior both suck Junior: Nah

Smolma: ... Can i help in any way?

Junior: I'm fine

Deak: You're bleeding, don't be stupid.

Smolma just nods and rests on nea/lavi

Junior: Just a little~

Deak: Have Nea cauterize it.

Junior: HELL no

Nea blinks Nea looks himself over Nea I can cauterize, huh

Smolma you'll need ne afterwards nea

Junior: He probably couldn't even hit the broad side of a barn, I ain't trustin' him with it

Deak: He doesn't seem harmful.

Nea: ​Hey Nea: I'm standing right here, you know

Smolma: Making him angry won't help

Lavi you talking to me?

Junior: That's not the point, and yes I know you're standing right there Junior: Watch where you aim-- Junior wordless motioning

Smolma gets down so nea can aim

Junior: ​anything​

Nea wow they're seriously gonna let me do this huh

Smolma just sits

Junior: In fact, just don't

Lavi and if you decide to use my powers, I suggest not using it since the symbols they carved on my arms make it so they feel like they're burning after I use my powers.

Deak: Or just switch bodies again and let Lavi do it, whatever's easier.

Nea pain sounds like the opposite of I want

Nea: That's a great idea

Deak: Regardless of whatever option, cauterize it.

Junior: I don't need anything cauterized

Nea hops to Deak Nea you suggested it

Deak i dont really care, just dont hurt me and it's fine

Smolma sittin starts crawling to find allennnn

Deak cauterize it now since it's just lavi

Nea no worries there

Allen kind wandered off at this point. It's just a few feet but he's staring at the sky.

Nea why do all these redheads look the same

Smolma finds!!! allens foot!

Junior bc we're identical triplets duh

Deak we're triplets, of course

Smolma hugs his leg

Allen !!!!! COLD HANDS

Lavi give him a moment to orient himself

Deak junior already said that

Nea freaky

Smolma don't worry hes at a close to normal temprature rn Smolma since hes calm

Allen oh, cool hands then.

Smolma yeye

Deak its a natural occurence, so i don't see how

Lavi but as soon as he's good to go, he good to go, Lavi moves to Junior to cauterize his arm.

Nea you still don't see it that often

Allen: 'ello Alm.

Smolma hugging allens leggggg

Deak fair point

Smolma writes 'hi!'

Junior backs off and holds his hands up Junior: Nonononono no Junior: I'm fine

Deak stop bein' a bitch junior Deak goddamn

Nea: Just do it

Junior um excuse u Deak next time u can fight the shadow thing

Lavi: Just, bite your scarf...

Nea: It'll just slow everyone down later if you don't handle it now.

Deak i can't fight, so um no

Allen: wass goin on?

Nea foot tapping

Deak thank u nea for being more sensible than junior

Junior: We Junior: are Junior: not Junior: cauterizing

Deak j u n i o r

Lavi grabs Junior's arm carefully and brings his fingers over where the wounds are to start sealing them shut. He really doesn't wanna do this.

Smolma 'lavi's going to burn close juniors injured arm'

Lavi doesn't wanna hurt his brother with his power that he's always used to ​/protect/​ them.

Allen nods.

Deak u guys are stupid jfc hurry up Deak its just cauterizing

Nea are they always like this

Junior just clenches his teeth to muffle a strangled cry of pain oW FUCK FUCK FUCK FUC--

Deak yes

Lavi Deak, i swear to fuck, you would be screaming if it were you

Allen: do you wan, t, to cooo ih down?

Lavi SO IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO COME OVER THERE, SHUT UP.

Deak yes, but i would understand it was for a good cause and let it happen

Allen: the woun.

Nea it's just common knowledge I mean if he bleeds out he's gonna die and if he got an infection we'd have to take the whole arm--

Junior squirming like crazy h o l y  s h I t

Deak thats true

Lavi trying to seal them as quickly as possible.

Smolma 'when it's done

Allen: okay.

Lavi annnnnd he's done Lavi: Alma, can you come over here?

Smolma: Lavi? Can i help now?

Nea claps

Lavi: Yes

Smolma: Mhm!

Nea: Good job

Junior: Jesus Tapdancinfg fucKIng christ

Deak ..............

Smolma carefully stands and starts going over, blind

Lavi tells Alma the exact spot and height of where Deak's mouth is so he can put another ice band around his mouth to shut him up.

Smolma he does this

Nea exCUSE ME

Junior just waving his arm ow that fucking hurts ow fuck shit god damn son of a--

Smolma finds lavis hand

Nea WHAT IS ​THIS

Smolma: Where's juniors wound?

Lavi leads Alma to Junior and puts his hand on Junior's arm

Smolma it be ice

Junior: yoU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALCOHOL FOR THIS FIRST YOU DICK

Deak you're a bitch lavi

Lavi: Right here

Allen just kinda sits on the dead beast nearby and watches

Smolma holds on before letting his hands get sups cold

Junior: I'M NOT DRUNKE NOUGH FOR THIS

Deak i fucking swear to every fucking god right now Deak and you fucking too alma like lol fuck off m8

Smolma then makes the arm cold but not too cold

Lavi You were both being unhelpful with the peanut gallery commentary.

Deak a n d? Deak you could have ignored us couldn't you? but nooooo you didnt Deak assholes, ugh

Lavi Be glad Nea hasn't left your body or else you'd be crying right about now

Nea I don't like this group anymore, I should just take my superior knowledge ​elsewhere

Deak fuck you

Lavi love you too, baby brother.

Junior winces okay the ice kind of helps but that all still fucking hurts

Deak and maybe if your ​superior knowledge​ helped with finding your body then you'd be free from this group Deak but it doesn't, so you aren’t

Smolma makes it a bit colder Smolma trying to control it

Allen if they iced Deak's mouth he must have really been saying some terrible things

Lavi watches Junior with worry.

Nea I mean I can just hop in the next shadow thing and vacate

Smolma snaps his fingers and the ice on deaks mouth disappears

Nea I'll find my meatsuit sooner or later

Deak you could Deak i dont care either way so Deak you do you, man

Lavi: You picked the most dramatic brother to reside in, Nea

Nea muffled grumbling

Smolma: Is this too cold junior?

Nea rubs his face. so cold.

Deak you should try and figure out how to get out of here while they're busy coddling one another, just saying

Junior: ....its fine

Allen rests his chin on his hands and closes his eyes, he kinda wanted to take a nap, maybe?

Nea thanks, captain obvious.

Junior um excuse u who was coddling who just a few hours ago Deak Junior remind me

Nea glances around the room.

Smolma: Um, should i leave frost on it so we can start moving>​ Smolma: ?

Deak shut up, arent you busy anyways

Junior sighs

Lavi squints at Deak

Deak oh, so NOW everyone wants to fucking move

Junior: Yeah... I'd like to get out of here

Smolma: It'll be harder to move, but you can still kinda move it

Deak whatever, im done talking anyways

Allen nearly falls off the beast and remembers that they were trying to get out of here. Yeah. No time for napping. He jumped off the beast and walked back to everyone.

Lavi Clearly.

Smolma nods before leaving a thin layer of frost on juniors arm

Junior: So which way we goin'? Looks like we got three options. Either... the gate ahead, assuming it'll move, or the crypt things on either side.

Smolma steps back and stands there cause he doesn't want to risk falling over something

Lavi picks Alma up and moves so that he can go towards the crypts.

Nea are you always this snappy, redhead #3

Lavi: Me and Alma will check out one of the crypts

Smolma lays on lavi

Deak yes.

Junior he is

Deak i have a very bad temper.

Junior we love him anyway

Lavi #1 most dramatic brother

Nea I like your brothers' heads better

Deak you can leave mine, i dont really care, like i said

Lavi with the most unhelpful or irritating commentary, yet I still fucking love him.

Nea: Alright, who wants to give me a lift, all this apathy is ​actually​ painful.

Junior: Deak giving you trouble? Junior grins

Deak see i dont think ​anyone​ does

Lavi: I'd let you hang with me, but you have to carry Alma.

Deak that's too bad isn't it

Junior good job little bro

Nea: I don't know how you put up with him

Junior: ......... Junior hums

Smolma: laviiii don't forget allen!

Nea jumps back to Lavi.

Allen rubs his own shoulders, especially around his neck.

Lavi: We grew up with him, plus I'm the one that mostly took care of them growing up. Don't know what the hell I did to---

Smolma dont leave his white haired friend

Nea: Oops

Lavi a little warning next time, yeah?

Smolma: Nea you need to hold allens hand

Nea Nah

Junior actually this might be good

Deak just kinda stands around for a second before continuing his walking to the crypt

Nea: What am I Nea: A mom?

Smolma: He can't hear

Junior: Oi Junior: Ghosty

Nea: I'm not a GHOST

Smolma: Yes Smolma: a mom

Junior: Yea, yea, whatever Junior: Listen up

Lavi Allen's deaf and he usually ends up sticking with me and Alma.

Nea So this one's bossy, the other one's dramatic. What does that make you.

Junior: Unless you really, really need to, like life and death need to, do not use any o' my brothers powers... and try not to let him use it unless absolutely necessary either

Lavi Hm...not sure.

Deak: Hurry up, we're splitting up right?

Junior: He's fire's got a recoil now, and it'll hurt him, so try not to use it

Deak: I'm going on ahead.

Nea gives a sarcastic two finger salute Nea: You got it.

Junior squints

Lavi at least one of them cares about what the hell my powers do to me. [very flat tone]

Junior I'm-watching-you motion before he turns after Deak

Allen: Alm. Can I 'ave anoth'r ice hube? A small one.

Deak leave into the crypt bc yall are slow

Smolma nods before motioning him to come over

Deak leaves

Nea is so not thrilled about being a baby sitter

Smolma a lil ice cube grows in his palm

Allen walks over to Alma and holds out his hand.

Junior um excuse u u are not going off by yourself Deak Junior is following right behind him

Smolma puts it in allens hand

Lavi Sorry.

Nea grabs Allen by the wrist because apparently he has to be a guide now.

-- -- the crypts on both sides as you enter them are very dark at first, but there's a light further down. As you go, it looks to be a wall-mounted torch bolted in, and the halls leading into the ground fork in separate directions

Allen pops ice cube into mouth. Allen looks to Lavi, he seemed angry?

Junior mmmm maybe they should've brought Allen with them now that he thinks about it

Junior: ....so... Junior: which way do you think we should go? Junior: Left or right?

Nea drags his 'crew' along

Lavi Ease up there. You're guiding him, not drag Allen, Nea. Allen why was Lavi holding him so hard? He walks closer so he's practically stepping on his shoes, and looks around alarmed.

Nea glances at Allen

Smolma writes in the air 'the ghost is possessing him allen'

Deak shrugs

Nea: So he can't hear anything? At all?

Lavi He's deaf.

Smolma 'the nea ghost' Smolma: Nope

Deak: Right? Deak: Or I'll go right you go left?

Allen blinks at Lavi. Was he trying to say something to someone behind him? He looked away in the direction and then looked back, confused

-- -- the halls of the crypt are just wide enough to walk single file

Allen wait, a ghost?

Junior: hmmm...

Allen: Who...?

Junior: I don't like the idea of splitting u-- Junior oh

Smolma 'Nea!"

Junior ponders

Nea who decided it'd be a good idea to let the man who lost track of his body lead people

Junior: We don't have to go different directions!

Lavi Well, I can guide you from in here. Lavi if you want.

Junior: You can stick with me, and still check out the other pathway

Deak: ...What.

Nea ​Fine.

Deak did not follow

Junior drags a hand down his face

Allen: oh. 'Ello Nea...?

Junior: ...you can be in multiple places at once, 'member?

Nea raises an eyebrow at Allen while they walk

Deak o shit u rite

Nea sort of waves a little

Junior: So you stick with me and one of your copies checks out the other way

Lavi Hm... Go left.

Allen waves back.

Lavi Deak's ability would sure be handy about now.... -sighs-

Deak: Alright, sounds good!

Allen Nea weren't hostile, so that was okay.

Nea: Lavi says we should go left, so remember to blame him and not me if this goes poorly

Lavi Wow. Lavi Says the guy who couldn't make up his mind.

Junior: So we'll go... right, and the copy will go left, I guess

Nea shut up.

Smolma 'lavi said to go left, #blamelavi if wrong'

Deak makes a duplicate self and sends the duplicate to the left bye bye self Deak: Okay, let's go then.

Junior nods and follows Deak down the right pathway

Lavi: || I thought for a moment that Deak would go left and the duplicate would go with Junior Lavi: || Since he wants to be on his own so much xD

Nea honestly feels like he's leading schoolchildren while taking them to the left

Deak: tBH HE WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IT ]

Junior: r u kidding Junior ain't letting the original be on his own in dangerous territory xD }

Allen gives Nea a dull look but ok

Deak rip u nea

Smolma its not their fault nea

Junior: He's gotta protect the baby bro B) }

-- -- the passageways of the crypt are narrow, just wide enough for single-file. They don't go straight for very long, turning, and turning again, and seeming to double back without much rhyme nor reason to their direction. Most of the place is dark but every so often you find torches on the wall

Junior: ......... Junior: The amount of turns in this place is ridiculous

Allen being dragged in a single file line hurrah

Nea nobody is happy about this situation

Deak: Well, it's the same in the other hallway too, so we'll just have t keep turning I suppose.

Lavi Hey, can you let me take control and still share head space with me?

Nea just keeps glancing around like he's expecting the worst

Junior: ......... Juniorsquints

Nea ...Probably. Why? You're not exactly missing much.

Junior: I feel like Junior: we're running a rat maze Junior: and there better be cheese at the end of it

Lavi Yeah, I know, but at least you won't be irritated with leading Allen around or carrying Alma.

Junior not like literal cheese he's speaking figuratively

Allen wants to hum and sing but his throat's still kinda sore...

Deak: I can make another of me to send backwards and see what happens. Maybe we'll run into one another eventually.

Smolma writes 'need more ice?'

Deak it would be funny

Junior: Maybe...

Lavi: || Isn't Deak gonna start feeling the backfire of his powers soon? o:

-- -- somewhere you all hear a dull CLICK and something heavy scraping -- --: oh he will B) }

Deak: no never hes 2 go-- ] Deak: wow rude ]

Nea Fi--

-- --: He hasn't used them much up to this point tho like Lavi has }

Lavi What was that.

Nea pauses

Allen: I would lihe' hat.

Smolma flinches at the sound

Nea: Shh.

-- -- actually make that a lot of heavy somethings scraping

Deak just keeps walking

Smolma: .....

Nea puts his hand over Allen's mouth

Lavi Switch with me. Switch with me right now.

Nea tries to figure out where that noise is coming from

Junior: ....you hearing that too or am I just crazy?

Nea ​Hold on

-- -- its coming from everywhere, technically

Deak: Hmm, no I heard it too.

-- -- not like all at once but interchangably

Deak: And twice.

Smolma hands allen another piece of ice so he can use his power better

Junior: ....and three times Junior: I hear a lot of it

Nea grabs Allen's wrist again and starts walking faster

Deak

: There's no point in just standing around. Let's keep going.

Allen nods and takes the ice. He pops the ice into his mouth as they walk faster

Junior sighs and follows

Deak: As far as I'm concerned, the other me is still alright so it's fine at the moment.

Junior: Yeah you're right

Nea: Whatever that sound is, I don't like it.

-- -- and a wall starts sliding out right where Allen and Lavi/Nea's hands are joined to try and make another wall between them now

Lavi !!! Lavi ​!!!!!!!!!!​

Deak lavi use ur words

Nea YANKS ALLEN REALLY HARD. MOVE KID. Nea OR I'M LEAVING YOU

Allen JUMPS ONTO NEA PRACTICALLY

Nea JESUS

-- -- nope sorry the wall is coming in too fast to squeeze through this is a narrow passage

Lavi Shit, ALLEN!

-- -- better move your arm before it gets caught

Nea yeah no okay sorry kid you're on your own

Smolma screeches

Nea lets go and side shuffles

Deak bye allen

Smolma: ALLEN?!

Allen well shit. Pulls his hand away quickly after slamming into wall

Smolma whats going on?!

-- --: lbh here, the real victims are everyone's arms in this lmfao }

Allen: ((rip arms, literally))

-- -- and the wall slides into place, separating Allen from the rest

Junior: like literally }

Smolma his heads whipping around and op his bodys getting colder naow

Nea shakes Alma a little Nea: Don't start freaking out now, it's time to go

Deak dont shake a baby nea

Junior: ........

Deak smh

Junior: ...though I heard somethin' else

Nea don't boss me around

Smolma op that made him disoriented

Junior strains to hear but there's just lots of scraping

Deak: What?

Junior: ...dunno Junior: An echo?

Smolma but he just nods still worried

Junior: ...better not be more damn shadow things

Allen well he's gonna press against the wall to try to budge it and then scream to try to move it back.

-- -- and the scraping stops

Deak: Well, it's probably still fine.

-- -- it quiet now

Lavi Quietly worrying inside his own head.

Deak: ...

Junior: ....it stopped

Nea is only really concerned about these noises Lavi is worried about his brothers.

Junior: ...think the others are okay? Junior is mostly thinking of Lavi tbh

Deak: .... Deak: I'm sure they're fine.

Nea How important is this kid to your group

Allen since there was no response from the walls he walks back from where he came.

Deak: We haven't the time to just stop, so just keep walking.

Lavi He's important.

Nea frowns

Junior: ....I.... don't like it down here

Lavi His powers are helpful against the shadows and he helps me when my powers backfire.

Deak: Neither do I, but just don't focus on that and keep walking.

Nea grabs alma's wrist and starts walking again

Junior: I'm not saying to not go forward, but maybe we backtrack a bit

Deak stops and turns to look at junior Deak: Why backtrack?

Junior: Or at least send a copy back, I dunno?

Deak: I can send a copy back, but I don't think backtracking is smart.

Junior: Fair enough

Smolma yelps before following after Nea

Junior mumbles just doesn't like splitting up with Lavi like this tbh they should have all stuck together

Deak sighs and makes another copy that goes back the way they came

Lavi Nea, don't drag him. I get that you're annoyed with the situation but scaring Alma with rough treatment isn't the way to go about this.

Smolma hes scared, but does his best to keep calm

Deak: Okay, let's keep goin' now? Or d'you need to rest?

Junior: No, I'm fine. I can rest when we get out of here. Junior motions Junior: After you

Nea I'm barely touching him.

Deak: Okay.

Nea Besides, we have to ​move

Smolma but hes more scared that nea will leave him

Deak turns around and continues walking

Nea: Stay as close as you can without tripping me

Lavi I know that but you could tell him, nicely, to walk faster.

-- -- if you backtrack, you'll find that the pathway is no longer the same one your original followed in. Shortly after, there's another CLICK and the scraping starts up again

Nea: I'm ​not​ getting an arm stuck in one of those walls.

Junior: ...there it is again

Lavi Maybe you should carrying him on our back. The passage doesn't seem that narrow.

Deak: Wait, it changed?

Junior: Huh?

Smolma: O-okay, I'll try

Nea makes an annoyed noise

Junior: What did?

Deak is confused

Lavi sighs.

Deak: The path, it changed?

Nea You know what? ​You​ handle it.

Junior: .....

Lavi Sure.

Nea shoves Lavi to the forefront of their head

Smolma Nea hates him...

Lavi: Woah

Allen sings softly to himself because he's in a small dark hallway that can crush him. He's hella nervous.

Lavi: At least I got a warning that time.

Allen: iiii beeen... working... on the ralroad... alll the yive-yong yayyy...~♪

Junior: Are you sure?

Lavi stops walking and turns to kneel down in front of Alma. Lavi: Hey, Alma, Nea's taking a break

Smolma stops since nea? did.

Deak: Yeah, I memorized the path we took so it should have been the same but it's definitely not.

Smolma: ...o-oh

-- -- aaand a wall just behind Junior moves to cut them off from the path they came from

Junior: ........

Smolma yup nea hates him

Junior: Oh shi-- Junior: That's what that was

Lavi: Wanna get on my back?

Deak: ................... Deak: I guess that means... no turning back?

Smolma: Sure....

Lavi: That way we won't get separated

Nea Don't stop moving. Who knows what's going to happen next.

Lavi turns around.

Junior: ....not the way we came in at least...

Lavi: Climb on, quick.

Deak: ...Even so, both of the other mes are still alright, so it should be... fine?

Smolma quickly climbs on

Deak: Let's just keep going.

Lavi I had to stop to let him on my back. Lavi quickly starts walking in the direction they were going, taking long strides.

Deak just continues to walk forward

Junior: Right

Smolma rests chin on lavis shoulder

Junior follows close behind Deak

Lavi softly hums under his breath. Nea is all sorts of restless

Allen stops singing after a basic song and crosses his arms, just keep walking, just keep walking, just keep walking walking walking walking

Smolma: Mh sorry, i didn't mean to go so slow

Lavi: Don't worry about it. Nea's just not good at this whole guiding thing.

Junior is determined not ot get separated or have anything bad happen

Nea Oh, shut up.

-- -- a wall comes up ahead and behind Lavi and them. One to their side opens up.

Lavi Stops walking for a moment

Allen feels so fckin lost and lonely right now lmao

Lavi: Okay then, guess it wants me to go this way... Lavi goes down the newly opened path cautiously

Nea stay alert. Anything it wants you to do is probably a bad idea.

Lavi I'm well aware of that...

Smolma holds a hand out a bit

Lavi worried about his brothers and Allen.

Smolma ice knife grows in it just in case Smolma but hes worried about allen too since hes alone

-- -- @Deak you start to notice a radiating sting in your hands that's starting to snake its way slowly up your arms. Its dull for now, but steadily pulsing a little bit worse as time goes on

Nea is mostly just worried about getting out of this hallway

Deak: rUDE ]

Lavi Were you alone when you woke in this place? Or was there someone else with you?

-- --: deAK HAS TO DEAL WITH HIS HANDICAPS TOO }

Deak ignores it and just keeps swimm-- i mean walking Deak: i am fEELING ATTACKED RN ] Deak: i jUST CAME OUT TO HAVE A GODMOD TIME ]

Nea There was a whole group with me

-- -- the scraping stops. for now.

Junior: lmfao }

Lavi Friends? ......Family?

Deak: That's really annoying.

Junior: ....I feel like we're going in circles...

Deak: What if we tried going backwards now?

Junior: I don't know, maybe?

Deak: Let's just attempt it.

Nea Doesn't matter, they're gone now.

Junior: I'm guessing your copies didn't find a way out yet...

Deak: Go and I'll be right behind you.

Lavi sighs and breathes fire a little bit

Junior: Alright

Deak: ...No, they didn't.

Junior takes the lead, grumbling under his breath Junior: ...this was probably a bad idea

Deak follows right after Deak: Everything here is a bad idea, to be fair.

Junior: I mean I'm used to running around tight tunnels but this is crazy, the ones I go through don't usually CHANGE

Allen claps his hands while he walks

Deak: Well, we just gotta deal.

Junior sighs Junior: yeah

Lavi keeps walking at a fast pace. Lavi: You okay, little guy?

-- -- the scraping begins again

Deak: ............

Junior: Oh, great...

Smolma: I'm.... I'm okay

Deak: That's really annoying when you hear it from three separate places.

Smolma: Let's keep going

Junior: ....it is

Deak sighs

-- -- also the moving walls might've just caught one of the copies woops shoulda moved faster

Deak: Wa--

Deak: ........................​.

Allen puts his hands against the wall, he could kinda feel it vibrating. Whoah. Weird. He returns to clapping his hands in different rythmns

Deak: Oh that's not good.

Junior: .............

Junior: What's not good?

Deak: Other me got crushed by a wall.

-- -- in other news, a wall opens up to reunite Allen with Lavi and company

Junior: ............... Junior: Oh Junior: Shit

Deak: Poor other me.............

Junior: So... we gotta be careful Junior: Are you okay though?

Deak: I'm wounded dearly from the bottom of my heart. Deak: He was a good soldier until his final moments. Deak: Being crushed by a wall was no death he deserved.

Junior pets the bro

Deak wipes away a fake tear

Lavi perks up Lavi: Allen! Lavi 'Allen!'

Junior is a little bit anxious though that could've been the original Deak

Smolma perks!! Smolma Allens okay?!

Allen Almost passes it, but a casual glance back makes him stop. He immediately runs over to the others with a relieved grin.

Deak im the original dont say that

Lavi grins back at Allen

Deak: Let's just... keep moving.

Junior: ....okay... so we have to try and get outta here fast as we can

Lavi 'You're not hurt, right?'

Junior starts moving Junior: stay close

Allen shakes head.

Deak follows quickly

Smolma holds allens shoulder with none ice knife hand

Allen: Are you ok?

Lavi 'Good, let's keep moving. Oh, and Nea's taking a break right now so he's just....chilling in my head?'

Smolma nods

Lavi starts walking again before sending back a quick 'stay close, don't wanna get separated again.'

Allen squeezes Alma's hand with his and then follows Lavi.

Nea 'Chilling'

Lavi: This tunnel just really likes being a nuisances.

Deak ew being crushed was terrible and i just thought about it

Lavi Well, it was either that or sulking.

Junior just try not to think about it bro

Deak ewewew Deak no its too late Deak now im thinking about it

Nea I'm not sulking.

Lavi adjusts Alma on his back a bit.

Junior just breathe and focus on something else

Lavi Brooding then.

Nea I just don't like dealing with liabilities.

Deak no it was gross Deak i didnt see you get crushed Deak no it was me and it was terrible Deak i feel sick oh god it was just

Smolma: ouch))

Lavi dead silence in his mind enough to chill.

Junior bro do you need a hug or

Deak nO DO NOT TOUCH Me Deak im ok just keep walking Deak as long as other me doesnt get crushed im fine

-- --: :3c }

Nea isn't taking that back

Deak: d O NOT ]

-- --: :3c }

Deak: s t op ]

Junior okay okay Junior keeps moving

Lavi So I guess, if, say, one of your companions or a family member were trapped here with you and were blind. You wouldn't like dealing with them?

-- --: "stop" what? I haven't done anything }

Lavi So you'd just leave them?

Smolma least im trapped in someone elses body Smolma not helping at all

Lavi What if that person were a sibling or a close friend? Still gonna ditch them because they're a liability?

Deak follows a little more lethargically

-- --: I'm thinking about things tho :3c }

Nea Would you shut up?

Deak: s quint s ]

-- --: I didn't say what kind of things exactly tho }

Deak: s quints  ] Deak: what kind of things exactly :3c ]

-- --: things }

Lavi Oh, am I annoying you? So sorry that you're not happy with this situation that we're /​all​/ in.

Allen when will this place end

-- --: things that I had planned and have been foiled and trying to figure out how to do anyway lAUGHS }

Deak: squints x4 ]

-- -- a wall comes out almost right about when Junior is about to get there

Junior really quickly backtracks

Nea All I'm doing is being REALISTIC. Someone gets hurt, or needs help-- Other's get hurt trying to protect them. And then it just ​/repeats/.

Junior: shIT that was close

Deak slaMS INTO JUNIOR bc not paying attention

Junior ooOOF

Junior aaand he had a meeting with the wall anyway

Deak: S-Sorry! Deak rip junior i am so sorry

Junior kind of

Lavi And maybe we'll need their power to get the fuck out of here and then they're dead because we decided to leave them simply because they're a 'liability'.

Nea Did I fucking ​/say/​ we're going to leave them for dead?

Junior: Its fine

Lavi I'm being realistic as well, Nea.

Junior sighs Junior: Not going this way I guess

Lavi You /​sound/​ like you wanna leave them for dead.

Nea I said I don't LIKE it.

Lavi You rather not deal with them and just let them fed for themselves, which would end badly.

Nea And I don't

Deak: So turning around again?

Junior frustrated growliing Junior: Doesn't look like we have much choice...

Deak: The other one of me is fine still, so we just have to try and follow whatever path as best as we can.

Junior: Yeah...

Deak turns around and begins to walk the other way agAIN Deak: Just keep up.

Lavi Well put your big boy pants on, Nea. You're gonna have to deal with it.

-- -- aand a wall comes up just in front of Lavi

Deak rip lavi

Lavi stops and turns on his shoulders so he hits that instead. Lavi: Rude, Wall.

Nea Ugh

Lavi: I was walkin'

Nea Put the kid down and turn us around.

Deak why did you capitalize wall

Junior b/c clearly he was addressing THAT wall specifically

Allen was daydreaming so he walks into Lavi

Junior: Not too hard t' keep up

Lavi exactly what Junior said.

Deak: Are you sayin' 'm slow?

Junior: ............ Junior squints Junior: .....

Nea You can coddle him again once we're facing the right way

Junior: ...slower than usual...

Nea These halls are too damn tight.

Allen: 'orry.

Deak: This is my normal pace, bro. Deak: Rude as heck.

Junior: No you're definitely going slower

Deak: I'm definitely not.

Allen turns around and walks in the other direction.

Junior: Definitely are.

Deak: Not.

Junior: Are.

Deak: Not.

Junior: Are.

Deak: NOT.

Junior: ARE.

Deak speeds up his walking then >:I Deak: THERE.

Junior: I never thought I'd see the day they pulled this argument xD } Junior: ......

Deak: s a me ]

Lavi He's /​blind/​, Nea, his powers react with his emotions from what I've seen so far. It'd be bad if it got out of control because he got scared.

Junior: Its a good day to be alive B) }

Deak returns back to his "normal" pace

Lavi: I'm gonna put you down really quick, Alma, the hall's too narrow for me to turn around with you on my back.

Nea wishes he had eyes to roll

Deak that walking was too much effort

Smolma just nods

Lavi I wonder if I could put you in a mental box.

Nea Don't even try it

Lavi crouches down to let Alma down before moving so he's on the side of him quick before crouching down again.

-- -- aaaand up goes a wall between Lavi and Alma woops

Smolma gets down

Lavi

: Shit!

Deak oh dang

-- --: :3c }

Deak mumbles not

-- --: Sorry what were we talking about, something about getting scared }

Allen: ((o shit))

Junior mumbles are

Nea Well that's ​/unfortunate/.

Deak n o t

Junior a.r.e.

Lavi mentally swearing in multiple languages while mentally throwing a bar at Nea Lavi runs to go catch up with Allen

Deak: Am not.

Allen lmao this snowy boi didn't even notice

Lavi spots Allen and grabs is shoulder

Junior

: are too.

Allen stops and turns back to Lavi.

Smolma tenses wayyyy up

Allen: Where Alm...?

Deak: Wait, were we saying are or am........?

Lavi 'Alma's gone! The wall split us up'

Smolma: L-lavi.... Allen?

Deak: I forgot.

Smolma theres no reply

Junior: You were using "am" and I was using "are".

Lavi: || Guess this castle is gonna become a winter ice land now

Deak: Right I was right okay.

Smolma his side of the wall becomes much colder

Smolma: yup))

Junior: Yep~

Deak: I'm tired'a walkin' ugh.

Allen his eyes widen, he takes a deep breath in and out, he looks behind Lavi as if to hope he was walking down the hall

Smolma quickly starts pounding on the wall

Junior: Smolma's gonna become ElSmolma }

Deak: l eave ]

Smolma: yUP)) Smolma: SHIVASMOL))

Junior: n oPE }

Lavi: || The snow glows white in the castle tonight

Junior: NOT UNTIL I'M DONE TORTURING YOU A-- I mean... }

Nea Keep moving.

Smolma op nows theres frost slowly starts spreading across the walls

Allen: ... 'eep goin. e'll meet up.

Lavi Oh, you're still present.

Smolma keep moving, just. keep. moving

Lavi 'We have to keep moving, we'll run into him like we did you.' He hopes.

Nea Walk or I'll walk for you.

Allen hopefully he would. Nods and keeps walking forward.

Lavi Shut UP

Junior: ....y'know...

Smolma though hes scared, terrified really, he turns before quickly walking the other way, using the wall to guide him

Junior: that scraping is goin' on for an awfully long amount of time

Lavi walks as well, he's taking long strides so he's gonna end up passing Allen

Deak: Yeah? Deak: It's kinda dull noise now, but I guess so.

-- -- you mean he's going to end up goosing Allen b/c these passages are narrow

Allen the wall's too narrow to pass, Allen ends up increasing his own pace to a semi-jog

Junior: Might just be getting used to it? Doesn't sound any more dull to me...

Lavi ‘Ah, hold on, let me squeeze through to get in front of you.’

Smolma just clutches his ice knife tighter, all while hes shaking

Deak

: No, I think I'm more focused on remembering my fake organs being crushed actually.

Junior

: ...............

Deak laug h s Deak does not think its funny

Allen: op' over.

Junior: Deak, you doing okay?

Allen crouches

Deak: Yep!

Lavi hops the fuck over and starts walking hella fast again

Deak: Other than me not wanting to walk. Deak: But that's normal.

Allen jogs behind Lavi

Junior: ....then.... I'll carry you, so we can get the hell out of here

Deak: There's no room.

-- -- mmmm woops and there went the other copy

Deak: ........................​........................​..........

Junior: We can make it work, I think Junior: ......you okay?

Deak is not okay™ Deak: Yeah! I'm! Totally cool!

Junior: .......

Deak walks faster gotta go fast

Junior: You don't sound totally cool Junior follows after Deak wow someone lit a fire under his ass and it wasn't Lavi for once

Nea Walk faster. There has to be an exit somewhere. Smolma ohhhh hes shaking

Lavi I'm walking as fast as I can, if I start jogging I'd leave Allen behind.

Deak hyperventilating in small spaces is bad so calm down Deak: Okay, okay, so there's an exit somewhere right?

-- -- a wall springs up in front of Deak

Deak: We're not stuck yeah?

Deak sLAMS INTO IT

Smolma all while on the verge of tears

Junior: ...I--

Lavi RIP DEAK

Junior: You okay?

-- -- also a wall springs up just ahead of Alma

Deak just kinda l augh s Deak staggers for a second ow

Lavi: || lAUGHING

Smolma slAMS INTO IT

Deak: U GO LAUghS ]

Smolma falls back with a yelp

Lavi: || EVERYONE JUST SLAMMING INTO WALLS

Smolma: HE IS BLIND))

-- -- to be fair its hella dark in most of the maze

Deak: I-It's okay, let's just go somewhere it's fine.

-- -- except those few places where there's torches

Deak: Your way, go your way-

Smolma whimpering, he carefully gets back up and goes the other way

Allen is gonna trip over Alma lol

Lavi lights a small flame in his hand to see better

Junior: Okay...

Smolma as he walks, those walls are getting frozen

Junior turns to go the other way

Deak follows after junior quickly again

-- -- another wall comes up in front of Junior after a few turns

Junior: fuCK

Deak: ......................

Allen yeah he's still following Lavi

Nea is just getting more and more restless

Deak: I'm going to scream.

Junior: Okay, there's gotta be another branching path from here... Junior: Between where we were and are

Smolma ice shards are forming on the now frozen walls

Nea ...What's your name again?

Lavi Lavi.

Deak: Lavi Lavi ]

Lavi: || Lavi Love

Junior: So let's try to find another way

Nea And the other's? I never got a formal introduction

Lavi The first you possessed was my younger brother, Junior. The dramatic one was Deak, he's the baby brother.

Deak: Okay, what if I leave a copy here to see what happens when we walk back? The path keeps changing, right?

Junior: .......

Junior: I... don't think that's a good idea Junior: I mean, if something happens to it.....

Lavi Allen is the deaf one, he has sound telekinesis. Alma is the blind one with Ice Illusions and manipulation.

Deak: It's fine. Plus, what if the path is changing when we walk back to where we don't see?

Junior: You see and kind of feel the same thing, right?

Lavi Icarus is the one with the messed up wings.

Deak: Don't worry, it's just one. It won't hurt anything.

Nea And you have fire.

Junior: If you say so...

Lavi Yes. Deak can multiply and Junior used to have a tail that was his talisman to be able to shift into an animal.

Deak makes another duplicate to just kinda sit and wait there before turning to walk back

Lavi But they chopped it off.

Deak: Okay, let's go ​back​ again~

Junior follows after Deak shit shit they should not have come down here

Nea Sounds painful.

-- -- @Lavi/Nea feel free to slip on the icy floors any time

Smolma now the floors getting frozen from his steps

Allen is gonna slip on the ice and grab the wall

Lavi almost slips as well and barely catches himself with the walls. Lavi: Shit.

Smolma alma was there

-- -- @Deak there's a turn coming up somewhere on your left that wasn't there before

Deak

: A new path?

Lavi: Shot in the dark Lavi: Alma?

Junior: Looks like Junior runs a hand through his hair Junior: Let's hope THIS one leads somewhere

Allen: *calls* 'LIMA! ALMA!

Lavi keeps walking, trying not to slip on ice.

Deak: Wait maybe I should just-

Lavi: || Lima

Junior: lima }

Nea: || lima

Smolma: alma is now lima))

Nea: | lima bean

Allen: ((lima bean yes))

Smolma: i mean he smol enough ))

Junior: "should just"?

Deak makes one more duplicate to stay put at the new turn

Junior oh that

Nea: || deaks just droppin duplicates like breadcrumbs

Junior: seems like lmao }

Deak: thumbs up at bread ]

Lavi: || he must be feeling the pain

Deak: oh shit ] Deak: i forgot he had a potato ]

Junior: xD } Junior: of all the things to think about } Junior: You choose the potato }

Deak: does the potato also duplicate tho ]

Junior: uh??? I don't think so??? }

Deak: rEGARDLESS when youre crushed by walls three different times im p sure u kno ur in pain ]

Deak: and dang so its just w/ original that sucks ]

Junior: xD }

Deak: imagine six times the potato ]

Junior: maybe if he did something special to it idk }

Allen: ((get m a s h e d )))

-- -- op and there went another duplicate. The further away one.

Deak: wOW UNCOOL ]

Lavi: || rip to the duppy

Deak: so much for tHAT IDEA ]

-- -- also there seems to be a lot more scraping sounds than before

Junior: duppy } Junior: ....uh...

Smolma its getting harder to keep moving

Junior: why are the scraping sounds getting more numerous?

Allen quickly learns how to skate without skates. Brrr, btw

Lavi: || got lazy

Deak just gonna not die through that pain and being crushed a fourth or fifth time he forgot

Lavi: || didn't wanna write it all so duppy

Deak: Let's go, just move.

Junior: ...I'd say... Junior: Lets move fast

Deak turns the corner and just,,, moves fast

Smolma his entire body begins to tremble

Deak: That's... probably a smart idea.

Smolma small shards of ice begins to grow on his skin

-- -- btw that more numerous scraping sound is on Lavi's/Nea's/Allen's/Alma's side too

Junior follows behind fast Junior: I have my moments

Deak snickers

Lavi is just ignoring the scraping sounds.

Nea What do you think's at the end of this?

Deak: At least now we know not to enter crypts?

Lavi is actually melting the ice with each step he takes so... Lavi More fucked up shit.

Junior: ...this isn't a typical crypt

-- -- should find Alma near another wall-mounted torch fairly soon

Smolma lavi must be in pain cause the walls and floor are covered in ice

Allen decides to just use his arms to push himself forward, using his feet to just slide. This would be kind of fun under different circumstances. He ends up tripping on lavi's footprints though so he just hops into each once instead.

Deak: Hmm, true~

-- -- Deak and Junior should be passing up a torch about now too

Smolma just chokes out a sob

Nea Your brother told me not to let you use your powers

Lavi it doesn't take too much effort to give out more heat than to use his fire. Lavi Yeah, well. Too bad.

Smolma tentitively forces himself to move again

-- -- aaaand a wall comes up just ahead of Deak and Junior

Deak: Are we able to take the torch or is it stuck?

Lavi: Alma?

-- -- the torch is stuck

Lavi calling out some more to see if he's nearby

Deak lame Deak laME x2

Junior: damn it!

Deak: .....Another wall.

Junior: Its like the thing fucking knows where we're trying to go

Smolma covers his ears as he hears that voice scream in his head

Deak slides to the ground and just stays there Deak: I'm done. Deak: I'm going to die right here, I'm not moving.

Allen just keep joggin'.

-- -- and in the place where that wall came up, another one comes up again just a little closer. And then another one after that.

Junior: Um, no, we are not giving up! Junior: I'm not letting you give up!

Lavi: || At least it's just moving walls and corridors changing and not trap doors B)

Deak already gave up

Junior: B) }

Lavi: || B)

Allen: (( 'o'))

Junior: Deak, y'can't just give up, we just go back, and try again until somethin' fucking works

Deak: I'll just be crushed like the rest of me, it's okay, I've felt it seven times anyways.

Junior: No it is certainly NOT okay

-- -- and a wall comes up from the other side they came from now -- -- woops

Junior: ......

Junior: fu

Deak lauGHS

Junior: cking Junior: shit

Deak: We're dead now.

Lavi is a little fed up and uses his flames to send a long tendril of flames ahead of him along the path. It stings a bit.

Deak just covers his face and laughs this is fine™

-- -- btw the other crypt maze should be experiencing something kind-of the same tbh -- -- walls closing in and all that jazz

Smolma op that flame barely misses alma, making him scream

Junior is just looking back and forth fuck fuck there's no other passage

Lavi stops walking because of a fucking wall Smolma ohhh hes trapped hes teapped Smolma just slowly slides down the wall and starts crying Smolma ice spikes growin all around him

Lavi

: I'm hating this place more and more

Junior just laughs a little and sinks down next to Deak

Nea is it possible to hyperventilate in someone's head becau se

Lavi rubs hands together because it's time to bring the heat. Lavi Hopefully you won't feel this too much.

Allen backs off from Lavi oh boy walls closing in

Junior: ....this is not how I pictured dying

Nea Just do SOMETHING

Smolma by now the spikes are pillars

Deak: If it helps, it'll hurt a lot?

Junior: ....it doesn't help, but thanks for the warning anyway Junior: .....d'you think that....?

Lavi FIRES A BLAST OF FLAMES AHEAD THAT'S HOT ENOUGH TO BE A LASER TBH, SO THIS IS REALLY GONNA FUCKING HURT HIM.

Junior: .......... Junior: Nevermind

Nea FUCKING HELL BUDDY

Smolma: goood thing that ice was up))

Allen WHOAH LAVI

Smolma: its so cold it withstood that blast, or else it'd be kentucky fried smol))

Junior is just gonna snuggle up to Deak's side and wait for death haha Junior: I love you, bro

Lavi and that's a really hot beam

Smolma why was there weight against his pillars?

Junior: Like one comes up, then another flush against it, et cetera } Junior: I'm not good at explaining things I guess xD }

Lavi: || But shouldn't it come down like after a few of the walls are up in front of them? Giving a fighting chance if they have some strong power? Lavi: || Like centipede-ish effect

-- --: MMMM NOPE }

Smolma: yeah having them all die by wall seems sudden))

-- --: There is absolutely a way out of this but that isn't it B) }

Lavi: || trap door >​_>​

-- --: Mmmmm close }

Deak: just accept ur fates and die like deak and junior ]

Lavi has to stop because it hurts too much and leans against the wall gasping while clutching his hands close.

Smolma bet you want alma there now nea you jerk

Nea has shoved himself as far back in lavi's head as he can Nea yeS HE DOES ACTUALLY

Lavi: || You mean, accept their fate without fighting or even thinking of their beloved older brother in their final moments.

Junior: yea that } Junior: xD }

Lavi: || You know, the brother who TOOK CARE OF YOU TWO AND NOW YOU'RE JUST IGNORING, DEAK?

Deak: yes exactly ]

Lavi: || wow, one of these days, he's gonna stop caring.

Smolma more and more of his ice begins to stab the walls and floor

Deak: wow ]

Smolma its becoming violent

Deak: i am hurt : ( ]

Lavi: || Lavi's hurt

Nea Come on, come ON! There has to be ​SOMETHING

Junior: Junior thought about it but he didn't bring it up b/c he didn't want to make things even more depressing lol }

Lavi: || mentally and phsyically B(

Deak: deak is also hurt ] Deak: also mentally and physically ] Deak: i didnt see lavi get crushed by walls seven times ] Deak: s m h ]

Junior: That was his "...do you think....? ........nevermind..." xD }

Lavi: || You're the one who kept leaving so many behind

Junior: tru }

Deak: I DIDNT THINK THEYD  ALL GET CR USHED ]

-- --: :3c }

Smolma as hes sobbing, the entire halls beginning to have spikes shoot up from the ground

Lavi: || Kit's merciless, you should've known

Deak: i should have ] Deak: s m h @ self ]

Lavi slides down the wall and curls up a bit

-- --: You know what the definition of insanity is? Doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different result }

Nea Get UP

Lavi in his possible final moments, he's hoping that Deak, Junior and Alma are okay. ( Mostly his brothers though. Sorry Alma. )

Smolma wow Smolma thanks Smolma always knew he was the one everyone would perfer died

Lavi ( At least he looks out for you and you actually appreciate him. )

Nea makes a frustrated noise

Deak stands up again and just looks around Deak: There's gotta be somethin' we can do to not die...

Smolma that may lessen since hes the one alone and no one really cares about

Junior just leans on Deak. Least he'll get to spend his last moments with one of his brothers. Both would be nice. Or, y'know, not dying. Not dying would be ni--

Smolma out..... let me out

Nea shoves Lavi back because if you one move then he'll have to

Lavi You're gonna hurt a lot if you switch with me now.

Smolma those ice shards are stabbing harder

Nea I'd rather hurt then fucking /​die/.

Smolma oh look, hes damaging the walls

Lavi Give me a moment to fucking recover from the crippling pain, ass hat, there's no way OUT THAT I CAN SEE I JUST MADE A HOLE IN THE WALL AND IT GOT COVERED BY ANOTHER WALL.

Deak: Junior, get up 'n do somethin'

Nea ​THEN LET ​ME​ LOOK

Lavi ​FINE​

-- -- @Deak/Junior the walls close in from both sides aaand... stop at the edges where the light from the torch starts

Deak: ................What.

Lavi SHOVES NEA TO THE FOREFRONT OF HIS MIND

Smolma shakily stands

Nea retakes contro-- ​/hooooly shit/ Nea curls in on himself Nea: ​FFFFUCK.

Lavi Enjoying yourself?

Deak was it

Junior: ............

Smolma holds his hands up against the wall right infront of him

Deak too hot

Lavi Get up and do something, Nea.

Deak: Hey, we're alive.

Smolma a hug pillar that dented that door way back when begins forming above his head Smolma streeetchhing down the hall

Nea presses his back against the wall and struggles (really struggles) to his feet

Junior

: We are?

Deak

: Yeah, it stopped.

Lavi still hissing in pain himself, he still feels it, damn.

Smolma that halls temp near him is wayyy below zero

Deak: We weren't crushed by walls for an eighth time! Deak: Er... well... first for you.

-- -- @Alma the walls are still coming up but they're getting partly jammed by the ice in the way

Nea clenches his jaw shut tight and starts look around for ​anything​ of use.

Deak: Regaaaaardless, let's figure out the way outta here.

Junior: ....why did it stop this time?

Smolma more ice forms to pust them down

Nea knows it's probably useless but he's not gonna just sit around

Smolma oh look, some frost touches the tips of nea/lavi's fingers thats on the wall

Deak: It looks like the light from the torch has something to do with it? Deak: At least, that's where it stopped.

Junior glances up at the torch

Smolma sHOOT THAT HUGE ICE SHARD AT THE DOOR

Lavi too bad we don't feel the cold thanks to my powers....

-- -- its not really a door its a wall lo

Nea more like his forearm, since his hands are too wrecked to touch anything right now

Deak: Maybe we can... pull the torch or something?

Junior: Maybe? Junior picks self off the floor and pulls on the torch

Smolma fine, ice forms on nea/lavi

Lavi I fucking hate this.

-- -- there's a Click and the torch moves off the wall just a little, then the wall where the torch is mounted starts sliding back to form a hall

Nea: I don't... I don't see anything.

Deak blinks

Lavi: || I don't think Nea/Lavi are near a torch xD

-- --: I did mention they'd find Alma near a torch X3 }

Deak: just conveniently put a torch there ] Deak: ;' ) ]

Smolma accidentally places his hand on torch

Lavi: || But the wall thing happened and I thought they were separated again Lavi: || like, blocked off

Smolma op it slips down

Lavi: || because of the damn walls

-- --: no the wall was ahead of where Alma was and behind where Lavi/Nea and Allen were XD }

-- --: CLEARLY I CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO COMMUNICATE }

Nea: || O Nea: || that makes... more sense

Deak: LAUGHING ]

Lavi: || I'm usually good at keeping up but gd

-- --: its probably my fault lbh here xD }

Deak: Well, lets go!

Junior shrugs Junior follows the hall what have they got to lose at this point?

Deak adventures forth

Nea somehow just now notices alma

-- -- the accidentally grabbed torch by Alma opens the pathway lol

Nea and that path. congrats kid you're redeemed in his eyes

Smolma flinches a bit at the noise. Did... it the path open again?

Lavi Grab him Lavi But let him know it's you.

Smolma tho that halls still frozen

Nea laughs a little Nea: You did it, twerp

Smolma like its covered in frost and ice shards

Lavi S i g h i n g

Smolma: ....

Nea slip slides his way over to Alma

Lavi At least call him by his name.

Nea he's just radiating relief. getting crushed sounded like a bad time. Nea: I mean-- ​Alma.

Deak it is a bad time

Nea Happy now?

Lavi but at least Alma will know that it's them now. Lavi Yes.

Deak its a very very bad time

-- -- the newly opened path is very long, but its a straight shot all the way through, until hitting a wider path in the center where the two torch walls come together. Lavi and Deak, you turn right, Lavi/Nea and Alma, left, upon reaching the wider hall.

Lavi since he'd never call Alma a twerp.

Smolma guess who locked himself up b/c of bein aloneeeeee Smolma this smol

Lavi: || Lavi and Deak Lavi: ||  U mean, Junior

Deak: lAugHin g ]

Nea: ...Kid?

Lavi: || Existential Crisis is gonna hit

Nea I think he's broken

Junior: I CLEARLY CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO COMMUNICARTE }

Lavi Let me out

Smolma just shaking and crying

Junior: communicate* } Junior: fml }

Smolma u b rite nea

Deak: U TRIED ]

Nea shoves Lavi forward again

Lavi: Woah

Smolma now hes like the coldest hes ever been

Deak stops at the wider part of the path and just sits down Deak: Wait, wait, I'm dead, slow down.

Lavi shakes himself off before crouching in front of Alma, radiating warmth because that boy looks way too cold

Junior is just gonna sit down and lean against Deak

Lavi: Alma, hey, buddy. It's just me....and the other guy. But right now it's me.

Junior: ...me too...

Smolma like his skins completely white by now

Lavi reaches out to rub Alma's arms, it cools his hands so him using more heat to warm Alma up doesn't hurt.

Nea Can't you just pick him up and go?

Lavi: C'mon, c'mon....

Junior: ....think Lavi's okay? Junior kinda didn't want to think about it but welp haha Junior here they are

Deak: He's tough, 'm sure he's fine.

Junior: Yea.... Junior is trying not to sound unsure but its not working haha

Smolma steam actually comes out under lavis fingers

Deak: Well, the sooner we move the sooner we can meet up with him again. Deak: Let's go, if you're ready?

Lavi ice shards have been melted, he's gonna grab the small and start running his ass down the damn hallway of jackassery

Nea The path is RIGHT THERE.

Lavi and by grab, he means, carry him

Junior: "the hallway of jackassery" lmfao }

Lavi: || Well it is

Smolma yup now theres just steam where ever almas touching lavi

Junior heaves a sigh

Lavi: Shit. He's never really been that cold.

Junior: I guess?

Deak gets back up Deak srry junior who was leaning on me

Deak returns to lethargically making his way to the right

Junior gets up with a wince. Really feeling that tail bone right about now tbh Junior: .......... Junior: I hear.... Junior: footsteps Junior: and Junior: hissing?

Deak: ...What? Deak: I don't hear anything?

Junior has really sensitive ears

Deak only has sensitive ears for being crushed by walls atm

Junior kind of a side effect of being an animal sometimes

Nea Can't you move any faster?

Lavi Bossy.

Junior: No, I hear it. Its getting closer.

Nea I'm impatient.

Deak: ...?

Lavi Goes for a run to a goddamn sprint since this one just wants movement, you're lucky he wants to get out of here too or else he'd slow down to a walk.

Junior moves in front of Deak protectively but he's hoping that's Lavi coming

Deak i will throw this potato as a weapon

Lavi makes it to the place with the wider hall

Junior !!!!!!!! Junior: Lavi!

Lavi !!!!!! Lavi: Junior! Deak! Lavi skids to a stop and jogs over to them, still holding on to Alma, who be steaming.

Junior: ....what the Hell are you carrying and why is it hissing

Deak flops to the ground again

Smolma yuuuppp be steaming

Junior op and down goes Deak

Lavi: It's Alma, we got separated and his powers went out of control

Junior: ...oh Junior: Okay?

Lavi: Yeah. Lavi: Also, I had to use my powers when the walls started closing in

Junior is just happy to see Lavi alive and well tb--- Junior squints

Nea Haha oops

Junior Nea what did we fucking talk about

Lavi: I'm fine now. Alma's helping, even though he's out of it right now.

Smolma oh look the walls are freezing over

Nea whistles innocently even though only Lavi can hear him right now

Junior #Betrayed Junior: ....h o l y hell its getting cold in here...

Deak: He needs to calm down.

Lavi: Alma. Alma, c'mon.

Deak: If hes gonna freeze everythin' up, get him outta here. Deak is too dead for this shit thanks

Junior rubs his arms holy shit

Smolma screw you deak peeps actually care bout you

Nea is very glad that he's wearing someone who doesn't get cold

Lavi adjusts his hold on Alma and rubs his back while quietly telling the small one that he's got him now, he's safe again.

Deak shut up, i wasnt talking to you

Smolma: wearing someone))

Junior that still sounds creepy Nea. Like some Most Dangerous Game kinda shit.

Deak control your goddamn ice, kid

Lavi slowly cranks up the heat to both warm Alma up and the room.

Nea: || skin suit.

Lavi: || Meat suit.

Deak just goes back to hanging his head

Junior: I'm just gonna stop you both right there }

Junior goes back to Deak and flops down next to him Junior: R-run into a bit of trouble on your side, did you?

Smolma you try being alone, being the one who can die and not really have an impact with his death, and considered being a liability after getting his sight stolen Smolma aka, fuck you deak

Deak fuck off brat Deak do whatever the fuck you want, but do it away from me

Smolma no you fuck off

Deak fine

Junior also, flopping down when you had a tail cut off from the end of your spine... not recommended. That hurts.

Deak gets back up and walks away the way he came

Junior: ......

Smolma thanks to lavi his ice isn't spreading, but hes still silent

Junior: Deak! Junior grabs him before he can run off

Lavi keeps trying to comfort Alma with quiet words. Lavi: || look man, I'm terrible with words, so imagine that Lavi's talking to Alma like he's one of his brothers back when they were younger and scared about something. He sounds very motherly tbh. Like gdi, Lavi, why are you such a  mom. But he's doing his utmost best to calm Alma.

Nea This group still has so many problems

Junior okay but did we survive longer than your group?

Smolma doesn't mean hes listening rn

Deak: What? It's cold here so I'm walking away. Let me go, jeez.

Smolma or that he believes anything thats being said

Deak scowls and pulls away to keep walking off

Nea not yet you haven't

Junior huffs and goes to follow dragging Deak with them

Lavi he's still gonna keep talking and kind of walking around. Lavi: || oh god, he's doing a baby bounce type shit. JFC

Smolma though hes not crying anymore, so progress

Junior: wow Lavi xD }

Smolma: thats so cute tho-))

Lavi: || He's such a mom.

Junior: tb fair tho he is the eldest of two brothers even if they're technically the same age haha }

Nea is stuck in a mom and his only other host options are out of range

Lavi: || he usually gets along with other little kids younger than them so he just moms them. Lavi: || Especially if they're orphans. He tries to make their day a little better somehow.

Nea See what I mean? One person ends up holding up the entire group.

Lavi I don't really see a place to move on from here. So can it.

Junior are you calling us incompetent

Lavi: || He's grown attached to little Alma. ); Lavi: || Gonna mom him.

Nea But you could be looking. Instead you're just being a mother hen.

Lavi glances around the room while 'motherhenning' Lavi Oh look, didn't see anything. Lavi Other than walls, and torches and a goddamn ceiling.

Nea :/

-- -- the wider hall, which is wide enough for six people or so to walk down it side-by-side, goes on for a ways. Its mostly dark, but likewise has some torches lining the path. At the far end of it, you come to a smallish chamber with a pedestal in the center. On top of it is a gleaming object.

Lavi: Junior

Junior: Hm?

Lavi: Do you smell anything around here? Wood, maybe? I'd feel better if you had a stick again.

Junior: ...what Junior: Oh Junior inhales

Lavi walking along the path, before Nea yells at him again, while continuing to quietly comfort and mom Alma.

Junior: ...mostly just old stone. Dust. You guys. Not a lot in the way of wood.

Lavi makes a frustrated sound at being told that. Lavi: Maybe the next room we come across. Lavi keeps walking down the path.

Smolma: hope they won’t need smol powers for a bit))

Junior shrugs Junior: Nothing more specific planned for Alma yet lol }

Lavi spots the pedestal. !!! Lavi: Junior!

Nea What's /​that?/

Junior tilts his head

Lavi: Come look at this.

Junior: Yeah, I see it

Smolma: yet/))

-- -- on top of the pedestal looks like a large gemstone or other. Its got markings carved into it. They look vaguely familiar from somewhere.

Lavi: Correct me if I'm wrong but, I think this might be a talisman.

Junior: Is it? Junior tilts head

Lavi looks at Junior.

Junior: Not the kind I typically use if so Junior: I mean, its similar

Lavi: It could help

Junior shrugs

Nea Are you sure we should touch it

Junior: Maybe

Lavi: Hm... Nea's right.

Nea Of course I am

Lavi: Shut up. Lavi: Not you, Junior.

Junior hums

Lavi Shut up.

Nea is laughing

Lavi: It could be a risk to touch it.

Deak yawns and closes his eye call me when u guys r done

Lavi hello mental box, ur old friend.

Junior bye Nea

Nea you know what?? screw this

Junior: It could be.

Nea jumps to Junior. he doesn't want control right now, he's just sick of Lavi's shit

Junior: It could not be. Junior um excuse u who invited u in

Lavi He invited himself

Nea I'm just going to hang out back here for awhile.

Lavi: If he gets too annoying, put him in a mental box

Junior: Did I say you could jump into my fucking head? Junior why can't I just evict him instead

Nea Don't do that.

Lavi: Our old man's mental training helped out great.

Nea I don't know where I'll go if you throw me out

Junior fucking watch me.

Lavi: Well, you could always just give him a mind smack

Nea JUMPS BACK TO LAVI

Lavi Welcome back.

Nea I don't like him.

Junior good.

Lavi chuckles and adjusts his hold on Alma, petting the small one's hair.

Junior: We could just... leave it here

Lavi frowns. Lavi: Wait Lavi: Did Deak ever eat his potato?

Junior: .............

Nea He has a potato?

Junior r we really doing this Indiana Jones shit

Lavi yes, we r Lavi you got a better idea, then say it now

Junior that doesn't actually work Lavi

Lavi We found some potatoes earlier and had a small lunch.

Nea Damn.

Lavi: Okay, fine, you don't wanna try it then leave it there or just risk grabbing it.

Nea Get it, it might work.

Lavi Deak and I aren't on speaking terms and if I ask for the potato he might eat it to spite me.

Nea ....

Lavi I know

Junior he really just might Junior whatever, he's just gonna grab it Junior YOLO

Deak: deak never moved since hes sleeping ] Deak: with his potato tyvm ]

Nea: || lazy butt

Deak: tRU ] Lavi: || diva lazy butt

Deak: w/e ur still not getting his potato ]

Lavi: || but they can B)

Deak: he'll punch u stay away ]

-- -- after grabbing the gem thingy, nothing happens. There's a flight of stairs and a door just ahead.

Deak: that is HIS potato ]

Lavi: || He's close enough in Nea's range Lavi: || Ah nvm, ur lucky stairs appeared

Junior: Don't steal Deak's potato he's the only one that never ate lol } Junior: rude af }

Deak: ye tru he didnt eat dont take his potato ] Deak: :' ( ]

Nea: || dang it deak, eat

Lavi: || then eat the damn food Lavi cooked for you so you don't keel over

Junior: xD }

Deak: no he is currently napping s m h ] Deak: and also still reeling from being crushed eight times smh who do u think u r ]

Lavi: || Drag h i m

Junior: xD }

Junior: We r not dragging Deak smh } Junior: not in that way anyway xD }

Nea: || drag him up the stairs Lavi: || either he wakes up or he's gonna get dragged

Deak: LAVI UR SO ABUSIVE ]

Nea: || thunk thunk thunk

Junior goes to pick up Deak c'mon bro time to go get on ur feet

Nea If Deak's just gonna be lazy then... I mean...... Nea jumps to the Drama Triplet

Deak get-- Deak srsly

Lavi a bit whoozy

Junior: LOL }

Nea If you're not going to use this, I will

Deak i said i didnt mind so Deak u do u im going back to sleep

Nea brushes himself off Nea: There we go

Junior: .........

Lavi: You just gotta deal with his 'I don't cares' and 'whatevers' Lavi: But let's move on

Junior: That.... works I guess?

Nea: It's a small price to pay

Lavi heads on up the steps

Deak also leave my potato alone Deak thats my only request thank u

Nea You better stay awake, if I need to jump you're gonna just flop over

Lavi: Trust me, he can also evict you like Junior and I can.

Nea Can I eat the potato Nea starts up the stairs

Deak no, please dont

Nea But I'm hungry.

Deak okay you can eat it

Junior follows Lavi

Deak im going to sleep dont wake me up or be stupid

Junior y'know its just gonna end up in your own stomach anyway Deak

Nea ...man you give up easily. Nea Pulls out the potato and just straight up bites it

Deak its not giving up, i jut dont care honestly Deak just

Lavi: Want me to heat it up for you?

Nea ! Nea: Yes, absolutely Nea tosses him the tater

Deak dozes off dont let nea kill me pls

-- -- up the stairs and through the door, you come into a room loaded full of just... stuff. Lots and lots of stuffy. Most of it shiny stuff.

Lavi keeps his hold on Alma and catches the flying potato

Junior oooooooh treasure trove

Nea: ...That's a lot of loot.

Lavi heats up the potato Lavi: Wow

Junior suddenly likes this castle a little bit more

Lavi: I don't recommend touching anything.

Nea: ...Yeah.

Junior or maybe like moderately more Junior: Why not?

Nea wants all this shiny stuff, but... Nea: Why would you touch ANYTHING in this castle?

Lavi hands the potato back to Ne Lavi Nea*

Nea: || ne

Deak: ne ]

Lavi: || nene

Junior holds up the gemstone thingy

Nea munches on his baked potato

Junior: I touched this and nothing happened

Nea: And you think we're gonna get that lucky twice?

Junior: I touched a torch and a pathway opened up Junior: I touched like four levers and it opened the big gates

Nea: .........

Lavi: Junior

Junior: Touching things is good

Nea: You know damn well what I meant Nea: This place doesn't want us to have good things. Nea: It wants us ​dead.

Junior: Inanimate objects have no concept of desires

Lavi sighs against Alma's hair. Yup, this castle definitely wants us dead.

Nea B|

Lavi: Whatever twisted asshole made this castle wants us dead.

Nea: You're a smartass, you know that right

Junior: I like that phrasing better

Lavi eye roll and continues on through the room, trying not to touch any of the nice shinies

Smolma oh look he leans a lil into lavi

Junior: but I still think you're both paranoid

Nea: It's not paranoia if you're right

Lavi rubs Alma's back while walking.

Junior goes and picks up a jeweled flagon and waves it around Junior: Oh look I'm touching a thing

Nea looks around suspiciously

Lavi: ............

Junior: and nothing

Nea Deak your brother is a fucking maniac

Junior: is happening

Lavi: || delayed reaction, perhaps, give it a moment

Smolma his tiny fingers curl into lavis clothing

-- -- literally nothing happens.

Nea: ...

Junior: .... Junior: mmm

Lavi: I'm still not touching anything in this room, it'd just weigh us down.

Junior: still waiting on that impending doom

Lavi: Junior.

Nea: It's not like any of this stuff matters in here

Junior: Hm?

Lavi: Enough.

Junior rolls eye Junior: Y'really take me for some greedy gold hoarder or something?

Lavi honestly, he's paranoid about something bad happening because he doesn't want anything bad happening to his goddamn brothers (and Nea) or Alma and his brother gives him fucking flack. Lavi is just gonna keep walking.

Junior is just gonna browse the room a bit lol bye then

Nea grumbles around a mouthful of potato

Lavi if Nea were in his head right now he'd hear some very dark thoughts.

Nea sorry man I gotta pilot your lazy bro

Lavi dark and negative af.

Nea: Let's just... Leave. Nea all this shit is too tempting

Junior also he's keeping that jeweled flagon it nice

Lavi if there's another door or some stairs in this room then Lavi's gone fromthat room.

Smolma look who has some color in his flesh

Lavi sees that Alma's regaining color and sighs in relief. At least he's getting better.

-- -- there is another door. The room beyond also has some stuff, all very nice stuff but less shiny. Lots of wood and cases and odds and ends. There's some weapons too, mounted or sitting inside other stuff

Lavi stares at the weapons. Nope, he's not going to touch them.

Nea exits the room of temptation. except this one isn't any better

Lavi it's something that could actually be helpful but more of a risk that some stupid shit will happen.

Nea: ...Some of those could be useful

Lavi: I know. Lavi keeps walking

Junior is just gonna keep browsing alone then I guess

Nea: .... Nea is weeeak. look at those weapons,,,

Lavi: I wish I had my knife on me.

Nea realizes that nothing he takes will actually stay with him. B( Smolma when hes in it again, he can make you guys weapons

Junior already added some coins and jewels to his pockets tbh... found some fancy dishware...

Nea really needs to get back to places he recognizes

Junior some rolled up papers that look costly

Smolma groans

-- -- the third room is much like the second room was, a little more rustic looking. Beyond that, the next door  leads out into the street outside.

Lavi: || There's a street

-- --: yep }

Lavi: || A ​street​?

Smolma the smols moving

-- --: Yep }

Lavi: || guess he's on the street then

-- --: Not a huge street, but a street }

Smolma but his eyes remain dulled tho

Lavi: Hey, Alma. You awake?

-- --: did u think I misspelled a word xD }

Junior found this cool dagger mounted on the wall--

Smolma shrugs a bit

Junior !!!!!!!

Lavi hugs the small.

Smolma just rests on lavi Smolma the hug feels really really nice, even if he doesn't respond much to it

Junior polished stones!!!

Nea is just gonna follow Lavi outta here. bye junior.

Junior gathers them all up and explore the next room

Lavi glancing around the street Lavi: || junior, you don't have a bag to carry all this shit omg xD

Nea looks around. everything looks the same.

Lavi: Didn't expect to see a street here.

Nea snorts

Junior: tbh he dropped p much all but the flagon and stones xD }

Nea: Really?

Lavi: || g o o d Lavi: || even tho I feel like that flagon will haunt him later

Nea: This place is ​huge.

Lavi: True. Lavi: Wait, how long have you been here?

Nea: Weeks, maybe?

Lavi: ........

Smolma: had to look up what a flagon was))

Lavi: Fuck.

Junior: Junior: um excuse u flagons carry stuff to drink in them and none of us have had a lick of water for like a day in a half at least }

Lavi uh-oh, he's looking concerned now.

Smolma they can make water Smolma you know, fire n ice elementals are there

Lavi: || As long as it doesn't have poison on the metal

Nea: I honestly wasn't expecting to find anyone else here, but I guess they got sick of looking for me.

-- -- in the street are a few smaller buildings on all sides. The street gets a bit wider after going around them. To each side, the streets bend around until you can't see down them and they disappear. Ahead is a zigzagging path up some cliffs to what looks like a Keep above.

Lavi: Nea Lavi: Recognize anything?

Nea: Huh?

Smolma: .... where....

Nea: Uh...

Lavi quietly tells Alma where they're currently at, describes it for him in detail.

Junior oh yes he hit the jackpot

Nea scratches his head and walks around while looking around

Junior fucking s c o r e Junior comes scampering out after where Lavi and the others went

Smolma hes coming back to them

Nea: I haven't explored much out here...

Junior ....uhhh assuming he can find them RIP

Lavi: Hmmm

Nea: I've just been keeping up around the tower.

Junior did not think Lavi would really go that far ahead

Lavi pets Alma's head.

Nea: And half the time I wasn't really paying attention to where I went

Lavi: .......... Lavi s i g h s

Nea didnt expect to have to remember this shit later

Junior: LA-VIII???

Lavi turns towards the doors. Lavi: JUNIOR? Lavi turns back around with an eye roll

Junior follows Lavi's voice with a grin on his face Junior is skipping tbh Junior like hardcore skipping

Smolma leans into that touch tho

Lavi is not seeing this skipping since he turned back around to look at Nea and is petting Alma's hair.

Junior um well too bad b/c he's going to skip an excited circle around you Lavi Junior: Guess what?

Lavi: You found something.

Junior grins bigger Junior: I found ​materials​

Lavi: Daggers? Lavi: Oh Lavi: O h Lavi: To make a talisman?

Junior: Mhm~

Lavi: Nice!

Junior: Not a GREAT one, but they'll do the job for now

Lavi: Whatever works

Junior: But yes I also got daggers

Lavi nods

Junior: And a small sword or two Junior which are all tied to his belt and look ridiculous all together tbh

Nea snort s

Junior but hey he's only got so many hands Junior: So I vote Junior: We take a breather

Junior: so I can make some talismans and we can all get some rest

Lavi: I'm fine with that. But we also need to hurry up and find Nea's body Lavi: He's been here for ​weeks​

Nea: It'll survive without me Nea maybe. probably.

Smolma: it'd be funny if it was in the treasure room))

Nea doesn't actually know

Nea: || because he's a gem Nea: || ba dum tsh

Junior so like you really are terrible at navigation huh

Lavi: || HAHA, Just hidden under the coins

Nea: || haha jk he's a nasty lump of coal

Junior: lmao }

Lavi: The small buildings, perhaps?

Junior nods Junior: Maybe we'll even find a bed...

Lavi starts walking towards the buildings

Junior follows but also fidgeting. Little bit excited tbh Junior just a little

Nea follows after them

-- -- the inside of the buildings, after searching a few rooms, appear to have a lot of beds. Lavi he's gonna set Alma down on one after warning him a little that he was setting him down on a nice bed. Smolma he doesn't respond Smolma there's not enough progress for that Junior is just gonna find the biggest bed and drag both his brothers to it Nea is in one of your brothers excuse me Lavi is dragged, ends up dragging Alma too bc he doesn't wanna leave him alone.

Smolma: daww that was cute lavi))

Junior then go into some mental corner or something

Nea wow okay fine im not invited Nea retreats to a 'mental corner' enjoy your unconscious brother

Junior I will thanks that's kinda the point of sleep anyway Junior: RIP Nea }

Nea: || rip in rest Nea: || shit tho that was rad af, thanks for lettin me swoop in uwu

Junior: ye I'm glad u liked it xD }