roque and inu

[4:46 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Ah, this place has a good vibe to it, doesn't it?" Roque said. This palace had a bit more light, at least... She walked them up to the table and took out her scythe. She placed it down, moving her hand away and back up to Inu's shoulder, holding both of them now. "So, you ready to hear some bad news..?"

[4:46 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

@Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[4:50 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu couldn't help but pale slightly. Ah a graveyard. He glanced over at the table before back at Roque. "..Y-yeah..?" He tensed up slightly as Roque put both her hands on his shoulders. Her hands were...super close to the bandages around his throat. He just. He just had to be calm. Everything would be ok.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:57 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"This.. I hate to tell you, but I heard Roy and Eben talking about you earlier. After the gala I was hanging around and heading back to the room, and I happened to overhear.. They said you're weak, specifically too weak to take care of yourself. They don't trust you to be able to handle yourself... That made me mad, because I know you can be better than that.. You're an adult, after all.. You may not be that physically strong, but I can help with that. But they don't trust me."

Roque sighed.

"I met you first, yeah? And I didn't hurt you then. And I haven't hurt anyone. Those other two just caught me at a bad time. I didn't hurt anyone, and they're holding a grudge because I said a few not-so-nice things.. So let's prove them wrong, yeah?"

"Your training will start tonight." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[5:12 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu frowned at that. In a way- he felt like Roque was right. But at the same time? Not? It was all complicated. He bit down on his lip, before he looked down. "Oh." He whispered. Inu wasn't physically strong...and when Roy and Eben said that they'd protect him from others maybe they meant it in a that he couldn't protect himself? Tons of thoughts swirled around in his head and he didn't know what to do.

Inu grew quiet as tears pricked up in his eyes but he brought his hand up to wipe away his tears. No. No he didn't want to cry. He didn't want too but he still felt- it still hurt? Everything felt so heavy and complicated.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[5:19 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque gave an sympathetic expression, moving her hand up to Inu's cheek. She wiped away a tear with the back of her hand.

"You can't blame them for their ignorance of your true strength. I see it, I can see your potential. And tonight you will begin to unleash it.." She took a step back, gesturing toward her scythe. "Pick it up and we can begin. It should give you a little strength boost to make us more even." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[5:25 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu let out a startled squeak as Roque touched his face he squeezed his eyes shut, tensing up before he opened them again. Ah. It. It wasn't....?

"...I..I guess..? I-I don't..I-I feel..I feel so weird about it- like-like you-you...mmmm..c-can be right but...I.." Inu pulled himself closer before he looked over at the scythe. "..I.." He slowly reached for it.

"..I.."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[5:35 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"I believe in you." Roque said and took a step back from the table. "You got this, pal." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[5:36 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu looked at Roque for a few seconds...studying her before he grabbed the scythe.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[5:45 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Well...

Did he grab the scythe...

Or did it grab him?

Red veins shot out from the scythe, first wrapping around the back of his hand, then his fingers, working its way up his wrist.

"What the fuck-" Roque's eyes widened and she took a step toward him, holding her hands out. "Stay calm- don't listen to it. It's gonna start yelling at you about now-..."

If Roque said anything else after that, Inu could not hear it. The only thing he could hear was screaming.

Screaming.

SCREAMING!

Inside of his head.

Inescapable.

"KILL HER!"

One voice on top of another, all trying to yell louder than the others, clawing their way to the top of the pile of overlapping voices.

"CUT OFF HER HANDS! NOW!"

It was hard to focus on anything else but the voices.

... And the longer he held on, the more and more tempted he was to indulge in these fantasies..

@Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[5:50 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu's eyes went wide and he let out a shriek as the red veins shot out and wrapped around his wrist. What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck- He squeezed his eyes shut tightly and tightened his grip for a second- he didn't know what to do and he brought his hands to his ears, shaking his head. Loud. Loud. Loud.

"wh-wha-" He gasped. "v-vo-voices? wha-" He took a few steps back.

...

Why was it so tempting?

"K-Kill...?"

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[6:00 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Even as he moved his hand up to his ears, the scythe was gripping on to his hand..

He couldn't let go, or drop it, or throw it.. It seemed to be taking over his mind the longer he held it.

He may not have wanted to, but he took a step forward, raising the scythe up. He tilted his head to the side, his expression of terror shifting to one of utter apathy.

"Do it NOW! Take the chance! Can't you see what she is after- MURDER NOW! KILL! Cut her head off!"

Roque looked up at the scythe, then down to Inu, a bead of sweat working its way down the side of her face. She said something- but he could only see that her mouth was moving. Any warnings- or quips- was dead silent to him.

He took one step forward, she took one step back. She could only take a few steps back before her back hit the same table she rested the scythe on originally..

She hit the table with such force that she fell to the ground, falling on to her back and quickly moving one arm up over her face.

The temptation to bring the scythe down on her in this feeble state was nearly impossible to resist. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[6:09 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu's hands were shaking violently as he held up the sctyhe and he squeezed his eyes shut. "W-wh-who-who are yo-you?" He whispered. "Why-why can't- why can't I-?" He inhaled and shook his head. "I-I don't- I don't want to k-kill anyone- I-I-" Inu felt the tears run down his face and he let out a sob.

"P-Pl-Please- pl-please let-let me g-g-go.."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[6:48 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

As he had a moment of clarity, Roque's voice finally broke through.

"You're doing so well fighting it, please just let me grab it-..." Roque began to reach up to take it-

Then the voices came back.

"NOW! DO IT NOW! IT'S SO EASY! REVENGE! REVENGE!"

(Violence and gore.. warning)

Before he could have a second to think, it was already done. The scythe was in the air, then it was through her wrist and clean out the other side..

The blood leaving the wound wasn't red like you'd expect, it was black.. A dark black liquid with a similar consistency to normal blood...

The voices were silent for a blissful moment, but that peace and quiet probably couldn't quell the thoughts going through Inu's head.

Roque sat there, still holding up her hand.. Or, where it used to be.. Her eyes were wide as her other hand shook. She reached in to her pocket with her still-attached hand.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YES! One more time!"**

"Urgh- keep-" Roque winced, shifting her weight over toward her now-good side. "Keep fighting it- just for a second so I can-"

She lunged forward, revealing a small blade in her hand. It lodged itself in the side of Inu's calf, and she instantly tore it back out again. The blade was covered in crimson, which she of course, didn't hesitate on licking.

Similar to what happened with Peregrine, when Inu could get a good look, her white pupils would be gone, replaced with solid bright red. She dropped the blade to the ground and snapped her fingers, and the voices became silent. The chaos of his mind was replaced with static, like he had entirely forgotten everything he had been thinking about.

"Cease." Roque commanded.

And everything seemed to comply. The veins receded, and the scythe clattered to the ground between them. Roque took a few ragged breaths, cupping her wrist over her chest and rolling over to protect it further. Her gasps were pained, shallow..

"Y-you.. Didn't kill me.. So... Win.." Roque said between breaths. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[6:59 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

...

As soon as Inu was able too, he dropped to his knees his eyes wide as he started panting heavily trying to control his breathing. He squeezed his eyes shut before he looked up at Roque before he backed up and gasped for air. "You-you-your-I-I-I-I-" He wheezed. "I-Ididnt-icoudlnt-roque-i" He stammered before he shut his eyes tightly. "I-Id idn't-whatthfh-"

Inu couldn't bring himself to speak-he couldn't do anything- at least- not at the moment. Inu was trembling before he let out a pained sobbed. His calf was starting to hurt but that was next to nothing when he finally saw the hand on the ground.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:08 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

The silence following was soon punctured by the crack of a crossbow firing. A bolt whizzed past Roque's head, landing somewhere on the ground behind her.

"Enough." Petrai stood in the gate of the graveyard, crossbow in hand. As soon as she had fired, she moved to reload- just in case. She pointed it to Inu, then to Roque. "Hands up, weapons on the ground. Both of you." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:12 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque only had a moment to move her head to the side of that arrow heading at it- dying wasn't part of her plan tonight..

Well, the scythe was sitting between them... And the bloody knife was dropped nearby Roque's attached hand.

Roque moved her arms out to the side, not bothering to lift them up in the air.

Well, one hand was up, anyway... On that weird table. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[7:16 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu squeezed his eyes shut and just held his hands up, not even bothering to fight back. It was all so much and he couldn't do anything else. Why was it all so overwhelming? Inu internally knew. He felt a panic attack brewing but he couldn't do anything to stop it. "I-I-Ididn..fhjgf..?"

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[7:34 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Petrai entered the graveyard slowly, crossbow still in hand. "Both of you, with me. We're going to the hospital, since you both clearly need attention. After you are healed, we will discuss what has happened here." She spat. Even though it was too dark to really see her face, her voice portrayed all the bitterness she needed it to. "Think hard about how you will present this story, both of you. I should not have to explain why the Hand of God frowns upon this sort of behavior." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:37 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Are you gonna-" Roque suddenly grunted, holding her wrist closer as her face contorted in to a wince. "- shoot me if I grab my scythe? I can't leave it out here for someone else to- have this happen." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @capisnotonfire

[7:39 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu stared at the scythe for a few seconds before he gently kicked it towards Roque. He does not wanna deal with that thing. He didn't say anything else, aside from giving a shaky nod.

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:40 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"No." Petrai said to Roque. "Not now. I will lock the graveyard gate after we leave, and you can come get it later. I am not taking you armed into the hospital." There was a joke in there somewhere, but Petrai wasn't intent on making it. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:43 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque reached out to grab it, before pausing. She huffed, pushing herself up to her feet.

"You better lock that gate good then. Without me here to step in, well.." She mumbled to herself. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @capisnotonfire

[7:45 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Inu shakily got to his feet before he pretty much went over to Roque in an attempt to support her. "I-I-I..hand- help- you-?" He mumbled. "I wanna- sorry-..."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[7:47 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Petrai didn't reply to either of them. "Both of you, with me. There's no point in having you bleed out here." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:49 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque leaned against him with a bit of her weight, not fully leaning. She didn't say anything else as they followed Petrai out.. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @capisnotonfire

[8:26 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Petrai led Roque back out to the graveyard, unlocking the gate to let her in. "Don't try anything." She cautioned. "You have ten minutes to say everything you need to say." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[8:44 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Yeah yeah, just don't try to blow my brains out with that crossbow again and we should be fine." Roque mumbled as she stepped inside.

She walked up to the scythe and sat down in front of it, crossing her legs. She flexed her fingers before she picked it up, resting it on top of her knees.

She closed her eyes and tightened her grip on it, and the scythe began to move and flow, nearly pulsing. It then disappeared, and she put her hands together in a praying motion. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[8:59 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Petrai watched intently, keeping her crossbow aimed at Roque. She didn't quite know what was going on, but she didn't like it. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:29 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Any speaking that they were doing seemed to be purely in Roque's own head.. So Petrai really wasn't going to get much context.

This went on for no less than nine and a half minutes.

Roque flinched for a moment before opening up her eyes.

"Okay." She said, craning her head to the side to look back over at Petrai. "I'm good now. So how you going to go about taking my precious little staff to its mystery location, hmm? I don't think gloves will be sufficient." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:34 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"We have cases to transport weapons." Petrai stated, like this was the most obvious thing in the world. "I assume this means you're giving up your scythe?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:42 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Yeah. My powers should linger on for the next few days though, so... Things might not change too much for me." Roque shrugged. She held her hand out and the scythe formed again. "You gonna bring that case out here? Maybe I should hold on to it and put it down in its resting place." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:43 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"We'll go back to the hospital, where I'll leave you with the guards, and then we'll get the case." Petrai said, and turned to leave back to the hospital. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:53 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Ugh.. Don't leave me with the smelly one." Roque huffed, twirling her scythe around as they walked back to the hospital. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

roque and peregrine

[4:25 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

...

Roque walked out of the chapel and in to the graveyard.

"There, now when you drop dead it'll be a short trip." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:29 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine still could not breathe but he was taking it on the chin. He raised his brows and widened his eyes in mock terror, then slapped a hand to his cheek in even more mocking surprise.

(peregrine is on 13HP)

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:30 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

".. why are you like this. You're gonna actually die, you know." Roque grumbled as he did all that. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:36 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine was taking it in his stride. He shrugged playfully and wandered around the graveyard as if meeting his new neighbours. He should not be taking it in his stride.

(peregrine is on 7HP)

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:39 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"You're a freak." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:40 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

And there it was. He took a sharp breath, forcing it to merge with his little smug laughter. "Oh darling, you of all people should know we wouldn't get very far if we weren't."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:45 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"If I really wanted to, I could put you back under and you'd be unconscious before you can even fight back." Roque said. "If I were you, I would have been fighting me. You're not just weird You're.. dumb." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:47 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine just laughed. "People like dumb, where I am. They're not interested in conversation, or learning, they just want their touch of the Angel and they want to feel good about it." He shrugged with one shoulder. "Well, I'm not you. I find that there's far more benefit to being a lover than a fighter. I've tried both sides and only one's gotten me this far."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[11:36 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"I find dumb extremely irritating. As I'm sure you've noticed." Roque grumbled. Was this guy just gonna follow her around indefinitely? What did he even want? "Well, now you're at a tournament. I don't think being a doormat is getting you anything but stepped on. But I'm guessing you're in to that kind of thing anyway.." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:15 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine walked around the graveyard, plenty content to disrespect the dead as he glanced at the graves and nudged the stones. "True, true, but really I'm just here for the entertainment value. I don't exactly intend to win, never really have." He flashed her a grin. "But I'm sure that's all you want, darling. I bet you want to win more than anyone else here. And you really think your blood control-" Peregrine held his hands up and waggled his fingers like a witch. "-is going to get you there. Are you just going to bite your opponent and control them into losing?"

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:20 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque didn't care too much about the headstones either, content to lean her ass right against one of them.

"I don't just want to win, I'm going to win. I don't lose." Roque said. "And yes, I'm fairly confident in my ability to do just that.. I've already gotten quite a bit of blood from dear Ryu, and it just so happens that she's my opponent.. I'd say that I've already guaranteed my win. Though I wish I hadn't wasted my time on getting someone's blood who's as expendable as you." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:23 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

"It is always the overconfident ones," Peregrine mused, stifling his laugh - but that just seemed to make it more obvious, even more grating than usual, which was probably the point. "I see, poor little Ryu. Maybe I'll step in, give her a little warning when I next see her." With his foot, he nudged another headstone, then just resting his foot on top of it. "I'll give it to you, most people hardly think I'm expendable. My dear friend Otto has kept me around long enough to hammer in that I'm his greatest prize. What a life you must live if you find the Angel boring."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:28 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"I doubt Ryu is dense enough to not realize I gained something from biting her seeing as I was so insistent on it. Go ahead and tell her, she's already got one foot in the grave.." Roque paused for a moment, humming. "A shame that we have to fight, we are wife and.. wife..? After all."

She wagged her fingers back at Peregrine, showing off the dazzling green ring on her left hand.

"Greatest prize, huh? He must have a shitty gallery for you to be the best thing in it.." Roque rolled her eyes, going back to crossing her arms. "My life back home is much more exciting than it is here. I've fucked less people, done less drugs, and made less money here than I do every five hours back home. It's almost ridiculous how boring it is here. And you're nothing more than an annoying little fly that won't leave me alone until I can squash you." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:35 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

"From where I am, what most people want from everyone is sex," Peregrine said plainly. "Or from me at least. All their schemes just add up to that and then when they have it, well, no more schemes. So, really, you are quite the delight, a rarity. What most people want is just a stepping stone for you." He then spoke dryly, shimmying his foot on the grave as if to wear down the stone. "Quite fun. Can't wait to do see what you do next."

He barely spared the ring a glance, scoffing. "How boring," was all he had to say about it.

"Most of his gallery are poor little strays. I'm the only one who's been able to stick around for long, and I'd be the only man too, if I weren't the Angel. You could say I'm his favourite." Peregrine took his foot off the grave and stretched his arms up. "You can try squash me - and I'll play with the fly metaphor for a little while, since those little things fly so very fast and manage to live longer than we'd permit them. I'm sure plenty feel the same about me."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:41 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Being the favorite bitch of a pimp really isn't as much of a flex as you think it is, birdy. And a fly metaphor isn't supposed to be becoming. But I guess you'll make anything into a weird fucking compliment.." Roque said. "I'm surprised this Otto guy even let you go. I'm sure having his greatest prize get damaged would be quite devastating.. If you get much uglier I think even the most desperate of men won't be able to keep it up when they see your face." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[4:57 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine's cackle rippled. "He's an actor, as his main job. Not so much a pimp as somebody sharing a cigarette. Besides, if I turn anything into a compliment, then nothing can truly hurt me. Considering how you responded when I oh-so kindly talked about you, that might be a lesson you should try to learn." Once again, he moved around the gravestones and gently kicked one.

"He didn't exactly let me go, really, I just went off without warning. Left a little note for him though." He smirked at her- was it a threat, really? - and shook his head. "As long as I have the wings, I don't think anyone will care. And I'm not just for men, darling. I find that women tend to like people they pity anyway." Copying Roque when she'd shown off the ring, he waggled his fingers back at her.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[8:11 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"A pimp can have a side hustle. Doesn't make him any less of a douche." Roque mumbled. She knew she wasn't going to get through to him. Or make him stop being so annoying. "And I don't need to learn any lessons, I've got it figured out. Much more than you."

She hummed, tapping her heel against the grave she was leaning against.

"And boy, if I were Otto.. I'd be pretty mad that my favorite bitch up and left. I'd have to punish him for crossing me like that. Just to make sure he doesn't even think about doing it again." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:23 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

"You're one to talk, aren't you?" Peregrine cackled a little. "Uh huh, sure. And yet your reaction to me kindly offering advice was to try to kill me. I think anger management might be a good first step, darling." He continued to circle around the stones, growing closer.

"My my, projecting are we? Or do you just like to imagine what people do to me? You're as much a voyeur as our friend Petrai." Another annoying cackle. "I've already 'up and left' Otto once before, for a younger woman, even. Well. A woman younger than him. A woman my age, to be more accurate. My dear fiancée, in fact."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[8:32 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"I wouldn't ever describe your tone as 'kindly'. If I actually needed anger management, multiple people here would be dead. I didn't even kill that bastard that cut my hand off in this very location last night." Roque said. She slowly turned her head to keep in line with his circling. He was like the world's lamest and least intimidating shark. "I won't lie. Shoving something in your mouth to get you to shut up isn't unappealing to me. But I don't think I could stomach bringing you to bed in the first place."

She tilted her head as he spoke so casually about leaving.

".. And did he just accepted you back with open arms after that? That's the only reason I could imagine you'd do it again." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:38 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine chuckled more, continuing to walk around, only getting closer to Roque. "How tame. I thought someone like you would have something much more entertaining up her sleeve." He tsked, smirking. Trying to get under her skin. Maybe further. He then fake-pouted as she continued, just about stifling his amused laughter. "No? You really couldn't stand having me under you, silent? My body a canvas for all your pent up rage? I thought you were a fan of blood, and control. It seems we're both just doing it for show then." He stopped, a few gravestones away from where she was, having some sense to put space between them, if it would ever help.

"You really want to hear more of my tragic backstory? Honestly, I thought it would bore you to hear what I have to offer. You haven't been interested in much else, after all."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:11 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"If I got the chance to do what I really wanted to do to you, I'd be kicked out of the tournament and you'd be here forever." She gestured to a random grave. "I like to know people's 'tragic backstories' because it makes them much easier to manipulate. But I think you're so stupid you've become immune to it, somehow." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[12:56 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine chuckled lowly. "I'm sure, darling." He traced a circle with his finger on the tombstone, humming lightly. "Without me, Otto only had his normal strays, no Angel. And well, when I partnered up with my fiancée, even before we were engaged, everyone else lost me too. So when I became a free agent again after her disappearance, they were all so willing to let bygones be bygones if it meant they got their Angel back. And besides, who else was I going to go to but Otto? Not like I had any other choice. He was nice enough to not take advantage of that." Are you sure about that? Peregrine smirked at the statement. "He even offered to pay for private detectives to find her, shows you he cares."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[7:54 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

".. uh huh." Roque said. This guy was deluded. Beyond saving. She stood up and began to step away. Peregrine was probably going to follow at her heels anyway. "Why didn't you just go free or something? I feel like you made probably the dumbest choice you could have." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:30 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine did indeed follow, how predictable. He laughed out loud, maybe putting it on a little bit just to show how hilarious he found that idea, and shook his head. "It wouldn't be freedom if I was alone. Come now, darling, I thought you'd understand that. Though maybe I misjudged you. Maybe you are just a lonely little soul~" Peregrine walked like a dancer as he followed, humming to himself. "No point to it. Waste of time. What's the point of being the Angel if nobody's there to watch you soar?" What a totally normal not mentally ill sentiment to have.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:43 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Stop trying to psychoanalyze me." Roque grumbled as she sped up. "Leave me alone."

Roque stomped one of her feet as she stepped, and Peregrine's mind went blank.

"Trip over that rock in front of you and break your leg for me. And make it look like an accident, won't you?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:47 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

"Oh but it's so fun to see you squirm and throw tantrums when I hit too close to hom-" Peregrine stopped in his tracks as Roque stomped his foot, then he continued walking, his mouth beginning to open and- there he fucking went, over that rock. He couldn't hold the yell of pain back but forced it to slowly become laughter as he clutched his leg like he was going to try to... fix it or something. Somehow. Man and their audacity.

(peregrine is on 4HP)

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:12 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque gasped dramatically, moving her hand up to cover her mouth as she turned sharply on her heel back to face him.

"Oh, you poor thing.. let me help you." Roque cooed and stepped over to him. She knelt down, loudly hitting her knee against the ground. "Why don't you try to put some weight on it? I can help you get to the healers if it's super serious. Would hate to see you suffer."

"I knew birds had fragile bones so they can fly, but this is pretty pathetic, I gotta say." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[6:22 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

@soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:20 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

"Poor? Me? Never." That was the issue he had with that, huh? He forced more chuckles as Roque spoke to him. "I'll be perfectly fine-" He would not be perfectly fine. "-and my wings could do with more than a stretch anyway. Not like Petrai was my biggest fan anyway." His head lolled backward as he laughed, maybe a bit more... deliriously. "What a day we've had together. Not my usual way of bonding with strangers though." As Peregrine spoke, he forced himself to sit up, dragging his leg up with his hand. He just smiled at Roque's little taunt and gave her an amused look. Man.

(peregrine is on 2HP)

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:09 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Oh, you just don't know your limits.." Roque pouted and stood up, clicking her boot against a stone as she did. She held out her hand. "Let's get you to the healers, mmkay? Make sure you really step hard on that broken leg.. With no support. I think that would help a lot." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[9:14 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Perhaps Peregrine had more to say but I guess we'll never know, because as soon as he stood up, he yelled in pain and then collapsed on his face in the dirt. Conked out. Splat on the ground. Roque was very correct. :splat:

(peregrine is at -5HP)

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:17 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque moved her hand to cover her mouth again, looking all around the area. Didn't seem like anyone was actually around..

But she knew that wouldn't last long. Someone always had their eye on her.

She knelt down beside Peregrine and, with one hand, felt for a pulse, and with the other, waved it around frantically in the air as if she was trying to get some omniscient being's attention.. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:21 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Someone did have their eye on Roque. Someone who was now looming in the graveyard's gateway, a sour expression on her already-sour face.

"Was he truly pathetic enough to trip over a grave," She kept her gaze on Peregrine. "Or is there something I missed?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[9:24 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque was still crouched down next to him, but moved her hand away from his neck. She slowly turned her head back to look at Peregrine, her expression fairly neutral, if not slightly pissed off.

"He was pretty intent on following me around and bothering me all day. I bet he could hardly focus on anything else." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:32 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Petrai didn't believe any of that in the slightest. She glared at Roque for a moment longer, then approached Peregrine, lifting him up by the shoulders.

"Well, come on. He's got to go to the hospital now." She sounded entirely displeased with the idea of having to take Peregrine to the hospital, and with habving to speak with Roque at all. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[9:35 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Yeah, he broke his leg pretty good on that rock, I think. Then he kept trying to walk on it." Roque said, standing up and moving her arms behind her back. "Did you see me playing the organ? I was pretty good, wasn't I? I took your advice about writing my feelings out on the sheet, really made me feel a lot better." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:38 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Unfortunately for you," Petrai frowned, "My abilities don't register sound." Her tone made it clear she didn't find this unfortunate at all.

She continued to glare at Roque. "I cannot safely move an unconcious body to the hospital on my own. If you don't help me move him, I will assume you complicit in his injury." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[5:18 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Yeah, yeah, I'm getting there." Roque said and stepped over to Petrai. She helped to lift up Peregrine on one side. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:06 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

As Roque lifted up Peregrine, Petrai began leading them both towards the hospital, without another word. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:18 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Roque went along, also silently. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

juno gets melted

[7:21 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

...

Madeline was lingering around the graveyard, eyeing the path to the hospital.

[7:26 AM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine had decided that there was no time like the present to start bragging about his success, and why not take in the sights of the island whose master he'd bedded? And, as well, why not pay thanks to the unfortunate wife who had stepped out of the way at the right time for Peregrine to swoop in? Unhinged thought, I know. Plus, Roque had made him eat shit here, what a place to go to relish in how far he had gotten when she had not? So, he practically strutted toward the graveyard, not making a beeline but rather letting his wandering take him in that direction.

And when he spotted Madeline nearby, a grin broke out over Peregrine's face.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[8:00 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Madeline was pacing back and forth on the path, effectively blocking the way for anyone trying to get to the hospital from this direction without going by her. She was wearing something a bit different than usual- a thick, all black top, with pants to match. It still seemed a bit sparse for the climate, but her usual attire seemed lacking as well.

She paused her pacing to look over at Peregrine, her neutral expression shifting in to pure annoyance- leaning toward rage. There was something dark in her gaze.

"You'd be best to stay there and come no closer." Madeline said, her voice deep and gravelly. "You have explicit orders to not speak to me or Albanes for the rest of your time here." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[8:07 AM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine grinned as soon as Madeline's eyes met him and he leaned against his hand, gasping in mock shock. "Threatening me? After I gave your god one of the better nights of his life, twice? Tsk, tsk." He continued to approach. "Explicit orders, hm? You can ask Yeonaixho how good I am at following orders... when I want to, that is." He winked, then waved his hand to dismiss the notion of following Madeline's orders.

Then he grew a shit-eating grin, that practically screamed 'he just had a terrible thought and the world has to hear it'. "Darling, please, Albanes may just have to get used to me. I may be her new stepdaddy."

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[8:19 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Madeline didn't move from her spot on the path, though she was anxiously leaning from side to side.

As Peregrine spoke, saying things that would have usually sent her in to a stuttering, embarrassed mess, her glare only intensified. Dark veins began to spread up her neck on the right side, crossing up over her jaw.

"This is your last chance to turn around." Madeline said. Strangely- the sleeve on her right side wasn't cropped off, and there seemed to be something in it to give it shape. Her right arm moved up to point at Peregrine- a gloved hand pointed back down the path he came from. "If the last thing I ever do with my powers is melt you in to a pile of formless mush and feathers, it would be a fitting conclusion. You are not speaking your filth to Albanes. Not while I'm still standing." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[10:07 AM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine tilted his head, entertained. "Well, at least my feathers would stay intact," he mused as he brushed the top of his wings. A totally normal thing to respond to such a threat. "And I suppose that when I next see Albanes, I'll have to make sure you're sat down." His grin persevered, perhaps only grew, despite clearly being in dangerous territory. It was where he thrived, really. "What will I be to you, then? Your father in law?"

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[10:42 AM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"You'll be my prey." Madeline said and suddenly charged at him. She moved strangely- her legs bending back at odd angles, her torso moving back and forth without much reason- so much so that she might as well have lost all of her bones. Regardless of that, she struck out toward Peregrine at a lightning-quick pace and reached her arms out toward him.

Despite her distance away from him, her arms reached out far, stretching oddly. After they extended past the ends of her sleeves, it was clear that both of her arms had taken on that malicious sludge.

Her hands reached out toward Peregrine, and around him- toward his back. Her hands wrapped around his wing, crushing and burning feathers away where they touched. An awful odor emanated from it- like hair that got burned off.

The acidic liquid burned down to the bone, leaving a hand-shaped mark on both of them, surrounded by a smoking black edge.

"I guess your feathers won't be spared either." She didn't release him, maintaining her grip on his wings as she pulled him in closer toward her. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[3:11 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine didn't panic until he realised her target, and he tried to wrench himself away from her too late. "Not the w-" He interrupted himself with his yell of pain, his wings desperately fluttering as her hands held fast. They bent and curved, almost unnaturally, in their attempts to escape and Peregrine himself curled backwards to try escape, his eyes wide and wild and terrified.

As the rest of him tried to get as far from Madeline as he physically could, his hand had a different idea and struck out blindly, trying to grapple at her face but never coming close. "GET OFF THEM!" After his pathetic attempt at attacking back panned out, Peregrine's first instinct of retreating - trying to - came back in full force, his feet scrabbling backwards, wings flapping hysterically, hands trying to pull Madeline off of him.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[3:17 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"Oh, now you get it." Madeline chuckled and maintained her grip. The sludge was moving out from her hands, eating up more of his feathers the longer he took to free himself. "Yeonaixho isn't very good at fixing wings, I've heard. You'll be lucky if you leave this looking any better than a plucked chicken."

"You'll be so ashamed I suppose you'll have spend the rest of the tournament in hiding, nursing your wounds.. Much too ashamed to try to harass my dear Albanes anymore." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[3:31 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

The crack of a fired crossbow would interupt Madeline's words as soon as she had finished saying them. Mere seconds later, she'd feel the sharp, swift impact of a crossbow bolt burying itself in the slimy, rotting sludge of her shoulder.

"Enough!" Petrai shouted as she entered the graveyard, Yeonaixho at her side. The Hand of God advanced towards Madeline, not yet interfering but not showing signs that he wouldn't. Petrai, meanwhile, reloaded her crossbow.

"Madeline, get off him." He ordered, far colder than Madeline or Peregrine would've ever heard him before. "I do not know what has sparked this grievance, but this is not appropriate." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[3:39 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine didn't waste his energy on words, continuing to writhe in Madeline's grip to free himself. One hand tried to wrench hers off and the other was beginning to try scoop the sludge off of his feathers, anything to stop its advancement.

He tried to duck away at the sound of the crossbow, because he knew what had happened last time one of those was involved - but once he realised that he was not its target, he couldn't hold back his glimmer of a smile. It disappeared shortly, but fizzled delightfully in his eyes as Yeonaixho spoke second. Yes, he was terrified for his wings' sake, and he was still trying to wriggle free, but Madeline could see that underlying glee from watching someone else be in trouble for once, and she could see him already working out what he was going to say to metaphorically wriggle his way out of trouble.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[3:48 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Madeline didn't react to the sound of the crossbow, being focused entirely on Peregrine and his stupid face. She only moved once the bolt had embedded itself in her shoulder. She screeched, the arm attached to that shoulder slumping to the ground. She tossed Peregrine away with her other arm, moving her normally healthy, but now sludge covered, hand to cover her shoulder.

She kept her gaze on Peregrine, glaring further as she saw him manage to smile. She didn't look over at Yeonaixho or Petrai.

"Don't try to stop me. This is what I'm made to do." Madeline laughed again. "All this time.. I spent hating myself, hating my powers, fearing them.. But it just feels so good to use them on someone who deserves it. This is right." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[3:59 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"This isn't right, Madeline! This isn't what you've been taught!" Yeonaixho put a hand over Peregrine, trying to move him out of Madeline's grasp. "What would Albanes think if she saw you like this? Do you think she'd be proud that you're killing someone on her behalf? Do you honestly think that she'd want this, for you to defend her honor to the point of destruction? Do you honestly think she'll take you in after this?"

He reached his hand over to Madeline's arm, ignoring the searing burn when he touched her. He tried to push her away. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

[4:22 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Huh, looks like not everything is peace and love on the island. Peregrine let Yeonaixho move him, stumbling backwards and taking a seat against one of the gravestones as he quickly brushed out his wings, trying to get rid of the acidic sludge that had stuck fast to his feathers. While he did that, he glanced up at Madeline and, though he didn't say anything, he smiled mischievously and licked his lips, eyes flickering over to Yeonaixho and eyebrows raising suggestively.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[4:43 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Madeline kept on glancing between Yeonaixho and Peregrine. She looked at both of them with equal disdain at the moment, both of her eyes dark and uncaring. It was clear she was hearing Yeonaixho's lecture, as after each sentence, she'd huff, and puff, and shake her hands out.

Her huffing was getting increasingly more exasperated and irritated as he continued on and on- but she never opened her mouth to speak back to him.

She let out an exceptionally loud huff as she saw Peregrine make bedroom eyes over at Yeonaixho midway through his lecture, but that didn't set her off.

Do you honestly think she'll take you in after this?

Something in her expression snapped. Her head quickly turned to make direct eye contact with Yeonaixho, if he were to have any left. Her arms began to violently shake- first just a little, but as he touched her, it turned in to full blown tremors.

(General violence tw for the rest of this)

The sludge of the shoulder he touched enveloped his hand, burning away the skin easily.

"Albanes may hate me. But I'm doing this for her. She'll understand, in time." Madeline glared.

She suddenly kicked him in the shin, sending him stumbling down to his knees. As he was falling, she moved her right hand in a lightning quick motion up, straight through his ribcage and out his back. She laughed, a deep and sinister laugh, as she held him up by that makeshift hook through him. Her laughter got louder and louder until it could have been mistaken for screaming.

"You're no better than I am. At least the person I'm seeking to prove something to is still ALIVE!" She yelled as she raised up her left hand. She shot her hand forward, slimy fingers gripping on to his face and beginning to melt through it.

"You and your plans- I spend my entire life hating myself, wishing I never even existed, but you- you get praised, worshipped, all because you chose to have godly powers. I was never that lucky." She cursed as she yanked back the arm impaling his chest, letting him collapse to the ground. As he fell, she removed her other hand as well, turning around toward Peregrine before she could see what had become of Yeonaixho's face.

She stepped away from Yeonaixho's lifeless body, the same look of murder in her eyes as she stared down Peregrine. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:14 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

[more general violence/gore]

Though Yeonaixho had known this was coming, he still screamed as Madeline tore through him, at least, he did until his vocal cords and tonguehad melted away. When Madeline threw him back, he momentarily braced himself on a nearby grave. Yeonaixho used one hand to steady himself, and the other to catch the melting remnants of his jaw. Though he could not speak, he stood for an aching moment, terror and rage and grief distorting his features nearly as much as rot did.

He remained standing for far longer than a normal, mortal man would've been able to, holding on to the last vestiges of strength that his body held. He could not hold on forever- achingly, painfully, he collapsed backwards, his body nearly nearly folding in on itself as his spin disintegrated into ash.

Yeonaixho's very last moments were spent coughing up blood, ichor and anything that might've been left in his digestive tract, though there wasn't much of that left either. As his face and body began to disintegrate into a pile of mush that could only generously be described as a corpse, he collapsed forward, succumbing fully to his own decay.

Petrai, who'd been lingering at the graveyard's gate, moved to shelter Yeonaixho's body. She shed her thick coat from her shoulders and held it in her hands. Instead of showing any reaction she simply... stared at him.

[from this point on: body horror tw]

It only lasted a moment. A few minutes of silence, at the most. That was the entirety of the time Yeonaixho spent in the state of a rotting corpse. Madeline hadn't even been able to kill him for five minutes.

He rose from his fetal position slowly, like waking from a deep slumber. He did not waste time- letting his organs regenerate as he stood. Whole-and-partially rotted organs were replaced by unnervingly fresh ones, bone grew from nothing to restructure his flesh. Even his hands had rotted away, yet those, too, were becoming new. As his skin regenerated, so did the intricate, spiralling tattoos covering his torso.

From the inside-out, Yeonaixho remade himself, and he did it perfectly. By the time he was on both feet, his face was reforming- a new jawbone, perfectly unscarred lips. His nose arched exactly the same, his eyes the same cloudy, haunting blue. He'd even remade the scars that graced his under-eyes, just as symmetric as they'd been before.

Yeonaixho's regeneration ended with his open chest being sealed shut, and a first breath being exhaled. His new skin wasn't red like a newborn's, but luminous gold, sparkling in the dimming evening light. Almost like an optical illusion, a faint halo could be seen orbiting his head. He braced himself on the grave he'd crumbled over, and took in laborious, heavey breaths.

Wordlessly, Petrai draped her coat over his shoulders, which he graciously accepted and wrapped around his exposed body.

It took him a while to speak, but when he finally did, the first word articulated by those newly-generated vocal cords was, "Madeline..." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[5:18 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

(nsfw, kinda necrophilia mention?)

"Oh what the fuck," was the first thing Peregrine said, then he scrunched his face up. "Did I fuck a corpse- gross." Priorities, man. He scrambled away from the trio, not particularly wanting to be around them but not wanting to leave either - if Peregrine was something other than the Angel, he was a nosy little bastard. And perhaps a little bit vengeful, because he really wanted to see what happened to Madeline after she had dared touch his wings.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:41 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Madeline paused her stalking toward Peregrine when she saw something happening with Yeonaixho. She froze in her place, her dark eyes reflecting back the glowing yellow light.

"Urgh- of course you can't die." Madeline grumbled. She rose a hand to throw at him again. "I don't want your help anymore. I found my purpose, and its not moping around here, being hated and hating myself. Let me maim Peregrine some more. He deserves it." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:47 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Stay put." Petrai ordered Peregrine as he began to slink off.

"No one's maiming anyone." Yeonaixho stated. He still braced himself on the tombstone, and was visibly shivering from the cold. "Regardless of whether Peregrine deserves anything- which he doesn't- now is not the time for punishment, nor are you the one to carry it out." He scoffed. "Let's get to the hospital. Peregrine, I'll treat your wings. Madeline... we'll speak later." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[5:53 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

"What, and let her maul me?" Peregrine huffed, though his voice betrayed his terror and he did, in fact, stay put. Only because he liked to hear Yeonaixho defending him - he must have been good, in that case - though the promise of his wings being treated made staying worthwhile. "Yes, let's, anywhere is better than here." He smirked to himself, thinking of something to say that would set Madeline (and probably Petrai) off, but didn't say anything more because he really didn't fancy getting maimed. Again.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:56 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

"He's not going to the hospital. That's why I did all of this-" Madeline huffed and shifted her hand toward Peregrine instead. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:58 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Yeonaixho sighed, and pressed a hand to Madeline's forehead, pushing her into unconsciousness. He caught her as she slumped forward and handed her off to Petrai, who held her in an awkward position as to not touch her arms.

"Alright. If that's all of that." Yeonaixho said, his bitterness evident in his tone. "I think we can get on to the hospital now." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[6:02 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

As Madeline moved, Peregrine folded his wings tightly against his back, trying to force them to be fully hidden but they were fucking massive so that did not work - so he was quite relieved when Yeonaixho stepped in. "People really just have it out for me, my Lord," Peregrine fake-whined, trying to stifle his little smug smile. "Aren't I lucky to have someone so powerful and divine to stop them?" He never turns off rizz mode ig.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[6:05 PM]Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline:

Thankfully for everyone, Madeline's sludge arms disintegrated as she fell in to unconsciousness. Her right was entirely gone, as usual, and her left remained in tact and fleshy. The various gunk staining her clothes didn't go away, however it was hard to see against her pure black outfit. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[6:08 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Yeonaixho ignored Peregrine's whining, and set off towards the hospital. Petrai followed, carrying Madeline. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

[6:09 PM]soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻:

Peregrine huffed, annoyed, and followed. Would it kill Yeonaixho to flirt back? 💔

eli and petrai

[12:57 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Eli let out a heavy sigh and stared at the graves. He buried his face into his scarf as he shut his eyes tightly. Despite the stormy weather and cold he was feeling...fine. He crossed his arms over his chest tightly as he walked over to the table, before he gently touched it. How long had he been oblivious to everything around him? Just how long?

"..." Eli looked up at the sky, squinting slightly. Seems like the storm will be here for awhile, huh?

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[12:58 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Evening, Eli." Petrai greeted as she entered the graveyard. She was still only wearing the simple outfit she'd half-stolen from Peregrine, but she seemed to be doing fine despite the cold. She didn't fully enter the graveyard, but lingered by its entrance, her wings folded neatly behind her back. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[1:04 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

Eli jumped slightly and turned to look at Pertai. "...Pertai.." He said softly. "...I..heard everything on the...the announcements..." Eli frowned slightly. Eli looked at the ground, kicking at it.

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[1:06 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Everyone did." She shrugged. "Well, at least, I heard most of it. I was knocked out about halfway through. Your father's gotten himself into a bit of trouble, hasn't he?" @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[3:10 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

"...How long did you know?" Eli asked softly. "Why did you hide it from me?" He looked up now. "She- I- I hardly-....I..." Eli clenched his fists. "...She..she wants to stay dead...doesn't he...get that..?"

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[3:15 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"I've known since the start. Since before the start, long before you came here." Petrai sighed. "This plan has been long in the making."

"You never knew her, Eli. Neither, I doubt, did Ryunoske." She said. "I'd advise you to not make such assumptions. Regardless, that matter of her desire ultimately is between Yeonaixho and Jymaiyri." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[4:19 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

"But- Ryunoske said-" Eli cut himself off before he shook his head. "...I haven't even been doing my job here. I'm supposed to be a guard and protect people here and I haven't done that." He sighed.

"...Why haven't you yelled at me for it? I'm sorry- I'm being stupid aren't I?"

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[4:24 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"I'm leaving the church." Petrai shrugged. "Fifty-one years was enough of Yeonaixho's bullshit. I'm not the only one." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[8:28 AM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

"...." Eli frowned slightly before he nodded along. He was truthfully at a loss for words. Everything felt too complicated. "Who...else?" He asked.

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[8:29 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Madeline and Albanes. Or at least, I think Albanes." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[10:57 AM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

"...Ah." Eli sighed heavily. "...I don't know what to do. I don't think- I don't think what dad is doing is right..." He shook his head. "...But to go against him..? How did you..come to terms with that?"

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[11:01 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Eli, I have hated your father for a very long time." Petrai said simply. "And besides, if I stayed with him, I'd be killed. That's a good enough motivation for me." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[7:09 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

"...Ah." Eli mumbled. ".....I don't...want to die." He looked at the ground. "...I-I wanna...I wanna help- if- if I can.."

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[7:11 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Well, find something to do." Petrai shrugged. "I'm not the person to come to if you want direction." @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

[7:46 PM]Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S:

"..Right uhm." Eli shook is head. "..See you then." And off he goes.

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[10:03 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Early in the morning, a group of guards are at work in the graveyard.

It's hard to tell in the low light, but they're hard at work, digging up the graves.

huh

[10:03 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Early in the morning, a group of guards are at work in the graveyard.

It's hard to tell in the low light, but they're hard at work, digging up the graves.

the ressurection

[8:21 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Yeonaixho led everyone out of the labyrinth, like a funeral procession. He was at the head, still holding the body of his beloved close to his chest, swaying wistfully as he walked- one step to one side, then to the other, on and on and on again. Behind him trailed a procession of mourners- each as dead as the next, each dragging along a living person- Ryunoske, Valerie, Enya, Roy, Petrai- along with them.

The sun had risen by the time Yeonaixho emerged from the tunnels, and though the cold was still biting it did not phase him. He walked over snow-covered paths, in the blinding white of winter morn, to the graveyard. Alone, he entered it, not commanding his dead soldiers to follow or release their prisoners. He alone approached the center of the cemetery, to the table, the only earth left unturned. He cleared it of the snow that had covered it, and laid Jymaiyri down upon it. He rested his hand on her chest, he caressed her cheek. “Only a while longer, my love.”

Of course, Jymaiyri did not reply. She looked blankly up into the pure white sky. The graveyard was silent, save for the crunching of snow beneath Yeonaixho’s feet whenever he moved. Why did he hesitate, when this was what he’d been waiting for? What stilled him, when this was all he wanted?

He ignored those last drudges of doubt, and got to work.

The process was simple. He’d never done it before- of course, no one had done this before, ever, but it was simple, intuitive. He held the power crystals in a hidden pocket lining the inside of his belt, each no longer than his thumb, each gleaming in their own, vibrant luminescence. Concentrated power. They had long known that was the key- the problem always was how to get so much power in such a small container in the first place. But now, he had. In retrospect, it had been so simple.

With one hand, he held the first crystal- rainbow like an oil-spill and shimmering, almost singing as he rolled it in his hand. Roque’s sound powers, the first he’d taken. With the other hand he gently tipped open Jymaiyri’s mouth, just enough to where he could pour something inside it. He moved both hands to the crystal, repositioning it so each of his hands was on each end of the crystal, held over Jymaiyri’s open mouth.

In a sudden motion, he snapped, the crystal, as easily as if it had been made of sugar glass. Iridescent, glowing fluid dripped out of the crystal shard and into Jymaiyri’s mouth, as viscous as honey. Dead as she was, she did not swallow, though this did not seem to bother Yeonaixho. He crushed the shell of the crystal that remained, then pressed the powdery dust to each of her palms, her chest, her forehead.

He repeated the process. Over and over and over again. The sanguine crystal that held Roque’s blood powers, the gray, red-and-orange streaked one with Kal’s adrenaline. Pinkish-violet that held Titania’s illusion magic, black and murky green for Madeline’s rot. A bluish-green crystal that held Taisto’s shapeshifting. The silver one that was all that remained of Peregrine’s wings. The blue and yellow of Inu’s portals. The blue-gray of Hannah’s shark powers. Pink, for Ekmeros’s spellcasting. A mossy green stone that held Eben’s petrification ability. The teal-and-orange crystal that held Glass’s namesake. In steady, methodical moments, they all were gone. Used up. Reduced. All like he had planned. All, in the name of necromancy.

Yeonaixho pressed his hand to Jymaiyri’s chest, his lips to her forehead. He breathed life into her body, first- that was the easy part. He knew how to make her breathe, how to spur her heart to beat again. It was simple.

Before her body could absorb or digest the powers he’d fed her, Yeonaixho rested his hands on Jymaiyri’s body, one on her heart. one on her forehead. He got to work.

[8:21 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Jymaiyris’s body, Yeonaixho’s, the entire graveyard was enveloped in a column of light. It stretched from the ground to the heavens. It obscured everything, all Yeonaixho was doing. The pillar of light seemed to hum like a struck tuning fork, a low droning that pierced through the mind of all listening.

It only lasted minutes, when the low humming was replaced by a guttural scream. The pillar of light faded, just enough to where the source of the light could be seen. It was a figure, sitting up straight, on the stone table. Her entire body was alight, like she was made of flame. She screamed like she had never experienced such pain before- like this was her birth and death, her wedding and her funeral all at once.

As the scream faded into guttural coughing, the light did too, revealing the figure to be Jymaiyri, more alive than any had seen her before, outside of Petrai. The remaining, golden light in the air warmed her tannish-brown skin, and brightened the smile growing across her features. She threw herself over Yeonaixho, wrapping him in an embrace.

“You did it, Yeonai! You actually did it!” She kissed him, over and over again.

Yeonaixho joined her in the laughter, holding her close to him, running his hands through her hair. “I’d never give up on you, Jymaiyri. I never gave up.”

Before any more words could be said, Yeonaixho kissed Jymaiyri. It was a warm kiss, sweet and saccharine and everlasting. It was the kiss of long departed lovers, mournful and joyous all at once. It was everything.

“I missed being able to do that.” Yeonaixho confessed. “I missed you.”

“Now, we can make everything right.” Jymaiyri said in agreement.

Yeonaixho nodded, and briefly turned to the assembled crowd. “Leave. It’s over. Trust me, it’s not worth trying to protest.”

The corpse warriors dragged the contestants away from the graveyard, and only released them once Jymaiyri and Yeonaixho had already left. The corpses remained, watching over the rebels, but didn’t seem aggressive any longer.

Petrai watched as Yeonaixho and Jymaiyri left.

“He’s right.” She said, simply, disheartened. “It’s over.”

@everyone ( @expedition gang yall can reply now)

post necromancy freakout

[8:29 PM]Sauce | Roy 🌩:

To his credit, he did everything he could to resist coming here, to break against the cold grip of the dead soldiers. But he was helpless to stop any of this- and to his horror, he watched as his friends powers were destroyed in front of him. Inu’s chance at seeing his brother again literally crushed by that bastard’s hand.

He stood there in the loosing hold of the corpses, lost. “..w-we…failed everyone…”

@expedition gang

[8:44 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunoske never thought she would struggle to get out of a zombie's hold, but here she was, struggling until they were finally let go. She grit her teeth, rage seething through her veins like smoke. She should of just killed that bastard when she had the chance. It would of saved her so much trouble.

Jymaiyri was alive again, and she seemed happy. Yet, it felt disgusting to Ryunoske. The dead belong there, dead and cold and unmoving. Even gods don't decide who lives or die, yet Yeonaixho broke that rule. "That fucker..!" He grunted in frustration, smoke fuming from the corner of his lips. Ryu didn't say anything else, knowing his anger would get the better of him if he did. @expedition gang

[9:22 PM]em | enya + mallon:

At some point along the way Enya had stopped struggling—the flames crackling as they jump from her to the corpse carrying her yet having hardly any effect on what already was merely skin and bones. All she and the others can do is watch.

She’s dropped to the ground, and just barely has it in her to drag herself to a sitting position. It’s sinking in fast as she blinks against the glowing residuals of the pillar of light. They couldn’t do it. They really couldn’t do it.

The crackling of her flames is the only sound from her as she stares blankly ahead, an eerie blue glow of heat cast on the empty graveyard in front of them. @expedition gang

[7:10 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Petrai looked at the group once more, meeting each of their gazes. She seemed genuinely, actually sorry. She'd let them down. She'd let them all down.

"There's not much we can do now but gather what we can and flee. This is not the decision I wanted to make, but it seems like the decision we have all been forced into. Go and tell your friends and loved ones what happened here, and tell them to be ready to run. I'll speak to Yeonaixho, myself, and see if he would pardon us to leave without conflict, now that he's achieved his goals." @expedition gang

lightning folks and darcy

[9:10 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Darcy and Zerada made their way out to the graveyard, where the group was still lingering. Jymaiyri and Yeonaixho were long-gone by the time they arrived, and the zombies didn't seem to acknowlege their presence. "Roy!" Darcy exclaimed, waving to his friend. "Roy! Are you alright?" @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ @Sauce | Roy 🌩

[9:18 AM]Sauce | Roy 🌩:

He had moved away from the zombies now, but he seemed out of it. It was clear he has been crying quietly for a bit now.

He picked up his head at the sound of Darcy’s voice. His face was ridden with despair.

“Darcy, Zerada… I- I…”

God, what was he supposed to do? To say? He failed them, not just those without powers, but everyone.

He sobbed, “I’m sorry…”

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[9:43 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“Hey, hey, it’s okay,” Zerada immediately reassured him even though she wasn’t sure what he was sorry for. “It’s okay.” @Sauce | Roy 🌩 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:44 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"It's alright, it's alright." Darcy reassured. "Take in some deep breaths. Can you tell us what happened? Are you okay?" @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ @Sauce | Roy 🌩

[9:49 AM]Sauce | Roy 🌩:

He shook his head. “N-no! It’s not- it’s not okay- I c-couldn’t stop anything! E-everyone’s powers- they’re gone!” His voice was trembling along his his body.

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[9:52 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“Hey, hey,” Zerada stepped toward him. “I’m sure you did all that you could given the circumstances. You did a great job even trying to save the powers. I’m proud of you for that.” @Sauce | Roy 🌩 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[10:02 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"You did all you can. That's what matters." Darcy nodded in agreement. He wanted to ask more questions, but this didn't seem like the right time. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ @Sauce | Roy 🌩

[10:16 AM]Sauce | Roy 🌩:

Oh… they were so kind to him, even after he’d screwed up everything.

“Y-yeah.. let’s… let’s get outta here. Please.” He couldn’t stand being outside anymore, especially with those corpses still wandering around.

He collected himself a bit and moved to leave.

@🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[2:30 PM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“Okay, we can do that. I wouldn’t mind getting away from them either,” Zerada eyed the zombies warily. She followed after Roy. @Sauce | Roy 🌩 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[2:31 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

The zombie's didn't move as Darcy, Zerada and Roy left the graveyard. It seems their principle duty was to stop anyone from following Yeonaixho and Jymaiyri.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Darcy asked as they left. @Sauce | Roy 🌩 @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ (lets move to ⁠pathways)

[4:12 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryu didn't say anything to Roy or his party when they arrived. She simply made herself scarce, walking away in silent anger.

enya and kal

[6:39 PM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

Kal made his way here to see what the hell happened. Zombies? Fucking wild.

(I'm just putting him here for now)

[8:29 PM]em | enya + mallon:

(for whenever ur free, if ur interested in kal having an interaction here enya is free if youd like :3)

[9:40 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

(We can do that!!c: )

[2:44 PM]em | enya + mallon:

(cool! enya is just sort of sitting on the ground in shock (and also vaguely on fire) rn lol, if u wanna have kal go over to her :D)

[6:02 PM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

(Bet!!)

Spotting someone sitting on the ground, Kal headed over and took a seat beside her. He sighed.

“That’s that, huh?” He asked, ignoring the fact that she was on fire. Huh. Wild. @em | enya + mallon

[10:06 PM]em | enya + mallon:

Enya’s half zoned out by the time Kal joins her, so it takes her a second or two to actually process his voice. She starts suddenly, the flames spiking with a burst of heat before instantly shrinking as soon as she (vaguely) recognizes him.

“Shit, sorry, I didn’t— I didn’t hear you coming,” she says with a half-awkward mostly-stressed laugh. “B-But, um, yeah. I guess so.” Quietly, she adds, “I kind of thought they were just about to— just gonna kill us, to be honest.” @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[6:06 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“I kinda thought so, too,” Kal scratched the back of his head before his hand dropped down into the snow. He began to make a snowball with a slight grin. “Not gonna lie, I thought the same exact thing, especially when I was down there. I tried to be on good behavior so they wouldn’t mess with me, but- Guess it didn’t really matter much in the end.” @em | enya + mallon

[5:40 PM]em | enya + mallon:

Enya sighs, dropping her head to her knees, and her voice is slightly muffled when she replies, “I’m sorry. I just… We tried to get the powers back, we—we really did try, but…” She shrugs aimlessly, the warmth of the flames fading even more. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[9:45 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“Hey, don’t worry about it!” Kal flashed her a grin. “You guys did your best, it’s all good! I’m just glad everyone got out alive and they’re doin’ okay.” @em | enya + mallon

[10:09 PM]em | enya + mallon:

“Still,” Enya says with a shake of her head. “S’not fair to you all. If I lost my powers, ‘specially here, I don’t…… Don’t think I could handle it.” She gives Kal somewhat of a critical look. “You sure you’re really holdin’ up okay?” @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[3:40 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“Still, you guys tried your best. I appreciate anyone trying.”

Now finished with his snowball, Kal tossed it a few feet forward. He watched as it splattered into the snow with a thoughtful look on his face.

“Yeah, I think I am,” Kal slowly nodded his head. “I always had the idea that I was more than my powers, y’know? My powers are- Were adrenal manipulation, so it just made me stronger and faster. I was already all of that, so now I’m just- A bit less than that. I’m alright with bein’ a bit less.” @em | enya + mallon

[8:32 AM]em | enya + mallon:

Enya’s attention is caught by the snowball momentarily, but snaps back to Kal once he starts speaking again. His thought process is interesting to say the least—definitely not what she’d been expecting.

“That’s pretty impressive, you know,” she says finally. “Not a lot of people can think like that.” @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[10:29 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

“Really? I don’t get called ‘impressive’ when it comes to my thinkin’,” Kal chuckled. “I’ll let you in on a lil’ secret, I don’t really think.” @em | enya + mallon

[11:42 AM]em | enya + mallon:

Enya smiles faintly at that. “Well I think it is. And I think you do think, I mean, you just proved it. ‘Sides, sometimes thinking too much is worse.” Sounds like that might be from personal experience.

Now that her fire has gotten under control and faded away, she pushes herself to her feet with a grunt and offers a hand to Kal. “We should probably get moving so we make the boat in time...” @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

[4:49 PM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Too much thinking can be bad for you." Kal chuckled. That definitely was something he didn't have to deal with often. His head was very empty.

He took Enya's hand and got up to his feet with assistance. "Thanks- And yeah, you're right about that, too. I'd hate to miss the boat on out of here and get stuck here." Kal chuckled. @em | enya + mallon

[9:31 PM]em | enya + mallon:

Enya shudders slightly at the thought. “God, that sounds like a nightmare even without the fucked up creepy ass cult.” She tries her hardest not to think about the lab again, heading to the edge of the graveyard with a prickling feeling running down her spine that she can’t quite shake. “It’s cold enough here I can almost feel it for once.” @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ (we can move to ⁠boat-out if you want :3 )

[7:07 AM]🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐:

( 👍)