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Yuga hadn't really been in a building in a long time. Not one this... well kept and lively at least. He couldn't help but feel a little trapped, even though the idea of sleeping in a real bed and not being cold all the time was enticing. He kept his head low and tail hidden, as he warily made his way to the hallway with Ryunoske. He sniffed the air quietly, and could recognize the smell of some people from the docks. It seemed multiple people were going to live in each room. He frowned. Great. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryunoske looked around the building once they entered. She didn't quite know where their rooms were, if she was being honest, but she did see some people head in this direction... so she couldn't be too far off, right? "I think we're in the right spot.." Ryunoske hummed as they passed some rooms. "Oh. See, they have names and stuff on them. One of these must be yours.. Or well, I guess one of these is one of your dorms. It looks like we have to share them with people, hmm.." She said as they came up to the first room. "What's your name, buddy? It wouldn't happen to be 'Wolf', right?" Ryu chuckled. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga idly looked at the empty hallway, before walking a bit closer to Ryu as she talked to him. "No. He's a big wrresslerr man", Yuga replied and held his hand up high to show how tall Wolf Woods was. "I'm Yuga." He paused for a moment, and then asked. "Who arr you?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Huh.. A wrestler named Wolf? Must be a stage name or something.." Ryunoske commented. She looked down at the boy and smiled regardless. "Oh, cool! That means this room is also yours. You get to room with whoever this Wolf and Hannah are," she said and pointed to the names. "You can call me Ryu," Ryunoske replied. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga shrugged at the stage name comment. He didn't really know what that meant. Then he leaned to look at the names in the plaque with a small "oh?" He didn't know who Hannah was, but he could vaguely smell the two of them were in the room currently. Huh... He looked back at Ryunoske when she introduced herself, and he repeated the name, his accent making it sound like a small howl. Then he just stared at her for a while, his nose wiggling and he glanced around at her with a mildly confused expression, before he settled to staring at her face again. He took a hold of his left arm and scratched it a bit, considering if he could ask what he wanted, or would it be too rude. "Um... arr.. are you a woman orr a man? Sorry. It's harrd to tell from humans, sometimes" he finally asked, shifting his weight. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania (edited)

Ryunoske shared Yuga's stare, blinking a couple of times as he waited for the boy to speak. It was a little obvious there was something on his mind, and when he finally managed to ask, she couldn't help but chuckle a bit. She smiled warmly at him and patted the top of his head. "I'm sorta whatever you think I am. I don't really care what people think of me as," Ryu replied. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga flinched, and shrunk away from Ryu's touch. He took a small step back to look at Ryu properly again, and seemed confused, apart from slightly miffed for being patted. He didn't understand what Ryunoske meant, or how she was so indifferent about how people saw her. "Do I only call you Ryu? No sir or ma'am?" he asked instead. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryunoske seemed to frown a bit as Yuga flinched and she retracted her hand. "Sorry, buddy. Didn't mean to scare you," she hummed before stuffing her hand into her pocket. "Technically, my friends call me 'boss'," Ryunoske chuckled a little. "But you don't have to, kiddo. Ryu is fine. If you really feel the need to be polite, I guess you can call me by my full name instead--Ryunoske. But it doesn't really matter to me." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga only gave a small nod as a response to Ryunoske's apology. He tilted his head slightly, hearing what her friends called her. He figured that she's the big boss man. Of something. Who knows. Maybe just a friend group. Yeah. "Ryunoske", he repeated, though not very skillfully, but trying his best. "Thanks forr helping", he said, and bowed his head.@Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

She chuckled softly and nodded her head. "Course, kid. Thanks for not running away from me," Ryunoske joked with a smile. "Now, go wash up in a nice bath and take care of yourself, alright? Hopefully, when this tournament thing starts, we won't have to face each other in combat. I would prefer not to fight some kid." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga only nodded again at first, and seemed a little ashamed. He knew he was stinky. Then, he frowned slightly, and muttered: "I can fight", figuring Ryu was thinking he would be a boring opponent. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu hummed as she looked over the boy. "Even if you can, I don't wanna fight you. I don't really like the idea of fighting someone who can't even legally drink yet," she said with a shake of her head. "Fighting someone who isn't on the same level as me isn't my thing." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

The fox blinked, tilted his head, and thought about it. ...No, Ryu was totally just underestimating him. He only hummed in reply, and looked at his dorm door. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryunoske followed Yuga's blink and she rubbed the back of her neck. "Well, guess I'll be going now, since I got you to your room," she said as she took a step away. "Take care of yourself, buddy." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded again and raised his sleeve-covered paw to wave goodbye. "Thanks. You too", he mumbled, and turned to his door. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryunoske threw a small wave over her shoulder as she continued to walk, examining the doors she passed until she got down the hall and out of view of Yuga. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Not too long after Yuga left, Roque came wandering down the hallway. She was looking at the doors as she went by, seemingly looking for which one was hers, and which people she would be graced by the presence of for however long this took. @ajjjjjjjj

Ryunoske was also looking for her room, unsure which was hers. If she had to share a room with people, she hoped she would end up with people who wouldn't mind her smoking constantly. Or have people over constantly. That too. She hummed to herself until she heard someone else in the hall. Ryu paused as her eyes laid on Roque's figure, a faint smile on her lips. "Guessing you must be lost too, huh?" Ryu joked as she stopped a couple feet away from the other woman. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I'm not lost. I'm just used to my name being put on first- and I am doubting that it was." Roque huffed, glaring over at another name plate. "I hope my bags already got here, I'd hate to try to track that guy down again." @ajjjjjjjj

Ryunoske chuckled a bit at that. "I see. Well, pretty ladies like you should be waited on hand and foot. Shame you have to look more than needed," she hummed. "You have an errand boy running around? I haven't seen anyone come through here beyond you and a kid I helped to find his room." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline (edited)

This person got it. Finally, someone was treating her like she was usually treated back home- with an undying reverence and need to please! She smirked, looking over at Ryunoske. "You could say that, I got him to carry my bags in for me.. They were just so big and heavy, y'know? Why should I have to bring them in." Roque chuckled. "I haven't seen him since the docks though, so let's hope he was competent enough to get my bags all the way from there to here or not." @ajjjjjjjj

"You left your bags to a little boy? Oh, dear. Even if he could hold them, I doubt he would of been able to keep everything safe and pristine for a lady like you," Ryunoske hummed and stepped closer to Roque. "Why don't you tell me your name so I can help you like you deserve to be treated?" She smiled. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Oh. She didn't know who she was. That made all the flattery a little harder to believe. Just a little, though. She was just that good. "Roque Rayes, surprised you couldn't tell just by my presence." @ajjjjjjjj

"Roque Rayes.. A lovely name for a lady like yourself," Ryynoske smiled warmly. "Apologies for not knowing who you were, but I always remember a lady's name once I know it," she gestured a thumb back towards a door from the direction she came from. "You're in that room right over there. You got some folks named Roy, Inu, and Eben with ya." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Fuck. Ehh, could work out? Shit. "Ugh..." Roque groaned, crossing her arms over her chest. "They're all annoying- but Inu is the guy I gave my stuff to.. The rest of us have had some hm.. Tensions, already." @ajjjjjjjj

Ryunoske raised a curious brow at that. "Tensions? What's going on between you three? Perhaps I can lend you a helping hand someway?" She offered. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. We just got in to some arguments on the boat ride here over stupid stuff. I think it would be best if I can handle it on my own.." Roque sighed. "But it would be helpful to know what your powers are." @ajjjjjjjj

"Hmm.. A fight, huh? How unfortunate. You must be stuck with a bunch of boys then," Ryunoske chuckled. She ran a hand through her hair, a few blue strands staying loose. "My strength isn't in my power. I'm more about brute strength," Ryu replied with a shrug. Even with her suit on, anyone would be able to tell she was quite built underneath it all. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Yes, a bunch of boys. And not even in a fun kinda way." Roque said. She sniffed, tilting her head to the side. "I can see you're strong but.. You also smell pretty badly of smoke. More than someone who just had a pack either." @ajjjjjjjj

Well, anyone with a normal nose could tell Ryu reeked of smoke and ash. She chuckled a bit at that and nodded. "Guilty as charged. I smoke at least two packs a day," Ryu mused. "I won't smoke around ya if that's not your thing. Don't wanna make a girl like you upset." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Two? Eh, I've seen worse. Hell, I've probably done worse." She chuckled a bit and stepped closer to Ryu. "I only care if you don't share." @ajjjjjjjj

Ryunoske smiled. "I used to do more, but I've been cutting back to make room for other things," she replied with a shrug. "For a pretty lady like you? Of course I'll share," Ryunoske chuckled. "Would you like one now?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Hmm.. I would say yes, but one of the people who work here is already on my case, I think smoking in the hallway is one way to get myself stuck on bathroom duty or something like that. What if we head to your room?" @ajjjjjjjj

Ryunoske smirked a bit at that. "Oh? Is this your way of inviting yourself to get closer to me?" She chuckled. "Well, either way, I don't mind. I think I see my name on the door right beside yours," Ryu said as she gestured to the door a little down the hall. "I wouldn't ever turn down a smoke break." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline (edited)

"Maybe it is." Roque chuckled and held her elbow out to her. "Shall we?" @ajjjjjjjj

Ryunoske locked her arm with Roque's, smiling. "Gladly," she hummed and headed on over to #ryu-glass-val-kass @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

As Peregrine strutted down the hall with too much confidence for someone who had been rejected thrice in one day, the first thing on his mind was: that gala could have gone better; he had completely and utterly wasted his time. First that sad girl who was so jealous of his wings she had to try to make him scream, then that strangely tall thing who didn't even understand what he was putting across. Ugh. He'd only tossed his bags into the room, not caring to pause and look around, not even enough to actually put them into one of the partitions. His bags sat in the entry way, ready to be tripped over. Who cared if people looked through them? He wasn't supposed to have anything to hide anymore. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Did Titania even go to the gala? For simplicity sake, we shall say she did, but simply kept to herself the majority of the time. She strut down the hallway, hoping to return to her room before any of her so called 'roommates' also go there. She still couldn't believe she would have to put up with sharing a living quarter with complete strangers. How immodest. Her long purple gown dragged across the floor as she walked, the golden flower tucked into it like all the other flowers. The princess paused when she saw someone in front of her bedroom door. "Pardon me, you are standing in front of the room I am in. May you step aside?" She asked the stranger, thinking little of why Pereguine was here. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

If Titania thought that sharing a room was immodest, wait until she heard Peregrine speak. With a raised brow as she walked down the hallway, he chuckled at her request and instead leant against the door. "Oh darling, I think you'll find this is my room as well." He tilted his head, admiring her dress. "Aren't you quite fancy, then?" Peregrine leant his head back with a smug little smile and pushed the rest of his body out as if to show off his own suit. "Such effort... wasted on the people around us, mm?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The way this person spoke and acted was—quite frankly—slimy. Titania visibly cringed as Peregrine called her darling and she picked up a bit of her dress, as if to pull herself away from the weirdo in front of her. "Uhm.. it is?" She said with a frown. "I see.. you are one of the other roommates then.." How disgusting. "I cannot be sharing a room with.. vagrants. I believe I should ask for another room. Please step aside, as I asked. I would like to get my things." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

As Titania recoiled, Peregrine smiled with a low, satisfied chuckle. Oh, this was going to be one of those. Oh this was going to be easy - if his goal shifted slightly, that was. "It looks like I am, darling, how lucky for you. I'll be in reach." He winked with a small smirk. Yes, she'd be easy to annoy. Then he put on a fake pout and he leaned closer. "Oh, you'll kick up such a fuss just because of me? How cruel, we just got here. Tsk, tsk..." His eyes glanced to the nameplate and he chuckled again. "Well I know you're certainly not Darcy, at least." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Again, Titania cringed. After meeting Kass and Darcy, she had hoped the other contestants would be just as lovely. The princess couldn't be more wrong with this man. He was uncouth. "Do not call me darling. I do not even know you, much less enough to be called such a term," she said with a stern frown. When Peregrine stepped closer, the princess took several steps back. "And keep your distance as well. Tramps like yourself need to know your place," she huffed. "Now, step aside as I asked. I would like to rid myself of your presence as soon as possible." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine's chuckles continued and he was just as entertained. He stood up from the door and stepped closer, not entirely out the way of the door. Where would be the fun in that? "Wouldn't you like to get to know me better, sweetheart?" "Me? A tramp? Oh no, no no no, no, sweetheart, I'm no tramp. Far from it. I'm-" And now that he had straightened up, he could easily stretch out his wings - and almost hit Titania in the face - to emphasise his words. "-the Angel." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"No thank you," came Titania's immediate response to Peregrine's question. For a princess, she sure had little tack when it came to speaking with this man. Again, when Peregrine spread his wings, Titania took more steps back, almost like his mere presence in front of her polluted the space. She made a face and shook her head at Pereguine. "No matter the name and no matter how bland it is, a tramp is a tramp." Seriously, couldn't he come up with something more interesting, at least? "Now, please, get out of my way. I think I have had enough of your shenanigans." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine laughed at how quickly - how desperately - she tried to brush him off. He didn't step toward her and even leant back on the door, his wings uncomfortably pressed against it and its frame. Oh well. She made up for it. He forced a playfully dejected frown. "Certainly not a tramp, far from it, dear. I was born with two tickets out of that life." As he spoke, Peregrine shifted the wings. "And why should I move? I'm quite comfortable here, thank you very much," he continued to tease in a position that was certainly not comfortable. "No one's ever truly had enough of the Angel." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Are the tickets you referring to your nonsensical insistent demeanor and pitiful appearance? Vagrants sure have a lot of nerve these days," Titania huffed. "As I said—Step aside so I may retrieve my dues. I have no need or want to spend more time with a lowlife." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Incredibly entertained, Peregrine continued to laugh at Titania. "No, sweetheart, the wings I'm named for." He waved a dismissive hand at her insults and then opened the door - but not before he stepped inside first. How nice of him to at level hold the door for in. "Come on, then, dear, in we go." He winked. Bastard. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

A part of Titania wanted to completely ignore Peregrine and walk away, but she needed to get to her things. She couldn't leave her precious script in the presence of such lowlife filth, after all. With a cautious step, the princess walked through the door, careful to hold her dress in a way to avoid Peregrine completely. She gave him a disgusted glare before walking to her items, quickly gathering her things. She would much rather spend her time in the dark and cold before spending it within a 40 meter radius of this bafoon.@soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

After the gala, Darcy made his way back to the guest hall. He'd found his room earlier, and dropped off his luggage there, though he'd been dissapointed to learn of one of his roommates. Of course, he'd be stuck with Peregrine. Unknowingly, he narrowly missed where Peregrine's now-invisible bags had landed in the hallway, continuing on his way completely ignorant they were there in the first place. He paused when he saw Titania lingering in the hall. "Oh, hello there! I saw we've been assigned as roomates." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The moment Titania shut the door behind her, she put her hands to her face and let out a frustrated scream. Hopefully no one was near by to see that- The princess perked up when she heard a familiar voice. With a slightly embarrassed look, she straightened up and offered Darcy an awkward smile. "O-Oh, good evening, Sir Darcy. Uhm.. Yes, I suppose we are.. But I am planning to ask for a separate room. These accommodations are just.. unfit for me. As is the man with the idiotic wings.. He is of most annoyance and aggravation." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Ah, so you've met Peregrine." Darcy frowned. and furrowed his brow in worry. He shifted around awkwardly. "How are the accommodations unfit? Is it just because of Peregrine?" He hoped there was nothing wrong with the room, or, god forbid, with him being there. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania huffed a little and balled her dress in her hands. "Peregrine is his name? What a simple and disgusting name. Fitting for a vagrant like him," they shook their head with an annoyed frown. "I cannot share a space so delicate and intimate with strangers. It is.. uncouth of me. I understand it is normal to share living spaces with strangers in different cultures, but I simply cannot." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"It also fits because the term refers to a type of falcon, and he's a got wings." Darcy added unhelpfully. He frowned as Titania went on. "Ah... I hadn't considered that. Truthfully, it doesn't bother me very much... I assumed they put us in shared rooms because of a lack of space." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"So he is quite literally named after a bird. Hmph, what a complete tool," Titania said with a disapproving shake of her head. "I do not wish anyone the suffering and harm of being within the presence of that insolent mongrel. If you know what is better for you, Sir Darcy, I recommend you ask to be put in a different room as well. That poor young miss just went in there—they must be 'Isi'—And I already warned her about that harlot as well. I am going to make my way.. somewhere else. Anywhere than here." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yes... did he introduce himself as the Angel to you? I think it's quite a silly name, especially given his... character." Darcy frowned. "You really think I should? I suppose, having to room with Peregrine will be impossible, if I aim to keep my composure." He shook his head. "Isi... she's an acquaintance of mine, we met on the boat. I hope she doesn't get into any trouble with Peregrine. I was hoping to go to bed soon, it's so late... do you think we should speak to one of the temple staff? Surely, they'll be able to help out in this situation." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania nodded and sighed. "He did... How full of himself can he be? An absolute imbecile he is. It is not even a good name for him. He only has two eyes and a pair of wings. Angels are not such fickle and bland creatures. He is an insult to the idea and name," Titania huffed. "Yes, I truly believe you should ask to exchange rooms as well. You are a good man, Sir Darcy. Being in his range will only make you miserable. I had asked a staff member earlier for a meeting with the Hand of God, but perhaps it is too late to ask for his audience. I was going to figure out my sleeping arrangement otherwise for tonight. My ability will be handy in letting me be in peace." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Truly. He should gain more eyes, before calling himself such a name." Darcy nodded in agreement. "Hm.... I'm sure there is still someone we can speak to, if not the Hand of God himself." In truth, Darcy wanted to avoid being in either church leader's presence. They were both intimidating in their strange ways. "Really? Where you planning on sleeping?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania nodded as well. "You are correct about that, Sir Darcy. I am so glad there are sane humans on this island. That imbecile is one of the worst ones to walk this time," she huffed. The princess shifted a bit in her feet, frowning a little at Darcy's question. "I.. Am not sure, in all truth. If there is some other staff we may speak to, I will, but I simply do not want to bother someone so late at this night. Most people should be in bed by now, after all.. perhaps I will explode until I find a suitable place. I simply cannot stand to be in that room any longer." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Ah- thank you?" Darcy hummed. "He is quite... annoying." "Oh... I don't rest easy at the thought of you simply wandering about all night long..." He frowned. "Are you sure?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Again, Titania could only nod in agreement. "Yes, do not mind me. I have slept and traveled in places much worst than this. I would rest much worst in a bed next to that harlot in the room. I appreciate your concern however, Sir Darcy." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Darcy remained frowning, but nodded. "Alright. I'll try not to worry over you too much." He hummed. "I suppose I'll sleep in the room. I'll try to room with Isi, that'll make it more tolerable. The two of us got along well." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"I wish you the best of luck, Sir Darcy. I shall bid you goodnight then, and give Miss Isi my regards. Hopefully you two will be able to bare that fiends aura," Titania bowed before trudging her luggage off down the hall. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I wish you luck, too. I hope we'll be able to meet again soon, under better circumstances." Darcy nodded, and made his way towards the room. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Isi walked into the hallway, carefully shutting the door behind them so Darcy could sleep. Their eyes adjusted to the darkness easily, though they did trip over Peregrines things again, ending up on the floor. Lovely. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

The door at the other end of the hallway opened slowly, and something exited slowly. A large canine head, with glowing red eyes. The creature flinched, and looked towards the sound of Isi stumbling. He didn't fully exit the room yet, just kinda lingered in the doorway and stared. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi scrambled to get up when she heard someone enter the hallway, bright eyes staring back at the stranger. Shit, that wasn't the plan. Isi could make out the canine features of the stranger, for a split second tensing , wondering if a wolf could somehow enter the building. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga didn't say anything. He was only staring at Isi and trying to recognize what she was. His ears shifted, turning around to listen to any other sounds, perhaps the sounds of his roommates, but he didn't move. Not before he made a rough, abrupt throad sound, and turned his head to cough into his elbow. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

This seemed to get Isi out of her freeze. "oh- are you okay?" They practically whispered, and you could tell they tilted their head by the way their eyes shifted in the darkness. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga's ear tilted towards Isi's voice, and he soon looked her way as well. He still didn't answer, but after a moment, he made a sort of snort and shook his head. He stepped nervously into the hallway, looking around and seemed very insecure and kind of lost, before he turned to stare at Isi again. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi took the headshake as a 'nope, not okay'. "Do you-need me to get someone? or go somewhere?" Still whispering. They sounded a little nervous, staring back at him. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga opened his mouth, but only a raspy croak came out, which soon turned into a whine, and another coughing fit. It might be hard for Isi to see across the hallway, but the boy was shivering even if he was wearing the warm clothes he had gotten from the church, and he wasn't standing very steadily either. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

It wasn't all too difficult for Isi to see, at least once their eyes had adjusted. If they didn't know better, they'd say it looked like the kid had a cold, or something. Luckily, Isi had brought out with her the cloak the church had provided, incase she got cold- however, Isi didn't get cold easily. She slowly and quietly approached, holding the cloak out to him. "You don't seem well, are you cold?" Upon getting closer, Isi also noticed the unsteadiness. She yet again noted to be ready to catch or guide if needed. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga's ears pressed lower as Isi approached. He was clenching the golden lily in his paw and now pressed it against his chest, taking a step back. He opened his mouth to say something again, but it took a while for the sound to leave his throat, and it seemed half of the words went missing: "......okay." Just a husky whisper. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi stopped in her tracks upon seeing his ears pressed back and the lily held to his chest. She really really did not want to give him the impression that she was trying to attack or anything. "I'm- not sure what you're trying to say. Wanna walk to the dining hall with me? I was just going to see if there was anything to eat yet" Isi asked him, still offering the cloak if he wanted it. Something just felt wrong about leaving him in the hallway like this, and he really looked like he could use some food too with the way he was unsteady. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga eyed Isi suspiciously, but didn't move away anymore. He stared and stared, no answer coming from him. It was frustrating that he couldn't ask them any questions now. Talking had already hurt yesterday, but now it was unbearable. He liked the fact that Isi didn't look like a human. It made them less scary, but she was tall, and a contestant. He didn't want anyone to take his flower and destroy it this early in the game. Especially not now that he had finally fallen ill... He coughed softly with his mouth closed, glanced at the cloak Isi was offering, and turned away. He shuffled back into his room and came back out after a moment with his oversized cloak that he had borrowed from the boat yesterday. The flower was securely out of sight under the volumes of fabric. He stopped by Isi and looked up at her quietly. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi seemed to understand that, at the very least, he didn't like talking, but seemed alright with going with her. Her own lily was still in the room, though it was being guarded so they weren't too worried about it. Isi put on their cloak as soon as they saw him come out with his own. Isi looked at him, getting the feeling that he did infact want to come with even if he didn't say anything, since he'd walked up to them n all. "Okay, I think the dining hall is this way-" They gestured for Yuga to follow, headed to #dining-hall . Isi was trying very hard to be non-threatening, and was in no way going to make him follow, but at the same time the kid looked like he was gonna collapse or something and they were worried. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi seemed to understand that, at the very least, he didn't like talking, but seemed alright with going with her. Her own lily was still in the room, though it was being guarded so they weren't too worried about it. Isi put on their cloak as soon as they saw him come out with his own. Isi looked at him, getting the feeling that he did infact want to come with even if he didn't say anything, since he'd walked up to them n all. "Okay, I think the dining hall is this way-" They gestured for Yuga to follow, headed to #dining-hall . Isi was trying very hard to be non-threatening, and was in no way going to make him follow, but at the same time the kid looked like he was gonna collapse or something and they were worried. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga followed, shivering and wobbling...

"Hey. You again." Roque called out as she stepped up behind Petrai. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai turned around, a stern frown on her face. "I do have a name." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Petrai. There, happy?" Roque asked, looking just about as unenthused. "Are you gonna come after me if I leave the temple grounds after I change." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You won't get past the gates." Petrai crossed her arms. "Why? Were you planning on breaking the rules and decided to come to me to get the all-clear before doing it?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I would advise letting me out." Roque said. "I need to go let off some steam and I figured you'd prefer it if it wasn't inside." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Elaborate." Petrai gestured for Roque to say more. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Really?" Roque flexed her fingers. "I'm upset. I want to go break something. If I'm in here it's probably going to be someone. There, does that help illustrate it to you?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"If you want to be violent, you can wear yourself out in the arena. I'm not letting you out so you can lay waste to the natural landscapes of our island." Petrai narrowed her eyes. "Or, you could try out a healthier coping mechanism." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Mhm. Uh huh." Roque said through clenched teeth. "And what is one of these 'healthier coping mechanisms' you would suggest." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You're a musician, aren't you? Maybe try that." Petrai shrugged. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Ha. Ha. That's really funny. That's really funny that you'd say that actually. Y'know." Roque held her hands out in front of her.... and held them there. She leaned her head forward, keeping her eyes on Petrai. "Remember that little thing you took from me? Yeah, my scythe also turned in to my guitar. So I've been a bit pissy about that as well." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai thought that a scythe that turned into a guitar was absurdly ridiculous, but perhaps it was her pretentious piano-player nature. She didn't say that, but . "You aren't getting it back. I don't know why you'd want a possessive blood scythe in the first place." After a pause, she added, "Like I said, there's always the arena." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Well it doesn't possess me." Roque rolled her eyes, like it was obvious. "And I worked hard for it." 'DIE DIE DIE DIE DI oh my god leave me alone for five m- NO." Roque glared as she moved a hand up to the side of her head. Must be a headache or something. "You don't have any other ideas. That could possibly help. You gave up on that music thing pretty fast. Guess my only choice is to go break shit. So much for better coping mechanisms." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You can go on a jog. You can try to write out your feelings in a journal. You can scream into a pillow til your breath gets hoarse. You can try meditation." Petrai listed off. "I thought you musician types were supposed to be creative. Surely, you can think of something other than violence." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I hate running. I don't want you seeing what I'm writing. I like the sound of my own voice. Meds don't work on me." Roque countered. She began to turn around from Petrai, back toward her room. "I don't even know why I bothered to try to talk to you, I should've figured this is how it would go. Giving me the same stupid answers everyone else does that never work." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Does violence work for you?" Petrai raised an eyebrow. "With the way you act, it honestly seems like it's just making you worse. If it's making you better, I don't want to know what you're like beforehand." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"It makes me happy." Not really 'working'... "You wanna know what i was like beforehand? Before I had my scythe and powers I was a nobody. Overshadowed by my fucking sister, then my cousin, then my boyfriend, and I took that power back. With violence. You can understand why I'm extra on edge after you took that from me." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai stared up at Roque, stern but unblinking. She did not comment on how happiness was not a measure of health. She did not mention how grating the anger she felt towards Roque was. "Find something better to dedicate yourself to." She said, then added, "Perhaps, if you keep being overshadowed, you were meant to remain in the shadows in the first place. Have you considered that?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Roque stared back at her. She was fully prepared to walk away after the first thing she said, but the second.. That gave her pause. 'AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!' "You don't get to fucking say that to me, bitch. You don't know my story. You don't know my life. You don't know how fucking hard I worked to get where I am." Roque seethed, throwing her hand forward in Petrai's direction- just to point at her closer. Her hand was shaking. "People love me, I'm Roque Rayes. You-" 'LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES! THE ONLY PERSON WHO LOVED YOU IS DEAD! DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD! YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM! YOU-' Roque slammed her hands back over her ears, shaking her head violently. Her hair was flashing in neon colors, back and forth. "SHUT UP!" Roque screamed, still shaking her head. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai just remained... completely still. She didn't shift in the slightest, not as Roque began to leave, and not when she started to outburst. She didn't even shift her expression from a stern glare. "And you don't know mine, yet you seem to have very little issue making vague, blanket statements about me." Petrai said coldly. "I certainly don't love you. It seems most people here don't either. I really don't buy the story your supposed 'wife' gives." "I don't believe you know what love really is, if this is what you think of it. What's your idea of devotion? Blind, mad infatuation? Is it wanting to have sex? Maybe that's why no one likes you." She shrugged slightly. "You're directionless, spiraling because you refuse to accept the truth. Not all of us are meant for adoration." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Roque didn't care that Petrai didn't like her. She was just a peeping prude and lame weirdo. She didn't matter. ... but where were her raving, adoring crowds now? They weren't so mean to her. They understood. They were always sending her letters and leaving her comments and buying her albums but... Who was here now? No one. She wasn't stupid enough to believe Ryunoske actually cared. Her roommates hated her. And there's no way they'd forgive her now. She had gotten blood from.. Three people here. A winged loser who was on his way out shortly after she was. A meek boy who just wanted a friend. And a person who just nodded and hummed along with whatever she said, uncaring. Her sister was gone. Her boyfriend was gone. Half her village was gone. But she had her fans. ... Just not here. 'NO ONE CARES! THEY JUST WANT TO FUCK YOU! THAT'S ALL THEY'RE THERE FOR! NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU!' "I'm not directionless! I know exactly whereI'm going! Right to the top! That's all the truth is- it's what I make it!" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Are you?" Petrai rose an eyebrow. "Because it looks like you're just destroying yourself. And you can't be 'on the top' if you're in an early grave." She cast a glare over Roque. "Is this really what you want out of life? An endless climb to the top?" She tilted her head to the side. "Is that fulfilling? Is that where you think you're meant to be?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I am doing what I have to do!" Roque yelled. "I can't die! I can't- and even if I did, I'd come fucking crawling back. Because I'm too big to die." She took in a deep breath, keeping her hands on her head. "You're fucking wrong. Just because I have to work hard doesn't mean- it doesn't mean I'm a failure. It just means I have to fucking work hard. For everything I have- I had to scream and fight and maim to get it!" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You're mortal. Painfully, brutally mortal. Just like everyone else. Just like me." Petrai spat. "Learn where you belong. That's the only guidance I will give you." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I don't need your fucking guidance about my life." Roque growled, finally, slowly taking her hands away. "You need to learn not to talk back to people who are more relevant than you will ever be. After I win this tournament I'll go back to my life before, fame, money, girls, everything I ever wanted, and you, you'll be here. With a stick up your ass about every little thing that goes on. Dying old and bitter and alone." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You asked me to give you advice." Petrai said. "I have not and never will care about 'relevance'. I don't care what you do once you leave this island. Your opinion of me means nothing to me. It means less than nothing." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"About fucking coping strategies, not an analysis of all my flaws, not fucking helping." Roque said as she began to stomp away. "Just stay the fuck out of my business while I'm here." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I'll stay 'out of your business' as long as you follow the rules," Petrai said. "Regardless of what you think of yourself, you will still be held to the same standards as everyone else here." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Well then stop making new rules just to piss me off." Roque flipped her off as she left. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai frowned, but didn't say anything else. She lingered in the hall and watched Roque leave. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Roque thankfully headed back to her room. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

... Well, unfortunately for Petrai, someone else approached her shortly after. "Petrai..?" Madeline asked, stepping up behind her. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai'd been taking the one moment of peace she had to stare off into space- or rather, to somewhere nicer where she wasn't. She snapped back to attention as Madeline approached. "Hello, Madeline." She greeted stiffly. "What do you need?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I wanted to come talk to you to ask if I can.. Try to use my abilities in the arena?" Madeline said. "Albanes would be there to help me out if anything goes wrong. I am hoping this would help me get better control over my problem so it happens less when I don't want it to." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai considered this for a moment. At first, she seemed to oppose the idea. "To what extent would you be using your powers? Certainly not for any form of combat, not while you're in this state." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I don't think it would be for combat. I think I would try to bring it out and see if I can co-exist with it without it.. Taking over. I don't exactly get many chances to do that when I'm not already stressed out." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai nodded, pleased to hear this. "Albanes will be there to help if you need it. I do think this is a good idea, it would make you less of a risk on the island, and any understanding of your abilities is welcome. Do not push yourself, though, and do not attempt this again in the future. It will just be you and Albanes, correct?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Being less of a risk would be nice.. But she had a feeling that wouldn't change how people already felt about her. "A guest named Zerada is the one who brought up the idea. I assume she intended on being there as well. Her powers are super speed as she told me, so I assume if things get ugly she could run away.. But I would try my hardest to not let it get that bad, of course." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Hm. Zerada." At least, since Petrai was unfamiliar with the name, they hadn't caused any trouble. "Make sure to explain to her that by being there, she is risking her own safety, and that things could get dangerous. Let us both hope they do not. You have my blessing, but I will be monitoring you closely." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Of course. Thank you, Petrai." Madeline nodded, bowing her head down deeply. "Before I go, I did want to ask.. What happened with Peregrine..? Albanes said you had to step in, and got ran out of mass pretty quickly.. Albanes didn't get hurt, right?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai nodded. "Stay safe." She frowned as Madeline mentioned Peregrine. "He disrespected Albanes, and continued to disrespect myself and other members of this church. We had to remove him from the kitchen rather forcefully. No one is hurt." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Disrespected her?" Madeline asked. That wasn't all that surprising, considering how we had spoken to them on the boat. Made a lot of sense, actually. Madeline was just glad Albanes didn't get hurt. Best to not let herself get too riled up before going to try to use her abilities that made her emotions more dramatic than they already were. "So he is still causing problems.. What about Roque?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yes. I will not repeat to you the crude things he said to her." Petrai cast her gaze to the floor briefly, before looking back to Madeline. "Yes. We have done all we can to punish him and limit what he can do, but Yeonaixho doesn't yet want to take anyone out of the tournament. He's forbidden from speaking to you or Albanes, though." Petrai sighed. "As for Roque... she is still causing issuse. She actually just finished yelling at and berating me in this very hallway. I've given her every warning I can, and I will give her no more. She knows very well what she is doing. If she wants to stay here or not, that's her own choice." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Good. Less worrying about Peregrine. And if he did try to talk to Albanes again, well, Madeline could handle him- best to not let her mind wander to that. "Sorry I talked to you right after that. I'm guessing you wanted some peace and quiet." Madeline frowned. "Do you think they will both be taken out of the tournament before the real fights begin..?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai frowned, and paused in thought. "I truly do not know. I think there is a strong possibility they both might. Though, maybe they'll both get some sense, and start shaping up their act. Only time will tell." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"We'll probably have to change up the fights if that happens.." Madeline said. "If only one of them is eliminated there will be an odd number.. Maybe we should make one of their fights first..? That might solve the problem.. At least then there's a fifty fifty chance that one of the problem guests is gone... Maybe a bit more than fifty fifty if we can.. Skew it somehow in their opponents favor.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Right... Yeonaixho and I were already planning to have both their fights rather early on. Though if one is eliminated and the other isn't, we could maybe have someone fight one of the temple staff." Petrai nodded. "We shouldn't speak of altering the fights where guests can hear." Petrai cautioned, but gave Madeline a look that said she wasn't entirely opposed to the idea. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Fight a member of the temple staff..? Madeline did kind of want to fight Peregrine now.. Roque was a bit too intimidating for her. There was a decent chance she'd lose + be horribly maimed if she went up against Roque, even unleashing the full brunt of her abilities. "Oh- I suppose that's true.." Madeline glanced around. Luckily, no one was standing out in the hallway. Unless someone was really tuned in, they were probably fine. "Well I should get going back to Albaned and Zerada. Thanks for your time." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Petrai nodded. "Very well. Good luck exploring your abilities. If things go wrong, I'll be watching out so we can bring Yeonaixho in if needed. Stay safe, Madeline." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Madeline nodded and walked off back down the hall from where she came.

Not long after the conversation that guests shouldn't maybe hear, Yuga and Isi arrived back to the guest hallway. The boy seemed tired, and was still shivering from cold. When they came to his door, he looked at the name slab, and frowned. Why was there a new name on it? Had they put someone into his room? He huffed, and his ears shifted back. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi looked at the nameplate. They hadn't really registered who was on it before, but it had only been three names, right? At least that's what seemed to be upsetting Yuga. She looked back at him. "You okay with going in still?" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga eyed the name grumpily, but nodded after a moment. He would just barricade the door again. Whoever was roomed with him would have to knock to get in, and wouldn't be able to sneak in on him. He huffed again, displeased. After a moment of staring at the new name, he turned to look at Isi, his annoyed expression softening. He went and tapped his name on the plate, and then pointed at himself. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"Yuga?" Isi tilted their head. "That's a cool name. I'm Isi" she replied. She was glad to know his name now. She looked to her room a few doors away. "You know where to find me if you want to, right?" They asked. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga smiled a little, and whispered her name as best as he could. Then at the question, he looked the same way Isi did, and walked down the hallway, reading the name plates, until he found the one that had their name on it. He pointed at the door with an inquiring look for confirmation. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi followed him to do the door, then nodded. "Yep! that's the one" they replied. "Titania and Darcy are nice, I don't know if Titania's gonna be back though." Isi knew none of the doors really had locks, which she didn't like, but on the bright side it meant Yuga shouldn't have much difficulty getting to her if he needed to. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded in thought as Isi told about her roommates, looking at the names on the wall. After a moment of silence, he looked back at Isi, turned properly to face her, and bowed. A thank you for sticking with him and helping and supporting him. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi was a little surprised by the bow, not entirely sure what it meant but assuming it was some form of gratitude judging by the circumstances. "Oh- its okay, that's what friends are for, right?" They replied. Isi liked to think she did what most would've done in that situation, but maybe Yuga thought otherwise. Either way, they intended on keeping their word, what they told Yuga in the storehouse. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga smiled, and his tail, now unraveling from his waist, whipped a couple of times, it's tip showing from the hem of the cloak and sweeping the floor. He waved his paw, and dawdled back to his door, and going back to bed. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

It's really difficult to describe the kind of feeling you get when someone trusts you that way, and Isi, until now, had yet to feel it. They waved back, smiling, and started back down the hall as Yuga left for his room, now intent on heading back to the dining hall, that food had looked real good, and maybe Roy was still there. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

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Early in the morning, Glass left her room. Instead of immediately leaving in any direction, she kind of just lingered in the hall, trying to make a decision. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Upon walking out of his room, it didn't take him long to spot Glass. He had been meaning to look for her, and began walking in her direction. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Glass lit up when she saw Eben, and approached him. "Hey, Eben! Was hoping I'd see you today!" @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Eben nodded in greeting. "Hello, Glass. I was looking for you as well" he admitted. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Hah! Then we're both in luck!" Glass beamed. "Was hoping you might join me in the arena, so I can show you a few tricks- that is, if you're still interested in that." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"I had the same idea in coming to see you" he replied. Despite Glass' smile, his face stayed relatively neutral. "I am definitely still interested, particularly in control as we talked about earlier, if you feel so inclined." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I'd be happy to help, with anything you want!" Glass beamed. She seemed happy just at the fact Eben would trust her in this regard. "You wanna head to the arena- think that would be the best place to avoid any sort of mishaps, just in case." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"Yes, that would be ideal. Do you know where it is?" Eben had not explored that area yet. Eben did seem more interested in this current moment than any other time Glass would've talked to him. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Eh, I'm sure we'll figure it out! I spent a good time yesterday just walking around. I'm confident in my navigational skills." Glass smiled. She started down the hall in one direction. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

While Eben was a little less confident, he followed after her, eventually falling in beside her as they left. "Do you have an idea of what exactly we will do during training?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I had a few ideas. Mostly, I thought we'd work on, like, changing stuff, since I'm pretty sure our powers work the same in that way." Glass hummed. "Not any actual combat- you'd probably be able to beat me up pretty easy, I think." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"understood." He replied as they stepped out onto the #pathways towards the arena. "And yes, most types of stone can easily damage glass unfortunately." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Wow, crazy day! After the fight, Ekmeros really wasn't sure where to go and thus just... kinda walked around aimlessly. Now he just explored the guest hallway, as if he wasn't going to walk this corridor every damn day he was on the island. Just looking at the little details, anything to fill his mind. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Leaving the outside, Ryunoske headed back towards her room. A part of her was curious about the rest of her roommates, for better or worse, she hadn't really come across any of them lately. Maybe tonight would also be quiet. She walked down the hall, her interest piqued as she saw a strange looking man doing the same thing. "Hey there. Cool horns you got there," Ryu commented, a half-lit cigar still stuck between her teeth. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Blinking quickly as he processed the comment, Ekmeros turned to face Ryu, mildly surprised. More conversation? Huh. People were talkative here. "...yes," he said at first, then realised how stupid that reply was. "Ah- I'm a tiefling, they're- I was born with them." Ekmeros awkwardly reached a hand up to pat the base of one of his horns, his lips a fine straight line. "I'll have to be careful, they're a little... pointed." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryunoske watched for a couple seconds as this older stranger struggled to find his words. He found it a little humorous. "A tiefling..? Can't say I know what those are, but that's cool, I guess," Ryu shrugged. "Afraid you're going to stab the ceiling or something? Maybe you can wear a hat or something." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Ah... well, I am one." Yep he sure was. Ekmeros hummed. "Well, I didn't consider the ceilings... moreso people. I'm not often shorter than people so don't usually run into that problem. And I do not think a hat would work. It would be difficult finding one that fit." He was clearly visualising trying to put a hat over his horns that didn't make him look like a fucking idiot. He could not come up with one. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu chuckled. "Ah, that makes more sense. Well, you don't have to worry about poking my eyes out or anything, Mr. Tiefling. You're kinda hard to miss so.. Avoiding your head spikes should be easy enough," she nodded. "I think a reallllyyyy long top hat would work.. have you ever tried?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Blink blink. "I don't think they've ever been called 'head spikes' before. Oh- ah, tiefling is my race, not my name. My name is Ekmeros." He held out his hand to Ryu for shake. So polite. Yippee. Though he did take pause at the suggestion of a top hat. "...I think that I would look ridiculous with a very long top hat," he eventually commented. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu returned the couple of blinks, examining Ekmeros for a moment before smiling. So he's the literal type. She shook his hand, her gloves cold since she was just outside. "You think so? I could help you picture how it'd look on you if you'd like," Ryu grinned. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Ekmeros shook her hand. Of course he was the literal type he's got autism. "Is that your ability? To make unnaturally long hats?" He spoke so seriously that it wasn't entirely clear that was a joke until he smiled with one corner of his mouth. However, since Ryu hadn't offered her name, he asked hesitantly, "What is your name?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu was slowly becoming aware of the man's ism with every word he said. She just didn't say it out loud. "Mmm, I guess in a way, it is," Ryu nodded with a humored smile as she let his hand go. "You can call me Ryu. So, do you wanna at least see how it'd look?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Oh that caught him off guard. Ekmeros furrowed his brows and opened and closed his mouth as he tried to work out what to say. "Oh it- it is? In a way? Interesting." He retracted his hand and tapped his foot in thought. Dad tap yknow. "I... suppose if you're offering, though I do believe it would look ridiculous." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu nodded and took in a deep whiff of whatever she had left of her cigar. Slowly, she exhaled through her lips and a cloud of red-green smoke started to circle around the two. The smoke seemed to collect and form, becoming a visible shape that soon wrapped around Ekmeros' head. Forming a comedically tall top hat that covered the man's horns, the smoke made for a surprisingly pretty colored hat, at least. She then pulled out her phone and turns on the camera so Ekmeros could see himself in the reflection. "So, whattya think?" Ryu chuckled. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Are you allowed to smoke in here?" Ekmeros asked, trailing off slightly as he watched the smoke circle them, forming around his horns - not that he could crane his head to really see what it was, but from the context of the conversation they were having he could at the very least guess. Or he just outright knew it'd be a silly hat. However, once Ryu took out the phone, all thoughts of that hat went straight out of Ekmeros' brain as he just stared in complete confusion at the slab in front of him that showed him his face. A mirror, perhaps? But it hadn't seemed to always reflect, when Ryu had originally taken it out, so he was doubtful. "What... is this?" He asked, his fingers lifting to the side of the phone but not daring to touch. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu playfully rolled her eyes at Ekmeros' question. "Nah, but I do it anyways," she answered before returning to the more interesting part of their conversation. Judging by the confused face the man made, Ryu already figured he probably didn't know what it was. She smiled and gestured the phone for him to take and hold. "It's called a cellphone, old man. It's safe, promise. It let's you communicate with people around the world and look up information from anywhere as well. You can take photos, watch entertainment.. a lot of cool stuff." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

(can't make a thread but time bubbling bc ekmeros would totally go to taisto's fight DGSHSH) "It probably isn't wise to go against the rules." Ekmeros frowned but his words were little more than a murmur as he was mostly staring at the phone. When Ryu held it out, he did take it but from how his hand went upward and he nearly - nearly! - dropped the phone, it was clear he had expected it to be heavier. He hesitated but stared at it, turning it over. "...one of my roommates has a 'lap top' that he said can do similar things. Are they related?" He wrinkled his nose in confusion, and curiosity. "Photos..." He just stared at this phone. Man's perplexed. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

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Hannah was heading down the hallway, messing with her hair as she did so. She was grumbling something to herself as she did. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada was grumbling to herself as well as she made her way down the hall. All she wanted to do was lay down and take a nap. First Kal, now Taisto- Who'd be next to go? It was all so tiring and she was already annoyed with everything going on- She hardly noticed that she bumped into Hannah. It was only when there was a stutter to her step when she merely grazed her shoulder with her own. "Oh. My bad." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Urgh-" Hannah flinched back as Zerada merely grazed her. She glared, as if Zerada had punched her in the face on purpose. "Watch where you're going." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada couldn't help but glare slightly. "You should watch where you're going." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"You bumped in to me." Hannah exaggerated the point by pointing to Zerada, then herself, with a clawed finger. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

"I think you're blaming the wrong person here." Zerada rolled her eyes. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Why can't you just say sorry and move on?" Hannah glared, leaning in close to Zerada and baring her teeth. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

"Because I don't care enough," Zerada stated bluntly. "This means a lot more to you than it does to me." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Urgh- you're more annoying than Roy. But not quite as ugly." Hannah moved her head back and crossed her arms. "Say sorry and I'll happily leave." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada frowned. "Roy? What's your issue with him?" She noticeably didn't apologize. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"If you're so curious you can apologize first and then we can talk. But I bet you're another one of his apologists. Everyone here seems to be." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada was starting to get a headache. "Wait- What? I swear, there's always some kind of drama going on here- What do you mean, apologists? What- Huh?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"He's an oblivious piece of shit, he's the reason-" She paused, clearly so excited to talk about how much she hated him that she forgot her own clause. "I don't like him at all." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada squinted slightly. "Did he.. Do something to you?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Yes. He ruined my entire life." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

".. How'd he do that?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Hannah leaned forward again and cupped her hand around her ear. "I'm waiting to hear it." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada stared. “I mean, I’m not gonna say it. You can either just tell me and let me stop being a Roy apologist, or we can keep going on our way.” @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Ugh." Hannah grumbled and leaned back. Her want to rant about Roy overpowered her want to make Zerada apologize. "He's the reason my dad's in prison." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada frowned. “How the hell did he get your dad into prison?????” @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"He made a train explode that my dad was in charge of. He got charged for it as Roy got off for free." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

“Wait- What?” Zerada frowned. “How did- What? How did a whole train explode? First off- What kind of role did your dad have to cause him to get blamed in the first place? Did he own the train?” @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"He just made the engine explode. It injured a bunch of workers. And yes, he owned the train, he owned the Osceola Amtrak Station in Iowa." Hannah said. "His powers caused an electrical malfunction that caused a problem in the engine." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

"His powers seem difficult to control. I can say that he didn't do it on purpose, at least, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Oh, yeah, I'm 99.9% sure it was an accident. But he still ruined my life because if it. So I'm angry." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

“I mean.. I can’t tell you to stop being angry, you can be mad, but like..” Zerada paused. “Is your dad in prison for life?” @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. No, just a few more years now. But he's been locked up since I was about to turn seventeen. He got a ten year sentence for gross negligence and some other stuff." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

“Huh..” Zerada paused. “At least he’s not dead..?” @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"... Wow. You're so right. The bare minimum." Hannah glared again. "Because he got arrested, we had to move out of our house, we had to sell our cars, I had to change schools, I lost my scholarships to the university I had been waiting my whole life to go to- I lost my only parent who accepted me, and my mom only got more and more on my case about everything. Roy not being able to control himself turned my whole life upside-down. But yes, maybe I should go *thank him for my dad being alive at least." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

"Look, if you wanna be bitter with me, fine, whatever- I was just trying to think of a positive in the whole thing." Zerada was biting back her tongue so desperately. Nice little trauma dump there, Hannah. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"You haven't given me much of a reason to like you, so.." @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

"I'm not seeking out people to like me," Zerada fought back the desire to roll her eyes. "Look, I think we're done here, right? You don't like me, I don't like you, let's just keep on walking at this point." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Yeah, I do think we're done. Bye." Hannah promptly turned to leave, the long end of her hair nearly smacking Zerada in the face. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada was quick enough to slightly shift out of the way from being wacked. As Hannah started to walk away, Zerada flicked her off.

@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Hannah was facing the other way, so she didn't see that. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Zerada continued to flick her off as she stepped towards her bedroom. She entered her room.@Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Yuga wanted to go out for a bit. Just a walk around the courtyard possibly. Just enough to breathe some fresh air and stretch his legs. He shouldn't be too long, or else he might get worse again. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Glass was passing through the hallway on her own, walking along at a leisurely pace. She waved at Yuga, not stopping to do a double-take. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga flinched, not having noticed Glass approach. As was his custom, he stared at Glass, trying to catch her scent and trying to figure out just.. what she was. His ears ticked to the sound of her hair. Well, at least she didn't seem threatening. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Glass paused, then abruptly spun on her heels to face Yuga. "Hey." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga startled, and jumped back slightly, his ears popping up to attention, and then bending back slightly. His tail wagged in agitation, and he eyed Glass a little nervously. "...hey?" he grunted. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Don't think I've seen you around. I'm Glass." She offered her hand for a handshake. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Mrm." Yuga looked at the offered hand, his nose wiggling again and he slowly took Glass' hand mostly out of curiosity, wanting to try how her hand felt, since he could've sworn it was made of glass... "I was sick. I was in my room a lot. I'm Yuga." He muttered. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Glass's hand was cold and hard and smooth, like touching a glass statue, except it moved to give him a handshake. Huh. "Oh, that sucks. Sorry about that. Are ya feeling any better now?" Glass asked. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga blinked. Huh. A girl made of glass whose name was Glass. Welp. He lightly squeezed Glass' hand just a bit more to be sure, before letting go after a pause. He looked into Glass eyes a little out of countenance, but nodded. "Yeah, better, a little cough still", he murmured. He did feel quite thrown off, but tried not to let it show. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

If Glass noticed Yuga's unease, she didn't show any offense. "Make sure to drink a lot of water. That'll probably help, at least some." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Oh, yeah, I will", he nodded. He shifted a bit, looking around. He was bad at small talk. "Um. Have you been healthy? It's cold here.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Oh, uh, yeah. The cold doesn't bother me as much, though I don't think it's been too good for my joints." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Ah, joints..." Yuga totally knew that word. "Good you are healthy. I hope you won't get what I had, uh." He looked down at Glass' hand that he had shaken. "You should probably wash that hand." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Oh- I can't get colds." Glass said. "But yeah, I should probably wash it anyways, so it doesn't spread." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Oh? That's good", Yuga tilted his head. "Yeah.. yeah. Who else live in your room?" Yuga asked mostly to see if it was Darcy or Isi. He wouldn't like to make either of them sick. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Uhhh... Ryu, Val, Kass. You know any of 'em?" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga's ears perked up a little. "Ryuu? Yes, I know him. Um. Yeah." He scratched the base of his ear. It felt too embarrassing to tell that Ryu had helped him find the dorms after he had been hiding in the storage. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yeah! Ryu's cool." Glass nodded. Best to not explain what she'd been doing with him most recently, not to a kid. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded a couple of times briskly to affirm this to be true. "He helped me earlier. Kind of scary a bit, but nice. Like Wolf, too." He nodded towards his door and the names on it. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Mhm." Glass hadn't met Wolf, but looked to the door. "Hey, you're rooming with Hannah!" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga turned to look at the names now, as if only now noticing that Hannah was assigned there as well. "Yes. Are you friends?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"We've met. She has a cool shark named Bonaparte." Glass nodded. "A bit... nosey, though." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Oh? A shark? I haven't seen." He frowned a little confused. Then again, a shark wasn't something you would bring to your room. "A nose shark?" He didn't know what that was, but maybe a shark species. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"If you ask, I bet she'll show you, too. She seems to like sharks a lot." Glass said. "Oh- no. Not the shark, her. And it just means she kept trying to get in my business." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Oh, it would be interresting", he mused. "Ah... your business..." he was pretty sure Glass didn't mean her corporate secrets. "Oh, well, she did ask some questions from me when we met, but she was pretty nice overall. We have not talked much, but she's a good roommate." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"It's a pretty cool shark." Glass hummed. "She's alright. I don't really mind sharing stuff about myself, she was just a bit weird about it. Good to hear that she's a good roommate, though." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Mhm", Yuga nodded. He could kind of catch what Glass meant. Hannah was somewhat blunt, but he didn't know how to say it. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yup." Glass nodded. Great at conversation. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga was silent for a moment, before gesturing towards the stairs. "I was going out." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Really? Where to? I don't have anywhere else to be right now, so I could show you around some." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Oh", Yuga blinked. He hadn't expected that. He shifted a bit. "Just.. out. I have been in for a few days. I can't be long time so I don't get sick again." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (edited)

"I can walk ya around the courtyard, if ya want." Glass offered. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Oh, um", he scratched the base of his ear again. "O-okay." He shrugged, and started slowly towards the stairs, looking back at Glass.@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Glass began walking towards the stairs, slowing her pace to walk alongside Yuga... @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Back in the hallway, Yuga paused in front of his room, and turned to Glass. "Thank you." He said, and bowed lightly. "Goodnight, miss Glass." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Goodnight!" Glass waved goodbye to Yuga before turning into her own room. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga went back to his room as well and prepared to go to bed.

Yuga is here again, now with Roy! He doesn't look back at him much, and when he does, it's partially to make sure the man isn't making any suspicious moves, and his ears are tiltes back towards him the whole way to listen to the sounds he makes. Once at his door, Yuga paues. He blinks, and sniffs the air, tilting his ead back a little, then leaning down towards the door handle, still sniffing. Hmm. It almost smelled like Ryunoske had entered their room. @Sauce | Roy 🌩 (edited)

The only sounds Roy would be making was quiet sniffing from the cold. Roy stopped when Yuga did. “…something happen?” @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga looked back at Roy when he spoke, and turned towards him. "Nah. Are you okay now?" @Sauce | Roy 🌩

“…bit better, less cold. Um.. what you said helped. I… got a lot to think about.” @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded. "Feelings are difficult", he said. @Sauce | Roy 🌩

“Yeah. I’m… gonna take a nap. Um… thanks for talking to me, I, ha. I probably woulda gotten a cold if you hadn’t… g’night, Yuga.” @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga smiled faintly, though it was hard to tell, but his tail wagged a little. "Goodnight. Stay dry and warm", he said, like to a younger sibling. And with that, Yuga entered his room to go to the shower. He would take a pause, taking in the suspicious smells in Hannah's room, before going about his evening. @Sauce | Roy 🌩 (edited)

Roy smiled back and headed to his room. (edited)

There’s a loud bang in the hallway as Enya’s door flies open. The announcement and following snatches of conversation are still playing, but all she’d needed to hear was ‘raising the dead’ and ‘stealing powers’ and it was enough to send her absolutely spiraling. She freezes in the hallway and frantically scans back and forth, utterly at a loss but convinced she needs to go somewhere. Sparks are beginning to fall at her feet. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

As Enya stood there a knife whizzed passed her face and dug itself into the wall. "YOU FUCKERS!" Valerie scowled as she stomped down the hall, ripping the knife out of the wall. "Come on out and fight! You freaks! I didn't trust this damn place from the start! You better let Titania go or I'll have all your heads on pikes." She snarled. "Show yourself you cowards!" Sounds like someone is pissed. @em | enya + mallon

A high-pitched yelp escapes her as the knife flies by. Blue flame bursts out across her body as Enya just barely manages to lunge backwards in time for it to bury itself in the wall. Heart thudding in her throat, Enya tries her absolute damnedest to quench the flames but it’s like they won’t listen. She tries to ignore the scorch marks on the floor from her jumping back and instead focuses her attention on the now-familiar voice. “V-Valerie?” @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

Valerie whipped around to glare at whoever called out to her, but when she saw Enya her gaze softened and she let out a small sigh. "Enya- I- shit. Sorry, did I hurt you? Did my knife..-?" She asked before she walked over to her. "God I had a bad feeling about this place but this oh god. This. They took my friend- Titania-! They took her and- who- who knows what happened down there!" @em | enya + mallon

“No, I’m— I’m okay, I—I—“ Enya involuntarily takes a step back when Valerie comes closer, looking almost hurt at herself for doing so for a second before the fear kicks back in again. She barely registers Valerie’s small rant, picking up just enough to get the jist, but her own thoughts slip out before she can stop them. “I—I was waiting for them. Yeonaixho said— They were going to come for me soon and I was waiting for them, I— If this had— If this was any later I would— God—“ She looks almost nauseous, and the air itself seems to crackle with the heat of the flames around her limbs. @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

Valerie's eyes went wide at that and she grabbed Enya's hands, squeezing them tightly. "I won't let that happen." She stated. "I won't let them come near you. I'll turn all those fuckers to gold with my powers if I have to." She shook her head before she offered a weak smile. "We- we can stick together. God- I..our conversation huh...crazy to think about it now, isn't it?" She looked down at their hands for a moment, a brief tint coming to her cheeks before she laughed. "..Ah..forgive me..I just...do not want you to be harmed..." @em | enya + mallon (edited)

Enya gasps sharply, flinching backwards and squeezing her eyes shut tight as she forces the flames on her body to extinguish just barely before Valerie grabs her hands. She’s trembling slightly, whether still in fear or now from exertion it isn’t clear, but she holds onto Valerie like a lifeline despite her skin burning hot. “Thank— Thank you,” she chokes out, wishing she could offer the same without the haze of fear in her mind. Valerie brings up their prior conversation, and the sheer timing of it is enough for a stressed half-laugh to escape her. “Y-Yeah, yeah, it— it fuckin’ is, God, it’s…” Her voice fails her, the announcements continue, and her heart drops into her stomach as her question comes out little more than a whisper. “Hell, that’s— what do we do?” @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

"I-I'm not...I'm not sure what to do." Valerie admitted softly. "But...it sounded like my friend Ryu was in trouble...I want to help her but-" She squeezed their hands once more before she let go. "Let- let's take a breather.." She took a deep breath and smiled slightly. "I'm just...I'm so happy you're alright, Enya. Really." @em | enya + mallon

Enya squeezes back, hands lingering in the air for the briefest of seconds, before they slowly drop to her sides. She draws in a shuddering breath alongside Valerie’s, then another on her own. Trying to keep the fire from escaping again is a massive effort, but it seems to be working for now at least. “I’m— I’m glad you’re okay too,” she says quietly, a hint of her own smile breaking through. It doesn’t last very long, though, as Valerie mentions Ryu, and her face pales slightly as she tries not to think too hard about what the sounds of fighting that had echoed through the hallway might mean now that they’ve stopped. “She’s— Fuck, we— We have to do something, I don’t— Can we find them?” @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

"I..don't know in all honesty." Valerie frowned at the ground. "The speakers went silent not too long ago and well..ever since then Ryu has been absent...I heard a thunk so I don't..think it can be good...I assume they brought her down to the basement or whatever was underground.." She shook her head. "..But I don't know this island well. If anything we would have to find someone and make them take us to Ryu...I don't mind getting my hands dirty if it means I can find her and Titania.." @em | enya + mallon

“Okay— Okay—“ Enya’s brain is spinning a mile a minute, fear and adrenaline blending together in the perfect cocktail of emotion to leave her scattered and jumpy. She takes another deep, shaky breath, but it doesn’t do very much for her. “Y-Yeah, that’s— Fuck, okay. There’s gotta be a-a way in, or out, or— I don’t know, we can’t check this whole damn island, I— Okay, let’s— Let’s try the main areas first. Somewhere central?” @capisnotonfire (edited)

em | enya + mallon

“Okay— Okay—“ Enya’s brain is spinning a mile a minute, fear and adrenaline blending together in the perfect cocktail of emotion to leave her scattered and jumpy. She takes another deep, shaky breath, but it doesn’t do very much for her. “Y-Yeah, that’s— Fuck, okay. There’s gotta be a-a way in, or out, or— I don’t know, we can’t check this whole damn island, I— Okay, let’s— Let’s try the main areas first. Somewhere central?” @capisnotonfire (edited)

@Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

"Central.." Valerie copied. "Okay. Yeah. Dining hall? Could we go there?" She glanced around the hallway, almost like she was checking if someone else was around before she frowned. "I don't think I know this island well enough but we can try there perhaps..." @em | enya + mallon

“That— That sounds good, y-yeah,” Enya agrees, sparks flying off her hands as she rubs them together over and over subconsciously. Unfortunately she doesn’t notice Valerie’s glance around the rest of the hallway. “We s-should, um..stick together,” she adds, somewhat nervously. “Let’s go?” @Cap! | Valerie + Inu + NPC'S

Hannah and Titania stepped out in to the hall, looking around for Kal. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Kal was standing a few doors down with blankets in his arms. When he saw the two of them, he grinned and stepped towards them. “Hey, besties! I was lookin’ for you,” Kal laughed. “I realized I had no idea which room was yours, my bad. I got the blankets if you still want ‘em!” @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania's tense posture relaxed a little when she saw Kal with the blankets. "T-Thank you.. You two can g-give them to me now.. It should be enough t-to cover all of me," she nodded. @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐ @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Hannah handed off her blankets. "It probably won't be the prettiest but-.. it'll work." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

“If we had thread and needles, I’d offer to sew somethin’ comfier for you.” Kal smiled as he presented the blankets to her. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Pretty is n-not necessary at the moment.. I just do not w-want others to see me like this.." Titania said as she graciously took the blankets. She covered herself head to wing with the blankets, only exposing her eyes and a bit of her claws at her feet. "W-What should we do now..?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @🌙Vanessa🌙 | Zerada⚡+ Kal⭐

Aj | Ryunoske+Titania started a thread. 10/25/2023 10:34 PM

(Wanna bubble the scene yall? @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline )

(Oo ye sorry I forgot to reply)

When morning finally came back around again, Titania had stepped out of the room she was sharing with Hannah and Kal. She didn't want to wake them, but they also wanted to stretch their limbs. It was hard to do that when you had to curl up for so long in a jail and a small room. Still wrapped with several blankets around herself, Titania walked down the hall. Her eyes and a bit of her toed claws were the only things sticking out from under it. Hopefully, no one would gawk at her, or maybe even take notice of her. That'd be preferable. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

That morning, Kass had finally chosen to leave the library, dazedly wandering the halls. She turned the corner, not quite registering the figure also making their way through the hall… until it was too late. She lightly collided with the blanked figure, though she was quick to pull herself back. Lucky for Titania, though Kass was drowsy, she’d elected to wear her gloves lest she appear hostile, or worse, harm someone she didn’t wish to. “Ah, I’m sorry,” she mumbled, slowly stumbling back before straightening up and offering them a small bow in apology. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

When a figure suddenly turned the corner at the same time Titania was, the princess let out a small surprised yelp. When she saw it was Kass, Titania's heartbeat raced to her ears. Titania tightened the blankets over themselves and tried to hide even more than she already was. "O-Oh! N-No, no.. i-it was my fault, uhm.." Despite the layers and the change in height, Kass would of been able to recognize the voice coming from behind the blankets. Titania stood there, unsure what to do. She wanted to see Kass, but they also wished Kass was the last person to see them. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“…Titania?” Kass’s eyes widened. So many thoughts spiraled through her head and she fought the urge to wrap her up into a hug- something she’d never thought she’d want to do. But here Titania was, and they were safe. But all she could manage was an awed “I’m so glad you’re alright, Princess. I’ve been so worried.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Despite Kass' light voice, something Titania was relieved to hear, the princess glanced away in what seemed to be embarrassment. "..Y-Yes. It is I," Titania admitted, shamefully. "I-I wanted to s-say goodbye in person, but t-then The Hand took m-my powers and—and they kept us i-in these cells... A-And now we are out b-but still do not h-have our powers so.. s-so.." Titania rocked awkwardly on her feet, her wings fidgeting underneath the blankets. "..I am happy to see you a-again, Miss Kass. T-That they did not h-hurt you.." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

It was no surprise now that Yeonaixho had lied, but it still irked her, especially seeing that Titania had fallen victim to his trickery. Her face softened. “I… I cannot fathom to imagine what that must’ve been like. And your powers… I’m sure they will be returned to you soon, or if I must, I’ll take them back from that filthy liar myself. She paused. “I wasn’t hurt, no, at least not physically. My heart ached when the staff made it seem like you’d left without coming back for your things.” She gave Titania a small smile. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania continued to look away from Kass, but felt relieved to hear her words. "I-I think there are others working on getting our powers back.. but thank you, Miss Kass. It fills me up with joy that y-you would do that for me," Titania replied. Though, as Kass continued, the princess slowly shifted their gaze back to her. "...I wish to of come back to y-you, as well. I did not want you to worry about me.. I-I thought I was not going to be able to come back. I wished very much to at least tell you goodbye.. I ached in the thought of being apart from you.." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass nodded. “If it came to that, I would. But I trust everything is in good hands, so I do not doubt you’ll get your powers back,” Kass’s expression softened again. “I think regardless, I will worry, and I am alright with that. I simply want the best of you, and for that, I am filled with the slightest bit of worry if just for your happiness. I’m just glad that we happened to run into eachother, for I didn’t know where on this island I could possibly find you.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania nodded her head in agreement and smiled just the slightest under the blanket. "I s-suppose you are correct. I feel the same... I-I am always thinking about your well-being, Miss Kass. It is a massive relief to see you are well," the princess replied. "..A-And I believe no matter where I was, you would manage to find me. After all, the distance can only hold us apart for so long." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass’s face turned a soft shade of red. “I would try my best, Princess- if you need me, I will always find my way back to your side. I hope I’m not speaking for you when I say our bond is something special,” she paused. “I must ask though, are you alright? You’ve been bundled up in that blanket for quite a while…” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The princess' smile widened a bit. "I know you would, Miss Kass. I have all my faith in you, and the bond we share," Titania agreed. Though, at the mention of being bundled, Titania huddled herself more in her blanket. "O-Oh.. I am just.. really cold. The storm outside last night was particularly bad," she lied. Titania hoped that sounded believable. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“Ah, that makes sense,” Kass hummed. “I don’t recall there being a snowstorm last night, but I’m sure I wasn’t paying much attention… not to mention, it’s very cold here. Perhaps your luggage in the library may have a spare coat?” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania nodded, frowning at the thought of revealing what she looked like to Kass. Hannah and Kal were okay with it.. but she still feared Kass wouldn't. They didn't want Kass' opinion of her to change. Not after everything they've been through. "I-I did not bring anything, so the blankets will suffice.. uhm.. A-Are you not cold, Miss Kass? It would be best if w-we found a coat for you." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass shrugged. “I suppose I didn’t quite think of that. I’m alright now, but I’m sure that would change if I were to go outside. Perhaps we could find coats for both of us? I’d worry that being wrapped up in just blankets wouldn’t work in a blizzard- let alone the snow…” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania was running out of excuses to use, but perhaps she could simply buy her time instead if she couldn't lie her way through. "R-Right.. yes, that sounds like a good idea. Moving o-outside may prove challenging," she nodded. "Uhm.. I-I am not sure where we would find any, however. I doubt a-any of the staff are sticking around after everything.. S-So we cannot ask them for help." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass nodded, though she raised her eyebrow the smallest amount. “I’m guessing we’ll have to go outside to leave, and yes… I’m sure the staff aren’t around anymore. If I were them, I wouldn’t wish to fall apart along with this place. I suppose blankets would suffice…” she paused, her skepticism getting the best of her. “…Is there a reason you’re covering your entire face?” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania's eyes shifted against her will, looking to a blank space on the floor. "...I-It is just.. really cold," she quietly replied, knowing Kass would know better, but lied anyways. "We s-should go look for a jacket for you now, Miss Kass. I do n-not want you to be harmed by the elements," Titania commented and started to walk down the hall again. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“I’d want the same for you Titania,” Kass protested, following quickly behind them. It felt… odd to pry, but even now, after reuniting with Titania, something felt the slightest bit off. It wasn’t a bad thing per se, but when it came to the princess, Kass couldn’t help but worry. “When they held you captive on this island, how did they treat you…?” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania continued, slightly ahead of Kass in their steps. Her footing seemed heavier, as did their movement seem sluggish under the blanket. It was like she was too bulky to move. "..W-We were kept underground, chained to the walls in separate cells. It w-was a cramp space. I could n-not move much at all. I-I believe they served us something to e-eat every once in a while.. b-but I do not recall now," they described. "I just.. f-felt very trapped.. l-like some sort of animal.. I was certain we were to die.." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass fell silent as she processed everything Titania told her, her frown deepening as she was given more detail. “That’s… horrible,” was all she could manage to say for a few moments before coming back to her senses. “I cannot believe they did that to you and the other guests- not to mention taking your powers…” she shook her head. “…I am so glad you’re not dead, but are you hurt? Your steps seem heavier than usual…” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Underneath the blanket, Titania frowned. "I-I am just.. very tired as well. It is nothing to worry about-" Titania paused for a moment, noticing the bright light outside from a passing window. Her eyes widened as she stopped dead in her tracks. "W-What.. what was that?" Titania gasped and subconsciously, stepped closer to Kass. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“I… don’t know,” Kass replied quickly, hastily taking off her gloves in case the threat were to somehow deep in from outside and harm them. She approached the window and peered out, trying her best to make out what had transpired at the graveyard. “It looks like there was a procession of sorts…” she explained, sounding the slightest bit unsure. “That man, unbefitting of the title of ‘Hand’ is there… as well as…” she focused on the woman now in his arms, and watched in a stunned awe as they walked away together. “…the ghost…” she nearly whispered. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania listened to Kass in horror. Who knew the things she had written about in her stories would actually be plausible? The princess shifted closer to Kass for comfort and shuddered. "A-A ghost..? What d-do you mean..?" @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass nodded solemnly. “When you left, I spent the rest of my time in the library, and eventually encountered the specter of a woman. She looked… eerily similar to the one that just left with our ungracious host, though she was… decaying. Her chest was fully exposed and withering and she was so angry. It was like she didn’t know where or who she was, and believed me to be her ‘beloved’, after begging for me to kill her. So… I did. I attempted to use my powers to fulfill her request, and somehow it worked, but instead of simply vanishing…” she paused and pulled out a lily that was now a few days old. “…The entire library filled with these flowers. It was quite odd, but I suppose now it kind of makes sense to me. She wasn’t just haunting this place, but the man in charge here.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The princess looked down at the lily in Kass' hand, confused and worried. A ghost was haunting this place..? And it seemed like she was revived by The Hand? Titania recalled the earlier announcements, frowning as it was all starting to piece together. "H-He.. he brought his lover back.. With o-our powers," Titania said in a shaking voice. Her powers were used to revive a dead woman... her powers... they were gone, weren't they? Titania sunk her head, beginning to sob. The tears that pooled out of her eyes with thick and black in color, almost like ink. The somber cries that escaped her lips were like chirps, unlike that of human sounds. She couldn't help it. Without her powers, she was forced to remain in this form forever. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“No…” Kass’s voice was barely louder than a whisper. As Titania cried, her heart ached. There was nothing she could do… other than offer comfort in whatever way she could. She quickly slipped on her gloves to wrap Titania into her embrace, holding her tightly, as if she were going to disappear if she let go. “We’ll get your powers back- I promise.” The others too, but they were not nearly as important to Kass as Titania’s, so that remained unspoken. “It’s going to be all right, he won’t get away with this…” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

If it were any other time, and honestly, any other person, Titania would of refused the hug immediately. She felt disgusting, a creature like her wasn't worth the comfort and companionship given to her.. But for some reason, all of those reservations were nulled when it came to Kass. The princess continued to sob, blotches of black ink staining Kass' shoulder as she leaned her weight against the other woman. Now in her hold, Kass would be able to tell Titania was no longer the human she appeared to be. She was taller, yet smaller in width. Her tendrils wiggled in stress and her cries were that of an insects. "I-I a-am so s-sorry... I-I.." Titania whimpered between sobs. "I-I have been l-lying to you this w-whole time, Miss K-Kass.. E-Ever since w-we met.." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass’s face was burrowed into the blanket enveloping Titania, and the sight of ink staining her blouse would remain unseen. However, to Kass, it simply felt like tears, and she continued not to bat an eye. She felt the writhing, heard the near inhuman sounds of the other woman, but continued to register it as the other woman simply being upset. She had too much respect for the princess to question what was going on, though it was the last bit of their statement that began to worry her. “You’ve been lying…?” Kass’s voice held no judgement. “…It’s alright, I’m sure you’ve had good reason to do so…” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

More splotches of tears ran down Kass' back as Titania laid her head down. "I-I.. I did not w-want to lie to you.. J-Just.." Titania sniffled and slowly, she pulled herself away from Kass. Finally, Titania removed the blanket, letting it fall onto one of her long, skinny arms. They were hunched over, still trying to hide a bit of their monstrosity. Though, everything else about Titania's current appearance screamed non-human. Their tendrils, her droopy wings, the long limbs that looked like tree bark. Ever her eyes were now nothing but deep set dots. "..I-I am n-not completely human.. N-Never was.. I am j-just a monster. A mixture o-of two species never m-meant to mix.." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“I’m sure you had good reason…” Kass repeated, then trailed off as Titania pulled off the blankets. It finally clicked… something she never wanted to pry about, finally revealed, as if a veil was pulled from over her eyes. Unfortunately, going off Titania’s sobs of distress, this wasn’t willing, and of course knowing that the ghost was now alive again and Titania was without powers, Kass finally put two and two together about the woman’s illusion powers. Underneath the blankets was not the form Kass was used to of the princess, but something different. Her bony arms caught the blanket as it fell from her body, revealing her wings, her face, her eyes… Kass couldn’t help but glance at their wings for a few more moments, a distant familiarity rushing over her. Though Titania didn’t look like what had been perceived at first, the being in front of her was still Titania, from her voice to her mannerisms, and even without the similar sounding voice, to Kass- and hopefully everyone else- they were still Titania, no matter what form they chose (or didn’t choose) to take. Nothing would alter that. To their comment, Kass shook their head. “If that is the way you perceive yourself, I understand, but I do not find you to be a monster. You’re not human, yes, but I do not think that makes you any less than what is supposedly ‘human’. You protected yourself for good reason, and I do not find that to be any sort of slight- rather an act of survival, and I understand that,” she looked back at Titania, her lips curving into the warmest smile she could muster. “I am not human either, and though we take very different forms, you still accepted me with grace that no one had ever shown me. And I will forever do that onto you.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

No longer did Titania meet Kass' gaze. Her focus was on the cold ground, wishing and willing herself to shrink and disappear. Kass' words were kind and warm, as they always were. Titania knew Kass wasn't going to be the kind of person to judge or ridicule, but the fear in Titania's chest continued to fester. It felt like her heartbeat would boom out of her chest, that Kass would be able to hear and see it beating, trying to keep Titania still under Kass' gaze. Kal and Hannah had been accepting, adoring, even, but their opinions were miniscule in comparison to Kass'. Why was she so afraid for Kass to look upon her? Titania wasn't sure. The fear only began to alleviate when she finally heard Kass speak. Her wings lightly fluttered as Titania mustered the will to meet Kass' gaze once more. Kass' kind words... her warm and reassuring smile.. it made Titania's heart yearn. "...I-I am not deserving of y-your kindness," Titania sobbed quietly. "Hearing y-your words.. it makes me feel s-such.. unworthy emotions." Titania wanted Kass to continue with her reassurance, her kindness, and patience.. it was selfish and ugly to crave something so intimate. She met Kass' eyes. "I-I would accept you no matter the form you take, Miss Kass.. I-I know I would.. a-and you would for I. Why does t-that make my heart so fond of you?" @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“I am not deserving of yours,” Kass replied softly. “But yet, we are deserving of eachother’s I think. No matter what, I will show you the kindness and acceptance that you have shown me, as you have forever secured a place in my heart…” she smiled. “…I don’t understand why my heart is so fond of you, but once again we are even… and I wish to be nowhere but by your side.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania sniffled, wiping some of the drops of black tears on her blanket. "I-Is it t-too selfish of me to say I desire the same?" Titania asked, her hands shaking. "Being a-away was difficult.. more than I-I expected. Truly, my heart cannot take the distance. Body, mind, and soul.. I yearn to be with you, Miss Kass." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

“And I yearn to be with you, Titania, no matter what.” Kass replied, never feeling more confident about anything in her life. “As long as you’ll have me.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania couldn't physically smile with the form she was in, but a glint of light in her eyes reflected the same kind of warmth and adoration it would of shown. "I-I would love nothing more, Miss Kass," they accepted in a tender, yet solidified voice. One of Titania's wings gently cupped Kass' side, a small sign of affection. "...If.. I-If you shall have me the way I am.. I t-think that is enough. E-Even without my powers.. I am fulfilled just being with you, Miss Kass.." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass gently touched Titania’s arm. “No matter what, I’d have you. I think… in some sense of the word, you complete me.” she hummed. Something about Titania had truly touched Kass since they’d met. She felt comfortable in their presence, and for once, she could finally let her guard down. She felt… lighter, happier, and hoped that she was able to do the same for the princess. “Wherever you go after this, I’d like to be by your side.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The wing by Kass' side shifted closer and it wasn't long before Titania hugged Kass completely. Their wings wrapped around Kass in a protective manner, as did Titania's arms as she held Kass close to their chest. "As would I, M-Miss Kass.. I would want nothing m-more than that.." Titania quietly replied as she nuzzled her face into Kass' shoulder once more. The only person Titania had hugged in her life before was her father... Kass was now the 2nd exception. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

And Kass hugged her back, her gloves hands wrapping tightly around Titania, almost as if when she’d let go, the princess would disappear again. The two stayed locked in embrace for quite a while, though Kass would want nothing more. It was yet another new feeling… to be loved. And she wished to savor it. Still hugging them tightly, Kass shifted slightly so she could look look up, and as she met Titania’s eyes, she smiled. In any form, they would always have that effect on her. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Meeting Kass' gaze, the light in Titania's eyes sparkled in adoration. Titania adored the way Kass' smile creased the corners of her lips, how it slightly squinted her eyes, and how that smile displayed so much affection and warmth directly to her. It made Titania's heart pace. She looked down at Kass lovingly and the urge to stay in Kass' embrace forever was tempting. "..W-We should probably start l-leaving.." Titania managed to say after a while, disappointed in her own words. @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass nodded, still burrowed into Titania, but after a few moments, she reluctantly pulled away. “I suppose…” she said quietly, before looking out at the window that showed the graveyard. “…It seems like we’re simply being made to leave…” it felt bittersweet- mostly bitter- and seeing Titania so devastated about losing their powers only made her want to find Yeonaixho and the product of his necromancy and confront them herself. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"I-I rather leave alive with you t-than have to f-fight and die just to get my powers back.. You are more important to me t-than hiding, Miss Kass," Titania said to the other woman, full of earnest. "As l-long as I am with you.. I think I care very little for w-worldly possessions in general." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass slowly nodded. “As long as you are happy, than so am I. You just… looked so upset, and I want to do whatever it takes to make sure you are happy and safe,” it was such a different goal than anything she’d been used too, but looking back at Titania, all she wanted to do was to make sure she was content, by any means possible. Whichever choice she made, however, Kass would honor. It was the least she could do. She extended her hand for Titania to take. “I am ready to depart whenever you are.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Titania easily took Kass' hand, her eyes glancing at the window in front of them. "It i-is hard.. leaving my power behind here.. B-But it is for the better. I.. I-I need to embrace the world as I am. No more hiding," the princess nodded, though her fingers slightly shook in Kass' hold. "Let us go.. I am s-sure our other friends will be waiting for us at the departing area." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass held Titania’s hand tighter. “I’m sorry that you have to leave your powers, and I wish I could do more to bring them back, but… I agree. Perhaps it will be for the better. We can experience the world together, and see it through a new perspective. No more hiding,” she leaned against Titania before leading her to the exit. “I suppose… it’s best to leave this place behind.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The princess nodded, walking slowly with Kass' hand in her own. "...Yes. As l-long as we do it together, I have no regrets," Titania stated and gave the guest building one last look over. It felt like she spent so much time here, yet none at all. She hoped those she met and cared for here would make it off as well, even those who had hurt her and the other guests. They turned to Kass. "Let us go, Miss Kass." @Morgan | Kass + Ren

Kass paused as Titania did, and gave the building one last look. Unlike the princess, there was only resentment as she glanced at the halls behind them. She wanted nothing more than to make those that wronged her and Titania (mostly Titania) pay for all the harm they caused, but… she knew better than to go off on a mission that would end up with her dead. Yeonaixho had won, as devastating as it was, but maybe, just maybe his happily after wouldn’t play out how he had planned. For the first time in her life, Kass was going to try to be the ‘better person’, or whatever it was called. Simply existing by Titania’s side made her want to no longer dwell on the past, and as much as she longed for revenge, the adoration she had for the other woman was much stronger. So off to the boat she’d go, and wherever the two of them ended up after. Taking Titania’s hand in hers once more, she led them out of the building. “Let’s get out of here.” @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

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