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Yeonaixho brought Peregrine into his room and over to the bed, sitting him down on the side of it. He leaned over the Angel, and slowly, teasingly, began to disrobe, revealing the intricate patterns tattooed across his chest and abdomen. The patterns consisted of lilies, stars, and spiraling flora, with a large moon shape in the center of his chest. With one hand used to pull off his layers of robes, Yeonaixho ran the other through Peregrine's hair, tracing his jawline and face. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

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Peregrine sat on the bed. His fingers toyed at his own clothes as Yeonaixho disrobe. He hesitated, admiring the tattoos, then he asked, "Am I allowed to take my own clothes off or would you want to do the honours?" He leaned into the touch on his face. "You may have to be careful of my wings, my Lord - hopefully you like that name best." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

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"Oh, let me. I'll take care of you." Yeonaixho cooed, slipping a hand under Peregrine's shirt. With his other hand, he slid a finger into Peregrine's mouth. "Now, shhh..." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

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3:56 PM

(we can fade 2 black whenever)

Peregrine chuckled. "You'll certainly take care of me, won't you?" He leant back, pushing himself into Yeonaixho's touch and giving very well performed... noises. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

4:01 PM

(let's fade to black now pere is a WHORE)

~ fading to black ~ Once everything was... finished, Yeonaixho rested languidly across his bed- slightly distanced from Peregrine, or at least further than a lover would typically stay. "I'll admit, you perform well enough..." He hummed. "Not the best I've had, though." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine didn't mind himself, laying on his stomach and letting his wings stretch out. "I would hope I performed well. I've been practising for the better part of a decade. And you're not quite the best I've had but I don't think anyone can reach that standard." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I'm not offended." Yeonaixho shrugged. "I certainly didn't gain my merit by being good in bed, it's not something I feel I need to succeed in. The wings, though... you weren't able to change my mind on that." He furrowed his brow. "A decade? Aren't you twenty-five or so?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"No, you gained your merit by something else, didn't you?" Peregrine cackled to himself. "Well, I said roughly, not exactly. Don't worry your godly little head about it darling. You received the best of my efforts, no matter your bias." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Bodily sacrifice, in fact. Which on paper sounds a lot similar to it, but often involves more... permanent damages." Yeonaixho's hand traveled to frame his temple, highlighting the scars beneath his eyes. "Mhm, still. I know I lost my virginity young, but you must've been younger." His pale eyes widened. "Though, I suppose I'm in little place to judge." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Bodily sacrifice..." Peregrine repeated with a wry chuckle. "I sacrificed my body a long time ago." He was not getting it. "Hm... you'd be surprised, I only had my first kiss when I was... hm, sixteen? And it wasn't even real, it was just so I could be left alone." He cackled slightly. "But besides, I don't remember when I lost it, just that it was gone by the time I started dating my dear friend Otto Beak." He smirked. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Not in the same way," Yeonaixho teased, and gently traced Peregrine's cheekbone, stopping close to his eyes. "Or else you'd be lacking something like I do." "Mhm, shame. Though, with how you speak about yourself, it doesn't surprise me." Yeonaixho hummed. "Otto, hm? Will I have to worry about him tracking me down because of what just happened? Or is your relationship more open." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Well, I am quite lacking in boundaries, my fiancée used to say. And my virginity, that's long gone by now." Peregrine leaned into the touch with a hum. He gently picked up Yeonaixho's hand and traced his fingers over his eyes for him. "These little things, I presume?" Peregrine cackled, dropping Yeonaixho's hand. "Well, really it's a claim of ownership. I don't love him, only dated him for a favour, broke up for love, and then again because there was nothing else. I don't think he really likes me either. He just likes to be the one who owns the Angel more permanently. So... yes, we're quite open. He's the one who puts me with the people who are desperate for the Angel. You're a nice change of pace, really." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"It was either my eyes or my tongue- and they were hesitant to agree to the tongue anyways- it's not as much of an impact. I didn't care, either way. I'd decided that my sight was trivial enough to give away. And well, look at me now. I'm doing fine without it." "Ownership, hm? Does he control you? Or is his possession simply for show?" Yeonaixho tilted his head to the side. "A change of pace, hm? Tell me more, I love to hear how special I am." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"You're certainly doing fine." Peregrine chuckled lightly. "You couldn't even see how beautiful I am and yet you still managed to make the right decision." Boy. "Hm, well, it's mostly for show, but he dishes me out onto people who want to touch divinity and I provide. You'd be shocked at what people want to do to the Angel... some, like you, make me beg, some beg me and some... they just take." His chuckle persisted but sounded forced. "You're the only god who's taken me in, my Lord. The Angel and God. Hand in hand." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Oh, you don't need to reinforce anything like that, dear." Yeonaixho cooed. "I'm God. I'm doing better than fine." "Ah, so he's like a glorified manager, then." Yeonaixho nodded. "Do people pay him to see you? I can't imagine he'd freely give away something so desirable as access to you. Everything has a price." At the comment on his godhood, Yeonaixho laughed. "I'm not surprised. You don't encounter many gods at all, do you? And I'm something far more important." He sighed. "The Lord and his Angel... darling, isn't it? It'd be more meaningful if angels actually existed, of course." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Well he's rich enough already. Famous actor. Though I suppose he must require some funds after paying my way. Hotel rooms, drinks, food, clothes. He spoils me, that can't be cheap, can it?" Peregrine hummed with laughter. "I suppose I am the price." Did that make sense? No. "I don't encounter many angels either. It's why I'm the Angel, rather than a angel. Or an, I suppose." Peregrine sighed and stretched himself out on the bed, smirking in the pillow. "Denying my existence after you saw all me? Tsk, tsk, Hand of God." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Both the price and the reward, hmmm." Yeonaixho hummed in thought. "And the recipient, as you mentioned how much he pays for you. You truly are dependent on him, aren't you?" "And yet again, by labeling yourself as the Angel, singular as the title is, you have named yourself perpetually inferior." He leaned close down over Peregrine, letting his hair fall over the man's body and face. "I, as God, am the consecration of power in the universe. I am ultimate, and I am infinite. You, angelic, while beautiful, are a messenger. A herald, a plaything. You will always be less than I am. I am the sun, and you are a fleeting comet, borrowing my brilliance." "Oh. I've seen you," He laughed, "It just wasn't very... divine." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine chuckled. "Well, other people help pay my way too. But really, it's all Otto deserves. He was the one who allowed me to break into that lifestyle in the first place, even if I didn't appreciate the good he did me for the first few months." Peregrine pushed himself up onto his elbow and smirked, eyes travelling up and down Yeonaixho. And yet, he was still below. "Now, where I am, we don't exactly have God. Even if one existed, it wouldn't quite reach into our corner, where we lurk. And so, the halo of the Angel shines ever brighter. Even a comet impresses the meek. I'm good enough for the people who need me?" Peregrine leaned closer to Yeonaixho, running his fingers through the other's hair. He chuckled along to the last comment but did not reply. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Really? Now that's a surprise." Yeonaixho tilted his head to the side, letting his hair trail across Peregrine's face. He traced a line down his jaw. "And what, pray tell, didn't you like about those early days? What was it that you had to get used to?" "Dear, if you did not have God where you're from, you would not exist. Life does not flourish without me. Your comet would be lightless without me." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Oh," Peregrine crooned, a grin pushing itself out onto his features, almost natural. "I just wasn't settling in. Didn't quite understand what I had signed up. Generic teenage angst, you understand, don't you? But the habit grew on me just at the right time, when finally people could touch the Angel." He chuckled lowly again and traced circles on Yeonaixho's cheek with his thumb, the grin falling but the tone sticking. "The world is full of parents and actors and socialites who expect you to earn your keep and, trust me, I have certainly gone above and beyond." Peregrine shrugged with one shoulder. "I never really look at the hand that feeds me. Easier to keep eating that way." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Mmmhhhmm." Yeonaixho hummed in understanding, and in something more, as Peregrine spoke. "You acclimated to your environment, didn't you? How preciously mortal. Is that why you sought me so desperately? A need to 'earn your keep' by pleasuring me?" He let out a low chuckle as Peregrine traced his cheek, moving his own hand over his lip. "Yet now, you have. You've seen the hand. You've seen God, in a way that few are privileged to." Gently, he slipped two fingers into Peregrine's mouth, pressing on his tongue. "Do you still eat?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Couldn't you say the same about yourself?" Peregrine returned his own hum, his thumb beginning to travel down to Yeonaixho's chin. "Well, there's really no one else worth 'pleasuring' here, is there? Why put myself through them when the real prize is you?" As he spoke, Peregrine leaned forward, his lips grazing Yeonaixho's upper cheek "And the bragging rights? Irresistible, my Lord." Peregrine tilted his head as if to shrug, relying on their close proximity for Yeonaixho to feel the movement, a smile playing on his face. "Mm." He playfully ran his tongue along Yeonaixho's fingers by curling it backwards, chuckling to himself but not really replying, as if that weird moment was some sort of answer. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (edited)

"I did not acclimate to anything. I changed the world to fit my purposes." Yeonaixho rolled his head back. "Oh, I'm desirable to you, aren't I? You made it very clear how much you wanted me before. Am I really that special, in your eyes?" He let out another low, gravelly laugh as Peregrine played with his fingers, then retracted them only for a moment, so that Peregrine would be able to speak. "I did ask you a question," He leaned over Peregrine, his lips a fraction of an inch from his ear. "Do you still wish to eat?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine chuckled as Yeonaixho spoke, nodding to his question, his fingers still on his tongue. Once they were removed, he let out a slightly dramatic sigh. "You did." He shifted to be better underneath Yeonaixho. "And darling, I always wish to eat. I'm forever ravenous." Whore. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Then it would be graceless of me not to satisfy you..." Yeonaixho cooed, pressing his body to Peregrine's. ~ fading to black AGAIN. WHORES ~

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10:28 AM

@soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

~ WHORES ~ Peregrine had now sat up, his wings wrapped around himself. Yeonaixho couldn't see it, he thought, so there was no point pretending. "Perhaps you're improving. Thanks to my expertise, of course," he teased. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Perhaps I am." Yeonaixho hummed. He sat up at the side of the bed and brushed his long hair out of his face. "Or perhaps, you're still acclimating to a divine presence. I'm going to go clean up, you're free to remain here as long as you like." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Me? Acclimating? Darling, I am a divine presence, I don't need to acclimate," Peregrine teased, leaning his head to the side. "Yes, yes, you can't emerge from your quarters in such a state, what would your believers think? Tsk tsk." However, Peregrine was already standing up, stretching out his wings. "Cleaning up may perhaps be the best course of action." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"And as previously discussed, I am far more divine presence than you." Yeonaixho left towards his en-suite bathroom. "That's the idea, isn't it. You aren't invited to join me- it'd just defeat the purpose of cleaning up in the first place." Leaving Peregrine on that, he shut the bathroom door on himself. A few minutes later, the sound of running water could be heard. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Afraid I'd dirty you further? I see," Peregrine replied teasingly, shaking his head to himself. Letting his wings settle down first, Peregrine began to peruse the bedroom, first walking around the bed then sitting down in one of the armchairs, tossing his legs over the arm. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The fireplace isn't lit, but looks like it has been recently, at least within the past few days. That made sense- it was quite cold. The small table by the armchairs was covered in a stack of books- all braille, some with other sheets of notes tucked between the pages- and a mug of day-old tea. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine picked up the mug of tea and- and he drank it? Okay. He picked up the books and flicked through them boredly. Man doesn't know braille. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The tea was bitter, cold, and disgusting. Ew. The books- and accompaynying notes, presumably made by Yeonaixho, would be quite boring to anyone who didn't know braille- there were, of course, no illustrations or diagrams to hint at what the book's subject might be. It was a mystery, and a rather boring one at that. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine dumped the books back onto the table and spun himself off the armchair. He paced in front of the fireplace, as if to pretend it was lit. He sighed dramatically, shifting from side to side. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The fireplace remained unlit, of course. There were a few trinkets on the mantle- a wilting lily in a vase, a small statue of a crow. Again, nothing too interesting. There were strikingly few decorations to look at- no paintings on the walls, no visual intrigue. It made sense, for a blind man. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine huffed. Clearly even though Yeonaixho wouldn't be able to appreciate any of it, he should totally have some decorations just so Peregrine could have something to look at. He wandered around the room and entered the study partition, humming to himself. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

There was at least more to look at in the study- the open windows provided more light, and the desk was absolutely covered in documents- all of them braille, of course. Yeonaixho's brailler- a typewriter-like machine with less buttons and a chrome shell- was even on the desk, he'd left a document half-written sometime before he'd brought Peregrine in. There was another discarded mug with even grosser discarded tea, and another wilting lily flower. One of the desk's drawers had been left slightly open, revealing the files piled inside. Strangely, the files and books in the drawer were scribed in print, rather than braille. Peregrine could read these. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine decided he was going to chug the tea again. Ew. "Not the worst thing I've drank," he convinced himself. Unhinged behaviour king but sure. He ran his hand along the wilting flower, his eyes trailing along the desk until they naturally fell upon the open drawers. He raised a brow at the print and leaned down to read them, not even bothering to actually pick them let alone sort through them. "Hand of God, yet can't even hide a secret..." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The second cup of old tea was somehow, even worse than the first cup. It was somehow both too liquid-y and too slimy, and tasted pecurily like dust (probably because there had been a lot of dust in the cup, too.) There were no more old cups of tea for Peregrine to drink, so hopefully he'd learnt his lesson. All the books in the open drawer were journals- falling apart at their hand-sewn seams, labeled in scrawled, messy handwriting. The easiest to see was labeled, 'Necromatic Concepts: A1-S12, Permability of the Soul?' @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine grimaced but convinced himself, in his head this time, that he had drunk worse things. He probably had, to be fair. Peregrine picked up the journal, muttering its name under his breath and flicking through it before hiding it under his shirt. For later reading. Plus, who else could say they stole a book from God? @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The journal was filled with hand-scrawled notes, and the occasional anatomical diagram of the brain, throat or heart. Peregrine would have to be very careful with it as he picked it up, or else it might fall apart in his hands. The other journals were titled similarly: 'Necromatic Concepts: D23-A12, Bodily Recognition', 'Necromatic Concepts: M22-O6, Regeneration & Decay', 'Necromatic Concepts: J7-L19, Do Ghosts Exist?'. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Well the journal was stuffed inside of his shirt against his chest and stomach so who knows if it'll survive the journey. He boredly glanced at the other journals, chuckling slightly, then he sat down on the desk chair and propped his feet up on the desk. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Peregrine's swinging his feet up onto the desk caused a good number of the books and documents to go falling to the floor, making a loud crashing sound. Maybe Yeonaixho wouldn't be able to hear the crash above his shower? @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine didn't give a shit, he just leant back in the chair and sat there for a good, comfortable minute

The running water quickly shut off. Only moments later, Yeonaixho emerged from the bathroom, his hair sopping wet, a towel wrapped around his waist. "What happened? Is everything alright?" @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

Peregrine cackled. "You thought there was some emergency where I was in danger, and yet you're still so modest. After all our exploration..." He got up from the chair. "Everything is quite all right, my Lord. If you still want to be called that." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Did you knock over my books?" Yeonaixho quickly dismissed Peregrine, walking over to his desk and crouching by the mess of books beside it. He frowned, disappointed that all his research was now on the floor. "Shit." Standing back up, he faced Peregrine. "I think it's time for you to leave, now." @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Not on accident," Peregrine teased. "I kid, darling." He stepped back, raising his hands. "Not the worst way I've been dismissed, you should know." To his credit, if you had to give him some, he did start to leave. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Get on with it." Yeonaixho waved dismissively, and began reorganizing his research- something he apparently cared for a lot more than he did Peregrine. @soul | peregrine 🎭 + ekmeros 🎻

"Ta-ra, darling." Peregrine waggled his fingers before he did in fact leave. Wow. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

... Madeline and Ryu were walking down the hallway toward Yeonaixho's door. Madeline had slowed down, taking particular steps to avoid creaking floorboards. She seemed pretty well versed at this by now, so hopefully Ryu would know to follow her lead. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu never was too far behind Madeline, but her size always made snooping a harder task. Regardless, she did her best to be vigilant. She didn't see anyone yet.. but that didn't mean no one was around. She followed Madeline to the door and waited to see what would happen. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (I assume you need to be tagged.. if not ignore me ajfjwjf)

As Madeline and Ryu neared the door, they could hear the hushed, distinct voices of two individuals speaking inside Yeonaixho's room. "I just... I'm so afraid. Why would she do that, Father? It doesn't even make sense! She's not like this!" "I know, I know. It's hard, when we learn those we love don't have our best interest at heart. I know you cared for her, Albanes. But we need to be strong. Can you be strong for me?" The younger voice only replied in sniffling sobs. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Madeline froze as she heard the voices. She didn't care so much about Yeonaixho, but hearing Albanes.. Crying about her again.. Madeline didn't move any closer to the door, only trembling and crossing her arm over her stomach. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

It was pretty easy to guess who Albanes and Yeonaixho were talking about, thanks to how Madeline reacted. Ryu glanced between the door and Madeline before shaking her head. "...I can try to make them fall asleep, but if it doesn't work.. it'll be force," Ryu whispered to her. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Please.. try that.." Madeline whispered back, tears welling up in her eye already. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Ryunoske nodded. She took a faint step closer to the door where the hinges and smallest openings were in it, and closed her eyes once again. Taking in a breath, she slowly exhaled. Instead of the usual colorful smoke Ryu breathed, this smoke was light in color, greyish-white and almost translucent in the light. The smoke directly filtered into the cracks and crevices inside of Yeonaixho's room, slowly but surely getting into the air the two inside had to breathe in. It would only take a few inhales before both Albanes and Yeonaixho would feel the drowsy affects of Ryu's smoke. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

9:35 PM

@innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

9:35 PM

(Accidentally pinned Mads twice my b lol)

"What's that... smell..." Albanes muttered then yawned. Yeonaixho was soon to follow. Their conversation slowed as they both fell into slumber. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Once she heard them go silent, Madeline took in a deep breath and opened up the door. First, just a crack to look inside. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"You can open it. They'll be out long enough for us to make the announcement," Ryu said, her voice only slightly lower than normal. "I'd like to get this over with as quickly as possible." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"O-okay.. If you're sure." Madeline said quietly and pushed the door open the rest of the way with a loud creak. She stepped inside and glanced around, seeing the intercom sitting on the desk. "You can go make the announcement. I'll watch over Albanes and Yeonaixho to make sure they're not waking up already." Madeline said and stepped up beside them, mostly just next to Albanes. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Yeonaixho and Albanes were sitting on the bed together- Albanes leaning on Yeonaixho's shoulder, Yeonaixho with his arm around Albanes in a paternal embrace. Both were sound asleep. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Ryu nodded and stepped into the room with no hesitation. She headed straight to the intercom and messed with it for a moment before speaking... @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

While Ryunoske was making the announcement, Madeline gently took one of Albanes hands and held it. She leaned forward and moved up their hands until the back of Albanes hand was gently resting on Madeline's cheek. She sat there like that until Ryunoske was done. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

As Ryu finished making the announcement, Yeonaixho shifted, rising from Albanes's side. "What the... Albanes?" Not yet fully noticing Madeline's or Ryu's presence, he gently jostled his daughter's shoulder to wake her up. Albanes startled awake, moving her hand away from Madeline. "Madeline, what's going on...." She scanned the room, until she spotted Ryu at the desk "-Father, there's a guest in here!" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Hearing Albanes and Yeonaixho ruffle up from their slumber, Ryu quickly pressed the open mic button, keeping the pa system playing on its own. "Alright, worm girl. Let's get a move on," Ryunoske said as she started for the door. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Madeline hardly had time to react to both of them waking up before Ryu said that they needed to get going. She gripped on to Albanes' hand tighter. "Albanes. I don't have much time to explain- b-but please- come with me. I'll keep you safe, I-i promise. You need to trust me." Madeline begged. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Wh- what's going on, why did-" Albanes stammered. She kept glancing between Madeline, Yeonaixho, and very occasionally Ryu, "Who is that? Why- were were we knocked out?" "No, not so fast-" Yeonaixho stood, "What makes you think you have the right to just- break into my room and knock me out?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Ryu got to the door, but only spared Madeline a glance. "Last chance, worm girl. I'm not waiting any longer," she said to Madeline, ignoring Yeonaixho. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Madeline glanced back at Ryu, but she has no intention of leaving without Albanes. If that meant getting stuck here and taking her punishment (probably death?), she would. "Albanes, we need to get going." Madeline tried to pull her up, not hard enough to force her, but enough to make it clear that they needed to go. "I-if you stay here- if I stay here- more bad things will happen! Y-you just- you need to trust me. I can't go without you." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Going- going where?" Albanes stammered. "What's going on? Why are you leaving?" "No one's going anywhere-" Yeonaixho marched over to Ryunoske, but failed at restraining him. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Typically, Ryu would of already swung at Yeonaixho, but for reasons she'll never say out loud, she didn't. Instead, she blew another hefty plume of sleeping smoke at him, and only him. Before the man could even hit the floor, Ryu fireman carried the twink onto his back. "Whatever you two got going on, figure it out. I'm leaving," she said and started to run out. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Well. Ryu kidnapping Yeonaixho didn't make Madeline look very good now did it. But she still wasn't going to leave. "Albanes that looks really bad I didn't tell her to do that-" Madeline quickly tried to explain all in one breath. "Everyone knows what's happening. If you're on the side with the rest of the staff, you'll get hurt. I-i can't let that happen. You need to come with me a-and I can vouch for you.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

As Yeonaixho crumpled, Albanes shrieked. "My father! You killed my father- why would you-" She ran towards Ryu with her mace brandished, and hit him in the knee. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu didn't even get three steps down hall before Albanes got her in the knee. That hurt like a fucking bitch, Ryu will tell you. She toppled over, and used Yeonaixho as a landing cushion, which wasn't much considering he was a lanky sack of bones, but it was something. Sorry, old man. "Urg–You seriously think I killed him? Your father is no God if you think a little smoke would do that to him-" Ryu huffed, a flare of white smoke coming out her lips and directly onto Albanes' face as well. "Take a nap. Worm, let's go!" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline (Ryu at 18hp) (edited)

"I-i'm sorry!" Madeline said aloud, to everyone and no one at the same time. She scrambled to pick Albanes up, clearly struggling with only one arm and her lack of much strength at all. But fueled by her utter insanity toward Albanes, she managed to get her up on her shoulder and staggered out after Ryu. "Wh-where- where do we go now?! You're kidnapping god!" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes hit the floor with a low thump, unable to protest. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

11:05 PM

(since theyre going into the hall now im gonna say theyre too far away for the intercom to pick up)

Ryu forced herself up, though, her knee did a pretty little click clack as she did so. With a noticeable limp, she pulled Juno up once again. "I'm not kidnapping him. I want to interrogate him. The idea was to take him away while you try to talk to Albanes, but it seems like that didn't work," he shrugged. "Im going to stay here for a while longer now. I think your little girlfriend is going to be out for awhile, so take her away. I want to hear what this guy has to say, and I want the island to hear it too. I told you, I don't kill if I don't have to. When the guards show up here, you should be gone." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline (edited)

"I-if I leave you- you'll have to fight off Yeonaixho and any other guards alone! You- You can't win that fight. They'll hurt you. You need backup." Madeline said. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu stepped slightly back towards the room and glared at Madeline. "Who do you care about, worm girl? Me, or the girl in your arms? I suggest you get your priorities straight. You came for her, I came to make the announcements. I won't take long. Get the hell out before you lose her entirely." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

Well, that message was pretty clear. She took a small step away. Albanes was going to hate her. There was no other way this was going to end. She was complicit upon the entire downfall of this operation, and personally responsible for whatever was about to happen with Yeonaixho. But as long as Albanes was alive and safe.. it was okay. "Th-thank you.. Be careful." Madeline said and ran off. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

/nsfw Ryunoske didn't watch Madeline go off. She turned her head and continued back into the room, shutting the door behind her again. Before Yeonaixho could wake up, she looked around for something to restrain him. Setting him down in a chair and then scouring his room real quick, Ryu found some rope. "Not gonna bother to ask why you keep rope in here..but since Peregrine was in here last, I can imagine some reasons," Ryu said, making sure the mic would be able to pick her up. She tied Juno up against the chair, his wrists and ankle against the legs and arms. "I didn't kill the asshole, by the way. His daughter hit me in the back of the knee with a mace. He's just asleep, but he should be waking up any moment now. Let's meet the real God together," Ryu said to no one in particular as she sat across from Yeonaixho. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Yeonaixho slowly awoke, and muttered something in a language Ryu wouldn't recognize, under his breath. "Well. This isn't very fun." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Sorry, I wish it was a different situation where you're tied up, but I had to do what I had to do," Ryu shrugged. "Your daughter is safe. The worm girl who's in love with her took her. I'm not going to hurt you either. I just want to talk," Ryu said as she took out a cigar and lit it. "I met your wife. She's pretty. A bit dramatic, but I can see why you like her. How long have you been trying to bring her back now? She said she's been here for almost twenty years." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Albanes-" He tilted his head slightly up, not fully trusting Ryu. "And why should I believe you? You obviously have no qualms hurting me, am I to believe you'd treat her differently?" For a very long while, he was silent. His expression unreadable. "Jymaiyri..." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Feel yourself over for an injuries if you want. The only thing you should have is maybe some bruises when I fell over while holding you. And that's cause your little kid bashed the back of my knee. I used sleeping gas on you two. If I wanted to injure you or your daughter, I wouldn't have bothered with that," Ryu replied, taking in a whiff of her cigar. Hearing Yeonaixho's grumble, Ryu looked him in the eyes. "Jymaiyri? Is that her name? She was upset she couldn't say her name or yours. Thought that I was you for a few moments too. The look on her face when she realized I wasn't you told me everything. She loves you dearly.. and you do too. Going as far as to kidnap people and forcibly taking their powers because of it." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Hmph. Good for her." Yeonaixho scoffed as Ryu relayed Albanes's accomplishment. "Then what is it you want from me, specifically? Some kind of perverted service? Or just looking for someone to take your anger out on?" As the topic switched back to Jymaiyri, he stiffened, and took in laborious breaths. He didn't reply. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Fucking dudes is a headache. So I'll pass, thanks. I'm already at my quota here," Ryu declined. "And I told you, I just want to talk." Redish-green smoke filled the room as Ryu continued to stare at the old man. "..She told me she loved your hair, your eyes.. the way you're entirely devoted to her. She wishes she could pass on. In her words: to rot. You won't let her, will you?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Yeonaixho scoffed, but remained silent. Even after Ryu had said more, he waited. A pained breath, and he said. "You know so much about her, hm? Then you'd know we vowed to never part from the other. She doesn't get to die before me. She doesn't get to leave me here." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"But she has. You just refuse to accept it," Ryunoske corrected. "And now you're making all of us suffer for your own selfish wants. I told her that your love was selfish, but she just smiled. She said she would do the same if she was in your shoes. Isn't that just romantic?" Ryu chuckled. "How long have your workers known about your little plan? Were they going to be sacrificed too? They have powers just like us, don't they? Or are the guests here nobodies to you, so we're just the sacrifices that are easier to write off?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You shouldn't speak of things you don't understand. It's not like- like she fucking divorced me, she was murdered." He scoffed. "Oh, she told you that? Did she?" "It's not selfish. Everything I do- everything I have ever done has been for another. I do not think of myself. And if this is what it takes to serve Jymaiyri, I'll gladly taken on the burden. No matter the cost." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The smoke in the room seemed to circle in a slow manner, like a herd of fish under water. Ryu took in another whiff before shaking her head. "What she wants is to rot, Yeonaixho. She doesn't want to stay here any longer because every minute she is, she's suffering," Ryu repeated with a stern voice. There's a pause before she continued. "If there's anyone who understands what's it like to have your wife murdered and taken away from you, it's me. You shouldn't speak for others." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"When I succeed, her suffering will end." "Then, you of anyone would understand why I have to do this." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The smoke tensed. Ryunsoke leveled her gaze and her grip snapped her cigar in half. "No. Out of anyone, I understand why you need to fucking move on with your life," she retorted, yet her voice was still unwavering, cold. "The people you hurt to bring back the one you love is a great price. That's your daughter, your friends.. people who you also care about. Do they mean so little to you that you could brush them aside if it meant bringing Jymaiyri back?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Then whoever your wife was, you didn't love her. Not like I love Jymaiyri." Yeonaixho tilted his head to the side. "To give up so easily shows lack of commitment. It shows lake of care." "People only started getting hurt when your like started interfering with the plan." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"You're right. I love my wife, so I let her go. You love your wife, so you refuse to. That doesn't mean the rest of us have to put up with it," Ryu replied. "Oh, is that so? Is locking us up and forcibly taking our powers not hurting us? You know, some of us have lives directly linked to our powers. You're killing us by taking them. I know you're not stupid enough to feign ignorance about that." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"It's not love to forget someone." "I can keep people from dying," He spat. "I can repair their bodies, fill in where their powers used to. I can heal them. How do you think Albanes is still walking around after I had to cut out her heart?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu chuckled. "You think I forgot her? You're a fool," she spat and the urge to punch Yeonaixho started to crawl on her. Though, that rage quietly simmered. "...You what now? You cut out your own daughter's heart? For what reason?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Yeonaixho didn't reply. "She was sick, she was going to die- God, you people are stupid." He rolled his eyes. "I was saving her- I continue to keep her alive, because she deserves the chance to-" He was cut off by the rapid pounding on the door, and then the entrance of a pair of guards- Desmondus and Astrid. While Desmondus moved to free Yeonaixho, Astrid immediately drew her giant sword and attacked Ryu. Instead of hitting him with the sword, though, she threw a fireball at Ryu's shoulder. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

The fireball did quick damage to Ryu's shoulder. She didn't even have a moment to reply. The burning on her shoulder singed her skin and Ryunoske immediately moved to remove her shirt. With her shirt gone, the clear burnt skin on her shoulder and arm were exposed. Ryu winced as she put a hand on her exposed burns. "First my knee, now my shirt and tattoos? I spent good money on those," Ryu said through a pained chuckled. Without another second to lose, Ryunoske blew out another ploom of smoke. This smoke was dark gray and had underlying blue tones. It acted as a cover for Ryu. (Ryu def +2, 11hp) @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (edited)

Despite the smoke, Astrid shot another fireball at Ryu's torso - hitting him right in the chest. Bam. Meanwhile, Desmondus had just about finished cutting Yeonaixho free. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

(NOOOO HIS BOOBS!)

4

Yknow. A smoke screen is only good if you can move freely. The injury to the knee did more damage than Ryunoske wanted to admit and she couldn't move fast enough. The second fireball did significantly more damage than the first. It ripped at Ryu's upper body, burning nearly all the skin up to her face. Blood was crisped at her wounds and even a bit of bone was exposed. She was lucky to even be standing still. There was pained shout, something Ryu didn't do often, if at all. The sound of her hitting the floor could be heard behind the smoke, but despite all of that, Ryu persisted. With what breath she could muster, more gray smoke was sprayed into the room. Sleep gas. Go to bed. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Just as he stood, Yeonaixho slumped back into his chair in slumber. Astrid was quick to follow, falling over on the floor. The guard drew his rapier and, in a form very much resembling some old-timey duel stance, thrust the blade into Ryu's chest. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Again. Can't really run when you're withering in pain. The last thing Ryu noted was the sound of thumping. She must of gotten someone with the sleep gas, but it wasn't enough. She didn't quite register the rapier in her chest. Burns will make your sense of pain dull, but blood quickly spilled from her body. The combination of wounds weighed on Ryu, and she went limp. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Once Ryu was out, Desmondus began dragging bodies away....

Madeline and Albanes headed back up to Yeonaixho's room. The trail of blood leading to Petrai's room was worrying, but.. Ryunoske needed help first. She opened up the door and stepped inside, looking around for Ryunoske. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Albanes lingered awkwardly by the door, not wanting to fully enter unless some of the sleep smoke still lingered. She bit her lip to try and stop her worry. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

(just some unconscious ryu thoughts. not really that important to read lol) It was rather warm and peaceful where Ryunoske laid. It was relaxing, even. She was laying down on a familiar lap while someone brushed back her hair. The scene was nostalgic to Ryu. "You got into another fight..?" A calm, but distant voice said above her. Ryu sighed. "I won, does it really matter?" She replied. The voice hummed. "But there will always be another fight if you continue being so reckless. It's tiring taking care of you all the time," the person laughed. "But you do it anyways," Ryu retorted back, laughing along. The brushing hand stopped, as did the voice. There was a lingering pause before the voice spoke again. "You have more work to do still. I'll be waiting here when you're finally finished." The person gently brushed their fingers over Ryu's cheek, before the scene went quiet. . . . Ryunoske was still laying face down on the ground, her blood still bright in color. She was breathing still, but it was so faint, she looked still from afar. Her burns and stab wounds were quite a neat addition to her already existing scars. There was faint lingering of smoke, but not enough to be considered a threat. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Ryunoske!" She was honestly in worse condition than Madeline had expected her to be in. She rushed over to her side and pushed Ryunoske over on to her back, which was quite a feat for her. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes rushed over to Ryunoske with Madeline, and once he was turned over began healing the stab and burn wounds. She worked silently, but swiftly. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

While Albanes healed Ryu, her stab wound closed and a bit of her burns also started to heal over, but a good chunk of them turned into faded over scars. Her breathing became a bit more settled and with some strain, Ryu opened her eyes. His vision was blurry at first, but squinting made it focus faster. "...I'm alive," he muttered. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I was really worried you weren't-" Madeline breathed out a breath of relief. Ryu dying would have been just one more thing to add on to her guilty conscience. "Don't try to move too much until Albanes is done. You are in pretty rough shape. I don't know how you lived so long with that injury to your chest in the first place..." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes nodded, and continued to heal Ryu. "We'll make sure you're alright. There are... other contestants, who have joined up and formed a bit of a revolution cause. And the prisoners are out now." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"You should see the other guy.." Ryu's lame attempt at humor fell flat, as she didn't even smile. She listened to Albanes for a moment, taking a second to even register who was talking to her. "...I see. Your dad is still alive. I didn't hurt him or the other two who were with him. Now that you're healing me.. I assume you two kissed and made up or whatever..." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. We didn't kiss." Madeline said, but didn't refute the rest of the statement. "I think even if you wanted to kill him, you couldn't have. I.. Turned him to a pile of mush and he reformed after a few minutes. I don't think you'd be able to reach that with your smoke powers.." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (edited)

Albanes flushed red at the idea of her kissing Madeline, and glanced away to try and hide it from Ryu. "It'd be... exceedingly hard to kill him. He had regenerative healing. To an extreme degree." She nodded along with what Madeline was saying. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Hm. Ryu closed her eyes again, her burns fading even more. "..If that's the case, is there any chance we can leave here without more fighting? If your father can regenerate himself, I doubt he'll let us leave in peace, and all of you workers here follow him like a cult," he asked. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"We could.. Try to run. Steal a boat and get away before he can catch-up.." Madeline suggested. "But I suppose most of the losers want to get their powers back- need to get them back, even. Like that one that turned in to a tree, we can't leave him like that. And we don't know how Albanes would be affected by leaving Yeonaixho either.." ".. I think a confrontation is inevitable, and I'm unsure if we can get Yeonaixho to give up what he has taken. All the powers he has taken he turned in to little rocks- maybe we could find them and return them to the guests, but that doesn't help much with Albanes.." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"My father won't want confrontation, but... he's a very determined man. And all the people here... most of us church folk don't have anywhere to go, even if they wanted to leave. I don't think my father would willingly give up the powers he's taken, I don't even think he'd give me back..." She trailed off, but her free hand traveled to her chest. "I don't know where he keeps the powers after he takes them. Petrai probably does, though. And she might be willing to help..." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Sorry, but I don't really care about where you guys can go after all this," Ryunoske hummed. "If we need to get those rocks to get our powers back, we'll just do that. I'm sure that old hag would be more than willing to help us if she's realizing the islanders are going against the church. She definitely gives me unloyal vibes if it means saving herself." Ryu sat herself up, wincing a little as she was getting comfortable in her skin again. "Your father is quite literally willing to do anything to get his lover back. I'm willing to bet that means sacrificing anyone he can, including you, daughter girl. When we fight him, I recommend you stay on our side if you're worried about your heart." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Her name is Albanes." Madeline said. She looked back over to the girl. "Could you... Use someone else's heart..? Or would you need to get your own back?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"I think Petrai is on our side... but I don't know. I don't know if she's on anyone's side." Albanes hummed. "But I do think you're right that she's prioritizing survival. It's very... like her." She took in an uneasy breath. "I know my father will kill me if he thinks it necessary. It's-" She stopped herself, then said instead, "It's how he thinks. I- don't know, I think someone else's heart could maybe work? I would've been eight or nine when he removed it, I doubt it'd still work, if he still has it." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"You should take mine." Madeline said without a second thought. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"What? No-" Albanes immediately shook her head. "No- we don't even know if it would be a match, and- and I don't know..." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Can you check and see if we're a match..?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I wouldn't know how to even... do that, my father mostly trained me in first aide-" Albanes said, "And besides, I wouldn't take your heart, anyways! You need it!" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

It seemed like Albanes did a while of considering before she settled on the 'Hey wait, you need that' line, hmm? Was she considering it? Madeline just sighed and looked back over to Ryu. "So, the powers and a heart for Albanes. Or somehow keeping her alive without it.. That's all we need." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"So you tell me daughter-girl's name but not your own name, worm girl?" Ryu deadpanned, before listening to the other two women ramble. "...Well, if it's a spare heart you need, I definitely have a few if you'd like them. They'll cost ya though." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I'm Madeline- wait, why do you have extra hearts??" Madeline blinked as she looked over at Ryunoske. She looked down at her chest, like she might be able to see any extra hearts beating or something. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes connected the dots a bit earlier then Madeline did. "Oh- do you deal in the organ trade?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu shrugged. "Not personally, but I definitely can get you a new heart if you have the right trade for it," Ryunoske replied. She glanced at Madeline with a small smile. "I work with some well rounded people. I can get pretty much anything for the right price." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. We would need the heart before we leave, I think.. That might be an issue.." Madeline mumbled. "What would you want for it? I don't have much but I'd- give anything.." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"My father sometimes bought organs from the Loucari black market." Albanes replied bluntly to Ryunoske. "He tried to hide it, but I handled most of the church finances once I became Head Dedicant." "Madeline's right..." She sighed. "Even if we could get a heart, there's no one to perform the surgery. I can't do heart surgery on myself." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

(Roque can do it

‍♀️)

(I don't think Madeline would let her)

(She would have to be dead before that happens yes)

Ryu sighed and tapped her finger against her knee for a moment. "...Look, you saved my life, so I'll make you an offer. If you can manage to stay alive here on the island or something, I'll get you a fresh heart and a doctor who can perform the transfer. I can pull a few strings to get it done without you two having to cover for it," Ryu offered. "...But that can only work if you can stay alive for that long. How are you even alive now?" She asked Albanes. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"You're living off of Yeonaixho's power, aren't you..? And if he.. you know.." Madeline frowned. The connotation was pretty obvious. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"He's placed... a pretty intricate hold over me. It supports my life force and gives me my powers, but... my life is in his hands. If he dies, I die." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

".. I think he has one over me as well. But I don't think he's actively keeping me alive anymore." Madeline said. "So we need to find a way for him to reverse that somehow, or.. Give you a new heart before we go. We don't know what would happen if we go too far away either." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu hummed. "We don't have to kill him. If we can just get the powers back and get people out of here, he'll get to stay alive," she shrugged. "He told me you were sick, daughter-girl. That you were good as dead if he didn't take your heart. Which is interesting... You said the blind man has left the island before, right? And you managed to live through that.." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Mhm. All the people should get to leave- including any of the church people who want to leave. They shouldn't be made to... to stay here with him." Albanes said. "I was sick. And he did heal me- he keeps me alive, even now. But he also keeps me in line." "He hasn't left since I've come here. When he went to the Loucari mainland to get me- that was the last trip he took." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. So we don't know how long the range is.." Madeline sighed. "There's a lot of uncertainty here that I don't like.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"That makes this a bit more complicated.." Ryu sighed, starting to get annoyed. "What about taking your old man with us then? He's pretty harmless if we can get him restrained." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I don't know...." Albanes frowned. "I don't think he's as harmless as you think he is." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Yes, I agree. I have seen him when he was truly angry. I am assuming he is more upset now than he was when I killed him." Madeline said. "We'll figure something out. We have to. Maybe we can still reason with him and get him to regrow your heart, I know he could do that if he wanted to." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Again, she sighed. "Well, either you guys manage to make him heal you for real, or we take him with you for proxy to get you a new heart, or you die. I can't offer you any more than that," Ryu huffed. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"We'll figure something out." Albanes nodded again. Her hand remained at her chest. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"We appreciate all the help Ryunoske, really." Madeline said. "So.. If we want to confront Yeonaixho about fixing your heart, we probably need to do that before trying to steal the powers back- which I assume he has." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Right. The sooner, the better." Albanes nodded. She turned to Ryunoske. "You... should be alright enough to walk now." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryunoske nodded slowly before staggering a bit to her feet. With her shirt burned and gone, Ryunoske was left without much covering, not that that ever bothered her. She winded up her arm, testing the flexibility with a small hum. "Where would he be taken if not his room? I believe whoever attacked me took him out of here." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Perhaps the hospital. Or back to his lab underground with Jymairyi." Madeline said and stood up with him. "We brought some extra coats as well, you'll freeze out there." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes stood up, and offered Ryu a coat. "Going to the lab would probably be... not the best idea. We'd get cornered." Albanes hummed. "And if we're planning to bargain with him, I don't think you should be there." She said to Ryu. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"Hm.. I assume the lab is where he keeps the body of his lover," Ryu commented as she took the coat from Albanes. "Thanks. And I agree. I think I'll just go straight to punching his face if I see him again." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"It would be best if it was just Albanes.. But I would be nearby aid if needed. I'm not sure if he's heard she's on our side yet." Madeline nodded. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"At least, Petrai's on our side. She won't be there to inform him of these things anymore." Albanes nodded. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

"I would bet he'd use Albanes as a hostage against you, frog girl," Ryu hummed. "I think it'd be safer in general to be with her so he can't do something like that. I think I'm going to regroup with some of the people I know and talk about a game plan. I have a couple buddies I'd like to help get their powers back," she said as she put the coat on. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. That's.. Probably true.." Madeline mumbled. "We'll figure something out. Good luck with your things." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Good luck. Make sure to tell them to ask Petrai about their powers." Albanes nodded. She offered Madeline her hand once again. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

Ryu nodded and gave the two a small wave. "Yeah. And the same to you two," she said, glancing down at their entertwined hands before heading out. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Madeline took Albanes hand, intertwining their fingers. "We should go get something to eat before we do anything else. We'll need strength for later." Madeline said. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"That's a good idea. We can also grab more food for later." Albanes nodded, giving Madeline's hand a gentle, appreciative squeeze. "Do you wanna go to the kitchen? I have a feeling Peregrine and Roque and everyone are still in the dining hall." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"That might be a good idea.." Madeline nodded. "Should we make extra? I doubt any of the usual staff are still going to be cooking.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yes, that's a good idea. We can distribute food to people who need it." Albanes nodded. She kept her hand intertwined with Madeline's, but her gaze was distant, thinking. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. If you don't want to cook I can do it- I don't mind." Yeah sorry she definitely took that thinking look as an 'i don't want to do that' expression. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"No- no, I can cook. It'll be faster if we both work together." Albanes said. "We just.... we need to talk. About things." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"About.. What?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"About... everything that happened. With Petrai." Albanes Said. "You weren't lying about her..." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Oh. Well, you had no reason to believe me. You don't have to apologize." Madeline said. "I sounded.. Crazy. And I had been acting crazy with my powers. You were right to not believe me." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"No- I should apologize, I have to," Albanes protested- she didn't seem mad, so much as she was burdened with guilt. "All those things I said to you, I was awful. I shouldn't have just... dismissed everything you said. You deserve better than that. I should've treated you better." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. You were just treating me like everyone else did. You werent even as mean about it as other people were." Madeline shook her head. "I.. I don't deserve and apology from you. You really don't have to demean yourself like this for me." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"But no one should've been treating you like that in the first place. Especially not me," Albanes insisted. "You deserve it. And even if you didn't, I would give it anyways. I did you wrong, Madeline. Please let me apologize for it." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. I hurt people. And I mess things up. And I take away resources from people who would appreciate it more- who need it more... And so many other things- your only crime was ignorance. And it was hardly your fault, Yeonaixho.. He tried so hard to get in to your head and control you, even more than the others here." Madeline sighed. "I am not mad at you, you don't have to apologize.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Well, I want to apologize anyways. And I'm going to. No one else will, and they were even more horrible to you, so I will." Albanes stood firm. "Even if- even if you hurt people, or messed things up, or any of that, you're still deserving. At least I think so." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I.. Appreciate that you think that." Madeline gave a lopsided smile. This was probably the first, or at least one of the few, times anyone bothered to apologize to her. "I don't need anyone but you to like me. That's enough. You've always been enough to keep me going." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I know that." Albanes reaffirmed. She returned the smile. "Well, I'll be here for you. For now and forever. Always." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

'She's gonna die. You know it. You won't have her for much longer anyway.' A little voice echoed in her mind. "..." Madeline stared back at Albanes, the grip on her hand increasing. She suddenly leaned against her, moving their hands so they could hug. "You have to promise me that forever i-is going to last until after we can get off this island.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes wrapped her arms around Madeline, holding her firmly but warmly. "I promise. We'll get off this island, and we'll have a new life. We'll be together." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"That's all I could ever ask for.." Madeline sniffled and held on to her tightly. "Where.. where should we go?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes still held tight to Madeline. "Petrai might know somewhere we could go. Or maybe one of the contestants can take us in for a while, one of the nicer ones." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. I don't know any of the contestants I would trust that much.. Petrai may be our best bet.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yeah. Petrai will probably know somewhere we can go." Albanes hummed. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Hopefully.." Madeline said. "Do you.. Think Petrai likes me..? Or just tolerates me..?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I think she likes you. It's... kinda hard to tell, but I think she cares for you." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. She talks to me like she doesn't- then she does things that shows she does.. It's confusing.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Petrai talks to everyone like she doesn't like them. That's kind of just how she is." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Weird.." Madeline sighed. Hopefully Petrai would be able to help them out when the time came. Who else could they turn to..? "Do you think any of the other staff will join our side when they see you and Petrai joined, or is Yeonaixho's influence enough to keep them on his side..?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I don't know... I think Noah might, and maybe Zeydein. Neither of them have ever liked my father much in the first place, though. Hopefully, now that others know the truth, they'll be more inclined to join us." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. I hope so. Even with all the guests on our side- the rest of the staff and Yeonaixho are just more organized. Most of the guests can barely get along with each other without trying to kill each other.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yeah... maybe we can get some sort of authority set up in the rebellion, at least for the time being. Some sort of organization." Albanes hummed. "Someone to lead us. Maybe Petrai." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. I don't know if most of the guests would want to follow the previous second in command here.. Maybe she could.. Co-lead, with a guest. To build some trust. I have a feeling some people won't be happy with that either, though.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Petrai leading might make the other guards and dedicants want to join... but I see your point. But co-leading could work." Albanes thought. "Do you think Ryunoske would agree to that?" @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Maybe? She was pretty proactive with this whole thing. And the problem people seem to like her, at least a little bit.." Madeline nodded. "I think Roque and Peregrine will at least work with us to get the powers back. After that.. I'm not too sure. I think most of the rest of the guests mean well." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"I think she would be a good choice for a leader." Albanes said. Even if she still didn't personally like Ryunoske, she could appreciate her leaderlike qualities. "We'll need all the help we can get. Even from Roque and Peregrine." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"I'm guessing Roque will be useful for.. Any dirty work we have to do. I don't know how many other people here are so eager to participate in violence." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yeah... are we sure we want to give her back her powers, though?" Albanes asked cautiously. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. I think if we specifically exclude her from that she'll kill us." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yeah... I don't know." Albanes sighed. "I don't want her able to kill anyone. She scares me." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"She is scary.." Madeline shuddered. "But I heard she's also close with Ryunoske. Which will balance out against Petrai's total hatred of her. Hopefully she knows she can't take all of us, even with her powers back." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Mmhmm. Let's hope she's smart enough not to try something. Even if she can't take all of us, she could still do at least some harm." Albanes frowned. "Harm that could become more permanent without my father around." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. True.. But I think we can't leave her out just because of what she might do. I think she is still capable of trying to kill people without them, and.. Excluding her would be a good way to spur her to do that." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Mmhmm. We'll figure out something. Maybe we can bargain with her- we can make her promise not to hurt anyone, or we won't give her back her powers. That's a reasonable request." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"Yeah.. I just don't know must she cares about promises either.." Madeline said. "Maybe you can say you have the ability to take away powers too, and you can do it if she starts causing problems for us. That might keep her from trying in the first place." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"But if she does cause trouble, I have no way of following up on that lie." Albanes frowned. @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

"... Well it would have to be convincing enough of a lie to get her to not try at all, I guess.." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

"Yeah." Albanes nodded. After a pause, she added, "We should probably go to the kitchen, and get something to eat." @Mads|Roque🩸+Hannah🦈+Madeline

".. Yeah. Let's get going." Madeline took Albanes hand again and headed out. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

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".. Yeah. Let's get going." Madeline took Albanes hand again and headed out. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Albanes followed...

Yeonaixho's quarters were a mess. The door was slightly ajar, the floor was covered in blood, there was a toppled-over chair in the center of the room, surrounded in cut-away rope. Something had happened here, that was clear, but it also just seemed like Yeonaixho didn't lead a very organized life. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

The second Isi walked in her ears lowered, she seemed so much more cautious. But there was no one here, so she just nodded at Yuga that it was safe before continuing in. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

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@Twig | Taisto + Yuga

(No worries lol)

Yuga's ears lowered as well, and he stared at the blood witv wide eyes once he entered. His nose wiggled, taking in the scents. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

The windows helped with adding a little light, but it was still definitely darker than Petrais room, and way messier, even for a room that had dealt with all the shit recently. "So that's what everything on the announcements was..." @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded with a grunt. "Ryu... I hope he's alive", he sighed. He proceeded further into the room to look around. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"I don't see any reason why his body wouldn't be here if he wasn't" Isi frowned, it was weird being here after hearing the annohncements. They really hoped Ryu was okay too. Isi cautiously moved through the room, approaching the desk first. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (edited)

The desk was covered in documents and papers- almost all of them braille. One of the desk drawers was open, revealling hand-bound, handwritten jorunals inside. They all had similar titles: 'Necromatic Concepts: D23-A12, Bodily Recognition', 'Necromatic Concepts: M22-O6, Regeneration & Decay', 'Necromatic Concepts: J7-L19, Do Ghosts Exist?' @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 \

"Unless the blind guy neededthe body..." Yuga mumbled. He looked around and found the intercom machinery. "We could make an announcement if we wanted." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

As she looked over the journals, they did line up with what she saw in the lab, only this must be someone else's writing. The braille didn't do much for her, but she did run her finger over it a little anyway because the feeling was neat. Isi cringed a little at Yugas suggestion, truly hoping that wasn't the case. Isi smiled, it was kinda funny imagining the different things they could announce. "What kind of announcement?" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

("Yeonaixho is a bitch ass motherfucker") (edited)

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Yuga smirked faintly and mischievously. "I don't know. Something. Can you sing?" @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi gave Yuga a faintly confused/amused look. Fuck it, she'd caused enough trouble already, whats one more thing. "What kinda song are you thinking?" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Hmm. Something. Maybe something that'll make people happy in the middle of this, or make them want to fight for our freedom." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi thought for a second, then, took out her Ocarina and started playing a little song that sounded somewhat urgent and upbeat. The announcement system wasn't on yet, this was just to see if Yuga liked it. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga looked at the ocarina curiously. His ears perked up when he heard the song. He smiled a bit and his tail swished. "What's that song?" @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi stopped playing for a moment. "When I was trying to learn how to play the ocarina, I kinda just looked anywhere I could for music that wasn't expensive. I forget what this one was called, but it's one of the first I learned. You think it'll work?" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded. "Yeah! It's nice. Do you want to say something first? I can think of something to say." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"I don't really have anything to say, but since it was your idea I'd say go for it if you're got anything. Then I can play" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Yeah, sounds good", Yuga nodded. He looked at the machinery for a moment, trying to see how it worked. He fiddled with the microphone, and finally found the record button. He cleared his throat, before perssing the button. He tapped the microphone to test it out, before talking. "People on the island. Guests, and others. We have been lied to. Every worker on the island, you have lied to us. You used us. You betrayed us. We trusted you. I trusted you. You promised me a home, you promised me everything, you faked that you cared, and I believed, like an idiot. You lied", he snarled. "You always were going to put us in cages, and use us like animals. I hate you. Give back the powers you stole, and let us leave, and we leave you in peace. If you don't, if you keep fighting, we fight back." "Guests! Stay together, protect each other. Don't let them take what's yours. Fight to save you, fight to save us! We will not die here. We will never surrender!" He hit his fist on the desk for emphasis, and huffed. Then, he glanced over to Isi with a small smirk. "Alright, fuckers. Here's some music for your soul." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi nodded at him, placing the Ocarina to her lips and beginning to play. The sound echoed through the speakers, it sounded hopeful, urgent, and a little upbeat. As the music played, if anyone was outside or cared to look out a window, they would see and hear a discordant chorus of birdsong answering Isi's tune with their own as the various birds rose into the air and alighted on rooftops and trees nearer the staff building. The song did not last more than a minute or two. Once it ended, Isi leaned down to the microphone to speak. "Kick some ass and don't die! Unless you're Yeonaixho, dying is allowed if you're Yeonaixho." The announcements clicked off. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) (edited)

Yuga listened to the song with a small smile, and nodded his head to the rhythm. Once it was over and Isi said his piece, he grinned and clapped his paws. Then, he lifted his hand for a high-five. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi grinned and high-fived Yuga enthusiastically. "I don't really know if anyone listened to that but it was kinda satisfying huh?" They laughed. "we should probably think of getting out of here though, in case they care enough to look for us" @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Yeah", Yuga smiled and wagged his tail. He nodded. "Yeah... we could try to find Ryu, or we could... just go back and see how everyone is doing." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi nodded. "Yeah, let's get out of here, find our friends." It was really nice seeing Yuga happy instead of scared or angry. Isi just hoped they were all getting out of here so he could stay that way. They started towards the door, waiting for Yuga to come with. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

It was better not think about what would come after this. He didn't want to think about returning back to the streets to die after all he had survived here. He had nothing to lose, so he was going to do his all to help the people who still had futures ahead of themselves to live those futures. He nodded, and followed Isi determinedly to the door. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

They left Yeonaixhos room, making their way to the exit of the staff building. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Before they could leave, they were cut off by a trio of pallid, rotting, walking corpses. One-(the leader?) drew a sword from their belt, and angled it towards the pair. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga's eyes popped open at the sight, and at the smell. He shrieked in shock and horror, his fur standing on end, and he jumped back, staring at the nightmarish creatures in disbelief, ears pinned down. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi stayed positioned in front of Yuga, ears flattened, and immediately tried to attack the first corpse with a swift kick, but missed. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

When the kick missed, the first corpse stumbled forward, trying to attack Isi. It failed, only ended up stabbing its sword through its thigh. Nasty. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga's lips curled into a snarl, but his eyes stayed wide and terrified, his ears low and his tail between his legs. He growled, but it was feeble and scared instead of intimidating. He said something in Vulpese, and after a moment repeated clumsily: "What, what is this...?" He licked his muzzle and grimaced in a mix of disgust, confusion and horror as the corpse stabbed itself. Yuga backed off, trying to pull Isi away as well. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

They looked back at Yuga for a split second, and looking at his fear and feeling her own anger made her determined to get them out. They wouldn't let Yuga pull them back. She aimed a swift, hard kick at the zombies torso, which did a whole lot of damage, and gave them a little time. "Yuga we gotta go- we can dodge them" they held out their hand for his paw. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Yuga's eyes were fixed on the creatures, but a moment after Isi had spoken, his head robotically turned towards her voice, and a second after his eyes followed. He took her hand, fur still bristled and ears down. He mumbled something and made a hand movement over the both of them, closed his eyes briefly, before looking back at Isi with the tiniest bit of determination, and nodded. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The leading corpse, the one with the sword, lunged again at Isi, but stumbled again. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi tried to get past the guards, but instead just ended up getting pushed further back in the room with Yuga, panic rising. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Twig | Taisto + Yuga (edited)

Yuga swatted the foremost zombie with his claws, snapping the last bits holding it together, and it collapsed on the floor. Yuga made a disgusted and startled yelp, backing off again and licking his muzzle, his tail lashing in agitation. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

As Yuga clawed the first corpse warrior, it collapsed- still as death. The one beside it immediately reacted by stabbing Yuga in the arm with a knife. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi snarled and aimed a kick at the corpse that stabbed Yuga, only to miss and stumble back a little. however, she did make sure she'd placed herself in front of Yuga again, so the next attack would land on her. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

"Kyaeek!" Yuga stumbled back and bumped against the desk after being stabbed. He snatched the first thing that he got in his hand, and jugged the stapler at one zombie's head. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The stapler hit the corpse straight in between the eyes. It stumbled back, putting its hand to its face. Blindly, it swung the knife at Yuga, but didn't land a hit. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Isi dodged the stapler as it flew over her head towards the zombie, and that action messed up her aim enough to completely miss the zombie during her next attack. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Encouraged by his succesful throw, he picked up the typewriter-looking thing from the table, stepped next to Isi with the device lifted high above his head, and flung it at the corpse. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

The brailler hit the corpse straight in the face. It stumbled back awkwardly, tripping over something and collapsing on the floor. There was still one zombie left... @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

The brailler hitting the zombie in the face was just ridiculous enough to snap Isi out of her freeze. She did a jump-kick to hit the last zombie square in the collarbone, getting a very satisfying hit. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga barked, excited by Isi's beautiful hit. He lunged forward as well, attempting to punch the corpse, but missed by a hair. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

Spurred on by Isi'a hit to their collarbone, the last remaining corpse hit Isi over the head with their mace. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁 @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Isi stumbled back a bit when she was hit on the head, but that wasn't even the worst part- the mace made contact with one of her antlers, causing the top portion of one to snap off and clatter to the floor. Seeing this, Isi snarled at the remaining zombie, and head trauma be damned, she gave it one last solid kick, this time straight to the head, knocking it clean off (if so allowed) @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄) @Twig | Taisto + Yuga (edited)

That sure is one decapitated zombie. Yup. It's body slumped to the floor in a low 'thud'. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Yuga let out a triumphant howl, and bounced a little between the fallen corpses. They were still unnerving. It was like you never knew when they would rise again. "Are you okay?" he asked Isi and looked at their broken antler worriedly. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"oh that?" She reached up to touch the broken bit. "Just spent a while growing it, but I'll live. Are you okay?" They looked worriedly at Yuga's arm. They also completely missed that he may have meant the head trauma and not the antler but who cares, she's fine. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga looked at the wound that was spilling blood all over on his arm, and staining his gray church tunic. His ears bent back and he frowned in disgust. "I'm fine..." he mumbled, and proceeded to lick the wound. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

"it's not gonna kill you but we should still bandage it-" she looked at the door. "Just maybe not here. Do you think you'll be okay if we get to the dorms and then bandage it?" Isi really really did not want another wave of corpses, or worse, to corner them here again, especially if Yuga was hurt. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded. "Yeah, that's okay. Just a moment." He went, and walked back to the intercom, and started recording. "YOUR CHURCH LEADER IS A BITCHASS MOTHERFUCKER WHO HAS ZOMBIE ARMY!" Short and sweet. He had to get that off of his chest. "Okay, let's go." @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Maybe it was the way it cut the tension or something, but Isi laughed so hard at Yuga's announcement it may have carried over into the intercom. "Okay okay- let's get out of here" they held out their hand again and got closer to the door. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

Yuga nodded, huffing, and followed her, gripping onto his wounded arm. @sketti | Eben 🕶 + Isi 🍁

Provided there were no more weird interruptions, the two made it safely back to #wolf-yuga-hannah-mallon , so long as Yuga was alright with it. Isi would go back to her dorm, but it was kinda still a mess. @Twig | Taisto + Yuga

The ghost of Jymaiyri Ke Naido walked through halls she had once despised. Her soul inhabited her body now- now, and again. It felt odd- to command her hand to rise and have it rise. For twenty years she had toiled without it, and yet now she was tethered. Even the rythmic beat of her heart and the contraction of her lungs were foreign experiences. It was as if she had been reborn completely- a phoenix out of ash, a new spring growth. Was this what Yeonaixho had felt like, the first time he had brought himself back? Jymaiyri wondered this. All those memories seemed so distant now- remembered more by her body than her soul. Had she really changed so much, in twenty years? Or had the world changed without her? Those twenty years had felt like a dream. Like nothing. She could remember her last living day like it’d been yesterday. And yet, it still felt so distant. Time had elapsed her, without her knowing. It felt so wrong, and yet to be living again, to have inhabited her own body was elation. It was a high she never wanted to come down from. She was real again. She could breathe, and swallow, and think. For twenty years, she hadn’t known how much she missed it. It had been so hard to know, when all she had been capable of was rage. Rage that still festered in the pit of her stomach. Despite Yeonaixho’s meticulous restoration of her body, she could still feel the aches of her mortal wound. Yeonaixho led her along, one hand on her waist, the other holding his cane. He’d aged in her absence- twenty years of time had shifted his appearance ever so slightly. His hands were more worn, the darkness under his eyes more pronounced. When he smiled, his face creased into wrinkles he hadn’t before. But he’d aged well, or at least, he’d aged familiarly. He’d grown older in a way Jymaiyri found she didn’t really mind. He was still hers, eternally. It was just strange, to think that he’d passed her in age. It was stranger to think that, after twenty years, her body was still thirty. She didn’t feel thirty. She didn’t feel fifty, either, the age she would’ve been if she’d lived. She felt new and old at the same time. She wondered how long that infantile newness would last, that fresh unease. She wondered if she’d have enough time to get used to it. “You haven’t changed the church quarters since I’ve been gone.” She said, as they walked through the empty halls. Since she’d been gone- a polite euphemism for something neither of them truly wanted to address. She’d been gone, and now she’d returned. Like she’d been on a business trip. “Ah, yes.” Yeonaixho answered lightly, idly. “It felt wrong to, honestly. You know me and design. I’m horrid at it.” “And Petrai didn’t care to change it?” “You know how she is.” Jymaiyri had thought she’d seen Petrai, Yeonaixho’s oldest and dearest friend, at the resurrection. But she hadn’t. The woman might’ve looked like Petrai, but she was far too free. That was not the Petrai Jymaiyri knew.

12:25 PM

Through the dusty, dated hallways of the staff building, Yeonaixho led Jymaiyri back- back through memory, back to a dream, back to a life that had been so firmly in her grasp but had slipped out of her hands like dry sand. He led her back to their room- the room that had once been theirs, twenty years ago, and had been his since. It was easy to tell what desire drove him- of course, she wanted him bodily, too. It’d been so long, out of his embrace. She craved the saccarine that was him. She wanted it on her body, on her lips. What better way to mark her reunion than to consummate it? He opened the wooden door slowly, letting it creak before he let her into the room. “Forgive the mess, please. There’s been a bit of trouble recently.” Jymaiyri stepped silently into the lofty chamber. Dark, as was typical for any space Yeonaixho inhabited. Dusty, every surface covered in something. She was sad to see he’d let his organizational habits go without her. But she understood. The blood on the floor, and the chair beside it, she did not care to know the purpose or history of. “You’ve kept it the same.” “Mostly. At least, any of it that mattered.” Yeonaixho hummed as he rested his cane by the door. “I’d always hoped you’d return. Couldn’t bare to change it.” Now, he was in front of her. He cupped her face in his hands, tracing her cheeks, the bridge of her nose, the creases of her eyes. He committed her to his tactile memory, as if he couldn’t believe she was actually real. “And now, you have me back.” Jymaiyri could melt in the embrace. The proximity was entoxicating. Instead of replying, Yeonaixho kissed her again. It, like it had been before, was sublime, but now, in dim privacy, it was passionate. He leaned into her, over her, one hand traveling up through her hair and the other caressing her back. Jymaiyri had needed this. She’d needed this for years. Passion completed her. Jymaiyri led them both over to the bed, in a tangle of passion. She laid Yeonaixho out on the bed, then sat over him- one leg on each side of the body. She resented the starchy, lineny funeral gown he’d dressed her in, and the way it clung to her body in all the wrong places. Likewise, she resented how Yeonaixho’s mess of layers obscured his. She began to pull her shirt off, and when Yeonaixho realized that was what she was doing, he assisted her. Then, it was his turn. “Treat me gently, lilybud.” He murmured into her ear, only a breath away. “I’ve missed this.” Jymaiyri only answered by giving him all he desired. [yeah this is fading to black lmao]

12:26 PM

[nsfw]

12:26 PM

It was good sex. Sex like they used to have, before. Jymaiyri hadn’t known how much her living body had yearned for his in this way. This did not complete her, it did not fill the strange, aching hole where her mortal wound had once been, but it satisfied her. That was enough. Afterwards, Jymayri rested languid by Yeonaixho’s side, their bare bodies pressed close together. Yeonaixho had closed his eyes, but he was not asleep- even still, she could tell that by the pattern of his breath, and the ease of his expression. He’d intertwined his hand in hers, and caressed her knuckles. “I missed you,” He whispered, only loud enough for her to hear. “I missed this.” And she knew that it wasn’t just the sex he’d yearned for. It was the proximity. The physical closeness. Everything about her. She’d missed it, too. Though she missed it differently. Was this something she was supposed to come back to? “I did, too.” Jymaiyri murmured. And she did. Still, she missed it- the time she hadn’t had. It felt both incredibly wrong and incredibly right to be here, like this, in her body again. She knew she wasn’t supposed to. “What was it like,” he asked her, “When you were... gone?” “Horrible.” She said immediately. “All I could feel was pain. Pain, and rage, and the weight of my own grief. I hated it all.” “I’m so glad you don’t have to expirience that anymore. I’m so glad I got to lift your burden.” Silence followed, til Yeonaixho added, “Ilfther Hanishadria is dead.” That tore into Jymaiyri more than it should’ve. She had been holding a knife for twenty years, and someone had wretched it from her hand. “What? He’s dead?” “Five years ago.” “Tell me you did it. Please.” If anything, let it be Yeonaixho. If anyone but her, him. “I... didn’t. It was his son.” Yeonaixho’s hand stilled. “A political assassination. A beheading.” Jymaiyri stifled the sob burning in her chest. Twenty years of toil, of nothing but desire for vengeance, against a man who was already dead. What did she have now? Could she return to living as she once had, alongside Yeonaixho’s side as if nothing had happened? Could she pretend to be whole? Could she pantomime forgetting, until her mind tricked her body, too, into forgetting these twenty years had passed? Did she even have enough time to forget? “Don’t cry, dear. Please. Don’t cry.” Yeonaixho shifted over to her. He pressed his hands to her face, drying her tears. Jymaiyri leaned into him, the warmth of his embrace. It was everything, and it was fleeting. “Yeonaixho, what are we going to do?” His brow furrowed. “What do you mean?” “We can’t go on like this. There’s nothing for us. It’s over.”

12:27 PM

Yeonaixho sighed. He was tired- it was evident in his voice. “All this, for nothing.” “Not for nothing. No. For grief. For love.” Jymaiyri insisted. “But we can’t continue. I can’t pretend this is all normal.” “A fitting end.” Yeonaixho mirrored. “Hand in hand. The only way.” “And neither of us will be left behind.” Jymaiyri echoed. She leaned close to Yeonaixho, and whispered in his ear the only thing she still desired. He did not object, or protest, or show hesitation. Perhaps, he knew it too. This was the only way. This was their only fitting end. In a better world, they could’ve lived together. A quiet life, a simple home. The two of them, together in life and in death. They’d rest together in the earth, in paired graves, after well-lived lives. They’d have spent all their time together. They’d have rested in peace, and in unity. They’d have left this world free of any desire, or yearning for missed time. Jymaiyri had long ago learned this world was not good for her. She’d learned it through the pain of war and grief of death. She’d learned it through those fleeting, rare happinesses, those moments of nothing but joy. They were all so short, looking back, but so wonderful. This world, she knew, would never give her a happy ending. Hers was a life of tragedy. Cruel fate had already tried to end her once, in violence. She knew time would not treat her kindly again. This was it. Yeonaixho knew it, too. He hadn’t brought her back for some kind of desperate shot at paradise. They both knew that was never going to happen. This was simply a chance to make things right. Finally. She could rest easy, by Yeonaixho’s side, knowing this. It would be over, soon. Maybe, she could finally rest then, in eternal embrace. It was all she could ask. (edited)

Petrai knocked on the door before she entered it. She would give Yeonaixho and Jymaiyri that pleasantry, at least. "Coming," Yeonaixho said, and got the door. He and Jymaiyri had since dressed, They'd spent the last hours talking about everything and nothing, everything they'd missed. "Yeonaixho." Petrai said when the door was opened on her. "Petrai," He sneered. Jymaiyri lingered by the bed- watching, waiting. "I don't want violence. I'm here to propose a deal." Petrai began. "I'm listening." "You've got what you wanted." Petrai spared a glance towards Jymaiyri, "Now let the rest of us go. This isn't worth it. They'll just kill you both." "Oh, we were going to let them leave anyways." Yeonaixho said. "It's not worth it." Jymaiyri supplied. She got up and walked towards the door. "You spread the news around. Everyone off the island by nightfall." Petrai met Jymaiyri's calculting, cold gaze. She never knew what that woman was thinking- even now. She didn't know what the two lovers had planned, but it wasn't her business to know. She knew this wasn't the ideal situation, but she'd take any victory she got. "Alright. Everyone will be off by nightfall." Petrai nodded. She turned to go spread the news.

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