I'LL PUNCH A CLOUD, I DON'T CARE!!!~~>

BALDUR: -He has been peeping here and there in search- maybe inside of vents? Behind things? In the gym???? Durgah tends to find him more often than he finds her and he's actually a little anxious, actively seeking someone out like this.-

DURGAH: =Times won't stop happening it seems like. Her awkward last meeting with Baldur had been pushed aside for the worry about Sileas getting stabbed, but while prowling about the ship and spotting Baldur about it all came flooding back. God. That was so lame. She's so lame!!!= 

DURGAH: =She's watching Baldur go about, looking behind things and inside things and around. Maybe he's looking for ghosties? Why is he back anyway? Her curiousity is stronger than her embarrassment from before, and so she drops down from the ceiling, landing on all fours in front of him. In the spooky spirit of things she'd been practicing her ceiling climbing.= HEY!!! UH!!!~> 

DURGAH: ARE YOU??? LOOKING FOR §OMETHING???~>

BALDUR: O-O

BALDUR: -OH OK. He scrambles back a lil because WOW THAT WAS SUDDEN- 

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: you are now 

 BALDUR: there 

 BALDUR: suddenly 

 BALDUR: that is go-od 

 BALDUR: because I was hoping that you would be somewhere and that i would find you there and also 

 BALDUR: hello

DURGAH: =Whoops... Maybe she should have gotten down ahead of him and just walked towards him instead. She's like a mechanism too tightly wound! Too fine tuned.= 

DURGAH: =Stands up on her feet, visibly a little shifty eyed when he admits to her being the one he was looking for.= YEAH???~> 

DURGAH: WELL!!! YOU FOUND ME!!!~> =Grins at him.= HI!!!~> 

DURGAH: DO YOU NEED MY HELP WITH ANYTHING???~> =Bounces on her heels.= BECAU§E!!! I'M REARING TO GO!!!~>

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: not

 BALDUR: that specifically I guess 

 BALDUR: just you

 BALDUR: doing no specific activity in general i suppose o-o 

BALDUR: i had a thing to give you but then a bunch of stuff happened

 BALDUR: and a bunch of other stuff also happened 

BALDUR: and 

 BALDUR: i wanted to say sorry maybe 

 BALDUR: ... 

 BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: what happened to rammie and stuff 

 BALDUR: i guess i just learned about it o-o

DURGAH: =It doesn't take long into Baldur speaking that she's coming to realise that this isn't going to be as lighthearted as she'd hoped. Her bouncing stops, and instead she shoves her hands into the pockets of her zip up hoodie. Watching him while fidgeting in place.= OH... UHM. YOU DON'T???~>

 DURGAH: I MEAN!!! IT WA§--I§... KIND OF §UPER ME§§ED UP!!! WHAT HAPPENED. BUT. §HE'§ DOING BETTER NOW!!! I THINK. AND. §HE'§ HERE §O!!! THAT'§ WHAT MATTER§ TO ME!!!~> 

DURGAH: YEAH...! AND!!! YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. AT THE TIME. OR AFTER.~> 

DURGAH: BUT YOU DO NOW??? AND UH... I APPRECIATE THE §YMPATHY BUT??? IT'§ NOT ABOUT ME!!! Y'KNOW???~> =Awkwardly rambles, rocking on her heels.=

BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: i know 

 BALDUR: i am also sorry about other things O-O 

 BALDUR: i guess 

 BALDUR: i learned it from one of the people i was staying with 

 BALDUR: the one who 

 BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: did it

DURGAH: =Stops her rocking and winds up staring quietly for a long time. Then snaps out of it.= 

DURGAH: oh... OH!!! UH...!~>

 DURGAH: §O THAT'§... ONE OF THEM. OKAY!!! ERR. RIGHT..!~> =Fidgets. She never met the one that did it, but she knew his name and that he hung out in the forest. She just... Never thought about a connection between the two.= 

DURGAH: I... §EE????~>

BALDUR: ... 

 BALDUR: so um

 BALDUR: i left there 

 BALDUR: and it would seem kind of

 BALDUR: bad 

 BALDUR: to start saying about how you are still important to me

 BALDUR: without being honest about the other stuff 

 BALDUR: which has definitely been happening 

BALDUR: -he sits on the FLOOR- i am not staying with them anymore

DURGAH: =Stares at him in intervals inbetween glancing around at nothing and everything. Looks at him fully when he sits though, her shoulders rising in surprise.= 

 DURGAH: THAT...!~> =Makes her happy, but also... Sad..? But also it's good. It's good that he's not hanging with a murder, but.= 

DURGAH: WEREN'T YOU..? HAPPY THERE???~> 

DURGAH: =Balls her hands into fists in her pockets.= YOU §EEMED HAPPY.~> =Fuck. How can she support her friend's happiness when she's also not keen on having them be around murderers at the same time.= IF THAT. I MEAN. THAT PER§ON I§ PROBABLY NO GOOD BUT... YEAH. UHM...~> 

DURGAH: ...yeah.~> =Mumbles.=

BALDUR: its ok 

 BALDUR: i was also thinking that thought O-O

DURGAH: AND YOU? DECIDED ON THI§???~>

BALDUR: i am going to live in my own home 

 BALDUR: underground o-o 

BALDUR: you can visit when its done being made 

 BALDUR: i would like to have the time to figure things out 

BALDUR: without being someones disciple 

BALDUR: because no one living being can have all the answers you need O-O

DURGAH: ...EHEH! THAT!!! §OUND§ PRETTY NICE.~> =Smiles again, even if it's not her full on grins.= 

DURGAH: JU§T LIKE!!! THO§E HOBBIT§E§!!! RIGHT???~>

 DURGAH: I'LL COME VI§IT!!! FOR §URE!!! NO WAY I'M GONNA KEEP OUT OF YOUR COZY LAIR LIKE THAT!!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Rocks slow on her heels. She'll miss him.= YOU CAN FIND YOUR AN§WER§ BALDUR! IN YOUR OWN WAY!  I'M §URE OF IT!!!~>

BALDUR: ouo 

 BALDUR: i am glad you think so 

 BALDUR: and 

 BALDUR: i enjoyed doing fitness to-o

BALDUR: when we did that

DURGAH: I LIKED THAT TOO!!! IT WA§ FUN!!!~> 

DURGAH: IF!!! YOU'RE §TAYING FOR A WHILE YET!!! THEN WE CAN §TART DOING IT AGAIN!!!~> 

DURGAH: NOOOOO PROBLEM!!!~> =Thumbs up!=

BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: for a while 0-0 

 BALDUR: everything feels different 

 BALDUR: almost like a dream but full of people you havent met 

 BALDUR: and less croutons at the salad bar o-o

DURGAH: =She doesn't really know what he means entierly, but it makes her grin anyway.= EHEH! RIGHT???~> 

DURGAH: I GUE§§!!! THAT I§ JU§T ALL PART OF GROWING UP!!!~> 

DURGAH: THING§ BEING WEIRD AND CONFU§ING!!! WITH LOT§ OF PEOPLE!!! AND LE§§ GOOD §TUFF IN YOUR §ALAD!!!~>

 DURGAH: BUT JU§T BECAU§E THERE'§ LE§§ CROUTON§ WON'T MEAN THAT!!! THERE WON'T BE ANY GOOD THING§ AT ALL!!! AND!!! MAYBE YOU CAN FIND §OMETHING EL§E YOU LIKE JU§T A§ MUCH!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o 

 BALDUR: i suppose I have grown spiritually

DURGAH: YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT AURA ABOUT YOU!!! FOR §URE!!!~> 

DURGAH: CAN CONFIRM!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o 

 BALDUR: you can see it 

 BALDUR: what does it lo-ok like

DURGAH: =Welp. She just shoved her own foot in her mouth. Rocks on her heels again, grinning.=

 DURGAH: IT'§ LIKE..!~> 

DURGAH: PRETTY BIG!!! BUT NOT A§ A BIG §OLID THING? IT'§ MORE LIKE A MI§T!!! THAT FOLLOW§ YOU IN WARM WAFT§!!!~> DURGAH: LIKE A FUZZY BLANKET!!! THAT'§ HANGING ON A CLOTHE§LINE IN THE WIND!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Squintssss.= HMM!!!~>

 DURGAH: AND IT'§ ONLY GROWING §TRONGER!!! BY THE LOOK§ OF IT!!! THE REACH MUCH LONGER AND!!! LIKE!!! THE GRIP THAT IT HA§!!! ON OTHER§!!! I§ WAY §TRONG!!!~>

 DURGAH: AAAAAAAAND... IT'§ TOTALLY BLURPLE!!!~> =Grin!!!=

BALDUR: blurple is a powerful color OoO

DURGAH: YEAH!!! JU§T LIKE YOU!!! >:33 ~>

BALDUR: O///O 

 BALDUR: people seem to think so

 BALDUR: i guess it must be pretty true o-o

DURGAH: =Finally sits down on the floor next to him, now that things weren't so serious anymore.= EHEH!!! YEP!!!~>

 DURGAH: YOU'RE §UPER §TRONG BALDUR!!! §TRONG IN THE REAL WAY!!!~> 

DURGAH: BECAU§E YOU'RE ALWAY§!!! TRUE TO YOUR§ELF!!!~>

BALDUR: you always have such go-od things to say about other people o-o

DURGAH: BECAU§E OTHER PEOPLE KEEP GIVING ME §O GOOD THING§ TO §AY ABOUT THEM!!! >;PP ~>

BALDUR: now i feel bad I didnt take the thing i was going to take 0-0 

 BALDUR: i might start writing poems

 BALDUR: not slam ones just regular though

DURGAH: ...?~> =Tilts her head curiously.= WHAT THI--DID YOU WRITE A POEM???~>

BALDUR: half of one ono

BALDUR: it started something like

BALDUR: um

BALDUR: thine...

BALDUR: treasured

BALDUR: undiminished?

BALDUR: something something

BALDUR: is nice and go-od

DURGAH: HMM..! I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT POETRY!!! TO BE HONE§T!!! BUT!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT §OUND§!!! REALLY NICE AND GOOD!!! I AGREE!!! EHEH!!!~> DURGAH: WHY DID YOU??? WANNA BRING IT TO ME THOUGH???~> =Not... Connecting the dots. At all.=

BALDUR: um B

ALDUR: at the treehouse 

 BALDUR: didnt you

BALDUR: i mean things seemed kind of

BALDUR: -VAGUE GESTURING-

DURGAH: ...???~> 

DURGAH: KIND OF..???~> =Leans her head a little towards him, tilted still. She's... Still not getting it.= 

DURGAH: I WA§... I MEAN!!! §ORRY I §HOULD §AY??? I WA§ KIND OF CRAZY I GUE§§!!!~> =Laughs awkwardly.=

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: no-o-o-o 

BALDUR: no-o-o-o-o-o?

BALDUR: you were go-od

BALDUR: and you do not have to be sorry O-O

DURGAH: I... WA§?????????~>

BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: i just 

 BALDUR: wanted you to know that 

 BALDUR: because maybe something i said made you think you werent

DURGAH: =Oh... Oh jeez. This always happens. She tries to run away to make people NOT feel bad about her having stupid dumb emotions, and the opposite happens. She fidgets, smiling crookedly.= 

DURGAH: YOU DIDN'T §AY ANYTHING LIKE THAT..! THAT MADE ME THINK THAT I WA§N'T GOOD!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT'§... NO UH. IT'§ OKAY!!! WE'RE COOL!!! THERE WA§ NOTHING THTA YOU §AID THAT!!! MADE ME FEEL A CERTAIN WAY!!!! AT ALL!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: that

 BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: maybe is not a true thing though o-o

DURGAH: =Internal sweating...=

 DURGAH: I... UHM!!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT'§ TRUE THAT WE'RE COOL!!! AND THAT!!! THING§ ARE FINE!!!!~> 

 DURGAH: BUT... I ERR..!!!~> =Drums her palms against her knees, looking away. Running away hadn't worked before. It never did. Unless you were facing everything head on. Running right at the things that bothered you, or what you wanted. So... Maybe she should try that.= 

DURGAH: IT JU§T!!! YOU WANTED TO??? §TAY THERE??? AND THAT'§ COMPLETELY FINE!!! THAT YOU WANNA LIVE!!! HOW YOU WANT!!! TO FIND YOUR HAPPINE§§!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT MAKE§ ME HAPPY!!! WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAPPY LIKE THAT!!! BUT???~> 

DURGAH: YOU KEPT!!! CALLING THE PEOPLE THERE ALL??? BEAUTIFUL AND EXCITING AND HUNKY!!!!!~> 

 DURGAH: §O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> =Tosses her hands up in the air, head lowered.= 

DURGAH: THAT!!!! MADE ME KIND§ OF!!!! JEALOU§!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: I GUE§§!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: oh o-o

 BALDUR: o-oh

BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: i was

 BALDUR: somewhat carried away i think

BALDUR: i dont mean like actual carried physically although that did happen a lot and i guess it does factor into things ._.

BALDUR: but 

 BALDUR: i kind of 

BALDUR: was

BALDUR: you are very exciting and hunky to-o

DURGAH: =She is burning. Both inside and on her face. Back to drumming her hands on her knees while Baldur speaks, only to stop once he finishes.=

 DURGAH: ... ~> 

DURGAH: =Looks at him, brown in the face.= WH... UH..!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU??? ERR...!!!~>

 DURGAH: YOU DON'T!!! HAVE TO §AY THAT!!! Y'KNOW!!!!~> 

DURGAH: ...~> DURGAH: UNLE§§ THAT??? YOU???~> 

DURGAH: ...???~> =Now she is the one doing the vague gestures.= 

DURGAH: LIKE??? Y'KNOW????~>

BALDUR: mean it o-o

DURGAH: YOU DO????~>

 DURGAH: I MEAN...!!! I UH!!!! THAT'§!!!!~>

 DURGAH: THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! THINKING THAT WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> =Jesus take the wheel.= 

 DURGAH: BECAU§E!!!!!!!!!! I THINK THAT!!!!! AND MEAN!!!!!!!!! THAT YOU ARE EXCITING!!!!! AND HUNKY TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> =Y E L L ....=

BALDUR: -wind from the shouting blows his hair back a little - O-O thank you

DURGAH: =But does this mean? What she is assuming? Or is it just. A friend compliment??? Because she is good at those and people are also good at those and oh dear she is going sort of wall eyed...= 

DURGAH: =Abruptly JUMPS to her feet.= BALDUR AHARON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Points at him, standing in a fighting stance.= ON TOP OF MY!!!!!!!! PREVIOU§ THOUGHT§!!!!!! ABOUT§ YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: I AL§O!!!!!!!!!!! THINK§!!!!!!!!!! THAT YOU'RE LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!! §UPER COOL AND!!!!! §OMEONE THAT!!!!!!! WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM!!!!!!!!!! BECAU§E YOU JU§T!!!!!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Punches both hands into the air.= DO YOUR THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE PA§§IONATE!!!!!!! AND TRUE TO YOUR OWN HEART!!!!!!!!!! ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK AND FEEL AND KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: AND I JU§T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THINK§ THAT I§!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: THE COOLE§T§!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: AND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'§ WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: I HAVE§!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A CRU§H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> =She has not taken a breath throughout this entire yelling, and is now wheezing for air, her arms at her sides and face burning.=

BALDUR: O-O crush

 BALDUR: O///////O 

BALDUR: -tHAT... MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN A WAY HE HADN'T REALLY CONSIDERED. in a VARIETY of ways that he wouldn't have even thought possible prior to all of the things he learned about recently-- and he is left with all of the blue rushing to his face and maybe sinking into his sweater a little as he quietly tries to ADD THINGS UP in his head.- 

 BALDUR: i 

 BALDUR: arent you to-o go-od for me though 

BALDUR: -he sounds a bit... GENUINELY CONFUSED- you are so strong and so much better at a lot of things and very go-od about saying things loudly

 BALDUR: i just didnt think o_o

DURGAH: =Seeing him get all blue only makes her own blush spread down her neck and to her ears. Her shoulders tense, anxious for what he has to say. She keeps her fighting stance out of instinct, breathing deep and wheezing.= 

DURGAH: I!!!! THAT'§!!! THE THING THAT!!! IT'§ NOT A TRUE THING!!!!~> 

DURGAH: BECAU§E!!!! YOU'RE GOOD AND BETTER THAN ME!!! FOR MANY THING§ A§ WELL AND!!! BE§IDE§ THAT'§ NOT HOW YOU ? ? ? ? RATE OTHER PEOPLE OR!!! IF YOUR FEELING§ ARE VALID OR NOT!!!!~> =Her head is spinning both from a lack of oxygen and trying to process her thoughts.= I THINK!!!! AND MY FEELING§!!!! THINK THAT YOU'RE THE BE§T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> =Gestures WILDLY at him. All of him.= 

DURGAH: I REALLY MEAN THAT!!! ALL THAT I'VE §AID §O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Arm flails into the air over her head.= THERE IT I§!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o

 BALDUR: that 

BALDUR: is it yes

BALDUR: -he BREATHES IN and kinda tries to stand with all this gesturing happening-

 BALDUR: i 

BALDUR: maybe

 BALDUR: think 

 BALDUR: we could 

 BALDUR: hang out 

 BALDUR: in the context of 

 BALDUR: a 

 BALDUR: date oxo

DURGAH: =She's not sure what else to say, because the more words she spews the more likely it is that she's going to say the wrong thing or make things more awkward than they already are. Her hands quickly shoot down into her pockets again as Baldur stands up, eyes flicking about nervously.= 

DURGAH: ...~>

 DURGAH: ...y-you think that?~> 

DURGAH: YOU??? THINK §O???~> =Her eyes are so wide, almost startled, her pupils little straight lines.= 

 DURGAH: REALLY??? §ERIOU§LY???????~>

BALDUR: ive never done it before

BALDUR: but ive been doing a lot of new things o-o

DURGAH: THEN..!!!~> 

DURGAH: OKAY!!! WE!!! ARE GONNA DO IT!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: =She's grinning (mostly in disbelief), her face still all shades of brown.= 

 DURGAH: UH!!!! UHM..!!!~> =Fidget fidget.= WHEN I§ IT??? A THING THAT??? YOU WANNA DO??? IT'§ PRETTY NEW!!! FOR ME TOO!!!~> =She's been on pale dates with Gallen, but this is DIFFERENT.=

BALDUR: do you like walking in the forest 

 BALDUR: that is almost all of the things ive done O-O

DURGAH: EHEHEHE!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! DUH!!!!!!!!!! OF COUR§E!!!!~> =Grinning so wide, it's stupid.=

 DURGAH: I LOVE THAT!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU CAN §HOW ME YOUR FAVORITE §POT§!!!!!!!!! MAYBE???~>

BALDUR: and maybe some fo-od 

BALDUR: the kind that we put in a tree so bears are not attracted O-O

BALDUR: if you want

BALDUR: -FIDGETS. VIBRATING A LITTLE. he's clearly NERVOUS about this and his face hasn't lost a hint of color.-

DURGAH: EHEH..!!!~> =Rubs her cheeks with her hands, trying to get the color out.=

 DURGAH: YEAH!!! I!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT §OUND§!!! REALLY NICE!!!!~> 

DURGAH: I CAN BRING!!! FLA§HLIGHT§!!! §O THAT WE CAN LIKE??? UH!!! IF IT GET§ LATE!!!! WE CAN HUNT FOR ALL KIND§ OF THING§!!!~>

BALDUR: and warm things 

 BALDUR: for when the sun is gone O-O

DURGAH: YE§!!!!! I HAVE!!!!~>

 DURGAH: PELT§!!!!!~> =Beams! Her nerves are going to kick in later, for now she is riding high on the fact that this didn't blow up in her face.=

BALDUR: those are always very warm o-o

BALDUR: i will bring 

 BALDUR: a regular blanket because i do not have pelts

DURGAH: THAT!!! §OUND§ LIKE A PLAN TO ME!!!~> =Big grins.=

 DURGAH: I'M!!!! EXCITED!!! ~>

BALDUR: maybe we should 

 BALDUR: get ready 

BALDUR: and also decide when were doing it O-O

BALDUR: that is important

DURGAH: =...Do'h. Of course.= 

 DURGAH: =Laughs.= RIGHT!!!! YEAH!!! THAT'§??? PROBABLY LIKE??? TOTALLY E§§ENTIAL!!!~>

DURGAH: ANYTIME I§!!! GOOD TO ME I THINK!!! YEAH!!!! I'M PUMPED!!!~>

BALDUR: what about

 BALDUR: later

 BALDUR: this week 

 BALDUR: on Friday

DURGAH: =Nods enthusiastically.= YEAH!!! FRIDAY!!!! THAT'§!!!!~> 

DURGAH: LIKE??? THE OPTIMAL DATING NIGHT, RIGHT??? YEAH!!! FRIDAY!!!~>

BALDUR: i

 BALDUR: is it

 BALDUR: i was just guessing o-o

DURGAH: THEN!!! YOU GUE§§ED §UPER CORRECTLY!!!!~> 

DURGAH: A MIGHTY GUE§§!!! A §IGN!!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o 

 BALDUR: the stars are aligned

BALDUR: -on UNRELATED NEWS, he desperately needs advice from anyone who has gone on a date before-

DURGAH: EHEH!!! ALIGNED FOR DATE§!!!~> =Don't ask her! She's never been on a flush date before... Surely the stars must have answers on this... Or maybe the pairs on board that are flushed. Time to sniff them out.= 

DURGAH: §O!!! UHM..!!!~> =Fidget.= I'LL??? §EE YOU ON FRIDAY THEN??? OR??? AT LEA§T DETERMINE A TIME THEN? MAYBE???~>

BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: maybe like 

 BALDUR: five

DURGAH: PERFECT!!!!!~> 

 DURGAH: FRIDAY AT FIVE!!! THAT'§ OUR DATE DATE!!! THE DATE!!! FOR THE DATE HAPPENING§!!! RIGHT THERE!!!!~>

BALDUR: right there and at that time o-o

DURGAH: RIGHT!!! THERE!!! YE§§§§!!!!~> =She can't stop grinning, oh no.= 

DURGAH: OKAY!!! THEN!!! EHEH!!! I'LL!!!~> 

DURGAH: §EE YOU THEN???~>

BALDUR: yes O-O

BALDUR: i will 

 BALDUR: see you

BALDUR: -does he turn and go???? He is ENTIRELY UNSURE-

BALDUR: i will 

 BALDUR: see you

DURGAH: =Well she has no idea either, and that's why she kind of just stands there awkwardly too. Smiling away. Oh uhh.= EHEH!!! YEAH!!!! UH!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Hugs him??? Yes. She will hug him.= I AM!!! LOOKING FORWARD§ TO IT!!!~>

BALDUR: -suddenly IS HUG!! it doesn't ease his nerves any even if it's a nice warm hug because WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO??? HE IS SO NERVOUS HELP-

DURGAH: =Lets go of him, grinning still.= OKAY..! THEN..!!! EHEH...~> =Fidgets.= 

DURGAH: I'LL §EE YOU!!!! ON FRIDAY!!!!! AT FIVE!!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Waves and runs off, her face still deep brown and her heart beating louder than it ever had before.=

BALDUR: -he LIKES the crunch... The leafy crunch of FALL. He is bundled up in some kind of animal costume, a hooded moth getup that does a pretty good job of camouflaging himself against the leaves.  He picks up a leaf and CRUNCHES it in his palm, staring and nodding slowly as though making a great and profound observation.

DURGAH: =Ear perks at the crunch. Maybe he's tracking something? Picking up the scent? In any case, she lowers herself towards the ground to slink towards him on all fours. Palms hovering over the ground and put down carefully with experimental touches to see if it made noise, then scampering ahead. Her body lowers further to the ground, the muscles in her shoulders flexing and adjusting then LIFTOFF! She kicks off the ground with a mighty HISS!!!= 

DURGAH: =Launches through the air straight at Mothman!Baldur. HERE COMES A HER!! !=

BALDUR: O-O -oh. he is dead now ok-

BALDUR: -he is collide and skids across the ground through PILES OF LEAVES with durgah on his chest now. He stares upward at the sky.- 0-0

BALDUR: hhhhi

DURGAH: =Leaves flying everywhere!!! She sits up and leans forwards to get her grinning face into his field of vision.= HEY BALDUR!!!! DID I §URPRI§E YOU??? 833 ~> =Snicker.=

BALDUR: that 

 BALDUR: you are surprising

 BALDUR: and 

 BALDUR: me O-O 

BALDUR: words 

 BALDUR: ... hello?

 BALDUR: -BLINKS AND STARES- i did not expect you is what i mean to be saying with my real words

DURGAH: =Omg... She must have pounced him harder than she intended. Carefully pats his chest.= EHEH... THEN §URPRI§E!!! I§ WHAT I MEAN TO BE §AYING WITH MY REAL WORD§!!! >:PP ~>

 DURGAH: YOUR CO§TUME MADE IT HARDER TO §NEAK UP ON YOU!!! JU§T! BY THE WAY!!!~> 

DURGAH: WHAT'§IT FOR??? IT'§ NEAT!!!~>

BALDUR: oh um 

 BALDUR: ...that probably 

 BALDUR: a friend made it for me 

BALDUR: i met her not that long ago 

 BALDUR: she to-ok me here O-O

DURGAH: =Tilts her head.= YEAH???~> 

DURGAH: WA§ IT THE WITCHY FRIEND??? THAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT BEFORE???~>

BALDUR: no 

 BALDUR: it was a different witch O-O

DURGAH: THERE ARE MORE???~> 

DURGAH: WHERE ARE YOU!!! EVEN FINDING ALL OF THE§E WITCHE§???~> 

DURGAH: YOU MU§T BE §OME KIND OF!!! WITCH MAGNET!!!~>

BALDUR: gasp 

 BALDUR: i havent considered that kind of spiritual resonance o-o

BALDUR: theres also a man witch but I dont know the word for that oxo

BALDUR: hes very

BALDUR: O///O 

BALDUR: not shirted

DURGAH: =Stares at him while gently patting away on his chest with the palms of her hands as if he was some very melodic drum.= 

 DURGAH: =Pauses said pats for a moment at his description, then snorts and keeps going.= §OOOOO... A HUNK??? A WITCHUNK??? I§ WHAT YOU ARE §AYING???~> 

DURGAH: DANG!!! YOU REALLY ARE!!! ATTRACTING ALL §ORT§ OF MY§TICAL CREATURE§!!! AREN'T YOU???~>

BALDUR: O///O i didnt say hunk 

 BALDUR: its 

 BALDUR: kinda true but 

 BALDUR: i definitely didnt say it out loud

DURGAH: BUUUUUT... YOU WERE THINKING IT!!!~> =Snickers.=

BALDUR: hes been teaching me things 0-0 

 BALDUR: that is the important part

DURGAH: LIIIIKE??? HOW TO BE§T §COPE OUT THO§E???? RIPPLING AB§???~>

BALDUR: no-o-o-o x-x

BALDUR: i have some slight regrets

BALDUR: in saying things

DURGAH: EHEHE!!!~> 

 DURGAH: =Pats his cheeks.= §ORRY!!! I'LL QUIT TEA§ING!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU MAKE IT §O EA§Y THOUGH!!! >;PP ~> 

DURGAH: WHAT KIND OF THING§ HA§ HE TAUGHT YOU??? DID THE WITCHE§ TEACH YOU THING§ TOO?~>

BALDUR: he upgraded my camera

BALDUR: there are many things to see

BALDUR: do you want to see them to-o

DURGAH: UHM??? YE§???? OF COUR§E???~> 

DURGAH: =Grins wide at him, then finally rolls off of him to lay on her side in the leaves next to him instead.= 

 DURGAH: GIMME THE GOOD§!!!~>

BALDUR: -he takes out his camera and begins to show her the spoooooky photos he has been busy taking. Strange silhouettes and shadow people, faces in the plants and faint glowing lights in the distance. There are quite a few mushrooms that appear to be glowing different colors in faintly visible outlines, dark shapes under the water of a lake. He offers no explanation as he flips through, eyes wide as saucers.-

DURGAH: =Folds her arms and rests her head on them while looking at the pictures. She likes all the glowy stuff, it's neat! She's not sure what to make of all those silhouettes and shadowy people though, maybe it's just people out for night walks or something? Who knows. It would be pretty cool if it was real though. Imagine the things she could wrestle back into the shadow realms...= 

DURGAH: =Lets out a long impressed whistle.= YOU REALLY HAVE BEEN BU§Y!!! THERE'§ §O MUCH §TUFF HERE!!!~> 

DURGAH: ARE YOU GETTING CLO§E TO??? UNTANGLING THE MY§TERY WEB§???~>

BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: the webs are infinite 

 BALDUR: that is the answer O-O

DURGAH: =Looks at him curiously.= THEN!!! THAT'§ GOING TO TAKE A WHILE!!!~> 

DURGAH: WERE YOU LOOKING FOR??? MORE §TUFF??? JU§T NOW???~>

BALDUR: ...  

BALDUR: the leaves are crunchy

BALDUR: -crunches with a foot-

BALDUR: you see O-O

DURGAH: ... ~> 

DURGAH: =Snrk...=

 DURGAH: EHEHEHEHE!!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Buries her face partially down in her arms to muffle the snickers. Stop being precious Baldur, please?= Y-YEAH!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Grins wide at him.= I §EE!!!~> 

DURGAH: THEY MAKE IT!!! REALLY HARD TO §NEAK!!! WITH THEIR DANG CRUNCHE§!!!~>

BALDUR: i suppose they could be hypothetically magical but i am not sure about that o_o

BALDUR: -LAYS ON THE LEAVES ENTIRELY, suddenly- maybe a quiet whisper of emotion

BALDUR: memories from the crunchy trees fluttering to the ground in silence

DURGAH: =Watches him with her ears perked.= THAT'§...~> =Really poetic. She doesn't finish that thought though, instead going quiet to listen to the whispers.= 

DURGAH: =...=

 DURGAH: (YEAH... YEAH..!)~> 

DURGAH: (I CAN!!! TOTALLY HEAR IT!!!)~>

BALDUR: the trees have memories o-o 

BALDUR: i am being serious they are very special trees 

 BALDUR: it would make sense

DURGAH: I BELIEVE YOU!!!~> =WHoops, so much for whispering.= 

 DURGAH: DO??? YOU KNOW THE TREE §TORIE§ THEN???~>

BALDUR: not yet 

BALDUR: maybe the witches can tell you about them to-o 

 BALDUR: they would like you ouo

DURGAH: YOU THINK???~> 

DURGAH: EHEH... MAYBE THEY WOULD!!! LET ME JOIN THEIR RANK§!!!~> 

DURGAH: BEING A WITCH!!! §OUND§ PRETTY COOL!!!~>

BALDUR: if you want to learn i dont see why not ouo

 BALDUR: it would be nice having you there

 BALDUR: even for just a visit

DURGAH: WELL!!! I COULD CERTAINLY TRY!!! BUT??? I THINK I'D PROBABLY BE BAD AT IT!!! WEARING ALL THO§E ROBE§ AND JUNK!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Sits up and crosses her legs.= AND??? WHO AM I TO §AY NO??? WHEN YOU'RE A§KING LIKE THAT!!!~>

BALDUR: its more like 

 BALDUR: a beast you feel a strong spiritual connection to 0-0 

BALDUR: thats why mine is like this 

BALDUR: i can show you the way to the treehouse 

 BALDUR: and you can return if you like ouo

DURGAH: OH..!! LIKE??? FAMILIAR§??? I'VE HEARD ABOUT THO§E!!!~> 

DURGAH: OR UHHH..!!! WEREBEAR§!!! WHICH I§??? MAYBE THE §AME THING???~> =Scratches her head a little.= 

DURGAH: BUT!!! ANYWAY!!!~> 

 DURGAH: I'M ALL FOR IT!!! §HOW ME YOUR HOU§E!!! YOUR MAGICAL §ECRET§ ARE §AFE WITH ME!!!~>

BALDUR: -He begins to STAND to lead her through the forest-  

BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: we are definitely not werebears is the thing O-O

DURGAH: =Hops up to her feet and stretches!= HMMMM??? WELL!!! THAT'§ CERTAINLY §OMEHTING THAT!!! A WEREBEAR WOULD §AY!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Snickers and follows on after.=

BALDUR: i would not be a very go-od werebear though

BALDUR: i am disqualified

DURGAH: AWW!!! WHY??? HOW COME???~> 

DURGAH: I THINK!!! THAT YOU WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD WEREBEAR!!! PO§§IBLY THE BE§T!!! IF NOT!!! THEN AT LEA§T THE FLUFFIE§T!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o i dont know if that is a go-od thing to be

BALDUR: is it O-O

DURGAH: UHM??? DUH??? IT'§ PRETTY MUCH!!! ONE OF THE BE§T THING§ TO BE!!!~> 

DURGAH: NOTHING COULD PENETRATE YOUR FLUFFY HIDE!!! A PROTECTIVE BARRIER BETWEEN YOUR FOE§!!! AND YOUR §OFT CENTER!!!~>

 DURGAH: AL§O??? YOU COULD BRAID IT!!! AND BRAID§ ARE JU§T!!! GOOD!!! IT'§ A PROVEN FACT!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o i guess it would also make me float

BALDUR: on water i mean not in general oxo

DURGAH: BUT??? MAYBE YOU WERE JU§T!!! §O FLUFFY!!! AND §OFT!!!~>

 DURGAH: THAT YOU'RE LIKE!!! A BEAR §HAPED CLOUD!!! THAT FLOAT§ UP INTO THE §KY!!!~>

BALDUR: O_O 

BALDUR: are there sky bears for real

DURGAH: THERE ARE §EA BEAR§!!! §O??? I DON'T §EE WHY NOT!!!~> 

DURGAH: OR MAYBE!!! YOU COULD BE THE FIR§T!!! >:OO ~>

BALDUR: that would be a lot of pressure oxo 

BALDUR: i am still getting adjusted to being a normal land based

 BALDUR: not-bear

DURGAH: BUT!!! YOU'D BE THE FIR§T!!! §O THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO HAVE TO LIKE??? LIVE UP TO OR??? MEET ANY EXPECTATION§!!! YOU COULD JU§T!!! BE!!! BE A §KY BEAR!!!~>

 DURGAH: AL§O??? BY THE BY??? YOU ARE DOING!!! A GREAT JOB!!! ON BEING A NORMAL LAND BA§ED NOT-BEAR!!! IF YOU DON'T MIND ME §AYING!!!~> =Grins and keeps lass scampering along.=

BALDUR: you are very nice to say that o-o 

BALDUR: you are doing a go-od job to-o ouo

DURGAH: =Sticks her tongue out at him between her fangs with a grin.=

 DURGAH: I§ FLATTERY PART OF THE TOUR??? >:PP ~> 

 DURGAH: BECAU§E I'M HERE!!! TO DELIVER!!!~>

BALDUR: you started it O-O

DURGAH: IT'§!!!~> =Seems a bit flustered??? Wat.= 

DURGAH: NOT ABOUT!!! WHO §TARTED IT!!! OR NOT!!!~>

 DURGAH: I'M JU§T??? §AYING???~> =What is she saying?=

BALDUR: ouo

BALDUR: its ok i am listening ouo

DURGAH: NO!!! I MEAN!! IT'§ AN EXPRE§§ION???~> 

DURGAH: THAT I WA§ JU§T??? THE THING!!! THAT I WA§ §AYING BEFORE!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Flaps her arms around.= BLUH!!!~>

BALDUR: oh 

ok BALDUR: i dont think it is an expression because you are still go-od

DURGAH: =Jesus take the wheel honestly?= I!!! I WA§N'T MEANING THAT WHAT I §AID??? ABOUT YOU??? WA§ JU§T AN EXPRE§§ION EITHER!!!~> 

DURGAH: BECAU§E!!! YOU'RE GREAT!!!~> 

DURGAH: I WA§ JU§T???~>

 DURGAH: L-LOOK!!! I THINK I §AW §OMETHING OVER THERE!!!~> =There she goes!!! Rushing into the bushes on all fours.=

BALDUR: oh 0-0 

BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: wait oxo

BALDUR: -He SCURRIES with his camera-

DURGAH: =She is having a crisis, you can take your time Baldur!!! It's okay! She's internally screaming a lot, what was she even saying???= 

DURGAH: =Pops her head out of the bushes with a sheepish grin spread across her face.= GOT IT!!!~ =Holds her hand up, and a squirrel dangles from it by it's tail.= NOT §O!!! UH!!! MY§TERIOU§!!! A§ I'D HOPED!!!~>

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: no it lo-ok kind of afraid and

 BALDUR: like a squirrel

 BALDUR: ... 

 BALDUR: you do not have to hold the squirrel O-O

DURGAH: =Squirrel is squirming pretty wildly.= OH!!!~> D

URGAH: =Leans more out of the bush.= DO YOU WANT TO??? HOLD IT???~>

BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: i dont think it would like that O-O

DURGAH: YOU §URE??? IT COULD BE U§EFUL FOR!!! LIKE!!! THE WITCHY §TUFF!!!~>

BALDUR: none of our spells use squirrels 

 BALDUR: they are mostly 

 BALDUR: plants and stuff

DURGAH: HMMM...!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Staaares...= OKAY!!!~> =Sets the squirrel down, and it disappears into the nearest tree SO FAST. Durgah shuffles her way out of the bushes.= YOU'RE THE BO§§!!!~>

BALDUR: you do not have to think of me like that O-O

 BALDUR: i am a student

DURGAH: YEAH??? BUT YOU §TILL!!! KNOW MORE THAN WHAT I DO!!!~>

 DURGAH: §OOOO!!! THAT WOULD MAKE YOU MY BO§§!!!~>

BALDUR: i 

 BALDUR: o-o

 BALDUR: does it really work that way

DURGAH: YEAH!!! YOU'VE §TUDIED IT!!! AND I'M ALL!!! CLUELE§§???~>

DURGAH: §OOO??? EVEN IF I JOIN!!! THEN YOU'D BE MY §UPERIOR!!!~> 

DURGAH: MY "§ENPAI" IF YOU WILL!!!~>

BALDUR: a senpai O-O

BALDUR: are you 

 BALDUR: oh

 BALDUR: -He sits on the ground right then and there.-

 BALDUR: ......... O-O

DURGAH: YEAH!!! I-- ...???~> 

 DURGAH: =Walks up to him sitting there and crouches.= ARE??? YOU OKAY???~>

BALDUR: can i really be senpai O-O

BALDUR: that is a lot of responsibility

DURGAH: =Stares at him... Then laughs with a big grin.= DUH!!! OF COUR§E YOU CAN!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU'VE!!! ALREADY BEEN MY §ENPAI!!! ON ALL THI§ MY§TERIOU§ MAGIC §TUFF!!!~> 

DURGAH: ALL ALONG!!!~>

BALDUR: 0_0

BALDUR: this whole time???????

DURGAH: =Big grin.= YE§!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: THI§!!! WHOLE TIME!!!~> 

 DURGAH: WITHOUT YOU!!! I'D NOT KNOW A THING!!! ABOUT IT!!! I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE PROTECTION §PELL§!!! OR ANYTHING!!!~>

BALDUR: gosh o_o 

 BALDUR: i didnt even know

 BALDUR: i am sorry i did not

 BALDUR: senpai more

DURGAH: =Snickers.= DON'T APOLOGIZE YOU GOO§E!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU'VE DONE A §UPER JOB!!! §O FAR!!!~>

 DURGAH: I HAVE ALL FAITH IN YOU!!!~> =Stands up and offers him a hand.=

 DURGAH: §O!!! LEAD ON "§ENPAI"!!!~>

BALDUR: right 

 BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: -he takes her hand and begins to LEAD-

DURGAH: EHEH! YOU'VE GOT THI§!!!~> =Follows while??? Holding hands if Baldur didn't let go.=

BALDUR: -is cup. holds her-

BALDUR: -The treehouse is empty right now, it seems, as he leads her up to it.- they put in a ladder for me since i cant jump that high o-o

DURGAH: =Then they hold! She looks upwards at the treehouse once they reach it.= OH!!! YEAH!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT I§ PRETTY FAR UP!!!~>

 DURGAH: BE§T CONCEALED TO KEEP ALL THE §ECRET§, RIGHT???~>

BALDUR: and from bears

 BALDUR: were or otherwise ovo

DURGAH: =Snorts.= I MEANT!!! WITH... THE BEAR§ THAT!!! YOU WEAR THE HIDE§!!! TO TAKE THE FORM§!!!~> =Pokes at his costume a little.= LIKE HOW WEREBEAR§ DO!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Gestures up at the treehouse afterwards.= DO YOU WANNA??? GO FIR§T???~>

BALDUR: oh o-o

 BALDUR: im a fairy moth

 BALDUR: we do not skin those ouo

DURGAH: =So he's a Nitram now? She gives him a amused look.= §OOOO... NO TRAN§FORMATION§ UP YOUR §LEEVE???~>

BALDUR: i dont think any of us can do that oxo 

 BALDUR: i wouldnt need a ladder so much though 

 BALDUR: -he ASCENDS-

DURGAH: WELL §HOOT!!!~> 

DURGAH: MAYBE THAT WILL BE MY ABILITY!!!~> =Snicker, then waits for him to climb all the way up before she also ascends.=

BALDUR: well if not you can get a nice costume to-o ouo

DURGAH: YEAH??? OR MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO!!! GO AROUND WITHOUT A §HIRT TOO!!!~> =Here she come!!! Into the treehouse, looking around curiously.=

BALDUR: O/////O 

BALDUR: you might get chilly -STOP-

DURGAH: PFF!!!~> =Flaps a hand at him.= DURGAH: NO WAY!!! I'M!!! WAY WARMBLOODED!!!~> 

DURGAH: AL§O??? I'D JU§T TAKE IT A§ FURTHER TRAINING!!!~> 

DURGAH: RE§I§TING THE ELEMENT§ AND ALL THAT!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!~>

BALDUR: -plz do not make him think about these things everyone here is already killing him incredibly dead. FACE COVERED WITH HANDS NOW- that would be a definite something O-O

DURGAH: =Oblivious. She puts her hands on her hips and grins wide.= RIGHT???~> 

DURGAH: MAYBE THAT'§ HOW!!! THAT I §HOULD INTRODUCE MY§ELF TO EVERYONE!!!~> 

DURGAH: LIKE!!!! BOOM!!!!~> 

DURGAH: DYNAMIC ENTRY!!! NO §HIRT!!!  I ALREADY KNOW OF THEIR PRACTICE§!!!!!~>

BALDUR: -FACE SINKS DEEPER IN HIS HANDS- they would be ok with that probably yes -his cheeks are ON FIRE-

DURGAH: YEAH???~> =Her enthusiasm only seems to grow at his approval.= 

DURGAH: THEN??? MAYBE I §HOULD PRACTICE MY ENTRANCE???~> =Looks around for windows that she could burst out of.= GET IT LIKE!!! DOWN TO A T!!! §O I DON'T ME§§ UP MY CHANCE!!!~>

 DURGAH: I WANNA MAKE A GOOD IMPRE§§ION!!! AFTER ALL!!!~>

BALDUR: i think maybe it should be spontaneous O-O

BALDUR: and 

 BALDUR: also not right this very second i can show you my samples I have of things I found

DURGAH: HMMM!!!! YEAH!!! MAYBE!!!~> =Strokes her chin, then gets distracted by SAMPLES.= 

DURGAH: OH!!! YE§!!! §HOW ME!!! I WANNA §EE!!!~>

BALDUR: -finally uncovers his face and gently sighs in relief as he leads her over to a corner. There are lots of little plastic baggies full of various things-- seeds, root cuttings, leaves, mushroom spores, bits of dirt, tree bark-- all laid out and organized neatly.- they resonate to the emotional spectrum O-O

DURGAH: =She follows curiously, oblivious to Baldur's flustered distress. She peers over at the baggies.= OOOH..!!!~> THI§ I§ A GOOD COLLECTION!!!~>

 DURGAH: HOW DO THEY DO THAT???~>

BALDUR: there are many disquiet spirits here

 BALDUR: some say they are beforan O-O

DURGAH: OH...~> 

DURGAH: UHM... §O..??? WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO §AY?~>

 DURGAH: ABOUT THEIR FEELING§?~>

BALDUR: it depends 

 BALDUR: their feelings are never the same 

 BALDUR: but they affect the land itself and the plants that grow in it 

 BALDUR: the veil is thin O-O

DURGAH: I§... THAT A GOOD THING???~> 

DURGAH: THE VEIL???~> 

DURGAH: OR I§ THAT??? A THING THAT §HOULD BE FIXED???~>

BALDUR: its just how things are here 

 BALDUR: it is nice seeing them be comforted though ouo

DURGAH: =Crosses her arms and sways, thoughtful.= HMM... WELL!!! YEAH!!! IT'§ GOOD THAT THEY CAN!!! BE COMFORTED LIKE THAT!!!~>

BALDUR: that is sort of what we do here

DURGAH: §O YOU'RE!!! NOT §O MUCH GHO§T BU§TER§!!! A§ YOU ARE!!! GHO§T PAPPER§???~>

BALDUR: oh gosh 

 BALDUR: i never thought of it like that

DURGAH: YOU ARE!!! CA§PER THE FRIENDLY GHO§T!!! EXCEPT??? NOT THE GHO§T PART!!! AND ONLY THE FRIENDLIE§!!!~>

BALDUR: they are pretty nice when they are appeased though ouo

DURGAH: EHEH!!! YEAH???~>

 DURGAH: OH!!! MAYBE THAT'§ HOW THE CROP§ ARE FLOURI§HING §O NICELY!!! OVERALL!!! ON THI§ PLANET!!!~>

 DURGAH: BECAU§E OF ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!!~>

BALDUR: maybe O-O

BALDUR: there is also something about soil ph I guess

DURGAH: DON'T GIVE YOUR§ELF §O LITTLE CREDIT!!! I'M §URE THAT WHAT YOU ALL DO HELP§ A LOT!!!~>

BALDUR: well 

 BALDUR: learning to do 

 BALDUR: but thank you ouo

DURGAH: YOU'LL GET THERE!!! I KNOW IT!!!~>

 DURGAH: §O YOU??? MAINLY HELP OUT GHO§T§??? WHAT OTHER THING§ DO YOU DO???~>

BALDUR: we collect samples and learn about them 

 BALDUR: i alsotry to  keep the treehouse clean o-o 

BALDUR: we danced with a spirit who was also a cat earlier 

 BALDUR: i dont think shes evil ouo

DURGAH: WHAAAAAT??? YOU HAVE DANCE PARTIE§??? >:OO ~> 

DURGAH: YOU HAVE §ECRET MAGICAL DANCE PARTIE§???~>

BALDUR: well just one

BALDUR: but it was very magical and a little secret O-O

DURGAH: YOU!!!! HAVE!!! TO TELL ME!!! NEXT TIME!!!!~> =Stares at him with big sparkle eyes. In fact her hands are on his shoulders, she's just that serious.= 

DURGAH: I CAN'T!!! PO§§IBLY GO ON!!! KNOWING THAT I'VE MI§§ED OUT ON §OMETHING LIKE THAT!!!~>

BALDUR: i can try 

 BALDUR: it was such a sudden and unexpected event though O-O

DURGAH: WELL!!! WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE!!! §OMETHING I§ ABOUT TO GO DOWN!!!~> 

DURGAH: THEN YOU CAN CALL ME!!! AND I'LL BE HERE IN LIKE!!! LE§§ THAN TWO §ECOND§!!! PROBABLY!!!~>

BALDUR: i will definitely remember that ouo

DURGAH: YE§§§§§§§§§§!!!!~> 

DURGAH: EXCELLENT!!! >:33 ~>

BALDUR: most of the rest of what we do is just 

 BALDUR: normal things o-o 

BALDUR: we have tea at no-on

DURGAH: IT JU§T §O HAPPEN§ THAT!!! NORMAL THING§ LIKE TEA!!! I§ AL§O §OMETHING THAT FALL§ UNDER MY INTERE§T§!!!~> 

DURGAH: OH!!! DO YOU ALL??? PLAY BOARD GAME§ TOO??? THO§E ARE!!! REALLY FUN!!!~>

BALDUR: not usually 

 BALDUR: but i can make a suggestion O-O

DURGAH: WHAAAT!!! OKAY!!! THAT YOU JU§T!!! GOTTA DO!!!~>

 DURGAH: AND IF YOU DON'T!!! THEN!!! I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT MY MI§§ION!!! ONCE I'M IN!!!~>

BALDUR: do you have a go-od board game to play o-o

DURGAH: OF COUR§E!!!!~> 

 DURGAH: LIKE!!! §ETTLER§!!! OR THE LA§T DAY ON EARTH!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: OR DUNGEON§ AND DRAGON§ EVEN!!!~>

BALDUR: i dont know how to play those ones o-o

DURGAH: THEN!!! THAT'§ THE AREA OF EXPERTI§E WHERE I WILL BE!!! THE §ENPAI!!!~> =Grins and flexes!!! YEAH!!! She's pumped.=

BALDUR: that sounds exciting O-O 

BALDUR: ive never had a senpai before

BALDUR: well i dont know if this counts

BALDUR: they never said senpai out loud ever

DURGAH: EHEH!!! MAYBE THEY ARE!!!! §EEEEECRET §ENPAI§!!!~>

 DURGAH: TO GO WITH THE WHOLE!!! §ECRET THEME!!! >;PP ~>

BALDUR: i will ask them to be completely certain O-O

DURGAH: =Snrks a little.= NOT ONLY ARE YOU!!! ATTRACTING ALL THE WITCHE§ AND HUNK§!!!! BUT NOW!!! YOU'RE GONNA HAVE §O MANY §ENPAI§!!!~>

 DURGAH: HOW DOE§ HE DO IT?????~>

BALDUR: i actually do not know

 BALDUR: it is the winds of fate I guess

DURGAH: THEN THO§E ARE §OME VERY FORTUNATE FATE WIND§!!!~>

BALDUR: they have been treating me 

 BALDUR: very well lately ouo

DURGAH: A§ THEY VERY WELL §HOULD!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: OTHERWI§E!!! THO§E WIND§ WILL HAVE TO AN§WER TO ME!!!!~> =Punches her palm.=

BALDUR: i do not think you can fight wind 

 BALDUR: can you O-O

DURGAH: YOU'D BE §URPRI§ED!!! AT THE THING§ I'VE FOUGHT!!! >;33 ~>

BALDUR: i think the wind just ran away o-o

DURGAH: HOPEFULLY IT WA§ JU§T THE BAD WIND!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Looks around the treehouse some more, peering out one of the windows.= WHEN DID YOU JOIN THI§ CLUB ANYWAY??? :OO ~>

BALDUR: it was 

 BALDUR: a little after we landed 

 BALDUR: i was buying ice from a strange person and 

 BALDUR: i met a beautiful witch with wings who to-ok me into the sky

DURGAH: =That sounds like a kidnapping to her, but okay...= 

DURGAH: DO YOU THINK THAT??? THE ICE PER§ON AND THE WITCH WA§ IN CAHOOT§???~> 

DURGAH: ON THE MUTUAL LOOKOUT!!! FOR PEOPLE WITH LOT§ OF §PIRITUAL POWER???~>

BALDUR: i have not seen frosty so i dont think so 

 BALDUR: they sell ice in town and wear a big coat O-O

DURGAH: HMMMMMMM...!!!~> 

DURGAH: §§§UUU§§§PIIICIIOUUUU§§§§§... ~>

BALDUR: well i thought they were nice ovo

DURGAH: =You think everyone's nice you sweet cream puff. She hums.= 

DURGAH: §O YOU WERE JU§T!!! §WEPT AWAY LIKE THAT??? IT §OUND§ PRETTY EXCITING!!!~>

BALDUR: it was O-O

BALDUR: it was the most exciting thing to happen in my life

DURGAH: EEHHHHEH... I'M §URE IT'§ JU§T THE FIR§T OF MANY!!! 833 ~> =She's feeling a little annoyed and she doesn't really know why, whoops.= 

DURGAH: YOU'LL §EE!!!~>

BALDUR: ouo

 BALDUR: i do 

 BALDUR: like it here 

 BALDUR: they offered to let me stay

DURGAH: OH...~> 

DURGAH: WELL..!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT'§!!!!~> 

DURGAH: REALLY GREAT!!!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: i havent decided yet but 

 BALDUR: i said I would know for sure after the festival on halloween o-o

DURGAH: =Oooh man. If this isn't... Swell. Good. Wonderful things... She's doing her utmost to not let her smile seem forced, beaming as much as she can.= §O!!! LONG A§ YOU'RE HAPPY!!! THEN THAT'§??? PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT MATTER§!!! IN THE END!!!!~> 

DURGAH: OF WHATEVER!!!!!!! YOU WIND UP CHOO§ING!!!! I THINK!!!!~>

BALDUR: ovo 

 BALDUR:

BALDUR: -he gets the vague feeling that something is wrong but he doesn't seem willing to give the thought much regard. Unfortunately that sort of leaves him at an impasse, and he just sort of. Contibues to sit there without moving or saying much.-

BALDUR: ovo

DURGAH: =And Durgah not being a person to voice any internal turmoil it goes unsaid. She laughs some at the awkward silence that followed.= EHEH...!!! YEAH..!~> 

 DURGAH: UHM..!!!~> 

DURGAH: WHAT I MEAN I§??? THAT I'M BEHIND YOUR DE§ICION!!! OF COUR§E!!!! §INCE I'M!!! A FRIEND!!! YEAH!!!~>

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: yes 

 BALDUR: that is what you said O-O

BALDUR: ...

DURGAH: OH!!! ... YE§!!! I UH!!! GUE§§ IT JU§T BORE REPEATING!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Laughs awkwardly, looking sideways at the opening in the floor where they came in.= MAYBE I §HOULD??? GO PRACTICE???~> 

DURGAH: FOR MY!!! ENTRENCE AND ALL!!! I MEAN!!!~>

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: ok 0-0

DURGAH: =Grins wide and gives him a thumbs up.= I DON'T!!! WANNA DI§§APOINT MY MAGICAL §ENPAI!!! AFTERALL!!! >:PP ~> 

DURGAH: HEH!!!~> 

DURGAH: THANK§ FOR §HOWING ME THI§!!! IT'§ ALL REALLY COOL!!!~> 

DURGAH: HOPEFULLY MY ENTRANCE!!!! WILL BE IMPRE§§IVE ENOUGH!!!~> =Rolls a shoulder.=

BALDUR: i dont think it needs to be 

 BALDUR: they will definitely like you

DURGAH: =Nice as that usually was to hear, this time around it just stung. She grins despite it.= YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO PREPARED!!! RIGHT???~> 

DURGAH: I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD!!! FOR §URE!!!~>

BALDUR: -FIDGETS WITH HIS FINGERS-

DURGAH: =She is aware of the fidgeting, but her everything is telling her to abscond right now even if her Must Protect Friends Always alarms are going off.= I'LL §EE YOU LATER, OKAY??? I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW MY TRAINING WENT!!! BEFORE THAT TOO!!! PROBABLY!!!~>

BALDUR: i will see you so-on

DURGAH: =Smiles wide.= OKAY!!!~> 

DURGAH: THANK§ AGAIN BALDUR!!! YOUR §ECRET§ ARE §AFE WITH ME!!!~> =And there she goes, down the ladder and scampering away from treehouse and raw feelings both.=

 AP: §AGE!!!!!!!!!!~> 

AP: HI!!! HELLO!!!~>

 AP: ARE YOU THERE???~>'

DA: durgah!!!!!! WHAT'S UP????????

AP: WHAT I§ UP!!!!! I§ YOU!!!!!!!!!~> 

AP: AND ME!!!!!!!!!~> 

AP: U§!!! MORE §PECIFICALLY!!!! >:33 ~> 

AP: BECAU§E!!!!!!! YOU'RE MY PARTNER!!!!~>

 AP: FOR THE PAIRUP§!!! >833 ~>

DA: oh my god!!!!! that's right!!!!!! 

 DA: durgah what are we gonna do??????

AP: YE§§§§§§!!!!~>

 AP: EHEHE!!!! WELLLLLL!!!~> 

AP: WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD!!! §ELECTION!!! I THINK!!!~> 

AP: I'LL LET YOU CHOO§E TOO!!! §INCE I THOUGHT OF ALL THE ACTIVITIE§!!!! AREN'T YOU LUCKY??? >;33 ~> 

AP: WE CAN!!! CLIMB TREE§!!!! FLY KITE§!!!! OR!!! BAKE COOKIE§!!!~> 

AP: BUT!!! IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING THO§E THING§!!! THE ALTERNATIVE I§ TRAINING WITH ME!!! FOR A WEEK!!!!~>

DA: lol!!!!!! hmmmmmm........... 

DA: how about..........

 DA: climbing trees?????????

AP: AN EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!!~> 

AP: I KNOW JU§T THE PLACE!!!~>

 AP: IT HA§ LIKE!!! REALLY BIG TREE§!!!~> 

AP: YOU §HOULD TOTE§ MEET ME OUT§IDE THE §HIP!!! AND WE CAN GO THERE!!!~>

DA: i'll get my tree climbing clothes on!!!!!!

AP: EHEHHE!!! YEEE§§§§!!!~>

 AP: THE§E TREE§!!! ARE GONNA BE!!! §O TOTALLY CLIMBED!!!~>

 AP: I'LL §EE YOU IN A BIT §AGE!!!~>

DA: sounds good!!!!!!

AP: EHEH!!! §WEET!!!~> 

AP: §EE YA!!!~>  

-- apeckzPredator [AP] ceased trolling dynamismAnew [DA] --

 DURGAH: =Already outside in the first place, it doesn't take her long to sprint on up to the ship again. She sits on the ground staring at the entrance, eyes wide and expectant.= 833 ~>

SAGE: -and here Sage comes, running out the door in her bare feet and shorts and a tank top, as usual.- so it turns out I don't even know what tree climbing clothes are!!!!!

DURGAH: =Perks and jumps to her feet.= WHAT!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: NO WAY!!! I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!!!~> 

DURGAH: BECAU§E??? THO§E CLOTHE§??? LOOK PRETTY MUCH PERFECT FOR IT??? TO ME???~>

SAGE: oh yeah????? -strikes a pose-

DURGAH: YEAH!!!~> 

 DURGAH: =Gives her a huge thumbs up and a grin.= 

DURGAH: TOTALLY!!! I BET YOU CAN JU§T!!! RUN UP ALL THE TREE§!!!! §O QUICK!!!~>

SAGE: well!!!! i don't know if i can run up them.... 

SAGE: but i will try!!!!!!!

DURGAH: I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!! AND YOUR TREE MA§TERY!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Snickers.= BUT!!! IF YOU CAN'T RUN UP A TREE!!! MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE RUNNING ON THE GROUND??? UNTIL WE GET TO THE TREE§???~> =Gotta go fast Sage!!=

SAGE: hell yes!!!!!!!!! i can run on the ground ANY day!!!!!!!!! -and she's already running....she doesn't know where she is going...-

DURGAH: YEEE§§§§§§§!!!~> 

DURGAH: =She's running too!! Real fast! It doesn't matter where they are going really, even if she knew a place. Having fun and the adventure itself is the most important part.= 

DURGAH: §AGE!!! RUNNING LIKE THE WIND!!!!~>

SAGE: I'M FASTER THAN THE WIND!!!!!!

DURGAH: BUT NOT!!! FA§TER THAN MEEEEEEEE!!!~> =Nyooms past, hisslaughing.=

SAGE: -picks up the pace to try and beat her- think again!!!!!!

DURGAH: >:OO !!!~> =Oh shit here she come! Durgah moves onto all fours to really go fast!= 

DURGAH: THAT'§!!! MY LINE!!!! EHEHHE!!!~>

SAGE: i stole it!!!!!! like i steal your records!!!!! OF SPEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DURGAH: NOOOOOO!!! NO  WAY!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: ALL MY RECORD§!!! ARE BELONG TO ME!!!~>

SAGE: NOT ANYMORE!!!!!! -picks up the pace-

DURGAH: NOOOOOOO!!!!! IT I§§§§§§§§§§!!!~> =Rushes a lil faster too! She is not gonna lose!=

SAGE: -okay durgah is definitely speeding past her right now, that's for sure, but she's still going to try her best!- aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!

DURGAH: =Mutual screaming!!! Happy screams. Durgah is slowing down a little so she can look at Sage over her shoulder with a big grin.= EHEHE!!! TRY KEEPING UP §LO-- =WHACK.= 

 DURGAH: =Looks like they found some trees, for Durgah's body just wacked right into one.=

 AP: BALDUR!!!~>

 AP: ARE YOU THERE??? OR ARE YOU OUT AND ABOUT TO DO MORE ATTUNING???~> 

AP: EITHER WAY!!! I'M COMING RIGHT AT YOU!!! EITHER WITH MY WORD§ OR MY WHOLE!!! §ELF!!!~>

LP: oh wow 0-0

 LP: that is um 

 LP: a considerable amount of self to have come at 

 LP: i guess you could call it a kind of temporal attunement though O-O

AP: A CON§IDERABLE AMOUNT!!! I§ HONE§TLY THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT!!!~> 

AP: AND YEAH??? I§ IT §OMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO LIKE??? UH!!! FOCU§ ON A LOT???~> 

AP: THE TEMPORAL ATTUNEMENT???~> 

AP: BECAU§E I CAN TOTALLY COME AT YOU!!! AT A LATER TIME!!!~>

LP: thats ok 

 LP: i think time might be fake forever now so it immaterial whether or not you come now or later O-O 

LP: i am sitting here by a window and lo-oking out the window and thinking about things

AP: OH!!!~>

 AP: WELL!!! IN THAT CA§E I CAN??? COME IN YOUR BU§INE§§!!! AT ALL TIME§!!! BECAU§E IT I§ FAKE!!! §O I AM TAKING BOTH ALL TIME AND NO TIME AT ALL!!!~> 

AP: I'LL COME FIND YOU!!! WHICH MIGHT TAKE!!! A §ECOND!!! OR AN ETERNITY!!!~> 

AP: WE JU§T!!! DON'T KNOW!!!!!!~>

LP: o-o that is exactly the thing im thinking about right now

AP: THEN!!! IT MEAN§ THAT THE TIME IT TOOK FOR OUR BRAIN§ TO §YNCRONIZE!!! I§ AB§OLUTE ZERO!!! >:PP ~> 

 DURGAH: =Also Baldur can probably hear approaching footsteps, unless he is very deep in thought of the wonders that is time and it's fakeness.=

BALDUR: -he peeps his gazebulbs in the direction of the steppening.  It looks like an observation deck, so and hes sitting on a couch with a blanket over her shoulders and a drink in his hands.- O-O hello durgah i think

DURGAH: =A blanket burrito friend. With a LEAP she jumps and cannonballs into the couch next to Baldur.= YOOOOOOOOOOU GOT IT!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT'§ ME!!!~>

BALDUR: O-O BALDUR: that was definitely an all at once -he bounces six inches in the air from the jump- 

BALDUR: did you come to watch the universe spiraling out of control to-o

DURGAH: =Whoops! He bounce. She sits up on her knees with a grin.= I DIDN'T KNOW THE UNIVER§E WERE GOING §O OUT OF WACK TODAY!!! TO BE HONE§T!!!~> 

DURGAH: I WA§ MO§TLY WANTING TO §EE YOU!!!~> DURGAH: HOPEFULLY NOT §PIRALING!~>

BALDUR: oh no BALDUR: i am a normal shape 

 BALDUR: i think o-o 

 BALDUR: i havent checked a mirror but please inform me if I begin to unshape

DURGAH: =Snrk.= YOU GOT IT!!! I WILL ALERT YOU IMMEDIATELY!!! THE MOMENT I §EE §OMETHING AMI§§!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Tries to get comfortable, but she's just shifting about a lot.= §O!!! I GOT §OMETHING FOR YOU!!! ACTUALLY!!!~>

BALDUR: O-O you did 

 BALDUR: i didnt realize this was a 

 BALDUR: gifting day

DURGAH: I DID!!! AND IT I§N'T!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT??? I GUE§§ IT KINDA TURNED INTO ONE!!! FOR THI§ MOMENT!!! §INCE I AM GONNA GIFT YOU §OMETHING!!!~>

BALDUR: i 

 BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: -he shifts a little TOO now because he was not really expecting this much at all.- that is very nice and i kind of wish i had a thing to also offer you O-O

DURGAH: =Grins at him and flaps a hand, the other rummaging around in her pocket.= YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ME ANYTHING!!! BECAU§E THI§ I§ KIND OF A GIFT ROUNDABOUT!!! IN A WAY!!!~> 

DURGAH: AND AL§O YOU DON'T GOTTA GIVE PEOPLE §TUFF!!! JU§T BECAU§E THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU §OMETHING!!! Y'KNOW!!!~> =Smiles and pulls out the gift. It's the same smoothed out glass that he had given her before, except now it is stuck in a metal wiring to make it into an earring.=

 DURGAH: BAM!!! THERE IT I§!!!! IT'§ TOTALLY ENCHANTED NOW!!! AND EVERYTHING!!!!~> =She followed an online guide, that's legit right?=

BALDUR: -SUDDEN TINY GASP- 

BALDUR: you made this O-O

DURGAH: EHEH!!! YEP!!!~> 

DURGAH: WITH MY OWN TWO HAND§!!!!!~>

BALDUR: what sort of magic does it carry -he lifts it up so carefully and gently towards the light, for inspection-

DURGAH: =The glass is a dulled green, probably part of a beer bottle once upon a time.  Durgah is beaming happily, gesturing with her hands with much enthusiasm.= IT'§ LIKE!!! TO GO WITH THE CONFIDENCE NECKLACE!!! YOU ALREADY HAVE!!!~> 

DURGAH: THI§ ONE WA§!!! UH!!!~> =She tries to remember the exact headline for this spell tutorial, but she can't recall it all. It was pretty long.= FOR PROTECTION!!! AGAIN§T BAD FEELING§!!! AND AL§O §PIRIT§ I THINK!!!~>

 DURGAH: §O!!! WHEN YOU WEAR BOTH!!! YOU'LL BE §UPER CONFIDENT!!! AND AL§O NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING HURTING YOU!!!~>

BALDUR: bad feelings and spirits are often one in the same O-O

 BALDUR: you made it very pretty 

 BALDUR: and i guess I would wear it also even if it was not magical 

 BALDUR: i like it o-o 

BALDUR: -he reaches for his ear to take out his old earring and put in her gift, tilting his head so that she can see it there.- 

BALDUR: does it lo-ok nice

DURGAH: ...EHEH!!!~> =Flaps both her arms at him, grinning bashfully.= I TRIED!!! AT LEA§T!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Puts her hands on her cheeks when he puts it in, grinning wide.= YE§!!! IT LOOK§ REALLY NICE!!! AND I CAN TOTALLY FEEL THE PROTECTION VIBE§!!! ALREADY!!!~> 

DURGAH: I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: ovo

BALDUR: i am glad

 BALDUR: it is a transformative magic to create something new of something that i found on the floor a while ago ouo

DURGAH: §O!!! WHAT YOU ARE §AYING I§ THAT??? I'M WELL ON MY WAY OF AL§O BECOMING A MA§TER MAGICMAN??? JU§T LIKE YOU???~> =Grins and snickers. She's really glad he liked it though, that's the best possible outcome.=

BALDUR: i am not really a master o-o 

 BALDUR: but i am 

 BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: going to 

 BALDUR: just 

 BALDUR: -He shifts a little and... Leans over a little.  And wraps his arms around her, somewhat, hugging awkwardly in a way that belies very little practice in hugging properly.- 

BALDUR: thank you

DURGAH: A MA§TER FROM MY PER§PECTIVE!!! FOR §URE!!!! >:PP ~> =Snickers, then perks curiously as he begins to shift about and lean. For some reason or the other it makes her remember her own awkward magical kiss leaning, which makes her let out a low wheezing noise. But it's a hug! And hugs are excellent, no matter how little practice someone has.=

 DURGAH: EHEHH!!!! YOU'RE §UPER WELCOME!!!~> =

Durgah on the other hand, has lots of hugging practice, so her arms go around him tightly and gives him a SQUEEZE. Not enough to break any bones, but definitely a squeeze that was much more powerful than necessary.=

BALDUR: -Hed say something but that!! Is a tight squeeze!! WHEEZES A LITTLE.- 

BALDUR: -he eventually manages to make a word though-

 BALDUR: ok O-O

DURGAH: =...Whoops. Maybe she squeezed a little too hard. Lets go off him with a sheepish look on her face. Rubs at her cheek some with the palm of her hand.= EHEH..!~> 

DURGAH: POINT I§!!! YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH UN§TOPPABLE NOW BALDUR!!! YOU CAN DO ANYTHING!!!~>

BALDUR: you are very nice for believing that 

BALDUR: i will remember it O-O

BALDUR: for the rest of my life and for all of eternity thereafter

DURGAH: =Aww jeez. That was one way to put it. She grins and flaps her hand again with a low wheezy laugh.= EHEHEH!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Chinhands to stop her flaps.= YOU BETTER!!!~> 

DURGAH: BECAU§E THAT I§ AL§O HOW LONG!!! I AM GOING TO KEEP BELIEVING IN THAT!!! IN YOU!!!~>

BALDUR: -TINY SMILE-

BALDUR: it feels weird being in space again 

 BALDUR: i liked that planet I think

DURGAH: =Eeee. The tiny smile feels like a big smile. How weird! Maybe there's some mystery magics happening after all.= MMMYEAH!~> =Sighs a lil and flops backwards.=

 DURGAH: I'M GONNA MI§§!!! ALL THE OPEN §PACE!!!! FOR §URE!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Unflops to sit back up straight.= WHAT DID YOU LIKE MO§T??? ABOUT IT???~>

BALDUR: the answers to unasked questions that leave only greater questions to ask OvO

DURGAH: =She has no clue what that means, but he seems happy so that's what matters!= I GUE§§ YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUE§TION§ AND AN§WER§ THEN!!! WHEN WE GO VI§IT THE PLANET AGAIN!!!~> 

DURGAH: AL§O WA§??? THO§E GREAT QUE§TION§ PART OF WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT??? BEFORE???~> =Headtilt.=

BALDUR: yes somewhat O-O

BALDUR: i have also been thinking about me

BALDUR: but they are the same

DURGAH: =Headtilt intensifies.= OH???~> 

DURGAH: I§ IT OKAY??? FOR ME TO BE A§KING WHAT THE QUE§TION THOUGHT§ WERE??? EXACTLY???~>

BALDUR: yes i think so O-O 

BALDUR: it is weird but I cannot extricate myself from the fact that i am a part of something that is real and exists 

 BALDUR: do you ever think about that

DURGAH: =There's a brief moment wherein Durgah looks like Baldur had just spoken to her in ancient latin, which he very well might have, considering the fact that she understood very little of what he meant. Her smile is quickly back in place however, and she crosses her arms.= HMM!!!~>

 DURGAH: BUT??? DO YOU WANT TO NOT BE A PART OF WHAT I§ REAL???~>

 DURGAH: =Scratches her head.= I MEAN!!!... §OMETIMES. THAT I§ A THOUGHT!~>

BALDUR: no 

BALDUR: i mean maybe 

 BALDUR: i am not sure which the answer is but I never really 

 BALDUR: thought i was 

 BALDUR: before o-o

DURGAH: THAT YOU WEREN'T PART OF IT??? OR THAT YOU WEREN'T REAL???~> =She is trying to wrap her head around this, but also feels bad about asking a lot of questions. Because she doesn't want to come off as Baldur is making absolute zero sense, since that is never a good feel to experience.=

BALDUR: a little 

 BALDUR: both 

 BALDUR: maybe

DURGAH: =Well, she doesn't know about that... What she DOES know is how to give friend peptalks, so that is what she is gonna do. With a big smile, hands on her knees.= WELL!!! YOU ARE DEFINITELY REAL TO ME!!! AND AL§O PART OF THE REALITY!!! THAT I AM AL§O A PART OF!!!!~> 

DURGAH: §O THAT I§ ONE MY§TERY A§PECT ABOUT THE EXI§TENCE OF U§ ALL!!! OUT OF THE PICTURE!!!~>

BALDUR: ouo 

BALDUR: i am relatively content with that

DURGAH: EHEH! THAT'§ GOOD!!! BUT IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF YOU WERE FULLY CONTENT! I JU§T!!! UHM!!!~> 

DURGAH: HAVEN'T GIVEN IT MUCH THOUGHT!!! BUT I WILL NOW!!! §O I CAN BETTER HELP YOU WITH THE AN§WER!!!~>

BALDUR: ouo 

BALDUR: you are a go-od friend

DURGAH: =Here comes the hand flails again, then she laughs and tucks them away under her arms, hunching to hide the flailies.= PFPFP!!! EHEH..!!!~> 

DURGAH: THANK YOU BALDUR!!! YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND TOO!!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT'§ WHY YOU DE§ERVE ALL THE AN§WER§!!! FOR ALL THE THING§!!!~>

BALDUR: ouo 

 BALDUR: watching out the window doesnt really answer anything but

 BALDUR: it is still kind of nice

DURGAH: §OMETIME§ THAT'§ ENOUGH!!! THAT THING§ ARE JU§T NICE! I THINK!~> 

DURGAH: =Flops back on the couch to look out the window too, grinning over at Baldur.= WHO KNOW§! MAYBE THE AN§WER WILL JU§T COME TO YOU!!! WHILE YOU ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT IT!~>

BALDUR: maybe o-o 

BALDUR: or maybe it will be sent by a messenger from another world 

BALDUR: that would be neat

DURGAH: =Snrks.= EHEH!!! YE§!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT IT!!! DEFINITELY WOULD!!!~> 

DURGAH: I GUE§§ WE WILL JU§T HAVE TO WAIT AND §EE!~>

BALDUR: i will be sure to take a picture in case it is O-O 

BALDUR: for posterity 

 BALDUR: and knowledge of otherworldly messengers who know things about my life I suppose 

 BALDUR: because it is somewhat rude that they know everything about us while being invisible and untouchable

DURGAH: THAT I§ MORE THAN!!! §OMEWHAT RUDE!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT I§ TOTALLY §UPER RUDE!!! WHY §HOULD THEY GET TO KNOW ALL OF THE THING§???~> 

DURGAH: §HARE YOUR OTHERWORLDLY WI§DOM§!!!~> =SHakes her fist towards the window and all the stars dramatically.=

BALDUR: I agree with your sentiment even if you are saying it very loudly

DURGAH: EHEH!!! YOU GOTTA MAKE §URE THAT THEY CAN HEAR IT!!!~> 

DURGAH: HEAR OUR OUTCRY AT THI§ INJU§TICE!!!~>

BALDUR: i prefer means of stealth and not tempting them to do magic on me .-.

DURGAH: =Grins at him.= BUT BALDUR!!! YOU HAVE THE PROTECTION §PELL NOW!!!~> =Gestures to the earring.= 

DURGAH: §O THEY CAN'T DO ANY MAGIC§ ON YOU!!!! EVEN IF THEY TRIED!!!~>

BALDUR: oh right O-O 

 BALDUR: im um 

 BALDUR: still not going to yell though sorry

DURGAH: THAT'§ OKAY!!! §O LONG A§ THE VOICE IN YOUR HEART!!! I§ LOUD AND TRUE!!!!~> 

DURGAH: THEN THAT'§ THE MO§T §UREFIRE WAY!!! TO KNOW THAT THE ME§§AGE HA§ BEEN DELIVERED!!!~>

BALDUR: i will think it louder than normal 0-0 

BALDUR: can you feel them 

 BALDUR: the louder thoughts

DURGAH: =She goes quiet for a while, arms crossed and eyes shut. Ponders.=

DURGAH: YE§!!!~> =Nods with a grin.= YEP!!! I CAN HEAR THEM!!! FOR §URE!!!~>

BALDUR: 0-0 

BALDUR: its more powerful than i ever thought

DURGAH: IT I§!!! §O POWERFUL!!!~> 

DURGAH: =You know what else had been about twenty years??? Since Durgah pounced on Sirius! Except it was less twenty years and more maybe a day or two. But that's like. A few years. AT LEAST in friendship time. Two big cat eyes are peering out at Sirius from a vent grate, and soon enough there's a manticore troll launched through the air on collision course right for Sirius herself.= §§§§§§IIIIIIIIIIRIIIIIIIUUUU§§§§§§§§!!!!!!!!!~>

SIRIUS: (gahhh) =!!= SIRIUS: =A day or two is basically FOREVER in friendship time! How did it come to this! Sirius is definitely collided into, and she winds up dropping the box she's carrying, falling right into its contents. But no worries! it's only pillows and blankets!= 

SIRIUS: (hehehehe hi durgah) 

SIRIUS: (whats been up) 

SIRIUS: (did you catch any vicious prey) =?= 

SIRIUS: (besides me of course) 

SIRIUS: =curls her fingers= (blar)

DURGAH: =Rekt!!! Durgah sits on top of Sirius on top of the crate, grinning down at her with all her fangs on proud display. She laughs loud at the "blar".= EHEHE!!!!~> 

DURGAH: BLARRRRRR!!! NOOOO! THE MO§T VICIOU§ PREY OF ALL HA§ BEEN CAPTURED!!!~> =Pokes Sirius' forehead.= IT'§ DONE AND OVER NOW!!!~>

SIRIUS: =gasps!= (the mighty huntress is perpetually triumphant) 

SIRIUS: (oh wait...) 

SIRIUS: =flops her head to the side, sticking her tongue out. If she had the means, there would be a flickering neon sign in the bg with "(dead)" in cheerful, cursive letters.= 

SIRIUS: =says out of the corner of her mouth= (her ignoble...) 

SIRIUS: ((whats an eight letter word that starts with a c)) 

SIRIUS: (uh...) 

SIRIUS: (her ignoble cabbages has been vanquished) 

SIRIUS: (long live the mighty pouncelor)

DURGAH: =All of this makes her hisslaugh an awful lot, a hand over her mouth and snorting.= EHEHEE!!!!~> 

DURGAH: YEEEE§§§§§§!!!~> =Puts her hands on Sirius' stomach and "kneads" it with her fingers.= 

DURGAH: LOVE LIVE THE ME!!!! THE MIGHTIE§T POUNCELOR THERE EVER WA§!!!~>

SIRIUS: =starts laughing because she's ticklish but desperately tries to hide that in her attempt to get up= (ehehe yes) 

SIRIUS: (there is no other) 

SIRIUS: (the mightiest is you) =!=

DURGAH: =Kneads!!! Sorry Sirius, but you are trapped now. Durgah tries putting more of her weight down on Sirius, even if that is very little as she herself is, well, kind of little.= IT I§ I!!!! YE§§§§!!! THE MIGHTY WILL FALL BEFORE ME!!!! BECAU§E!!! I AM THE MIGHTIE§T!~>

DURGAH: =Snickers, then stops kneading for a moment.= BUT!!! HELLO!!! HI §IRIU§!!! WHAT ARE YOU UP TO??? ALL THI§ PACKING! ARE YOU GOING ON ANOTHER ADVENTURE??? WHERE! WHAT! WHEN! HOW!!!~>

SIRIUS: =unnoticeable side breath when Durgah stops kneading, wheeze= 

SIRIUS: (hehehe in order yes i am) 

SIRIUS: (where) =?= (to the plateus) 

SIRIUS: (what) =?= (to see a meteor shower)

 SIRIUS: (when) =?= (it starts in an hour) 

SIRIUS: (how) =?= (when the planet is in orbit it passes through debris which disintegrates as they burn up in the atmosphere)

SIRIUS: (cool huh)

DURGAH: =Pupils go wide as she listens to this, her grin somehow finding a way to grow even wider as well. She makes a loud excited and LONG hissing sound through her teeth, leaning closer to Sirius.= 

 DURGAH: THAT I§!!!~>

 DURGAH: THE COOLE§T!!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT!!! I FORGOT A QUE§TION!!! DUH-DOIII!!!!~> =Facepalm, then stares at Sirius expectantly.= 

DURGAH: WITH!!! WHO????~> =Pick me!!!=

SIRIUS: =blush glow!=

 SIRIUS: (well) 

SIRIUS: (no one) 

SIRIUS: =sucks in her lips= 

SIRIUS: (yet) 

SIRIUS: = c: =

SIRIUS: =plz tell me u wanna come that would be so great!=

DURGAH: THAT AN§WER I§ §O!!! TOTALLY!!! WRONG!!!~>

 DURGAH: BECAU§E!!!~> =The biggest grin, practically right in Sirius' face.= I'M COMING WITH YOU!!!~>

 DURGAH: UNLE§§ IT'§ ACTUALLY A §UPER §ECRET DATE YOU ARE GOING ON OR §OMETHING!!!~> =Snicker.=

SIRIUS: =Me? on a DATE? ahahahahahaha! Durgah is hilarious! She laughs a little= 

SIRIUS: (hhh well if it were super secret youd know because id tell you hehehe) SIRIUS: (but this trip is just regular) 

SIRIUS: (its something mama and papa saw when they were first on lauctis) =runs her hand in her hair= (and i guess i wanna see it too) =Sheepish smile=

 SIRIUS: (you really want to) =questionmark?= 

SIRIUS: (its...okay with you right) =? OH SO HOPEFUL LOOK IN HER EYES=

DURGAH: =Snickers a little bit and kneads idly on her tum again.= IF YOU DIDN'T THEN I WOULD JU§T GET IT OUT OF YOU ANYWAY§!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Soft gasp and the kneading stops. That sounds... So romantic?? What the hell. And it was so cute that Sirius wanted to see it too!! She grins wide.= UH!!! DUH??? OF COUR§E I WANNA §EE IT TOO!!! IT §OUND§ AWE§OME!!! LIKE??? THE BE§T???~>

SIRIUS: (hhhhhehehehehe that is actually true)

 SIRIUS: (it does) =?= (you do) 

SIRIUS: =soooooo excited right now= 

SIRIUS: (then lets go lets go lets go) 

 SIRIUS: =LETS GLOW! Like she's doing right now! She's definitely her own flashlight. She never has to pack one.=

DURGAH: YEAH!!! THE BE§T!!! IT §OUND§ COOL AND EXCITING AND LIKE??? A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY ALMO§T!!!~> 

DURGAH: §O IT'§ EVEN BETTER TO EXPERIENCE THO§E WITH  A FRIEND!!! >:33 ~> =Excited tummy kneading and slight bouncing. Also hiss giggles at Sirius' glowing face. IT'S SO CUTE, GOSH.=

DURGAH: LET'§!!! DO IT!!!~> =Excited fist pump!=

SIRIUS: =All these muffled giggles from being ticklish gahhh!= 

SIRIUS: (o-okay!) =oh man she is so happy, lookit her= 

SIRIUS: (ive got blankets and pillows for comfort and stuff and also snacks for hunger satisfaction and a small cooler with drinks to quench our thirst if that happens too)

DURGAH: WHAAAAAAAAAT!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU'RE LIKE??? TOTALLY PREPARED FROM EVERYTHING??? I CAN'T BELIEVE THI§!!!! ONE UPPED BY §IRIU§ ON THE PREPARED §CALE!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Huffs and crosses her arms, though she's still smiling.=

 DURGAH: WELL!!! I CAN BRING THING§ TOO!!! §UCH A§ ALL MY HELPFUL THING§ I'VE GOT!!! IN MY §YLLADEX! AND AL§O MY§ELF!!! >;33 ~>

SIRIUS: (im glad i have someone to share it with now) =SMILES!= 

SIRIUS: =very srs face as she places a hand on Durgah's shoulder= 

SIRIUS: (durgah) 

SIRIUS: (there are never enough things to be brought)

 SIRIUS: (bring all your things)

 SIRIUS: (and also you) 

SIRIUS: (the last one is the most important item)

DURGAH: =Pshaw..!!! She tosses her arm out like a lady from the period dramas.= OH YOU!!! FLATTERER!!!~> 

DURGAH: EHEH! THE MO§T IMPORTANT ITEM I§ U§!!! TOGETHER!!!~>

 DURGAH: THE FRIEND§HIP THAT WE §HARE!!! DUHHH!!! OBVIOU§LY!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT'§ NOT JU§T ME ALONE!!!~>

SIRIUS: =oh wow ;;=

SIRIUS: (hahaha thats so nice durgah) 

SIRIUS: (okay) 

SIRIUS: (it is us together that is of highest importance on this outing) 

SIRIUS: (of togetherness) 

SIRIUS: (and friendship)

DURGAH: =Snickers.= YOU'RE §O NICE!!!~>

DURGAH: AND YOU BET!!! THE AB§OLUTE HIGHE§T OF IMPORTANCE THING§ THAT THERE PO§§IBLY I§!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Bounces while seated on Siri.= §O LET'§ DO IT! LET'§ GO!!! LET'§ FLOOR IT AND HIT IT TO THE MAX!!! YEA!!! ALRIGHT!!!!~> =All of these air punches, jeez.=

SIRIUS: =glows a lil! hhhh thhhhank= 

SIRIUS: (lets do it lets go oooo yeahhh) 

SIRIUS: =picks Durgah up plops her on her shoulders, stooping once only to grab the blanket box and here she gooooo, sprinting toward her ship!=

DURGAH: =Omg she is picked!!! She flails just a little bit, not expecting it, then just bursts out in a series of happy hissy laughs. She holds onto Sirius tightly with one arm, whooping and making more air punches with the other.= ALRIIIIGHT!!! PUNCH IT!!! FLOOR IT!!!~>

SIRIUS: (run like the wind bullseye) =!= (hehe) =PCHOOO= 

SIRIUS: =One they arrive, Sirius squats closer down to the ground so Durgah can hop off. The entrance is a bit small, and Sirius has to duck walking through the doorway. She could try walking through it, but she'd rather avoid smacking Durgah's head on the frame. Or rapping her horns on it. That happened in the early days of her skyscraper-ness, and it sure wasn't a pleasant feeling.=

DURGAH: PCHOOOOOO!!!!!~> =Snicker snicker hissss. She hops right off when Sirius squats, eager and ready to go. The entrance isn't small at all for Durgah, seeing as she's just five feet tall. It's as tall as she needs to be to be herself though, so it's all good! She bounces on after her.= §O!!! CAPTAIN!!! WHAT ARE YOUR ORDER§??? WHAT DO I DO???~>

SIRIUS: (hehe well take a seat next to the captain...) 

SIRIUS: (cocaptain) =Sirius points to the second pilots seat.= (and buckle in)

 SIRIUS: (youll get a better view that way)  =Her ship, though large enough to hold at least five people comfortably didn't have nearly as many opportunities for looking out as the UU did. The windows were mostly concentrated in the cockpit.=

DURGAH: =Her eyes go so wide, pupils dilated and a huge grin on her face. She bounces on her heels excitedly, letting out a long hiss.= YEEEE§§§§§§§§!!!!~> =Salutes!!!= A§ YOU §AY CAPTAIN!!!~>

 DURGAH: EHEHEHEH!!!~> 

 DURGAH: YOUR TRU§TY COCAP I§!!! §OOOOO!!! READY!!!!~> =Practically throws herself into the seat and buckles in, bouncing and looking around eagerly.= LET'§ GO!!!~>

SIRIUS: =Sirius obtained her impressive picture collage skills from her mother. The huge dashboard in front of the two seats had been utterly consumed by photographs of planets shes visited, sunsets she seen, and skies she slept under, even spreading further down the sides and onto the walls. But for each space-related photo, there are at least three of the faces of her friends and family smiling back at her, ranging from all ages from when they were small to only days ago. There were even some that were impossible for Sirius to have taken, as she was a grub herself in some of them, and the humans and warmblooded parents were looking at least twenty years younger and smiling under different skies themselves, such as Lauctis, Earth, Beforus, LOLAR, and Nac Luv Prosper to name a few. Hanging aloft in a miniature harness to Durgah's right is Franken-Cragon (the very same that wriggler-Sileas ripped apart and Terezi meticulously patched back together), kind of in the purpose of fuzzy dice.= SIRIUS: =She sat down in the chair then buckled in too. Once she was secure, she turned the parking break off, hit a series of buttons, pulled a lever, and the ship began to rise. Once reaching fifty feet off the ground, Sirius urged the ship forward and they were off!=

 SIRIUS: (whee) =!=

DURGAH: =Looks at all of these photos excitedly, still bouncing in her seat from excitement. Who ever has the time to sit still anyways? There's things to do! Places to see! She wants to get a picture wall like this, and that's not going to happen if she's just sitting on her butt all day. She's had her fair share of adventure, but only on the planets that the U.U. happened to stop on. She wanted to get out there, but she also didn't want to leave anything behind. It was a complicated balance.= 

DURGAH: =When the ship takes off she punches both her fists in the air and lets out a loud cheer.= YEEEEEAAAA§§§§§!!!!~>

 DURGAH: OFF WE GO!!! ADVENTURE AWAIT§!!!! TIME TO §EE IT ALL!!! DO IT ALL!!!~> =CHeers and whoops.=

SIRIUS: =Durgah's excitement makes her laugh, and she'd be punching the air too if she didn't need to keep her hands on the steering. She keeps up the conversation, though, excited to having a friend join her on one of these trips. She asks Durgah AAALL the things, like what she's been doing on Lauctis, how her and Gallen's moirallegiance is going, and if she's hunting any elusive prey currently.= SIRIUS: =Her ship is incredibly zippy - it was initially meant to be for Alternian colonies on the outer worlds where paramilitary personel were lacking, akin to the hit and run guerrilla warfare.  Karkat and Terezi kept its wake signature reduction but had most of it repurposed. It's cannons were replaced with a non-fatal repulsion system and a concussive EMP pulse for last resort defense, its bulky exterior fuel tanks were stripped for greater mobility and substituted with a solar panel charge, and even the shape of it was altered to become more crab-like.= SIRIUS: =With her ship, the trip will take a short thirty minutes to reach their destination. The city is long gone within five, and within ten, the landscape changed from forests to open water to plains, until the plateus Sirius spoke up were pinpricks in distance. And getting bigger.=

DURGAH: =A incredibly zippy ship indeed! What a swift flight! She is bouncing away in her seat, even when Sirius asks her all of these questions. She's glad to answer! She's been exploring a little bit, but not as much as she'd like, so she's really sTOKED to go with Sirius for this. Gallen and her is doing really good, she admits, bashful whenever she speaks of him. He's just really good. And of course she has hunted elusive prey. She just caught Sirius, didn't she? ;33= 

DURGAH: =She will ask her questions too! About all her adventures and if she's holding up okay. No serious injuries or anything? And right! Are her sisters good too? Is it hard to work upkeep on this ship? Is it hard to get your own ship in the first place? Where is she going next?= 

DURGAH: =Kind of trails off once the landscape changes, now pressing herself against the window with big eyes. More bounces.= ARE WE THERE????~>

SIRIUS: =Sirius answers that she's planning on revisiting one of the first planets she went to, since the UU's trajectory will go that direction, but for now she's gonna recharge, refuel here on Lauctis, and stick around the UU for a bit! She...quietly offers that Durgah can come with her on these little trips anytime, and she paused for a fraction more before mentioning that if Durgah wanted to go to...further off places with her that she could, i mean, there were three extra seats so of course she could bring some friends too. That's only if she wanted to be gone for like a month of course hahahaha because it's a pretty long time to be gone from friends and family hhhh. When Gallen is mentioned, Sirius smiles at her like ^v^ eyyyy and proceeds to say what a really adorable fit they are!= SIRIUS: =She does tell Durgah she'd had bumps and bruises, but nothing too serious, but there was this one time when she was trying to get a good picture on a planet with purple grass and an orange sky, and the ground just gave out underneath her! She basically rode the rubble all the way down and bumped her elbow. See? There was a scrape scar on it. But anyway, she'd accidentally found a huge underground cave system and it had a forest that was different from the one above ground because that one hadn't seen the light of day in eons! And her sisters are great! Satomi was pushing a million words in her fanfiction, and Sirius predicted at least three more chapters should do it. On top of that, look at all the recent artwork she's done! And Sirius points down the other wall where some of Satomi's prints have been framed. Statik was making something new in her spare time, otherwise known as i-have-no-idea-what-it-is-but-i-bet-itll-be-great.=

SIRIUS: =She explains that her parents were the ones who got the ship for her, but they had to jump through a lot of hoops and sign a lot of papers to finally get it in their possession. And she had to get her pilot's license, of course. Upkeep on the ship is pretty easy, she says, because it's a lot like how her mother's mental link with her lusus works - or at least how she's described it working. Once you know how to listen, you can hear the ship tell you when she's hurting, when she's not, how much more she can take before she can't take anymore. Sirius pats the dashboard.= SIRIUS: (almost hehehe) =Their speed slows and they begin to descend. She found a clear patch of ground to land on, and lowered the ship down on top of the plateau. She puts Red Comet in park, flips those switches in backwards order this time, then turns off the engines.= (were here!) =Whoops, a little too loud there.= SIRIUS: =picking up a box, Sirius pressed the round button near the door to open it, and krchunk! They're free!=

DURGAH: =She can barely pay attention to anything said once they are approaching land, bouncing in her seat with much more vigor and already tugging at her seat belt.= YEEEE§§§§§! YE§!!! LET'§ FLOOR IT TO THE MAX!!!!~> 

DURGAH: WITH OUR FEET!!! TO THE GROUND!!! IN A FLOORY FA§HION!!!!~> 

DURGAH: HELL YEAH HELL YEAH!!!~> =Still... Struggling with the seat belt.=

SIRIUS: =She's biting her lip at seeing Durgah so excited! It makes excitement bubble in her chest too, so much so that Sirius thought a seat belt would in no way be a hindrance. Unfortunately, the seat belt is made out of stronger stuff - if it gave, how on earth could it hold anyone during a crash landing?? She wandered back over the seats, holding down the button so Durgah can pull the clasp out.= 

SIRIUS: (hell yes) 

SIRIUS: (we will do exactly as you suggest and floor it with our feet) 

SIRIUS: (to see comet debris burn up in the lauctan atmosphere)

DURGAH: =She could honestly just have torn the seatbelt clean off with her RIPPLING MUSCLES, but she doesn't want to break her friend's ship! She looks a tad sheepish when Sirius has to come help her, but immediately springs out of her seat.= 

DURGAH: YE§§§§§§§!!!~> 

DURGAH: I'LL RACE YOU!!!!~> 

DURGAH: READY§ETGO!!!~> =She was already running towards the door at "set". What a cheat!=

SIRIUS: =Yo, Sirius wouldn't blame her if she did! That would mean she'd need to get STRONGER seat belt material!= 

SIRIUS: (its okay that one tends to stick) =PAT PAT smiles!= 

SIRIUS: =When Durgah takes off she gasps and quickly puts the boxes in her sylladex, sprinting after her wee speedracer friend!= (im gonna getcha) =soft laughter in the distance=

DURGAH: =Not-quite-so-soft laughter in the other distance. Loud and gleeful and full of hisses. She is bolting into... Wherever it is they are! She is just focused on running.= EHEHEHE!!! NOOOO!!!~> 

DURGAH: NEVER IN A MILLION YEAR§!!!!~>

 DURGAH: THERE'§ NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

SIRIUS: (hehehehe where theres a will there a way papa always says) =!= 

SIRIUS: =She's catching up due to her pole legs, but Durgah's giving her a run for her money and she had to actually PUT IN EFFORT.=

DURGAH: NOT WHEN THERE I§!!!! §UCH OTHER POWERFUL RUNNAGE§ HAPPENING!!!!!!~> =WHoops and hollers. But oh no!!! Sirius is catching up! No fair... She will just have to run HARDER! As far as her very short legs can take her.=

SIRIUS: =Holy shit, Durgah. Dont hurt yourself! Sirius whoops in response, and oh man, this thrill of running breakneck is simply exhilarating! SHE GLOW!= 

SIRIUS: =huffing= (i see the power happening)

 SIRIUS: (i feel the power)

DURGAH: =No way she is gonna hurt herself from a little running! She is fit as a fiddle!!! Buff as a... Something that is very beefy!= 

DURGAH: =Hissssslaugh.= IT I§!!!! GOING TO GET OVER 9000!!!!~> 

DURGAH: THE POWER I§!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!~>

SIRIUS: =O8= 

SIRIUS: (you memer) =!= 

SIRIUS: =She's giggling too much to control much of her air intake, so she's pretty much wheeze laughing by this point.=

DURGAH: =Snrrkkkk.= 

DURGAH: NO WAY!!! IT'§ A TOTALLY RANDOMLY CHO§EN NUMBER!!! THAT I CHO§E!!!~> =Looking up at Sirius when she wheezes. Maybe they should slow down. HM.=

SIRIUS: =no, no slowing! Sirius is having a blast, and they're almost there, too! Durgah's been running in the right direction this entire time; Sirius knew she has the keenest of instincts!= 

SIRIUS: (you have reached) 

SIRIUS: (nine thousand one) =!=

DURGAH: =...Yes. It was totally her instinct and not just darn dumb luck. Yes !! !!! She is the mightiest huntress indeed!!!= 

DURGAH: =Snrks and laughs loud.= I AM!!! MORE ON A LEVEL OF!!! TEN MILLION!!!! AT LEA§T!!!~>

SIRIUS: (so) 

SIRIUS:  (you are over nine thousand) 

SIRIUS: = :> =

DURGAH: =SNrks loud.= YOU KNOW IT!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Turns on her heel to face Sirius, a big grin on her face. She is going to pOUNCE!! HERE SHE COME!!!=

SIRIUS: (eep!) =skids to avoid a crash and tries to change direction for a dodge!=

DURGAH: =GAsp! >:OO It looks like someone has been training. Which is good! But she doesn't give up easy. Predators rarely do! She lets herself drop early by extending her arms and legs to the ground, then kicks off to twist in the same direction Sirius is now dodging to.=

SIRIUS: =oh my gosh that's super terrifying...but in the fun way! She lets out a shriek of delight/excitement as Durgah changes direction, and thinking fast, she went for jumping in an arc over her to avoid getting caught.=

DURGAH: =Full body perkage when she lands and Sirius jumps over her. The fuckle. She's actually avoiding her pounces. She lets out a hiss, still a positive sound in this context, and quickly skids around to follow her for another attempted pounce.=

SIRIUS: (ha) =!= SIRIUS: =she stumbled a little upon landing which slowed her momentum, but soon she was back to running again, doing the very amateur move of looking over her shoulder to see how far (or close) behind Durgah was.=

DURGAH: =She is! As close as you could possibly get really. She's IN MID AIR RIGHT FOR SIRIUS' FACE. Eyes wide with thin pupils and a wide predatory grin. HERE COMES A ME=

SIRIUS: =she isn't scared so much as surprised to see Durgah so close and let out a startled 'wah!' before being tackled right into the dirt by the superior predator.=

DURGAH: =REKT!!! She hisslaughs cheerily sitting on Sirius' face, grinning down at her between her legs. Puts her palm on her face.= I!!! GOT!!! YOU!!!~>

SIRIUS: =she can't speak for a bit on account of her laughter overpowering whatever will her tongue had to say something.= 

SIRIUS: (you so did) =!= 

SIRIUS: (boy am i glad were friends and that im not actually prey hehehehe)

DURGAH: =Snickers and paws at her face.= WHO §AID YOU CAN'T BE BOTH???? >:33 ~> 

DURGAH: A FRIPREY... FRIEY!!! ... PRIEND§???~>

SIRIUS: (i like it) =blows air at the pawing= 

SIRIUS: (friey priends)

 SIRIUS: =her hands start moving in for a tickle to the ribs!= 

SIRIUS: (friey priends)

DURGAH: =Grins wide and tries to just gently cover her mouth with her hand when she blows, playful. Then there's hands, and she gives them a suspicious side eyeing before letting out a loud squeak!= N-NOOOO!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU'RE!!! THE-- HAHA!!!~> =Wiggles and bats at the hands.=

 DURGAH: THE FRIEND!!!! THAT I§ AL§O PREY!!!! NOT MEEEE!!!~>

SIRIUS: (hunters should always be on their game hehehehe) =tickle tickle tickles!!= 

SIRIUS: (not all prey are koed with one pounce)

DURGAH: =Squirms wildly, the laugh hissing intensifies. Bats more!= N-NOOOO!!!!~> 

DURGAH: I CAN'T BELIEVE THI§!!! YOU'RE??? TRYING TO §CHOOL ME???~>

SIRIUS: (hehehe no way) =tickle tickle= 

SIRIUS: (there is no way i could outschool the best hunter) =tickle!= 

SIRIUS: (or outhunt her) 

SIRIUS: (its just true facts) =tickle tickle tickle!!= 

SIRIUS: (hehehe)'

DURGAH: =Hissssssssssslaughs.= EEHEHEHEH§§§§§§!!!! THAT'§ RIGHT!!! §OOOO!!!!~> 

DURGAH: WHY ARE YOU EVEN TRYINGGG§§!!!???~> =Bat bat at the hands while she squirms, about to topple over.=

SIRIUS: (im tickling in desperate attempts to survive) =bursts into laughter=

DURGAH: WELL!!! IT'§ HOPELE§§!!!~> =Puts her paw on her face.=

SIRIUS: =HOWLS; regular troll howling= (noooooooooohehehe nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo)

DURGAH: YEEEEEEEE§§§§§§§!!!~> =Paw paws the face, putting both hands on it now.= HOPELE§§§§§§§§§§!!!~>

SIRIUS: =shoots her hands right up durgah's armpits= 

SIRIUS: (hopeless for youuuu)

DURGAH: =Squeaks and fLEXES HER ARMS. Siri's hands are now trapped in her armpis.= FOR YOU!!! MAYBE!!!!!!!! >833 ~>

SIRIUS: =legit gasps!= 

SIRIUS: =extended moment of silence= 

SIRIUS: (i do believe i have made an unforeseen error)

DURGAH: >833 ~> =Hisssssspurrs while staring at her.= 

 DURGAH: YE§§§§... YE§§§§ YOU DIIIIIDDDD§...!~>

SIRIUS: =tries tugging her hands out=

DURGAH: =Flexes again to keep them stuck! Pleased hisses.=

DURGAH: =The guns are mighty=

SIRIUS: =tries waggling her fingers around=

DURGAH: =...! Perks, alert, because. Shit. That tickles.= 

 DURGAH: =Tries pokerfacing. Though the fact that she IS pokerfacing instead of continuing her grin is not exactly subtle.= 

 DURGAH: IT'§!!! ... NO U§E!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOU ARE TRAPPED!!! FOREVER!!!~>

SIRIUS: =only smiles eue= 

SIRIUS: =and continues the waggling=

DURGAH: =Internal sweating. Her pokerface twitching at the lips.=

 DURGAH: NNNNNNOOOOO...!!! UUU§§§--HHHAH§§§§EE!!!~> =Wheeze.=

SIRIUS: (hehehehe were you gonna say my attempts are useless) =WAGGLING HER FINGERS MORE=

DURGAH: =Ok, she lifts her arms while squeaking, hisslaughing loud and trying to bat her hands away.= YE§!!!! YE§§§§ THEY HAHAHA!!! THEY ARE!!!~> 

DURGAH: IN THE END!!! THEY WILL BE!!!!!!~>

SIRIUS: (youve only exposed yourself to further tickles) =!= 

SIRIUS: (what will the mighty huntress do next) =? announcer voice=

DURGAH: NOOOO!!! ! AHAHAH!!! HI§§§§§§§§§§!!! HAHA!!!!!~> =Flails and, this time, she actually does topple over. Flopping onto the ground on her side, wiggling about and trying to get away.=

SIRIUS: =nope no way not so fast! she's wheeze laughing and crawling after Durgah, still trying to tickle her=

DURGAH: =Starts crawling away on aLL FOURS. A fast skitter!!!!= §§§§!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: A FIEND!!!!!! GET AWAY!!!!!!!~> =She scamper!!!=

SIRIUS: (hehehehe) =starts scrambling up on two feet to pursue=  (noooo come back im the friey) =!=

DURGAH: =Scampers and skitters about, trying to shake her off. She's just running in a circle and zigzagging some though.= NOOOO!!! KEEP AWAY!!!~> 

DURGAH: YOUR HAND§!!!! THEY ARE TOO §POOKY!!!!!!!!~> 

 DURGAH: TOO §POOP!!!!!!!!!~> =Snrk  s.=

SIRIUS: (spoooky) =takes off her gloves as she's running  so there really are spooky hands via glowy hands= (oooooooooooo) =snickers=

DURGAH: =Frightened squeak, but it's playful so the effect is lost.= NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

 DURGAH: WAY TOO §POOKY!!!!!!!!~> SIRIUS: (muahahaha) 

SIRIUS: (am i) 

SIRIUS: (the spoopiest?)

DURGAH: LIKE!!!!!!! AT LEA§T!!!! IN THE TOP TEN!!!!!!~>

AM: H3y.

AP: §ILEA§!!! HI!~>

AP: WHAT'§ HAPPENING??? WHAT I§??? THE GOOD WORD???~>

AM: N[o]thing much I gu3ss.

AM: Just figur3d I w[o]uld m3ssag3 y[o]u and s33 h[o]w its g[o]ing [o]n y[o]ur 3nd.

AP: MY END I§ PRETTY GOOD!!! THANK§!!!~>

AP: I'M REALLY §TOKED THAT WE HAVEN'T LIKE??? LEFT THE PLANET YET??? IT'§ THE BE§T!!!~>

AP: THE AIR I§!!! §O NICE HERE!!! EVEN IF IT'§ A BIG CITY!!!~>

AM: Y3ah Lauctis is pr3tty gr3at. Its nic3 t[o] b3 back h3r3 and n[o]t hav3 it b3 f[o]r m33tings and stuff [o]r family 3v3nts and h[o]lidays.

AP: OH YEAH!!! HAVE YOU VI§ITED YOUR FOLK§??? OR ARE YOU LIKE??? TOTALLY JU§T PARTYING IT UP??? IN THE HIP AND HAPPENING HOT §POT§!!! THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY IN THE KNOW OF!!!~>

AM: I pr[o]bably sh[o]uld g[o] s33 th3m but th3 hiv3 isn't in this district s[o] it w[o]uld b3 kind [o]f a bit [o]f a trip. I'll g[o] s33 3v3ry[o]n3 f[o]r lik3 a f3w days th[o]ugh b3f[o]r3 w3 l3av3 plan3t.

AP: A BIT OF A TRIP!!! I§ THE BE§T KIND OF TRIP THOUGH!!! >:PP ~>

AP: OR ARE YOU JU§T??? RE§TING ON YOUR LAUREL§???~>

AM: And as f[o]r "Partying it up" n[o]t r3ally. I m3an I'v3 g[o]n3 int[o] th3 park a f3w tim3s f[o]r diff3r3nt r3as[o]ns. And Gall3n and I w3nt int[o] t[o]wn [o]n3 night a whil3 back.

AP: OH!!! WELL!!!~>

AP: THAT I§ A TOTAL PARTY THOUGH!!! AUTOMATICALLY!!!~>

AP: §INCE YOU'RE WITH GALLEN!!!~>

AM: Y3ah it was.

AM: S[o]m3thing alright.

AP: YEAH???~>

AM: Y3p.

AP: AAAND EVERYTHING WA§??? JU§T TOTALLY NORMAL???~>

AM: Ab[o]ut as n[o]rmal as it g3ts wh3n y[o]u are walking ar[o]und t[o]wn aft3r h[o]urs.

AP: §O???~>

AP: MEANING???~>

AM: It was c[o][o]l.

AP: §ILEA§.~>

AM: What?

AP: YOU'RE A §HIT LIAR!!!~>

AP: I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! I JU§T!!! WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT FROM YOU TOO.~>

AM: [O]kay w3ll y[o]u kn[o]w y[o]u c[o]uld hav3 just said that.

AM: Y[o]u w3r3 making it s[o]und lik3 h3 didn't t3ll y[o]u and if h3 didn't say anything I didn't want t[o] spill th3 b3ans.

AM: Als[o] I am n[o]t a shit liar, what th3 frick.

AP: BLUH!!!~>

AP: NO. YEAH. I GUE§§ §O! I JU§T WANTED TO LIKE??? NOT §EEM ALL IN YOUR FACE ABOUT IT!!!~>

AP: AND YE§!!!! YE§ YOU ARE!!!~>

AM: That is y[o]ur [o]pini[o]n th3n.

AM: And uh I gu3ss what d[o] y[o]u want t[o] kn[o]w ab[o]ut it 3xactly?

AP: I§ IT OKAY??? IF YOU JU§T TELL ME THE §TORY OF WHAT HAPPENED??? THEN I CAN A§K MORE AFTERWAD§! IF §OMETHING I§ UNCLEAR!~>

AM: Sur3.

AP: THANK§!!!~>

AP: I APPRECIATE IT.~>

AM: Alright s[o] I gu3ss starting fr[o]m th3 b3gining Gall3n and I d3cid3d t[o] hang [o]ut [o]ff ship, and ch[o]s3 t[o] g[o] pr3tty lat3 int[o] th3 3v3ning b3caus3 [o]bvi[o]usly that is what w[o]uld hav3 b33n 3asi3r f[o]r him. S[o] w3 h3ad [o]ut t[o]gth3r and ar3 r[o]aming th3 str33ts.

AM: Pr3tty chill as far as that w3nt, n[o]thing t[o][o] sp3ctacular right?

AM: W3ll [o]n [o]ur s3arch t[o] s33 if th3r3 w3r3 any bak3ri3s still [o]p3n that lat3 w3 had t[o] pass by this bar and as w3 g[o]t cl[o]s3 th3s3 tw[o] j3rks c[o]m3 stumbling [o]ut [o]bvi[o]usly smash3d, and all up in 3ach [o]th3rs fac3s y3lling thr3ats and junk.

AM: It was pr3tty ann[o]ying t[o] watch, and n[o] [o]n3 3ls3 ar[o]und was d[o]ing anything. I kn3w that what3v3r pr[o]bl3m th[o]s3 tw[o] had g[o]ing [o]n b3tw33n th3m, th3ir additud3 was g[o]ing t[o] start m3ssing with Gall3n.

AM: But rath3r th3n b3ing int3llig3nt and actually h3lpful, wh3n th3 fists start3d flying i tri3d t[o] g3t inv[o]lv3d t[o] br3ak it up and g[o]t smash3d in th3 fac3 by [o]n3 guys 3lb[o]w.

AM: I sh[o]uld hav3 just tri3d t[o] g3t Gall3n [o]ut [o]f th3r3 inst3ad [o]f g3tting inv[o]lv3d.

AM: Anyways kind [o]f right aft3r that things start3d g3tting.

AM: W3ll.

AM: Int3ns3 is a w[o]rd f[o]r it.

AM: I think Gall3n's p[o]w3rs switch3d [o]n hyp3r driv3 [o]r s[o]m3thing and 3v3ry[o]n3 wh[o] had start3d t[o] gath3r t[o] watch th3 fight start3d l[o]sing it. Lik3 mayb3 start a ri[o]t l3v3l l[o]sing it.

AM: At that p[o]int I grabb3d Gall3n and g[o]t us th3 h3ck [o]ut [o]f th3r3. Which Im pr3tty sur3 st[o]pp3d it. I didn't g[o] back t[o] ch3ck I just t[o][o]k him th3 l[o]ng way back t[o] th3 ship s[o] w3 c[o]uld av[o]id th3 cr[o]wd.

AM: And thats it I gu3ss.

AP: YEAH. I GUE§§ §O. :cc ~>

AP: UHM. THANK§ FOR TELLING ME! I HOPE YOUR FACE I§ OKAY???~>

AP: I GUE§§ YOU DIDN'T REALLY! LIKE. WATCH GALLEN OR ANYTHING? BEFORE THE POWER§ §WITCHED ON???~>

AP: §INCE YOU WERE FIGHTING.~>

AM: My fac3 is [o]kay. I m3an it br[o]k3 my n[o]s3 but its b33n h3aling s[o] its [o]kay n[o]w.

AM: And n[o] I wasn't. I sh[o]uld hav3 b33n th[o]ugh. I kn3w that h3 was [o]n 3dg3 b3f[o]r3 I tri3d t[o] st3p in.

AP: I'M GLAD IT'§ HEALING OKAY!~>

AP: AND IT'§ OKAY §ILEA§. YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN. IT'§ NOT EA§Y TO THINK ALL! LEVEL HEADED WHEN THAT KIND OF THING I§ HAPPENING!~>

AM: I gu3ss.

AP: DID HE §AY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? AFTERWARD§? OR MAYBE BEFORE?~>

AP: WHAT HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING.~>

AP: I JU§T. IT DOE§N'T MAKE §EN§E TO ME I GUE§§!!! WHY HE WOULD MAKE EVERYONE FIGHT. IN§TEAD OF CALM DOWN.~>

AP: BUT IT'§ HARD TO CONTROL I THINK.~>

AM: N[o] w3 didn't r3ally talk ab[o]ut it that much I gu3ss.

AM: I d[o]nt think h3 m3ant t[o] d[o] it at all th[o]ugh.

AM: In th3 m[o]m3nt it was lik3 h3 wasn't r3ally th3r3, and wh3n h3 snapp3d [o]ut [o]f it.

AM: H3 just s[o]rt [o]f.

AM: I d[o]nt kn[o]w crumbl3d? It was r[o]ugh..

AP: I DON'T THINK §O EITHER!!! I'M JU§T TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO AVOID IT HAPPENING AGAIN!~>

AP: YEAH... :cc ~>

AP: IT I§.~>

AM: Did having m3 3xplain it h3lp much at all?

AP: I THINK §O! I HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED NOW!~>

AP: THANK§ §ILEA§!!!~>

AM: Y3ah [o]f c[o]urs3.

AP: §O UHM!!! HAVE YOU BEEN HITTING THE TOWN MUCH AT ALL???~>

AP: I'VE FOUND A LOT OF CUTE §HOP§!!!~>

AM: N[o]t much. I'v3 had s[o]m3 stuff h3r3 t[o] tak3 car3 [o]f. But h3y th3y s3ll anything g[o][o]d?

AP: YEAH???~>

AP: AND YEAH!!! EHEH!!! E§PECIALLY IF LITTLE PA§TRIE§ OR FRILLY DRE§§E§ I§ YOUR THING!!!~>

AP: OR WEIGHT§!!! I §AW LIKE!!! THE BE§T!!!!!!! TRAINING EQUIPMENT §TORE!!! I REALLY WANTED TO BUY A THREADMILL!!! BUT IT WA§ §OOOO EXPEN§IVE!!!!!~>

AM: Its always th3 w[o]rst wh3n that happ3ns.

AP: IT I§§§§§§§§§!!! BLUH!!!~>

AP: I WI§H I COULD EARN §OME MORE MONEY §OMEHOW!!!~>

AP: I GET §OME FROM HELPING THE LAB!!! BUT!!! §TILL!!!!!~>

AM: Y3ah. Th3r3 ar3n't t[o][o] many [o]p[o]rtuniti3s [o]n th3 ship t[o] mak3 m[o]n3y. I m3an th3r3 ar3 a f3w I gu3ss but th3y ar3nt gr3at j[o]bs.

AP: RIGHT???~>

AP: BUT I'M §URE THAT ME §PLURGING A LOT!!! DOE§N'T HELP MY FINANCIAL §ITUATION EITHER!!!~>

AP: EHEHE!!!! WHOOP§!!~>

AM: H3h. Y3ah pr[o]bably n[o]t.

AM: I think I luck3d [o]ut in that my h[o]bbi3s d[o]nt g3t that 3xp3nsiv3.

AM: I m3an n3w brush s3ts can c[o]st a l[o]t. But my m[o]m h3lps m3 mak3 n3w [o]n3s fr[o]m tim3 t[o] tim3 that ar3 just as g[o][o]d.

AP: YEAH!!! AND THO§E ARE LIKE!!! MADE WITH LOT§ OF LOVE TOO!!! §O I'M §URE THEY ARE EVEN BETTER HONE§TLY!~>

AP: AL§O??? HAVE YOU §MELLED §OMEONE NEW AROUND??? THERE'§ LIKE!!! TOTALLY NEW §CENT§ ABOUT!!! BUT IT'§ AL§O FAMILIAR??? IT'§ §UPER!!! WEIRD!!!~>

AM: I am awar3 that th3r3 ar3 n3w p3[o]pl3.

AP: THERE I§?????~>

AP: I'VE BEEN OUT A LOT!!! I MU§T TOTALLY HAVE!!! MI§§ED THEM!!!~>

AM: A c[o]upl3 guys and girls wh[o] w3r3 [o]n Lauctis j[o]in3d up with us r3c3ntly. I d[o]nt kn[o]w if it was during th3 tim3 y[o]u'v3 b33n sp3nding with Gall3n but n[o]t all [o]f th3m hav3 b33n activ3ly p[o]king th3ir h3ads [o]ut.

AM: [O]r mayb3 th3y hav3 b33n I d[o]nt kn[o]w, I'v3 b33n taking s[o]m3 al[o]n3 tim3.

AP: MAYBE!!!~>

AP: I'M JU§T NOT §O OB§ERVANT ON THING§ THAT AREN'T §CENT§ I GUE§§!!!~>

AP: WERE THEY NICE??? IF YOU MET §OME BEFORE THE ALONE TIME I MEAN!!!~>

AM: I m3t [o]n3 guy.

AM: S3sr[o]h.

AM: H3 s33m3d [o]kay th3 first tim3 w3 talk3d. But h3s kind [o]f a j3rk.

AP: OH??? HOW COME???~>

AM: Its c[o]mplicat3d t[o] 3xplain. S[o]m3thing ab[o]ut him rubs m3 th3 wr[o]ng way, lik3 his p3rs[o]nality [o]r what3v3r.

AP: WHAT ABOUT HIM MAKE§ YOU RUB YOU WRONG???~>

AP: DID HE LIKE??? DI§§ YOUR FUR§ONA???~>

AM: What furs[[o]]na.

AP: I THINK WE BOTH KNOW!!! WHAT FUR§ONA!!!~>

AM: N[o]p3 I hav3 n[o] id3a what furs[o]na.

AP: EHEHE!!! §UUUUUREEEEE JAN!!!~>

AM: D[o]nt y[o]u m3m3 at m3.

AP: >:33c ~>

AP: BUT EHEH!!! OK!!! §ERIOU§LY THOUGH!!!~>

AP: I§ IT JU§T LIKE??? HI§ AURA OR WHATEVER???~>

AP: A BAD VIBE???~>

AM: Pr[o]bably.

AM: I d[o]nt kn[o]w h3 just s33ms lik3 a cr33p t[o] m3. Im trusting my gut [o]n this [o]n3.

AP: HMMMMM!!!~>

AP: I'LL HAVE TO KEEP MY EYE§ ON THI§ GUY THEN!!!~>

AM: L3t m3 kn[o]w if h3 d[o]3s anything.

AP: YOU REALLY ARE OUT FOR BLOOD, HUH???~>

AM: N[o]t r3ally, I'm just l[o][o]king [o]ut f[o]r s[o]m3b[o]dy and h[o]ping t[o] pr[o]v3 a p[o]int.

AM: But uh h3y I g[o]t t[o] run, talk t[o] y[o]u lat3r?

AP: §OMEBODY???~>

AP: AND YOU BET!!!!!!!~>

AM: C[o][o]l.

AM: By3.

GALLEN: =He was still being a little stubborn, after sleepinf for the first week? Few weeks? On the planet he'd had enough. So he was more of less paying the consequences for being so stubborn, in the fort in his block that was a little messier than tthe usual color coordinated piles. Some of the colors were mixed, items put in places at random. At the knock he slowly pulls himself from the fragile fortress of pillows and blankets to open the door. He's not tired but he has noticable bags, smiling all the same as he sees her. His eyes are squinted but still light up in those usually energetic pinks= yooooo ssssis

DURGAH: =Perks when she hears footsteps, then perks FURTHER when Gallen opens up to make up for his tired look. Her expression softening from the initial broad toothy grin to one of sympathy.= hey gumball..!~> =A rare instance of her using a more appropriate indoor voice as she looks over his face.= were you §leeping?~>

GALLEN: =He appreciates her lowering her voice as well as the sympathetic gaze, usually he wouldn't want her to worry and while he still wouldn't wish the feeling it's nice to be cared for as he learned and it's also nice to have something singular and someone so familiar to focus on. Gallen switches gears to trying to focus on Durgah and let the rest become background noise. Like she was a single voice in a crowded lunch area that he tuned his ears to the most.= nnnnah 

GALLEN: i'm, uhhh, stayin up, i d-don't wannnnna sleep no more. =Steps aside to let her in=

DURGAH: =Keeps eyeing him, the smile faint on her face now even if it tugged at the corners of her mouth.= well. at lea§t i didn't wake you up, right???~> =Smiles a little more, albeit crooked. She moves on inside when he steps aside, but doesn't go very far in, keeping close to him.=

 DURGAH: how are you holding up gummy bear? :cc ~>

 DURGAH: i know planet§ are no good...~>

GALLEN: it. it ain't fffffun. but i don't wannnnna k-keep all coooped up. =Even though that's what he is right now. Peeps her frown then offers a smile and cups Durgah's face with one hand. His thumb brushes under her eye then to the corner of her lips to gently tug at it= 

 GALLEN: no fr-frowns, it's, hhhhow shit am

 GALLEN: i can go pllllaces now, see some, s-sights with you uhhh at night ahhhaaha

DURGAH: =She will lean into his hand, but she will also be stubborn and just stick her tongue out at him partway.= well!!! §hit i§ dumb.~>

 DURGAH: i wi§h there wa§ better way§ to help. than ju§t the medicine that make§ you §o §leepy.~> =Nuzzles her cheek against his hand, placing her own over his.= 

 DURGAH: but. right! it'§ no good being cooped up either! §o!!! we are definitely doing thing§!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Eyes him with a slight squint, thumb drawn over his hand.= but nothing that. could make your head feel wor§e.~>

GALLEN: i done asssked on it, f-figure they loookin yeah? =It was hard to get medicine for neurokinetics and even harder to figure out the dosage so the side-effects weren't so bad but also so it had the desired effect.

 GALLEN: i ain't gonnnnnna argue on, n-not makin it worse ahhaha :)

DURGAH: =Keeps staring for a little bit, then turns her head to kiss his palm.=

 DURGAH: =Proceeds to nuzzle it with her face. Low hisspurr to cheer him up maybe.= 

DURGAH: §o. uh. ye§!~> 

DURGAH: i have §ome §tuff with me. in my §ylladex.~> 

DURGAH: §o we can go §omewhere quiet. to check it out!~> 

DURGAH: unle§§ you feel more good with. being in here?~>

GALLEN: =The palm kiss gets her a purr, it's soft, more quiet than usual and he shakes his head= nnah we c-can go wherevvvver you wanna sis 

 GALLEN: i'm good on, a, uh, nnnnew sce-ee-scene yeah?

DURGAH: =A more quiet purr, yeah, but a purr non the less. She keeps stroking over his palm and looking at him. Then nods.= okay.~> =Smiles wide.= 

DURGAH: i know a good §pot for u§!~>

GALLEN: =grins and moves to hold her hand= llllead the way then :) =He's glad to go especially if she's with him=

DURGAH: eheh!~> 

 DURGAH: §ure you don't feel like dozing? i could!!! totally ju§t!! carry you there!!!~> 

DURGAH: §leeping beauty... i§ real!!!!!!!!~>

GALLEN: ahhhahaha don't g-gotta doze to bbbbe carried 

 GALLEN: =He likes when she carries him, it's nice and it also puts him closer to her. Him stoop a lil and puts one arm around Durgah's shoulders=

DURGAH: =Snrks.= trueeee!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Smiles up at him when he stoops, and easily picks him up in her (tiny) bara embrace.= ju§t a regular beauty then. ;33 ~> 

DURGAH: =Off they go! She figures she should be quick about it so he doesn't have to deal with the noise so much while they travel.=

GALLEN: =It's nice to be held, she is tiny but mighty. Gallen leans his face into her neck and holds her, also closing his eyes so he doesn't have to worry about the passing lights overhead. He doesn't know where they're going but it doesn't really matter.= you b-bbeen doin a lot of exploring then yyyeah?

DURGAH: =She will just focus on the running! She's got you Gumball. She hums low in her throat, hoping that maybe that will prove both distracting and soothing.= 

 DURGAH: a little bit...!~> 

DURGAH: enough to find a §pot for u§!~> =The wind is loud in her ears as she runs, her long hair whipping behind her.=

GALLEN: =It is soothing but also the wind isn't being that much of a friend to him. Where are they passing through? If it is populated areas then he may tense but then force himself to relax especially if there's auditory noise along with all the feelings he shifts through=

DURGAH: =They are passing the docked ship at first, then the very outskirts of the city. It almost doesn't feel like night when they are this close to the city, as the light pollution from it was that powerful. She keeps running though, the lights fading some and so does the sounds (hopefully). There's gravel under her feet now, it crunching and spraying as she runs before it's replaced with dirt. They are going uphill, dark trees on either side of them that shield them from the little light that came from the night sky.=

GALLEN: =There goes the familiar friend feelings and then the feelings of dozens and hundreds of strangers. He can still shift through them but focusing on Durgah now made them that much quieter. Like the chatter in a restaurant. Consistent but almost polite with the occasional loud laughter or exclaimation but mostly managable. Gallen's appreciative for it. For wherever they're going, his head still aches but the thing that caused the pain and dimmed so hopefully so would the strain in the middle of his cranium=

DURGAH: =She herself is trying to keep her emotions steady, which they frankly are to some degree. She's calm, but with underlining worry. Wants to take care of him. Hopes he will be okay. The headaches are bad and dumb and she wishes he didn't have to have them. She keeps going upwards. Up and up for what felt like a short infinity, growing more steep with each step. Then it flattens out, and she stops. Slightly winded from how fast she has been moving, her breathing heavy but not quite pants.=

 DURGAH: o-oKAY!~> =Whoops.= okay. eheh..! here we are!~> =Gives Gallen a gentle squeeze. There's dense forest behind them, and below them. The cliff they are on overlooking the dark forest Durgah had ran through before, with the cityscape in the distance behind it. The golden glow from the lights making it look like something out of a fairy tale. She grins, pleased with herself.=

GALLEN: =When they get there and she gives him a squeeze Gallen opens his eyes. Her yell pulled his face muscles in a flinch but it fell as he looked around. The pain is a throb in his pain, that overworked and untrained portion of his brain still ached but they weren't as present. All the feelings combating with his own weren't as strong and they were in wilderness and woods and it was so green and pretty with that shine of the distant city.= 80 

 GALLEN: =Tired eyes not squinting but wide as they took in everything around the two of them= (yoooooo......) =He has a hard time believing this to be real=

DURGAH: =His reaction is a good one. The soft yooo and his wide eyes proof of that. Her smile only grows, and she rubs her face against his shoulder.= do you like it?~> =Asks, even though she doesn't have to. She sits her butt down in the grass, holding him still, and making sure they aren't close to the edge knowing he didn't like heights.= 

 DURGAH: i wa§ thinking. we could camp out!~>

GALLEN: =He smiles and nuzzles her when her face comes in contact with his shoulder= th-that'd be bitchin! :D 

 GALLEN: =Turning his head more Gallen gives Durgah kisses on the side of her face and purrs again. What a considerate and creative and nice moirail she was. He never even thought about coming out here. He was trying to beat the city to see the planet and there were parts like this too that he could enjoy a much better than being stubborn and in pain

DURGAH: ehehe!!!~> =Nuzzles him more after the kiss, moving her hands to hug him around the waist while he's in her lap instead of holding him bridal style still.= 

 DURGAH: then that'§ it! i'm §tealing you away for the night! >:33 !~> =Nuzzles him with low hisspurrs.= i have blanket§! and a tent! and food and §nack§ and!!! §oda§! and §oooo many pillow§!!!~>

GALLEN: =The hug is comforting and warm, he leans back into it and closes his eyes to get all affectionate on her.= y-you got it allllll pl-plllannned then sis 

GALLEN: she had, sshhhhit all up h-her sleeves and all =Puts his arms over hers and purrs more=

DURGAH: =How can he get all affectionate on her, when she's already doing it to him? She's leaning against and into him, hisspurring steadily.= eheh..!~> 

DURGAH: of cour§e..! all the §ecrecy §ecret plan§ up all my §leeve§!!!~>

 DURGAH: alway§ gotta have §omething good at the ready for you!~> =Purr purr...=

GALLEN: =She's so. GOOD. He feels a happy, so much happy and its his own joy and he can just breathe easy. It wasn't all completely gone but this was better than swimming  in it. Drowning in it, so long as he focused on her out here he could place the background noise a little bit more in the background=

 GALLEN: h-hells of amazin sis, thhhhats. you =smoches her cheek again= d-ddiamonds pale as sssugar

DURGAH: =Snrks then giggles against his cheek, feeling a blush coming on.= bluuh!! eheh! jeez!!!~> 

 DURGAH: =Nuzzles him more, leaning heavily to get him real close.= it'§ even §weeter than §ugar!!! it ha§ nothing on u§!~>

GALLEN: =SHES SO GOOD, WILL TELL HER THAT ALL THE TIME= hhhellll ye-eaah :'D 

 GALLEN: =He's still purring softly and nuzzles her back= w-we gonnnnaa park up the teennnnnt here yeah?

DURGAH: =The nuzzles are unreal, they are happening that much. She smiles up at him, looking (and feeling) much more relaxed than before. He seemed more energized, which made her feel so as well.= ye§§§§! that'§ the plan!~>

DURGAH: a little more away from the edge though!~> =Inclines her head a lil backwards towards a spot a bit further down that happened to have enough clear space for a two person tent.=

GALLEN: ed-dge? it's thhhhhat steep? =It was still ground and he wasn't going to go LOOK but it was still a word that stuck out for him. But. This was the ground and it was also nice and pretty so he only closes his eyes  and noses her cheek. He trusts her= y-yyyeah aight :)

DURGAH: =It's... Kind of steep.= i mean...! rolling out of a §leeping platform i§n't fun! §o thi§ i§ avoiding that! by only having flat §urface§!~> =Gives him another gentle squeeze meant to reassure, turning her face so she can give him some well deserved kisses to his cheek.= we can §it for a while longer though! like!!! before §tarting!~> 

DURGAH: i can uncaptha a blanket for u§! or §nacks!!! or both!!!~>

GALLEN: =Aaaaa kisses, he laughs softly and goes a little pink in the cheeks. Nestled all up against Durgah= y-yyoooo i'm down for eiither 

GALLEN: we c-could set up the tent and then c-cuddle in it or cudddle now but th-hey happenin ahhahha

DURGAH: =Snickers a little.= why not both???~>

GALLEN: ahhaha cudd-ddles and putttin up th-the tent?

DURGAH: oh! uhh!!! okay §o!!!~>

 DURGAH: that might be a little difficult! maybe!!!~> 

DURGAH: but i meant cuddle§ now!!! and cuddle§ after!!!~> =Kisses his cheek some more then looks at him with big cat eyes.= 

DURGAH: but!!! i am alway§ up for a challenge!!!~>

GALLEN: oh... =that made more sense still he laughs= 

GALLEN: ahhhahaha y-yeah we can try

DURGAH: =Snrkkkk. Nudges him gently with her head.= ehehe! do you wanna??? do it??? riiiight now???~>

GALLEN: y-eah! =sits up a little= 

 GALLEN: th-this time i can hhhhold you up

DURGAH: =Ear perk.= ooooh yeah???~>

DURGAH: you §ure about that??? >:PP ~>

 DURGAH: =Gives his chest a gentle poke.= think you can??? handle me???~>

GALLEN: i c-can do mmmmore than han-andle >:) =He moves out of her lap, not shimmying and scampering like he usually might. Trying not to roll and shake around his head bits but he sits on his butt and opens his arms to her= wwwatch

DURGAH: reeeeeally??? you §ound §o §ure!!!~> =She's just snickering though, not wasting much time getting into those arms. Here she come!!! Not a pounce for once, just a plain regular little crawl.= 

DURGAH: aaand i'm watching!!!~> =Directs her eyes to him, keeping them as wide open as she can. Tries to not snicker, but fails terribly.=

GALLEN: =holds her tight and UP her goes, look at him. Look at this height he even... oh man look he's lifting her up to his shoulders= yoooooooo =w-wee can be even mmmmore powerful this way

DURGAH: =Omg. She squeaks when Gallen picks her up, grinning wide and linking her ankles together over his neck/torso region. Carefully placing her hands on his cheeks to squish them a little.= ehehehe!~> 

DURGAH: ye§§§§...! the mo§t powerful of all!~>

 DURGAH: and al§o! the cute§t! a impre§§ive fu§ion indeed!!! >:33 ~>

GALLEN: =Grins and holds her legs for a moment but she's got good balance so he lets go= nnnow ain't n-no tent can 

GALLEN: ssstand a chance =They're gonna build the heck out of this tent=

DURGAH: noooo chance in heck!!!~> =Gentle face squishes then pats. His cheeks are good. She smiles down at him and places her hands between his horns instead to pat his head.= off we go then! to tent building country!~>

GALLEN: =purrs at the pats n squish but moves forward to the tent= ahhahaha onw-ward 

GALLEN: =stands at all the things= .... s-so what do we... uh.... nah we got it

DURGAH: oooonwwarrrdd!!!~> =Grins wide and nuzzles her face down in his hair as he goes.= 

 DURGAH: =Snrk.= eheh... you-- we. might wanna §tart grabbing the tube bit§!!! to make the "§keleton" of the tent!~>

GALLEN: oh! y-yeah c: =He got this, carefully bends his knees to get down there and starts grabbing up them tubes= 

GALLEN: im gooooood on them skellletals sis =hands her some tubes too=

DURGAH: =She believes in him! She snickers a little.= all manner of §kelletal§ and §kelletata§!!! right???~> =Snnnrkrkrk...= 

DURGAH: =Takes the tubes!!! She is leaning over him a little to see which goes where, jabbing two of the tubes she had together since they fit.=

GALLEN: =Looks at her example then jams some of his tubes together, gently bonks Durgah on the noggin= 

GALLEN: oops :P

DURGAH: hey! watch it! >:OO ~>

 DURGAH: wa§ that for the §kelletata§ remark???~> =Snickers a bit and baps his forehead gently with her hand.=

GALLEN: ahhahahahaha nnnnah, th-the skellllletitties 

GALLEN: is ac-accurate =He holds up.... that tube then puts down= uhhhh we put em, innnnn the grrrround?

DURGAH: =Snrkkk.= oooooh... it i§, i§ it??? have you?? gotten to cop a lot??? of the undead tittie§???~> =Snicker... Then looks at the tube.= oh! yah..! we make the §keleton all done! we get in§ide the deflated tent! to get the corner§ of the §keleton into the corner hole§ of the tent. then we ju§t... JAB!!! the corner§ into the §oil!!!~> 

DURGAH: then the tent will have!!! taken §hape!!!~> 

DURGAH: but we gotta!!! put in the other plug§ too! to make §ure it doe§n't fly away!~>

GALLEN: ahhahahahah y-yeah =Mostly accident from his old drawing reference friends.= 

GALLEN: oh, uhhhhhh 

GALLEN: ....so we-we duck on in? =how do they do that like this?=

DURGAH: whaaaat..! you have??? when??? why would you??? cop a undead tiddy??? when alive one§ are much better????~> 

 DURGAH: =Just snickering a lot though honestly, gently pats his face.= yep! in we go!~>

GALLEN: mmmostly when, i-i 

GALLEN: mmmmove my old reffference bodies :0 =His dad gave him dead bodies for art since he NOPES at people-shaped inanimate things= 

GALLEN: ....=leans down kinda? also holds durg and tries to, get in the tent. it's awkward angle=

DURGAH: ... oh.~> =That's not funny at all. She wheeze.=

 DURGAH: you §hould..! move other bodie§! to cop tho§e in§tead!~> =An awkward angle that makes her hold onto Gallen's face more, also trying not to snrk cuz it's kind of ridiculous.=

GALLEN: =They're so chill tho= 

GALLEN: ahahahha yeah? 

GALLEN: =Its very ridiculous, he might be p strong but she is also a dense smol all on his neck and head and horns so he kinda..... lays on the floor=

DURGAH: yeah! that would be way better!~> 

DURGAH: ...~> =Oh. They are floorbound.=

 DURGAH: =...Gently pats him on the head.= are you alive??? down there???~>

GALLEN: =laughs against the floor/grass= y-yeah 

GALLEN: =he likes being on the floor tho, all that moving wasn't great for his head but it felt a lot better than it did half an hour ago=

DURGAH: =If they are inside the tent it would be like... Tent floor texture. She rolls away from his head to lay on the tent floor next to him, staring at him. Gently pokes his temple.= boop...~>

 DURGAH: do you need a break?~>

GALLEN: =lifts his head (slowly) and smiles= nnnnah i'm good sis GALLEN: ahhahahaha we can put s-some skin on thhhhese bonnes yeah?

DURGAH: =Just watches him, a lil smile on her face as she reaches out to trace her fingers across his nose. Starting at the top between his eyes, down the bridge and to the tip. Pokes the tip gently then slides her hand across his cheek.= 

 DURGAH: okay..!~>

GALLEN: =Light purr at her fingers racing then leans into her hand, kissing the palm first then nuzzling it with his cheek= okay <> 

GALLEN: =one more.... TWO more smooches but he sits up and tries to put the tent skin on the bones=

DURGAH: =Snickers softly at the kisses, feeling her cheeks go warm. She leans in to kiss his forehead before he gets up and away.= okay! <> ~> 

DURGAH: =Bounces to her feet with a smile, already getting to one of the corners to plop the end of a tube down into the ground.=

GALLEN: =Sets his up as well, putting the tube in the ground with her= nnn-now we 

GALLEN: stake it d-down yeah? :0

DURGAH: =Nods once they are done with all four corners.= yep!~> 

DURGAH: which we do from the out§ide!!! it'll be done in a jiffy!!!~> =She's already moving on out!=

GALLEN: =CRAWLS ON OuT and makes his way to the corners to stake them in=

 GALLEN: i knnnnow it ain't done yet, but th-this is one bitchhhhhin tent sis c:

DURGAH: OF COUR§E!!!~> =Whoops, there goes her volume again.= becau§e! we are making it together! that'§ why!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Just using her BARE HANDS to slam those stakes into the ground. She is the STRONG. Be proud of her Uncquius.=

GALLEN: =She is loud but he feels a little better so its not as bad. He just smiles and gently pushes the other stake into the ground= 

GALLEN: ahhahahaha hellll y-yeah :D

DURGAH: =Here she go!!! Slamming in the last two stakes! Wowza!= eheh!!! and! there we go!!!~> =Dusts off her hands then places them on her hips.= all done!~>

 DURGAH: =Admires their tent! It's not lopsided or anything. Looks just like how it does in the picture on the packaging.= well! on the out§ide anyway! now we fill it with!!! all kind§ of good §tuff!~>

GALLEN: g-goood stuff? :0 

GALLEN: =shuffles to the durg..... lifts a lil... puts in tent= :D

DURGAH: yeah!!! good §tuff! the be§--!!! ~> =She makes the "mrp" sound as she is suddenly lifted, then >8OO !!!= 

DURGAH: =Flails her arms!!!=that'§!!! not what i meant!!! omg!!!~> =She blush 'n' flail.=

GALLEN: =giggles and grins at her= you j-just said goods sis

DURGAH: i §aid!!! uh!!! well yeah!!!~> =Keeps flailing and then just... Holds her arms out.= then!!!~> 

DURGAH: you need to get in here!!! too!!!~> =She blush and grin. Get in here you big goofball.=

GALLEN: =Beams and leans forward, crawling in so he can rest in her arms and purrs= i mmmmean it tho siss

DURGAH: =Holds him tight and sits down in the tent, nuzzling her face against him.= eheh... i know!~>

 DURGAH: and i mean it too!!!~> 

DURGAH: you're the be§te§t goode§t gumball there i§! and i love you §o much!!!~> =Gently nibbles his ear.=

GALLEN: =purrs a lil louder and nuzzles against her= love you too durg, rea-really do 

GALLEN: =kisses her shoulder and heavy purrs. She brought him out here, she's so smart and considerate=

DURGAH: eheh... i know that too!!!~>  =She says while hugging him tighter, getting those nice fluttery feelings in her stomach. She hisspurrs in his ear while she love nibbles on him. The tent is just on the ground though, and even if it's a grassy ground it's still a bit hard. She nuzzles his face then leans back to uncaptha... A whole load of pillows. PSCHOO! There they go! Everywhere! It's just like someone unleashed a bunch of pillows into a poor physics engine. They flop and drop everywhere.= eheh!!! §urpri§e!!!~>

GALLEN: =its a good cuddle fest, the best even. Then she's leaning back and he looks up in time to gently catch a pillow to the face and laughs=

 GALLEN: ahhhahahaha yoooo, its g-gooood shit =SO MANY PILLOWS=

DURGAH: ehehe!!! yeeee§§§§!!!~> =Uncapthas blankets now too. All the soft things just flopping and dropping everywhere. Why there's even a few plushies and pelts!!!=

GALLEN: =soft things are his fav, he just laughs and lets himself be buried. They smell like her and they're soft and plush and nice and he's really happy out here with her=

DURGAH: =The tent is more or less filled up with the stuff, and she has to burrow her way down to find Gallen. Looks at him with happy glowing cat eyes, reaching out with both hands to cup his face.= eheh...! do you like it?~>

 DURGAH: i §tuffed my §ylladex a§ much a§ i could! with the §oft thing§! once i had the e§§ential§ in it!~>

GALLEN: =He looks up at her with the most joyous and lit up expression he's had in days. Weeks eve, pink eyes shining and a happy warmth to his face. He nuzzles her hands, bringing up his own to hold them agains his face= lo-love it, love yyyou 

GALLEN: =closes his eyes and feels her warmth seeping into his skin= so, g-goood to a mofo

DURGAH: eheh... i'm glad..!!!~> =That face is all the reward she could ever want. She smiles soft, wiggling closer to place her lips on him. Kissing him slow and gentle on the lips, then to his nose and forehead.= i love you too gallen! §o much! i alway§ want to do good by you, §illy...~>

GALLEN: =The kisses makes him feel all warm, warmer than he had been before all this. A flutter in his chest as he purrs. A smile on his face as he leans forward to burrow his face into her shoulder= y-you mmmmore than do sis 

GALLEN: got th-them hells of dia-diamonds for you

DURGAH: =When he leans to burrow against her she moves her hands to wrap her arms around him, pulling him in nice and close. The hisspurrs coming out in content sighs.= you're...! really §appy...~> =Nuzzles her cheek against him.= but it'§ really good §ap... the §weete§t kind.~> =Gentle squeeze.=

GALLEN: s-ssap for you =And also in general but mostly for her. He minds his horns while loving on Durgah and snugs up close to the rail=

DURGAH: =She cuddles closely, not minding that they are surrounded by  ridiculous layers of soft objects. She presses a kiss to his head, smiling.= you're not hungry or anything?~> 

DURGAH: becau§e. if not! then we can ju§t... cuddle... for a while.~>

GALLEN: =He thinks about that for a long while, this was very comfortable. He could snack later and presses closer to her= i llllike cuddlin

DURGAH: =Bolder is good! She can definitely tell. Because she!!! Sees!!! EVERYTHING!!! Well, she likes to think so anyways. She has her peepers on Baldur right now, sneaking after him (like she promised rather one-sidedly) to make sure he doesn't hurt himself all wrapped up like that. Slinks along on all fours, slipping under a bench, then behind a potted plant, then she's just following along the wall. A ninja indeed.=

BALDUR: -he actually... Kind of does not realize that she's doing that.  Obliviously, he looks around, slightly limited by the mummy bandages, before realizing he is kind of lost.- O-O

BALDUR: this is happening more frequently than i hoped

DURGAH: =Ear perks when he starts talking to himself.= WHAT I§???~> =Blurts, just a few paces from him. S h i t. So much for stealth. She'd slapped a hand over her mouth, but alas. It was probably better to roll with it.= 

DURGAH: EHEHE!!!~> =Sounds a bit forced and sheepish.=

BALDUR: oh

BALDUR: .

BALDUR: is someone saying that

BALDUR: if so who is

BALDUR: saying

BALDUR: that

BALDUR: because you sound like durgah but i am familiar with changeling magic O-O

DURGAH: =Oh Baldur...= 

 DURGAH: EHEH! NAAAAH!!! NO CHANGELING§ HERE... THI§ TIME!!!~> 

DURGAH: IT'§ JU§T REGULAR OLD ME!!!~> 

DURGAH: DURGAH, THAT I§!!!!~> 

 DURGAH: BUT MAYBE I AM NOT §O REGULAR AND I§ LIKE!!! PO§§E§§ED OR §OMETHING WITHOUT REALIZING IT!!! HAVING A §PIRIT LAYING DORMANT WITHIN!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT! PROBABLY NOT!!! >:PP ~> =Approaching Baldur now, on her feet instead of all fours.=

BALDUR: but if you were you couldnt be sure could you 0-0

BALDUR: were you always

BALDUR: right there

BALDUR: -gestures in a vague space near her with his hand-

DURGAH: WELL!!! IF IT WA§ A §UPER EVIL §PIRIT!!! IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER MY BRAIN§ §TRAIGHT AWAY, RIGHT???~> 

 DURGAH: =Big grin, and takes a large sidestep so that Baldur is actually gesturing at her. Perks.= MMMMAYYYYBEEEE!!! >;33 ~>

BALDUR: O-O evil spirits can beBALDUR: oh there you are

BALDUR: . . . i am actually not very lost at all in the broadest sense of the term but i guess you could say its true i do not know how to physically attain the state of being in my ro-om

BALDUR: can you maybe help with that

DURGAH: HEH!!! WELL I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ANYWAY§!!! BECAU§E IF IT DID HAPPEN!!! THE BRAIN AND BODY TAKEOVER!!! THEN I'M §URE YOU'D BE ABLE TO TELL! AND WHIP OUT §OME TINCTURE OR OTHER TO HELP ME OUT!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Rocks on her heels, nodding.= OF COUR§E I CAN!!! THAT'§ LIKE!!! WHAT I'M HERE FOR!!!~> =Enthusiastically takes his hand and points up in the air with her free one.= LET'§ GOOOOOO!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o 

 BALDUR: thank you

 BALDUR: i will prepare some curative tonic when we get there just in case

 BALDUR: you know 

BALDUR: since you brought it up

DURGAH: =Gets going at a rather brisk pace, which is her trying to not dart off like she usually does. She laughs, looking back at Baldur over her shoulder.= §O LONG A§ IT TA§TE§ GOOD!!! >:PP ~>

BALDUR: -he is still kinda tugged along anyways, but that's probably not her fault.- i did kind of miss showing up to the gym before and i am sorry 

 BALDUR: i was preoccupied with other thoughts o-o

DURGAH: =Well he isn't complaining, so she will continue at the pace set. She flaps her hand in the air, dismissive.= THAT'§ OKAY!!! §TUFF HAPPEN§!!! BE§IDE§ WE WILL JU§T MAKE UP FOR IT WHEN YOU DO!!! §HOW UP AGAIN!!!~> 

DURGAH: I'LL GET YOU CAUGHT UP!!! IN NO TIME!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Looks back at him again (not that he can really tell???).= WHAT'§ BEEN ON YOUR MIND THOUGH??? I§ THAT OKAY FOR ME TO A§K???~>

BALDUR: this is silly to ask but do you think people get upset because of the things i say and do O-O

BALDUR: at least sometimes

DURGAH: IT'§ NEVER §ILLY TO A§K ABOUT THING§ YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT!!!~> 

DURGAH: =She seems a little surprised at that being his concern though. She never did think that there were anyone that would ever take harm to how Baldur behaved. She shakes her head.= UH!!! WELL. THERE'§ ALWAY§ §OMEONE??? YOU KNOW??? THAT WON'T AGREE WITH YOU OR!!! HOW YOU DO THING§!!! THAT'§ JU§T INEVITABLE!~> DURGAH: BUT EVEN IF!!! THAT YOU DID UP§ET §OMEONE BY §OMETHING YOU §AID OR DID! THEN YOU'RE THE ONE THAT HA§ TO DECIDE IF YOU THINK YOU §HOULD APOLOGIZE???~> 

DURGAH: =Scrunches her nose a little. Trying to word this properly.= I MEAN! LIKE IF §OMEONE I§ GETTING UP§ET JU§T BECAU§E YOU'RE DOING YOUR OWN THING!!! THEN THAT'§ NOT §OMETHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR! YOU DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR INTERE§T§ OR WHAT YOU LIKE!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT IF YOU §AID §OMETHING THAT HURT §OMEONE'§ FEELINGS! EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT!!! THEN APOLOGIZING I§ GOOD!!! UNLE§§ YOU THINK THAT??? THE HURT I§ OVER §OMETHING UNREA§ONABLE???~> 

DURGAH: §OME PEOPLE ARE KIND OF... DRAMATIC. I GUE§§.~>

BALDUR: -he blinks a few times- yes i guess that is the normal thing to do O-O

 BALDUR: um 

 BALDUR: if you can keep this 

 BALDUR: quiet maybe

 BALDUR: i encountered a witch in the wo-ods and she has taught me important and magical things o-o 

BALDUR: but i also think i made satomi angry because of my forest dwelling expedition 

 BALDUR: and i am experiencing an emotional conflict ono

DURGAH: EEHEH! YEAH! YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT!!! xPP ~>

 DURGAH: =The emphasis should be on "maybe" here. Durgah is not known to be the best secret keeper (though unintentionally so). Regardless she nods a whole lot.= OF COUR§E!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Slows down so it's easier to talk.= YOU MET A WITCH??? WHAAAAT??? REALLY???~> =Long starreeee.= JU§T LIKE IN THE §TORIE§??? WITH LIKE!!! THE GREEN §KIN AND HUGE NO§E-- HM!!! ~>=Clears throat. She got a little sidetracked.=

 DURGAH: DID §HE §AY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? AND UHH!!! WHAT I§ THE CONFLICT ABOUT??? WHETHER OR NOT YOU §HOULD??? KEEP VI§ITING THE WITCH OR GOING ON EXPEDITION§??? §INCE IT MADE HER ANGRY???~>

BALDUR: she had regular skin and a kind of small nose o-o

 BALDUR: i dont think she likes her very much

 BALDUR: even if she knows a lot about spells O-O 

BALDUR: i got lost when i tried to find her again and thats how i got burned ono 

BALDUR: shes my sisters friend though so she cant be trying to kill me i think

DURGAH: OH...~> =Sounds more than a little disappointed.= WELL! I GUE§§ IT'§ RUDE TO A§§UME THAT ALL WITCHE§ ARE THE §AME!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT!!! I DON'T THINK THAT PHRA§ING IT IN THAT WAY!!! I§ GOING TO HELP §ATOMI LIKE HER MORE! WITH THE "I THINK" ABOUT!!!! POTENTIAL MURDER!!!~> 

DURGAH: MAYBE THEY JU§T HAVE TO MEET EACH OTHER THOUGH??? §O §ATOMI CAN §EE THAT §HE I§N'T THAT BAD???~> 

DURGAH: AND MAYBE GOING WITH YOU I§!!! WHAT §HE WANT§!!! TO MAKE §URE THAT YOU DON'T GET BURNED AGAIN!!!!~>

BALDUR: i um 

 BALDUR: am not sure that would work 

 BALDUR: woodland ho is not a nice thing to say to someone is it

BALDUR: i mean I guess it might be O-O in certain contexts

DURGAH: =Omg... She makes a faint wheezing sound.=

 DURGAH: IT!!! I§ NOT A NICE THING. NO.~> 

DURGAH: BUT??? MAYBE TALKING I§ WHAT??? WOULD RE§OLVE THAT TEN§ION AND NAME CALLING???~> 

DURGAH: I COULD ALWAY§ COME WITH TOO!!! AND JU§T!!! GIVE THEM §OME PUNCHE§!!! IF THEY AREN'T BEHAVING!!!~> 

DURGAH: BECAU§E??? YOU §HOULD BE ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH WHOEVER YOU WANT!!! THAT'§ YOUR CHOICE!!!~> 

DURGAH: (I MEAN. §O LONG A§ IT I§N'T LIKE!!! A CRAZY MURDERER OR §OMETHING!!!~>)

BALDUR: she definitely is not crazy ouo

DURGAH: BUT PO§§IBLY A MURDERER??? >:PP ~>

BALDUR: oco i am not assuming thats rude

DURGAH: EHEH!!! I KNOW!!! I'M JU§T TEA§ING!!!~>

 DURGAH: I TRU§T YOUR JUDGEMENT OF CHARACTER!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT YEAH UH!!! I'M GOING TO A§§UME THAT??? MAYBE §ATOMI GOT ANGRY BECAU§E??? §HE GOT WORRIED??? BECAU§E PEOPLE LIVING OUT IN THE WOOD§ THAT CAN GO UNDER THE DEFINITION OF "WITCH" I§!!! KIND OF!!! NOT §OMETHING YOU HEAR ABOUT MUCH!!! WHICH I§ WORRYING!!! AND YOU GOT BURNED TOO! §O???~> 

DURGAH: MAYBE IT'§ THAT??? §O REA§§URING HER THAT IT'§ OKAY MIGHT HELP???~> 

DURGAH: BUT AL§O!!! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT HA§ THE FINAL §AY OF WHO YOU WANT TO BE AROUND AND NOT!!! §O EVEN IF §HE DOE§N'T LIKE IT??? THEN??? §HE WILL JU§T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT??? I GUE§§???~>

BALDUR: maybe 

 BALDUR: yes probably 

 BALDUR: i should prepare a spell 

BALDUR: for confidence O-O

DURGAH: =Reassuring squeeze of the hand.= I'M PO§ITIVE YOU CAN DO IT!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT IF THE §PELL HEIGHTEN§ YOUR CONFIDENCE EVEN FURTHER!!! THEN!!! I §AY GO FOR IT!!!~>

BALDUR: i need a physical component

BALDUR: ... and then i need will to make it real

BALDUR: thats how she said it works

DURGAH: =Tilts her head.= WHAT KIND OF PHY§ICAL COMPONENT???~>

 DURGAH: AND YE§!!! A §TRONG WILL!!! I§ DEFINITELY A THING YOU NEED FOR CONFIDENCE!!!~>

BALDUR: oh 

 BALDUR: that part wasnt clear 

 BALDUR: it just needs to be a thing that really exists I guess O-O

DURGAH: LIIIIIKE...~> 

DURGAH: YOUR§ELF???~> 

DURGAH: PUTTING A LOT OF WILL!!! INTO YOUR§ELF!!!~>

 DURGAH: WILLING FOR THE CONFIDENCE!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Big grin.= MAKE§ §EN§E TO ME AT LEA§T!!!~>

BALDUR: no-o-o-o 

 BALDUR: i think its more like a thing you hold in your hand that isnt also your other hand

DURGAH: YOU CAN HOLD YOUR FACE!!!~>

BALDUR: that might hurt though ono

DURGAH: HMM..!!!~>

 DURGAH: WELL MAYBE!!!~> =Also comes to a stop now. They have arrived outside of Baldur's block.= 

 DURGAH: I §TILL THINK THAT BELIEVEING IN YOUR§ELF I§ KEY!!! BUT!!! I'M NO §PELLCA§TER!!! EHEH!~> 

DURGAH: BUT!!! OKAY! CONFIDENCE I§ LIKE...!!! THAT'§ TOTALLY A WARM COLOR RIGHT??? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT??? §O MANY A THING THAT I§ WARM LOOKING!!! WOULD ENHANCE THE EFFECT EVEN FURTHER!!!~>

BALDUR: like orange maybe o-o

DURGAH: YE§!!!~> =Just gonna move Baldur's hand on over to the keypad to let him know they have arrived.= 

DURGAH: DO YOU HAVE §OMETHING LIKE THAT???~>

BALDUR: i might O-O 

 BALDUR: i think i have the cap for orange soda

DURGAH: THEN!!!! THERE IT I§!!! THE ITEM THAT I§ MEANT TO BE!!!~> 

DURGAH: I AL§O HAVE!!! A §TRING!!! §O YOU COULD WEAR IT LIKE  A MAGICAL CHARM!!! AROUND YOUR NECK!!!~>

BALDUR: ouo

BALDUR: you can help me make it O-O

DURGAH: YEEEE§§§§§!!! I'D BE HAPPY TO!!!~> 

DURGAH: WE JU§T GOTTA GET IN§IDE YOUR BLOCK FIR§T!!! WHICH WE ARE AT!!! CURRENTLY!!! BY THE WAY!!!~> =Snickers a little.=

BALDUR: oh

BALDUR: who-ops

BALDUR: -pokes the wall, missing the button-

DURGAH: =Snickers MORe than a little now, and helps move his hand towards the button.= ONE MORE TIME!!! YOU GOT IT!!!~>

BALDUR: the color is um 

 BALDUR: rather indistinct -hes blushing and shuffles inside now, very dim lights-

DURGAH: EHEH!!! IT'§ OKAY! IT HAPPEN§ TO THE BE§T OF U§!~> =Snicker snicker. She heads on in after him, pupils going wide from the poor lighting.=

 DURGAH: =Looks around.= DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CAP I§ AT??? OR WILL IT BE??? A TREA§URE HUNT???~>

BALDUR: i do know where it generally is

BALDUR: -he digs under his bed and pulls out a chest.- but only in a

BALDUR: general sense

BALDUR: -he opens it up and it is absolutely FULL of teensy trinkets, bottle caps, sanded glass, bits of driftwood.-

BALDUR: somewhere

BALDUR: in that O_O

DURGAH: =Follows after him to peer into the chest.= 8OO !!! ~> 

DURGAH: AAAA!!! YOU HAVE!!! §O MANY THING§!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Crouches and reaches in to pick up a piece of sanded glass.= I LOVE THE§E THING§!!!! THEY ARE §O §OFT AND PRETTY!!!~>

BALDUR: they are like jewels O-O

BALDUR: you can make things with them

BALDUR: um

BALDUR: you can keep one of them if you wanted to

DURGAH: EHEHE!! RIGHT??? THEY REALLY ARE!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Perks and looks at him in disbelief.= REALLY???~> 

DURGAH: ARE YOU §URE???~> 

DURGAH: I MEAN!!! YOU DON'T NEED THEM FOR YOUR §PELL§ AND §TUFF??? I DON'T WANNA END UP TAKING §OMETHING E§§ENTIAL!!!~>

BALDUR: well you are going to help my next spell O-O 

BALDUR: thats fair payment ouo

DURGAH: YE§!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT!!! I DON'T NEED ANY "PAYMENT" FOR HELPING YOU OUT, §ILLY!!!~>

 DURGAH: YOU'RE MY FRIEND!!! §O I WANNA HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN!!! AND THAT'§ NOTHING THAT NEED§ LIKE!!! PAYMENT!!!~>

 DURGAH: BUT I WILL TAKE IT IF!!! IT'§ JU§T A GIFT!~>

BALDUR: what if its more of a bequeathement than a gift O-O

DURGAH: =Uhhhh... She is trying to bring up her inner thesaurus. Isn't that some kind of law term? She grins crooked.= 

DURGAH: UH.~> 

DURGAH: §URE!!!~> 

DURGAH: THAT WORK§!!!~>

BALDUR: OUO

BALDUR: you are bequeathed

DURGAH: EHEH!!! THANK§ BALDUR!!!~>

 DURGAH: I WILL TAKE REAL GOOD CARE OF IT!!!~> =Big toothy grin, then places the shard of glass in her pocket. Looks back into the chest.= IT MU§T HAVE TAKEN YOU A REAL LONG TIME!!! TO GATHER ALL OF THI§..!~> =Carefully moves stuff around trying to look for the destined bottle cap of confidence.=

BALDUR: i take the ones i feel have power to them 

BALDUR: and also lo-ok nice 

BALDUR: or could be made into a bracelet of some kind 

 BALDUR: i guess ive been doing it a while o-o

DURGAH: YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE AT LEA§T!!! A HUNDRED BRACELET§!!!! WITH ALL OF THI§!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Does a real quick headturn to Baldur suddenly. Star eyes.= BUT!!! IMAGINE!!! IF YOU PUT POWER AND!!! MAGIC INTO EACH OBJECT!!! THEN THE BRACELET§ THAT ARE!!! JU§T MADE OUT OF THO§E!!! WOULD BE §UUUUUPER POWERFUL!!!~>

BALDUR: OoO

BALDUR: maybe even to-o powerful

DURGAH: NAHHH!!! YOU JU§T!!!~> =Punches her palm, grinning.= GOTTA TRAIN FOR IT!!! TO HANDLE ALL THAT MAGICAL POWER!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: THEN YOU WILL BE!!! THE MAGE OF AGE§!!!~> 

DURGAH: THE POINTIE§T HAT!!! THE FLOWIE§T ROBE§!!! THE MO§T LU§CIOU§ BEARD!!!~>

 DURGAH: YOU'LL PO§§E§§ IT ALL!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o

 BALDUR: i can hope

 BALDUR: i have only just begun my long journey i think

BALDUR: -he digs through the chest a little bit-

BALDUR: although i guess a pointy hat would be nice either way

DURGAH: THE FIR§T §TEP§!!! HAPPEN TO BE THE MO§T IMPORTANT ONE§!!! I THINK!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Helps dig through the chest again.= OH YEAH!!! HOW DID THAT GO??? HAVE YOU FOUND A NEW HAT???~> 

DURGAH: IF NOT I CAN TOTALLY!!! HELP YOU FIND THE POINTIE§T HAT AROUND!!!~>

BALDUR: oh not yet

BALDUR: i am going to take a few days break from

BALDUR: finding things O-O

BALDUR: i need to see them to find them and it makes things very complicated

DURGAH: OH!~> 

DURGAH: UHHM!!! YEAH!! HEH..!! THAT WOULD!!~> 

DURGAH: BE BE§T, YE§!! AND AL§O MAKE§ THE MO§T §EN§E..!!~>

DURGAH: =She should pay more attention to the chest too, now digging with a renewed sense of purpose. Surely the bottle cap couldn't be so elusive.=

BALDUR: -true to what he said, he is bad at finding things without seeing them. She would eventually catch a glimpse of something orange in all the mess, however.-

DURGAH: =GASps when she sees the orange, plunging her hand a bit too hard into the chest to get it so that little bits of things fly out of the chest. Pulls her hand out and holds the bottle cap up triumphantly.= DAHRA RARA RARARARA!!! DAAAAAAA RAH RAAAAAA!!!!~> =Holds it higher, grinning just like someone who just made a stupid video game reference would.=

BALDUR: oh 

BALDUR: -WHAT IS THE REFRANCE HE ID NOT REALLY GOOD AT GAMES- 

BALDUR: you found it O-O

DURGAH: =Legend of Zelda opening chest sound!= YE§§§§§§!!!!~>

 DURGAH: AND NOW!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Takes his hand, palm up so she can plop the cap into his hand then close his fingers over it.= YOU ARE MAKING THE FIR§T §TEP§!!!~>

BALDUR: O-O

BALDUR: okay wait

BALDUR: keep your hand there ok

BALDUR: okay um first

BALDUR: we have to think

BALDUR: think about all of the things you are capable of and all of the stuff that makes you feel confident O-O

DURGAH: OH!!! OKAY!!!~> =She keeps her hands put, one around Baldur's wrist and the other over his fingers.=

 DURGAH: I JU§T??? GOTTA THINK IT, RIGHT??? OR §HOULD I BE §AYING IT OUT LOUD TOO???~> 

DURGAH: FOR!!! MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE!!! I MEAN!!!~>

BALDUR: you have to think it

 BALDUR: sincerely O-O

 BALDUR: and after you do that

 BALDUR: you have to think of the orange 

BALDUR: think of it like a fire

 BALDUR: and you are throwing all of the bad things that could happen instead into the fire 

BALDUR: and it is burning them up 

BALDUR: and they are flying away as smoke O-O

DURGAH: AW!!! BUT I'M §O GOOD AT YELLING!!! >:PP ~> 

DURGAH: BUT OKAY!!!~> 

 DURGAH: =Deep inhale.=

 DURGAH: HERE!!! I!!! GOOOO!!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Tries to put up a focused expression so Baldur knows that she is thinking REAL HARD, but she winds up looking pretty constipated instead. She tries thinking of stuff that makes her confident, like her moirail, family, friends... Suplexing a bear. All that good stuff. Then she thinks of looots of oranges. A million oranges. They are all on fire. There they go!!!=

BALDUR: . . . 

 BALDUR: are you ok your face is kind of doing a thing oxo

DURGAH: YE§!!! I'M JU§T!!!~>

 DURGAH: DOING!!!~>

 DURGAH: THE THING!!!~> 

DURGAH: WITH MY MIND!!!!~>

BALDUR: o-o-o-o-o-oh 

BALDUR: forget i said anything i dont want to interrupt

DURGAH: =Snrk.= ALREADY!!! FORGOTTEN!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Ok back to!! The oranges. They are burning now! And flying away!! Pschoooo!!!= 

DURGAH: =Cracks one eye open.= ...(kay §o... what do i do now???~>) =She whispurr.=

BALDUR: ...

BALDUR: oh i dont remember that part 

BALDUR: um 

BALDUR: something to seal the deal i guess O-O

DURGAH: ...UH.~> 

DURGAH: WOW!!! BALDUR!!! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE §O FORWARD§!!!~> =Yikes!!! She is probably misunderstanding though. She just knows that the whole 'sealing the deal' is usually meant in fairy tales as kissing!!!=

BALDUR: O-O

 BALDUR: um 

BALDUR: i would like to think im all directions -??????-

DURGAH: FORWARD§!!! BEING THE ONE THAT I§!!! MO§T APPARENT RIGHT NOW!!! ANYWAY§!!!!~> 

DURGAH: BUT!!! OKAY!!! FOR THE §AKE OF THI§ §PELL!!! I'LL DO IT!!! >:OO ~> 

DURGAH: HERE I AM!!! §EEEALING THE DEAL!!!~> 

DURGAH: =He's still wrapped up in those bandages anyway, so it's not like it's an actual kiss!!! Here comes a Durg. She SMOOCH HIM CHEEK.=

BALDUR: UM

BALDUR: -HE IS TURNING COLORS-

BALDUR: O_O

DURGAH: I§ IT WORKING???~> 

DURGAH: DID IT §EAL IT???~>

BALDUR: ;O-O;

DURGAH: I§ THE MAGIC IN PLACE????~>

DURGAH: NOT ALL??? FLOWING AWAY???~>

BALDUR: OoO 

BALDUR: O-O

 BALDUR: O////O

 BALDUR: that um 

BALDUR was not 

BALDUR: what i 

BALDUR: meant

BALDUR: sorry

DURGAH: WHAT???~> 

DURGAH: ...OH!!!~> 

DURGAH: UH!!! WELL!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU §AY §O???!!! HAHA!!!~> =Playfully punches his shoulder. Oh. Wait shit she wasn't supposed to move her hands. Quickly puts it back in place. Internal sweating.= 

DURGAH: JU§T!!! TALKING ABOUT §EALING DEAL§!!!! WHAT I§ A GAL §UPPO§ED TO THINK???~>

BALDUR: -HE JUST COVERS HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS-

BALDUR: i guess that is a thing a gal could think yes

BALDUR :x-x

DURGAH: =Flaps her hands! Flail!! ! At least she's holding the bottlecap still, but the flailings. They are happening.= BLUH!!!! AHAHA!!!~> 

DURGAH: UHHH!!! JEEZ..!~>

 DURGAH: I'M §ORRY BALDUR!!! I GUE§§ I'M!!! KIND OF A TERRIBLE MAGIC A§§I§TANT!!!~> =Tries to joke yes. Help.=

BALDUR: ... maybe if you kissed the bottlecap instead that would be um 

BALDUR: sealing

 BALDUR: magic

 BALDUR: ill just be over here while you do that

DURGAH: ....~> 

DURGAH: =Actually facepalms.=

 DURGAH: RIGHT!!!! DUH!!!!~>

 DURGAH: THAT!!! MAKE§ LIKE!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY MORE §EN§E!!!~>

BALDUR: -squeaks behind his hands-

DURGAH: OKAY!! UH!!! HERE I GO!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: =Kisses the bottlecap in her hand. Please be sealed so that this wasn't all just a big awkward moment.=

BALDUR: you just did a spell

DURGAH: =Looks up at Baldur, wide eyed.= REALLY????!!!~>

 DURGAH: COULD YOU??? LIKE??? FEEL IT???~>

BALDUR: it is palpable O-O

DURGAH: WOAH!!! REALLY???~> 

DURGAH: WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE???~> 

DURGAH: ARE YOU FEELING IT RIGHT NOW????~>

BALDUR: yes

DURGAH: IN LIKE??? YOUR CHE§T??? OR §OMETHING???~> 

DURGAH: THAT'§ WHERE CONFIDENCE I§??? RIGHT??~>

BALDUR: O-O

 BALDUR: i am not thinking about it that hard actually 

BALDUR: do you mind if i 

BALDUR: -he holds out his hand-

DURGAH: OH!!! YEA!!! NO!!! GO AHEAD!!!~> =Plops the bottlecap in his hand. Looks at him with big ol' cat eyes.=

BALDUR: O-O 

BALDUR: gosh 

BALDUR: -he slips it on-

 BALDUR: what do you think

DURGAH: =Strokes her chin, then gives him two thumbs up.= LOOKING!!! REALLY §NAZZY!!!~>

 DURGAH: =Puts her thumbs and index fingers together.= DEFINITELY!!! WAY MORE CONFIDENT!!!!~>

BALDUR: go-od

 BALDUR: o-o

 BALDUR: -his ears are STILL BURNING A LITTLE but he is willing to convince himself that is probably just excess confidence-

DURGAH: =It's DEFINITELY just excess confidence. She grins wide and laughs a little.= UH!!! EHEH!!!~> 

DURGAH: §O LIKE??? WE §HOULD DEFINITELY PUT IT TO THE TE§T??? RIGHT???~> 

DURGAH: BY LIKE!!! EA§Y BABY §TEP§!!! JU§T TO NOT U§E UP ALL THE CONFIDENCE JUICE§ AT ONCE!!!~> 

DURGAH: LIKE!!! EATING A REAL §PICY FOOD!!! OR §OMETHING!!!~> 

DURGAH: OOOH!!! OR A REEEEALLY BIG!!! JUICY!!! §PIDER!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: do you eat spiders O-O

DURGAH: §OMETIME§!!!!~> 

DURGAH: WHEN YOU'RE ON!!! THE PROWL!!! YOU JU§T!!!~> 

DURGAH: GOTTA TAKE WHAT'§ AVAILABLE!!!~>

BALDUR: i am not really a prowler ono

DURGAH: THEN!!! A §PICY CHILLY PEPPER!!!~> 

DURGAH: I BELIEVE IN YOU!!! AND YOUR CONFIDENCE!!! TO BE ABLE TO DO THI§!!!~>

BALDUR: well

 BALDUR: i guess that is a go-od test o-o

DURGAH: YEAH!!! FOR §URE!!!~> =Jumps to her feet.= ?

 DURGAH: COME ON!!! LET'§ DO IT!!! KICKIN' IT INTO!!! HIGH GEEEARRRR!!!!!!!!!!~>

BALDUR: O-O

 BALDUR: ok

 BALDUR: -DEEP BREATH- 

BALDUR: ok

DURGAH: HIIIIIGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!~> 

DURGAH: GEEEEEEEEEEARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!~> =Jumping up and down, ready to go. Get off your butt Baldur.=

BALDUR: -He EVENTUALLY MAKES IT OFF HIS BUTT to follow her- 

 BALDUR: i dont usually eat spicy fo-od -he comments even though that was probably obvious

DURGAH: =Takes his hand again since she is his seeing eye friend. And off they go!= EHEH! THAT'§ OK!!! I DON'T EAT IT OFTEN EITHER!!! §O WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER!!!~>

 DURGAH: =It's less scary that way, probably!=

BALDUR: oh ok -TUGGED ALONG-

CI: GLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AP: EHEHE!!!~>

AP: WELL GLUBBY GLUB TO YOU TOO MI§TER!!!~>

AP: HOW'§ IT HANGING RULEU§???~>

CI: ! d!d not glubby glub to you. ! s!mply GLUBBED. There's a d!??erence!

CI: A WORLD O? D!??ERENCE. APPREC!ATE !T.

AP: WELL *I* HAPPENED TO GLUBBY GLUB!!!~>

AP: MAYBE THAT'§ JU§T HOW GLUBBING EXCITED I AM TO §EE YOU EMERGE FROM THE ETHER??? >:PP ~>

CI: Your d!alect !s strange and ! am not a?ra!d to tell you so.

CI: SO.

CI: HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AP: WOW!!!!!~>

AP: WELL!!! IN THAT CA§E!!! TAKE A LISTEN!!!!!! TO!!! THI§!!!!!!~>

AP: GLUBBITY GLUB GLUBBUM GLUBBERY GLUBBY GLUB GLUB GLUBBER§!!!!!!!!!!!~>

CI: HOLY MACKERAL! WHAT D!D YOU JUST CALL ?E?ER!???

CI: ! am go!ng to !n?orm her !mmed!ately.

AP: YOU HEARD ME MI§TER!!!~>

AP: §O WHILE YOU HAVE HER ON THE LINE!!! YOU CAN TELL HER THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD§ TO GLUBBING WITH HER AGAIN!!!~>

CI: ! have NEVER BEEN SO !NSULTED !N MY L!?E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CI: GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB.

AP: OH HECK!!! HE HA§ GONE COMPLETELY OFF HI§ ROCKER!!! LO§T HI§ WHOLE BAG OF MARBLE§!!!~>

AP: THE GLUB§!!!! THEY ARE!!!~>

AP: OUTTAAAAAAAA CONTROLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!~>

CI: They're everywhere!!! ! NEED SEACUR!TY ON THE PREM!SES POST HASTE!

CI: DURGAH, WHY HAVEN'T YOU TR!ED OUT ?OR SEACUR!TY !NTERNSH!PS YET???

CI: YOU NEED TO BE QUAL!?!ED ?OR TH!S!!!!

AP: IT'§ TOO LATE!!! THE GLUB§!!! THEY ARE MUTATING!!!! AAAAAAA!!! THEY ARE IN MY EYEBALLLLL§§§§§!!!!~>

AP: I'M DYING!!!!!!!!! BWEUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!~>

AP: AND MAYBE BECAU§E??? I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT!!!!~>

AP: AND AL§O I'M DYING!!!~>

AP: DON'T A§K ME ABOUT MY CAREER CHOICE§ WHEN I'M DYING RULEU§!!!!~>

CI: ! W!LL ASK ABOUT YOUR CAREER CHO!CES BECAUSE AHAHA! ! AM HEAL!NG YOU! BEAT!NG THE GLUBS O?? O? YOU W!TH SW!?T E??!C!ENCY!

CI: You are ?ree.

CI: R!SE, DURGAH! R!SE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AP: HOW ARE YOU BEATING THEM??? ARE YOU U§ING YOUR §CIENCE???~>

AP: A BIG!!! LA§ER!!! WITH LOOOT§ OF BLINKY LIGHT§ AND BEEP§???~>

AP: I WILL RI§E!!! IN DRAMATIC §YNCHED MOVEMENT§!!! TO THE BEEP§!!!!!!!!~>

CI: Yes, that !s exactly what my sc!ence looks l!ke. Thank you ?or ask!ng.

AP: YE§§§§§§§§§§§§§§!!!! >:33 ~>

AP: THAT'§ THE GOOD §CIENCE!!!~>

CI: SHE L!VES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SC!ENCE PREVA!LS ONCE AGA!N!

CI: ! have never been so proud to be assoc!ated to such a subject.

AP: AND WHAT A §UBJECT IT I§!!! §O GREAT THAT YOU WIN THE BIG NERD PRIZE!!!!~>

AP: NOBEL NERD PRIZE!!!!~>

AP: THE CROWD GOE§ WILD!!!!!!!!!~>

AP: EHEHEHE!~>

CI: ! would ?!rst l!ke to thank my dear ?r!end Durgah ?or mak!ng th!s pr!ze obta!nable to beg!n w!th. W!thout her blatant encouragement, ! would have never emerged to be the nerd that ! am today.

CI: So many o? us are proud but none so much as her.

CI: NOT A DRY EYE !N THE H!VE.

AP: EVERYONE!!!! WEEP§!!!! THERE'§ §O MUCH WEEPING RULEU§!!!~>

AP: IT CAN'T PO§§IBLY BE NATURAL!!!~>

AP: IT HA§ TO BE!!!!~>

AP: DRAMATIC PAAAAAAAAAAAU§§§§§§EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!~>

AP: http://i.imgur.com/HkPOzEH.jpg?1?fb

AP: GAAAAAA§§§§§§§§§§PPPPP!!!!!!!~>

CI: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CI: !T CAN'T BE. TELL ME !T'S NOT TRUE, DURGAH.

AP: BWEEEEP MEEEP BLEP BLEP BEWWWWWWWWWEEEPPRPRPRPR!!!~>

AP: (OH NO!!! IT'§ TOO LATE!!! THE GREAT AND LOVEABLE DURGAH HA§ BEEN OVERTAKEN BY!!! THE ALIEN§!!!~>)

CI: ! SHALL RESCUE YOU, ! SWEAR! OR MY NAME !SN'T RULEUS ERYKKE!!!

CI: But s!ll!ness as!de, ! am do!ng ?!NE. Relat!vely speak!ng.

AP: WOW!!! YOU TALK BIG ABOUT §AVING ME AND THEN YOU JU§T!!! COMPLEEETELY DERAIL!!!~>

AP: NOW MY BRAIN I§ FOREVER ALIEN CENTRAL!!! THANK§ A LOT!~>

AP: BUT!!! I'M GLAD YOU'RE FINE!!!~>

AP: RELATIVELY, ANYWAY???~>

CI: YOU ARE TOO K!ND. L!KE ALWAYS. YOUR ENERGY !S CONTAG!OUS.

CI: !'m sure the al!en race wh!ch k!dnapped your bra!n w!ll ?!nd a good use o? !t when they make you !nto one o? the!r m!ndless drone slaves.

CI: Only the power o? ?r!endsh!p can save you now.

AP: OF WHICH!!! I CLEARLY CAN'T TRU§T YOU ON PROVIDING!!! >:PP ~>

AP: I'M JU§T KIDDING RULEU§!!!~>

AP: OK! PROPER THI§ TIME!!! HI!!! HOW ARE YOU??? WHAT'§ UP???~>

CI: Noth!ng spec!?!cally! ! have only been stressed, ! suppose.

CI: ! thought ! could use a n!ce conversat!on!

AP: OH BLUH!!! GOT TOO MANY PROJECT§ AT ONCE???~>

AP: YOU GOTTA TAKE BREAK§ YOU KNOW!!! RE§T THE BRAIN MU§CLE!~>

CI: NO. There are never enough projects to undertake.

CI: Also, ! am already rest!ng plenty.

CI: !t's... well. ! don't even know how to vo!ce th!s.

AP: YOU WON'T BE §AYING THAT WHEN YOUR BRAIN EXPLODE§ FROM PROJECT OVERLOAD!!!~>

AP: WHAT'§ UP RURU? YOU'RE NOT §ICK ARE YOU???~>

CI: No, !'m not ?eel!ng s!ck. !'m just...

CI: Please understand th!s !s all !n con?!dence.

CI: But ! have been worr!ed over C!tr!n. And uhm... our matespr!tsh!p, ! suppose.

AP: WHAT??? OH NO... :cc ~>

AP: WHAT'§ ON YOUR MIND GLUBBY?~>

AP: UHM. DOE§ IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH §ILEA§ AND THAT. THING. AT THE PARTY???~>

CI: Ugh, no. That was noth!ng but r!d!culousness!

CI: They've done well to resolve !t too. ! MADE SURE O? !T.

AP: OH!!! OKAY!~>

AP: THEN THAT'§ NOT AN I§§UE AT LEA§T???~>

AP: HA§ HE BEEN ACTING UNU§UAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT??? WHICH I§ WHY YOU BEGAN TO WORRY? OR???~>

CI: !t !s... several th!ngs, ! am beg!nn!ng to suspect.

CI: Th!s whole t!me, !t's beg!nn!ng to grate on me. We... have been matespr!ts ?or a per!gree. Almost two, you understand.

CI: And we have hardly spoken. ! can't help but bel!eve... he !s avo!d!ng me.

CI: Wh!ch makes no SENSE, ! have been do!ng my best not to ?uss over h!m and g!ve h!m space. Perhaps !t's my parano!a dr!v!ng me to desperate explanat!ons.

AP: HMM..! OKAY, WELL. IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT HE I§ AVOIDING YOU NECCE§§ARILY! MAYBE §OMETHING I§ BUGGING HIM AND THAT MAKE§ HIM NOT FEEL LIKE §OCIALIZING IN GENERAL???~>

AP: OOOR! MAYBE HE THINK§ THAT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'§ BEING WEIRD! §INCE YOU'RE NOT FU§§ING LIKE YOU U§ED TO???~>

AP: THI§ I§ JU§T GUE§§ING THOUGH! THE BE§T THING TO DO! WHEN YOU'RE NOT §URE!!!~>

AP: I§ JU§T TO TALK TO HIM! ABOUT YOUR WORRIE§!~>

AP: COMMUNICATION I§ THE MO§T IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR A RELATION§HIP! OR AT LEA§T!!! A BIG PART OF IT!~>

AP: AND THAT GOE§ FOR BOTH GOOD AND BAD CONVER§ATIONS.~>

CI: Th!s !s go!ng aw?ully. ! ?eel l!ke !t !s.

AP: YOU DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL YOU'VE TRIED!~>

AP: JU§T LIKE YOUR §CIENCE EXPERIMENT§, RIGHT??? YOU GOTTA TRY! BEFORE DECLARING IT NOT PLAU§IBLE!~>

AP: IF YOU JU§T KEEP FEELING BAD ABOUT §OMETHING AND NOT BRINGING IT UP THEN!!! HOW I§ IT EVER GOING TO GET BETTER?~>

CI: Yes, you are r!ght, o? course.

CI: But !t's d!??!cult. And !t would be so much eas!er to address !? so much t!me hadn't passed and... !'ve ended up a?ra!d ?or what !t m!ght all mean.

CI: ! apprec!ate your w!ll!ngness to l!sten nevertheless.

AP: ANYTIME RURU! I'M ALWAY§ HERE TO LI§TEN!~>

AP: I KNOW IT'§ HARD GOING AROUND BEING WORRIED LIKE THAT! §O IT'§ GOOD THAT YOU ARE AT LEA§T ADDRE§§ING IT IN §OME WAY!!!~>

AP: I THINK YOU §HOULD DO §OMETHING NICE WITH CITRIN! LIKE!!! UHM!!! EITHER EA§E HIM INTO THE TALK OR JU§T GO??? IN GUN§ BLAZING I GUE§§?~>

AP: WHICHEVER APPROACH YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'D BE MORE LIKELY AND COMFORTABLE WITH ON FOLLOWING THROUGH!~>

CI: GLUB. Haha!

CI: Guns blaz!ng????? Just get !t over w!th, you mean?

CI: DRAMAT!C DECLARAT!ON O? A??ECT!ONS?

AP: YEAH!!! JU§T BEING §TRAIGHT AND UPFRONT ABOUT IT!!! LIKE!!! TELLING HIM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK!~>

AP: AND THAT MEETING UP §OMEPLACE TO DO §O WOULD BE GOOD!~>

AP: THEN YOU CAN HAVE A §ITDOWN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'§ BUGGING YOU AND WHAT MIGHT BE BUGGING HIM!~>

AP: JU§T GET IN THERE!!! LIKE!!! RIPPING A BANDAID!~>

CI: YOU'RE R!GHT. !T COULD BE EAS!LY EXECUTED OR D!??!CULT AND AWKWARD. BUT ! CHOOSE THE LATTER! HE DESERVES THE LATTER!

AP: THEN THAT'§ PROBABLY THE BE§T CHOICE! YOU KNOW HIM BETTER THAN I DO!!!~>

AP: AND YOU KNOW YOUR§ELF BETTER THAN ANYONE.~>

AP: §O WHAT FEEL§ RIGHT TO YOU I§ THE BE§T CHOICE!~>

CI: ! ?!nd mysel? !nsp!red!

AP: THEN!!! I HOPE THAT YOU TWO CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'§ GOING ON!~>

AP: §O YOU CAN WORK ON FIXING IT!!!~>

CI: YOU'RE R!GHT! GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB.

CI: ! AM EMPOWERED!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, DURGAH!

AP: EHEHE!!! IT'§ NO PROBLEM RULEU§!!! I HOPE THING§ WILL WORK OUT!!!~>

CI: THEY W!LL. ! W!LL TRY MY HARDEST TO ENSURE TH!S.

AP: THAT'§ GOOD! BUT UHM!!! REMEMBER THAT IT'§ NOT ALL ON YOU, OKAY? CITRIN HA§ TO DO HI§ PART TOO! A RELATION§HIP I§ GIVE AND TAKE IN EQUAL PART§!~>

CI: ! know!!! But how can ! not do my part to reassure h!m that !t's okay to put e??ort? That noth!ng w!ll change how ! ?eel about h!m !? he only tr!es?

CI: !T'S A DEL!CATE TH!NG.

AP: IT'§ GOOD THAT YOU KNOW!!! AND IT'§ GOOD THAT YOU WANNA REA§§URE HIM! YOU'RE GOOD RULEU§!!! AND I BELIEVE IN THE BOTH OF YOU!!~>

CI: !? ! !NCREASE ANY MORE GOODNESS LEVELS, ! MAY !MPLODE ON MYSEL?.

CI: TH!S !S A SC!ENT!?!C ?ACT, DURGAH. TRUST ME. !'M A PRO?ESS!ONAL.

CI: ! KNOW THESE TH!NGS!!!!

AP: OBVIOU§LY!!!~>

AP: THEN THAT'§ WHY IT'§ GOOD TO §PREAD THAT GOODNE§§ AROUND TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT??? :PP ~>

AP: KEEP THE LEVEL§ §AFE FROM IMPLODING TIER§!!!~>

CI: Well guess what, Durgah.

CI: The good has become a contag!on. AND YOU ARE !N?ECTED.

CI: !N ?ACT. YOU'RE THE NEW HOST. YOU'RE DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CI: DOOMED ?OR GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AP: WHAT!!!~>

AP: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!~>

CI: !t was n!ce know!ng you.

AP: WHAT A WORLD!!! WHAT A WORLD!!!!!!~>

CI: !? ! GO DOWN, !'M TAK!NG YOU W!TH ME.

AP: THEN I HOPE YOU'LL CATCH §OME OF MY ALIEN BRAIN DI§EA§E TOO!!!~>

AP: JU§T TO THAT WE ARE HITTING ALL THE BA§E§!!~>

CI: Ah!!!!!!!! That would be a dream come true...

AP: PFF!!! JU§T YOU AND ME AND OUR HORRIBLE UNCURABLE ALIEN FLE§H EATING BACTERIA!!!~>

CI: WHAT'S BETTER THAN TH!S??

CI: NOTH!NG ! SAY.

AP: EHEHE!!! I DON'T KNOW!!! MAYBE ANOTHER FLE§H EATING BACTERIA??? THAT §TART§ TRYING TO EAT THE ONE ALREADY IN OUR BRAIN§???~>

AP: BACTERIA FIGHT!!!~>

CI: !T !S L!KE THE HUMAN HUNGER GAMES O? BACTER!A BATTLES.

AP: WHO WILL PREVAIL??? IT'§ ALL PART OF THE MYSTERY!!!~>

AP: BUT!!! §ERIOU§LY RULEU§ I HOPE THING§ WILL BE OKAY! AND KNOW THAT I'M ALWAY§ HERE TO LI§TEN! IF §OMETHING I§ BUGGING YOU!!!~>

CI: Only the strong surv!ve !n nature, Durgah. An apex predator should know better!

CI: BUT SER!OUSLY!!!!! THANK YOU!

CI: ?OR ALWAYS BE!NG A GOOD ?R!END.

AP: WELL I DIDN'T WANT TO DI§HEARTEN YOU COMPLETELY BY LIKE!!! INFORMING YOU OF YOUR PROBABLE IMMINENT DEMI§E!!!~>

AP: AND IT'§ NO PROBLEM!!! EHEHE!!! I'M HAPPY TO!!!~>

AP: BECAU§E A§ WE ALL KNOW!!!~>

AP: YOU'RE GOOD TOO!!!~>

CI: Oh STOP. You're too much.

CI: PSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AP: I'M GONNA IMPLODE AT ANY §ECOND AT THI§ RATE I'M §URE!!!! ;PP ~>

CI: DON'T ?ORGET TO TAKE ME W!TH YOU.

AP: I'LL BE §URE TO RUN RIGHT FOR YOU THE MOMENT I FEEL MY§ELF GETTING ALL!!! IMPLODY!!!~>

CI: That !s to say you are not already?

CI: ?or be!ng so.

CI: GLUBB!NG.

CI: R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CI: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

AP: MY MU§CLE§ WOULD NEVER FALL APART THOUGH!!!~>

AP: NOT EVEN FROM IMPLO§ION§!!!!~>

AP: THO§E ARE EVERYTHING THAT'§ LEFT! :cc ~>

CI: When Durgah !s gone, at least her muscles rema!n.

CI: ! ?!nd th!s reassur!ng.

CI: Hehehehehe.

CI: BUT UNT!L NEXT T!ME, DURGAH. ! HAVE A ?EW TH!NGS TO PLAN.

AP: GOOD LUCK RURU!!!~>