Actually Sort of Freaking Out

Without any degree of warning, a figure suddenly falls into a nearby tree (likely one Coco was standing next to), resulting in a loud thud and disturbing all the leaves on said tree. (SORRY COULDN'T RESIST and no it's not Flan this time)

The girl can’t help but roll her eyes. “Give me a break, I’ve been thrown into the side of a mountain at a quarter of the speed of sound, and nearly melted- no joke- in a hellish inferno of a cave. Falling out of a tree is nothing.” As she says this, she leans her back against the tree in question, and immediately winces, pushing herself back to her previous position. “…that isn’t to say that it wasn’t entirely painless, though.”

Coco rolled her eyes at the long-winded explanation. “Sounds like you’re either very, very unlucky or you’ve made quite a few enemies.” She smiled slightly. “I wasn’t asking if you could taste it. I was asking if it would make you feel any better. Personally I like the smell the most. Or the warmth. Or just the feeling of a mug in my hand, really.”

Eve can’t help but crack a smile. “To be honest, I think it’s a combination of both. Angering legions of demons and giant, sentient suits of armor tends to do that… unfortunately a little TOO often. The latter being the reason I found- and by found I of course mean with my face- that tree in the first place.” She glances upward for a moment. “Fortunately, that… thing, seems to not have bothered following.”

.Coco chuckled. "Well, I'm glad you and my tree had the opportunity to get acquainted. I'm sure it'll remember you for a long, long time." Her words were complemented with a small smile and a swish of her tail. Humor was something Coco valued greatly, you could never quite be sure if she was pulling your chain or not. 

"Unless of course, there’s a buff, black-furred Warmblood waiting to swoop in and save me with an awesome display of fighting skills and swordplay." Coco said in a very serious tone, though the way her tail swished and the corner of her mouth lifted gave away the fact that she was kidding. She stood up after him, putting her hands on the ground to steady herself, and quickly finding out that probably wasn’t a good idea, since one of her wrists was throbbing. Oops.

Cassius rolled his eyes at the vixen’s response, she definitely didn’t know who he was. That was a good thing, favourable even. She was quite amusing too, though that wouldn’t sway his decision to leave soon.

"Oh, I don't know. It might happen again, if I wish hard enough." She laughed brightly. "Once something has happened it's bound to repeat itself eventually." Though Coco already knew that Cassius probably was more than met the eye, she didn't seem afraid of him. Not at all, actually. Which she knew was pretty foolish, but she didn't particularly care. She was practically famous for being foolish, as was demonstrated a few minutes before... honestly, she was the luckiest unlucky person she knew.

Coco stayed close to Luke’s side, looking around with wide, grey eyes. Though the place was beautiful and warm, it was also a bit intimidating, so she kept close to her Valius friend, still holding his hand tight as they almost brushed shoulders. The place had a whole atmosphere of power, age, and wisdom. The air hummed with energy, and it made her antsy, her fluffed tail swishing behind her. Though at the same time, there was a sort of calm. It was both alienating and enticing, and she fell silent, looking at anything she could and admiring the beautiful architecture. 

Luke smiled, bouncing up and down slightly. She was interested! That was good, she wasn’t bored about all of this!

Coco cocked her head as she listened to Luke, not once taking her eyes off the statue. She'd never heard of these goddesses before, and she'd only ever heard of the Valius earlier that day. Hynce? She had no idea who or what they were, though it did make sense. Two goddesses, two races... though, she had to ask where she fit into all this, being neither a Valius nor a Hynce. Perhaps Aki, since she looked closer to a Valius?

"Why are you hugging me?"

He chuckled, tail wagging back and forth. Coco was adorable, then again, when was she not? He couldn’t help but cuddle her closer.

'Twas the late evening when Welker found himself at Coco's doorstep. It had taken him quite some time to find his way back to the relative area, and even longer to actually find her cottage. She hadn't provided any information and he hadn't thought to ask for it. Nonetheless, he had found it, and delivered a gentle rap on the door.

Welker stood patiently at the door and waited, his expression one of a sort of content neutrality. A quiet hum came to his lips in no tune in particular. His gaze started to wander as he waited, first over the doorframe, then around the front of the cottage, admiring its quaint and pleasant construction, then to the woods around him.

Coco didn’t mind the attempted fawn-age over Alice, she actually found it a little bit amusing.  With a smile, she bent down to scoop the pokemon up, who was eyeing Welker suspiciously. “Haha! This is Alice. She’s my Eevee! No need to be sorry, she’s adorable, right?” Coco laughed again and let Welker in before shutting the door behind him. “She’s a little shy, but give her a minute and she’ll warm right up to you. She just hasn’t met a lot of people yet.” She gave Alice one last nuzzle before setting her back down again and making her way over to the plate of cookies, still a little bit warm from the oven. 

"An… Eevee?"

Alice got up on her hind legs to snag a cookie from the pile, chirping quietly. Coco didn't seem to notice, pouring two warm mugs of chocolate and walking back into the room, setting a mug in front of Welker and sitting next to him on the couch. She laughed sheepishly, her ears twitching a little bit. "No, I don't think 'lovely' is quite the word for it, but I thank you anyway." 

"Oh dear, do you need help?"

Coco’s eyebrows furrowed as she listened to what Luke had to say, the swishing of her fluffy tail slowly coming to a stop. She looked a little confused, and a little concerned, her nose scrunching up a little bit. “You have guards?” She asked. “And they won’t let you out of your house?” She couldn’t imagine such a thing. She didn’t even know he lived here. She took a long look at the big wall, eyes wide and curious. She couldn’t see what was on the other side, but it must have been huge, all things considered. Her family had never had much money, so despite the large amount of people living in her house, it had actually been pretty small. She couldn’t even imagine living in something so huge.

He chuckled, tail wagging back and forth. He linked his arm and hers, shifting so she could see the bag he was carrying.

Coco smiled brightly as Luke linked arms with her, listening to what he had to say with an excited grin. She looked over at the bag and laughed a little bit. "No way! That sounds amazing~" She chimed. Coco loved food. She also liked Luke a lot. Those two things together? Beautiful.