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@forest-peepaw

Too fast, too soon.

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"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It just glares for a while longer. How stupid would it have to be to run off and not come back after having a pleasant day together, finally, for the crime of Leshy slipping in the mud? It felt... ignored. Disregarded.

It wanted to bite him so badly.

"Well, next time you get scared and can't think, if you're somewhere safe just stay put. Its exhausting to have to hunt you down to make sure you're not doing something stupid."

Something self destructive.

“... Noted.”

[He decided to say nothing more on that matter... Best not to push the subject, too much. He knew he was in the wrong, and fully accepted that fact. He was just happy it didn’t actually leave... The fear of losing another person he’d managed to get remotely close to was...]

[... Well, best not to dwell on it...]

“So... where did you go, anyways?”

Where did it-

"Shit."

It jumps back down off the table, and starts scurrying around the room again. Where had it been when it dropped the bird, where had it-

Ah! On top- why the hell had it been on top of the safe? Whatever, doesn't matter, it climbs back up to grab the bird before hurrying back to the table, dropping it in front of Leshy.

"Got you a snack."

[Leshy looked at it, for a minute. Despite being pretty hungry... this didn’t look appetizing to him, in the slightest, at the moment. Normally, P03 would see him eating meat quite often, but as an actual deer... he suddenly didn’t seem all that hungry for it.]

“... I never did mention the difference between an herbivore and a carnivore, did I? Thank you, I appreciate the thought, truly... but, er... deer are herbivores, meaning they... typically avoid eating meat, if possible...”

[He really did appreciate that P03 was willing to hunt for him. Likely why he felt so awkward, having to tell it this.]

#[leshy is just doing his best to be nice about it dfgfdsfds-

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"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It just glares for a while longer. How stupid would it have to be to run off and not come back after having a pleasant day together, finally, for the crime of Leshy slipping in the mud? It felt... ignored. Disregarded.

It wanted to bite him so badly.

"Well, next time you get scared and can't think, if you're somewhere safe just stay put. Its exhausting to have to hunt you down to make sure you're not doing something stupid."

Something self destructive.

“... Noted.”

[He decided to say nothing more on that matter... Best not to push the subject, too much. He knew he was in the wrong, and fully accepted that fact. He was just happy it didn’t actually leave... The fear of losing another person he’d managed to get remotely close to was...]

[... Well, best not to dwell on it...]

“So... where did you go, anyways?”

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It's immediately doing its best to dry him again, cleaning him carefully while bracing him with its paws, as if it could actually hold him still. Even if he had been partially sheltered from the rain, being out in this downpour must have him freezing.

"I've been coming back this whole time. Why would it be any different now."

Well, that's most of the water out of his fur. Again. It moves to stand in front of him and gently presses its forehead against his.

"Look- I don't... know what you need. I don't know what's wrong with you. But you trapped me like this, and as long as I'm stuck with you, you have to try to find better ways to handle this. Don't make me chase you down every other day just to keep you alive."

It's still trying to sound angry, and doing its very best to glare at him, pretending he won't notice the droplets at the corners of its eyes.

[Leshy noticed, but... wasn’t going to say anything. He’d been on the verge of crying since he woke up, he had no room to speak.]

“I... suppose I just thought you wouldn’t want to help me. I wouldn’t have blamed you, I... just... I don’t know what I was thinking, alright? I was barely awake, and overwhelmed by fear... I couldn’t think.”

[He looked sorta guilty. He obviously felt bad for worrying it, but he had no idea what else he was supposed to do, at the time. At least he didn’t actually hurt himself, yet... That much was at least good.]

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It wasn't super long before p03 returned, and as soon as it steps into the cabin it shakes violently to get as much water out of its fur as possible. Jumping back onto the table, it-

Fuck.

"Lllshgh?"

Where did he go.

Damn it.

It jumps back down, and hurries around the room, checking everywhere it can think- where had he gone?

It drops the bird it was carrying, and calls out again.

"Leshy?!"

Damn it, why did it leave him alone again? Of course he'd run off, and- probably do something stupid. Damn it, damn it-

"Leshy!"

[After a few minutes of calling out for him, it heard something. Rustling from a bush outside, that was barely protected from the rain by the roof... Sure enough, there was Leshy... When it found him, he froze up, like a deer would. After a minute, he spoke, looking anywhere that wasn’t directly at P03. This was... likely the most pure terror the stoat had ever seen in him.]

“I... had a nightmare... I didn’t realize you were coming back... I, uh... heh, didn’t think you were coming back...”

[... He couldn’t have actually thought it was going to abandon him just like that, could he...?]

Was that-? It could be literally anything, but it rushes outside to check, and- there he is. It feels a weight drop off it, but it visibly relaxes for only a split second before it's tensed up again, and barking at him.

"You idiot! Get back in the house, if you're worried about getting sick, what are you doing out here?!"

Now it's tugging on his front leg, being careful not to actually bite him and having only a mouthful of fur.

"Go back inside. I was hunting. Why wouldn't I come back?"

It still didn't know how to make his nightmares stop, but once it could get him back in the cabin, it would rub up against his side again and try to get him back to the blanket, the bird it had left to get in the first place now forgotten.

"Look, just- stop stressing over everything. You're fine. I'm fine. There's nothing that needs worried about."

[He didn’t protest, whatsoever. He was... sort of surprised to see P03 worried about him. He curled up on top of the blanket, now, took a minute, and spoke.]

“I... guess I thought you wouldn’t want to come back...”

[He just seemed sad... At least he wasn’t freaking out.]

“I just can’t... help it, okay? I don’t mean to panic or stress out so easily, but after it all just building up for so long, I guess it’s just hard to control it, anymore... I’m sorry for scaring you, really, I just... didn’t know what else to do. If i tried to take it out on other things, like usual, I only would’ve ended up hurting myself, and... the only other thing I could think to do was hide...”

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It wasn't super long before p03 returned, and as soon as it steps into the cabin it shakes violently to get as much water out of its fur as possible. Jumping back onto the table, it-

Fuck.

"Lllshgh?"

Where did he go.

Damn it.

It jumps back down, and hurries around the room, checking everywhere it can think- where had he gone?

It drops the bird it was carrying, and calls out again.

"Leshy?!"

Damn it, why did it leave him alone again? Of course he'd run off, and- probably do something stupid. Damn it, damn it-

"Leshy!"

[After a few minutes of calling out for him, it heard something. Rustling from a bush outside, that was barely protected from the rain by the roof... Sure enough, there was Leshy... When it found him, he froze up, like a deer would. After a minute, he spoke, looking anywhere that wasn’t directly at P03. This was... likely the most pure terror the stoat had ever seen in him.]

“I... had a nightmare... I didn’t realize you were coming back... I, uh... heh, didn’t think you were coming back...”

[... He couldn’t have actually thought it was going to abandon him just like that, could he...?]

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"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It grunts again, frustrated with his response. It shouldn't let itself be this bothered, but it wasn't backing out now. It was too late to turn back and undo the earlier part of this day, so it'd have to just stubbornly push forward.

"Hey, are you-"

Ah, he'd just fallen asleep. That... at least somewhat settled its nerves, thinking he had underestimated his injury, or at the very least was giving it the silent treatment.

It would stand, now, and crawl out from underneath the blanket, tucking it carefully back around him. If he was going to do fuckall for his own health, then he was forcing the stoat to step in and take over. Let's see, what would he need...? Perhaps something to eat would be a start. It scurries off to look, glancing back at Leshy one last time before it darts back out into the awful rain.

[After a little while, Leshy woke up in a panic, and... seeing P03 not there, he assumed the worst... Of course. All he did was drive it away. That’s all he was good at, was driving people away. The only thing he was good for was being the scrybe of beasts... and... well, even that didn’t make him very important, at this point. He’d easily be replaced. Still not fully awake and overwhelmed by his own panic, but not being able to take it out on anything, anymore, he jumped down off the table and looked around at least for a place to hide until he felt safer... That wouldn’t help, he knew it wouldn’t, but he couldn’t think of anything else he could do, right now...]

[P03 came back to find that Leshy was no longer on the table... He hadn’t moved to his hammock to sleep, either. In fact, he... didn’t seem to be in that room, anymore... There were one of two possibilities, and both were just as bad - he went outside, or he’d gone into the trapper/trader’s room...]

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It snorted. "How's that fair? I don't think you get to decide if you were wrong or not."

"Wasn't wrong." Did everything it had been trying to do, swallowing its pride to help the man who had caused it so much suffering, mean nothing to him? It was cuddling him, god's sake. What did he want from it?

"Is it too much to ask for you to at least try not to let yourself fall apart?"

Until then, it'd keep masking its sadness and caring with anger. What else was it supposed to do?

[... It was greeted with silence. After a few minutes, Leshy finally responded with a small smile...]

“Hah... yeah, I guess it is.”

[And... more silence... A little while passed... still silent. It... was sort of concerning, at first, until P03 realized - ah, he simply fell asleep. Hard to believe he managed to fall asleep at a time like this, but at the same time... he sort of always seemed tired, at this point. That... was a little worrying, but that was something to worry about later. He wasn’t sleeping all that peacefully, but... that was expected. Not much could really be done about that, by now.]

#[woooo panic and self-hatred gonna make the deer man have n i g h t m a r e s-

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

"Hmph." It grunts, not being able to help but feel bitter.

"How do you think being trapped in the paper of a card, repeatedly bit and scratched by other beasts with nothing to do but brace yourself, and sacrificed at a whim felt?"

Even with having made a lot of progress in mending their relationship- hell, they were looking after each other and trying to comfort and care for one another -it still couldn't help but to hold a grudge. Whether or not it liked the game, being forced to be a piece in it with no control was extremely painful, especially with it just being for Leshy's amusement. It was like he just kept it around, instead of locking it away like the others, because its suffering was funny to him or something.

Not to mention the fact that the whole time, its corpse was just unceremoniously dumped in the corner of the other room. Some treatment for someone who used to matter to you...

"Look, if something happens, we'll deal with it then. Just try not to get hurt, and don't panic about maybe getting hurt later."

"Besides, all you used that 'resilience' for was an excuse to let your health go to shit. Do you already not remember how bad you were doing a week ago?"

[... Ah. It will never stop using that against him... Not like he blamed it. His hatred for himself for what he did was equal - if not, greater than - P03′s hatred for him.]

“Oh, I remember... I remember vividly. To be fair, however, that was only because I saw no point in leaving to try to get better. And I wasn’t wrong.”

[He... said nothing more on that matter... No point? It was hard to tell what he meant by that. Maybe it was the fact that he felt he had no purpose, anymore? Perhaps the fact that he simply saw no point in doing anything, now that there weren’t going to be any more challengers for a while...? Or... maybe it was that he felt like nothing would change, if he did...?]

[... Actually, that made the most sense... Everyone started despising each other, long ago, and there were no more challengers... Nothing very eventful occured in the forest... Nothing he could do would change any of this, even if he did get better. After what he did, there was definitely no point in trying anything that could change any of this, anymore...]

“... I hope you know, what I did... I wasn’t in the right mind, when I did it. I want to assure you, it was... truly nothing personal. I... suppose I wanted to please someone else. In the end, it... didn’t matter, and if I’d known it would’ve been for nothing, I wouldn’t have done it... That likely makes no sense, but... Ah, whatever. Just ignore me, nothing I say makes a difference...”

[His ears went back, as he looked down. Why would he say any of that...? All it was likely gonna do was make P03 even more angry. He just lied there, now, silent, staring at... nothing in particular. He wasn’t panicking, or anything, he... more or less, seemed to have just gone numb.]

#[o o f-#[well. not like leshy doesn't understand that it will likely always hate him #[just not as much as he's always gonna hate himself-#[sorry for writing so much fsgfghg-

A couple towels and rags have disappeared. Perhaps a certain beast card stole them?

[After a little while of looking around and thinking, Leshy realized what it might've been that was happening to them.]

“Things like that don’t just go missing around here, I know that much. You could have just asked for them, you know...”

[And so, he started looking around for the stoat.]

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

"Worried about what?"

If he's fine, then he's definitely just stressing. Probably.

It settles back down, shifting back and forth slightly to get more comfortable as it loafs beside him.

"You're not gonna die. And if you do you'll just go back in your card. I think."

To be fair, it hadn't died outside of its card before, but it had died in its card probably a thousand times and it was fine, so it was... probably a safe assumption?

“I’m not exactly worried about dying. I’m more worried about getting hurt badly enough to where I may not be able to do anything. There is a large chance we will go back to our cards if we die, not that we should risk testing that theory, but getting hurt that easily... what if I get near death, but don’t actually... die...? Before, I was a little more resiliant, being a tree. It wasn’t much, but that resilience kept me from getting too badly. If I do break a rib, or my tail, or something, I... may not end up dead, right away... I’ll just be in complete agony. And now that I think about it, the same goes for you, I don’t want you to get hurt, either, but... I might not be able to protect you, like this. I might not be able to protect either of us...”

[... He seemed like he didn’t mean to say that much. Oh, well... He just put his head back down and shut up...]

#[he'll appreciate the thought at least ffdshgd

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"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

He really looked like he was spacing out, and being right after he had knocked the wind out of himself, p03 wasn't sure this was a good sign.

"Hey, hey-"

Without getting up from its place huddled beside him, it reaches and baps his shoulder with one paw.

"You didn't break anything, did you?"

There's the obvious chance that he's just stressing again, but if he'd hurt himself bad enough to tear up, it couldn't hurt to assume the worst.

"You look like shit."

[He took a minute before finally responding.]

“I think I’m fine... Nothing feels broken, I just...”

[He put his head down, looking ashamed.]

“... I can’t explain it... I guess I’m worried, is all... just... don’t worry about it, too much. I’m alright.”

[He seemed to try and avoid eye contact. It was more than just worry, he was... downright scared. And for once, he had reason to be - if he’d landed even slightly wrong, he likely would have broken something. He just got lucky enough to where he didn’t, this time.]

#[oof its fine-#[heehoo leshy realizes he now has reason to be paranoid-

trashgoblincreature

Inactive on here, until friday, sorry yall. Last week of school, gotta do final exams. Until then, i am gently placing this tiny creature in your hand. First time properly drawing her in stinkbug form

Be nice to her

#ooc - the ghostie behind the scenes #[rbing this to both my sideblogs so people know why my activity has been so unpredictable lately-

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

"Don't be so stupid next time."

Its tone is grumpy, but it stays huddled up beside him, grooming a bit of the fur on his side; doing its best to get some of the water out.

Ugh. It was still frustrating how protective it felt over him again already. Being an animal is so stupid.

Still, it would do its best to keep up its angry facade and keep acting like it's only tolerating him, even as it nuzzles the side of his head and pulls as much water out of his fur as it can.

[Leshy just nods, completely silent, now... he wasn’t gonna deny it. It managed to get him mostly dry, and his attention turned to the door... still raining. Well, not like he wanted to go back out, now, anyways, but... sitting here and doing nothing wasn’t much better. It was just what he used to do... except he now felt a lot more helpless. If one of his subordinates - mainly Trapper or Trader - mistook him and P03 for normal animals, he was powerless to stop them... This realization only hit harder, when he fell. He was so helpless and weak, barely able to get himself breathing right, again... He was completely and utterly powerless, like this.]

[... Great. Spiraling, again... Well, at least he caught himself, before it got too bad... Calm down, Leshy. Nothing is going to happen. Everything will be fine... P03 won’t get too badly hurt, neither will you... everything will be just fine...]

[Once he managed to purge his anxiety, again, he just looked away from the door. The more he watched the rain, the more he thought about how weak he felt, when he fell, and that wasn’t doing him any good... He already felt like a fool, he didn’t need to make himself feel weaker and panicky, on top of that.]

#[oof no worries #[i get that honestly

forest-dwelling-doofuses

Trader trader can you give Leshy this dandelions I found

[. . .]

[... You just made his day...]

#[rbing this here because treepaw is heavily involved in this answer

[... Just can’t seem to escape it, huh?]

[. . .]

[The nightmares just won’t stop...]

#inscryption #inscryption leshy #leshy #scrybe of beasts #[no sound sorry #[first time trying something like this so sorry if it sucks fdvfdsfdsf-

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Hhhhh sorry for temporarily slow responses on my side blogs, i am diseased-

#ooc - the ghostie behind the scenes #[h sorry yall

"Huh. What happened to you? Experimenting with the camera..?"

[Permastoat]

“Someone got a hold of my camera, without me noticing... somehow... I don’t know how this happened... It wasn’t supposed to be possible to change my physical appearence any more than just putting me in the card. How do I get out of here...? It’s... indescribably uncomfortable...”

[... He wasn’t taking it, too well... Then again, as far as P03 knew, Leshy had never been the one turned into a card, before, for more than a few seconds.]

It stays pressed up against his side for the remainder of the walk, doing its best to keep him steady. When he separates to step away, it whines again, watching with concern as it lifts one paw, ready to run to try to catch him if he should fall again.

It follows him up to the table, and noticing him shivering, hurries back to his hammock and grabs a blanket in its mouth, dragging it off and slowly lugging it toward the table. Dragging it onto the table proves to be rather difficult, but it manages by pulling it into the chair first. Once a good portion of it is on the table, he quickly pulls it over to the chital, covering him with it before turning around and ducking under it beside him.

It stands for a moment to lick at his teary eyelids, bump its face against his, then lays back down against his side.

[Finally at least warming up, Leshy's able to calm down, a little... He sorta leans his head against P03, appreciating the comfort...]

"... Thank you... Apologies, I should've been more careful to begin with..."

[He hated that P03 had to see him fall, like that. He was normally a lot more careful, he was used to this stuff, but... for some reason, that time, he slipped. And now, his fur was all cold and wet, which... now that he wasn't a tree, was much less alright. Now, he had the chance to get sick from it, and he... wasn't really excited, for that to even possibly happen. Not to mention, calming down from the shock from the air being knocked out of his lungs was... unpleasant, to say the least...]

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