Divergence

                                           ”Unfortunately no, I did not bring along my cloak, for I had been under the impression nobody else was within these woods. I do apologize if you find the display appalling. Should it prove too much, be a dear and kindly turn away then, I should suppose. Delicate sensibilities, and all.” Randolph merely reclined his arms upon his knees and placed his chin on one of his arms. Eyes like that of a brilliantly polished amber stone carefully consider the male standing before him. Surely this should not have been his first werewolf encounter, for they really were commonplace, nowadays. Or, perhaps his lack of clothing was what garnered such a perturbed look. Not that he could particularly blame the other, for witnessing a stranger naked was most unpleasant.

♣ "You are supposed to think the other way around! That you might run into someone so you ought to have clothes with you in case!" he scolded the naked stranger, who seemed adult enough to know that without Ayden having to tell him.Seeing someone naked wasn't exactly what he wanted to do when he finally had gotten some time off, it was enough with time for him to finally visit the place he could find some peace and quiet. Now when he was here he didn't want to leave nor have this guy disturb him. With a deep sigh he stood up from the grass and shrugged off his own coat only to toss it over to the stranger with a roll of his emerald eyes. "At least cover yourself with this, I am not planning on leaving just because I've met a stupid exhibitionist." He supposed that he wouldn't mind losing that coat, not even to a werewolf. Why did it have to be a werewolf? Ayden sighed and sat down again, letting his gaze wander away from the shape in front of him to the high tree tops. It almost felt like he was home again but he knew that he couldn't go back, at least not to the old days where creatures like werewolves only had been hiding in the pages of a book.

                                         “I did not expect to encounter people within these woods,” says the Beta as he sits upright in the patch of flowers. The werewolf was unclothed, which was horridly unsurprising, for it wasn’t as if when a werewolf returned from Change they would magically find themselves adorned in garments. His legs are upright and crossed, feet and flora obscuring the view of his nether regions. “I apologize for the inconvenience. I suppose I should say I was that sand-hued wolf you were so diligently observing.”

  ♣   "I—" Ayden breathed, staring in shock at the seemingly naked man.It wouldn't be an understatement to say that he had preferred watching the wolf, who apparently had not even been a wolf from the start but he had been very pretty and his fur was most unusual for this place. "is there no clothing you can put on?! I'd be really glad if you just hurried up and got dressed already!" The raven had not really been so comfortable around werewolves ever since that fateful day he and Lucas had been chased through the forest by some rabid pack.. but he still loved wolves, it was a complicated relationship.  

She looks around at the long row of shelves each filled with many interesting tales she has never touched. “But thank you for the offer. If you don’t mind hopefully I can sit at this table with you?”

"I understand," he said after listening to her reply, that did save him some trouble. The library was great, not much talking happened in here and that was how he preferred it. It spared him awkward conversations he would feel forced to keep alive. Why one can wonder, he just thought he'd actually like to talk to her to maybe figure out who she is. "Leaving? That's too bad." Leaving, she had said that she'd leave soon. Ayden sat up straight in his seat as the word echoed through his mind, he offered her a smile before answering her question. "I can't see why not, do as you please." the raven tilted his head lightly to the side, no matter who she was he wouldn't let this chance slip away.  "Now, would it be okay if I follow you when you leave?" 

"Show me the way."

•ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ•  Great, now she had made herself look like an complete idiot. Losing her calm had been a huge blunder, hopefully she'd be able to brush it off somehow or he might just forget it sooner or later. "Good," she mumbled under her breath and allowed herself to relax to some extent. "Come along then." Adrasteia stood up straight, leaving the supporting counter behind her as she walked past her neighbor. "I've already started trying to put it together but it's harder than I thought it be." she informed with a small laughter, leading him down a small hall before reaching the medium sized living room. It was quite empty, a sofa with room for three or maybe four, a 32'' TV and some decorative paintings. There was tons of work to do and only the sight of the room made the brunette exhausted—however had said moving was fun didn't know what he was talking about. 

"Hold it people, the queen is here" Not that… there were really any people here. If there was, none would listen to him anyway. In fact, seeing Lucas and Steia within a 10 meters radius to each other meant you should turn around and walk away. Or, get your phone up and record the shit.  "Oh I’m aware~" He shot her a wide smile, one of the silly and childish ones before leaning forward to get down to her eye level with a light grin. "Haven’t yo noticed? My eyes are green. They fit me pretty well~"

•ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ• "Cute.." she muttered and rolled her eyes, this kid really thought highly of himself or maybe he just enjoyed looking like an idiot in front of other people. Not that there was anyone there, just the two of them. Pity, she had certainly liked to have someone witness her new prank. There was a problem about it though, she had no idea how she was going to make it happen. Having him go to take a shower would be the easiest way out but for that she'd have to get him dirty, really dirty. Lucas however, that idiot, gave her the perfect chance as he leaned close to her. Her own two central heterochromia eyes met his green orbs before she replied. "Actually no, this is the first time I see them—I've always thought that you only had two holes in your face." Steia picked up a juice box from her pocket, taking a sip of it with the straw before letting the liquid stain the boy's red hair. "Woops, my hand slipped. Sorry 'bout that Lucas."

"You sound pretty optimistic to believe in that." Well, she can certainly find some sort of entertainment here. Not sure what, but if she found something of interest, she could have…fun, probably. "I won’t stop you from enjoying this place…unless if you’re going to cause problems."

•ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ•  "Well of course, being negative won't help me after all." Steia replied with a smile and glanced around, she didn't really know what to start with though since she hadn't been here before. "Now why would I do that?" she usually didn't cause problems but it could always happen, she did like to interact with people and some could be leading her on to the wrong path. "Perhaps you could help me find something to do that won't cause any problems for you?"

                        Just his luck, a complete stranger. Oh well, fuck                         it right? With his foot tapping anxiously, the weeper                        mumbled in his native tongue, slowly looking the one                        he asked. Human. Male. A possible shut in. Jaded                        hues narrowed. It was a yes or no question, why stop                        and stare? Was this kid blushing too? Oh dear. He                        only wanted to cuddle and maybe…just maybe                        make a new friend. Creatures, humans, demons,                        angels and what ever else was out there in the world,                        do have the need to be affectionate to others every now                        and then dammit!                                           ❝It’s a yes or no question. I ain’t                                           gonna murder you unless you actually                                           give me a damn well good reason to.❞

♗ It wasn't like Cyrus to get close to someone other than his sister, in that case it was perhaps a hug or two during special events since he wasn't the one for being around people, at all. Not that he didn't like the idea of cuddling, no cuddling seemed nice and all that but ... he didn't know this guy and he had kinda just threatened to kill him if he did something stupid. Which was kinda off-putting. The mute boy glanced around, trying to find a possible way out but all around them was people and walking away was kinda wimpish. Sighing he folded his arms across his chest, giving the man a good stare before shrugging. If cuddling could save someone else from this man then why not, it could be a good reason to be late back. 'Someone attacked me and cuddled me, I couldn't get away'. Would be a good story. If he had some ulterior motives Cy could always hear them in beforehand, so he wasn't in any actual danger.

Nicky listened quietly to ayden, and was really surprised as the boy showed him his power. Control of dark material… That looks quite cool. I wonder how far he can go with using his powers… " Say… How much do you know about your own power? How much can you do? " This control thing, Ayden showed him, got his attention. Now He wanted to know more about it.

♣  "Not too much, I'm afraid it's still quite new to me." he replied quietly, not too keen on the subject but he understood that the wonderland-being was curious and perhaps thinking how it might come to help him get his sister back. "But I am able to control shadows quite well by this point, at least form them to solid objects.. I know I can do more but.." Ayden sighed and put down the marble to the table, allowing himself to lean back in his seat once again. He couldn't admit that his own powers scared him, that he rather not have them at all. Some people might think it's rather selfish and stupid, thinking that he should be grateful for being special—to be happy for what he got that made him gifted. "I haven't been training for so long yet." he finally said, not necessarily a lie but it wasn't what he was meant to say from the start but Dum didn't know that.

"Yeah but I’m stuck like this," the wizard stated. "I don’t exactly know anyone around here," and he was too lazy and bored to move. 

♣ "Being used to it doesn't exactly make it okay though," Ayden sighed with a smile of his own, this person was quite a laid back fellow wasn't he? At least that was what he had came to think of him as, if you didn't really care if people thought that you were a shady, creepy guy you got to be quite free-spirited. Not that the raven minded, he actually found it quite amusing. The shadow boy tilted his head lightly to the side at his question, normally he wouldn't hesitate to tell him that he was comfortable like this. Now, however, he wasn't as sure as he used to be. "Sometimes, I guess,  but I wouldn't mind having someone to talk to from time to time." sharing his thoughts with others had come to be a valuable thing to him but it was rare for someone who was used to the solitude. Ayden lifted his gaze from the water and let it wander back to his company, somehow he got the feeling that the two of them shared the same kind of problem, if it was worth calling it that. "We might not really know each other but if you don't have anywhere to go I can offer you a place in my room, it's not much but you wouldn't have to sit here and scare away the tourists all night." of course there was a danger to invite a stranger to your room and it could come off as weird but the young male didn't mind it, not tonight. 

“Can I see your phone.” The man asked as he held his hand out towards the girl for the phone. He had dabbled in working with technology since it was something that he could do from his room. As they neared his small cottage that was on the outskirts of the woods. It was homely and quaint instead of what he was used to which was a palace. Yet it was a place that he could hold down with the money that he brought along. A lot for this country, but it wasn’t going to last him long. 

•ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ•  He was quite a tall man, yet he seemed pretty young in Adrasteia's eyes. Surely boys usually were taller than her, most of them besides her brother but this one was really tall but still came off as unbelievably cute. Not many would pull that off with his height.  Seeing how his cheeks heated up made her giggle and she offered him a sweet smile, had he been thinking of something else as she spoke? "Don't worry," her eyes followed his gesture, taking in the surroundings as she did. This place was worth coming to even if it wasn't where she was supposed to be. It was so different from home but yet she wasn't afraid, only worried and confused. "It is, it just disappeared too. Quite troublesome actually." Steia agreed and turned her attention back to the male, scanning him curiously as she wondered what might be on his mind—it looked like he was on his way to figure something out. However, no matter how much she wanted to ask what he was thinking of didn't she actually dare to bother him, instead she mindlessly let her fingers wander over her screen in a try to get her reception back. By keeping herself busy it made it somewhat easier to fight back the sucking feeling in her stomach, the one telling her that something might have happened to her brother now when they had gotten separated. She couldn't even turn around and wander back the way she had come from since she had no idea where she was, all she could do was to hope that this polite stranger could help her. "Ah—" she looked up at him, surprised at his sudden question. The brunette hesitated slightly before placing her well decorated android in his hand. "Okay but I'm not sure how that will be to any help, it is quite worthless." she commented and looked around once more. "so this is where you live? It looks really cozy and unusual."

"Why do you think I’m letting you make the calls and not me?" Of course, he knew he couldn’t do that anymore, also that they would most likely not get any help from there but, at least they tried. Also he got his little bro to do something else than sitting there and complaining or not knowing what to do. "Yeah something like that. If they are people I know, I can sense them coming closer." Thanks to the bond he builds with them once he touched them, depending on how long they’ve been close or spent time together, he can reach them from further away. In other words, he and Alex had gained a strong bond after their many hours each day of scolding and ignoring. Though he didn’t explain the details for Ayden, why? He’d rather let him think that was his ability and reason for being here, other than that he was an extra battery for people but failed to know how do use it. Besides, it gave him that little extra mystery that every cool guy had. "He is a hawk, haven’t you seen the beak nose? Or the shark eyes that just stares at your soul." 

♣ "I thought it was because you are lazy..." Ayden admitted, well, at least now they could cross that out of their list. The police would not help them, perhaps they could try a detective or something—didn't they help as long as there was money involved? It would be worth a try.  The raven sighed and picked up his phone again, maybe he could find something helpful on the Internet. "Really? Then how come Alex always seem to be able to catch you red-handed?" he asked without lifting his gaze and kept scrolling through the results on Google. Even if Lucas was the closest person to him besides his late mother, he didn't really know much about him. It was strange, he thought, but he didn't really mind. Lucas was...special, somehow, and he thought that he could trust him—if there was something important he needed to know he was sure that his brother would tell him so. "Hawks are cooler, less annoying too but you are right about the beak nose." he chuckled and this time he actually looked up at him. "The eyes as well, he is kinda spooky but the positive thing is that he won't have to dress up for Halloween." No one at this school had to dress up, at least not the werewolves(he still had a problem with them after being chased by them through the forest).