nothing i can't do.

when she was approached, ceridwen wanted to let out an annoyed sigh, but she didn’t — or rather, she couldn’t. so, she just stood there as the boy spoke, allowing him to ask about her eels. the three of them remained silent for a moment, simply exchanging glances, as if trying to decide whether to speak or not.

finally, the eel to her right, blu, spoke up, “yes, she does,” he said simply, speaking for ceridwen in third person for once. “she’s our person.” he paused. “— and who are you?”

“oh, of course she does. it’s eivui, after all.” then she took a deep breath, starting her story. “okay, so i first got here and it was fun and then there was this wish fairy and i didn’t wanna be an alien anymore so i wished i wasn’t one but then the spell was broken which was good because i was miserable when i wasn’t an alien, and i also met the ada and zaire who are super nice and alani and zaire are a thing, and then i think it was before the isle that i got diagnosed with adhd, but it could’ve been after, but the isle, there was a trip to the isle and then there was a riot and i passed out and a bunch of villains escaped, too, and the other mother came and tricked a bunch of students into taking their souls – and i was one of them, but i’m totally fine now, i promise! – and the other mother is ada and zaire’s mother, by the way, but she was defeated because ada’s a badass, and then there was this thing that may or may not have been a drug problem, but that’s over, and then valentine’s day rolls around and long story short karp and i are now a thing, so there’s that, and then this happened. and somewhere along this crazy timeline, eivui and freddie have been dancing around each other for ages, but he’s so heart eyes for her, even if he sucks ass at art, and narella’s been doing narella things and karp’s been experimenting, so yeah!”

“i’d assume so. if eivui wants freddie to do something, he’ll do it.” she pretended to crack a whip, making the sound effect for good measure. “yeah, you did. but! but – but – but! i can fill you in if you want! i’ve been here forever.” only a year and a half, really, but that was ‘forever’ in jacinta time.

Karp had a run-in with a werewolf and, unfortunately, lost. He thought, being one of the stronger alien species (born, not created), that he could handle the feral mythical creature. Instead, he faced a gash along his browbone, the blue-purple blood streaming down his chiseled cheekbone. He was knocked out and had only come to when one of the emergency workers jolted him awake. 

“– Sam?” Karp called out. At first, he thought it was his mind playing tricks on him because of the concussion, but as his eyes scanned the crowd, he managed to see the other. “Sam!– Let go, I need to see my family–” He was trying to wiggle away from the officials before looking back at the older male. “Sam!”

narella offered a slight smile when sammy spotted her, and she stepped closer until she was right in frount of him. “hey,” she greeted simply. “yes, that’s the octopus lady. the sea witch. she escaped from sometime last year — at graduation, i think — along with a few other villains.” she paused when he hugged her, but still returned it, albeit a bit awkwardly. “i’m fine. i was with jacinta most of the time, so i’m assuming she’s okay, too. i’m not sure about karp or alani or apollo i haven’t seen them all night. eivui was one of the possessed, so she might be being treated right now … or else she’s with that boy of hers. either way, she might have to go to the hospital? not sure, though.”

jacinta smiled a little and nodded. “thanks.” she could count on samuel to have everything she needed. “eivui should be fine now. well, as fine as she can be. she’s probably either being patched up by the medical people or she’s with freddie. or both.” her bet was on both. “yeah, i think so? i mean, they were, and then he was gone, and then he came back, and i dunno, it’s weird.” she shrugged. “sorry! i didn’t mean to…”

jacinta nodded in agreement. it was messed up. auradon as a whole was messed up, and she didn’t understand why nothing changed. people kept letting this happen over and over again. “it was acting up a little while ago, but i have it under control now,” she said. “they’re getting there… eivui was one of the people taken over by ursula, so i think she’s being looked at now. narella was with me most of the time in the ballroom, so i think she’s fine, and karp and i got separated… and i don’t know about apollo or alani. alani might be with zaire…”

Kenny gestured his his pyjamas that eh was wearing. “I wasn’t even at the dance, but I’ve gotten a good run down of what actually went on form people all over the shop. Ursula the sea witch took control of some of the students and there was a bit fight and…man it’s a mess.” he blurted out again.

jacinta let out a tiny giggle and attempted to smooth down her hair. not that it would help, it was messy from being in the fray, but she’d moved on instinct. she was too used to the gesture.

“yeah, ursula…” jacinta’s eyes flickered to the doors, as if the sea witch herself would appear any minute. “she took over some of the students, used their wishes against them. i’m fine, just a few scrapes and bruises.”

jacinta squeezed as tightly as she could for a few seconds before letting go. it was hard not to smile when seeing someone she knew, but it was still a small smile, at least by jacinta’s standards. it was hard to be completely happy when the student body is in such a state.

“yeah, long time no see,” she said, rocking back and forth on her feet. “i didn’t expect to see you here. do you… know what happened?”

sammy could see that her smile was smaller than usual. he could tell that whatever happened had taken a toll on the girl, and he reached out to try and ruffle her hair reassuringly.

Kenny was flitting around in the crowd of fancy dressed beat up kids, dressed in his pyjamas and a face of thinly veiled panic. When he was stopped he spoke rapidly. 

“I don’t know any kids from hawaii but I do know of some of them. I haven’t seen any of them and to be honest i haven’t seen an awful lot of people who are…good? it’s not good news for anyone really right now, I’m sorry. I can help you look?”