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Kade falls to his knees and squints confused. Grass. Fresh cut grass. As he lifted his gaze the confusion lessened. This forest. Trees towering in endless summer with fresh leaves painted in a variety of autumn. He looks at cat.

"what is this.. what are you.." they sign.

"you'd rather not know.." the thing responded. He growled. Whatever this was was strong enough to break the barrier between earth and the ether. The Neverland. As his mind was in thought he noticed the cats shadow darken. Grow taller than a tower with eyes. Glowing red as they pierced under his naked skin. It took mere seconds before he folded over and gurgled out blood; Spitting it on the grass but in those eyes it felt like millenia in darkness with claws that dug into every part and teeth and eyes and..

"I told you not to look.." it spoke with a smirk laced behind it's dead eyes. He grumbled and wiped the blood with his paw.

The streets were unusually quiet as they approaches from the forest side. Only one lady sat by a tea shop, sipping a marble cup.

"so that's her?" Kade asks midnight, hunched down behind the bush. Midnight nods quietly. His eyes narrow. That look. Caution didn't even come close to it. He looked over his shoulder to patchwork, sat on the grass with those naive puppy eyes. He signed stay and walked out of the bush, pocketing his hands as he approaches.

"oh there you are!" The women said with a odd accent he hadn't heard as she held out her hand. His eyes flicker between her hand and her with confusion.

"ahem. I'm Kali" she introduced herself and gestured at the chair as opposed to her. As he sat down, two men came out from the tea shop and as they approached, he lets his claws out underneath the table.

"don't worry. They're with me.." she gestured as she leaned back with the cup on her lap. "So.. do you have a name..?"

It took him a moment to reply. Thoughtful. This note he'd found. Midnight hadn't alerted him of anything suspicious and he didn't sense malice within her. But it was something about this all that felt off. Humans had never attempted contact with him before this.. neither had he tried. It was better if they weren't aware. He pulled out his hands to sign then hesitated.

"I'm called Kade.."

"nice to meet you Kade" Kali signed back calmly. She knew sign. Interesting.

"so. Let's get down to buisness. I've been tracking you for a while and I'd like to offer a sort of.. deal" she continued. He quirked a brow. All this hassle for money? No she wouldn't bother that. He had something she wanted. His mind went to midnight. Midnight had somewhat of a reputation due to his nature.

"we would like to offer you safety back at my laboratory. It'd include a home. Food. Surveillance and protection.." she continues. Listing it all off like a checklist. Effortless like it was a deal. The confidence annoyed him.

"and what do you want..?" He signed slowly. She nods and one of the men slowly place a piece of paper on the table.

"to study the reaper.."

The reaper. He surpressed a sigh. Midnights nickname. Humans had odd taste in names though with his record it was kind of fitting. He was spotted by several civilians around corpses. Not of his own spite that nicknames implication. It was odd.

"and who's to say I have it?" He asked. Kali chuckled softly and leaned forward. Her purple eyes had a glint of something dark. Something he knew personally.

"dont play with me Kade. There's plenty of people who have eyes on you. I'm just the first to make contact.." she replied slowly. Her eyes. That look wasn't innocent. It had years of death and knowledge behind it. He nodded slowly.

"And who else knows of this.."? He asks. She quirks a brow. Studying him for a moment before she relaxes.

"hunters. Civilians. Other scientists.. your pet and yourself have a reputation and many find you a threat to the human world.." she explained as she pulled out some papers from her bag. Spreading them out on the table and leaning back. Papers of news article with blurry photos of him. Midnight. Reports of the end of the world. He'd seen some of it before in rems books. Humans feared anything supernatural. Tied it to the god they worshipped. As if he wasn't created by that very same god. He sighs.

"and what makes you different to the ones who want us dead?" He asks as he lifts his gaze. Her eyes. Weren't they purple a moment ago? He shook his head.

"because I'm like you.." she replied. Paying her lips to let out a piercing noise that made him flinch back. Ow. As quickly as it appeared, it disappeared and she nods. She wasn't human either. "I don't care to settle a score or sooth the humans delusions. Im a woman of science and your kind is quite.. perplexing.. I'd like to study it. And in return, I offer safety."

He sighs. They'd been on the run for a while. And even if non of them particularly needed to eat to survive he knew the risks of staying out in the open. Yet could he really trust her? Was there some ulterior motive. A presence entered the back of his mind and he quirked a brow. "I don't sense anything bad but we need to move.. this place isn't safe soon. We both know that..". Midnights voice echoed in the back of his mind and he nods.

"as much as I'd love to help, I have to go. I have other errands to run" he signs and stands up, causing the bodyguards to move closer. Instinctively he sneers before Kali raises a hand.

"I'll be in contact and we can arrange as many meetings as you'd like before you make your choice but.." she leaned closer causing him discomfort as he forces himself to not back off. "Others are hunting you. We can't offer safety before you agree with our deal so I'd be careful.." she mutters softly and pushes forward a envelope before turning on her heel and walking off. His eyes lower to the envelope and sniffing the air, it wasn't laced or anything. The envelope itself was light and sealed. Once opened, he quirks a brow. Money. Why..

"Kade.."

as they approached the camp site, they held onto the hare with anxiety. Almost shaking. There were endless thoughts runnig through it's head as the flame reaches it's peak and they stop. Midnight was by the logs that'd been propped up, half asleep or.. so they thought, whilst kade was writing opposed to them, hunched against a tree. They look up and for a moment, it's like time paused. Like they thought, parting their lips to speak before time itself unpaused and they approach with their hands open. "Oh uhm.. yea.." Patchwork anxiously hands out the hare, it's hands shaking so badly it can't hold still anymore. Out of the corner of their eye, they notice kade signing and look up. Their paw by their jaw before it lowers and they walk away. They hadn't learnt much sign yet.. but. They look at midnight who shrugs and rolls over. thank you. they said.. Patchwork felt their tail wag as they sit down, letting kade's soft hums fill the silent yet calming air. It was a pretty cold night and even then, they didn't mind it too much. "ahem.." they look up to see kade offering a blanket. One they hadn't noticed before. The motion itself was odd. Like they hadn't just fought hours ago. Yet. They slowly lift their hand to their jaw and let it fall. As they grab the blanket, they swear they saw a smile but kade was back by the fire as soon as he'd been near them. As they curl up, they feel something warm inside. Maybe they were friends after all.. friendship was confusing..

Kade was excited, he felt it through their connection and took mere moments after for the thing itself to appear at the doorstep.

"I got a new call and this one. This one is interesting.. hear me out"

Midnight: sprawled out on the couch, huff and perk up his ear.

"multiple people found after months of missing with fungal growth in their ears and nose.. can't remember a thing about what happened and all can recall everything up till one moment.. perfectly.."

Their eyes held excitement. The kind born from pure joy. It was nauseatingly familiar. He huffed and stretched out his paws before him as he retorted. "And I assume you'll explain why this has any relevance to us?"

Kade almost jumps in front of him, his eyes widened and his tail wagging behind him.

"the fungal. Its not anything even the higher up has any clue of. And.." he shuffles through his bag and grabs the old book. One sacred with thousands of years of knowledge no one else was privy to. "We've documented this one.. once.. not me but.."

Midnight almost growled. The others. There was a moment where the air felt thick like any movement would cause a fire to burst. The pain. Kades eyes searched his. Pleading. Midnight for the first time in q while.. he gave in. Jumping into the floor to sit.

"who.."

Kade made a ungodly squeaky noise and almost fell on his knees as he scattered the paper out on the carpet. Through the chaos, names and numbers circulated through his decade old memories as he scanned it all. The timeline and blood samples. To his credit it was awfully familiar. Like a old scent. A old home..

(clarification of this cause idk if anyone cares but this is pre moon zero facility and not that long after rem died.. this is patchwork after the previous post)

They sniffled, rubbing the muddied paws together in a futile attempt to rinse it of the black ink that'd begun to feel like a insult. Even now, they knew they couldn't hate him. Leaves swung in the spring wind and it's ear perked up as the stick's above rustled. "What did I do wrong?" They sniffle. There was silence for a moment before he spoke from above. "Do you truly believe friendship will solve it?" Patchwork sniffles and looks up, squinting to see the cat lying on a branch. "Isn't that what I wass made for?" And his response. It took a moment to realize and even then it was like a stone in it's throat as midnight shakes his head. "No.." Midnight said and after a stretch, land on the ground ahead of them. In broad light they'd look like any stray feline hadn't it been for the patches on their skin. Almost alike it's own. They lower their gaze. "Why are you even here.. you don't like me.." Midnight doesn't respond, tilting his head as he looks back for a moment. They'd argue and fight and they saw the look he gave them if they sat near Kade. The two had a special connection Patchwork yearned for. Yet any attempt felt like another stab in the heart. "Kade made you out of a selfish need. What you make of yourself is on you.." Patchwork sniffles and forces out a weak smile. "I don't think wanting a friend is selfish.." It wasn't a lie. Even a creature like him could get lonely sometimes. Yet Midnight's ear perked at that.

"what was that for!?" Patchwork yelped out.

Kades eyes had that shine of red. Though something sparkled within his emotionless expression.

"what did I ever do to you.." Kades voice was low, a echo for voices. It left patchwork stunned. Like the weight of the world was on their shoulder pushing them down. Smaller.

"I just.. wanted.. to be nice.." patchworks voice struggled as they spoke, fighting through the feelings. Their hands shaking so bad they burrowed them in their pocket.

"be nice.." Kade laughed but there was pain in it. Like a shadow. "You're too naive. Go check the traps and don't bother coming back unless you got anything.."

As they lied on the fur of the giant, though comforted, the past repeated like a broken clock ticking in the back of their mind. Itching the scar was their creation. Friend. Yet they couldn't handle that. The word. The feeling.

"you creatures are weird.." midnights voice brought them to the forfront. They huffed.

"May I have some privacy.." they replied though the mere thought was ironic.

"You started this time.." his reply nagged at him. Did he want help? Did he want to vent. What would it do. They both knew the reason. This was the cause.

Midnight let out a long sigh and leaned on his paws. "Go on. I can't sleep with your mind being so loud.."

It was a different type of closeness they shared. A bond neither could explain. Telepathy was one of those. Even if words didn't need to be spoken, he felt understood. Kade yelped out as midnight rolled over causing him to fall to the grass and stumble up. Midnight didn't show emotion but he swear he was smirking as Kade shoved grass and mud off his clothes.

"It got you to shut up.."

Kade narrowed his gaze annoyed

Creatures like Kade was marked with the sin of gluttony as it was a major trait that changed the trajectory of his life and majorly impact him.

Elios is marked with the sin of wrath due to his grandfather being the original sin of wrath.

-Percy who's a minor god of creation sealed away as punishment for his human sins. He can create minor worlds but has never interacted with any.

-Felt. A god of inanimate who saw how horrid the humans treated one another so she made a pact with a human to enter earth then killed said human when it was revealed he wanted her for bad reasons. She roamed earth for a while before blessing two humans with her gift and returning with the sin of wrath.

-The order. The original gods who created the ether, the void etc. they rule the Earth's and are mostly responsible for entities like sin and Kade.