#***uro

"Oh gods.. I am truly sorry for all of this."

Uro felt extremely bad about the whole situation. He knew he made Cuan cry, and this was the last thing he was hoping for her not to do.

He heard the other girl fall nearby. But he couldn't really see her since he was laying down, he definitely needed to check if she was okay as well. "Okay. Cuan. I'll help you up okay? We should get out of this cold soon and back in the castle at least. I think there should be food right about now actually. Food sounds nice yes? Maybe you'll see someone you'll know, everyone usually gathers around food right." Uro wasn't sure how to comfort her, but he spoke softly and gently to try to calm her down. He helped her up and supported her out of the hole they made from falling.

"I uh… I didn’t catch your names."

Lobhadeir was it?

"Ah yes.. well sorry for not introducing myself earlier. My name is Uro, and this over here is Cuan. I'm.. sorry for the whole.. riding balloon scenario. I.. hope you're okay.. from the... fall. No... broken.. bones?.."

Uro's talking was becoming more slow and sluggish, like he was drowsy. He felt tired all of a sudden, but he was fine before, well besides the sores.

"I'm... feeling rather dizzy..-"

Uro's vision faded and he blacked out- Or at least he thought he would've. He instantly felt a lot better. Oh.. that was strange, I'm feeling really great now! There's even less sores! Hm.. I should tell Lobhadeir we should head back in. I'm getting hungry.

"Nevermind that, I'm fine. Right.. so shall- what"

My voice is higher??? Is this another one of those transformations again-

Uro started walking and screamed. "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY GENITALS!!!! IT'S GONE!"

Between my legs-- I feel-- nOTHING!! OH MY GOD!!!

Uro noticed he wore different clothes too... Very familiar clothes.. He was sure Cuan had these exact clothes on.. He checked behind him to see where 'Cuan' was suppose to be, and gasped. "C-CUAN!? IS THAT YOU!?"

He pointed at Cuan, or rather himself.

"Please do not do that again."

A lot of things had happen in a short amount of time. Uro had been turned into ice, and a hot air balloon had crashed into him. Thankfully, Cuan had gotten him out of the way before he fell.... He forgot that he was more fragile.. He turned toward his partner,

"Well, I owe you one. Thank you for saving me."

Uro had also learned something new about her; He didn't know she could sing. It was a very high pitched note too, which was impressive. Now Uro was looking at the hot air balloon which, just a moment ago, spitted out fire out of its.. whatever that gray thing is called. The heat was very uncomfortable, especially since he's made out of ice. He was still sweating from it too.

"Uhh.."

He was not sure what to think of this balloon. It had suddenly moved towards him, while he was distracted. He thought these things shouldn't be able to move on their own, but then again, he did see scooters and magic flying food trucks on his way here, having their own personalities and feelings. Sort of like pets. Maybe this balloon was like those too.

I wonder why it bumped into me.. Does it want me to ride on it?

The balloon had been out here on the balcony, and it doesn't look like it has been used yet.

I should bring something cold with me first if I'm going to ride this.. To keep myself chilled at least.

Uro went into the ballroom to grab a bowl of ice then quickly returned and got into the hot air balloon.

Ahh.. this is quite exciting I have never been in a hot air balloon before!

He wondered if Cuan wanted to join him. It was a small area, but it seemed to have enough room to fit 2 people at most.

Uro observed the other toys from a distance. He seemed more sure now that most of the toys here were indeed transformed guests, after witnessing some.. changes. He wondered if he could be able too as well, but he wasn’t sure when. Apparently, the non-toy guests had a piece of paper that they would put on top of a toy to change them back, which had happened a few times.

But what were those papers?

He didn’t know for sure.

Were there specific requirements? Did every non-toy guest have one? I did notice them pass by some of the toys… looking around the room as if they were searching for something specific…

He had a feeling that a toy was connected or partnered up with someone who had a paper for them, and that it can only work for that specific toy. So there’s someone out there that had a paper for him. Someone out there who could be his savior, but they haven’t showed up at all yet, so he wasn’t sure who it could be. It had been many hours and some of the toys seem to have found their saviors already.

Close by, he noticed a ghost was staring at him. The ghost seemed familiar, he had seen these around mostly with Millitians, but this one had accessories.

What was it doing here without it’s owner?

The ghost suddenly came up to him and patted him a few times. Uro started to worry, wondering if the ghost was going to spin him like that spinning thing. Maybe if he stood still as he had been doing, it will go away.

"Soft"

The voice was small and quiet, he didn’t know these things could talk. At a closer look it did seemed pretty adorable, he could see why people had these around.

The next moment was surprising for Uro. The ghost had decided to hug him. 

"Cute"

"E-excuse me!? mE??? CUTE???" Uro had said this abruptly aloud, he even shocked himself a bit because he thought he couldn’t even speak. Could the ghost be able to hear him though? The non-toy guests couldn’t communicate with the other toys from what he observed, except for that one interesting pair, that wyvern girl and block set.

He turned towards the ghost, feeling flustered. After a moment of recollecting himself, he wondered why the ghost had suddenly came to him. He saw it playing around with a spinning thing for awhile at the other side of the room, yet it came all the way here. It wasn’t technically a transformed toy either… 

Wait….

Could it be?

Uro carefully took one of the ghost’s nubby hands and asked,