She had been trying to talk to him. Trying to reason with the snarling beast that made her think of the sweet little knight and the mischevious quartermaster mixed together. Of course he had had to prove her wrong - neither Legall nor Mellow had physically attacked her. That had always been Cozy, right after she failed. Unfortunately for Bix, while her time in this timeline had softened her up, it had also given her more of a will to live.

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command the skeletons

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“uhhh... no, really, it’s okay!” Legall assured, giving his lover a strained little smile. “i trust you, bix! a-and besides, if you take up a command, that’s one less that could be somethin’ bad, right? like, uh, the last one...”

He still had a bitter taste in his mouth. He drank more of the water he’d grabbed.

It had been a few days since Bix had suddenly teleported away, along with his nasty brother. Arum was agitated. He had told them to go, but... he hoped Bix didn’t take it to mean forever. The shorter skeleton had been nice company. Arum was protective of him, and the only other person he was protective of was Tox, so that was... special.

He had his face in his arms at his station, trying to settle down enough to take a nap. He couldn’t quite manage it. His head was hurting a little and he couldn’t settle his thoughts.

“Sidi?!” Dove jumped. Thankfully she hadn’t been working on anything delicate, else there might have been a little boom. As it was, she took one look at the pair and swore. It only took her a moment to pull her thick coat on over the labcoat and snag up her swordbelt, walking stick, and the backpack she still habitually carried. Then she blinked right to the tall skeleton’s side, one tiny hand grabbing tight to his belt.

“Yes,” he said simply, crunching away on the...

(I have literally no idea why it won’t let me reblog properly but w/e)

“buuut you can’t say it,” he guessed. The man sat like a dog, almost, which was... interesting. He leaned in, squinting at the collar.

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It was just one of those days. When Arum awoke, he just sort of laid in bed for a little while, blinking up at the ceiling. Everything seemed foggy. He didn’t really want to get up. But hunger gnawed at him... There was a large note on the ceiling directly above him. ‘READ THESE FOR BAD DAYS.’ There were more scattered around the room. Hrm...

Eventually, he heaved himself to his feet slowly, then wandered to the door - closet. Other door. There was a note. ‘EAT 1 BAGGY OF FOOD A DAY IF THERE IS ANY.’ And another. ‘MAKE SURE YOU’RE DRESSED.’ A quick look down. Yup. He headed downstairs, passing a note on the staircase that said ‘WALK INTO THE OTHER ROOM IF IT’S OPEN.’ A glance. It was closed.

There were no baggies of food anywhere. Hrm... Note on the fridge. ‘HOW TO MAKE COFFEE.’ Ah. He followed the instructions, then wandered to the front door. Note. ‘DON’T GO OUT. JUST TEXT ME.’ Below it, another. ‘PHONE IS IN YOUR POCKET.’ And before he could reach down with his left hand, he caught the next one. ‘NO, YOUR OTHER POCKET.’

He pulled out a phone and looked at the contacts. There were two numbers, and neither name was familiar. Which one of these was leaving all the notes...? He couldn’t remember that Bix was his new boyfriend and Tox hadn’t gotten around to specifying the number on his little sticky notes. So he just picked the first number.

Text to: Bix