#knetic

Syv > //is playin' around outside again;; a little close to the lake//

  Knetic > //returns hives, heart heavy and feeling very unaccomplised. He looks around for syvenn before he puts the books and tapes aside and decides to take a quick nap on syvenn's bed;;/\

 Syv > //notices knetic coming back;;; he finishes up what he was doing, then comes on into the hive after him... though he notices he's taking a nap for now and just decides to play quietly in another room//

  Knetic > //ends up sleeping the night away;;//

 Syv > //welp. feeds himself, keeps himself entertained.... and then eventually comes on in to try squeezing onto the bed with him for sleep because tbh sleeping out in the living room is a little scary...........//

  Knetic > //feels the little one get on and moves to give him room//

 Syv > // yeeeee. cuddles up all comfy-like and falls asleep;;//

  Knetic > //turns a bit in his sleep and just...curls around him//

 Syv > //just ends up burying himself against him in his sleep... somehow this is the most comfortable he's been since coming to live with knetic;;//

  Knetic > //goes to sleep quite well despite the occurrence,  comfortable//

 Syv > //next mornin is still just dead to the world;;///

  Knetic > ......//just kinda sits in bed and wonders about things//

 Syv > //eventually shifts a bit as he starts to wake up, and blinks sleepily up at knetic//

  Knetic > //just looking up at the ceiling//

 Syv > //yawns a little and rubs at his eyes, then wiggles out of his spot to sit up//

  Knetic > //doesn't even side eye him, he just feels....heavy//

 Syv > ....... //tilts his head, sensing something off... he paps him gently, looking a little concerned//

  Knetic > .....I'm fine

 Syv > ;; //nods a little, but shifts himself anyway to give him a little hug. seems like knetic could use a hug...//

  Knetic > //blinks, the hug coming unexpectedly,  so much so that he flinches//

 Syv > ;;;; //pappappaps him a little more but doesn't move//

  Knetic > .....//relaxes and paps him back//

 Syv > ....//well, he knows he doesn't have to talk but he doesn't really want to move;;// ....you ssssseem.... sssa--ad...

  Knetic > ....And you're talking.

 Syv > dont--- want to...... move. //shrugs//

  Knetic > ....I'm not sad

 Syv > //pappaps// oka--aay...

  Knetic > .....How are you

 Syv > i'm--- okaaay. hhhhow... ...are y--ou?

  Knetic > ....Tired.

 Syv > aaaare.... ....you going to...... sssssleep all... n-niight again?

  Knetic > ...No. Things need to be done.

Syv > o--kaaay... what-- thiiingssss?

  Knetic > ...Cleaning. Hunting.

 Syv > i can--- hhhhhelp

  Knetic > ...Just clean your room. I'll do the rest.

 Syv > ok--aaay... //finally sits up again and.... paps his cheek, then slides off of the bed to go tidy up the toys;;//

  Knetic > //forces himself up and goes to clean the rest of the house//

 Syv > //eventually finishes and then comes on out to make himself some breakfast;;//

  Knetic > // blinks and watches him as he cleans//

 Syv > //sits down to eat, though occasionally he looks over to knetic//

  Knetic > //comes over to sniff the food and hums before he goes back to his work//

 Syv > //giggles, in his wheezy sort of way;;; then finishes off his food//

  Knetic > //just kinda, works his way through things, his face feels hot however//

 Syv > //watches him, occasionally moving to help even though knetic said he'd take care of the rest of the hive;;;//

  Knetic > //wobbles a bit as he goes;;//

 Syv > //frowns and shuffles over, then grabs his hand and attempts to tug him back to the bed;;//

  Knetic > ....What?

 Syv > yyyyou... look ssssick. //frowns and tugs a little more//

  Knetic > I'm not sick.....//wobbles a little more tho, feeling some vertigo;;//

 Syv > pleassse.... lay down...?? y--ou're.... wwwwobbli--ng... //just gonna keep trying to get him to the bed;;;//

  Knetic > .....Fine...fine.

 Syv > thaaaank.....you. //just. tucks him in, then comes around to place a hand on his forehead thoughtfully;;//

  Knetic > //lays back and just, watches him//

 Syv > y--ou feel.... hhhot. mmmight.... be ffffeeever.

  Knetic > ........I'll be fine

 Syv > mmm... d---on't moooove... //paps him again, then trots on out of the room;; he then exits the hive, heading on down to the forest to look for some plants he'd used before to help himself with this sort of thing//

  Knetic > //sighs and lays back, just listening to the tiny deer//

 Syv > //eventually comes back with a couple handfuls of different plants;; he then gets to making some tea for knetic to drink.... once that's done, he comes back into the room// ok--aaay.... dri--iiink thisssss.... hhhhelpssss... //holds the cup out for him to take//

  Knetic > ......//Takes it and throws it down his pipes without making a face//

 Syv > ;;;ssssssipping..... issss better.. //paps him gently, but takes the cup and heads back out to get more tea ready... a moment later he returns with a bowl and a couple rags. he sets the bowl down next to the bed, then pulls out one of rags and wrings it out a bit, then moves to place it over his forehead// to hhhhelp... with temp---ture... //nods//

  Knetic > ....//lays back and waits// ....Why are you helping me?

 Syv > //blinks and tilts his head// ......y--ou're... my... lusssussss now..... riiiight?

  Knetic > ....Lusus?

 Syv > y....ou.... take caaaare.... of me. //nods//

  Knetic > ....//you guess you're a lusus now// ....I see.

 Syv > isssssss.... that.. okaaay?

  Knetic > Yes.

 Syv > //b e a ms, then goes back to fixin' up some more herbal tea//

  Knetic > //shit I'm a lusus.//

Syv > //just gonna play nurse 'til knetic feels better. so many herbs. so many plants.//

  Knetic > ........I need food, syvenn

 Syv > //blinks and nods// whaaaaat..... do you... waaaant...?

  Knetic > .....whatever we have in the fridge

 Syv > //nods, then  heads on out to get knetic some food.... he returns a few minutes later with a heaping plate of it;;// hhhhhere....

  Knetic > //Sits up and takes the plate to eat//

 Syv > aaaare....... y..ou feeeeling.... be---er?

  Knetic > Yes.

 Syv > g---ood. //crawls up onto the bed to reach his forehead easier and places the back of his hand against it, staring intently//

  Knetic > .......//still hot to the touch//

 Syv > sssstill..... sssssick. //nods// nnnnneed... more hhhhhheat...

  Knetic > ....heat?

 Syv >  //nods// sssssweat.... the ffffever out.

  Knetic > //heat is uncomfortable. ....// ......how?

 Syv > you can... mmmmmake it.... break. //nods// but i guessssss.... we could just... l---eave it alone.

  Knetic > ....I see. what are you going to do to get more heat

 Syv > more.... blanketsss.... the t---ea will... hhhhelp...  //coughs suddenly, taking a few seconds to breathe deeply before he can talk again;;//

  Knetic > go get your pen and paper.

 Syv > //nods and grabs that;;; then comes back and writes down the thing;;// the fever is trying to burn something so you gotta get real hot so it can finish off what its doing and go away. so we gotta get you really warm. but not too warm.

Knetic > ...and how are you planning on do that

 Syv > "the tea helps make you hot. and i can get peppers! and there blankets, too."

Knetic > ....Peppers.

 Syv > //nods// cayenne is the best.

  Knetic > //gringes a bit//

 Syv > "it'll be okay. the fever will be over soon enough!"

  Knetic > ....okay.

 Syv > "i'm going to go to the market. i'll be back soon. don't move around okay?"

  Knetic > ....take a gator.

 Syv > //nods// "i will." //aaaand off he goes, coaxing one of the gators to come along with him while he shops for the peppers and some more traditional medicine;;//

  Knetic > //sighs and lays down to nap for a bit//

 Syv > //comes on back several hours later;;; he comes in and fixues up the next batch of medicine, then comes on into the room//

  Knetic > //dead asleep//

 Syv > ;; //welp.... he sets it aside for now and looks around..... ....then spots one of the photo albums... that's new.... he walks on over 'n sits down to look into one of them, and gasps quietly when he recognizes a baby knetic//

  Knetic > //wakes up an hour later and just sits all groggy/\

 Syv > //just. lost in these photos;;;//

  Knetic > .....Syvenn?

 Syv > //looks back over his shoulder, then pushes himself up and comes on over;;// "i didn't know you had pictures of when you were little like me!"

  Knetic > ....oh. you found those.

 Syv > //nods// "you're very cute. who is the other boy?"

  Knetic > ....Apparently. ....an old friend.

 Syv > //grins// "so you have had friends before!! i bet you could still be friends."

  Knetic > ....it's not that simple

 Syv > "why not?"

  Knetic > //distracts him by looking at the medicine// .....what's this?

 Syv > "oh! that'll help with the fever too. you take a couple pills with the tea."

Knetic > //Grunts//

 Syv > //leans over to hold up the next dosage of meds// "here you go."

  Knetic > ....//Takes it and downs it, coughing a bit at the spice//

 Syv > //pappaps// "i'm sorry its so spicy... but it'll help make you really hot."

  Knetic > //indeed it does, huffing as he starts to sweat//

 Syv > "lay down" //slides off of the bed to grab one of the rags again, then gently places it over his forehead once he's settled//

  Knetic > //nods and lays back, whining a bit from the heat;;//

 Syv > "i'll get you some water to drink." //aaaand scurries out, returning a bit later with a waterbottle for him to drink from//

  Knetic > //Takes it and downs it so fast, so dehydrated; ;//

 Syv > ;;;; //just takes it and then goes to refill it, then comes back and hands it to him again//

  Knetic > ....can't I sit in a bathtub...

 Syv > //blinks, then tilts his head// "yes? you have to be in lukewarm water or it will shock your body."

  Knetic > hff.....nevermind.....

 Syv > //pappaps// "i'm sorry. this should work fine for you it worked okay for me"

  Knetic >  .....okay

 Syv > //smiles a little;;;// "why don't you think you can be friends with that boy in the pictures anymore?"

  Knetic > ....I didn't say I couldnt...I just said it was complicated

 Syv > "in my experience grown-ups say that its complicated when they really mean its not possible because they think its nicer or something"

  Knetic > ....It's just hard.....when did you get so smart?

 Syv > //shrugs a little// " i started to remember things yesterday! i think the scary man gave me something while i was there. but i talked to a lot of adults before i met him because they'd come through my forest. "

  Knetic > ....hm. It's good that you're remembering.

 Syv >  //nods// "yeah. what's that boy's name?"

  Knetic > .........Mihail.

 Syv > //grins// "that's a nice name. he looks nice."

  Knetic > //nods a bit//

 Syv > //grins a little more, expression getting a bit of amusement as he writes out the next question// "was he your booooooyfriend??"

  Knetic > .......I don't know

 Syv > "aww." //pouts// "you look like you really liked him and he looks like it too."

  Knetic > .....I don't remember

 Syv > //tilts his head// "did you lose memories too?"

  Knetic > ...not lost. they were taken from me

 Syv > //frowns// "that's not nice."

  Knetic > ......Yeah. it's not.

 Syv > //paps// "maybe you can take them back someday?"

  Knetic > ...I don't think I can.

 Syv > "well even if you can't there's still new memories to make!"

Knetic > ...what do you mean

 Syv > //blinks// " you can make new memories. like in the picture book! new friends and do new things and stuff like that."

  Knetic > .....oh. true.

 Syv > //checks his temperature again//

  Knetic > .......I feel faint...

 Syv > .... "i'm going to get dinner. if that doesn't help then maybe we should find a doctor?"

  Knetic > .....okay.

 Syv > //pappaps;;;// "i don't really know a lot about making people better if they get really sick"

  Knetic > .....I don't like doctors.

 Syv > ;;; "i know they can be scary but i don't want anything to happen to you!"

  Knetic > .....I don't like them.

 Syv > "it will be okay." //nods, then heads on into the kitchen to make a big dinner for him.... he returns a short while later, then places the plate on his lap//

Knetic > .......did you make this?

 Syv > //nods// "yes i did"

  Knetic > .....//paps him// ......Thanks

 Syv > "you're welcome!" //beams, then slides off of the bed to go eat his dinner in the other room;;//

  Knetic > //the words feel strange on his tongue but he doesn't retract it. just eating slowly//

 Syv > //eventually finishes his dinner and returns to his side// "how are you feeling?"

  Knetic > //swaying dangerously on the edge of the bed, plate falls off his lap//

 Syv > !!!! //pushes him back down so he's laying on his back, and tries not to panic too much;;; phone... phone... surely knetic knew someone that could help...?//

  Knetic > //delirious from the heat;;//

Mih > //still kinda not wanting to do this really, but he's brought out some old pictures he still has and some old videos, too... now just to wait for knetic to arrive...//

  Knetic > //stands outside of the door and just.....waits a bit. thinking before he knocks slowly//

 Mih > //looks up;;; then pushes himself up from his couch and goes to open the door.... he grunts, then steps aside to let him in//

  Knetic > //wanders in slowly, looking around but still cautious of his possibly attacking him anyway....the feeling of nostalgia hitting him hard//

 Mih > don't look so paranoid. i said i wasn't going to attack you. //shuts the door and then wanders past him. he sits down on the couch again with a sigh// sit.

  Knetic > ....//listens and just...sits//

 Mih > ....... //picks up a photo album, and then just. drops it on his lap// pictures. ....it's easier if you just ask about the pictures. there's also...... videos.

  Knetic > //blinks at it for a moment before he slowly leafs through it// .....How long have we known each other...?

 Mih > //blinks, quiet for a moment before answering// ...always. we always knew each other.

  Knetic > ...........Did you search for me?

 Mih > ...of course. //almost looks offended;;// for perigees.

  Knetic > ....Did the fleet ever approach you?

 Mih > no. //looks away// ...carnival.

  Knetic > .......Carnival..

 Mih > subjugglators. //sneers, practically spitting the word with disgust and pent up rage//

  Knetic > //watches him carefully// .....What were we?

 Mih > ......i don't know. //goes quiet for a bit, thinking// to me... you were....... pale. ....i think.

  Knetic > Pale......//somehow that made sense but...also felt wrong// .....That sounds familiar....

 Mih > ......the feeling is hazy. they messed with.... //trails off, not quite comfortable enough to open up about that particular topic just yet... so he makes a vague motion at his own head// ...i can't remember that part... ...but i remember this. //motions at the photo album//

  Knetic > ....I don't remember any of this....just bits and pieces...

 Mih > ......doesn't matter. //shrugs// we aren't them anymore.

  Knetic > //nods// ...........What...do we do now

 Mih > ...//silent for a while, thinking.... what does he want out of this?// ...i don't know. start over. ignore each other. i don't know.

  Knetic > ....I don't think I can just fucking ignore you.  You know my past more than I do.

 Mih > then we start over.

  Knetic > //nods slowly// .....I want to take some of these home.

 Mih > //quiet for a bit longer before he finally nods// .......fine. take what you want.

  Knetic > //nods// .....thank you

 Mih > .......//grunts in response;;;// do you want to watch one of the videos

  Knetic > .....//nods and moves to sit beside him, unaware of how awkward it would be//

 Mih > //siiiiide eyes him a little, but doesn't say anything;;; he just puts the video on, then leans back to watch... mostly just some dorky home vid they did sometime;;//

  Knetic > //just...stares. in awe as the younger version of himself rolls around with mihail, just so young and.....happy//

 Mih > //eventually looks away from the screen.... this actually hurt a little? his younger self sounds much happier...//

  Knetic > //stands up after a bit and moves to sit right in front of the screen//

 Mih > //watches him, expression about as blank as it can get... though he has a severe case of resting bitchface these nights. the video changes to something else... mihail quizzing knetic on constellations//

  Knetic > //Slowly touches the screen, his mind racing, his heart squeezing itself to shreds//

 Mih > //still just watching, some part of him wants to reach out and put a hand on his shoulder, but sweeps of paranoia keeps him from doing it...// ......you liked astronomy.

  Knetic > .....I did.....//comes off as a question almost, too mesmerized by the memories he's been deprived of// .....What did you like....

 Mih > ...... //shrugs, eyes fixed on him// swimming. wrestling. physical stuff. didn't have the pan like you did. smartened up after you left. had to.

  Knetic > .........//notices he still says left, but drops the initial question when the video shows them holding hands....just about 6 sweeps if he can tell//

 Mih > //ends up looking away again as a sharp pain moves through his chest. he hasn't watched these in sweeps, the memories were too painful to go back to// ......you can have these too. if you want them.

  Knetic > .....Yes.. //suddenly the feeling was right. he didn't say a word, just, gathered his things and the albums and turned to Mihail// ....I need to go hive....I'll contact you when I'm free.

 Mih > //watches him when he turns off the video, unblinking// ...fine. i'm busy tomorrow, so don't bother. //shrugs//

  Knetic > //nods and looks at him for a moment, wanting to do something but....what could he do? so he just tilts his head a bit in farewell and fucks off hive....//

Syv > //is, once again, playing outside but this time he's within sight of the hive, setting up a new fairy house//

  Knetic > //spots him// ......//goes around so syvenn doesn't see the dead animal over his shoulder//

 Syv > // ~oblivious~ ... eventually he finishes up what he was doing and heads inside to find something else to do;; //

  Knetic > //is just storing the meat his harvests for now;;//

 Syv > //eventually just decides to lay on the floor in the living room and color in a coloring book;;;//

  Knetic > //throws the carcass at the gators and walks back over once he's clean...mind full of thoughts when he spots syvenn//

 Syv > //looks up from his coloring and spots knetic. he grins and waves a little//

  Knetic > ...//waves a little// ...What are you doing?

 Syv > //starts to sign-- then stops and writes on the page before holding up the book;;// "i'm coloring!"

  Knetic > ...coloring?

 Syv > //nods and holds up the colored pencils//

  Knetic > .....//picks one up and quirks a brow, very confused//

 Syv > //lays the book down again, then changes to a new page before he picks up a pencil to start coloring a little.... he pauses to write "like this!" on the page before continuing/

  Knetic > ....//lays down on the floor beside him and looks over before he grabs a pencil and tries to color;;//

 Syv > //grins wide 'n keeps coloring the one on his page. he scoots the box of pencils closer to knetic with his other hand//

  Knetic > //has troubles with the lines and his coordination is sloppy; ;//

 Syv > //says absolutely nothing;;; he just keeps colorin'//

  Knetic > //is slowly relaxing cause of this//

 Syv > //casually leans on him a little while he keeps coloring, and stifles a small yawn//

  Knetic > //blinks// ......You like this?

 Syv > //nods, then writes on the page// yes! coloring is very relaxing. do you like it?

  Knetic > mm...it's okay

 Syv > "did you have work before?"

  Knetic > No. Hunting. Work later.

 Syv > //nods// "did you catch anything?"

  Knetic > //nods// ...Beef.

 Syv > //nods again// "have you given me that before?"

  Knetic > ...yes. it's cow

 Syv > //makes a little ohhhh face as he nods again// "i think that is okay. i'm not used to eating so much meat"

  Knetic > ...Would you prefer not to?

 Syv > //shrugs// "i don't really mind. i wasn't ever good at hunting so i mostly ate plants and stuff when i lived by myself."

  Knetic > ....hm

 Syv > //pats at him gently// "but like i said the meat isn't bad, i'm just not used to it'

  Knetic > ...okay. //kinda...goes back to coloring//

 Syv > //does the same;;;//

  Knetic > //Eyes the time// .....Job. I'll be back. foods in the fridge.

 Syv > //blinks, then nods// "okay. be safe! C:"

  Knetic > //nods and heads out//

 Syv > //colors for a bit longer, then makes himself some food..... and eventually goes to sleep//

  Knetic > //returns eventually,  heading straight for the shower then to sleep//

Syv > //dead to the world;;;//

Mih > //has, by this time, sent the coordinates to his hive to knetic//

  Knetic > //reads his messages in the morning and then leaves a note for syvenn before he heads off to Mihail's//

Mih > //out and about, not even on a mission, just bored and hungry...//

  Knetic > //out hunting a few trolls and some cows//

 Mih > //makin' his way down some road when he spots something.... something big.......... oh hell no. he growls lowly, eyes locked on knetic as he makes a b-line right for him//

  Knetic > //Literally just petting a cow//

 Mih > //once he's within decent earshot...// i thought i told you to get the fuck out of here

  Knetic > //ears perk and he looks over, eyes narrowing// ......I'm not leaving just cause you want me to.

 Mih > you left, you forfeited any right you might've had to be here. //narrows his eyes right back, ears pinning against his head//

  Knetic > The fuck are you talking about.

 Mih > this bullshit again. //rolls his eyes// eight sweeps. you disappeared for eight sweeps. how many fucking times do i have to repeat that?

  Knetic > //gives him the most unimpressed look// I didn't fucking leave, jackass. I was taken a long time ago. I don't even know who you are.

 Mih > the fuck you mean "taken?"

  Knetic > The fuck should I tell you for?

 Mih > //growls// you may have conveniently forgotten everything we were but i fucking haven't, so talk. the fuck do you mean by "taken"

  Knetic > //were? he growls back in response// I was abducted eight sweeps ago by the fleet. I never wanted to leave alternia.

 Mih > ....... //goes silent for a bit, this apparently had some sort of effect on his mood.... he takes a step back... despite the anger, this revelation leaves him at a loss for words. is it true?// that isn't some stand-in memory is it

  Knetic > No.

 Mih > ......you don't remember anything from before then.

  Knetic > No.

 Mih > //scowls, frustrated by this. he's not really sure if this alleviates any of the pain he'd felt over the sweeps, or makes it worse// fucking great.

  Knetic > Unless you plan on shedding some light on my past, you can have your identity crisis fucking elsewhere.

 Mih > shut up. you'll just fucking forget again if i even tell you. //turns on his heel to stalk away, muttering to himself//

  Knetic > //rolls his eyes// Running off again, like that's going to solve anything.

 Mih > //whirls around to glare at him// and talking to you is any fucking better? you didn't even remember me two months ago. how do i fucking know you won't forget again, huh? what's the fucking point.

  Knetic > You don't try.

 Mih > //frustratedly takes out his wallet, then pulls a picture from one of the sleeves... he steps closer and holds it out for knetic to take// you want to know what we were? here. take this, i don't fucking need it.

  Knetic > //squints and takes the picture, staring down at a littler version of himself and one of who he can only guess is mihail// ..........

 Mih > we fucking grew up together. inseparable, until you fucking left-- were "taken."

  Knetic > //heart is pounding , the implant in his eye burning to try and fight the influx of memories and it's enough to make him tremble oh so slightly//

 Mih > //watching him closely, eyes narrowed// ...the fuck's wrong with you.

  Knetic > //just. turns around and pockets the picture// .........You attacked me on sight.

 Mih > i thought you abandoned me. you disappeared. completely.

  Knetic > ...I didn't want to.

 Mih > that's what abduction means. //snorts// if it's true.

  Knetic > //snarls// I never wanted to leave, Mihail.

 Mih > //just. snarls in frustration and paces a little, agitation growing even more. this isn't exactly a problem he can just punch into nonexistence. the anger starts to boil again, but with nowhere for it to go he's at a loss for what to do next// i fucking heard you. who took you. names.

  Knetic > //turns back around, eyeing him carefully// ....Names?

 Mih > yes. names. of the people who took you.

  Knetic > .....They're dead.

 Mih > ........ //squints, staring at him silently for a few moments// good. //although, now he's back to not knowing what to do... he paces a little more, fuming//

  Knetic > ................Are you going to keep fighting me?

 Mih > no.

  Knetic > ...........//nods and looks back at the cows// .....tell me of our past.

 Mih > ...... why.

  Knetic > I deserve to know who I was.

 Mih > ...and then what.

  Knetic > ......I don't know.

 Mih > //stays quiet for a bit, considering.... he glances around, then looks back to knetic// not here. my hive.

  Knetic > //blinks// ....Tomorrow.  I have a job tonight.

 Mih > fine. give me your handle.

  Knetic > //writes it down and hands it over//

 Mih > i'll send you the coordinates. //turns to start leaving again;;//

  Knetic > //nods and watches him go. turning back to the cow that taps against his arm and quickly snaps it's neck//

 Mih > //long gone;;//

Knetic > //is gone again//

 Syv > //looks around the hive, frowning. no knetic... he sighs a bit and settles his gaze on the skull collection... ...something's moving... oh boy.//

  Knetic > //returns a few hours later with a bag of food and need for a shower//

 Syv > //just sitting and staring at the skulls, trying to make sense of all the voices he can hear now..... so many dead trolls;; so many angry voices....//

  Knetic > //blinks when he walks in, finding syvenn around the skulls// .....?

 Syv > //rubbing at his ears a little, rocking back and forth... when knetic comes in they suddenly get louder, which makes him look up, eyes focusing on knetic. he doesn't move, though, a little too disoriented from the sound to quite grasp that knetic is even really there just yet//

  Knetic > //kneels down in front of him and tilts his head//

 Syv > //blinks, then rubs his eyes as he comes back to reality;; he rubs his ears, then glances back at the skulls... no, just above them at one of the many ghosts up there, then back to knetic.... how to relay this...//

  Knetic > ......What's wrong?

 Syv > //sits, thinking for a bit, the phone isn't around so he can't just type it out immediately;;; he paps one of the skulls, then paps his ears, and points up to the "empty" space overhead//

  Knetic > ....You hear things

 Syv > //nods, and paps the skulls again//

  Knetic > .....I see. //picks up syvenn and takes him to the room//

Syv > //holds onto him again, getting a little nervous once more. all those ghosts kept talking about the ways they'd been killed;;//

  Knetic > //sets him down then goes to move the skulls//

 Syv >  ? //watches him, confused//

  Knetic > //Pulls them all into a far off room off the tanker walls//

 Syv > ;;;;; //frets a bit, hoping that wasn't because he didn't want him hearing the ghost's warnings about him or something......//

  Knetic > //comes back later and gives him the bag of food. it's a kids meal//

 Syv > //blinks, then takes it from him and looks inside// ...! //he looks back up, shifting the meal to under one arm before signing "thank you" and then goes back to the table to eat;;//

  Knetic > //nods and paps his head again//

 Syv > //noms that kid's meal down, then goes to get rid of the trash... he then goes to check on his clothes again...//

  Knetic > ......//follows him curiously//

 Syv > //paps at them to make sure they're dry........ ah well, dry enough to put on. he pulls on the shorts, then takes of knetic's shirt before pulling his own back on. he then turns to spot knetic and blinks..... well, this silence thing isn't working out and the cellphone is more of a bother..... he swallows, then braces himself for speaking....// ...thank you..... ...fffff....letting me..... borrow y.... shirt. //well that was pretty terrible. he wheezes a little as he holds out knetic's shirt for him to take//

  Knetic > //looks a bit impressed, taking the shirt he nods and walks away with it//

 Syv > //follows after him, curious to see where he's going//

  Knetic > //folds the shirt up before he heads back to the bathroom to strip down//

 Syv > //immediately freezes up, remembering the wors from several of the ghosts;;; he backs away, scooting towards his room again//

  Knetic > //Literally just going to take a shower//

 Syv > //doesn't know that, man. he ducks away and closes the door, then goes to sit on the bed with the plush toys to feel a little better;;;//

  Knetic > //finishes up and changes and then pokes his head into syvenn's room// ....Showers free.

 Syv > //blinks// itsssss... okay......... i rinsssssed.... earli--....er.

  Knetic > Don't talk. it's okay.

 Syv > ....but..... you don't--- ...underssssstand... the sssssigns..

  Knetic > ....Phone?

 Syv > ch..arging...

  Knetic > ......//goes to rummage around his hive for paper and a pen/

 Syv > //follows him, rubbing some sleepiness out of his eyes//

  Knetic > //Finds some and hands it to him//

 Syv > thhhhh....ankyou... //takes it, coughing a bit;;; he rubs his throat with free hand and then sighs//

  Knetic > .....//gets him some water//

 Syv > //takes it and drinks it, then scribbles down a "thank you" on the paper and shows it to him while he thinks about asking a paricular question he's not entirely sure he wants to know the answer to.......//

  Knetic > //nods//

 Syv > .... //turns the pad around and... very carefully writes out the question;;// "are you going to do to me what you did to the other kids?"

  Knetic > .........//tilts his head//

 Syv > ;;;; //aaaand writes some more// "the ghosts... they told me what happened. the scary man taught me how so......" //trails off, not really sure what else to add onto that so he just turns the pad around again for him to read//

  Knetic > .....No. I'm not doing that to you.

 Syv > //sighs, relieved, then writes some more// "okay. thank you. i didn't want to do that. and i don't want to die."

  Knetic > ...You won't

 Syv > //scribblescribble;;// "you don't have to give me your bed... i can sleep on the couch. i'm a lot smaller."

  Knetic > //shrugs// I don't care.

 Syv > "okay." //blink, thinking for a moment before he writes again...// "why did you take me?"

  Knetic > ..........I don't know.

 Syv > //blinks, seemingly not satisfied with the answer, but he'll just accept it for now...// "do you have friends?"

  Knetic > ...no.

 Syv > //blinks, then smiles a little// "i can be your friend."

  Knetic > .......How?

 Syv > "we can play games?" //tilts his head//

  Knetic > ......???

 Syv > "like hide-and-seek. or pretend. or board games. you bought me board games."

  Knetic > ........Explain

Syv > "well in hide-and-seek one of us is It and the other person has to hide. you count to 10 or something when you're It and the other person has to find a hiding place. then you try to to find them!"

  Knetic > ......//nods//

 Syv > "and pretend is whatever you want it to be...... all the board games have instructions." //nods a bit//

  Knetic > ....What do you want?

 Syv > ;;; "hide-and-seek is easiest."

  Knetic > ......You count.

 Syv > //nods and closes his eyes, then holds up both hands, fingers spread out, to start a countdown....//

  Knetic > ....//waits a bit before he goes and....squeezes behind the fridge despite being taller than it//

 Syv > //finally reaches zero, then opens his eyes and looks around, blinking... well, a big troll like knetic won't have many places to hide........ he checks the bathroom first//

  Knetic > //watches him pass by//

 Syv > //eventually comes back on out.. hm.... checks the bedroom... nope.... wanders into the kitchen and notices the fridge is out of place//

  Knetic > ..........

 Syv > //looks up and then around.... then grins and points at him//

Knetic > .....//gets out from behind the fridge// ....now what?

 Syv > //scribbles// now you count and i hide

  Knetic > ....//nods//

 Syv > //waits for him to start counting;;;//

  Knetic > ......//turns to face a wall and covers his eyes// ....1.....2.....3

 Syv > !! //aaand off he goes, to cram himself into some tiny space in a closet somewhere;;//

  Knetic > //finishes and starts to look around//

 Syv > //quiet as can be;;//

  Knetic > //picks up furniture and looks into doors//

 Syv > ;;;;//hears him getting close//

  Knetic > .......//peeks into the closet//

 Syv > //smiles up at him, then crawls on out and then pushes himself up... he then digs out the pad of paper and pencil to write:// "you found me! see, this is a pretty easy game to play. it's a little harder outside in the woods."

  Knetic > //nods and paps him again/

 Syv > "what do you normally do?"

  Knetic > .........Hunt. Drink. Sleep....//omits the random acts of rape to death.....//

 Syv > //blinks, then nods a little;;// "do you like to do anything else?"

  Knetic > ......I don't know anything else.

 Syv > //frowns a bit, but nods;;;// "that's okay. we can play the games i know."

  Knetic > //nods//

 Syv > //yaaaawns again;;// ...."i'm getting sleepy though..."

  Knetic > ........Nap?

 Syv > //nods// "yes. i think i'm going to nap."

  Knetic > //nods// ......I have a job. Won't be hive. Stay here while I'm out.

 Syv > //tilts his head// "what kind of job do you have?"

  Knetic > .....Mercenary

 Syv > //blinks again, then nods// "okay. good luck." //gives him a little thumbs up, then wanders off to the bedroom//

  Knetic > //paps him again and goes to get ready//

 Syv > //yeeeeeeeeee naptime//

  Knetic > //returns home, bloodied as all hell as per the norm but with food in tow//

 Syv > //sitting in the living room carefully constructing a little hive made out of sticks and long blades of grass;;; he looks up as knetic comes in and frowns... he's become a little desensitized to the sight of dead trolls by now, but knetic looking that beat up is new....///

  Knetic > //is a bit mad he hasn't run into Mihail in a while but....he's okay for now.// .....Dinner, syvenn.

 Syv >//nods and carefully moves his little house project aside, then pushes himself up before taking out his paper pad// "are you okay? you look hurt :C"

  Knetic > //nods// Fine....just a rougher customer.

 Syv > //frowns a little more but nods// "okay. you should clean that out. it'll get infected."

  Knetic > ....hm...yeah. I'm going. Eat.

Syv > //nods a little and moves on over to the table to sit and eat//

  Knetic > //heads off to shower and fix himself up/\

 Syv > //yeeee food nommin'. he glances over at the little hive he was working on, thinking about what to do next.....//

  Knetic > //all fixed and showered, he's sitting at th couch applying bandages//

 Syv > //finishes his dinner, then comes on over to sit in front of the couch to finish his house, occasionally looking up to knetic/

  Knetic > ....What?

 Syv > "nothing. do you like your job?"

  Knetic > //shrugs//

 Syv > "why do it if you don't like it?" //tilts his head//

  Knetic > ...keeps me fed

 Syv > "oh..." //goes back to his house thing;;;//

  Knetic > ...........What is that?

 Syv > "it's a fairy house!" //g r i n s wide// "fairies will come live in it when i'm done."

Knetic > ....What's a fayrie?

 Syv > "um. they're little magical people. there's lots of different kinds. some of them are nice and some of them are mean." //does a crude little drawing of his interpretation of what a fairy looks like;;//

  Knetic > ......Small?

 Syv > //nods and holds up his hands in an approximation of their size//

  Knetic > .......Hm....are they dangerous

 Syv > //shrugs// "they can be! if you make them mad. mostly they like to play jokes but sometimes the jokes are fatal..."

  Knetic > ......Tell me about these jokes

 Syv > //blinks, then scribbles down a few different stories for him to read while he works on a roof;;;//

  Knetic > //gets to finishing the bandages//

 Syv > //yeeeee finishes up that roof, then sits back with a little satisfied sigh//

  Knetic > ......//reads the little tales//

 Syv > //watches him, mostly his expression to see if anything changes//

  Knetic > //nothing changes as he reads, just blank//

 Syv > ;;; //wonders how he does that;;.... he moves to sit next to him on the couch for now//

  Knetic > ....This is funny.

 Syv > //blinks, then grins, pleased by that. he paps knetic's shoulder//

  Knetic > ......//paps him back//

 Syv > //takes the paper back to write again// "they have a lot of story books with more of these in them."

  Knetic > .....I see.

 Syv > "i used to have a lot in my hive. C:" //smiles for a moment before his expression falls a little//

  Knetic > ......You have a hive?

 Syv > ......... "not anymore."

  Knetic > .....This is your hive.

 Syv > //nods a little// "it's nice here."

  Knetic > //paps him//

 Syv > //paps back// ... "what kind of lusus did you have?"

  Knetic > ....crocodile.

 Syv > "that's really cool. c: like the ones outside?"

  Knetic > ....Bigger.

 Syv > //gasps, well, opens his mouth like he would gasp;;;// "but they're so big!"

  Knetic > Even bigger than this hive

 Syv > //blinks, eyes going wide// "that's really big!!!"

  Knetic > //nods//

 Syv > "my lusus was only as big as you."

  Knetic > //hums// ....What was it

 Syv > "fallow deer." //draws a little picture;;;/

  Knetic > ......I won't kill those then.

 Syv > "thank you. the other kinds don't bother me as much but i couldn't ever eat one like my lusus... :c"

  Knetic > ......Understandable

 Syv > "thank you for understanding."

  Knetic > //Grunts non-committal-like//

 Syv > //patpat;;// "do the cuts hurt?"

  Knetic > //shakes his head//

 Syv > "that's good... it would hurt me a lot;;"

  Knetic > ..No one is going to hurt you.

 Syv > ...... //looks down, thinking...// "why are you so nice to me?"

  Knetic > .......I don't know.

 Syv > ...... "that's okay. i don't think i really thought you would know."

  Knetic > Hm.....

 Syv > ........ " you really don't have any friends at all?"

  Knetic > .....No. I don't.

 Syv > "do you work with anyone?"

  Knetic > ......No.

 Syv > "maybe if you worked with someone you could be friends! C:"

  Knetic > ....I kill people for a living.

 Syv > ........... //stays quiet for a bit as he thinks;;;// "do you kill bad guys? like a super hero?"

  Knetic > .....I kill who the people who pay me want me to kill.

 Syv > ;;;; //nods a little;;// "okay. i was going to say you could be like a superhero with a sidekick and save the night and everything. like you did with me. c: "

  Knetic > ....I'm not a superhero

 Syv > ... "you're a superhero to me."

  Knetic > ...//grunts//

 Syv > //smiles and paps him, then yawns a little...// "i'm getting sleepy."

  Knetic > ...Get to bed. Tomorrow we go out.

 Syv > "where are we going?"

  Knetic > ...market.

 Syv > //nods// "okay. sleep well knetic." //paps him again then slides off of the couch to go to bed//

  Knetic > //Grunts in reply and gets comfy//

 Syv > //aaaaaand he's asleep//

  Knetic > //wakes up early to shower and feed the crocodiles//

 Syv > //just. sprawled out on the bed, plush toys everywhere//

  Knetic > //finishes and heads into the room, eyeing the plush toys//

 Syv > //still very much asleep;;//

  Knetic > .....//picks up the plushes and then picks syvenn up//

 Syv > //stirs a bit and blinks, finally waking up// ???

  Knetic > //goes into the bathroom and gently sets him down// .....Shower.

 Syv > //nods sleepily and then undresses 'n starts up a shower;;//

  Knetic > //goes to wait//

 Syv > //yeee buddy. eventually comes back out 'n gets dressed again, still yawning//

  Knetic > .....Ready?

 Syv > //grabs his paper pad and pencil, then nods//

  Knetic > //kneels down to let him get on his shoulders and then heads off//

 Syv > //climbs aboard 'n holds on;;//

  Knetic > ....Do you have the list of things we need?

 Syv > //nods and passes it to him//

  Knetic > ......//Takes it and grunts, heading onward through the forest//

 Syv > //bobs his head a little as if he were humming, and looks around while knetic walks//

  Knetic > //Growls away any animals and such// .....We're here.

 Syv > //grins and nods, all excited to see what's on sale;;//

Mih > //TOTALLY IN THE BACKGROUND, MAKIN' HIS WAY OUTTA THERE.................//

  Knetic > //catches sight of Mihail but doesn't chase after him. not while syvenn is around// .....Help pick the good ones. //ignores all the stares and looks of terror//

 Syv > //nods and paps at his shoulder to get his attention, then points to a stall a bit ahead. the first thing on the list.//

Mih > //aaaaaaaaaand he's gone//

  Knetic > //puts him down as they get to it// .....

 Syv > //yeeee tracks down everything on the list, letting him do the bargaining;;; he checks off the last item, then shows the list to knetic to signal they're done//

  Knetic > ...Good. //kneels down again and then heads off back to the hive once he's on his shoulders//

 Syv > //aw yisssss~ holds on//

  Knetic > //shuffles into the hive and into the kitchen//

 Syv > //waits to be set down, then goes about putting everything away;;//

  Knetic > //helps when he feels//

 Syv > //sighs once its all put away, then stretches a little and looks to knetic...... he then pulls out his pad of paper to write something down// "can i go play in the forest?"

  Knetic > //blinks but then nods// .......Don't stay out to late.

 Syv > //grins, then nods and runs on out into the woods;;;//

  Knetic > //gets to....watching tv;;//

 Syv > //is literally out there until just about moonset;;; when he finally comes back he's dirty as all hell;;; twigs, moss, leafs in his hair, dirt smeared over his face and hands.... those clothes are just atrocious............... but he appears happy as a lark;;//

  Knetic > //smells a smell and blinks, looking almost offended by it. almost.// .......Syvenn.

 Syv > //tilts his head, then waves a little hello as he takes his shoes off//

  Knetic > Shower.

 Syv > //laughs silently and nods before he pushes himself up to his feet again. he then immediately goes to the bathroom to clean up//

  Knetic > //looks at the twigs and leaves that fall off syvenn as he goes// .....//sighs and goes to clean it up//

 Syv > //in there for like, ever, then eventually comes on out all nice and clean, clothes hanging up to dry for now;;//

  Knetic > .....You need more clothes.

 Syv > ;;; //nods, then finds his paper again// "that would be nice. those ones have holes in them now..."

  Knetic > //nods// ......Let's go.

 Syv > //blinks;;// "now?"

  Knetic > ....morning. nevermind.

 Syv > //smiles a bit and paps him// "its okay. we can go tomorrow?"

  Knetic > //nods// .....Go to bed.

 Syv > //pappap// "goodnight knetic."

  Knetic > //nods// .....Night.

 Syv > //aaaaand off to bed he goes, falling asleep almost immediately//

 Syv > //actually has some "free time," now that he's completed his training.... he shuffles around the town, occasionally tugging at the collar around his neck... aphroa had made it so tight it was hard to breathe every so often. the tugging distracted him enough to keep him from paying complete attention to where he was going...//

  Knetic > //chugging a bottle of rum as he goes, meaning he's not looking at where he was going//

 Syv > //tugs a little more at his collar, then sighs slightly.... he turns and then collides headfirst into knetic. he stumbles back, toppling to the ground without a sound;; it takes him a second to realize what happened, and when he does, he just.... stares up at knetic with wide, terrified eyes//

  Knetic > .....//feels a bump and looks down. the hell.// ...........

 Syv > //literally too scared to move;;; just staaaaaaring up at him//

  Knetic > .....What?

 Syv > // f r o z e n in place;;; though he manages to sign an apology, quickly//

  Knetic > ......the fuck was that?

 Syv > ;;;; //frets, and pats at his throat, opening his mouth a little as no sound comes out;;; then does the sign again with a little bow of his head//

  Knetic > ....oh

 Syv > ;;; //slooooowly inches back away from him, still on the ground, and averts his gaze so he's not staring anymore... maybe if he's lucky this highblood won't hurt him...... a couple feet away he pauses to tug at the collar again and breathe in deeply, then keeps scooting back//

  Knetic > //kid must be broken....shrugs a bit before he just. kneels down// That collar is ugly.

 Syv > //blinks, still panicked so his eyes are just. wide as saucers;;; he fingers the collar a bit nervously, then eventually nods..... better to agree, yeah?//

  Knetic > //Doesn't even ask, just reaches over and cuts it off with his nails//

 Syv > //just . FREEZES UP, staring at him in absolute terror as he starts shakin' like a leaf in the wind;;; how on alternia would he ever go back to aphroa now? he'd get punished for sure.... oh no oh no oh no....//

  Knetic > ......What.

 Syv > //just. holds up the collar and points to aphroa's symbol on it;;;//

  Knetic > ........??

 Syv > ....... //chews at his lip... then points at his own symbol, clearly a brown one, then points at the clearly tyrian one on the collar...... oh if only he had something to write with.....//

  Knetic > .....//nods once before he just. picks him up. and starts walking home.//

 Syv > //wheezes a little squeak of alarm, but just.... goes limp. he knows better than to try to escape;;; he  just hopes this highblood won't be worse than aphroa...//

  Knetic > //Takes him to the huge oil tanker, alligators and crocodiles sun bathing out by the waters edge greet knetic with low rumbles as he passes//

 Syv > //just watches the surrounding area as they move, worried now that he'd end up as reptile food at this rate... still, he just holds onto knetic silently and tries not to think too much about it... oh he missed his lusus..../

  Knetic > //brings him in and locks the door then sets him down// ....Hive.

 Syv > //blinks, looking around nervously, but doesn't move at all from the spot he's been put down on.... he nods a little, making the sign for hive before he remembers this guy doesn't know sign language;;;//

  Knetic > //rolls his eyes before he kneels down// You live here now.

 Syv > //blinks again, visibly surprised..... he then holds out his hand flat, then with his other hand, he mimics holding a pencil and mimes writing something while staring at knetic;;/

  Knetic > ......//gets up and looks around// .........shit....//Pulls out his phone and hands it to him on the memo screen// Type.

 Syv > //nods a little and carefully taps out a little message// "did you buy me?" //then turns the phone around for him to read;;//

  Knetic > ....no.

 Syv > .......... //pales a little, then turns the phone around to tap at it again, still very carefully// "the scary man will be really mad... is it really okay?" //aaand shows it to knetic, looking a bit more nervous if it were even possible//

  Knetic > //frowns// ......He comes and I'll kill him.

 Syv > .........;;; //he nods a little, then taps at the phone again// "my name is syvenn. what is your name?"

  Knetic > ....Knetic.

 Syv > //nods a little....// "thank you. i can't talk. but i can sign and i can write and type. i will try not to be a bother..." //he suddenly hopes this man didn't pick him up for the reason aphroa had.....//

  Knetic > ....You won't be. just. be a kid.

 Syv > ... //tilts his head// "you didn't take me to belong to you?"

  Knetic > Fuck no. be a kid.

 Syv > ........;;;; "oh... is there anything else i should do?" //pauses to look around a bit;;// "...clean things?"

  Knetic > //did I have to fucking explain how to be a child!?// .....I'm going to buy you some toys.

 Syv > //perks up a little, actually gaining some semblance of genuine childishness in his face for a few seconds before he immediately shuts it down out of habit;;;// "o-oh, you don't have to-- i can play with other things. i don't want to bother you... it was very nice of you to take me away from there...."

  Knetic > //just walks out the door expecting him to follow//

 Syv > ;;;; //trots after him, still holding the phone// "where are we going?"

  Knetic > store.

 Syv > ;;;;; "okay. thank you." //nods a little and just follows along after him//

  Knetic > //silent as he walks//

 Syv > //looks around as they walk, sticking very close to knetic's side just in case anyone aphora had contacts with happened to be around//

  Knetic > ...Why can't you talk?

 Syv > //blinks, then taps at the phone// "i dunno. i haven't ever been able to. sometimes i can make it happen but it hurts." //paps at his throat a little and frowns//

  Knetic > hm.

 Syv > ..... "is it bad?" //worried now;;;//

  Knetic > .... //Grunts in dismissal// We're here.

 Syv > //blinks, then stares at the store, mouth hanging open for a few seconds before he remembers his manners and closes it. so many toys...... he's never seen so many toys in one place;;//

  Knetic > //watches him before he grunts again like Go. pick something.//

 Syv > //jumps a bit, then starts on into the store, nervously at first... does he belong here?? he looks around at the other kids... most higher blooded... well. the scary guy-- knetic. is here so maybe he won't get in trouble if he touches a couple things....... he ends up finding a little set of figurines and a ball, then returns to knetic;;//

  Knetic > //watches. allowing himself time to think. He notices his return and quirks a brow// ..s' at it?

 Syv > .... //blinks up at him and tilts his head// "should i get more? i don't know what to get. i've never been to a toy store before."

  Knetic > .....//walks around and picks up a few more things. some stuffed animals, several pillows, board games, video games, a few consoles and a tea set//

 Syv > ;;; //follows after him, watching as he picks things up....// "should i carry some?"

  Knetic > //shakes his head and heads to pay for everything//  ...Hive.

 Syv > //nods a bit// "okay. thank you. you're really nice. c: "

  Knetic > //Grunts and heads off with the bags, expecting him to follow//

 Syv > //aaaaand trots after him, looking over the things he'd been holding as they walk... or rather, for him it's more like a jog. this guy is so huge;;;//

  Knetic > //doesn't pay much attention to the kid as he walks, just thinking on things mostly//

 Syv > //ducks behind him a bit as they pass someone who looks vaguely familiar, thankfully he isn't spotted;;; he sighs a bit and goes back to watching their surroundings//

  Knetic > ......//stops and looks around//

 Syv > //bumps right into him;;; he blinks, then gets out the phone// "what's wrong?"

  Knetic > ....We're being followed. //kneels down and picks him up//

 Syv > !!! //holds on tight, nervously looking around//

  Knetic > //just. runs//

 Syv > //hOLDS ON FOR DEAR LIFE//

  Knetic > //ducks behind some rocks and waits//

 Syv > //still clinging, though the speed of that run scared him so much he's shaking now;;;//

  Knetic > Sh.

 Syv > //nods a little;;; and tries to calm down//

  Knetic > //waits, peeking over slowly and squinting//

 Syv > //dares a little peek as well....... well, he can't see anything...//

Knetic >  .....//puts him down// Wait here.

 Syv > //nods again and crouches down behind the rocks//

  Knetic > //circles around and squints, carefully creeping slowly//

 Syv > //shifts a little bit to watch him, and misses the other troll circling around the other side of the rock.......//

  Knetic > //Sits and waits for the right moment before he lunges and grabs the trolls head in his huge palm and drives his face into the floor//

 Syv > !!!!!! //immediately balls himself up, face buried in his knees, hands clamped over his ears;;//

Troll > //u know he dead//

  Knetic > //crushes his skull for safe measures then drags him by an arm over to where syvenn is//

 Syv > //still just balled up, too terrified to move//

  Knetic > .....Kid.

 Syv > //s l o oooow ly moves his head a little to peer up at him.... though as soon as he spots the body his eyes go wide as can be;;//

  Knetic > ....Let's go.

 Syv > //every part of his head is screaming not to move, but the training translates that as an order. mechanically he pushes himself up and stiffly shuffles towards knetic, eyes never leaving the dead troll//

  Knetic > //Doesn't understand his hesitancy and just shuffles on, dragging the body behind him//

 Syv > //follows after him, trying to keep away from the body. will he end up like that eventually?? when he gets bigger??//

  Knetic > //drags it in and drops off the toys in the room he meant for syvenn to take and then drags the body somewhere secret, away from syvenn//

 Syv > //watches him for a moment, then just.... retreats to the room. he closes the door, then looks around..... sparsely decorated, but that's fine. he could find some moss to make the bed a little more comfortable... he pushes on it a bit to test the firmness.... yep. definitely need moss. for the time being, he picks up one of the plush toys and crawls up onto the bed to sit, just hugging it for now;;/

  Knetic > //eats his fill and throws the rest away, lobbing pieces at the reptiles outside his hive before he heads off to shower and then find syvenn//

 Syv > //yep... just on the bed...... though by then he's at least arranged the other plush toys in a little circle around him;;//

  Knetic > //blinks// .....//comes over to sit by him and just, offers him a plate of leftover troll meat;;//

 Syv > //s t a r e s at it. so gross but... he remembers the look of the smashed skull and takes the plate;;; then sets the one plush toy aside to free up his hand for eating.... the taste was gross. he'd never really been a big fan of meat, but it was food and he was pretty hungry......//

  Knetic > ......//paps his head awkwardly in acknowledgement//

 Syv > ;;;// barely manages to control the flinch and just... finishes eating the rest of the troll meat;;;//

  Knetic > ....//wonders if he has a drink for a kid...// ...Water?

 Syv > //nods;; then finds the phone again// "yes please"

  Knetic > //nods and goes to get him some//

 Syv > //once he's gone, he rubs at his eyes and sniffs a bit. god that was scary;;;//

  Knetic > //brings him back a glass of water//

 Syv > //sits up a bit more to take it, then quickly sips it away;;;// .... "thank you"

  Knetic > //nods and looks at the bed// ...Comfy?

 Syv > //blinks, considering just saying yes and leaving it at that.... but he'd notice the moss padding eventually;;// "mostly comfy."

  Knetic > .....//nods and goes to his husktop//

 Syv > ....? //tilts his head in confusion... thinking he's meant to follow again, he slides off of the bed and moves on out after him//

  Knetic > //Sits in front of it and starts to look for new mattresses//

 Syv > ;;;; // gently pats his shoulder to get his attention;;// "it's okay. i can use moss padding."

  Knetic > //shakes his head and pulls him up into his lap// ..Pick one.

 Syv > //aaaand he's in his lap. oh boy. he stares at the screen, blinking, then points to one that seems comfy enough;;//

  Knetic > //nods and orders it with a grunt, soon sliding him off and heading outside without another word//

 Syv > ?? //tilts his head, blinking.... he then follows him outside, thinking that's what he wanted;;//

  Knetic > //is just....picking up moss bits;;//

 Syv > ;;;; //shuffles on over and pats at him again// "that's not the right kind. i can show you?"

  Knetic > ....//nods and drops the ones he's found//

 Syv > //nods a bit and then heads off towards the forest... after a bit of searching he finds a good bunch of the moss, then points it out before he starts carefully gathering it//

  Knetic > //blinks and then joins him in gathering//

 Syv > //after a little bit more he gives a thumbs up to signal he's good, then starts heading back to the hive//

  Knetic > //nods and follows him//

 Syv > //heads on back to the room... he then clears off the bed, and then starts laying out the moss in little strips, then weaves other strips through them to form a sort of makeshift net//

  Knetic > //just....holding the moss for him to grab from and watches//

 Syv > //eventually finishes it and sighs, then looks back to knetic// "thank you. this will make it more comfortable."

  Knetic > //nods and awkwardly paps his head again before he heads out of the room//

 Syv > ?? //trots on out after him;;//

  Knetic > .....//blinks back at him// ....Sleep time.

 Syv > //blinks, then nods and heads back into his room;; he then of course arranges all the stuffed animals to be around him and curls up to wait for sleep;;//

  Knetic > //just lays on the couch with a  drink and fiddles with an old picture he had in his pockets...the only solid proof he had of any past//

 Syv > .... //eventually manages to fall asleep... lightly, though. he's never been a deep sleeper;;//

  Knetic > //snores quietly from the couch;;/\

 Syv > //ends up wakin' up havin' to use the bathroom;;;; he quiiiiiietly as possible sneaks on out of his room to find it.....//

  Knetic > //cracks an eye open and watches//

 Syv > //oblivious to being watched for now;;; he finally finds it and goes on in....... then comes back out a little bit later. rather than immediately go back to sleep, he decides since knetic is asleep - to his knowledge - he'll use the opportunity to look around a little more....... to start he just kinda.. tiptoes around, memorizing the layout of the hive//

  Knetic > //watches him carefully with one hooded eye but doesn't give off the impression that he's awake//

 Syv > //eventually relaxes enough to just walk quietly rather than tiptoe... he makes his way over to the kitchen to look around there. two plates. two cups. a single fork? he glances back over at knetic... he must be lonely;;//

  Knetic > //evens his breathing to simulate sleep//

 Syv > //wonders for a bit why he's on the couch..... then decides he should see if he has a bed too;;;; just quiiiiietly walks off to see if there's a second bedroom somewhere around here..../

  Knetic > //nope, you have his bedroom, syvenn//

 Syv > ................... //eventually comes to that conclusion and frowns a bit.... he then returns to "his" bedroom and pulls the blanket off of his bed... theeeen just comes back on out with it. he then very carefully puts it on knetic before returning to the bedroom to go back to sleep;;//

  Knetic > //doesn't move, just let's it like he's asleep and waits//

 Syv > //yeeep. he's alseep again, out for the rest of the day//

  Knetic > //early riser, already our and about to gather food//

 Syv > //stretches a little when he wakes up, then slides off of the bed to head out and look for knetic..... not seeing him, he looks around the rest of the hive, quietly, then decides to go outside to see if he's around...//

  Knetic > //out Killing a deer;;//

 Syv > //well. no knetic in sight. he goes back in and finds the little figurines, then decides to wander off to the forest to play for now;;;//

  Knetic > //comes back with a huge stag and looks around for the kid// .......hm. //goes about skinning//

 Syv > //eventually wanders back, much later, covered in dirt and mud but quite pleased;;//

  Knetic > //deer head on the floor, all bloody from the hunt, cooking deer//

 Syv > //just. freezes in the doorway. he stares at the deer head, then looks over to knetic, feeling sick suddenly... he then backs right back out of the hive;;//

  Knetic > ........Syvenn?

 Syv > //s l owl y edges back into the house and waves a little;;//

  Knetic > //blinks// ...//imitates the action//

 Syv > ;;;;;//sloooowly backs out of the hive again, not wanting to see the deer. it wasn't the same species as his late lusus, but it still brought back terrible memories...//

  Knetic > //shrugs a bit and goes back to his cooking//

 Syv > //just. stays out in the forest for a long while;;;.... eventually he returns, this time slowly peeking into the house to see if the deer head is still there....

  Knetic > //It's now being stripped by worms and maggots// .....

 Syv > ....... //stares at it for a bit, somehow that doesn't freak him out as much as the sight of knetic cooking.... he sighs quietly and heads on inside to put his toys back in the room. though he pauses to take his shoes off at the door so he doesn't track mud everywhere;;//

  Knetic > //puts out a plate on the table for himself and syvenn, portions far too big for a child but what does he know;;/:

 Syv > //comes back out and spots the plate... he blinks, then comes over to sit at the table. before eating he pokes a bit at the deer... well, he'd already engaged in some cannibalism can't really complain about eating something similar to his lusus. he carefully tears off a small bit to eat, then chews on that while lookin' over at knetic//

  Knetic > //just eating quitely. he even put out a little juice box for syvenn//

 Syv > //glances over at it, then smiles a small bit. he takes it and puts the straw in, then sips at it. mmn grape. aw yis.//

  Knetic > //drinking water with his, not used to cooked flesh but it's good nonetheless//

 Syv > //manages to eat a little more deer before he starts feeling entirely too full;;; but he's only managed to eat about a third of what's on the plate........//

  Knetic > ....Too much?

 Syv > //nods, sippin at the juice... he finds the phone, then taps out a little message// "i can't fit a lot. thank you though."

  Knetic > //nods and pulls the plate over to eat the rest//

 Syv > //finishes off his juice box, then yawns a little.... well, he should probably clean up... he slides off of the chair, then disposes of the empty juicebox before wandering over to the bathroom//

  Knetic > //watches him carefully before he checks the skull for progress//

 Syv > //starts up a bath, then strips down..... and realizes this is his only outfit. he sighs, then opts to rinse out his clothes first before getting in to wash himself off;;; rather than put the clothes back on again, he leaves them to dry on a hook in the bathroom and just. leaves. naked. back to "his" room for a while. the lightning scars still hurt after baths and he'd rather not move around until he's totally dry...//

  Knetic > //quirks a brow as he sees he's naked// .............//goes to his dresser and fishes out a shirt for syvenn to wear and extends it to him//

 Syv > //pauses and stares at it, then takes it slowly and pulls it on. he signs a little "thank you" before remembering knetic can't understand him;;; but... just ends up going to crawl onto his bed anyway for now//

  Knetic > //just grunts and goes back to his watching//

Mih > //currently beating the overloving shit out of some poor unfortunate soul;;.... he picks the troll up and hurls them across the warehouse he found them in.... then waits for them to sink to the ground once they hit the wall before slowly stepping towards them.... he'd take his time with this one. it was boring night.//

Knetic > //checks the address again and grunts quiety, taking a look at the building in question before he heads over and breaks a window to get in, not one for silent entries//

Mih > //he stops, head turning slightly as he picks up on a sound that shouldn't be around... he squints a bit, but his attention is drawn away by the sniveling sound of the other troll trying to crawl away... with a grunt he shrugs and stomps on over to the troll, then lifts his leg and stomps down hard on their back, earning him a satisfying scream and crack//

Knetic > //squints at the sounds and looks around, that sounds...odd? He moves and rounds a corner upon seeing a trail of blood and following the sounds.//

Mih > //stomps again.... then realizes the troll has stopped moving, or making sounds, and sighs. how boring. he leans down to grab an arm, foot still firmly placed on their back, then rips it off. mmm, a nice smell... he casually strips the sleeve off of the detached arm and then bites a chunk out of it;; for now unaware of knetic's presence as he boredly stomps the rest of the troll until he can't hear anymore bones cracking;;//

Knetic > //spots the other down an expanse,  assuming that was the troll he was sent to murder, he just...charges full force;;//

Mih > //turns as he hears footsteps, and hurls the arm at the other troll before shifting to charge right back with a snarl//

Knetic > //Side swipes the arm and lunges, so dead set on killing the guy he doesn't stop to look at him//

Mih > //hasn't yet recognized him.... which is good;; he swerves to the right, then lashes out with a fist to attempt getting him in the ribs//

Knetic > //snarls and tries to avoid it, lashing out at him with his claws and going straight for the horns//

Mih > //snarls right back, eyes flashing red as he feels his horn connect with his hand... he butts his head forward, intending to snag him on the sharp covering.... he then brings his fist back again, this time aiming for the stomach//

Knetic > //Grunts in pain, hand wrapped around a horn and moves to bash his skull against the wall repeatedly//

Mih > //immediately kicks for his stomach, snarling more in anger than pain at the skull bashing;; he attempts to wrench his head away, one hand moving to dig his claws into the arm of his attacker//

Knetic > //drops him after a bit, snarling a lot before he moves to charge his horns into him//

Mih > //pauses, a split second... that face. .... that face....... that face. he snarls again,louder, far angrier and grabs at his horns when he charges, then yanks them in separate directions;;// YOU.

Knetic > //Eyes blood red as he reaches up to claw his face in an attempt to get him to let go//

Mih > //winces as he gets a nice claw to the cheek, then shoves him violently towards the wall before backing off. eyes fully red, he paces at a distance, watching him as he readies for another charge... he'd rip his head right off...//

Knetic > //staggers back and adjusts himself, finally stopping to look over him and it takes a bit to even feel some nostalgia//

Mih > //takes a second to wipe his cheek, hissing a bit.... he stares him down, rage boiling higher and higher....... but despite all the thoughts about ripping his head off or gutting him alive he can't bring himself to move again just yet...//

Knetic > //blinks, still very actively enraged before he snarls out his name// .... Mihail.

Mih > knetic. //sneers, hissing his name followed up by a low, rumbling growl// the fuck are you doing here.

Knetic > //sneers, teeth bared. this isn't him. it can't be. the Mihail he knows was....no. this makes sense. he has to be this because why the fuck else would he have let you be taken// I could ask you the same fucking question.

Mih > you have some fucking nerve showing your goddamn face around here. //he snarls in return, teeth bared as well as he furrows his brows in anger. this would be a perfect opportunity to get revenge... pay him back for every sweep... something keeps tugging at him not to completely do him in... just rough him up...//

Knetic > //snarls loudly, puffed up to look bigger despite the size difference// I have the nerve!?

Mih > //responds by just making himself taller;;;// YES you have some GODDAMN NERVE, you know what you did you piece of shit. get out of my face before i rip you to fucking shreds. //well that was more talking than he'd done in perigees, probably all sweet up until this point.... its about time to go back to punching things if he doesn't have anything good to say. not that he will.//

Knetic > //what he's done. oh that's it. You roar and pick up a huge crate, hurling it right at him//

Mih > //he knocks it out of the way, and then charges forward with a deafening roar of his own. that does it. he'll regret coming back... should've just stayed pissed off to where ever the fuck he went... he aims a punch for his face to start//

Knetic > //lunges from behind the box, fists clenched and ready for action. ears back and teeth bared for a nasty bite//

Mih > //ducks down mid lunge, intending to just grab him around the middle in a full on tackle. he can handle a bite, this would be nothing. he just needed to pin him//

Knetic > //and bite he does, digging razor sharp teeth down into his shoulder with enough force to rip a chunk//

Mih > //grunts in pain, but forces him back against the wall, then brings an arm back to punch hard just under his ribcage//

Knetic > //just bites harder, in an effort to squander the pain in his blood//

Mih > //emits a low hiss, then punches again in an attempt to get him to loosen up.//

Knetic > //not gonna work, mih, he's got a chunk of your flesh and it'll come off before he let's go, hands now on his horns and squeezing//

Mih > //shifts to stomp on his foot as hard as he can manage, then digs his nails into his sides, raking at the skin hard enough to draw blood//

Knetic > //reconsiders and releases his shoulder but not before trying to crack something to render his arm helpless for now//

Mih > //and there goes his arm. he releases him with another snarl and attempts to back away for now until he can put his arm back into place.../

Knetic > //tightens his grip on his horns and squeezes, looking for the crack he so desired//

Mih > //snarls in anger when one of them does crack, and responds with launching himself forward again. the horns were small, but sharp enough to do damage if he managed to get too close//

Knetic > //almost grins when he hears it but fights to keep him back, not wanting to face the ends of the horns or the splinters coming off one//

Mih > //since that's going nowhere he reaches up to grab his arms, raking the flesh as hard as he can manage//

Knetic > //snarls and trips up his legs, forcing him down and pinning him//

Mih > //falls back hard, hitting the ground with his full weight. he snarls louder, attempting to get a leg up between them to kick him off//

Knetic > //pins him down with all his limbs and stares him down, a part of him so eager to chew out his throat, the other not so much...//

Mih > //glares back up at him, eyes still red with fury... part of him wants to keep going, keep fighting back, but the other is just done. tired of all of it...// go on then, finish it.  //seems the other side wins for now, though he maintains awareness of any guard being let down in case he can make an escape attempt from the pinning//

Knetic > //sneers and holds for a moment before he just roars loudly in his face and gets up, running off and out of the warehouse. he couldn't do it//

Mih > //doesn't even wince, though it takes him a few seconds to realize he's gone.... he grunts, pushing himself up with the arm that works.... for a few moments he stares in the direction he left, then eventually gets to his feet to lumber off back to his hive. better to treat this now.../

Knetic > //huffs and wanders back home, staggering as he goes through the woods//

Mih > //over the next week or so he just sits back home and heals up, anger never really going below a boiling point.... he'd find him again and finish it himself if he had to. how dare he come back after all this time...//

Knetic > //gets a new job, almost eats his own employer, boiling with rage and self doubt and memories that plague and tease but never fully reveal themselves.....how could this have happened. ...//

Mih > //finally he gets a new assignment... track someone down. simple enough. for the first time since the encounter he actually leaves his hive, damn near ready to rip apart anything that gets in his way... ...which does eventually happen and he does end up ripping the troll in question apart like tissue paper........//

Knetic > //stop for a snack along the way, so ready to just be done with it that his mind just blanks as to why he's mad and....he forgotten why he's mad now;;//

Mih > //finishes with that nonsense and starts up on his way again...... but stops, spotting something out of the corner of his eye...... there he is. without so much as a warning he charges, full speed, intending to pin him to the ground;;//

  Knetic > //notices something coming in his peripheral and just let's it, not realizing again who it is;;//

 Mih > //y e p, just gonna keep chargin. at this point he's too pissed off to realize knetic's acting strangely;; he barrels right into him, immediately sinking his nails into him to latch on as he attempts to push him down//

  Knetic > //blinks, so very confused as he snarls and tries to push him off//

 Mih > //pins him much the same way knetic had done it earlier, then stares down into his face, snarling lowly// you're gonna regret not finishing me off when you had the damn chance, traitor.

  Knetic > //so. confused.// Traitor....//snarls and tries harder to shove him off//

 Mih > //not budgin' this time.... he snarls back, louder as his eyes go full red// don't fucking play with me knetic.

  Knetic > ....Mihail. //blinks, head spinning from the memories as he tries to kick him off// MIHAIL

 Mih > //realizes at this point that knetic's forgotten him.... again. but he just increases his grip// you fucking STAY STILL knetic i want some goddamn ANSWERS. //snarls louder in his face;;//

  Knetic > //unhappy with how he's being forced to talk, sneering as he spits on him// What answers!?

 Mih > //just. headbutts him in response;;// let's start with where the FUCK have you been, huh?

  Knetic > I've been here //still confused, pushing back on his head with his own//

 Mih > liar //snarls again, tightening his grip on him a little more// you abandoned me you piece of shit

  Knetic > //snarls and tries to grab him// I'm not LYING

 Mih > //too distracted to care much about being grabbed;;// you expect me to buy that you've been hanging around here for eight fucking sweeps and haven't fucking had the decency to even see what you did to me. you fucking liar

  Knetic > I don't know who you are!!!  //snarls back at him//

 Mih > MIHAIL //headbutts him again, roaring in anger//

  Knetic > THATS ALL I KNOW //Huffs and feels his horn split a little//

 Mih > //freezes up, eyes narrowing as he manages to quell some of his rage, mind racing...... as if for the frist time he looks at him really looks at him, then hisses// if you're lying to me i will skin you alive

Knetic > //roars// I'M NOT LYING.

 Mih > you knew me last week. //snarls right back// or did you forget that too?

  Knetic > //his head spins and everything reels// n-no

 Mih > no you didn't forget or no you didn't know me?! //shakes him a little;;//

  Knetic > I don't. Know. you.

 Mih > not now, asshole. last week. did you forget last week.

  Knetic > What fucking part of I DONT KNOW YOU ARE YOU NOT GETTINH

 Mih > YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE GODDAMN QUESTION //shakes him again, but gives up on that venture// fucking forget it. if i see you around here again i will fucking kill you, got it? stay the fuck away from me.

  Knetic > //sags a bit before he moves to straighten// I. am not afraid of you.

 Mih > //pushes himself up, releasing knetic, then straightens himself out// i don't fucking need you to be. get out of here before i change my fucking mind.

  Knetic > //squints before he tries him, puffing up and giving a low warning rumble and snapping his jaws// ....You are familiar.

 Mih > //not at all impressed by the display;;// i would fucking think so. we only spent every fucking night together in wrigglerhood. //snarls angrily at the memories resurfacing...//

  Knetic > //still very angry but more curious now// ....What?

 Mih > //rolls his eyes, losing his interest in talking quickly. he didn't owe an explanation... did he...?// you. me. wrigglerhood. friends. until you fucking disappeared. what part of that doesn't fucking make sense.

  Knetic > ....//Slowly it was ticking, but the picture wasn't clear. there was a face....a blurry face...but it made him feel warm....this fucker only made him feel cold....a little.//

 Mih > whatever. you're as good as dead to me now. //spits, then turns to start stalking off... though he keeps his guard up in case knetic tries anything//

  Knetic > ......... //watches him leave, entirely confused and in need of a drink but.....he holds out, just watching him leave as he processes everything//

 Mih > //aaand he's gone...... back to tracking down that person he was supposed to be after. he finishes that job up and then returns back to his hive, promptly venting himself into a dazed stupor//