The Warped (2nd Party)

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

The night was quiet, but once in a while, one could see lights of various colors out in the distance, some of which were from dragons, while the others were reflections off of the glacier mountains out in the far north. Unbeknownst to the group, the way they had been raising Moon had already become permanent to her growth, and that how she would grow had become set in stone. Filadius' image receded into the black gem and back into his void between time. Filadius was able to sense what kind of dragon Moon has been set to become, but he didn't find it necessary to tell them. A baby dragon's childhood is short, but its growth slows down the older it gets, but it also becomes exponentially stronger. It's should be either tomorrow morning or evening. God help them.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When Constance and Max shot off to go find firewood, Mortis merely slid down Moon's belly where she had been laying with her fingers laced. She reached behind her and ran her hand down her stomach, petting her as best as she could while laying the way she was. Her eyes wandered the landscape, then over to Macid who was balled up. "Hey, you okay?" She asked. She half expected an answer. For some reason she didn't think he would answer if he was too upset, especially to her of all people.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance looked behind her when she heard someone coming. She expected, or at least hoped, it was Macid. She saw it was Max and felt a little disappointed. "No, I can walk just fi-" Just then she stepped on her foot wrong making a pain run through it. "Fine! I'm fine!" she blurted out as she got her balance. "I'm glad my prince charming came to help. Maybe I should have said something to Macid...He probably thinks I hate him." she thought as she leaned against a tree. "Go ahead and cut down some firewood...I'll let you help me with that." she said somewhat grumpily. "Why am I being so rude? It's not like it's a big deal...He's trying to help. I feel like I'm losing who I am..." she thought, sinking her face into her arms resting on her knees.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid was now sniffling as he curled up tighter to himself. When Mortis asked if he was okay, he couldn't help himself. He crawled over to her as fast as he could and started crying into her shoulder and hugging her as tight as he could. He wasn't sure how she'd react, but with all his emotions letting themselves out, he just needed someone to hug at that moment. He weeped openly as he tried to talk between sobs. "Constance hates me and I didn't know what I was doing and I like her and you and Max and Moon and I don't want any of you to go away cause you're the closest thing to a family I have!" Tears and mucus were running down his face and onto Mortis' shoulder all the while he was crying on her.

[serpington]

max went to grab constance when she started to lose her balance, but quickly pulled back when she said she was fine. "if your fine then I'm a rabbit." he joked drawing Ramsey and walking over to a dead tree, using his new form to saw through the trunk. eventually getting it to a point where he could push it over and start sawing through the branches. "so what happened with macid? i thought you would have asked him to come with you." he asked knowing full well that something had happened that he had missed while with mortis. he walked over carrying some wood, he put it down next to constance and reached into his pocket. "try one of these. there the pain killers i gave to macid back in the first town. it should help you walk at least." he passed the packet to her before she could say anything and walked back to the tree to start cutting more wood.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis was surprised when Macid grabbed her and hugged her, and at first she had no idea what to do, but after a few moments, she allowed it and patted his back as she hugged him back. She didn't have any idea what to say because she was always bad at trying to cheer people up, and Macid was already crying. She felt like if she were to say something she could make it worse, but at the same time if she didn't, she'd look like a jerk. After a few moments of Macid crying, she finally attempted to say something hoping it wouldn't end up in disaster. "Look, it's gonna be alright. We're not going anywhere. We have to stick together. And Moon is going to be okay, I patched her up with that goo. Constance probably is just tired. I mean, realistically if she doesn't like anyone, it's me."

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance took the pill and put it in her pocket for later. "Thanks...I'll take it in the morning if I still feel anything after tonight. In all honesty I should stay off my foot. I would...Like it if you could help me walk this once." she said as nicely as she could. Her foot still hurt, she knew she was being a bit of a jerk and tried her best to be nicer. "I hope Macid is going to be okay...He seems kind of emotional...Maybe I should sleep next to him or something...Show I don't hate him. Or just tell him it's okay. Something...If he believes I hate him it could interfere with the group's efficiency. And Mortis...Hrm...I have nothing to apologize for. She's the one who blew up at me! Hmph..."

[Ares the Ram]

After crying for several minutes, Macid finally calmed down enough to the point where he was sniveling. He slowly let go of Mortis and sat on his knees, wiping away his tears and cleaning his face the best he could with his robe. He was able to get most of it off, but his fur was now matted from the tears and made him look like he hadn't washed his face in a week. Having Mortis hug him and tell him everything all right made him feel even more like this group was a family to him. He wiped his nose one last time before talking to Mortis. "Thank you, Mortis, that means alot to me. I'm sorry I did it so suddenly. Do you really think she doesn't hate me Mortis? Is it really just because she's tired?"

[serpington]

max walked over calmly with some more wood. he sheathed Ramsey and collected all the wood with his tail before extending a hand for constance to take. he helped her up carefully and pulled her arm up over his shoulders. the two walked back to the camp and he sat constance down and walked over to a nearby spot to start the fire. once it was lit he walked over to the others and sat down "so whats the next thing we have to do? i heard the old man say something about a town, anyone able to fill in the rest?"

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"It's alright. And no, she doesn't hate you. I mean, we've had a long day and she hurt her ankle. You'd know if she hates you. She hates me not you." In truth, Mortis didn't care if Constance hated her, but she didn't want Macid torn up the entire time they were here. She honestly didn't think that she was mad at him. A few moments later Max and Constance came with wood. "I don't know what to do next. I'm honestly really tired of that old man. For all we know he could have gotten together a band of future people to take over for him. It's really easy for him to manipulate us if you think about it given that we don't know anything about here and we're supposed to... Blindly trust him since he's helped us." The chameleon was always a cynic when it came to things. "I mean, yeah, those people we saw were.. Pretty bad, but he brought them here, too. We're just here to fix his screw up. We're supposed to head to a town or something, but god knows what kind of information he's with holding from us."

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance took Max's hand up and went with him back to the others. Once she was sat down she looked at Macid next to Mortis. "Was he always next to her?" she thought. When Max spoke she looked over to him. "Well we can't do much until Moon wakes up. Hopefully she will be okay by morning. Hopefully we can get some more food in one of these next two villages to help us last until we get to the city. And hopefully they aren't filled with soldiers...I suppose we'll have to take if from there. That's just my thought anyway...Mortis is supposed to be our leader last time I checked. It's up to her." she said. After that she yawned and started petting her wolf who was sitting next to her. "I should talk to Macid tomorrow...Let him know I don't hate him." she thought. She kinda wanted to just lay down and go to sleep, but she wanted to hear what the others thought of her plan.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid wiped his nose one last time. "Thanks Mortis. I'm sure she doesn't hate you either. Like you said, we've had a long day right?" He had forgotten about their fighting the other day and was just trying to make her feel better when the others came back. He averted his eyes from them to try and hide his face that was matted with his tears. He wanted to apologize to Constance, but was embarrassed to do so in front of the others. He made a mental note to do so in the morning. As the others talked about what to do, he layed down and got comfortable in the grass next to Moon and Mortis. "We should eat what we can from the behemoth. Who knows when *yawn* when we'll eat again." He scooched over until his head was resting against Mortis' leg and his back against Moon and tried to go to sleep.

[serpington]

max laid down listening to the others, nodding slightly and looking at the stars. he yawned quietly after macid did and started drifting off to sleep. "sounds like a *yawn* plan, I'll see what i can get from the behemoth in the morning. you think you could help me mortis? Constance and macid i would ask you but i don't think either of you are up to it." he said looking at each person sleepily as he spoke to them. "any way, I'm sure that what ever happens *yawns....again* we'll get through it somehow."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis's fingers remained laced as she laid against Moon. When Macid laid his head on her leg, she didn't bother to tell him no. She usually didn't like being touched, but the day had been long. "Leader my ass," she mumbled looking upward at the stars. She couldn't tell if Constance was making a snarky comment or not, but she dismissed it, not much caring at this point as tiredness began to settle in. "We can handle whatever in the morning, I'll help with the behemoth." With that she closed her eyes drifting off into a slightly meditative state between consciousness and sleep. Although she appeared to be sleeping, she could hear everything going on around her. It was no different than when she listened to her iPod on long car rides, the only difference was that nature was the composer.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance saw Macid lay down on Mortis' leg, a bit surprised. "I must have missed something..." she thought as she laid down using her wolf as a pillow. "Well, at least I can sort things out in privacy in the morning...Though it already seems he's going after Mortis-...Wow, am I getting jealous? Ugh...Long day...Very long day..." she continued to think. She soon drifted off to sleep.