The Warped (2nd Party)

[serpington]

max looks over holding a slice of the meat. yea, i know you could have walked. but you look like you could use some more rest." he flinched hearing moon roar. he turned back to the behemoth in time to hear mortis question the meat. "only one way to find out." he stabbed Ramsey into the ground again after slicing off a bite size piece of meat, he ate it quickly and almost instantly doubled over dry-heaving, "salty.....really, salty" after a moment he stood back up still dry-heaving every now and then. "i think it's fine if you like allot of salt, other than that it seems fine.....you wanna try some?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Contrary to what Max believed was fine, his stomach soon ensued with some grumbling, followed by the urge of diarrhea. Moon had come back from her flight and dropped off a large buck, but it had flowers and leaves on its horns, and it was exceptionally larger than what anyone had ever seen. She went over to the rotting behemoth corpse and sniffed it. As much as she used to not like it, Moon's appetite seemed to be ripened by the ripeness of the corpse.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"Uh, I'm fine, but thank you. If I want salt, I'll uh... Get a salt lick or something." Mortis insisted, again putting her hand out as if to indicate that he should stop. When Moon returned she merely looked at the buck. She managed to stand this time without falling now that she was waking up a little more. "Thank you, Moon." She said, somewhat confused about what exactly was up with the buck. Mortis rushed over to Moon when she began to sniff it. "Girl, you don't want to eat that. I don't trust it." The lizard was genuinely concerned that Moon might consider eating the behemoth.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance was looking at Macid as he looked into her eyes and held onto her hand. She looked away when he did blushing a little. "Uhm. Yeah. Thanks, heh..." she said embarrassingly. When she was helped over there she stood there as Macid got her bag. When he handed to her she put it on her back. "Thanks..." she said with a smile. "So...What did you do before all this?" she asked, somewhat hoping to start a conversation.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid noticed Moon dropping off a deer with flowers in its antlers. Mortis and Max seemed to have her under control so he decided to stay with Constance a while longer until they came over and got them both. "Well before we got sent here, I worked at a library. I was assistant Librarian ever since I was 16. I used to go there everyday when I could and just read, ever since I was just a kitten. Catherine even let me stay in her spare room when my parents died. She's the head librarian. I'd work at the library, sorting books and helping check them out in exchange for food, clothes, and shelter. Now that I think about it, she was almost like a second mom to me." Macid paused briefly, thinking about what Catherine was doing. He thought about wether or not she missed him, or knew he was gone for long. He looked back at Constance and realized he may have said more than she wanted to know. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go on about it. Wh-what did you do before this?" He tried to change the subject as quick as he could to avoid any more awkwardness.

[serpington]

max watched as moon dropped the dear nearby, his stomach starting to grumble. ""hmm...that's odd..... and that is the weirdest dear i have ever seen..." he walked over and knelt down starting to inspect the dear. max suddenly felt razor sharp pains in his stomach, he grabbed his gut in pain. "that's not good" he struggles to his feet and started running off towards the tree line leaving Ramsey stabbed into the ground, calling back over his shoulder to mortis. "I'll be right back!"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon continued to ingest the behemoth corpse, and after she had eaten a fourth of it, she belched. She then backed up a little and took a deep breath and let it out, shooting out a solid stream that didn't deviate from its path. The stream was purple and black, and the liquid seemed to almost bubble as it shot out. It hit a large patch of grass, which withered upon contact, and spread another foot around the initial area, turning purple. The breath had contained severely potent and strong poison. She then looked at Mortis to say that it doesn't affect her.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When Max ran off, it left Mortis and Moon alone. Mortis looked a little shocked when Moon continued to eat the behemoth, and even moreso when she shot out the stream of poison from her mouth. When Moon looked at her, she felt a little uneasy if only because of her little display. They really had managed to raise her into a large and rather dangerous beast. However, the chameleon still chuckled, looking at Moon, remembering that she was still the same dragon that they had been dealing with before. "I give that a 20 out of 10, girl." She somewhat understood what Moon was saying to her, though she wasn't entirely sure herself. The only thing she could really think about was back a couple nights ago when Moon had attempted to help start the fire. "Man, who needs fire. This is just as useful, if not better." She smiled. "If we can, we can use your poison to put on the tips of our weapons. If it's as potent as that," she looked over to the grass, "All we'd have to do is manage to scratch whatever it is attacking us." Mortis didn't know whether to walk over to Moon or the poison first, but after a few moments, she was able to get herself moving, and she came over to Moon, still smiling. "You're going to kick some serious ass, girl... I just hope we can all, in our own sense, grow just like you have so we can kick as much ass as you." She seemed to almost drift off into her own excitement for Moon until she remembered she needed to figure out the poison as well. "Will it hurt the others?" She asked. "You did mean it wouldn't hurt me right?" She patted Moon's side, awaiting an answer.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance frowned a little and looked away when Macid mentioned his parents. When he apologized for talking so much she chuckled a bit to try and force her feelings down. "It's fine...I don't mind. It helps to know about my comrades." she said sitting down. "I worked at the county zoo before all this..." she said, leaning back on her elbows looking up into the sky. "I cleaned and fed the animals, cleaned up their pens, I have even assisted on a few operations for the animals. Our vet is amazing...She's really smart. I enjoyed watching her work in my free time. I learned quite a bit from her, all I know about healing animals I got from her." she continued. She took a deep breath and exhaled before brushing her hair from her face. "Were your parents nice?" she blurted out. "I mean...What do you remember about them?"

[Ares the Ram]

Macid began to hug Anon as a security blanket again as he remembered what he could about his parents. His voice was low, almost a whisper, as he tried to maintain his composure the best he could. "My parents were wealthy, but they didn't spoil me. We didn't have servants or anything but we had a nice house and plenty of cool things. They raised me to be kind to others and to not squander what I had and be thankful for it. My mother used to sing to my dad and me. She'd just sing while she cooked or while she knitted and we'd just sit there and listen to her." Macid began to tear up at the memory of his parents. "But then someone came and killed them. I was told it was a rival business partner, but I don't know of anyone who would hate them so much to do such a thing. I had to leave everything because Filadius and Catherine thought that they might come looking for me." Macid slowly let go of Anon and rolled up one of his sleeves to look at his scars on his wrists. "I miss them so much Constance. I used to cut myself to try and ease the pain, but it never worked. It always came back. Even with the journal I wrote in to stop this, it still hurt as much as it ever did." Tears were once again rolling down his face as he quietly cried to himself. He really wanted to hug Constance and cry like he did with Mortis, but thought she still might have some feelings about him touching her she may not be telling him. His stomach growled while he was crying, causing him to hug his stomach in an attempt to quiet it.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon shook her head at Mortis' question and took a deep breath, shooting another stream of liquid poison at a nearby tree and let Mortis see that it can eat through enything and make it whither. The part of the tree that was hit withered and a little squirrel that came down wondering what was going on with its home touched the poisoned section, and it died right on the spot, falling straight to the ground. Moon then shook her head a bit, feeling a bit woozy using her magic so soon in succession.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"Oh," she chuckled a bit sheepishly. "Then maybe we shouldn't toy with it. God forbid one of us accidentally touched it." Mortis rubbed the back of her head nervously. She was still very happy that Moon had found what her ability was, but now thinking on what she had said before, she shivered a bit, a cold chill running through her as she thought of what would happen with just one scratch. The chameleon reached into her bag, pulling out Boreas, temporarily forgetting about Moon. "Why won't you let me see what you're hiding..." She mumbled, again trying to flip through the pages.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance listened to Macid's story about his parents and how much he missed them. When he showed her his scars from cutting himself she said nothing. However when he started cry she reached over and pulled him closer with one arms. He was on her left, she was using her right arm to wrap around his shoulders. She then brought up her right hand to the other side of his face holding him closely. "There there, sweetie...It's okay. I don't see why you're crying, you at least have memories. I'm...An orphan. I don't even know who my parents were. I don't even know why...Could they help it? Maybe they didn't even want me...I'll never have any memories of them. I'm a little jealous of you." she explained, trying to console him. She smiled a bit at the end and remained quiet.

[Ares the Ram]

Being pulled over and embraced by Constance made Macid calm down a bit. He listened intently to what Constance had to say about her lack of parents. He didn't understand how she could be jealous of him and smile at the same time. He brought his arms around her as best he could without making her move and embraced her as well. His crying had turned into quiet sobs as they sat there together. He finally calmed down enough to form a coherent sentence. "Constance. I'm sorry. I didn't know. But thank you. For everything. I..." He wanted to say what he really felt about her, that he loved her, but was still too shy and embarrassed to say it. His stomach growled once again, reminding him of his hunger. He whispered into her ear "Maybe we should check up on the others and see if they've cut up that behemoth yet." He pulled her hand off his head and gently patted it, whispering another thank you as he slowly stood up and wiped away his tears. He smiled softly as he offered his hand to help her up.

[serpington]

max stagered out from behind the trees, still clutching his stomach as he slowly walked over to the tree he had sat mortis against. he walked straight passed the poisoned tree without noticing it. he sat down clumsily, grabbing at his gut as the pain returned momentarily before settling down again. he looked across to mortis and moon, not seeing the dead grass and smirked "next time something needs a test.....get one of the others to do it......" he limply looked across to Ramsey and smirked again thinking <i bet...if you could speak you'd be mocking me for the fun of it.>