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*Curt walks back into the main living area in the base after figuring out where all the basic stuff like the kitchen and showers is*

*Cal sets his jaw firmly and nods silently*
*His eyes betray his true emotion, fear tinged with worry for his children*


*Scatty's still unconscious on the sofa*


*Merg's getting something to eat from somewhere*


*Black Hawk's standing outside the base watching the treeline*


*Thoth winces as he motions to hand Calluna over*
Thoth: I just... want... to watch...
*Calluna has aged to be about 5-6 now and is clearly terrified of the demon. She clings tightly to Thoth's hand as he tries to hand her over*

*Voskrinod stands up and stretches*
V: I'm going to go for a walk. See what this place has to offer.
*heads off to check out what he can of the base*
*Aerin just grunts in acknowledgement, and goes back to sharpening his silver sword with a whetstone*

*Marilania props some pillows and sits on bed*
Come on sit down, or I can get dressed and go grab a bite to eat or see who about public areas, least we have one thing that makes sense though.

How your family holding up?
*looks slightly concerned given the time frames*
*puts other thought aside as seems to need support*

...

*Maria goes for walk round the housing area seeing what is there and also maybe to see if anyone new arrived*

*briefly stops by a small shrine area to light a candle to the lost and generally just have a quiet moment to reflect on things*

*Morgan smiles slightly and sits down*
Morgan: I dunno... it's... horrible. It's like they're keeping us prisoner...


*Merg had shaken her head as she doesn't know many names of folk*

*Marinalia sighs*
I doubt anyone here is entirely quite truly free.
Its still someone else base. We are not home, we are at best guests here.

Just try to stay out of trouble... They not gonna be forgiving.

*tries to raise mood smiling slightly*
All considered at times And yet you seem more phased by my clothing or lack of it.
*laughs weakly*

...

*Maria sees vosk pass and waves after lighting a candle for Milo and one for the imperials in a small, fairly plain but still a shrine*
Hey, foods down corridor on the left... Seems most important thing given what most of us seem to have gone through.



...

*Curt trots back to his room with a little snack*

*Morgan nods then blinks and reddens slightly*
Morgan: I err... I guess my mind is in other places...


*Merg is raiding the food stores, basically cramming more than should be possible into her bag. Canned food, fresh food, dry food, all of it vanishes into her bag, which appears to be empty. If someone were to look inside the bag it'd be shrouded in darkness*

Voskrinod nods to Maria and smiles*
V: Thank you. I was just trying to see what I could, and perhaps better acquaint myself with our hosts.

*Assuming that Curt and Santiago got assigned to the same area cause they're human, Santiago nods to Curt from where he sits*
S: Glad to see more of us survived the attack.

*Marinalia smiles*
Other places. Sure you when,t curious when I went for swim then.
*gives a cheaky look but also kind and places his hand over her heart so he can feel it *
See... Just human. Nothing scary, nothing to fear. Just me.
If I was uncomfortable if not let you.

*either pauses after reply or yawns and slowly closes eyes and lies down*
*yawns*
Your welcome to stay... It helps me with the nightmares.
*closes eyes and falls asleep a few minutes later. *

...

*Maria decides to remain at little chapel reflecting on things as quiet and kinds feels like place that its fitting*
*quietly respectful and tires not to bother anyone if they wanted to use it*

*replies to vosk*
Not a problem... If you only just got here a propper meal however gakky is still better than nothing about now.
Not sure, I've not seen them about much. I guess they be somewhere in the bases centre seems logical.

...

*Marla dozes off into a rather worried sleep and keeps having nightmares about Milo*

Ooc night.

*Voskrinod nods*
V: Take care, Maria.
*walks off to the kitchen, and reaches out with his mind at the same time to see what he can sense*
*avoids Culexes assassins as he does so, cause entering the mind of a soulless human wouldn't feel good for him*

*Morgan debates for a bit then curls up next to Maril and puts his arm around Maril*


*Merg finishes supplying herself for the next few weeks in case she were to run out of food*
*If Vosk could read her mind it'd be a dark, dark place. Full of hate for those who hurt the innocent or weak, worry over the assassins all over the place and a cold emptiness*


*Black Hawk goes to wherever Santiago and Curt are and nods to Santiago*
BH: Good to see you made it. Joalia make it too? I don't see her.

*Voskrinod only skims the surface of Merg's mind, and what he finds only disappoints him*
*walks into the kitchen and nods to her in person*
V: Hello Mergoux. Settling in alright?

*Joalia is next to Santiago, and has been there for awhile*
*Ignoring that part of the post then, cause Black Hawk isn't blind, Santiago nods to Black Hawk*
S: Thoth, Ra, and the princesses were with my group too. But Thoth left after a disagreement, and Ra is searching for Horus.

*Curt nods to Santi/BH/Joal*

*He tilts his head at Santi*

Curt: Hmmm. What kind of disagreement?

*Santiago sighs*
S: He didn't trust Jason, the leader of this place. And a few heated words led to him teleporting away with some barbarian woman and her child.

*I kinda assumed Santiago had left Joalia to rest while he did stuff so just me being stupid*
*Black Hawk nods*
BH: Thoth? What did he do? Insult our... host?
*Nods along to Santiago's story*
BH: That sounds like him. I try to avoid the arrogant donkey-cave when possible.


*Merg looks over, and nods*
Merg: Better than roughing it I guess. I hate hunting game and I was out of food. It's good to be clean again too.
*Bites into a apple and looks around her surroundings*
Merg: We need a plan. We've grouped up at last, but we need a way to fight the demons and get rid of them. Sitting around isn't going to help us in the long run

*nah, Santiago has just been chilling with Joalia in their assigned room*
*Santiago sighs again*
S: I'd like to disagree, but that entire situation was avoidable.

*Voskrinod nods*
V: I agree. I'm not used to sitting by while my home is attacked, even if this place has not been my home for long.

*Curt frowns*

Curt: Thoth sounds like a bit of an idiot. No offence...

*Merg nods and her hand trembles slightly*
Merg: They... They need to be eradicated for what they did to the world...


*BH nods*
BH: What was the altercation over?

*Gandrea looks around not really seeing any apple trees, but nods anyway, cause it just gives her some alone time*

~

*Denny sighs, and nods*
D: Yeah. I know.
*She keeps her M6 close-by as well as she showers in her bodysuit, cause she needs to wash that as well*
*Eventually takes her bodysuit off so she can knock out two birds with one stone*

~

*Maiev grits her teeth kinda, then nods*
M: Well I doubt I- er, we can do it alone...

~

*The figure takes Calluna's hand, and smiles*
Figure: You have a nice day now.
*His hand phases out of Thoth's back, and teleports Calluna and himself into a brightly lit chamber, that doesn't actually look demonic*
*The figure himself is no longer clad in shadows, but is the visage of a 8 year old boy in some royal attire*
Figure: Greetings friend! Do you want to play a game?

~

*Joal is forever beside Santiago*

*Calluna looks scared and confused AF and looks around wildly*
*She whimpers and shies away from the stranger*


*Thoth collapses to the ground, panting in pain and curses*
Thoth: I will have to find her. Furia, I will send you to a safe place for now.
*He pats Furia's head which whisks her away to Ra who's kneeling next to a river, observing footprints*

*Kara sighs and nods slowly*
K: Alright. But an army isn't the way to beat a Blight.
*uses a finger to tilt Maiev's head up*
K: But we will do this.

*Santiago shakes his head*
S: The housing for the elders, and Thoth was threatened after using magic against an assassin. It really was a waste of time, the entire scene.

*Vosk nods*
V: These demons have nothing for us but ruin. The sooner that they're gone, the better.

*Curt sighs*

Curt: We can't beat the fething demons if we are to busy bickering amongst ourselves... You'd think a person who is over a million years old would get that...

*Santiago nods*
S: We need help to save this planet. There's a price to pay to win the war, but its worth it.

*BH nods*
BH: Sounds like it. A pity. He's too useful to lose
*BH looks over to Curt*
BH: A million? No way, the max life expectancy for Elders is 500k. I dunno how old Thoth is, but my bet is he's getting up there in years.


*Merg nods and finishes her apple*
Merg: Yeah... I'm going to see what they've got around here.
*She nods to Vosk and walks off to explore the base*

*Voskrinod follows after Merg*
V: Would you mind some company? I need something to do, besides sitting in a room.

*Curt frowns*

Curt: I'm 48 and I understand that what he did is stupid. So he really should pull his gak together, I mean even if he was only 50 years old I would expect him to understand that...

*BH nods*
BH: I know. He's... disconnected from social norms. For all his great knowledge, he doesn't know gak on how to talk with a man


*Merg glances at Vos*
Merg: Fine. Let's go.

d*Maiev has no choice but to stare into Kara's eyes, and she reluctantly smiles*
M: Yeah, we will. You and me, and whoever else is stupid enough to come with us...

~

*The boy figure smiles, and manifests a drawing book*
Boy: Here, we'll draw something nice! And then we can see how fast you learn languages!

*Kara smirks and hugs Maiev*
K: Agreed. Should we go now?