[IC] The Two Sides

[AkeelaQ]

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Xavier smiles slightly at the boy. "Deal. But know if you do try to bite me.." He shifts and opens his jaws wide, before closing them and shifting back. "I bet my bite is bigger than yours." He winks and keeps walking, hands in his pockets. One hand on a throwing knife, in case Leo tried anything. He didn't think the boy would, but he seemed unpredictable enough, and Xavier really did not feel like losing a hand. Not today and not to a boy younger than him. Now if a Rabin cut off his hand, well, he might have less of an issue with that.

@Fionraella

Leo jumped back and hissed loudly at Xavier, snarling loudly, teeth barred. He narrowed his eyes at him and hissed slightly, before beginning to follow him. He glared angrily at Xavier's back. "Can't bite what you no touch..." He growled under his breath. He loomed around as they walked. "Where going?"

[Fionraella]

@Fionraella "I'm bad at this. I just want to be mean and cold and beat people up." She scratched his head. "But you're so damn cute and endearing! It's throwing me for a loop." She gestured to Brick. "He just kicked my ass but instead of rotting in a pit like prisoners over on our side, we're... being treated almost like people. They even have fires!"

@xiaomiau

Destin bats at her nose. "I'm adorable and small and fluffy. And you know you love me." He snuggles against her arm and licks it cutely. He gives her his big ocelot eye look. "The Rabins aren't all bad...you know I used to be a half-Rabin for awhile right? Before..." He shakes his head. "I joined the Broms two years ago. So that's where I am now. Sacha's a good friend and would never treat me, or any of my friends badly!"

[Fionraella]

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Leo jumped back and hissed loudly at Xavier, snarling loudly, teeth barred. He narrowed his eyes at him and hissed slightly, before beginning to follow him. He glared angrily at Xavier's back. "Can't bite what you no touch..." He growled under his breath. He loomed around as they walked. "Where going?"

@AkeelaQ

Xavier laughs at the hiss. "I'm a crocodile. Trust me kid." He then begins whistling, ignoring Leo's question. The kid was being a bit annoying. Xavier didn't care too much. Broms themselves were worse than this. And the Rabins. whoo-hoo. They were the worst of the worst. I was actually quite nice to just walk in some random direction with no real purpose. Well, except to avoid losing his hand to this kid.

[xiaomiau]

@Fionraella Misha laughed with a hint of bitterness. She glanced around the camp... The foliage was much the same as their own camp, but somehow lighter. They looked a bit less like they were about to freeze to death. "I used to be a Rabin, too, you know." She looked into Destin's precious baby eyes. "Can you imagine that?"

[Fionraella]

@Fionraella Misha laughed with a hint of bitterness. She glanced around the camp... The foliage was much the same as their own camp, but somehow lighter. They looked a bit less like they were about to freeze to death. "I used to be a Rabin, too, you know." She looked into Destin's precious baby eyes. "Can you imagine that?"

@xiaomiau

Destin's baby eyes widen. "No way! when?? Sacha never mentioned that you were a Rabin." He grins. "Whoa...that's super cool. Think we were members at the same time? That would be so weird!" He stretches out, just longer than her lap fully stretched out. "Man. I missed this camp. It's a bit bigger and I like the shape and layout better. What about you?"

[xiaomiau]

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Destin's baby eyes widen. "No way! when?? Sacha never mentioned that you were a Rabin." He grins. "Whoa...that's super cool. Think we were members at the same time? That would be so weird!" He stretches out, just longer than her lap fully stretched out. "Man. I missed this camp. It's a bit bigger and I like the shape and layout better. What about you?"

@Fionraella

Misha shrugged. "Don't think so. I don't know. I mostly just hung out with Kianna, so I wasn't paying much attention." She glanced around, taking in the shapes of the camp, then drew her gaze back to Destin. "I just didn't feel like I belonged here. Everyone here is so..." She lowered her voice. "They want to get along. And I can't."

[Fionraella]

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Misha shrugged. "Don't think so. I don't know. I mostly just hung out with Kianna, so I wasn't paying much attention." She glanced around, taking in the shapes of the camp, then drew her gaze back to Destin. "I just didn't feel like I belonged here. Everyone here is so..." She lowered her voice. "They want to get along. And I can't."

@xiaomiau

Destin nods. "I understand. I just...everyone in the Rabins never understood why I hated this war. It's similar in the Broms, but they mostly leave you alone. Here it was like....they defended it. Trying to make up stupid reasons for the fighting. Making themselves the more superior group when in reality neither are...so I left. And then the Broms needed a healer so I couldn't leave..."

[xiaomiau]

@Fionraella Misha nodded. "I get that. Sometimes it feels all holier-than-thou like they think they're better than us for... I don't know." She shrugged. "I'm glad you came over. We'd be in pieces without you, obviously!" We already are, she thought. Nonetheless, she missed her own makeshift bed and the cocky stubbornness of their leader.. and the constant state of disaster. It was familiar.

[Fionraella]

@Fionraella Misha nodded. "I get that. Sometimes it feels all holier-than-thou like they think they're better than us for... I don't know." She shrugged. "I'm glad you came over. We'd be in pieces without you, obviously!" We already are, she thought. Nonetheless, she missed her own makeshift bed and the cocky stubbornness of their leader.. and the constant state of disaster. It was familiar.

@xiaomiau

Destin looks around the Rabin camp sadly. "I still can't help but miss this place though." He looks around the camp sadly before yawning. "We should get some rest. I don't know what Sacha has planned for us. But it shouldn't too bad right? She's a good, and fair leader."

[xiaomiau]

@Fionraella Misha laughed and scratched his ear playfully. "Nope. We'll be dead by morning. Seeya on the other side." She stood up and brushed off her pants. "I'm gonna go camp out where they told me to. Don't wanna get thrown around anymore for breaking the rules." She began making her way to the tent Brick had pointed out earlier. Before she went inside, she glanced back at Destin. "Hey, kid," she whispered. "Thanks for not dying."

[wallaberry]

Kianna came into camp in her wolf form, knife still in her mouth. She scanned the clearing and spotted Misha. She inwardly decided to just go to her tent and keep the knife there. She then pads towards it, and shifts when she enters. Kianna was quite cold, and dropped the knife on the table next to her cot.

[Azereiah]

Brick watched Misha and Kianna go to their respective beds. Seemed things were finally calming down for the night - perhaps he could let himself fall asleep now. He walked over and quickly made sure Aya and Destin were okay, then kept walking towards a tree on the edge of the camp. He assumed those two would be bunking together that night anyway.

He gripped a lower-hanging, larger tree branch, and walked his way up the side of the tree before slinging himself up and turning around. A few more branches up, and he found himself a decent perch in the middle of the tree. This would be his sleeping spot for the night, and when he woke, he would have a good monkey's-eye view of the camp. He grabbed a few looser branches and tangled them together so that if somebody tried to move them and climb up to his position, a stick would poke him in the forehead. Didn't want to get caught napping, even in the safety of his own camp.

The tree-climbing drained the last of his strength for the day, and fatigue took him off to the world of sleep, where dreams of rainforests awaited.

[Carlsberg]

@BeCreative

John shrugged.
"It's not too bad. Occasionally someone will pop along and talk for a while, like you are. It's peaceful. Quiet. It gives me time to think about... everything really," He said, a calm look falling over his face.
He looked into the distance, enjoying the sounds of the birds cheeping.
"I wouldn't fit into any of the groups anyway. I can't shift, and I'm not social."
He put his plate down and looked up at the sky, seeing the sun was nearing the horizon.
"Shouldn't you be heading back to camp now? It's getting pretty late."

[Fionraella]

@hawksnest565

Destin yawns, stretching as he sits up on Aya's cot. His side ached, but not as bad as it did the day before. He looks around her tent with a contented sigh. It's so perfect in here... He thinks, before jumping off the cot. He looks around before shifting and running a hand through his hair. He looks down at his side and grimaces, seeing the bruises from hitting the rock. It didn't look too serious, but still looked ugly.
He walks back towards the herb and medicine stores to peek at what all she had collected. He smiles a bit at her organization as he searches for some ginseng and lavender. Smiling as he finds it, he pulls out a few leaves before chewing them. He ignores the bitterness as he walks around her tent, taking in her various personal items laying around. He kept his hands behind his back, trying to avoid any temptaiton to touch her things.

[jaywing93]

Jett finds his mind drifting as his feet begin to recognize the once-familiar route to the Rabin camp. He tries desperately to think of a way to save himself from having to resort to this, but he comes up blank, and accepts that this is the only way. With nowhere left to turn to, the Rabin camp had once been his home, a safe-haven for people like him, and he knew they wouldn't turn him away, no matter his past.

[wallaberry]

Kianna had left camp quietly. She needed a breather from the tensio in camp after the Misha incident. She found her way walking down the trail to the river once more. She wasn't used to being in her human form for long but she didn't care at the moment.

[jaywing93]

@wallaberry Jett paused when he heard human footsteps through the trees. "Hello?" he called out hesitantly, not sure who he would encounter.

[wallaberry]

@jaywing93

Kianna froze at the sound of a voice. She scanned the nearby trees before replying. "Whose there?" She calls out, unsure of who it was. It couldn't be a Brom. If it was, they were hella ballsy.

[jaywing93]

Jett turned towards the voice and walked towards it. "It's okay, I'm a friend of the Rabins. I'm just looking for a place to call home for a bit." He finally emerged into the clearing and stood face to face with the girl, and showed that he was unarmed.

[wallaberry]

"Hmm. I suppose I could take you back to camp." She shrugs, watching him closely. "You know Sacha?" Kianna motions back to camp with her hand. "Come on,"