Crawkid

Of Light and Shadow - Craw/DOC

As he worked, he had a million thoughts on his mind. He had to make sure he did things the way he wanted to here. Had to remember the fastest route out of the house. Had to remember the route to his hidden car. Had to go through the checklist of the emergency accomodations he had set up, incase he had ever needed to a disposable location, or house someone. He had never thought he would, but that's what a 'just in case' is good for.

Then it was time to leave. A couple bottles snatched on the way and he had been about to gesture to where he had the car hidden. He had made a mental note to pull the towel and blanket to the front for her, he knew she was going to get soaked - and in that outfit, that was asking for hypothermia.

But his gesture was interupted by the sound of a door shutting suddenly. He could feel the change in air pressure behind him, as well as the tension in his new companion's body. Before anything happened next, she was pulling him out into the storm, "hold on, go left!" he pointed towards the bushy edge of the property, where the road met the driveway.

Jumping into the old beat up sedan, he slid the key in and as soon as it purred to life, he peeled out.

He only remembered to breathe again once they got onto the road.

"Alright girl, grab yourself a towel from the back, and start talking."

He shook his head, shifting gears as he went to keep up the speed, just on the edge of where it would be illegal. It would be really bad to have to murder a cop for seeing Adam disheveled with demon blood on him.

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Chi looked up at Bane at first over the mention of a stronghold. He's not sure what that is about, but he does understand that help is being offered, so he gives a slight nod, "She should be up soon."

When ash talks about going to the shop, he looks at her with a frown, and then back at Bane. Sharing a look with the werewolf, he sighs and gives her a little nudge towards the breakfast table, "I'll go with, but not before breakfast." a pause, "I mean it."

Peter, growing more worried, rushes over the next few steps to try to support Dante.

Astra tenses and looks over at Beta, visibly hesitating but nods, "Im sorry to ask for your help again, would you take me to them?"

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

He keeps walking towards the mess hall, though you can see that the guild is organizing itself into packing things away. It seems to have at least been practiced before. when they get into a long room with a long bench-table, it has a buffet style line up of scrambled eggs, eggy soup, chili, rolls, french toast, sausages, and roasted veggies. Theres also a small tank of vitamin water, a flavored drink that's meant to fill in most of a person's vitamin needs. The people who filter in are eating well, eating fast, and joining the process quickly.

Chi pauses awkwardly, just to the side of the door so as to not get in anyone's way. "...it...wasn't bad enough to let you die over...and I thought I would at least try again."

Concern rises in Peter's chest, and as he sees his admirable figure stress, he debates on if he should try to disrupt t. Dante was much stronger than he was and had better reflexes, possibly even as injured as he got. But finally, he decided to risk it and stepped up, speaking louder and more firm in his concern "my prince?"

Astra smiles softly, reaching out to take a moment to pet the shadow wolf on the head, "Well, alright. If you want to stick around after helping me, I won't say no." She stands and stretches a little bit, chasing the sleep out of her and then headed out. SHe got Jeb's note and hummed as she read it over on the way to the mess hall.

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

The shifter looks away with a slight blush, "....I guess." he turns and heads towards the door, "Come on, lets get breakfast before they pack away all the food."

Peter stands there, both confused and concerned, taking a half step closer, "sir...?"

Astra smiles and leans back, "I think we can feed you this time...we should be about to move though." she pauses, "...may I...pet you?"

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Chi nods to Bane, and looks back at Ash, clearly puzzling out how to explain his situation to her. His brow furrows even as he speaks, "imagine...you realize that a streetsweeper bot can re-arrange itself into anything. THen you become afriad that it will follow you home and replace your washing machine and kill you."

He shifts awkwardly, then looks to bane again, before gesturing, "...or...imagine that someone would be afraid of a werewolf pretending to be a dog, and then killing them. or even just stealing their wallet. Except I can be anything?"

Peter slows to a stop behind him, thinking, "White...dark red eyes that glowed...white irises.."

Astra looks over at Beta, surrised and raising an eyebrow at how hapy he seemed to be to be a pillow, but she also couldnt help the slight smile, "...refreshing...ly comfortable, thank you."

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

ok, things have been addressed...how are you doing at this point?

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

"The emotional aspect.." the shifter repeats softly, looking away for a moment, before taking a deep breath, "I'll try to explain...but t's difficult. I was not saying that they lie to themselves, I'm saying that they lie to everyone. And, if you find one that has made a life for themselves...they will not accept you, unless you are also lying. My kind...we do not easily admit what we are to others. So we don't socialize." He looks at Bane thoughtfully, and then back towards her, "... we don't have community. We don't have a shared language, or culture that anyone can learn. Our culture is lying to everyone in order to survive. That...makes the world suspicious of us, and that makes us more afraid." He shakes his head, ".....I forgot where I'm going with this...i forgot why I even started..."

a long period of silence, "I guess...I just don't expect people to trust me. Not outsiders, because they don't trust someone who can be anyone. Nor my own kind, because they don't trust me until I pretend to be something else. So I don't make connections with people." a pause, "...um...I appreciate you saying that you would accept me for what I am. But accepting me doesn't change how my...people are."

Peter stands straighter, ready to give report. "It appeared to be her reliving trauma. She was in a burning house, screaming and afraid. There was also an old bot there. I managed to convince her that I was there to help, and gathered the situation. It appears that for some reason, a...god? wanted her dead, and people came to hunt her and her father down. She was told to hide while he went to go get help...but he was killed just downstairs. The scream was terrible. Apparently, at that point, she runs to him, only to find some pure white creature breaking open his chest...he sees her while he is being attacked, and says he loves her." he falls quiet, "...then she screams and everything goes black. I think...we can assume either she had passed out, or disassociated."

Astra scrunches her face at the lick, then chuckles and rolls over, sitting up groggily, "... and you are a comfortable...pillow." She says, offering weak humor.

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

I can do the next post then, but responces will be limited, i got some things to handle tonight

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oops hey, something came up and i forgot astras portion of the last responce, do you want me to edit that in?

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Chi pauses, the smile fading slightly as he remembers their argument. And then the attack, and how he had lost himself in the fight, but still felt the urge to protect her. And then back to Bane's words to him. His first response is just a small nod at first, the shift in place and speaks softly, "...I still don't understand what happened..."

Peter keeps following Dante, and nods. "Yes, my prince...I have been doing my best already, since I was never told the duty you gave me was over." he pauses, "...should I apply all of my training? ...she can sense and use shadow.."