Crawkid

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Chi seems to bee different from ash in this regard. He is in thought, but his plate is piled high even as he eats a breadroll. Every once in a while, he sticks a roll on ash's plate. First it was with seriousness, but by the third one, he was just doing it until she notices the ridiculous amount of bread on her plate.

Astra pauses bu nods, walking up to him slowly and seaks softly, "...do you need a room Dante?"

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

Chi follows behind Ash as Bane helps him guide her to food, nodding in agreement, "Food first."
Even still, he listened closely to her list, her worries, and kept them in mind ontop of what the Black Sun was going to have to go through now that they've all been attacked. Normally, he would have asked Jeb where they were moving to, and scouted ahead by now.

But...

Their information network was wide, and he wasn't the only one that could scout. Meanwhile... His eyes land on Ash again, considering her and all that had happened over the last three days. It is painfully clear, this girl who was just another face in the crowd to him before - a name that only held the vaguest part of his interest before he had stumbled into her shop.

And she needed him more than the Black Sun did.

He frowns slightly, then busies himself gathering food for himself, shoving a roll in his mouth as he fills his plate up.

Peter, on the otherhand, made sure to keep a firm hold on his leader. His frown was purely of concern. "Its fine my prince, just don't lose yourself..."

Astra came quickly behind Beta, even more concerned seeing that it was, as she had suspected, it had been Dante that was stressed. SHe couldn't blame him, she knew him better than most. At least, outside of his fellow vampires. Stepping forward, she speaks up, firm but gentle, "Dante?"

Embedded : The Vanished

The human had to take a moment to get his eyes working, through the usual way of squinting and rubbing. It clearly has not become apparent, nor registered to him, that he was a character that should not be able to move himself like that. He hadn't even yet realized the weight and feel of his coat moving with him yet.

And in that state, the half-fae had approached him.

Given that he was supposed to be alone in his place, let alone his room, the physical contact got an immediate reaction from him. A gasp of surprise, and instinctive moving away and putting his hands up, "Woah! woah who- ...what do you mean where am I? I'm -! ...I'm...?"

He blinks as he registers the person infront of him, not only incredibly odd, but also looking exactly like that character he had just seen on his computer screen a moment ago. Perhaps his next thought would have been to wonder if the guy playing that character happened to live near him, and cosplay...if he had not noticed the landscape behind the man. The unfamiliar yet newly familiar sight stunned him. What was going on? The streets dont look like that...

He stood still as seconds went by, his gears slowly changing. Then he took a deep, slightly shakey breath, "y-yea...yea...ok. That's...too real." Another moment of stunned silence later - he finally turns his attention back to the other guy, his eyes widening with realization, "Yea, I did feel that!"

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.