[Nexus] The Nest/Karyana's Forest (And Additional Locales) V:

[Beans]

[Warren]
She indicates her apology, saying she's been working on getting this warren up and running. She's pretty useful, what with having a sort of Swiss Army Arm.
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[Motel]
Both gals are snuggled and asleep.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Warren]

Karyana shrugs, smiling reassuringly at her.

"Don't worry about it, Xyta. I wasn't complaining, just curious."

[Motel]

Talina smiles, stroking Nycca's wings as she sleeps.

[Beans]

[Warren]
She nods, smiling back.
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[Motel]
Nycca makes contented little noises in her sleep.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Warren]

Karyana grins, going to scratch her ears, and pet her.

[Motel]

Talina smiles, continuing to stroke Nycca's wings, and goes to kiss the bat-fey.

[Beans]

[Warren]
She seems quite happy with this arrangement.
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[Motel]
She giggles in half-sleep, giggling.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Warren]

Then it likely continues for quite a while, though Karyana may eventually doze off, looking considerably more relaxed than she did when she came down here.

[Motel]

Talina smiles amusedly, and laughs a bit, continuing to stroke her wings.

"Silly, sleepy, bat-girl."

[Beans]

[Warren]
In which case, the catgirl snuggles close and dozes too.
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[Motel]
She giggles, yawning.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Warren]

Eventually, Karyana will wake up, apparently still feeling considerably better than she did when she came down, and go to pet Xyta, looking around to see where Aseti is.

[Motel]

Talina goes to hug her tightly.

"Morning, dear. How'd you sleep?"

((But deadtime after HALO, as it's midnight here.))

[Beans]

[Warren]
Aseti is asleep, snuggled up close.
Xyta yawns silently, smiling.
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[Motel]
She smiles.
Mmm, good.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Warren]

Karyana smiles back at Xyta, clearly enjoying snuggling the pair, and goes to pet Aseti as well.

"You want some breakfast, Xyta?"

[Motel]

Talina happily returns Nycca's smile, snuggling up to the bat-fey.

"Good. I'm glad you're not having nightmares so often anymore."

[Beans]

[Motel]
Mmm...
Ooh, remember, the meetup is today.
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[Warren]
She nods, smiling.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Motel]

Talina grins at her.

"Good... It'll be nice to see everyone again. Do you think we should invite Vo?"

[Warren]

Karyana smiles, and uses her dimension-sense to look for another catperson, who'll be called to the room, and, if they come, asked what Xyta likes to eat.

[Beans]

[Motel]
Sure!
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[Warren]
They answer... and I'm not sure what it is, but Karyana knows now.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Motel]

"Then let's wake up Jen and do it," Talina says, going to kiss Jen, hopefully waking her.

[Warren]

Then Karyana makes a plate/bowl/dish-thing of that appear for her.

[Beans]

[Motel]
Jen yawns awake, smiling.
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[Warren]
The catgirl is very pleased, finishing her meal fairly quickly.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Motel]

"Hey, Jen. You sleep well?"

[Warren]

Karyana snuggles her and Aseti as she eats, smiling.

"Do you want to do anything, or just hang out down here for a bit?"

[Beans]

[Motel]
She nods, smiling.
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[Warren]
She shrugs, indicating that Karyana can choose what to do.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Motel]

"So... We were thinking of inviting Vo to the meetup. Are you okay with that?"

[Warren]

Karyana grins, and goes to warp them to the Aemnosplain.

[Beans]

[Aemnosplain]
That's the pyroclastic world, right?
Xyta is surprised and interested by all the everything on fire.
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[Motel]
She giggles and nods.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Aemnosplain]

Yep, it is.

Karyana, if Xyta can ask questions somehow, will answer them to the best of her abilities.

[Motel]

"Then let's go get her. Unless you'd prefer to have some food first?"

[Beans]

[Aemnosplain]
Xyta's questions (simple ones like "why is everything on fire") are answered to her satisfaction, then.
Aseti giggles, stretching.
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[Motel]
Let's go!

[Lady Serpentine]

[Aemnosplain]

Karyana grins, and goes to scratch Aseti's ears, as well as provide belly rubs.

[Motel]

Then, presumably, they head off to Vo's.

[Beans]

[Aemnosplain]
Aseti grins, pleased by this.
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[Motel]
Vo doesn't notice them come in; she's buried in a book about SCIENCE things.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Aemnosplain]

Karyana grins back at her.

"Do you want to go see the Flamedancers?"

[Lab]

"Hey, Vo!", Talina calls, grinning.

[Beans]

[Aemnosplain]
Both gals nod, Xyta not knowing what Flamedancers are but assuming they're cool.
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[Lab]
Vo turns and smiles.
Hi girls. What's up?

[Lady Serpentine]

[Aemnosplain]

Then, presumably, they'll head out through the bath-lava, and into the Flame Strider, before starting to head towards the arena.

[Lab]

"We were wondering if you'd like to come with us to the meetup tonight," Talina says, smiling back at Vo, and going to hug her.

[Beans]

[Aemnosplain]
Xyta follows, intrigued by all around her.
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[Lab]
She blushes.
Um, sure!

[Lady Serpentine]

[Aemnosplain]

Everything is pretty much the same as it was before, save for the fact that several of the firedrakes can be seen flying overhead.

Unless questions are asked, or something of that nature, they'll arrive at the arena fairly shortly, where the Flamedancers are just finishing a fight.

[Lab]

"Thanks... Nycca, when exactly is it, anyway?"

[Beans]

[Aemnosplain]
Xyta watches, marveling.
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[Motel]
A few hours.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Aemnosplain]

The fight is, once again, rather brutal, Aernel having apparently gotten a good deal of lava into his sister's bloodstream, while her creation seems to have broken both of his legs, though he's still standing, and one of his arms.

The creations, this time, are a chitinous black and green creature with the body of a manatee, the tail of a crocodile, and the jaw structure of a coyote for Aernel, while his sister has a six-legged beast with the body of a dog, though it's the size of a horse, and a four part mouth, covered in red and gold feathers.

[Lab]

Talina nods thoughtfully.

"Enough time for breakfast, then... Vo, do you want something too?"