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

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever has on a tattered t-shirt, and torn jeans, with no shoes; she found a pair, but they were discarded after she stepped on a sharp piece of what used to be a building's support structure, and punched a rather large hole in the bottom of one of them.

She pauses as well, glancing over to see the Oracle's reaction before commenting on the place.

[Motel]

Talina holds the kiss for quite a while, though, eventually, it will have to end, at which point she grins back at the bat-fey, and begins rubbing her wings.

[W5]

Karyana smiles at Zwei, and begins making something the ex-deathknight likes.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
"... Are there people there?"
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[Motel]
She snuggles close, giggling.
Mmm, love you...
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[W5]
She sits and waits, petting Aseti.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever shrugs.

"Looks like it."

[Motel]

Talina smiles, happily nestling against her girlfriends.

"Love you too. Both of you."

[W5]

And, after a bit, breakfast is served to; when it is, Karyana goes to sit down next to Zwei, putting a wing, and a few arms, around her while she eats.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
So we can't go through there...
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[Motel]
They hug back, snuggling.
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[W5]
Zwei smiles at her, eating.

[The Bushranger]

[Moor]

Talia smiles up at her, still only half-awake as yet.

"Morning..."

"Good morning!" Dani chirps cheerily, smiling back and giggling.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]
So we can't go through there...
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[Motel]
They hug back, snuggling.
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[W5]
Zwei smiles at her, eating.

[Gaunts]

The Griever nods, frowning.

"Yep. We might be able to set up nearby, though..."

[Motel]

"How has everyone else been lately?", Talina asks, smiling happily, and waving for Marina and Sherry to come join them if they want to. "I didn't really get a chance to talk to anyone besides Marina and Sherry..."

[W5]

The vampire smiles as well, resting her head on Zwei's shoulder.

"How are you doing?"

[Moor]



"Good morning!" Dani chirps cheerily, smiling back and giggling.

Talia smiles, sitting up, and stretching.

"You feeling better?"

[The Bushranger]

[Moor]

"Much," Dani says with a grin. "Thanks!"
And she goes to hug her friend!

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Let's check for a place we can live, start a hive nearby...
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[Motel]
The two come over to sit with them.
They've all been great. Nobody seems to have lost any enthusiasm. Nycca smirks.
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[W5]
Good... it's nice having Aseti and Tsiln here.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Moor]

"You're welcome!", Talia replies, grinning, and returning Dani's hug. "I'm glad I could help!"


((Meta WW is currently looking for a replacement, if you're interested.))

[Gaunts]

The Griever (who, for some reason, I'm still stuck on a name for... ) nods, looking somewhat cheered by that prospect.

"It'll be nice to settle down somewhere again..."

[Motel]

Talina grins, and laughs.

"Well, that's good. Though, to be fair, you're not exactly a fair test of that, in my opinion..."

[W5]

The blood mage nods.

"Good. And yeah, it is nice to have them here... Good for Tsiln, too, I think."

[Beans]

[AB]
The Oracle nods, then says one of the worse possible things one could say at this time.
"I miss our old hive..."
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[Motel]
Pff, what do you mean by that?
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[W5]
Tsiln comes in, yawning, and sits with them.
Morning!

[The Bushranger]

[Moor]

"You're welcome!", Talia replies, grinning, and returning Dani's hug. "I'm glad I could help!"


((Meta WW is currently looking for a replacement, if you're interested.))

Dani grins and nods happily.
"Now let's go swimming!"

(Not sure I have time but I'll take a look...)

[Lady Serpentine]

[AB]

The Griever nods as well, looking rather uncomfortable about not being able to get away from everyone else, and losing whatever slight cheerfulness she'd gained.

[Motel]

"Well, you do tend to cause a distinct bias towards enthusiasm, love..."

[W5]

Karyana grins, going to put a wing around the Execuloth as well.

"Good morning! You want me to make you something?"

[Moor]

Talia's grin widens, and she nods as well, going to pick Dani up, and carry her to a nearby lake.

[Beans]

[AB]
Theia sighs.
Enough about that. C'mon, let's go.
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[Motel]
She smirks.
I suppose I do make the girls go crazy, don't I?
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[W5]
She shakes her head.
No thank you, but thank you.

[The Bushranger]

Moor]

Dani giggles and squirms as she's carried!
...and leaves out where she forgot to bring her swimsuit.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

She nods, quietly following them.

[Motel]

Talina nods, grinning, and laughing a bit.

"Yep!"

[W5]

Karyana smiles at her.

"You're welcome. You feeling better?"

[Moor]

Talia didn't bring one either, so she certainly isn't going to object to Dani's lack of attire.

Speaking of which, she slips out of... Whatever it was she was wearing..., and into the lake, which will prove pleasantly cool should Dani follow her in.

((However, now I must deadtime. Possibly, though hopefully not, for a week. ))

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
They head off into the nearby woods.
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[Motel]
Nycca grins smugly.
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[W5]
She nods, smiling.
Yes, thank you.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever simply continues to follow them, hanging back a bit, though she does look around for anything that could be suitable for a hive.

[Motel]

Talina goes to kiss her, still grinning.

[W5]

Karyana smiles back, nestling against her.

"You are, once again, welcome, dear."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
They'll see the back end of an overgrown, neglected property behind a chain-link fence.
Looks promising...
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[Motel]
She kisses back, giggling.
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[W5]
She hugs Karyana.
I'm lucky to have friends like you.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever is a bit cheered by that, and nods, going to climb over the fence.

"Yeah. As long as no-one's home, anyway..."

[Motel]

Talina happily holds the kiss for a while, hands wandering a bit.

[W5]

Karyana smiles, and nods, hugging her back.

"And we're lucky to know someone like you."

[Beans]

[Gaunt]
Theia helps her and the Oracle over, then scrambles over herself.
There's a group of low, long concrete buildings riddled with graffiti and soot stains.
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[Motel]
She gets wandery as well, quite enjoying it.
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[W5]
Tsiln chitters pleasedly; Aseti grins.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunt]

The Griever will help Theia over if she needs it, then head over to the buildings to investigate.

[Motel]

Talina grins happily, rather liking it as well, and goes to kiss her again, waving Vo over.

[W5]

Karyana grins as well, and goes to pull Tsiln into her lap.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Looks like an old high school; apparently the kids didn't like it very much, what with all the graffiti and broken windows and stuff.
Theia goes in front, forearm blades extended.
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[Motel]
Vo comes over.
Hi guys.
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[W5]
Tsiln snuggles close happily.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever is probably in the rear, so that the Oracle is protected from both sides, and goes to hand their young leader the resin knife she made earlier as they go.

[Motel]

Talina smiles up at Vo, and goes to pull her into a hug.

"Hey, Vo."

[W5]

Karyana smiles, going to enfold the Execuloth in her wings.

"Why was it you pretty much stopped coming over before the wedding, anyway? I missed you."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
The Oracle takes the knife, sort of spacing out and looking around.
That's standard Oracle procedure.

Theia kicks open a creaky door to find a desolate, scrapped interior.
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[Motel]
How're you two?
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[W5]
I got a little caught up in my work, sorry...

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever nods thoughtfully.

"This looks good... What do you two think?"

[Motel]

"We're good. So's everyone else. How about you?"

[W5]

Karyana shrugs, holding her close.

"Don't worry about it. I just wanted to make sure you hadn't been having problems or anything."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
"I like it, but we'll have to put up some glowresin..."
Seems alright, yeah... smells like teens might come here to smoke or something, so we'll have to discourage them. dead animals lying around, that sort of thing.
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[Motel]
Good! I had some fun, got some reading in...
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[W5]
Thanks, Karyana.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

"Sounds like the best we'll get, then... Let's get this stuff unpacked, and some resin up."

The Griever sounds, and looks, much happier now that they're actually setting up a permanent hive somewhere.

[Motel]

Talina grins, snuggling close to her.

"Good. What stuff did you read?"

[W5]

Karyana smiles, rubbing Tsiln's wingnubs.

"You're welcome, love."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Theia stalks around and gets them into the basement, lighting a makeshift torch so they can set up glowresin.
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[Motel]
Oh, just a little something on graviton leakage and the resultant impact on the strong and weak forces between particles.
Nycca blinks at the science-babble.
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[W5]
She chitters, nuzzling her cheek.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever begins setting up a layer of it on the ceiling, and a band down the corner of each wall, smiling a bit.

[Motel]

Talina nods thoughtfully, having understood roughly what she's talking about.

"Interesting. What did you find out?"

[W5]

Karyana grins, enjoying the nuzzling, and goes to kiss her.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
The Oracle smiles; Theia helps set up the glowresin.
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[Motel]
Vo's explanation is... hard to follow, but sounds sciency.
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[W5]
She kisses back; Zwei and Aseti grin.