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

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
"I'll go ask... myself..."
She gets up and goes into her friend's room.
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[Motel]
Sherry and Marina are fast asleep.
Nycca giggles sleepily. We have the best times there...

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Aira calmly waits, smiling a bit.

[Motel]

Talina nods, stroking Nycca's wings.

"Yep. Though admittedly, I think this was even more fun than most of the stuff we've done at them..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
She comes back later with a nod.
((Do you think we should do it so, with our four Gaunts, we have one of each Breed?))
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[Motel]
Vo nuzzles her neck.
Mmm, it was nice...

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

((I'm fine with that.))

Aira stands, going to hug her again.

"Do you two want to come back now, or do you need some time to get things together?"

[Motel]

Talina smiles, nuzzling Vo as well.

"Very. Only thing that would have made it better would be if Jen had been here..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
"Let's just go now."
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[Motel]
She nods, smiling.
Mhmm... though she'd be just as asleep as Sherry and Marina by now.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Griever nods, waiting for the woman to lead them to her friend, so they can all go at once.

[Motel]

"True," Talina agrees, laughing, and ruffling Nycca's hair. "I'm surprised Nycca's not too, actually, considering how sleepy she normally is."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Her friend comes with her, having packed some stuff.
Off they can go!
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[Motel]
Vo giggles; Nycca smirks.
You girls are always tiring me out, not my fault.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

In that case, unless something stops them (as, presumably, if someone saw them, it would look rather suspicious for them to be sneaking out in the dead of night with two new people) they head back to the hive!

[Motel]

Talina smirks back, stroking her wings.

"True. Of course, you usually do a pretty good job of tiring us out, too..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
They make it back, and must leave the two newcomers with the Oracle for her to do her bizarre work.
((Timeskip a few days to the new gaunts' fledging into their breeds?))
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[Motel]
Nycca makes a sleepy little "rawr" hand gesture, snuggling her head into Talina's chest.
Vo giggles.
She's so cute.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

((Timeskipping seems to be the best plan, yes.))

[Motel]

Talina laughs softly, happily returning the bat-fey's snuggling, and nods at Vo's comment.

"Yeah, she is. Quite a change from when we first met..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
((I guess that means one will be a Creeper and another will be a Flyer; which one do you want?))
Theia has been supplying the fledging Gaunts with food over the past few days; she is getting restless.
Are they done yet?
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[Motel]
She blinks.
How so?

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

((I'll take whichever isn't the one that Aira already spoke to on-screen.))

The Griever shrugs in response to Theia's question.

"Dunno. I think so."

[Motel]

"She didn't look too good back then. If you want to see, I've got the stuff for an illusion over on the table..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
((I mean, do you want yours to be a Creeper or a Flyer? I'm fine with either.))
I wonder what they're going to be...
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[Motel]
Vo nods, concerned.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

((I was assuming they'd each been assigned Creeper/Flyer-ness, and I didn't really care which breed I got either. In that case, I'll go with Creeper.))

"Can't tell, really... Looks like one might be getting wings, though, so maybe she's a Flyer?"

[Motel]

Talina pulls the stuff off the table, and, after a bit of ingredient-mixing, creates an illusion of what Nycca looked like when they first met.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
((Okay!))
The Oracle finally lets out the two new Gaunts.
One comes out, stretching her arms with the wing portions folded in tightly.
Hiya! She smiles with her sharp little teeth, displaying that slightly-grating Flyer cheer.
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[Motel]
Vo stares, unnerved, looking back at the sleeping bat-fey now and then.
Poor Nycca...

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

She's shortly followed by the other, who seems a bit calmer than her friend, and smiles at the others.

"Hello."

Aira smiles a bit as well, not seeming to mind the Flyer's cheer too much yet; at the moment, she's simply glad that they're adapting well to being Gaunts.

"Hey. Good to see you again; we were getting a little worried you weren't ever going to come out of there."

[Motel]

Talina nods, going to hug Vo tightly.

"Yeah... She's alright now, though. Especially since we met you; she's pretty much stopped having nightmares since then."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
She comes over, smiling.
Thanks!
By the way, we never did get your names, did we? I'm Mela!
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[Motel]
Vo hugs back, then goes over to get back in bed and hold the bat-fey close, stroking her hair.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

The Creeper follows Mela, smiling as well.

"And I'm Kaelri."

The Griever's smile widens, and she extends a hand to Mela.

"Yeah, we didn't really have a chance to get introduced... I'm Aira."

[Motel]

Talina gets back into bed as well, and goes to snuggle against Vo, holding Nycca as well.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
She shakes her hand, grinning.
I like that name!
So, you two might wanna get some practice with your new bodies and all.
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[Motel]
Nycca makes small, happy sounds.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Aira gives Mela one of her rare true smiles.

"Thanks. And Theia's right; some practice would be a good idea."

[Motel]

Talina smiles at the bat-fey, stroking her wings.

"You awake, love?"

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Theia nods and leads them outside and out back to get some practice in.
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[Motel]
Nycca remains asleep; Vo giggles.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Kaelri follows, looking somewhat eager to test out what she can do.

Aira comes along as well, mostly to watch, though she'll help if someone asks her to.

[Motel]

As does Talina.

"Guess I should have known better than to expect her to be up yet after earlier..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Mela starts climbing up the building's outer wall to find somewhere to test her wings.
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[Motel]
Mmm...
You tired?

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Kaelri starts climbing as well, testing her ability to cling to things, and mimicking the others' voices as she goes.

[Motel]

The sorceress shrugs.

"A little, but I can certainly stay up for a while if you'd like the company."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Mela gets a decent test of flying in, though she mostly glides.

Theia watches, approving.
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[Motel]
No, it's fine if you want to sleep.
She smiles.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Kaelri gets in a fair amount of clinging to stuff and mimicking, too; the Creeper seems quite happy with how things are going,

[Motel]

Talina smiles as well, resting her head on Vo's shoulder.

"Alright. I just don't want you getting bored out of your mind because we're all sleeping..."

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Theia is a little bit unnerved by Kaleri's abilities, but accepts them as necessary.
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[Motel]
I'm good at being awake while others are sleeping, don't worry.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Eventually, Kaelri climbs back down, and comes over to them, smiling.

[Motel]

Talina nods, snuggling close to Vo, and, unless something prevents her, slowly drifting off to sleep.

[Beans]

[Gaunts]
Mela lands with them.
That was some cool climbing you did!
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[Motel]
Vo smiles and watches them.

[Lady Serpentine]

[Gaunts]

Kaelri grins at her.

"Thanks, Mela! I'm glad you liked it."

Aira nods approvingly at the Flyer.

"Nice job. You're pretty good in the air."

[Motel]

Talina, unless something happens in the meantime, wakes up early the next morning.