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*chucks Raidan in front of Rene politley*

*rene falls out of his chair like an idiot then gets up and shuts off his computer,rubbing his head where he fell*

"Wha- Where'd you come from??I thought we bolted the basement door shut."

*Ridan looks around wide eyed*

"Hey, beats me. Just fell out of the sky."

*he gives a weird laugh, taking more to himself then rene* "third time this week. I should get a helmet or something."

*he turns to look at Rene his eyes flickering over his face quickly as he tilts his head to the side*

"Hello. Ok i know for a face I've never seen you before in my life."

*rene laughs*

"Seriously though.Sour randomly threw me into some place called the Hometree or something not so long ago..."

(yes i just made him break the fourth wall...whatchu gna do abt it..)

"That dude was pretty chill,Arden.Ya know him?Anyways,where'd ya come from,even?"

"Arden...?" * He squints before almost instantly giving up on thinking through the thought*

"Doesn't ring any bells Nishka, sorry. And I havent a clue or even a hint of a clue. One minute im going poof the next im in your bolted shut for some reason basement."

*he tilts his head to the side again looking at rene in mild confusion*

"....Why is your door bolted shut by the way? Did they put you down here to like die or somethin'?"

"Ah nah,but I'm pretty sure they'd like to do that very thing,hahaha!Apparently I'm the 'annoying one'."

*Rene rolls his eyes and makes air quotations*

"We've got another door but we had ta' bolt one of em shut since the Beholders' agents might find us,ya know?Hey,um,do me a favor,yeah?Don't tell anyone I'm down here.I'm kindaaa not allowed to use Eliot's computer,heh."

*As soon as he says it,there's a banging on the outside of the unbolted door*

"RENE!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO USE MY COMPUTER!!! OPEN THIS DOOR,YOU LITTLE FREAK!!!!!"

"What,scared I'll find somethin'?You got a secret online diary here or what? I bet I'll find a confession of your secret little crush on Gem~"

*rene teases in a singsong voice*

"Shut- SHUT UP! I DON'T HAVE-...Just! AGH! GET OUT HERE BEFORE I PUMMEL YOU."

*Rene rushes to block the door as Eliot unlocks it,but he gets pushed aside easily*

"There you are, you little-!"

*Eliot stops,noticing Raidan*

"Wha-...Uh,care to tell me who this is,Rene?"

*He narrows his eyes*

"You can't possibly be an agent...So?Who're you?"

"No totally not an agent nishka."

*Raidan gives a weird little grin up at Eliot*

"I'm Riadan. Sure you heard of me though yeah? Just fell from the sky."

*He sticks out a hand for a shake, grinning way too cheery for somone who came out of nowhere* "Nice to make your aquarium."

*Eliot hesitates,wary,but he reaches out and shakes his hand*

"'Nishka'?..Er,anyways,nice to meet you,i guess?Do you...like,wanna have some waterr or anything?? um,sorry I'm not..so good with hospitality..."

"well,that's somethin I can back up."

"Shut up,rene! AND GET OFF MY DAMN COMPUTER."

*Rene laughs*

"whatever.Anyways,can we get outa' here?I'm allergic to dust."

"and being silent i see."

*eliot turns to leave and gestures for them to follow*

"Means 'stranger', seeing as i dont know you two and all."

*he blinks at the two following quickly*

"So whats a computer do?"

*They both pause and turn around to look at raidan with puzzled faces*

"Y'all don't have computers where you come from?" *rene asks,then begins trying(badly) to explain it,moving his hands animatedly as he speaks*

"It's like...like,um...you know!like theres a screen..and like a keyboard..agh,er.."

*eliot interrupts him* "It's like..a machine that you can do stuff on i guess?Like you can access information or message people,if that makes any sense?Most of us can't do that though,the Beholders made it illegal to buy,make, or sell computers.So,um,dont go around telling any other strangers we've got one,yeah?"

"Eliot leads the way to the living room.It's clean,but there are mechanic tools scattered here and there.there's even one wedged in between the cushions of an old,battered couch.Eliot glances over at it*

"Hey!That's where my wrench went!"

"Acessssss. And no worries. my lips are sealed like Helgaurd." *he makes a dramatic lock up and throw away the key gesture before looking around*

"Nice place you got here."

*He plops on the couch, grabbing the wrench and sitting with his legs criss cross applesauce style and begining to look around, never staying one one thing for too long. He holds it out to Elliot*

"So who are these Beholders and why dont they want people using using the magic brick thingie?"

*rene snorts*

"pff,yeah nice is one word.It would be,if somebody could keep his tools in one place."

"It was my place before you came here,you twat! I can leave my stuff wherever I want." *Eliot snapped back as he took the wrench from raidan and turned to put it in the back of his tool belt*

"Anyway,the Beholders..." *he glanced over at rene,who was looking away with a forced indifferent look on his face and fiddling with a loose screw that was lying on the couch,with a slightly worried look,hesitating*

"I'll just say that they're not people we really like..They're dictators who steal from their people so much that almost every single citizen is starving and poor,while they practically wipe their asses with money.They kill anyone in the way,even the ones on their side.Rene was...he used to be an agent.." *eliot keeps glancing over at Rene,who's trying not to look like he's paying attention.*

*Rai leans his head to the side, looking between the two*

"They sound shitty as hell. Thissss.. kinda also sounds like a sensitive topic for the both of you so im going to change it-" *he claps his hands together leaning forward a bit*

"-sooo...how was your day? Wanna talk about that?" *he shakes his head, not giving them a chance to answer as he gives a slight laugh* "Strike that. thats so cliche of a conversation opener."

* he grabs his knapsack and grabs a bag out of it and holds it out* "want some red licorice?"

*this grabs rene's attention*

"Licorice?What's that?"

"It looks like plastic...dude what even...you..eat it?Gross."

*he laughs*

"Nah man. Whats gross is the black stuff. And green."

*they both take a bite.Unxpectedly,rene makes a disgusted face and rushes to spit it out in the trash can and eliot looks like he actually likes it*

"Eugh,gross!" *rene says,wiping his tongue and looking over at eliot in disgust* "You actually like that stuff?you of all people??Eliot Wade???"

"What?It's honestly not as bad as it looks." *eliot says with his mouth full of licorice and two more sticks of it in his hand*

*Ridan laughs at the exchange*

"its not for everyone thats for sure."

*he turns his attention to the thick black braclet on his arm, flexing his hand repeatedly and trying to squirm it off to no avail*

"Ither of you know how to get this thing off?"

"Well,I've got a handsaw in my garage-"

"I don't think the guy asked you to cut his hand off,eliot"

"Shut up,freak." *eliot turns to raidan* "What's that anyways?"

"Looks like a bracelet of disgusting licorice to me" *rene says in a joking tone*

*Ridan laughs again*

"I'd totally cut my hand off if it was the only way to get this thing off trust. Its a Mark. Its what they give you to keep you from using your magic if you're a level three risk. Whos been.... uh let's say apprehended. It sounds better."

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”ah,magic,magic…” *rene sighs,putting his arms behind his head and shutting his eyes* “that’s all I ever hear these days,huh?wish I could make a portal like Arden could..alas.”

“with all the experiments you had done on you,you basically have a superpower of your own,idiot.”

“meh.id still rather make a portal.hey,so what’s your power then?” *he turns to ridan*

*he looks happy to be asked*

"Celstial Fire. Different then just regular old fire powers. Blessed by Kranor hinself"

*he pauses, tilting his head again* "I had a cousin named Arden but im sure hes unrelated to the one you know. Id give you a demonstration on how it works but-"

*he gestures to the bracelt*

"....yeah."

”well,er,I could try but um I dunno if my handsaw can really work on something that is capable of containing magic..”

“Fire!Thats awesome! Man,I wish you could test it out on me…”

“You idiot,you sound suicidal.He’s mostly immune to burns because of the experiments.Honestly I don’t know why he’s so obsessed with fire…”

*rene shrugs* “What?I like the feeling.”

"never kill yourself man. If you must die drag down an enemy with you."

*He says this in a tone of voice completely different from his usual energetic one, but he grins when hes done as if it was a joke and continues on speaking*

"Anyyyways it doesnt contain magic. Just disperses the forces in my body that allow me to do it so thin I cant access it."

*he gives a dramatic sigh, slumping in his seat*

" Im going to go double insane if I cant get this thing off I swear."

"Who's going insane?" *Gem walks in through the garage door,a welding helmet lifted up and still on her head and a few small burns on her arms.Her work gloves are still on,and they're smoking a bit*

"...Who-" *she says when she sees raidan.her eyes widen and she quickly looks over at Eliot* "I- Eliot who's this?How did he..Who?"

*She looks panicky,like a deer who might run away any second.Her eyes flash between Eliot and Raidan.Eliot looks concerned*

"Gem..I..." *Eliot walks over to her,leading her out of the room to calm down*

*after they leave,rene turns to ridan*

"..Sorry abut that.Gem's not so good with meeting new people.Makes 'er panic."

(Ooc: BTW raidan is green af so if they dont have different fantasy races in your world he might stick out like a sore thumb lol)

*Raidan grins and waves at her, his face shifting to mild confusion when she leaves. he shrugs a bit at renes explanation nodding knowingly*

"I get it. My friend Ollie- er, Oliver's kinda like that. 'Course everything under the sun makes that guy lose his mind."

*he looks at the bracelet again* "I should just bite this thing off. You think that would work?"

"Depends.How sharp are yer teeth?" *rene grins*

*Eliot and Gem come back in,Eliot glancing at her every now and then.Gem looks extremely embarrassed,but still a bit scared.She turns to Raidan*

"I-...um,s-sorry about..that whole freak-out.I'm just..not so good with people,i guess."

*Eliot,sitting down next to rene on the couch opposite of Raidan,stares at her a bit and rene shoves him and grins.He leans over and whispers something in eliots ears and eliot goes completely red*

"Stop it- We didn't- I didn't ki-!" *He catches himself,realizing Gem is still in the room,staring over at them,looking confused.He goes an even deeper shade of red.He turns and punches rene hard on the arm.Rene grins even wider and eliot crosses his arms and looks at the ground,his eyes darting towards Gem and back at the ground.*

"...tch...boys.." *gem rolls her eyes and sits down on the couch*

*After a few minutes of bickering between rene and eliot,eliot decides to just ignore rene and turns to talk to gem*

"Gem?Care to tell me why there are burns on your arms again?I thought I told you to stop wearing tank tops while you're welding if you don't want the embers to burn you all the time."

"Wha-well,it's hot in there,Eli! Do you want me to walk around smelling like I just ran 20 miles?"

"I'd rather that then have to see you injured all the time!"

"Gosh,you say that like I'll die if I get burned a few times."

"Just get rene to do the hot part! Do you even see how many scars you've got from those stupid embers?"

"You're overreacting,Eliot!"

*Rene rolls his eyes at them*

"you're both overreacting.how am i the annoying one?You two fight like you need it to live.Honestly how are you two best friends?I mean,you fight like a married couple..." *He grins,teasing them.They both go red and look away,flustered*

*in response to the teeth question Ridan opens his mouth, revealing some very pointy vampire like chompers he turns to look at them as the enter, snapping his mouth shut*

"No worries."

*he watches the exchange between the three with mild interest, looking at elliot and gem before turning to whisper to rene *

"So...im going to go out on a limb here and say those two definitelyyyy like each other no?"

*he begins trying to chew on the bracelet off to no avail*

*rene snorts and whispers back*

"Ha!Like?Those two are totally,head-over-heels in love,my dude.Problem is,I can't get em together no matter how hard I try because they refuse to acknowledge that by now they are much more than best friends." *he scoffs* "I mean,even Orchid and I dont try that hard to hide it!"

*There's a rhythmic knock at the door and orchid comes in,taking off her coat and hanging it up on the coat hanger*

"hey,speak of the devil! looks like the whole gang is here,huh?" *rene's face lights up at the sight of Orchid smiling back at him as she makes her way over to the kitchen counter behind the couch to make herself a hot cup of cocoa.rene gets up to go help her*

"So." *orchid says,an eyebrow raised,as she takes the cocoa powder rene hands to her and pours it in a cup of warm milk* "Wanna introduce our guest?I guess the same thing happened to him that happened back when we met arden and kairo?"

*he stops trying to bite at the bracelet and waves at her*

"I have.... no idea who those people are.. but the name's Ridan. Raidan Kell. You can call me Rai, you can call me Aidan, you can even call me Kelly but never call me Dan."

*he resumes trying to chew at the braclet*

"Thats a new greeting im trying out. Youre the first one to hear it by the way."

(ooc: Aidan??as in..AIDEN YAMIKAGE?????WHO IS MINE MINE MINE NOT @meetmeataliminalspace 's AND WILL ALWAYS BE MINE FOREVER (if he consents ofc😌) AND EVER AND-*explodes* (you have been summoned Mr.Mishi, BITE ME,HE'S MINE uwu /silly))

"Why thank you for trying it out on me first." *She jokes,mixing her cocoa with spoon and making her way to the couch,rene skipping behind like a happy puppy.She takes a seat and sips her cocoa,rene sitting next to her*

"It's super cold out there by the way.It might snow soon."

*Gem's face lights up*

"Snow!Seriously? Really??"

"First the hot,now the cold..you better not get sick out there,you hear me?" *Eliot says,his arms crossed*

*rene looks over at orchid with puppy eyes*

"no."

"hey!c'monnn,pleasee??I always share my stuff with you!"

"all 'your stuff' is just my stuff that you stole,you little packrat!ugh...fineee....It's hot,be careful." *She hands her cup to rene,who grins and takes a sip then yelps and almost drops the cup*

"Hey,I said it's hot! Idiot." *She leans over to talk to Rai*

"What about you,rai?Do you like snow?"

ooc: LOL

*Ridan squints, stopping his useless chewing to stretch as he answers*

"Never seen any. I grew up in the Desert. Getting "Snowed" is what we called somone getting sanded in the eyes "

*he makes a gesture of stabbing at his eyes when he says this for effect*

"Nasty stuff. Heard real snows pretty cool though."

"Hell yeah,it's cool!" *rene and gem say at the same time,pausing to stare at each other*

"Eugh the desert...man,I could NEVER do that..too hot.." *orchid says,making a yucked out face*

"meh,I'd rather sweat than freeze." *eliot shrugs*

"Hey,by the way.." *rene says,looking at raidan* "...how're you gonna get back?To your world,I mean?ya aint gonna be trapped here forever or something,right?"

*Raidan considers it and his voice is uncharacteristically quiet as his ears droop slightly*

"Dont got much to go back to anyways. Figure I'll probably get back the same way I got here. if that ever happens."

*something seems to shift in him as he returns to his usual vibe, messing with the braclet once again as his ears pop back up with no trace of the mood before*

"So...Change of subject: how'd all you guys meet?"

"Oh,man.That was chaos,not gonna lie..." *rene says,reminiscing*

"Of which most was caused by you." *orchid snickers* "Me n' Rene came here looking for a place to hide out,i guess.Eliot here owed me something,y'see."

*Eliot rolls his eyes* "Okay,buddy,sure.We'll go with what you think happened."

*Radians teeth make a clank sound as a peice of the braclets loosens, and drops, allowing him to wiggle it off his wrist*

"Thank the heavens. Finally."

*he looks up at them* "So what happened after that?"