So Many Fandoms

Mostly just rebloging things and some random thoughts

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose getd out of the blood, and heads for Melody and Rift.]

[Anti is still curled around Jack, Wilford, Jubilee and Annus, all of which are asleep.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough heads off to look for the little chest, while Tumble walks over to sit down a few steps away from Anti's face-

-Rift is cradling Ava's egg in her hands, looking at it with both amazement and uncertainty-

-Melody gives Rose a warm smile as she approaches- "Rose, it's good to see you again." (She greets softly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hi mama, can I show you someone?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, what did you want to show me?" (Melody asks curiously)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose shifts her hand to reveal Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody covers her mouth with one hand in shock, staring at Ellie in awe- "Oh, Rose she's precious! It that really who I think it is?" (She sounds amazed)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods and turns to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift looks up to meet Rose's gaze, giving her a warm smile- Hello Rose. (She greets her calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose shows her Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Rift coos adoringly) -but, seeing the way Ellie is clinging to Rose, she makes no move to take her-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable, isn’t she?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She is. (Rift agrees softly) And she seems quite attached to you, as well. -she gives Rose a warm smile-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose getd out of the blood, and heads for Melody and Rift.]

[Anti is still curled around Jack, Wilford, Jubilee and Annus, all of which are asleep.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough heads off to look for the little chest, while Tumble walks over to sit down a few steps away from Anti's face-

-Rift is cradling Ava's egg in her hands, looking at it with both amazement and uncertainty-

-Melody gives Rose a warm smile as she approaches- "Rose, it's good to see you again." (She greets softly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hi mama, can I show you someone?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, what did you want to show me?" (Melody asks curiously)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose shifts her hand to reveal Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody covers her mouth with one hand in shock, staring at Ellie in awe- "Oh, Rose she's precious! It that really who I think it is?" (She sounds amazed)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods and turns to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift looks up to meet Rose's gaze, giving her a warm smile- Hello Rose. (She greets her calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose shows her Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Rift coos adoringly) -but, seeing the way Ellie is clinging to Rose, she makes no move to take her-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose getd out of the blood, and heads for Melody and Rift.]

[Anti is still curled around Jack, Wilford, Jubilee and Annus, all of which are asleep.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough heads off to look for the little chest, while Tumble walks over to sit down a few steps away from Anti's face-

-Rift is cradling Ava's egg in her hands, looking at it with both amazement and uncertainty-

-Melody gives Rose a warm smile as she approaches- "Rose, it's good to see you again." (She greets softly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hi mama, can I show you someone?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, what did you want to show me?" (Melody asks curiously)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose shifts her hand to reveal Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody covers her mouth with one hand in shock, staring at Ellie in awe- "Oh, Rose she's precious! It that really who I think it is?" (She sounds amazed)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods and turns to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift looks up to meet Rose's gaze, giving her a warm smile- Hello Rose. (She greets her calmly)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose getd out of the blood, and heads for Melody and Rift.]

[Anti is still curled around Jack, Wilford, Jubilee and Annus, all of which are asleep.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough heads off to look for the little chest, while Tumble walks over to sit down a few steps away from Anti's face-

-Rift is cradling Ava's egg in her hands, looking at it with both amazement and uncertainty-

-Melody gives Rose a warm smile as she approaches- "Rose, it's good to see you again." (She greets softly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hi mama, can I show you someone?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, what did you want to show me?" (Melody asks curiously)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose shifts her hand to reveal Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody covers her mouth with one hand in shock, staring at Ellie in awe- "Oh, Rose she's precious! It that really who I think it is?" (She sounds amazed)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose getd out of the blood, and heads for Melody and Rift.]

[Anti is still curled around Jack, Wilford, Jubilee and Annus, all of which are asleep.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough heads off to look for the little chest, while Tumble walks over to sit down a few steps away from Anti's face-

-Rift is cradling Ava's egg in her hands, looking at it with both amazement and uncertainty-

-Melody gives Rose a warm smile as she approaches- "Rose, it's good to see you again." (She greets softly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hi mama, can I show you someone?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, what did you want to show me?" (Melody asks curiously)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose getd out of the blood, and heads for Melody and Rift.]

[Anti is still curled around Jack, Wilford, Jubilee and Annus, all of which are asleep.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough heads off to look for the little chest, while Tumble walks over to sit down a few steps away from Anti's face-

-Rift is cradling Ava's egg in her hands, looking at it with both amazement and uncertainty-

-Melody gives Rose a warm smile as she approaches- "Rose, it's good to see you again." (She greets softly)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[rose-the-convict]

[It takes them about fifteen minuyes to get there.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble let Rose go first, as they use their lure code to plan out exactly how to tear Anti a new metaphorical asshole-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m sure he accidentially forgot it.

[Rose reassures them, before taking off towards the lagoon.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough swims right at Rose's side, while Tumble swims in a defensive circle around her, before they switch places about halfway to the lagoon-

-Ellie tucks her face more firmly against Rose's collar, instinctively making herself as small as possible to reduce the drag force of the blood as Rose swims-

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i appear to have made mortal nemeses with a pigeon

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

tumblr stop rooting for the pigeon

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[rose-the-convict]

I don’t remember him ever mentioning one.

ooc: i know it but legit rose dont know

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins both freeze in place, and for a few minutes, the only indication that they hadn't just suddenly turned to stone is the frantic flashing of their lures- You know what Rose? The three of us really should head back up to the lagoon! Tumble and I need to have a chat with Anti. (The Twins tell Rose, voices dangerously cheerful)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[rose-the-convict]

Um, what chest?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The chest we had him grab when he came to get us yesterday? We know he had it when we arrived at the lagoon!

Ooc: this chest!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, is something wrong?

[She seems a bit concerned, hearing the distraction.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, nothings wrong! We just realised that. We never asked if you and Anti ever actually opened the chest we had him grab yesterday. (The Twins sound like they just remembered something sad)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls Elli back to her collarbone.]

I’m going to go show Mama and Auntie.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble nod in acceptance- Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. You should take Ellie to the lagoon. Do you want us to escort you? (They respond, sounding a bit distracted) -finally looking away from Ellie and back up to Rose-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm.

I figured you two would want to see her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

She's so perfect. She looks so happy. (Rough and Tumble whisper) -seemingly unable to take their eyes off of Ellie-

-Ellie curls up a little tighter, wrapping her tail around herself like a blanket-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, gently and carefully scooching Elli back into her hand so the twins can see her better.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie whines unhappily at being pulled away from Rose's collar, but settles back down after a few moments) -as she snuggles back into Rose's palm-

-Rough and Tumble stare at Ellie in naked awe- She's so small. So itty-bitty. Aunt Claire really managed to build this new body? There was practically nothing to work with! But she looks so healthy now. Although, she's missing her legs. (They sound amazed at the sight of such a healthy baby)

[aroace-ryland-grace]

I took this video at like 3 am last night and I can't stop laughing at it...whatever. go my rocky

[madeofmanyfandoms]

𝓲 𝘬ꪀꪮ᭙, ᥇ꪊ𝓽 𝘴𝓽𝓲ꪶꪶ...

[᭙𝓲ꪶᠻꪮ𝘳ᦔ 𝘴𝓽𝘴𝓽ꫀ𝘴.]

-Melody smiles at Wilford softly- "But I do understand what you mean. Emotions are rarely logical" (She reassures him gently)

[rose-the-convict]

W͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡?͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡.͜͡

T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ f͚e͚e͚l͚ m͚y͚ w͚r͚a͚t͚h͚.

[S͚h͚e͚ s͚a͚y͚s͚ i͚n͚ a͚ d͚e͚a͚d͚l͚y͚ t͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ p͚r͚o͚b͚a͚b͚l͚y͚ s͚c͚a͚r͚e͚s͚ e͚v͚e͚r͚y͚o͚n͚e͚ t͚h͚e͚r͚e͚.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody bows her head and gestures to where Ellie is tightly bound- "The eel, who defiled nest and destroyed new life before it had a chance to begin" (she tells Bloodmoon softly) -before she gestures for Bongo to hand over 'Screamy'-

-Bongo hands Ava over to Melody before swimming over to the twins to keep out of the way-

"And Ava, the one responsible for the eel's existence to begin with"

[rose-the-convict]

[Bloodmoon, with all her wrath, decides on the cruelest of punishments.]

S͚i͚n͚c͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚ t͚h͚i͚n͚k͚ s͚o͚ l͚o͚w͚l͚y͚ o͚f͚ m͚y͚ f͚a͚m͚i͚l͚y͚ i͚t͚ i͚t͚ o͚n͚l͚y͚ f͚a͚i͚r͚ t͚h͚a͚t͚ y͚o͚u͚ b͚e͚c͚o͚m͚e͚ o͚n͚e͚, a͚n͚d͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚ t͚h͚e͚ h͚a͚r͚d͚s͚h͚i͚p͚s͚ t͚h͚e͚y͚ g͚o͚ t͚h͚r͚o͚u͚g͚h͚.

A͚n͚d͚ a͚s͚ f͚o͚r͚ t͚h͚e͚ e͚e͚l͚, I͚ s͚h͚a͚l͚l͚ f͚i͚x͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚, a͚n͚d͚ t͚r͚a͚i͚n͚ t͚h͚e͚m͚ f͚o͚r͚ y͚o͚u͚. T͚h͚e͚y͚ w͚i͚l͚l͚ b͚e͚ y͚o͚u͚r͚ n͚e͚w͚ g͚u͚a͚r͚d͚ d͚o͚g͚ o͚f͚ s͚o͚r͚t͚s͚.

O͚o͚c͚: c͚a͚n͚ y͚o͚u͚ g͚u͚e͚s͚s͚ w͚h͚a͚t͚’s͚ g͚o͚n͚n͚a͚ h͚a͚p͚p͚e͚n͚ t͚o͚ A͚v͚a͚?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: my immediate thought was she gets transformed into an egg,

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Not yet!!~ First she gets transformed into the very thing she commands, or at least a smaller version of it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: haha! Get eeled bitch!

"We witness your divine judgment, and thank you for delivering justice on our behalf against those who have earned your wrath" (Melody says softly) -holding Ava out towards Bloodmoon-

[rose-the-convict]

𝑁-𝑛𝑜, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡!

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑝𝑙𝑠?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: gladly! Time to dip my feet into some gory body horror!😁

Ava's transformation is disturbing, the sound of bones creaking and breaking as she grows to a length just over double her original height. Dozens of strange pustuales rapidly grow in m all over her form, swelling and bloating rapidly until numerous malformed hands and arms appear to tear their way free. All together the transformation takes about twenty minutes from start to finish

[rose-the-convict]

[𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-David gags at the sight and sound-

-The Twins watch the transformation in fascination-

-Bongo shudders in disgust-

-Melody smiles with dark satisfaction as she watches Ava's transformation-

ooc: did I do a good body horror?

[rose-the-convict]

𝑂𝑜𝑐: 𝑦𝑒𝑠😈

N͜͡o͜͡w͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡a͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ b͜͡e͜͡ s͜͡e͜͡a͜͡l͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡ a͜͡n͜͡ e͜͡g͜͡g͜͡,͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡d͜͡e͜͡r͜͡s͜͡t͜͡a͜͡n͜͡d͜͡ w͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡’͜͡s͜͡ u͜͡n͜͡h͜͡a͜͡t͜͡c͜͡h͜͡e͜͡d͜͡ c͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡r͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ w͜͡e͜͡r͜͡e͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡i͜͡n͜͡g͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡r͜͡o͜͡u͜͡g͜͡h͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: uh... that's not exactly what I was expecting... and no one is really going to be willing to take care of the egg if they know it's just going to produce an abomination like the eel. Unless you intend to feed Ava's egg to the eel as well?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: Nope, it’ll be the same thing as normal hatching, but twice as long bc she’s an eel now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: am confused, because normal Hatchlings are physically indistinguishable from young humans? So is Ava going to hatch out as a normal Hatchling or as an eel abomination?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: normal hatchling but her time within the egg/incubation time will be double the normal length because of her being an eel now.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ah, so incubation will take longer because needs to undo the eel mutations and regress back in age, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Correct, statement! And if Ava mindset go back to like is now, process restarts.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh, poetic! Idea, egg is very large right now, but has to shrink back down while it cannibalizes the eel mutations, then grow back up to hatching size! Is good idea, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yes, Yes, Yes!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc. Yay!!! Also, with how *ahem* affectionate Damien and Melody were earlier, what is likelihood of babies?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: uhhh- roll dice? Cause technically Damien’s body is dead- his mana is keeping him alive- so- roll dice

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, since his body is technically dead and it would just be his mana that would mostly be what starts the pregnancy if it did happen, then it would have a pretty high AC, but they did go quite a few rounds so... roll more dice with higher number needed for success or roll less dice an lower the success requirement?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: more dice higher number.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Ooc: gonna set the target for seventeen, if even one of the dice rolls seventeen or higher Melody will be pregnant. More dice over seventeen = more babies 👍 Also, sorry I took so long to respond, got called to scripture reading and then was asked to empty the dishwasher

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: nice!!! And is okay!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Okay, rolled the dice, and only touched them to move them all into frame for picture

Three successful rolls! A seventeen, an eighteen and a twenty! Damien is going to be a father!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: whooooooo hoooooooo!!! Now I'm gonna roll some d4s to find out how many!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh god-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: rolled a 2 a 3 and another 2, for a total of 7! Melody and Damien are having a first clutch of seven babies!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Damien is gonna faint when he finds out how many- not only does he have abour 15-ish man-children (the egos) to take care of, but he’s also gonna have his own kids?!(btw NOT including the jack egos)

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: hehheh! He thought he was incapable of making babies the normal way, and ended up making seven of them on his first attempt! 🤭

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah, also! Question! Who taking care of Screamy egg? Not being Rose bc Rose = Death.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: probably Rift or Melody. Rift for obvious reasons, or Melody if we want to let Rose have another shot at having Ava as a sister again. but it would be up to Rose if she feels comfortable with that, statement.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Rose in any sense would attempt murder on Ava espically if Ava got Mel to trust her. Rose doesn’t trust that woman even if her life depended on it

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: so Rift then, if we want Ava to survive.

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: yeah and she deserves more children, even if one if them is an asshole

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: i mean, a child that gets eternally reset back to babyhood if they become too much of an asshole is not something Rift would be opposed to 😅

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: eh true

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: you want describe Ava getting turned into an egg, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: no, statement, not really

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: is okay, I can describe it if you make Bloodmoon talk after?

-the blood pulls away from Ava, and she falls to the floor of the twins workshop gasping for oxygen for a few moments before being engulfed in a clear membrane, which quickly thickens into a sturdy, elastic egg-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeah!!!

S͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡i͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ r͜͡e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡r͜͡t͜͡ b͜͡a͜͡c͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡s͜͡ f͜͡o͜͡r͜͡m͜͡ i͜͡n͜͡s͜͡i͜͡d͜͡e͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ h͜͡e͜͡r͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡l͜͡l͜͡ i͜͡f͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡a͜͡r͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ t͜͡o͜͡ e͜͡v͜͡e͜͡n͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡i͜͡n͜͡k͜͡ t͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ w͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ s͜͡h͜͡e͜͡ d͜͡o͜͡e͜͡s͜͡ n͜͡o͜͡w͜͡.͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Huh. Well thats effective" (Melody says in mild surprise) -starring at the egg in bafflement-

Captain? (David manages to speak out in confusion)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.

M͜͡a͜͡y͜͡ I͜͡ g͜͡o͜͡ v͜͡i͜͡s͜͡i͜͡t͜͡ R͜͡o͜͡s͜͡e͜͡?͜͡

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Of course, she's your daughter as well" (Melody agrees readily) -giving Bloodmoon a warm smile- "I'm sure she could use your support right now" (she finishes softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods before vanishing from sight.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So should we move the egg to the secondary exclusion zone? (Bongo asks the group) Just to be safe, 'cause Bloodmoon didn't say how long the air bubble she made will last?

-the twins still seem to be in shock at having seen a literal *goddess*-

[rose-the-convict]

[𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤.]

ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪? 𝕀’𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕙, 𝕀’𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo glances down at David before looking up at Damien- Can you keep ahold of Floppy while I move the egg? (He asks hopefully)

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝔹𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠.

[ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo places 'Floppy' into Damien's hand and gives him a grateful smile- Thank you. (Bongo says, sounding relieved) -he then swims over to Ava's egg, circling it a few times before he carefully scoops it up with both arms-

-Rough and Tumble have decided to deal with the whole 'just met a goddess, holy shit' thing later, and have gone back to poking at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

[The eel clicks a small 'old-master-gone-safe-now'.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble both crouch down in front of the eel, just a few steps away from its face- Hi Ellie! You remember us, don't you? You always seemed to have so much fun when we came over to play! (They say cheerfully)

Ooc: the twins' favorite form of stress relief for the last five/six years has been chasing the eel around and making it feel unsafe in its own territory, it definitely recognizes them! XD

[rose-the-convict]

['Please-don't-hurt-won't-cause-trouble-master-told-me-do-it.' She chirps nervously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins give Ellie matching sharp smiles- Oh, you don't have to worry about us hurting you. That's right, there's someone else with a much stronger claim over you! (Rough and Tumble tell her cheerfully, before dropping the pleasantries and speaking in unison) After all, you killed her children.

[rose-the-convict]

['Was-ordered-to!-would-be-punished-if-not-done!-' Elli warbles saddenedly. 'Did-not-want-to! But-too-scared-of-you-to-ask-for-help.']

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody turns to glare at the eel- "The first time anyone attempted to make contact after you were first discovered, you reacted with unprovoked hostility! If you did not wish to be treated as a monster, you should not have behaved as one!" (She snarls angrily)

[rose-the-convict]

['Cause-was-scared-and-fused-and-mutliple-people-controlling-self-not-Elli-fault-crew-fault!'. Sound reminiscent if Jubilee.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Then why did you never even try to ask for help?" (Melody growls out, deep and low) "If you had cried out for help in the first few weeks after you mutated, our healers might have been able to safely separate you!" -she turns back towards Damien, tucking herself back into his side-

[rose-the-convict]

'Master-said-no!-master-said-you-kill-everything!'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Who is 'Master'? Is it her?" (Melody asks bluntly) -gesturing sharply at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

'Yes-master-hurt-me-if-disobey'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"How." (Melody's voice is flat and empty) -as she stares balefully at the eel-

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-but-mutations-worse-after-hurt.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble perk up curiously- How tightly meshed are you anyway? It may still be possible to at least somewhat separate you from one another! (The Twins say excitedly. Tumble mimics the eel almost perfectly in the next sentence) And you said that it was 'not-Elli-fault-crew-fault'! That means there are at least two distinct entities!

[rose-the-convict]

'Don't-know-again. Elli-only-know-of-crew-cause-master.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

We could find out! We'd just need to run a few scans! It wouldn't even hurt! (The Twins ask eagerly)-practically vibrating in place from excitement-

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay...' [She sounds really nervous.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, having finished getting Ava's egg secured and the air bubble barrier set up, swims over to sit down in front of Ellie- I can sit with you and have Rough and Tumble do the scans on me first, that way you know what to expect? (He offers compassionately)

[rose-the-convict]

'Would-feel-less-scared.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-choosing to take that as permission, the twins immediately leap up to go grab their scanners- Sounds like a great plan! Yeah, thanks Bongo, you're the best! (They cheer excitedly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli's still radiating scared, just not as much as before.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo, after a brief hesitation, reaches out to place a hand on Ellie's nose area- Hey, it's alright. I'm going first so you can see what's going on, remember? (He says soothingly)

-meanwhile, Rough and Tumble make their way over carrying four different scanners between them, one of which is the same one they used on alt!Dark before Anti arrived-

[rose-the-convict]

[She attempts a nod.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough holds up the scanner they previously used on alt!Dark- Okay, we're gonna be using this one first. It's for scanning and displaying mana signatures! That will let us see any active spells and curses you might have. As well as whether our theory of you having at least two distinct minds is accurate or not! (The Twins explain cheerfully) -before Rough aims the scanner at Bongo-

[rose-the-convict]

'Okay-promise-not-hurt?-'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins nod- It might cause that nasty pins-and-needles feeling but it won't hurt. We wouldn't be willing to use it on our baby brother if there was any chance it could. (They say calmly) -before switching it on-

(The scanner hums faintly as it works) -its screens displaying Bongo's mana levels [still somewhat low after creating Celine], his basic mental activity levels [well within healthy parameters for his age], and his mana signature [a soft 'pumpkin pie' orange]-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli watches curiously.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

The orange color represents Bongo's unique mana signature. This line over here shows his current mana levels, which are still a bit low. And this pulsating circle here shows his mental activity! (The Twins explain what the screens mean as they go)

[rose-the-convict]

[She stays quiet, her vocal cords sore from using them too much.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-after a few moments, Rough turns the scanner back off and aims it at the eel, but doesn't turn it back on just yet- Are you ready, Ellie? (Tumble asks cheerfully)

Ooc: I'm thinking at least two distinct minds, one of them being the subsumed conglomerate of the majority of the crew, and the second being essentially the last sparks of Ellie's 'humanity' desperately clinging to existence. Thoughts?

[rose-the-convict]

'Guess-so...'

Ooc: I was thinking three. Two of them being some of the crew of the Sm-8 and Elli, the actual eel-thing they's been communicating with that's no older than Jubilee.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay, that works great too! I'll describe how the scanner would display that! But could you give me a little more clarification about the three? Do you mean '1. Ellie, 2. the eel, and 3. the remnant of the crew?' Or am I misunderstanding?

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: 1: Elli, eel child, no older than Jubileee. 2: Female crew member of Sm-8, around 35. 3: Male crew memeber if Sm-8, around 22.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ooh! I like that! Amaze, amaze, amaze! Also, what if Ellie ends up looking more like a classic mermaid, just tail no legs? Also also, look up 'ghost ribbon eel'

-Rough switches on the scanner-

(At first the scanner hums louder than with Bongo's scan, seemingly having some difficulties with interpreting the data, before quieting back down to normal levels) -the mana levels are jerky and seem to jump from perfectly healthy to dangerously low and back again without any reason- -there are distinct three mana signatures, two of which are much larger than the third. The two large ones are a rich chocolate brown and a bright saffron yellow, while the small one is a delicate pale lavender- -there are also three distinct minds which again have one much smaller than the other two, however one of the larger minds seems to be less active than the other two, almost like it's asleep. The other larger mind and the small one seem to randomly strike out at each other, almost as if fighting for dominance-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Omg, so prettyyyyy

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: I know right?! Can that be what kind of tail Ellie ends up having? Also, I'm gonna assume that Damien already informed the twins about his name preference.

Oh, wow! That's incredible! You've got three distinct souls trapped inside one body! Isn't that amazing Ellie!

[rose-the-convict]

ooc: yeah, he did right after they finished tying down Elli, btw she's meaning 'What's a soul?' in her question.

'What-soul?'

[She warbles.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hmm, that's a complicated question. But the simplest way to explain it is to say that. A soul is what makes a 'something' into a 'someone'! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie gently, the same way they would explain it to Jubilee)

[rose-the-convict]

'Oh,-okay-sorta-make-sense.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So it's really no wonder you were always so panicky and angry before Her Ladyship stepped in. You've had three separate people constantly fighting for control of one body! (The Twins say reasonably)

[rose-the-convict]

'Can-you-make-meanies-go-away?'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course we can! We would just have to explain the situation to Rose first. But we can get to work on separating the three of you immediately after that! (The Twins promise Ellie, tone genuine)

ooc: I imagine it's mostly the adult female soul that is mean, the adult male soul is just always tired, and never does anything to prevent the two female souls from fighting

[rose-the-convict]

'O-okay-want-meanie-to-leave-and-lazy-is-okay-but-want-gone.'

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Ellie. We'll get everything sorted out as fast as we can. We promise! (Rough and Tumble tell Ellie warmly) -before turning towards Damien and Melody- Hey Damien? Could we get a portal to the lagoon? So we can give everyone there an update on the situation over here?

[rose-the-convict]

𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

So give us maybe twenty minutes before you open the portal for us to come back? That should be plenty of time to explain the situation to everyone! (The Twins tell Damien as they wait for him to open a portal for them)

[rose-the-convict]

[ℍ𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.[

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Thanks Damien! (They chirp back happily) -as they swim through, both immediately dropping into a roll to bleed off momentum on the other side before hopping to their feet with a theatrical flourish on the beach-

[rose-the-convict]

𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕖!

[ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-They wave back as the portal closes, then turns to look for Rose-

[rose-the-convict]

[They find her still curled around Celine.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble kneel down a few paces away from Rose, knowing better than to recklessly approach a mother who had just lost her clutch- Rose? We have an update on Screamy, Floppy and the eel. Would you like to hear it?

Ooc: poor Rose has no clue who the fuck 'Screamy' or 'Floppy' are, so she's probably really confused! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Um- okay, what’s the update?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Well, Lady Bloodmoon likely already told you this part herself. But 'Ava' has been transformed into a monstrous form akin to the eel. And is cursed to revert back into an egg should her mindset ever grow too similar to the one she had grown to harbor in this life. (Rough and Tumble explain, before they hesitate slightly, unsure how to explain the whole 'three souls trapped in one body' thing the eel had going on)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, sounds like a reasonable enough punishment for what she did.

[Rose at least seems calm.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Uhmmm... Melody demanded that Floppy be relieved of the finger he used to fire his gun. As his punishment for endangering her children and harming Bongo! (The Twins say) -frantically using their lure code to argue over who has to tell Rose about the eel situation-

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm, what are you guys not telling me?

[She asks sternly but gently.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Tumble loses the argument, slumping in defeat as Rough pumps his fist and shoves Tumble in front of himself- So we, uh, we scanned the eel, and It's technically got three distinct souls trapped inside one body? And one of those souls is about the same mental age as Jubilee? And has been trapped being tortured and controlled by Ava and bullied by one of the two adult souls it's... trapped... with? (Tumble says, trailing off nervously at the end) -earfins folding back against her head-

[rose-the-convict]

Can I come see them? I need to know which one it was that hurt my babies.

[She states, but not seemingly angry.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course! Damien should be opening the portal in just about fifteen minutes. But would you be willing to let us go through first so that Ellie doesn't panic? It turns out she's an anxious wreck when she isn't constantly in mental agony. (The Twins respond, going back to alternating sentences)

[rose-the-convict]

Sure, and I’m guessing the youngest is the anxious wreck?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Yeah, that would be correct. She calls the other two souls 'Meanie' and 'Lazy'. So that should give you a bit of a clue on their dynamic. (The Twins answer Rose) -as they settle in to wait for Damien to open the portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien opens the portal a few minutes later.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins immediately hop through, Tumble heads over to explain the situation to Ellie, while Rough does the same with Damien-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waits for one of the twins to tell her it’s okay to come through.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough pokes his head back through the portal and gives Rose a thumbs up- Alright, you're good to come on through! Bongo's actually surprisingly good at keeping Ellie from panicking.

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods and uncurls from around Celine and heads through the portal.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough steps to the side to let her through- she's over there. (He tells her quietly) -before heading towards Damien to ask for a portal to Claire's workshop-

-Bongo is laying across the top of Ellie's head like a cat, which is surprisingly effective at keeping her calm- oh, hi Rose! (He greets her warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Hey Bongo! So, Elli? Which one of you is at the steering right now?

Ooc: Could you be Elli for a bit, pls?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! 👍

'Ellie-is-in-control-now' -she blinks slowly- 'Powerful-one-made-Meanie-be-quiet, and-Lazy-is-asleep.'

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, Elli. I have a few questions for you, is that okay?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'okay, Ellie-will-answer!' (Her voice is soft and hopeful, and so painfully young)

[rose-the-convict]

First, was Meanie at the steering at any point in time earlier todsy or yesterday?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-is-almost-always-in-control, because-Ellie-is-too-weak-to-fight-back, and-Lazy-does-not-care-enough!' (She sounds like she's trying not to cry) 'Ellie-tried-to-make-her-stop, Ellie-promise!'

[rose-the-convict]

Hey, hey, it’s okay,I just wanted to make sure.

Has anyone hurt you because you didn’t listen?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tries-to-disobey-Ava/old-master' (Ellie tells Rose sadly) 'and-Meanie-hurts-Ellie-if-she-tried-to-ask-for-help' (She sounds like she's about five seconds from a panic attack) 'and-Lazy-never-helps-Ellie!'

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you, okay? No more questions, alright?

[She moves back.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Don't-go! Did-Ellie-do-something-wrong? Ellie-is-sorry!' (She sounds even more upset when Rose tries to leave)

[rose-the-convict]

Elli, I’m not leaving, I’m just moving backwards a bit because you were panicking and ai though it ws because of me.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Ellie-is-sorry. Please-don't-leave-Ellie-alone' (she whimpers softly) 'Mirrored-hunters-say-they-can-make-Ellie-free-from-Meanie-and-Lazy, will-you-stay-with-Ellie-until-she-is-free?' (She pleads with Rose)

[rose-the-convict]

Of course, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie weakly wiggles one of her fucked-up little hands towards Rose, staring at her pleadingly-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose gently grabs onto it.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Ellie immediately goes practically boneless with relief- 'thank-you' (she whispers softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, giving the hand a small squeeze.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, where's my patient? (Claire's voice rings out) -as she comes through Damien's portal-

[rose-the-convict]

[Damien points to where Elli's strapped down.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire raises an eyebrow in curiosity, but simply begins preparing for surgery- Alright then. Now, Rough said we're working to free an infant soul and give it a body all of its own?

[rose-the-convict]

I'm guessing so, and she's pretty scared right now.

P̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ h̳e̳r̳e̳ h̳e̳l̳p̳?

Yes, she is, Elli.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire gives Ellie a soft grin, crouching down in front of her so she isn't looming over her quite so much- That's right little lady. Rough came to get me because I'm the best healer there is!

[rose-the-convict]

S̳o̳ y̳o̳u̳ m̳a̳k̳e̳ M̳e̳a̳n̳I̳e̳ a̳n̳d̳ L̳a̳z̳y̳ g̳o̳ a̳w̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

It would be more like, taking you away from Meanie and Lazy so you don't have to deal with them anymore. (Claire explains patiently) -giving Ellie a warm smile-

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳. C̳a̳n̳ o̳t̳h̳e̳r̳ p̳r̳e̳t̳t̳y̳ l̳a̳d̳y̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course Rose can stay, although she won't be able to hold your hand the entire time. (Claire says softly) -as she begins to set out her tools-

[rose-the-convict]

W̳h̳y̳?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Because I'll need to maneuver and it's much harder to do so if Rose is getting underfoot. (Claire explains gently)

[rose-the-convict]

O̳k̳a̳y̳.. C̳a̳n̳ s̳h̳e̳ s̳t̳a̳y̳ n̳e̳a̳r̳b̳y̳ t̳h̳o̳u̳g̳h̳?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Of course she can, I'm not going to make you do this alone. (Claire assures Ellie) - reaching out to gently stroke her forehead-

[rose-the-convict]

[Elli whimpers from the touch, not out of fear, but because it is the only positive touch she’s had since she was created.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now would you prefer for me to put you to sleep while I perform the surgery, or do you want to try to tough it out? (Claire asks softly)-continuing to gently pet Ellie's head-

[rose-the-convict]

S̳l̳e̳e̳p̳, d̳o̳n̳’t̳ w̳a̳n̳t̳ m̳o̳r̳e̳ p̳a̳I̳n̳.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright then little one, you just rest now okay? (Claire says softly, her tone soothing) -Claire begins to thread mana into her touch as she continues petting Ellie's head, gently weaving a spell to put Ellie into a deep sleep that will last until Claire consciously choose to end the spell-

[rose-the-convict]

[S̳h̳e̳ d̳o̳z̳e̳s̳ o̳f̳f̳ a̳l̳m̳o̳s̳t̳ I̳n̳s̳t̳a̳n̳t̳l̳y̳.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Alright, now the top priority of this procedure is to ensure the survival of the infant soul. (Claire says clinically) -as she gestures for Tumble to bring the scanner over-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods.]

Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods to Rose in acknowledgement- I appreciate that Rose. But for now you're perfectly fine right there. (She says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Now then, there's no use wasting time. (Claire says briskly) -picking up a tool almost identical to a scalpel and turning her attention back to Ellie- All that matters is making sure that Ellie survives. So Tumble, you use that scanner to monitor the souls. While I work on separating them without causing damage. And Bongo, I need you to move out of the way sweetie.

-Tumble nods and sits down with the scanner out of Claire's way-

Okay. (Bongo agrees easily) -swimming over to go sit where he can look at Ava's egg-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then heads over to the egg with Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo smiles faintly up at Rose when she approaches- Hey Rose, how are you feeling? (He asks gently)

[rose-the-convict]

I’m... Alright, I guess... Just, processing things....

[She says saddenedly.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo shifts slightly in order to lean gently against Rose's side- I won't try to say that I understand, but I'm here for you if you need my support. (He tells her softly)

[rose-the-convict]

[She envelops him in a hug.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo hugs Rose back tightly- (not saying anything until she decides if she wants to talk-

[rose-the-convict]

Why?.... Why did she have to make me suffer?... I- I did nothing to her to make her do this.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I don't know why she did it. All I know is that she was wrong to do so. (Bongo tells Rose quietly) -gently rubbing circles on her back-

[rose-the-convict]

It’s not fair.....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

No, it's not. And I'm sorry that you had to go through it. (Bongo says, voice soft and empathetic)

[rose-the-convict]

[She starts quietly crying.]

Ooc: btw, ava can hear all of this.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo just keeps rubbing firm, reassuring circles on Rose's back- (as he continues whispering gently reassurances)

ooc: ooh! That gives me a great idea, but first I have to double check, Rose/ Bloodmoon/ someone else already told Melody about Ava being Rose's half sister, right?

[rose-the-convict]

[She continues to cry.]

Ooc: uhhhh- imma have Damien tell her.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gives Damien a soft kiss on the cheek before she gently pulls herself out of his arms and walks over to Rose and Bongo-

ooc: as in he told her in the past, or he just told her now, question?

[rose-the-convict]

Oco: just now

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: 👍

-Melody kneels down beside Rose and Bongo, before she gently pulls them into her lap and wraps her arms snugly around around the pair- "Bongo is correct, my precious little treasure." (She voice is soft, but her tone has an iron core of certainty) "The fact that she couldn't appreciate how lucky she was to have you as her family, just shows how blind and foolish she was."

[rose-the-convict]

She hated me because I killed our father...

...

I- I didn’t mean to do it, but I was so angry at him...

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody gently squeezes Rose and Bongo a little tighter- "An accident that you clearly regret." (She says understandingly) "Even if she could not find it in her heart to forgive you, it does not give her the right to treat you so cruelly"

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles closer to Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Rest now, my treasure" (Melody coos softly) -pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Rose's head- "I will watch over you"

[rose-the-convict]

’m not tired, mama.

[Rose says.]

Was asleep before I came here.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Alright, then is there something you would like to talk about?" (Melody asks warmly) -gently tucking Rose and Bongo more securely within her arms-

[rose-the-convict]

Um... Anti got me a wolf pup as a sorry for not watching the nest closer.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods encouragingly- "Why don't you tell me all about it, starting wirh what a wolf is" (she says warmly)

[rose-the-convict]

So, it’s a mammal, and it fur, and looks really cute.

[Rose pulls out her phone and pulls up picture of the pup for Melody.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"Oh my goodness that's adorable!" (Melody trills in delight) Anti got you one of these?

[rose-the-convict]

Yeah, she is really cute, I named her Snowflake.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"That's a wonderful name, Rose" (Melody says cheerfully) -smiling warmly down at Rose- "very fitting!"

[rose-the-convict]

Mhm!

[She shows the picture to Bongo.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Aww, she's adorable! (Bongo trills happily) -smiling at Rose brightly-

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Quick question, can Rose and Bongo have a secret code like the twins do?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: Sure! It's probably not as complex as the twins, but I don't see why they wouldn't!

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: i was thinking something along the lines of different noises for different things, kinda like how Mel said her name in the beginning

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: technically she never stopped saying the whole thing, I just stopped writing it out. But yeah, sure that sounds great!

[rose-the-convict]

’Damien-getting-Melody-fox.’

[Rose says to Bongo in their code.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Fox-is-thing-like-wolf-but-not?' (Bongo responds in kind)

[rose-the-convict]

’Smaller-and-fluffier-than-wolf. I-show-you’.

[Rose shows him a pic of a fox pup.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Bongo coos at the image) 'so-cute! Melody-will-love-it!'

[rose-the-convict]

’He-going-to-get-now.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Okay-then-our-job-is-distract-Melody-until-he-gets-back?' (Bongo asks cheerfully)

ooc: Only the area directly around Ava's egg has oxygen down here, so might be best to either wait or drop it off at the lagoon or the garden, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Yeah-need-to-distract-her-while-he-get-Red.’

Ooc: Not garden, cause Anti setting up-

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Won't-be-too-hard, she's-focused-on-making-sure-you're-okay' (Bongo says calmly)

ooc: lagoon or fields then, statement

[rose-the-convict]

’Mhm-let’s-take-demon-egg-to-lagoon-to-Aunt-Rift’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

'Will-Aunt-Bloodmoon's-little-air-bubble-last-long-enough? And-you-promised-Ellie-that-you'd-be-here-when-she-woke-up' (Bongo says, not necessarily disagreeing with the idea, but wanting to make sure they're on the same page)

[rose-the-convict]

’Should-and-I-can-make-it-back-in-time.’

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods, giving Rose a confident smile- 'okay, sounds-good!' (He agrees brightly)

[rose-the-convict]

Mama? We probably need to take the demon’s egg to the lagoon.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Melody nods in agreement- "I suppose that would be for the best." (She responds calmly) -and loosens her hold on Rose and Bongo so they can get up-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose moves outta the way.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo goes along with Rose-

-Melody stands up and takes the few steps needed to reach the egg. She crouches down to pick it up, and it fits in her hand like a baseball as she stands back up again- "I suppose we'll see if Rift will be willing to care for it" (She says calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

Okay, let’s go!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo heads off right beside Rose as they begin to swim towards the lagoon-

-Melody follows right behind the pair, carrying the egg in it's tiny protective air bubble-

Ooc: I just realized that David is still with Damien! XD

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: oh well, XD

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the trio, or quartet technically, make their way towards the lagoon, arriving after about twenty minutes-

-Rift is back in the lagoon already, watching over everyone with a slightly tight look in her eye. She lifts one hand in greeting when she spots Rose, Bongo, and Melody-

ooc: oops! 😅 eh, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose waves to her as they arrive.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Hello Rose, it's good to see you. (Rift says softly) -as she gives Rose a gentle, sad smile-

[rose-the-convict]

You alright, auntie?..

[madeofmanyfandoms]

I'm fine, I just... oh by the depths Rose, I just can't believe this happened to you. (Rift tells Rose sadly, as her voice cracks slightly)

-young Dark is back in his wire mesh cage, which has been turned over onto it's side so the opening is more like a door than a lid.-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose goes over to Rift and attempt to climb in her lap.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift doesn't hesitate to scoop Rose up into her arms, gently tucking Rose's head under her chin- oh, Rose. I'm so sorry this happened. (Rift says, her voice almost silent)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose snuggles close to Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

If you ever need to talk to someone who understands, please don't hesitate to come find me. (Rift tells Rose softly) -cradling Rose against her chest-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then hugs Rift.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift hugs her back firmly, it's warm and snug, but Rose can tell that she could pull free without much effort-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose pulls back after a moment.]

I gotta go back to the twins workshop, I promised Elli I’d be there when she woke up.

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rift gives Rose a confused look, but nods in acceptance as she lets her go- Alright Rose. Be safe, please. (She requests softly)

[rose-the-convict]

I will!

[She starts heading back to the workshop.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

"I'll catch up in a few minutes" (Melody tells Rose warmly) -as she approaches Rift with Ava's egg-

-Bongo falls into step with Rose as they head back to the Twins' workshop-

[rose-the-convict]

Hopefully Auntie will keep mama occupied for a bit.

Oco: Roll persuasion 😈

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: okay! I rolled a 15

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: okay, so Elli will still be asleep when they get back

[madeofmanyfandoms]

ooc: ( ; ﾟДﾟ) oh thank fuck! Oh! Can I help describe Ellie's new form?

[rose-the-convict]

Ooc: Yeahh!!!!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are poking curiously at the eel's form, which is laying limply where it's still strapped down, it's harsh, labored breathing the only sign it's still alive-

-Meanwhile Claire is cradling something in her hands that's so small Rose can't quite make out what it is yet, gazing down at it with a look of amazement and tenderness-

Ooc: described the scene Rose and Bongo are returning to see, will describe baby Ellie's new form once Rose gets closer!

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose and Bongo make it back to the workshop area.]

I’m honestly surprised that Meanie hasn’t started to try and control the eel yet.

[Rose moves closer to Claire.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Bongo nods in agreement before he swims over to watch what the twins are doing-

-As Rose gets closer to Claire, she can make out a tiny form curled up in her Claire 6cupped hand, a little girl who looks like she might be even younger than Jubilee. Her features are delicate and almost aristocratic, and rather then legs she has the long slender tail of ghost ribbon eels.

Ooc: sorry I look to to respond, I keep dosing off@

[rose-the-convict]

Is that?....

[She asks quietly.]

Ooc: is okay!!

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods softly, carefully holding our her hand to let Rose see Ellies tiny sleeping form better- Rose, say hello to Ellie. (She keeps her voice low and gentle)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet for a moment, just admiring the small child.]

Can I hold her?....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose an understanding smile- Oh course you can. (She says softly) -before carefully transferring Ellie into Rose's hand-

-Ellie relaxes even further, nuzzling her face into Rose's palm in her sleep-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose melts and carefully cradles Elli into her collarbone.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie mumbles wordlessly in her sleep, though her tone is clearly happy) -and snuggles in against Rose's collarbone as if on instinct-

[rose-the-convict]

She’s adorable....

[madeofmanyfandoms]

That she is, and it seems like she feels safest around you. (Claire says calmly) -before she begins putting away her micro-surgery tool. Choosing to allow Rose to come to her own conclusion about that information-

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose stays quiet.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

(Ellie continues to mumble periodically in her sleep, and while it's mostly wordless vocalization, Rose can make out the occasional 'safe' or 'happy' thrown in)

[rose-the-convict]

Have Rough and Tumble seen her yet?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

Not like this, no. When I first cut her free from the rest of her old body, she was essentially just a small pile of the chunks of flesh and shards of bone that her soul was most tightly bonded to. (Claire informs Rose clinically) It took a great deal of incredibly delicate work to build an acceptable body for her soul to inhabit.

[rose-the-convict]

[She nods.]

Can I show them?

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Claire nods, giving Rose a soft smile- Of course. Just try not to let them wake her up, she needs to sleep off the effects of the spells I used to keep her stable while I built her new body (she instructs calmly)

[rose-the-convict]

[Rose nods, then swims over to the twins.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-Rough and Tumble are currently poking curiously at the exposed brainstem of the eel, as it twitches sporadically with their touch-

[rose-the-convict]

Hey you two.

[She says quietly, trying not to wake Elli.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-the twins look up from their investigating, and give Rose a matching pair of bright, cheerful smiles- Hello Rose. It's good to see you. Were you wanting to join us in studying how the eel? And how the remainder of the eel reacts to having the infant soul taken away? (They ask, matching Rose's low volume) -although they don't seem to have noticed that she's holding something just yet-

[rose-the-convict]

Maybe later.

[She points to her collarbone and where her hand is at.]

[madeofmanyfandoms]

-The Twins stop poking at the mutilated eel and turn to give Rose their full attention- Is that Ellie? Oh, she's adorable! (They coo softly)