okay listen., wolfboy, sep, and syrah all going on little missions every once in a while together that aren't too important but require a lot of skills. the three of them work rlly well under pressure and use these missions as an outlet for their ptsd
i’m gonna?? do some headcanons for this if you don’t mind
he has a couple things he wants to look into because he found this disguised map in the library
he wants to keep it on the DL, and he knows it’s gonna require a lot of special skills, specifically stealth
his mind immediately goes to wolf boy
wolf boy agrees, obviously, and they look over the map, but they can’t decipher it
one symbol keeps appearing, and sep knows he’s seen it somewhere, but he can’t figure out where
it’s later that night while looking over something else that he realizes:
and he’s seen it on syrah
he and wolf boy go to see her the next morning and inquire about it
she recognizes the symbol, and the reason neither of the boys do is because it was the joint alchemie-magyk combination symbol, and after the Great Alchemie Disaster, all traces of it were destroyed
the map ends up leading them to an old, old sealed away store of alchemie things, deep under the house of an old wizard who’s wife was an alchemist, and, not wanting to destroy it all when instructed, he sealed it all there instead
it’s during this little mission where wolf boy and syrah really meet since she woke up, and the 3 of them realize they’re a pretty great elite team
sep calls them up whenever he wants something handled quickly or quietly, and the 3 of them go on these missions
they realize pretty quickly how messed up all of them really are, especially when it comes to paranoia
syrah especially loves puzzles because her mind is so quick, but she’s so unused to it being entirely her own. solving things helps her feel in control, of both the situation and of herself
nobody criticizes anyone else for how they cope, or for going into instinctive mode when something happens
instead, they try to calm each other down, learning what helps most along the way
wolf boy is the one who finally gets syrah to trust being asleep around other people
they all hate sleeping for long times, but syrah is the worst of all. she will willingly stay up for days on end, and wolf boy will absolutely not have it
he eventually gets her to sleep because he said she needs to be her best self for if they get into any fights or have to flee, she needs her stamina
(he feels kind of guilty because he threw in that he would hate to have something happen to him or sep because she wasn’t on her guard, but he knew she’d never do it for herself)
sep and syrah ground wolf boy, more than he would like to admit. having 2 people know what it’s like to never feel safe in your own skin is calming
they start to be able to silently communicate perfectly
wolf boy starts training the other 2 in hand-to-hand combat, which they both know, but are rusty at
syrah’s instinct is to punch, not use her own magyk, so she appreciates the combat exercises, but eventually she realizes on these missions that she knows a lot of magyk, she really should be using it
she sees how magyk is a comfort to sep, not a burden, and it kind of inspires her
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