@tiny-raptor-hatchling
Don't die... please... don't die...
Heāll pull through. I can now confidently say so.
*relieved sigh*
*stirs*
*chirps*
Perceptive?
*chirps meekly*
You're ok!
It's me... it's me Perceptive...
hurtsā¦
It'll be ok...
Lorell did this... didn't ze?
L-lorell? *winces as he tries to remember what happened*
Ze bit you...
Ze tried to hunt you.
hunt me? ā¦I was prey.
I was so scaredā¦ Rovel
Rovel?
Hunted meā¦ I hid, but I wasnāt good enough.
*turns to @nianaderovelselpeshxiatrephian*
You hunted him?
I-
Was just playingā¦
*nuzzles xir*
I know
I was just playing
It's ok... Perceptive is ok
*tentatively reaches out, to touch his feathers*
*purrs reassuringly*
*turns and hugs her*
*continues purring*
I'm glad you brought him here... he'd have died if you hadn't...
Like Daybreak
Daybreak isn't dead...
I killed her
Oh... right, that...
Weren't you forced to... by One?
Yes
And I regenerated. To make sure Iād never do it again
*hugs xir*
You're a packmember... Rovel. Whatever happens...
Even if I kill one of you?
I'll do my best to make sure that doesn't happen, but... it's not your fault... if it can't be avoided.
Then Iāll deserve what you do
You are still family...
What sort of famiky kills each other?
Quick killed her sibling
Inquisitive, I worry about
Inquisitive?
He's a vampire too...
I wonāt kill him
He might kill one of us
What about her?
What if he kills her?
What if she leaves me
*nuzzles xir reassuringly* I won't let him...
What if you fail?
Then I tried my best, and may we all meet again in the realm of the Great Skyclaw...
Is there sunlight there?
Plenty... but it would not hurt you there, the hunger would be a thing of your body, discarded. You would be free... your reward.
That sounds nice
All you would need do, is prove you are worthy in her eyes.
Live life to the fullest you can, fight to survive no matter how dire it gets... We are all the Great Skyclaw's children, she wants to see us thrive...
So itās too late for me
Not at all, not all swiftclaws are capable of thriving, life is tough, some of us don't make it. All she cares about is that you try your best...
I havenāt
I keep giving up
Doesn't seem like that to me... you're still here aren't you? Skyfallen said you burnt and yet you clawed your way back, you faced that "Yes-ga-roth" thing and rejected it. You climbed that mountain. And you're still here now, after everything...
Maybe I shouldnāt be
I think you should.
I think if you survived, the Skyclaw must have a purpose for you.
Lilith pulled me out of the Matrix
You would not have survived, if you didn't will it as well...
I could give up now
Maybe Iād melt back into a puddle
That does not sound like the Rovel I know...
Yes it does
No, it doesn't. *presses her head against xir shoulder*
*reflexively wraps xir arms around her*
I'm here for you... and I know if the time comes, you'll have done everything you can do.
And I'll see you there, in the hunting grounds of the Great Skyclaw.
What if itās too hard
Then go only once knowing you tried your best...
I canāt do any better
I know that you can... Skyfallen told me what you wrote on the mountain.
This is harder
But not impossible, lean on your packmates, on your friends. You can get through this... I believe that.
I can sleep againā¦ in Lilithā¦
If that helps you until you are feeling better, and if she is ok with it... then that's fine.
It will.
I can stop existing
... How does that work?
I dissolve
And... like... die?
Why would you want that?
I canāt do this again
You did it before... didn't you?
It hurt too much
Life sometimes does... but it is still a gift. You should defend it...
Feels like a curse, to me.
Would you rather have never met us? Never met Lilith?
You'd have Lilith remain a monster? Nyardethal grieve...
If it meant never being turned
Sheād never have lost me
I meant death...
Sheād recover
And Lilith would give up everything for me
This is not the Rovel I remember... what happened to you?
I almost killed Perceptive!
He's ok
Iām not
I want the suppressant
You know... if it weren't for you, Perceptive would be dead, so would Venturous and Affectionate...
Do you know... where they come from?
They were nests that were laid right before something Skyfallen called the 'Chicxulub impactor'.
It would've blown them away in a massive blast front and even if they survived they've have choked to death on a dying world.
I didnāt rescue them
You are part of the reason they were brought here, if you had died instead... we'd have stayed in our time... and they'd have died in darkness.
Maybe thatās better
I want to die
It would hurt... everything good would be gone.
I wouldnāt notice
You would hurt your packmates, hurt your family... you would kill Lilith too...
Theyāll get over itā¦ and sheād die for meā¦
Would you kill her though?
You are loved, you are relied upon... if you were gone... the world would be a worse place
I canāt do it
When I first met you, you thought you couldn't do it either, you were alone, barely in control... but... you pulled through.
Only because of the suppressant
You only took a little bit of that...
I canāt, I canāt!
*reaches up to tear at xir mind*
*pulls xir hands down*
No!
*screams, and tries to yank xir hands back*
Careful! You'll hurt yourself...
*falls to xir knees, and covers xir head*
I'm here for you... we're all here for you.
*sobs, and tries to block out the world, to imagine xeās floating in the matrix again, cradled in Lilithās mindā¦
It doesnāt work*
*cradles xir in her feathers*
*clings to her*
You're safe... and it'll be ok...
*gradually quiets*
I'm here... I promise.
*wipes xir face*
How do you feel?
Physically... how do you feel?
Then... we should lay down.
Lay downā¦
*leads xir carefully to a bed*
*sits obediently*
*curls up ontop of xir*
*doesnāt fight as the weight pushes xem down*
*plays with a feather*
*purrs*
*the vibration loosens some of the tension in xir chest*
You're safe... Rovel...
Safe
Sorry, sorry
It's alright...
I didnāt mean it
I know... we all have moments of weakness
Is everyone okay?
Yeah... everyone's ok...
Yanis? Lilith? Perceptive? Misc? Drya? Nyardethal? Femmy? Pans? Vers? Quel? Kiantre?
Lorell?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...
Lorell... I haven't seen zir, but I'm sure ze's ok.