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@the-realkotts
Hello!
This is a RP account for Kotts for the Evil-LU chaos run by @selmietheseal !
If you're wondering why there's another Kotts account...I lost my old accounts lol... so a new one! Ta-da!
PfP is by the amazing @legionforweare-many !
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*
Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay
*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*
So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!
We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!
*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*
@therealcree
[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]
[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]
[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]
[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]
no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.
…i’m sorry for not being able to help.
…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]
*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*
*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*
*she turns back around*
Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....
*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*
....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?
*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*
*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*
Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us
*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*
*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*
@therealcree
[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]
[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]
o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.
[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]
[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]
[snap out of it, cree!]
[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]
um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…
Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....
It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...
How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?
*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*
*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae huffs*
Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself
*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*
@therealcree
[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]
…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]
[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]
[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]
*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*
Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...
*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*
You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.
Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?
@evilfairyrulie
*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*
*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*
@therealcree
[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]
yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!
[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]
[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]
[…right, kotts asked a question.]
w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…
*their eyes widen as you whisper, and they pause, thinking, before whispering back*
I wouldn't trust him either....there's something about him that reminds me of kheel, but i cant tell what...
...you could stay with me?
*the second they say that, they regret it. They arent ready for being around people yet, why did they say that? Its gonna go poorly and theyll have to leave again and start a new loop and-*
*their body tenses slightly, panicky*
@evilfairyrulie
*He pretends not hearing their whispering, but it annoys faer a bit that they're comparing him with that brat, fae doesn't want to have anything to do with her, but whatever*
*Bluebird can stay with the yellow one! And maybe fae can take advantage of that and also have some fun with them! He's not leaving that's for sure, no matter if Cree stays or not*
[mx. evil fairy does seem kinda like kheel, kotts is right. it makes cree a bit nervous. she doesn’t wanna get hurt again. she doesn’t want pain, she just wants her family.]
[but… kotts doesn’t want her. they look terrified of the idea. that stings, if she’s being honest, but cree can’t blame them. she wouldn’t want her around either.]
i-it’s okay… you don’t have to. i-i’ll be okay, i’m a big girl! i can take care of myself. [deep down, cree knows that’s a lie. when she tried to take care of herself, all she got was a broken family and a missing wing. she’s not a big girl. all she does is cry and hide.]
[she cried when vah medoh attacked. she cried when the blizzard came. she cried when her wing came off. she cried when kheel stabbed her. she’s a big crybaby, nothing more.]
[but maybe she can at least pretend.
*they notice your dissapointment and internally shrivel. Oh, they need to get better at masking their emotions....*
*kotts takes a second to calm themself, tapping their talons against the ground in a looping pattern. 1-and-2-and-3-and-repeat-and-*
*they cant leave cree alone with fairy...but the idea of cree staying with them, for however long...it scared them.*
*but, well...nothing terrible has happened yet. If they take cree back to Mama and away from Evil Fairy, then Cree's safe, kotts is alone and can start another loop and...yeah.*
*they'd just make sure that it doesnt take longer than one loop.*
Im sorry...shouldnt have offered....
*they stop tapping their talons and breathe in deeply*
You're looking for Ma and Notts, right? I can come with you...only for a week, though. Then im gonna go. Is that...okay?
@evilfairyrulie
*Fuckkk with them for a week. Well, he won't complain that much, maybe he gets a chance to mess around with the yellow one*
*This is taking too long, but fae's patient, fae just needs to wait long enough and then he'll have some fun, at this point he doesn't really care about whatever family drama you have fae just wants to get going*
[anything that means kotts stays longer. cree might be selfish for that, but she just really needs her big sibling there with her. she’s scared, she’ll admit it, okay? she’s not a big girl, she’s a coward. a lonely coward.]
y-yeah, that’d be great! a-are you sure?
[maybe she can try to lose mx. evil fairy on the way. fae has the same look that monsters have when they see prey (like her), and it makes her nervous.]
[she doesn’t wanna get gobbled up by bokoblins, and she doesn’t want to know what fae might do to her and her family.]
I'm sure.
*she isn't*
So...where are we going?
*she does not want to leave.*
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*
Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay
*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*
So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!
We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!
*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*
@therealcree
[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]
[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]
[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]
[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]
no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.
…i’m sorry for not being able to help.
…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]
*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*
*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*
*she turns back around*
Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....
*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*
....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?
*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*
*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*
Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us
*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*
*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*
@therealcree
[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]
[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]
o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.
[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]
[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]
[snap out of it, cree!]
[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]
um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…
Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....
It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...
How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?
*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*
*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae huffs*
Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself
*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*
@therealcree
[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]
…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]
[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]
[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]
*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*
Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...
*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*
You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.
Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?
@evilfairyrulie
*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*
*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*
@therealcree
[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]
yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!
[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]
[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]
[…right, kotts asked a question.]
w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…
*their eyes widen as you whisper, and they pause, thinking, before whispering back*
I wouldn't trust him either....there's something about him that reminds me of kheel, but i cant tell what...
...you could stay with me?
*the second they say that, they regret it. They arent ready for being around people yet, why did they say that? Its gonna go poorly and theyll have to leave again and start a new loop and-*
*their body tenses slightly, panicky*
@evilfairyrulie
*He pretends not hearing their whispering, but it annoys faer a bit that they're comparing him with that brat, fae doesn't want to have anything to do with her, but whatever*
*Bluebird can stay with the yellow one! And maybe fae can take advantage of that and also have some fun with them! He's not leaving that's for sure, no matter if Cree stays or not*
[mx. evil fairy does seem kinda like kheel, kotts is right. it makes cree a bit nervous. she doesn’t wanna get hurt again. she doesn’t want pain, she just wants her family.]
[but… kotts doesn’t want her. they look terrified of the idea. that stings, if she’s being honest, but cree can’t blame them. she wouldn’t want her around either.]
i-it’s okay… you don’t have to. i-i’ll be okay, i’m a big girl! i can take care of myself. [deep down, cree knows that’s a lie. when she tried to take care of herself, all she got was a broken family and a missing wing. she’s not a big girl. all she does is cry and hide.]
[she cried when vah medoh attacked. she cried when the blizzard came. she cried when her wing came off. she cried when kheel stabbed her. she’s a big crybaby, nothing more.]
[but maybe she can at least pretend.
*they notice your dissapointment and internally shrivel. Oh, they need to get better at masking their emotions....*
*kotts takes a second to calm themself, tapping their talons against the ground in a looping pattern. 1-and-2-and-3-and-repeat-and-*
*they cant leave cree alone with fairy...but the idea of cree staying with them, for however long...it scared them.*
*but, well...nothing terrible has happened yet. If they take cree back to Mama and away from Evil Fairy, then Cree's safe, kotts is alone and can start another loop and...yeah.*
*they'd just make sure that it doesnt take longer than one loop.*
Im sorry...shouldnt have offered....
*they stop tapping their talons and breathe in deeply*
You're looking for Ma and Notts, right? I can come with you...only for a week, though. Then im gonna go. Is that...okay?
@evilfairyrulie
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*
Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay
*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*
So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!
We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!
*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*
@therealcree
[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]
[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]
[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]
[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]
no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.
…i’m sorry for not being able to help.
…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]
*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*
*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*
*she turns back around*
Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....
*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*
....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?
*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*
*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*
Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us
*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*
*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*
@therealcree
[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]
[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]
o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.
[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]
[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]
[snap out of it, cree!]
[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]
um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…
Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....
It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...
How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?
*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*
*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae huffs*
Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself
*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*
@therealcree
[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]
…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]
[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]
[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]
*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*
Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...
*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*
You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.
Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?
@evilfairyrulie
*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*
*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*
@therealcree
[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]
yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!
[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]
[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]
[…right, kotts asked a question.]
w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…
*their eyes widen as you whisper, and they pause, thinking, before whispering back*
I wouldn't trust him either....there's something about him that reminds me of kheel, but i cant tell what...
...you could stay with me?
*the second they say that, they regret it. They arent ready for being around people yet, why did they say that? Its gonna go poorly and theyll have to leave again and start a new loop and-*
*their body tenses slightly, panicky*
@evilfairyrulie
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*
Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay
*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*
So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!
We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!
*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*
@therealcree
[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]
[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]
[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]
[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]
no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.
…i’m sorry for not being able to help.
…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]
*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*
*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*
*she turns back around*
Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....
*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*
....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?
*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*
*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*
Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us
*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*
*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*
@therealcree
[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]
[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]
o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.
[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]
[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]
[snap out of it, cree!]
[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]
um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…
Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....
It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...
How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?
*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*
*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae huffs*
Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself
*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*
@therealcree
[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]
…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]
[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]
[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]
*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*
Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...
*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*
You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.
Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?
@evilfairyrulie
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*
Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay
*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*
So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!
We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!
*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*
@therealcree
[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]
[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]
[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]
[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]
no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.
…i’m sorry for not being able to help.
…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]
*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*
*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*
*she turns back around*
Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....
*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*
....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?
*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*
*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*
Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us
*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*
*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*
@therealcree
[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]
[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]
o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.
[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]
[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]
[snap out of it, cree!]
[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]
um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…
Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....
It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...
How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?
*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*
*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*
@evilfairyrulie
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*
Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay
*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*
So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!
We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!
*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*
@therealcree
[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]
[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]
[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]
[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]
no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.
…i’m sorry for not being able to help.
…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]
*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*
*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*
*she turns back around*
Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....
*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*
....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?
*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*
*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*
@evilfairyrulie
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*
I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!
*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*
@therealcree
[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]
n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]
and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.
…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.
You're her new friend?
*she looks unconvinced*
I am her sister...wait
*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*
less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable
I'm....
*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*
I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did
*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*
@evilfairyrulie
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*
Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!
*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*
@therealcree
shouldn’t be here…?
[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]
k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!
[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]
[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]
*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*
Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-
*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*
-is that?
*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*
[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]
[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]
[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]
kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]
i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!
[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!
@therealcree
*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*
Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-
*her voice pitches up in panic*
Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-
*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*
*she feels numb. empty. ignoring everything spinning through her head and heart and letting the silence of ignorance wash away any feeling. ignoring...everything.*
*she wants to be alone, properly alone. she's too trusting, too kinda, too naive and she keeps hurting people by being so...so stupid! everyone told her not to trust kh- don't think about it!*
*where was she....right. finding a place to be alone*
*anyone could find her if she stayed in the same place for too long...but if she removed the problem of time....Mr Ravio had shown her how to make those doorways...she could just move from peaceful time to peaceful time....alone*
*always alone.*
*she focused, willing a doorway into existence. It appeared, painted in plain black. She twisted the rusted doorknob and without hesitation, walked through the door.*
*and entered a forest, in some era or another. It was empty.*
*the emptiness lasted a week, before some traders passed through. She avoided them, and when they had left, she opened another doorway...to the week before they had arrived.*
*over and over and over and over-*
*alone*
* there is a sudden cracking noise, as a portal-door pulls itself into reality, the cherry-red door swinging open with the smallest creak. From the open door, a familiar face emerges *
... ugh...I hate portals....
@the-realkotts @therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[Her head darts up at the sudden noise, and you can see the way she immediately tenses up. Why are you here?! Part of her hopes that you're in the wrong place so she doesn't have to talk. She doesn't want to talk to any of you.]
*Kotts looks up, and when she sees you, she smiles*
oh thank goddesess it worked....
Hey, Kheel...
*her words are genuine. good intentioned. she quite different to the last time you met, the most obvious changes being her now tied-up hair and the small scar just below her apron. and she is still smiling*
It's good to see you...
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[the door stays open, and another person stumbles out]
kotts, please, this isn't- oh.
fuck.
[she definitely seems less well intentioned than kotts is]
[cree falls out, landing flat on her face. she groans, slowly getting up. as soon as she sees kheel, she carefully positions herself in front of kotts.]
[she stays silent, watching kheel closely. she’s not gonna let her sisters get hurt.]
[Okay, great! Everyone is here! How fun and wonderful and amazing!]
[She wants you all out.]
[She's different from the last time Kotts has seen her, too. The scar of an asphodel on her shoulder, along with a few scars beneath it, a hint of a scar on her torso disappearing into her shirt, a raised scar on her leg with multiple points, and her claws completely missing. Things happened.]
What are you all doing here?
@the-realkotts
*her eyes slightly widen at the sight of your scars, and she inhales sharply*
Oh...
...Well, we're here to see you! Check in on you, I guess! At least, I am...the last time I saw you you didn't seem to be doing well....
*her eyes flick back to your scars. you don't look your you're doing better...but she can hope!*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts moves almost in front of kotts. she doesn't want to get closer to kheel than she has to, but she needs to keep her sisters safe and this is not safe]
...and now that we've checked on you we can leave?
@therealcree
[cree glances at notts nervously. she’d also like to leave, but she doesn’t want to anger kheel. when notts distanced himself from kheel, she hurt him. cree doesn’t want that to happen again.]
y-yeah, we wouldn’t wanna bother you, that is! i know you’re very… um… busy.
[she tries to be polite, but it’s clear that she also wants to get out of here as soon as possible.]
[It was the way Cree shied away from Kheel. The way that she seemed scared to be near. Kheel never thought that someone pushing her away would hurt again. And yet.... She thought she protected Cree! She thought that Cree liked her! She-]
[Guess that's just another fucking person who hates her.]
[...Great.]
Okay. Is that all?
[Already, her tone is more aggressive than earlier.]
@the-realkotts
*Kotts gives Notts and Cree a look, but turns back to you pretty quickly*
Well...no. That's not all.
Kheel...are you okay?
*she is oblivious to the anger, concern blinding her from the possible threat. her sister has scars and that, to her, is all that matters now*
What...happened? Who...
*she steps closer to you*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts tenses when you go closer to kheel, but she doesn't try to stop you doesn't want to die]
kotts it doesn't matter we have to go!
i know you think i'm being too paranoid but cree knows what she is and she's scared too! please..?
@therealcree
[cree looks panicked. she doesn’t want kheel to know she’s terrified nervous.]
uh- well, i-i mean scared is a big word… b-but c’mon kotts, kheel looks really busy! let’s check in some other time! like maybe never!
...I thought you cared about me, Cree.
[Her finger twitches. Her face hardens. She's being betrayed, hated. For no reason. No good reason at all. You all just decided to barge in here, and suddenly she's the bad guy! Again! She's always the bad one!]
@the-realkotts
Wha- of course she cares about you! So do I, because you're our sister! We're family! We all care for each other, that's how it works, that's why we're here!
*Kotts face is twisted up in an expression of concern and what looks like guilt, her words tumbling out quickly and earnestly*
We're here- I'm here to make sure you're okay...
...are you?
i'm here because you forced me to be, and to make sure you don't die, because apparently that's what you want.
[she gestures at cree]
she's here because you forced her to; she doesn't want this and there's no reason to make her stay except for the fact that you seem to want her to die, too!
@therealcree
[cree flinches. notts isn’t wrong, but kotts doesn’t want her to die! she’s here to keep kotts safe.]
kheel, i-i… i do care. i care about all of my siblings.
[cree cares about her baby sister. she doesn’t know if she cares for who kheel has become. she refrains from adding that.]
a-and i’m here because i wanna be! i wanna keep my remaining family safe.
[She glares at Notts for a moment before chosing to ignore her. She fucking hates Notts.]
[But there's one thing that's bothering her about the way you're all speaking. Acting all high and mighty. As if you're all above her. Her finger twitches again.]
Sisters? If we were sisters you would have helped me sooner! If we were sisters, you never would have considered the possibility of me causing Genli's death. If we were sisters, you would have taken me back to help me! You wouldn't have left me to die!
But you all failed! We're not sisters!
@the-realkotts
*Kotts freezes, her eyes welling up with tears.*
Wh-what. Kheel, no....
I know I messed up, I know I failed when I left you behind, I feel horrible for it, and I'm so sorry for whatever happened to you when we were apart but please don't say that.
Please don't say we aren't sisters.
*she can't lose another sister. maybe this one wasn't dead but... if she said they weren't sisters than what hope did Kotts have to cling to that everything would go back to normal? Kheel can't mean it, that....no. Nononononono*
kotts, she's right. she's not our sister anymore. she doesn't deserve it
maybe you should save your energy for the sisters that actually care about you. instead of.. whatever this is.
@therealcree (btw sorry for your loss! 100% understand if it takes you a while to answer this)
kheel, i-i don’t blame you for g-genli… i’m upset because you y-yelled at mama and made her sad. i’m upset because you hurt notts.
i want to help you, b-but you kept on saying you were fine. you get angry when we try to help. y-you’re getting mad at kotts right now, w-when all she wants to do is see if you’re okay!
[tears begin to roll down her cheeks, and she clenches her fist]
notts, s-stop it. we still care. me and kotts do, a-at least. i don’t blame you for not wanting to be around her, after… after she hurt you.
b-but she still doesn’t deserve t-to be aben- abandu- a-ban-doned.
I don't get it. You about me? But I told you we're not sisters anymore! So you should stop caring! I'm fucking fine without you all!
[She's easily fine without Notts. She's.. fine without Kotts. And she will be fine without Cree!]
@the-realkotts
Even if you say we aren't sisters, we still can care about you and worry for you....because that's what good people do!
Kheel...I will always care, because your my little sister, or you were....and no matter what you do I'll always be your sister...
*kotts turns to Notts*
Sorry for dragging you here Notts, I know you didn't want to come....sorry. If you want to, you can go. I'll meet you back at Mr Ravio's.
i don't want to be here, but i want even less to leave you and cree alone here with.. that. if i leave, then you have to come with me.
i just want to make sure both of you are safe! why are you making it so hard for me?
@therealcree
[cree tries to hold back tears, feeling the reality of… well, everything, collapse onto her. strange, how sadness works. sometimes she’s fine, but now it feels like…]
[…it just feels bad! she desperately tries to hide it- nobody needs her to cry right now.]
i-i can’t just leave her, notts. i’m sorry.
[she can’t look at someone who used to be her sister in the eye, and then turn her back on her. every time her vision blurs, she swears she can see purple feathers. she can’t just ignore that.]
[Liars. The lot of you. Kotts claims to still care. To always care. Notts claims that she's nothing more than some thing. And Cree claims to not be able to leave. Well. All of those are lies.]
[Her fingers twitch again. Empty fingers. No talons. Just like those of her once-plaything. How can she teach her own sisters that she's not like that. She's not just a thing.]
[Through everyone's lies, she stays silent. After all the lies, she stays silent.]
@the-realkotts
...Kheel...
*she pauses, hesitates, then moves, wrapping her wings around you in a hug*
I'm sorry.
*she'll leave after this, she wouldn't stress Notts anymore, she just needs to say goodbye....*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[..... She's being touched? Restraining. Suffocationg. Burning. No. She's not letting anyone hurt her again.]
[Her insides burn.]
[She doesn't give any time to react. She wrenches your talons away from her and forcefully pushes you to the ground. She pins you there with her talons.]
[The look in her eyes is unseeing anger. Unseeing fear.]
Agh!
Kheel?!! What are you doing?!
*there is clear panic in Kotts' eyes. was notts right? kheel won't hurt her though, right?!! surely! even if she was saying they weren't sisters and all of that.....nonononono *
Kheel, please let me go, this is a bit scary!
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen]
[so why didn't she plan for what to do when it did]
cree you know the way out of here, right? y-you have to leave right now please
@therealcree
[cree’s eyes were wide.]
[no. no. no. no-]
[nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono-]
[she’s not letting another one of her sisters get hurt.]
[cree doesn’t think, she doesn’t stop and consider her actions. she just moves.]
[in an instant she’s shoved kheel away from kotts, using her full body weight to dive into her sister. it’s clumsy, and she’s pretty sure she just twisted her ankle upon landing, but it works.]
[she gets up again almost immediately, and her talons don’t get involved anymore than what’s needed. she backs up, concerned and frightened.]
[When Kheel is wrenched away from @the-realkotts, her talons come back red. She had been digging into Kotts' skin, almost subconsciously. But now- she's not looking at Kotts anymore. Her furious gaze has turned completely to Cree.]
[Threads connect throughout the floor. She can feel them all, just from where she's stepping. She can feel the threads. And she knows how to use them.]
[She steps over Kotts. The closer she is, the easier it is to manipulate the floor. A few floorboards suddenly shift into a metal cuff that clasp firmly around Cree's ankle. She can't have her running away, after all.]
*Kotts scrambles back to her feet, her heart racing. she gently touches the small wounds on her arms in shock*
Kheel?
*Her breathing quickens. she was wrong...she was so so so wrong, and now her sister is going to...to hurt her? hurt Cree? hurt Notts, again? nononono-*
*She has to get them out of here. before it gets worse, before her sisters get hurt and it's her fault, her fault, her fault whycan'tshestop fuckingup,shejustwantedtohelpwhyisshesuchabadsister-*
*She tries to summon a portal-door back home, all the magic she has bubbling up in her chest an she envisions the door, their escape*
*But no matter how hard she tries, it won't appear.*
*when she speaks, her voice is quiet and broken*
Notts...
....Notts, I can't get us out of here.....
@notts-of-rito-village
[of course you can't get them out. it would've been completely antithetical to getting everyone killed!]
[she doesn't need to say that. what's important right now is making sure cree's safe. at least you chose this. cree didn't want to be here from the start and now she's going to get hurt in your place]
kheel DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE
[she lunges at kheel, aiming for her throat. she doesn't want to kill her sister she doesn't want to let her real sisters die]
[She whirls around and, with all her strength, pushes Notts to the ground. The ground beneath both Notts and Kotts liquidfies into deep, heavy mud. It's deep enough that it barely doesn't cover faces.]
[And that's when she turns back to @therealcree, an eery look in her eyes. She reaches up to one of her shelves and grabs a single, small rock. She's glad she started a collection of these. ....Even though they sit directly next to the eye on her shelf. The eye that used to belong to her 'tool.']
[It's second nature. The rock quickly forms into a knife.]
YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!
[Her arm swings down, stabbing Cree in the chest.]
cw: gore
summary: big ouchies, cree scratches kheel across the face in self defence (and i now have ‘what does beimg stabbed feel like?’ in my search history)
@the-realkotts i think? idk about the order now ^^;
CREE!
*kotts thrashes against the mud surrounding her, but it only swallows her further.*
Kheel, stop!
*how did that book on survival say to escape mudpits....stop thrashing?*
*she twists in the mud so she's on her back, and waits, feeling the mud lose its suction agonisingly slowly*
@therealkheel @notts-of-rito-village
[notts has not read any books on escaping mudpits, and if she had she wouldn't remember them now. she flails completely ineffectively against the mud]
[it's not working she doesn't care she needs to keep cree safe]
@therealcree
[Her face is stinging. It only makes her gaze more intense. Her hand instincitvely goes to the top of Cree's arm.]
Don't fucking fight me.
[It's unclear if she can hear the screams all around her. It's unclear if she's even seeing @therealcree in her grasp. Her eyes are glazed with fiery fury.]
[She reaches for Cree's threads. She knows what she wants. It takes a moment of digging through a tangle of threads. But then she finds it: the core. She pulls on the core thread as harshly as possible.]
more gore :D
summary: cree bites and kicks, pain, thread shenanigans make her feel cold, frostbite ptsd episode ensues
[She actually catches Cree when she falls limp, but that's not a mercy. Wow, Zomi's so fucking pathetic so suddenly! It even tried to fight back! She sets Zomi down surprisingly gently, and immediately kicks it in the stomach. It doesn't deserve rest! It doesn't get a break!]
Get up, you fucking idiot!
- @the-realkotts , @notts-of-rito-village whoever wants to be next
*kotts has to use every drop of her patience to not panic and thrash to try and escape the mud. it would only set her back, so she needs to stay calm.*
*easier said than done when her sister is getting totured*
*the mud sinks off her millimetre by agonisingly slow millimetre, until she could lift her wings above the muck. she moves quicker now, frantic, as she pulls herself shakily out of the mud, imeadiately spinning to where notts is trapped*
Stop thrashing in the mud, it only makes it worse! You have to wait for the mud to lose suction, then get out!
*and with that advice, she sprints toward Kheel, her wing grabbing her sword-handle (and how lucky she was, to have carried that blade with her since the day of the maze), and drawing it, the sword stopping its steel arc millimetres from Kheel's back, the cold metal againf feathers a shaky threat*
Stop, Kheel. Please.
*she really doesn't know if she could hurt her sister -no, Kheel. Notts was right. (it hurts her heart even thinking that...but she has to pick a side...and Kheel made the choice easy)*
@notts-of-rito-village @therealkheel @therealcree
[She stiffens immediately. There's someone here. Who's here?!? She's in the middle of the forest! She's good at being in obscure locations where nobody will find her.]
[And yet, there's something against her back. She wants to turn around, see what's going on. But she's scared. What if it's Zomi again- but this time ready to kill her??]
[....That makes no sense. What is she talking about..?]
@notts-of-rito-village
*...holy shit that worked.*
Kheel...step away from Cree.
*her voice is shaky, and her eyes blurry from unshed tears, but the sword in her hands holds steady*
[That voice. Is actually a voice.]
You're not Zomi...
[Good. Then she won't get torn open! She turns to face you. There's an unseeing look in her eyes. There's not recognition. At least, not right now.]
What are you gonna do? Fucking kill me?
[She chuckles. What a joke! Her hands rest, only briefly, on the sword, and suddenly it's made of nothing more than wood.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts has finally managed to pull himself onto the actual floor. he is absolutely disgusting]
[it's the worst feeling ever and it'll probably stick to him for days and that doesn't matter. nothing matters except you need to die]
[notts screams. he won't remember anything between now and being on top of you and tasting your blood]
[maybe he's finally managed to do something right]
[She doesn't know when she got to the ground, screaming from sudden pain. She doesn't know when Notts got here. She thought she was in the forest. With Zomi. Alone! Why is she.... In her room? Another scream rips from her throat.]
[Kotts is there... Looking shocked, probably. But.... Why is Kotts here? Kotts and Notts are both here, so-]
[Through the pain, she catches a glimpse of blue, practically motionless on the ground.]
[No— she— she didn't mean to hurt Cree!! She didn't mean to!!]
[Desperate tears penetrate through her screams. Screams of pain turn into screams of despair. What has she done?!?]
@the-realkotts @therealcree
[cree is trembling, crumpled into a ball on the ground. she clutches the stub that once was a wing as tightly as she can, though with the post-adrenaline crash she’s having, that’s not very tight.]
[tears trickle down her cheeks rapidly. her nose is full of snot, so she breathes through her mouth in harsh, ragged pants.]
notts…?
[her voice is a raspy whisper, barely audible over the commotion.]
you… you were right… about kheel…
[she inhales shakily.] i’m sorry.
[with that, her body finally gives into exhaustion and pain, and she slumps against the floor, motionless. shallow breathing is the only sign that she isn’t dead.]
@the-realkotts @notts-of-rito-village
*Kotts runs to where Cree lays, sliding to her knees and frantically checking Cree's wounds. She notices her sister is breathing, and lets of a sigh of relief*
I'm gonna need a potion for this.....
*she scoops Cree up gently, cautious of the wound in her sister's stomach. Her wings hurt, her lower body is coated in mud and she feels like the minute she gets out if here, she's gonna cry for a week. But she's alive...*
Notts....we gotta go.
*everything feels blurry, fuzzy....like it isn't real....she wishes that this wasn't real....*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts wouldn't have heard kotts's words if she'd screamed them in his face. he isn't perceiving anything other than that kheel is moving and screaming and very much alive and she needs to stop]
[he braces himself and bites down again as hard as he can on kheel's throat]
@the-real-lu-sky
*If I hadn't heard the screaming I wouldnt be running. Running running....*
*Everything hits at once. Injuries someone ontop of someone I cant see. Heal the hurt. Break up the fight. I see someone capable. And remove a potion bag from my hip*
*A potion bag is thrown towards kotts.*
Here! Use the white one after the red one! Itll keep it clean and protected as it heals! I'll seperate these two!
*Then I throw myself at Notts. Pulling him off whoever his target was, having opened his beak to make sure hes dosent pull out the throat along with it. Pinning him against my chest in a way that tells you ive experience with Avians.*
You've gotta calm down! You're not a killer!
*I let out a whistle.*
Stay exactly where you are! All of you!
@therealkheel
[She lies on the ground, gasping and shaking through the tears. Blood pours from her throat at an alarming rate. But, well, the jugular veins seem miraculously intact. The glaze over her eyes tells you she's not fully in the moment.]
[She's incoherently crying out what seems to be apologies. But through the tears and gasps, it's most impossible to make out what she's trying to say.]
@the-realkotts
*kotts catches the bag, moving unsteadily as she lays her sister to the ground. she uncaps the potions and pours them on Cree's wounds.*
*when she sees the potions are working, she simply crumples to the floor, sitting still and staring ahead with tears in her eyes, unresponsive.*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts doesn't know who just grabbed him or where they came from but he hears their voice telling him to stop and that's the only thing he needs to know]
[they don't understand that kheel's dangerous and she needs to die, he needs to kill her!]
[notts struggles as hard as he can against sky's grip, screaming unintelligibly through the hand over his beak. you will not keep him from protecting his sisters]
@the-real-lu-sky
Your friends are safe! Your friends are fine! They have potions!
*You hear the screech of a bird high above you. I yell above you.*
Crimson! Down here!
You need to worry about them! Not the...
*I look over and spot that its kheel.*
Ahh...
*I hold you tighter but losen my hand on your beak.*
Look kid. I know shes evil. But you are not a killer. Dont let your anger make you do something that you have to live with for the rest of your life.
Let me deal with her. And you take care of your friends. They need to be protected while you get them somewhere safe!
@therealkheel
[Her declawed hands are trying to cover her throat. They don't help much, and blood seeps into her feathers. She's crying, gasping, and shaking now.]
[She doesn't really know what's happening right now. She knows her throat hurts. She knows she saw Cree. She thinks she hurt Cree. Did she do that? She thinks so, but she can't see Cree right now.]
[It's hard to breathe. She hates this pain. She told herself she wouldn't torture somebody again. But she can't control herself and ends up hurt because of it.]
[She didn't want this, she's sorry.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[it takes so much longer than anyone would have wanted, but finally notts' adrenaline starts to wear off. he's still struggling, but it's fairly obvious his heart isn't really in it anymore]
[he tries to think about everything kheel's done to his sisters, everything he knows she will do if she leaves this place alive. everything he's failed to prevent and will fail to prevent now if he can't end her]
[notts knows he's causing so so much future pain. he knows he's evil for this]
[he's so tired. everything hurts]
@the-real-lu-sky @the-realkotts @therealcree
*My grip remains on you until you calm down.*
Thats it.
Crimson. My bag. Potion on that kids throat. We cant let her die. Its... its not what green would have wanted...
*I look back towards the others. Crimson takes a potion from the bag and places it on the ground. Opening the bottle and then carefully carrying it in his beak towards kheel.*
Now. Im going to let you go. But if you go towards Kheel I will grab you again. Do you understand?
@therealkheel
[Kheel doesn't even seem to realize that she's being helped. She stares at the potion blankly. Why's that there? Why is there a giant bird here?]
[She's tired. Maybe she should just give up and die. Everyone hates her, and for good reason. She doesn't have family anymore. She just tortured Cree, why would they still love her?]
[She doesn't think she would mind if everyone never stopped hating her.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[when sky lets notts go, he just rolls on to the floor and stays there, curled up as small as it's possible for him to be]
[he's not sure if kheel's still alive. or if cree is]
[he hopes cree's okay. if she's okay she can forgive him for not trying hard enough. that's probably evil to think he should want her to be okay for other reasons she. shouldn't forgive him]
@the-realkotts
*kotts doesn't move nor react to anything for a good few minutes, frozen staring blankly into the distance, tears rolling down her cheeks.*
*she fucked up. she fucked up so badly by dragging Notts here, convincing Cree to go, trusting Kheel despite everything they knew she'd done, they fucked up so bad....*
*she needs to grow up...or at least learn how to be less stupid.....to trust better people....*
*they sniffle, then clear their throat*
S-sorry...sorry, Notts. I'm sorry. For making you come here. And Cree- I'm so sorry. I should have thought this through...... I'm so sorry you all got hurt, I didn't want that to happen, I.... I'm sorry.
*her voice is distant, the words stilted and quiet. they turn to Sky, raising their voice slightly so they are heard*
Thank...thank you, for the potions......could you take my sisters back to someplace safe? I..I'm going to go off on my own...
@therealcree @therealkheel @the-real-lu-sky
Good job... thats it...
*I let him go, but leave my hand on his shoulder.*
It's okay... your friends are okay...
*My eyes turn to crimson.*
Does she need help?
*Crimson nods.*
Okay.
*I let my hand move off notts and stand upright. Looking towards Kotts.*
I dont think that's such a good idea right now friend. Do you have somewhere safe to go?
*I listen for a response. I move over to Kheel and take the potion from Crimson. I pull a bandage from a pouch and place it across your neck.*
I cant just... leave her like this... even after everything...
*Crimson moves across the clearing towards you, nudging himself against you. While using a wing to cover Cree. It's easy to tell he won't be letting you leave so easily...*
@therealkheel
[She feels something on her neck, and she flinches. Something's going to hurt her again. Someone is going to destroy her and tear her apart and it would be deserved because she's stupid and only hurts hurts hurts other people!]
[She lets out a small, pathetic whine. A silent plea to be left alone. She's scared. Don't hurt her.]
@the-realkotts
*kotts pauses, looking to her sister with a painfully broken expression. she wants to help, she wants to fix everything so bad.....but the last time she had tried to help......not again*
*she turns away, looking up to Sky*
I have some safe places to go, don't worry.
*she needed to stop off at Mr Ravio's and collect her pack...but that wouldn't take long. Then she'd go.....somewhere*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[he can't just. stay here on the ground forever. not that he doesn't want to but.. there's stuff to do. even if another one of his sisters is dead now. there are still things and they need to be done and they won't go away]
[for one thing, at least, he's still incredibly filthy. that's something he can fix, at least]
[notts watches himself force himself to his feet. his eyes are wide, but he doesn't seem to register kheel or cree, even when his gaze lands directly on one of them]
i. need to wash this off.
[he looks slightly more alert as he turns to kotts]
...tell me where you're going. please.
[he wants to leave, but not before he knows where she'll be.]
@therealcree @therealkheel @the-real-lu-sky <- idrk who to tag sorry >w<
*she sighs, her voice quiet as she responds*
I...I'm gonna go home. To Rito. I'm not gonna stay there but.... I'll be there for a little while
Please....don't come looking for me
*and with that, she spreads her wings and flies off, alone*
* there is a sudden cracking noise, as a portal-door pulls itself into reality, the cherry-red door swinging open with the smallest creak. From the open door, a familiar face emerges *
... ugh...I hate portals....
@the-realkotts @therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[Her head darts up at the sudden noise, and you can see the way she immediately tenses up. Why are you here?! Part of her hopes that you're in the wrong place so she doesn't have to talk. She doesn't want to talk to any of you.]
*Kotts looks up, and when she sees you, she smiles*
oh thank goddesess it worked....
Hey, Kheel...
*her words are genuine. good intentioned. she quite different to the last time you met, the most obvious changes being her now tied-up hair and the small scar just below her apron. and she is still smiling*
It's good to see you...
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[the door stays open, and another person stumbles out]
kotts, please, this isn't- oh.
fuck.
[she definitely seems less well intentioned than kotts is]
[cree falls out, landing flat on her face. she groans, slowly getting up. as soon as she sees kheel, she carefully positions herself in front of kotts.]
[she stays silent, watching kheel closely. she’s not gonna let her sisters get hurt.]
[Okay, great! Everyone is here! How fun and wonderful and amazing!]
[She wants you all out.]
[She's different from the last time Kotts has seen her, too. The scar of an asphodel on her shoulder, along with a few scars beneath it, a hint of a scar on her torso disappearing into her shirt, a raised scar on her leg with multiple points, and her claws completely missing. Things happened.]
What are you all doing here?
@the-realkotts
*her eyes slightly widen at the sight of your scars, and she inhales sharply*
Oh...
...Well, we're here to see you! Check in on you, I guess! At least, I am...the last time I saw you you didn't seem to be doing well....
*her eyes flick back to your scars. you don't look your you're doing better...but she can hope!*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts moves almost in front of kotts. she doesn't want to get closer to kheel than she has to, but she needs to keep her sisters safe and this is not safe]
...and now that we've checked on you we can leave?
@therealcree
[cree glances at notts nervously. she’d also like to leave, but she doesn’t want to anger kheel. when notts distanced himself from kheel, she hurt him. cree doesn’t want that to happen again.]
y-yeah, we wouldn’t wanna bother you, that is! i know you’re very… um… busy.
[she tries to be polite, but it’s clear that she also wants to get out of here as soon as possible.]
[It was the way Cree shied away from Kheel. The way that she seemed scared to be near. Kheel never thought that someone pushing her away would hurt again. And yet.... She thought she protected Cree! She thought that Cree liked her! She-]
[Guess that's just another fucking person who hates her.]
[...Great.]
Okay. Is that all?
[Already, her tone is more aggressive than earlier.]
@the-realkotts
*Kotts gives Notts and Cree a look, but turns back to you pretty quickly*
Well...no. That's not all.
Kheel...are you okay?
*she is oblivious to the anger, concern blinding her from the possible threat. her sister has scars and that, to her, is all that matters now*
What...happened? Who...
*she steps closer to you*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts tenses when you go closer to kheel, but she doesn't try to stop you doesn't want to die]
kotts it doesn't matter we have to go!
i know you think i'm being too paranoid but cree knows what she is and she's scared too! please..?
@therealcree
[cree looks panicked. she doesn’t want kheel to know she’s terrified nervous.]
uh- well, i-i mean scared is a big word… b-but c’mon kotts, kheel looks really busy! let’s check in some other time! like maybe never!
...I thought you cared about me, Cree.
[Her finger twitches. Her face hardens. She's being betrayed, hated. For no reason. No good reason at all. You all just decided to barge in here, and suddenly she's the bad guy! Again! She's always the bad one!]
@the-realkotts
Wha- of course she cares about you! So do I, because you're our sister! We're family! We all care for each other, that's how it works, that's why we're here!
*Kotts face is twisted up in an expression of concern and what looks like guilt, her words tumbling out quickly and earnestly*
We're here- I'm here to make sure you're okay...
...are you?
i'm here because you forced me to be, and to make sure you don't die, because apparently that's what you want.
[she gestures at cree]
she's here because you forced her to; she doesn't want this and there's no reason to make her stay except for the fact that you seem to want her to die, too!
@therealcree
[cree flinches. notts isn’t wrong, but kotts doesn’t want her to die! she’s here to keep kotts safe.]
kheel, i-i… i do care. i care about all of my siblings.
[cree cares about her baby sister. she doesn’t know if she cares for who kheel has become. she refrains from adding that.]
a-and i’m here because i wanna be! i wanna keep my remaining family safe.
[She glares at Notts for a moment before chosing to ignore her. She fucking hates Notts.]
[But there's one thing that's bothering her about the way you're all speaking. Acting all high and mighty. As if you're all above her. Her finger twitches again.]
Sisters? If we were sisters you would have helped me sooner! If we were sisters, you never would have considered the possibility of me causing Genli's death. If we were sisters, you would have taken me back to help me! You wouldn't have left me to die!
But you all failed! We're not sisters!
@the-realkotts
*Kotts freezes, her eyes welling up with tears.*
Wh-what. Kheel, no....
I know I messed up, I know I failed when I left you behind, I feel horrible for it, and I'm so sorry for whatever happened to you when we were apart but please don't say that.
Please don't say we aren't sisters.
*she can't lose another sister. maybe this one wasn't dead but... if she said they weren't sisters than what hope did Kotts have to cling to that everything would go back to normal? Kheel can't mean it, that....no. Nononononono*
kotts, she's right. she's not our sister anymore. she doesn't deserve it
maybe you should save your energy for the sisters that actually care about you. instead of.. whatever this is.
@therealcree (btw sorry for your loss! 100% understand if it takes you a while to answer this)
kheel, i-i don’t blame you for g-genli… i’m upset because you y-yelled at mama and made her sad. i’m upset because you hurt notts.
i want to help you, b-but you kept on saying you were fine. you get angry when we try to help. y-you’re getting mad at kotts right now, w-when all she wants to do is see if you’re okay!
[tears begin to roll down her cheeks, and she clenches her fist]
notts, s-stop it. we still care. me and kotts do, a-at least. i don’t blame you for not wanting to be around her, after… after she hurt you.
b-but she still doesn’t deserve t-to be aben- abandu- a-ban-doned.
I don't get it. You about me? But I told you we're not sisters anymore! So you should stop caring! I'm fucking fine without you all!
[She's easily fine without Notts. She's.. fine without Kotts. And she will be fine without Cree!]
@the-realkotts
Even if you say we aren't sisters, we still can care about you and worry for you....because that's what good people do!
Kheel...I will always care, because your my little sister, or you were....and no matter what you do I'll always be your sister...
*kotts turns to Notts*
Sorry for dragging you here Notts, I know you didn't want to come....sorry. If you want to, you can go. I'll meet you back at Mr Ravio's.
i don't want to be here, but i want even less to leave you and cree alone here with.. that. if i leave, then you have to come with me.
i just want to make sure both of you are safe! why are you making it so hard for me?
@therealcree
[cree tries to hold back tears, feeling the reality of… well, everything, collapse onto her. strange, how sadness works. sometimes she’s fine, but now it feels like…]
[…it just feels bad! she desperately tries to hide it- nobody needs her to cry right now.]
i-i can’t just leave her, notts. i’m sorry.
[she can’t look at someone who used to be her sister in the eye, and then turn her back on her. every time her vision blurs, she swears she can see purple feathers. she can’t just ignore that.]
[Liars. The lot of you. Kotts claims to still care. To always care. Notts claims that she's nothing more than some thing. And Cree claims to not be able to leave. Well. All of those are lies.]
[Her fingers twitch again. Empty fingers. No talons. Just like those of her once-plaything. How can she teach her own sisters that she's not like that. She's not just a thing.]
[Through everyone's lies, she stays silent. After all the lies, she stays silent.]
@the-realkotts
...Kheel...
*she pauses, hesitates, then moves, wrapping her wings around you in a hug*
I'm sorry.
*she'll leave after this, she wouldn't stress Notts anymore, she just needs to say goodbye....*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[..... She's being touched? Restraining. Suffocationg. Burning. No. She's not letting anyone hurt her again.]
[Her insides burn.]
[She doesn't give any time to react. She wrenches your talons away from her and forcefully pushes you to the ground. She pins you there with her talons.]
[The look in her eyes is unseeing anger. Unseeing fear.]
Agh!
Kheel?!! What are you doing?!
*there is clear panic in Kotts' eyes. was notts right? kheel won't hurt her though, right?!! surely! even if she was saying they weren't sisters and all of that.....nonononono *
Kheel, please let me go, this is a bit scary!
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen]
[so why didn't she plan for what to do when it did]
cree you know the way out of here, right? y-you have to leave right now please
@therealcree
[cree’s eyes were wide.]
[no. no. no. no-]
[nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono-]
[she’s not letting another one of her sisters get hurt.]
[cree doesn’t think, she doesn’t stop and consider her actions. she just moves.]
[in an instant she’s shoved kheel away from kotts, using her full body weight to dive into her sister. it’s clumsy, and she’s pretty sure she just twisted her ankle upon landing, but it works.]
[she gets up again almost immediately, and her talons don’t get involved anymore than what’s needed. she backs up, concerned and frightened.]
[When Kheel is wrenched away from @the-realkotts, her talons come back red. She had been digging into Kotts' skin, almost subconsciously. But now- she's not looking at Kotts anymore. Her furious gaze has turned completely to Cree.]
[Threads connect throughout the floor. She can feel them all, just from where she's stepping. She can feel the threads. And she knows how to use them.]
[She steps over Kotts. The closer she is, the easier it is to manipulate the floor. A few floorboards suddenly shift into a metal cuff that clasp firmly around Cree's ankle. She can't have her running away, after all.]
*Kotts scrambles back to her feet, her heart racing. she gently touches the small wounds on her arms in shock*
Kheel?
*Her breathing quickens. she was wrong...she was so so so wrong, and now her sister is going to...to hurt her? hurt Cree? hurt Notts, again? nononono-*
*She has to get them out of here. before it gets worse, before her sisters get hurt and it's her fault, her fault, her fault whycan'tshestop fuckingup,shejustwantedtohelpwhyisshesuchabadsister-*
*She tries to summon a portal-door back home, all the magic she has bubbling up in her chest an she envisions the door, their escape*
*But no matter how hard she tries, it won't appear.*
*when she speaks, her voice is quiet and broken*
Notts...
....Notts, I can't get us out of here.....
@notts-of-rito-village
[of course you can't get them out. it would've been completely antithetical to getting everyone killed!]
[she doesn't need to say that. what's important right now is making sure cree's safe. at least you chose this. cree didn't want to be here from the start and now she's going to get hurt in your place]
kheel DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE
[she lunges at kheel, aiming for her throat. she doesn't want to kill her sister she doesn't want to let her real sisters die]
[She whirls around and, with all her strength, pushes Notts to the ground. The ground beneath both Notts and Kotts liquidfies into deep, heavy mud. It's deep enough that it barely doesn't cover faces.]
[And that's when she turns back to @therealcree, an eery look in her eyes. She reaches up to one of her shelves and grabs a single, small rock. She's glad she started a collection of these. ....Even though they sit directly next to the eye on her shelf. The eye that used to belong to her 'tool.']
[It's second nature. The rock quickly forms into a knife.]
YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!
[Her arm swings down, stabbing Cree in the chest.]
cw: gore
summary: big ouchies, cree scratches kheel across the face in self defence (and i now have ‘what does beimg stabbed feel like?’ in my search history)
@the-realkotts i think? idk about the order now ^^;
CREE!
*kotts thrashes against the mud surrounding her, but it only swallows her further.*
Kheel, stop!
*how did that book on survival say to escape mudpits....stop thrashing?*
*she twists in the mud so she's on her back, and waits, feeling the mud lose its suction agonisingly slowly*
@therealkheel @notts-of-rito-village
[notts has not read any books on escaping mudpits, and if she had she wouldn't remember them now. she flails completely ineffectively against the mud]
[it's not working she doesn't care she needs to keep cree safe]
@therealcree
[Her face is stinging. It only makes her gaze more intense. Her hand instincitvely goes to the top of Cree's arm.]
Don't fucking fight me.
[It's unclear if she can hear the screams all around her. It's unclear if she's even seeing @therealcree in her grasp. Her eyes are glazed with fiery fury.]
[She reaches for Cree's threads. She knows what she wants. It takes a moment of digging through a tangle of threads. But then she finds it: the core. She pulls on the core thread as harshly as possible.]
more gore :D
summary: cree bites and kicks, pain, thread shenanigans make her feel cold, frostbite ptsd episode ensues
[She actually catches Cree when she falls limp, but that's not a mercy. Wow, Zomi's so fucking pathetic so suddenly! It even tried to fight back! She sets Zomi down surprisingly gently, and immediately kicks it in the stomach. It doesn't deserve rest! It doesn't get a break!]
Get up, you fucking idiot!
- @the-realkotts , @notts-of-rito-village whoever wants to be next
*kotts has to use every drop of her patience to not panic and thrash to try and escape the mud. it would only set her back, so she needs to stay calm.*
*easier said than done when her sister is getting totured*
*the mud sinks off her millimetre by agonisingly slow millimetre, until she could lift her wings above the muck. she moves quicker now, frantic, as she pulls herself shakily out of the mud, imeadiately spinning to where notts is trapped*
Stop thrashing in the mud, it only makes it worse! You have to wait for the mud to lose suction, then get out!
*and with that advice, she sprints toward Kheel, her wing grabbing her sword-handle (and how lucky she was, to have carried that blade with her since the day of the maze), and drawing it, the sword stopping its steel arc millimetres from Kheel's back, the cold metal againf feathers a shaky threat*
Stop, Kheel. Please.
*she really doesn't know if she could hurt her sister -no, Kheel. Notts was right. (it hurts her heart even thinking that...but she has to pick a side...and Kheel made the choice easy)*
@notts-of-rito-village @therealkheel @therealcree
[She stiffens immediately. There's someone here. Who's here?!? She's in the middle of the forest! She's good at being in obscure locations where nobody will find her.]
[And yet, there's something against her back. She wants to turn around, see what's going on. But she's scared. What if it's Zomi again- but this time ready to kill her??]
[....That makes no sense. What is she talking about..?]
@notts-of-rito-village
*...holy shit that worked.*
Kheel...step away from Cree.
*her voice is shaky, and her eyes blurry from unshed tears, but the sword in her hands holds steady*
[That voice. Is actually a voice.]
You're not Zomi...
[Good. Then she won't get torn open! She turns to face you. There's an unseeing look in her eyes. There's not recognition. At least, not right now.]
What are you gonna do? Fucking kill me?
[She chuckles. What a joke! Her hands rest, only briefly, on the sword, and suddenly it's made of nothing more than wood.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts has finally managed to pull himself onto the actual floor. he is absolutely disgusting]
[it's the worst feeling ever and it'll probably stick to him for days and that doesn't matter. nothing matters except you need to die]
[notts screams. he won't remember anything between now and being on top of you and tasting your blood]
[maybe he's finally managed to do something right]
[She doesn't know when she got to the ground, screaming from sudden pain. She doesn't know when Notts got here. She thought she was in the forest. With Zomi. Alone! Why is she.... In her room? Another scream rips from her throat.]
[Kotts is there... Looking shocked, probably. But.... Why is Kotts here? Kotts and Notts are both here, so-]
[Through the pain, she catches a glimpse of blue, practically motionless on the ground.]
[No— she— she didn't mean to hurt Cree!! She didn't mean to!!]
[Desperate tears penetrate through her screams. Screams of pain turn into screams of despair. What has she done?!?]
@the-realkotts @therealcree
[cree is trembling, crumpled into a ball on the ground. she clutches the stub that once was a wing as tightly as she can, though with the post-adrenaline crash she’s having, that’s not very tight.]
[tears trickle down her cheeks rapidly. her nose is full of snot, so she breathes through her mouth in harsh, ragged pants.]
notts…?
[her voice is a raspy whisper, barely audible over the commotion.]
you… you were right… about kheel…
[she inhales shakily.] i’m sorry.
[with that, her body finally gives into exhaustion and pain, and she slumps against the floor, motionless. shallow breathing is the only sign that she isn’t dead.]
@the-realkotts @notts-of-rito-village
*Kotts runs to where Cree lays, sliding to her knees and frantically checking Cree's wounds. She notices her sister is breathing, and lets of a sigh of relief*
I'm gonna need a potion for this.....
*she scoops Cree up gently, cautious of the wound in her sister's stomach. Her wings hurt, her lower body is coated in mud and she feels like the minute she gets out if here, she's gonna cry for a week. But she's alive...*
Notts....we gotta go.
*everything feels blurry, fuzzy....like it isn't real....she wishes that this wasn't real....*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts wouldn't have heard kotts's words if she'd screamed them in his face. he isn't perceiving anything other than that kheel is moving and screaming and very much alive and she needs to stop]
[he braces himself and bites down again as hard as he can on kheel's throat]
@the-real-lu-sky
*If I hadn't heard the screaming I wouldnt be running. Running running....*
*Everything hits at once. Injuries someone ontop of someone I cant see. Heal the hurt. Break up the fight. I see someone capable. And remove a potion bag from my hip*
*A potion bag is thrown towards kotts.*
Here! Use the white one after the red one! Itll keep it clean and protected as it heals! I'll seperate these two!
*Then I throw myself at Notts. Pulling him off whoever his target was, having opened his beak to make sure hes dosent pull out the throat along with it. Pinning him against my chest in a way that tells you ive experience with Avians.*
You've gotta calm down! You're not a killer!
*I let out a whistle.*
Stay exactly where you are! All of you!
@therealkheel
[She lies on the ground, gasping and shaking through the tears. Blood pours from her throat at an alarming rate. But, well, the jugular veins seem miraculously intact. The glaze over her eyes tells you she's not fully in the moment.]
[She's incoherently crying out what seems to be apologies. But through the tears and gasps, it's most impossible to make out what she's trying to say.]
@the-realkotts
*kotts catches the bag, moving unsteadily as she lays her sister to the ground. she uncaps the potions and pours them on Cree's wounds.*
*when she sees the potions are working, she simply crumples to the floor, sitting still and staring ahead with tears in her eyes, unresponsive.*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts doesn't know who just grabbed him or where they came from but he hears their voice telling him to stop and that's the only thing he needs to know]
[they don't understand that kheel's dangerous and she needs to die, he needs to kill her!]
[notts struggles as hard as he can against sky's grip, screaming unintelligibly through the hand over his beak. you will not keep him from protecting his sisters]
@the-real-lu-sky
Your friends are safe! Your friends are fine! They have potions!
*You hear the screech of a bird high above you. I yell above you.*
Crimson! Down here!
You need to worry about them! Not the...
*I look over and spot that its kheel.*
Ahh...
*I hold you tighter but losen my hand on your beak.*
Look kid. I know shes evil. But you are not a killer. Dont let your anger make you do something that you have to live with for the rest of your life.
Let me deal with her. And you take care of your friends. They need to be protected while you get them somewhere safe!
@therealkheel
[Her declawed hands are trying to cover her throat. They don't help much, and blood seeps into her feathers. She's crying, gasping, and shaking now.]
[She doesn't really know what's happening right now. She knows her throat hurts. She knows she saw Cree. She thinks she hurt Cree. Did she do that? She thinks so, but she can't see Cree right now.]
[It's hard to breathe. She hates this pain. She told herself she wouldn't torture somebody again. But she can't control herself and ends up hurt because of it.]
[She didn't want this, she's sorry.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[it takes so much longer than anyone would have wanted, but finally notts' adrenaline starts to wear off. he's still struggling, but it's fairly obvious his heart isn't really in it anymore]
[he tries to think about everything kheel's done to his sisters, everything he knows she will do if she leaves this place alive. everything he's failed to prevent and will fail to prevent now if he can't end her]
[notts knows he's causing so so much future pain. he knows he's evil for this]
[he's so tired. everything hurts]
@the-real-lu-sky @the-realkotts @therealcree
*My grip remains on you until you calm down.*
Thats it.
Crimson. My bag. Potion on that kids throat. We cant let her die. Its... its not what green would have wanted...
*I look back towards the others. Crimson takes a potion from the bag and places it on the ground. Opening the bottle and then carefully carrying it in his beak towards kheel.*
Now. Im going to let you go. But if you go towards Kheel I will grab you again. Do you understand?
@therealkheel
[Kheel doesn't even seem to realize that she's being helped. She stares at the potion blankly. Why's that there? Why is there a giant bird here?]
[She's tired. Maybe she should just give up and die. Everyone hates her, and for good reason. She doesn't have family anymore. She just tortured Cree, why would they still love her?]
[She doesn't think she would mind if everyone never stopped hating her.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[when sky lets notts go, he just rolls on to the floor and stays there, curled up as small as it's possible for him to be]
[he's not sure if kheel's still alive. or if cree is]
[he hopes cree's okay. if she's okay she can forgive him for not trying hard enough. that's probably evil to think he should want her to be okay for other reasons she. shouldn't forgive him]
@the-realkotts
*kotts doesn't move nor react to anything for a good few minutes, frozen staring blankly into the distance, tears rolling down her cheeks.*
*she fucked up. she fucked up so badly by dragging Notts here, convincing Cree to go, trusting Kheel despite everything they knew she'd done, they fucked up so bad....*
*she needs to grow up...or at least learn how to be less stupid.....to trust better people....*
*they sniffle, then clear their throat*
S-sorry...sorry, Notts. I'm sorry. For making you come here. And Cree- I'm so sorry. I should have thought this through...... I'm so sorry you all got hurt, I didn't want that to happen, I.... I'm sorry.
*her voice is distant, the words stilted and quiet. they turn to Sky, raising their voice slightly so they are heard*
Thank...thank you, for the potions......could you take my sisters back to someplace safe? I..I'm going to go off on my own...
@therealcree @therealkheel @the-real-lu-sky
Good job... thats it...
*I let him go, but leave my hand on his shoulder.*
It's okay... your friends are okay...
*My eyes turn to crimson.*
Does she need help?
*Crimson nods.*
Okay.
*I let my hand move off notts and stand upright. Looking towards Kotts.*
I dont think that's such a good idea right now friend. Do you have somewhere safe to go?
*I listen for a response. I move over to Kheel and take the potion from Crimson. I pull a bandage from a pouch and place it across your neck.*
I cant just... leave her like this... even after everything...
*Crimson moves across the clearing towards you, nudging himself against you. While using a wing to cover Cree. It's easy to tell he won't be letting you leave so easily...*
@therealkheel
[She feels something on her neck, and she flinches. Something's going to hurt her again. Someone is going to destroy her and tear her apart and it would be deserved because she's stupid and only hurts hurts hurts other people!]
[She lets out a small, pathetic whine. A silent plea to be left alone. She's scared. Don't hurt her.]
@the-realkotts
*kotts pauses, looking to her sister with a painfully broken expression. she wants to help, she wants to fix everything so bad.....but the last time she had tried to help......not again*
*she turns away, looking up to Sky*
I have some safe places to go, don't worry.
*she needed to stop off at Mr Ravio's and collect her pack...but that wouldn't take long. Then she'd go.....somewhere*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
*Kotts had been wandering for a while. She hadn't really thought out her decision to go off alone very much...but she had done it anyway*
*she carried naught but her pocket-pouch and now wooden sword, and she looked downright exhausted, but she was still walking...trekking far away from her problems and her head*
*and, in her mapless wandering, she stumbles across your garden*
@the-realkotts
*Bunny looked up when you stumbled in and gasped, rushing over* Oh my goodness! Little bird, are you alright? Here, come come, this way, you need to rest!
*He leads you towards a small clearing next to the garden to sit down. It was a grassy patch and looked quite comfortable*
*she blinks a little, and hardly reacts when you lead her toward the clearing. despite her blank expression, her shaking wings make her emotions clear*
*there are blood stains in her feathers, and half her body is stained with the stubborn remnants of mudstains and grass, but she doesn't seem to care at all. she just...keeps walking, even as you, a stranger, guide her somewhere*
* there is a sudden cracking noise, as a portal-door pulls itself into reality, the cherry-red door swinging open with the smallest creak. From the open door, a familiar face emerges *
... ugh...I hate portals....
@the-realkotts @therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[Her head darts up at the sudden noise, and you can see the way she immediately tenses up. Why are you here?! Part of her hopes that you're in the wrong place so she doesn't have to talk. She doesn't want to talk to any of you.]
*Kotts looks up, and when she sees you, she smiles*
oh thank goddesess it worked....
Hey, Kheel...
*her words are genuine. good intentioned. she quite different to the last time you met, the most obvious changes being her now tied-up hair and the small scar just below her apron. and she is still smiling*
It's good to see you...
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[the door stays open, and another person stumbles out]
kotts, please, this isn't- oh.
fuck.
[she definitely seems less well intentioned than kotts is]
[cree falls out, landing flat on her face. she groans, slowly getting up. as soon as she sees kheel, she carefully positions herself in front of kotts.]
[she stays silent, watching kheel closely. she’s not gonna let her sisters get hurt.]
[Okay, great! Everyone is here! How fun and wonderful and amazing!]
[She wants you all out.]
[She's different from the last time Kotts has seen her, too. The scar of an asphodel on her shoulder, along with a few scars beneath it, a hint of a scar on her torso disappearing into her shirt, a raised scar on her leg with multiple points, and her claws completely missing. Things happened.]
What are you all doing here?
@the-realkotts
*her eyes slightly widen at the sight of your scars, and she inhales sharply*
Oh...
...Well, we're here to see you! Check in on you, I guess! At least, I am...the last time I saw you you didn't seem to be doing well....
*her eyes flick back to your scars. you don't look your you're doing better...but she can hope!*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts moves almost in front of kotts. she doesn't want to get closer to kheel than she has to, but she needs to keep her sisters safe and this is not safe]
...and now that we've checked on you we can leave?
@therealcree
[cree glances at notts nervously. she’d also like to leave, but she doesn’t want to anger kheel. when notts distanced himself from kheel, she hurt him. cree doesn’t want that to happen again.]
y-yeah, we wouldn’t wanna bother you, that is! i know you’re very… um… busy.
[she tries to be polite, but it’s clear that she also wants to get out of here as soon as possible.]
[It was the way Cree shied away from Kheel. The way that she seemed scared to be near. Kheel never thought that someone pushing her away would hurt again. And yet.... She thought she protected Cree! She thought that Cree liked her! She-]
[Guess that's just another fucking person who hates her.]
[...Great.]
Okay. Is that all?
[Already, her tone is more aggressive than earlier.]
@the-realkotts
*Kotts gives Notts and Cree a look, but turns back to you pretty quickly*
Well...no. That's not all.
Kheel...are you okay?
*she is oblivious to the anger, concern blinding her from the possible threat. her sister has scars and that, to her, is all that matters now*
What...happened? Who...
*she steps closer to you*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts tenses when you go closer to kheel, but she doesn't try to stop you doesn't want to die]
kotts it doesn't matter we have to go!
i know you think i'm being too paranoid but cree knows what she is and she's scared too! please..?
@therealcree
[cree looks panicked. she doesn’t want kheel to know she’s terrified nervous.]
uh- well, i-i mean scared is a big word… b-but c’mon kotts, kheel looks really busy! let’s check in some other time! like maybe never!
...I thought you cared about me, Cree.
[Her finger twitches. Her face hardens. She's being betrayed, hated. For no reason. No good reason at all. You all just decided to barge in here, and suddenly she's the bad guy! Again! She's always the bad one!]
@the-realkotts
Wha- of course she cares about you! So do I, because you're our sister! We're family! We all care for each other, that's how it works, that's why we're here!
*Kotts face is twisted up in an expression of concern and what looks like guilt, her words tumbling out quickly and earnestly*
We're here- I'm here to make sure you're okay...
...are you?
i'm here because you forced me to be, and to make sure you don't die, because apparently that's what you want.
[she gestures at cree]
she's here because you forced her to; she doesn't want this and there's no reason to make her stay except for the fact that you seem to want her to die, too!
@therealcree
[cree flinches. notts isn’t wrong, but kotts doesn’t want her to die! she’s here to keep kotts safe.]
kheel, i-i… i do care. i care about all of my siblings.
[cree cares about her baby sister. she doesn’t know if she cares for who kheel has become. she refrains from adding that.]
a-and i’m here because i wanna be! i wanna keep my remaining family safe.
[She glares at Notts for a moment before chosing to ignore her. She fucking hates Notts.]
[But there's one thing that's bothering her about the way you're all speaking. Acting all high and mighty. As if you're all above her. Her finger twitches again.]
Sisters? If we were sisters you would have helped me sooner! If we were sisters, you never would have considered the possibility of me causing Genli's death. If we were sisters, you would have taken me back to help me! You wouldn't have left me to die!
But you all failed! We're not sisters!
@the-realkotts
*Kotts freezes, her eyes welling up with tears.*
Wh-what. Kheel, no....
I know I messed up, I know I failed when I left you behind, I feel horrible for it, and I'm so sorry for whatever happened to you when we were apart but please don't say that.
Please don't say we aren't sisters.
*she can't lose another sister. maybe this one wasn't dead but... if she said they weren't sisters than what hope did Kotts have to cling to that everything would go back to normal? Kheel can't mean it, that....no. Nononononono*
kotts, she's right. she's not our sister anymore. she doesn't deserve it
maybe you should save your energy for the sisters that actually care about you. instead of.. whatever this is.
@therealcree (btw sorry for your loss! 100% understand if it takes you a while to answer this)
kheel, i-i don’t blame you for g-genli… i’m upset because you y-yelled at mama and made her sad. i’m upset because you hurt notts.
i want to help you, b-but you kept on saying you were fine. you get angry when we try to help. y-you’re getting mad at kotts right now, w-when all she wants to do is see if you’re okay!
[tears begin to roll down her cheeks, and she clenches her fist]
notts, s-stop it. we still care. me and kotts do, a-at least. i don’t blame you for not wanting to be around her, after… after she hurt you.
b-but she still doesn’t deserve t-to be aben- abandu- a-ban-doned.
I don't get it. You about me? But I told you we're not sisters anymore! So you should stop caring! I'm fucking fine without you all!
[She's easily fine without Notts. She's.. fine without Kotts. And she will be fine without Cree!]
@the-realkotts
Even if you say we aren't sisters, we still can care about you and worry for you....because that's what good people do!
Kheel...I will always care, because your my little sister, or you were....and no matter what you do I'll always be your sister...
*kotts turns to Notts*
Sorry for dragging you here Notts, I know you didn't want to come....sorry. If you want to, you can go. I'll meet you back at Mr Ravio's.
i don't want to be here, but i want even less to leave you and cree alone here with.. that. if i leave, then you have to come with me.
i just want to make sure both of you are safe! why are you making it so hard for me?
@therealcree
[cree tries to hold back tears, feeling the reality of… well, everything, collapse onto her. strange, how sadness works. sometimes she’s fine, but now it feels like…]
[…it just feels bad! she desperately tries to hide it- nobody needs her to cry right now.]
i-i can’t just leave her, notts. i’m sorry.
[she can’t look at someone who used to be her sister in the eye, and then turn her back on her. every time her vision blurs, she swears she can see purple feathers. she can’t just ignore that.]
[Liars. The lot of you. Kotts claims to still care. To always care. Notts claims that she's nothing more than some thing. And Cree claims to not be able to leave. Well. All of those are lies.]
[Her fingers twitch again. Empty fingers. No talons. Just like those of her once-plaything. How can she teach her own sisters that she's not like that. She's not just a thing.]
[Through everyone's lies, she stays silent. After all the lies, she stays silent.]
@the-realkotts
...Kheel...
*she pauses, hesitates, then moves, wrapping her wings around you in a hug*
I'm sorry.
*she'll leave after this, she wouldn't stress Notts anymore, she just needs to say goodbye....*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[..... She's being touched? Restraining. Suffocationg. Burning. No. She's not letting anyone hurt her again.]
[Her insides burn.]
[She doesn't give any time to react. She wrenches your talons away from her and forcefully pushes you to the ground. She pins you there with her talons.]
[The look in her eyes is unseeing anger. Unseeing fear.]
Agh!
Kheel?!! What are you doing?!
*there is clear panic in Kotts' eyes. was notts right? kheel won't hurt her though, right?!! surely! even if she was saying they weren't sisters and all of that.....nonononono *
Kheel, please let me go, this is a bit scary!
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen]
[so why didn't she plan for what to do when it did]
cree you know the way out of here, right? y-you have to leave right now please
@therealcree
[cree’s eyes were wide.]
[no. no. no. no-]
[nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono-]
[she’s not letting another one of her sisters get hurt.]
[cree doesn’t think, she doesn’t stop and consider her actions. she just moves.]
[in an instant she’s shoved kheel away from kotts, using her full body weight to dive into her sister. it’s clumsy, and she’s pretty sure she just twisted her ankle upon landing, but it works.]
[she gets up again almost immediately, and her talons don’t get involved anymore than what’s needed. she backs up, concerned and frightened.]
[When Kheel is wrenched away from @the-realkotts, her talons come back red. She had been digging into Kotts' skin, almost subconsciously. But now- she's not looking at Kotts anymore. Her furious gaze has turned completely to Cree.]
[Threads connect throughout the floor. She can feel them all, just from where she's stepping. She can feel the threads. And she knows how to use them.]
[She steps over Kotts. The closer she is, the easier it is to manipulate the floor. A few floorboards suddenly shift into a metal cuff that clasp firmly around Cree's ankle. She can't have her running away, after all.]
*Kotts scrambles back to her feet, her heart racing. she gently touches the small wounds on her arms in shock*
Kheel?
*Her breathing quickens. she was wrong...she was so so so wrong, and now her sister is going to...to hurt her? hurt Cree? hurt Notts, again? nononono-*
*She has to get them out of here. before it gets worse, before her sisters get hurt and it's her fault, her fault, her fault whycan'tshestop fuckingup,shejustwantedtohelpwhyisshesuchabadsister-*
*She tries to summon a portal-door back home, all the magic she has bubbling up in her chest an she envisions the door, their escape*
*But no matter how hard she tries, it won't appear.*
*when she speaks, her voice is quiet and broken*
Notts...
....Notts, I can't get us out of here.....
@notts-of-rito-village
[of course you can't get them out. it would've been completely antithetical to getting everyone killed!]
[she doesn't need to say that. what's important right now is making sure cree's safe. at least you chose this. cree didn't want to be here from the start and now she's going to get hurt in your place]
kheel DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE
[she lunges at kheel, aiming for her throat. she doesn't want to kill her sister she doesn't want to let her real sisters die]
[She whirls around and, with all her strength, pushes Notts to the ground. The ground beneath both Notts and Kotts liquidfies into deep, heavy mud. It's deep enough that it barely doesn't cover faces.]
[And that's when she turns back to @therealcree, an eery look in her eyes. She reaches up to one of her shelves and grabs a single, small rock. She's glad she started a collection of these. ....Even though they sit directly next to the eye on her shelf. The eye that used to belong to her 'tool.']
[It's second nature. The rock quickly forms into a knife.]
YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!
[Her arm swings down, stabbing Cree in the chest.]
cw: gore
summary: big ouchies, cree scratches kheel across the face in self defence (and i now have ‘what does beimg stabbed feel like?’ in my search history)
@the-realkotts i think? idk about the order now ^^;
CREE!
*kotts thrashes against the mud surrounding her, but it only swallows her further.*
Kheel, stop!
*how did that book on survival say to escape mudpits....stop thrashing?*
*she twists in the mud so she's on her back, and waits, feeling the mud lose its suction agonisingly slowly*
@therealkheel @notts-of-rito-village
[notts has not read any books on escaping mudpits, and if she had she wouldn't remember them now. she flails completely ineffectively against the mud]
[it's not working she doesn't care she needs to keep cree safe]
@therealcree
[Her face is stinging. It only makes her gaze more intense. Her hand instincitvely goes to the top of Cree's arm.]
Don't fucking fight me.
[It's unclear if she can hear the screams all around her. It's unclear if she's even seeing @therealcree in her grasp. Her eyes are glazed with fiery fury.]
[She reaches for Cree's threads. She knows what she wants. It takes a moment of digging through a tangle of threads. But then she finds it: the core. She pulls on the core thread as harshly as possible.]
more gore :D
summary: cree bites and kicks, pain, thread shenanigans make her feel cold, frostbite ptsd episode ensues
[She actually catches Cree when she falls limp, but that's not a mercy. Wow, Zomi's so fucking pathetic so suddenly! It even tried to fight back! She sets Zomi down surprisingly gently, and immediately kicks it in the stomach. It doesn't deserve rest! It doesn't get a break!]
Get up, you fucking idiot!
- @the-realkotts , @notts-of-rito-village whoever wants to be next
*kotts has to use every drop of her patience to not panic and thrash to try and escape the mud. it would only set her back, so she needs to stay calm.*
*easier said than done when her sister is getting totured*
*the mud sinks off her millimetre by agonisingly slow millimetre, until she could lift her wings above the muck. she moves quicker now, frantic, as she pulls herself shakily out of the mud, imeadiately spinning to where notts is trapped*
Stop thrashing in the mud, it only makes it worse! You have to wait for the mud to lose suction, then get out!
*and with that advice, she sprints toward Kheel, her wing grabbing her sword-handle (and how lucky she was, to have carried that blade with her since the day of the maze), and drawing it, the sword stopping its steel arc millimetres from Kheel's back, the cold metal againf feathers a shaky threat*
Stop, Kheel. Please.
*she really doesn't know if she could hurt her sister -no, Kheel. Notts was right. (it hurts her heart even thinking that...but she has to pick a side...and Kheel made the choice easy)*
@notts-of-rito-village @therealkheel @therealcree
[She stiffens immediately. There's someone here. Who's here?!? She's in the middle of the forest! She's good at being in obscure locations where nobody will find her.]
[And yet, there's something against her back. She wants to turn around, see what's going on. But she's scared. What if it's Zomi again- but this time ready to kill her??]
[....That makes no sense. What is she talking about..?]
@notts-of-rito-village
*...holy shit that worked.*
Kheel...step away from Cree.
*her voice is shaky, and her eyes blurry from unshed tears, but the sword in her hands holds steady*
[That voice. Is actually a voice.]
You're not Zomi...
[Good. Then she won't get torn open! She turns to face you. There's an unseeing look in her eyes. There's not recognition. At least, not right now.]
What are you gonna do? Fucking kill me?
[She chuckles. What a joke! Her hands rest, only briefly, on the sword, and suddenly it's made of nothing more than wood.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts has finally managed to pull himself onto the actual floor. he is absolutely disgusting]
[it's the worst feeling ever and it'll probably stick to him for days and that doesn't matter. nothing matters except you need to die]
[notts screams. he won't remember anything between now and being on top of you and tasting your blood]
[maybe he's finally managed to do something right]
[She doesn't know when she got to the ground, screaming from sudden pain. She doesn't know when Notts got here. She thought she was in the forest. With Zomi. Alone! Why is she.... In her room? Another scream rips from her throat.]
[Kotts is there... Looking shocked, probably. But.... Why is Kotts here? Kotts and Notts are both here, so-]
[Through the pain, she catches a glimpse of blue, practically motionless on the ground.]
[No— she— she didn't mean to hurt Cree!! She didn't mean to!!]
[Desperate tears penetrate through her screams. Screams of pain turn into screams of despair. What has she done?!?]
@the-realkotts @therealcree
[cree is trembling, crumpled into a ball on the ground. she clutches the stub that once was a wing as tightly as she can, though with the post-adrenaline crash she’s having, that’s not very tight.]
[tears trickle down her cheeks rapidly. her nose is full of snot, so she breathes through her mouth in harsh, ragged pants.]
notts…?
[her voice is a raspy whisper, barely audible over the commotion.]
you… you were right… about kheel…
[she inhales shakily.] i’m sorry.
[with that, her body finally gives into exhaustion and pain, and she slumps against the floor, motionless. shallow breathing is the only sign that she isn’t dead.]
@the-realkotts @notts-of-rito-village
*Kotts runs to where Cree lays, sliding to her knees and frantically checking Cree's wounds. She notices her sister is breathing, and lets of a sigh of relief*
I'm gonna need a potion for this.....
*she scoops Cree up gently, cautious of the wound in her sister's stomach. Her wings hurt, her lower body is coated in mud and she feels like the minute she gets out if here, she's gonna cry for a week. But she's alive...*
Notts....we gotta go.
*everything feels blurry, fuzzy....like it isn't real....she wishes that this wasn't real....*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts wouldn't have heard kotts's words if she'd screamed them in his face. he isn't perceiving anything other than that kheel is moving and screaming and very much alive and she needs to stop]
[he braces himself and bites down again as hard as he can on kheel's throat]
@the-real-lu-sky
*If I hadn't heard the screaming I wouldnt be running. Running running....*
*Everything hits at once. Injuries someone ontop of someone I cant see. Heal the hurt. Break up the fight. I see someone capable. And remove a potion bag from my hip*
*A potion bag is thrown towards kotts.*
Here! Use the white one after the red one! Itll keep it clean and protected as it heals! I'll seperate these two!
*Then I throw myself at Notts. Pulling him off whoever his target was, having opened his beak to make sure hes dosent pull out the throat along with it. Pinning him against my chest in a way that tells you ive experience with Avians.*
You've gotta calm down! You're not a killer!
*I let out a whistle.*
Stay exactly where you are! All of you!
@therealkheel
[She lies on the ground, gasping and shaking through the tears. Blood pours from her throat at an alarming rate. But, well, the jugular veins seem miraculously intact. The glaze over her eyes tells you she's not fully in the moment.]
[She's incoherently crying out what seems to be apologies. But through the tears and gasps, it's most impossible to make out what she's trying to say.]
@the-realkotts
*kotts catches the bag, moving unsteadily as she lays her sister to the ground. she uncaps the potions and pours them on Cree's wounds.*
*when she sees the potions are working, she simply crumples to the floor, sitting still and staring ahead with tears in her eyes, unresponsive.*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts doesn't know who just grabbed him or where they came from but he hears their voice telling him to stop and that's the only thing he needs to know]
[they don't understand that kheel's dangerous and she needs to die, he needs to kill her!]
[notts struggles as hard as he can against sky's grip, screaming unintelligibly through the hand over his beak. you will not keep him from protecting his sisters]
@the-real-lu-sky
Your friends are safe! Your friends are fine! They have potions!
*You hear the screech of a bird high above you. I yell above you.*
Crimson! Down here!
You need to worry about them! Not the...
*I look over and spot that its kheel.*
Ahh...
*I hold you tighter but losen my hand on your beak.*
Look kid. I know shes evil. But you are not a killer. Dont let your anger make you do something that you have to live with for the rest of your life.
Let me deal with her. And you take care of your friends. They need to be protected while you get them somewhere safe!
@therealkheel
[Her declawed hands are trying to cover her throat. They don't help much, and blood seeps into her feathers. She's crying, gasping, and shaking now.]
[She doesn't really know what's happening right now. She knows her throat hurts. She knows she saw Cree. She thinks she hurt Cree. Did she do that? She thinks so, but she can't see Cree right now.]
[It's hard to breathe. She hates this pain. She told herself she wouldn't torture somebody again. But she can't control herself and ends up hurt because of it.]
[She didn't want this, she's sorry.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[it takes so much longer than anyone would have wanted, but finally notts' adrenaline starts to wear off. he's still struggling, but it's fairly obvious his heart isn't really in it anymore]
[he tries to think about everything kheel's done to his sisters, everything he knows she will do if she leaves this place alive. everything he's failed to prevent and will fail to prevent now if he can't end her]
[notts knows he's causing so so much future pain. he knows he's evil for this]
[he's so tired. everything hurts]
@the-real-lu-sky @the-realkotts @therealcree
*My grip remains on you until you calm down.*
Thats it.
Crimson. My bag. Potion on that kids throat. We cant let her die. Its... its not what green would have wanted...
*I look back towards the others. Crimson takes a potion from the bag and places it on the ground. Opening the bottle and then carefully carrying it in his beak towards kheel.*
Now. Im going to let you go. But if you go towards Kheel I will grab you again. Do you understand?
@therealkheel
[Kheel doesn't even seem to realize that she's being helped. She stares at the potion blankly. Why's that there? Why is there a giant bird here?]
[She's tired. Maybe she should just give up and die. Everyone hates her, and for good reason. She doesn't have family anymore. She just tortured Cree, why would they still love her?]
[She doesn't think she would mind if everyone never stopped hating her.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[when sky lets notts go, he just rolls on to the floor and stays there, curled up as small as it's possible for him to be]
[he's not sure if kheel's still alive. or if cree is]
[he hopes cree's okay. if she's okay she can forgive him for not trying hard enough. that's probably evil to think he should want her to be okay for other reasons she. shouldn't forgive him]
@the-realkotts
*kotts doesn't move nor react to anything for a good few minutes, frozen staring blankly into the distance, tears rolling down her cheeks.*
*she fucked up. she fucked up so badly by dragging Notts here, convincing Cree to go, trusting Kheel despite everything they knew she'd done, they fucked up so bad....*
*she needs to grow up...or at least learn how to be less stupid.....to trust better people....*
*they sniffle, then clear their throat*
S-sorry...sorry, Notts. I'm sorry. For making you come here. And Cree- I'm so sorry. I should have thought this through...... I'm so sorry you all got hurt, I didn't want that to happen, I.... I'm sorry.
*her voice is distant, the words stilted and quiet. they turn to Sky, raising their voice slightly so they are heard*
Thank...thank you, for the potions......could you take my sisters back to someplace safe? I..I'm going to go off on my own...
@therealcree @therealkheel @the-real-lu-sky
* there is a sudden cracking noise, as a portal-door pulls itself into reality, the cherry-red door swinging open with the smallest creak. From the open door, a familiar face emerges *
... ugh...I hate portals....
@the-realkotts @therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[Her head darts up at the sudden noise, and you can see the way she immediately tenses up. Why are you here?! Part of her hopes that you're in the wrong place so she doesn't have to talk. She doesn't want to talk to any of you.]
*Kotts looks up, and when she sees you, she smiles*
oh thank goddesess it worked....
Hey, Kheel...
*her words are genuine. good intentioned. she quite different to the last time you met, the most obvious changes being her now tied-up hair and the small scar just below her apron. and she is still smiling*
It's good to see you...
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[the door stays open, and another person stumbles out]
kotts, please, this isn't- oh.
fuck.
[she definitely seems less well intentioned than kotts is]
[cree falls out, landing flat on her face. she groans, slowly getting up. as soon as she sees kheel, she carefully positions herself in front of kotts.]
[she stays silent, watching kheel closely. she’s not gonna let her sisters get hurt.]
[Okay, great! Everyone is here! How fun and wonderful and amazing!]
[She wants you all out.]
[She's different from the last time Kotts has seen her, too. The scar of an asphodel on her shoulder, along with a few scars beneath it, a hint of a scar on her torso disappearing into her shirt, a raised scar on her leg with multiple points, and her claws completely missing. Things happened.]
What are you all doing here?
@the-realkotts
*her eyes slightly widen at the sight of your scars, and she inhales sharply*
Oh...
...Well, we're here to see you! Check in on you, I guess! At least, I am...the last time I saw you you didn't seem to be doing well....
*her eyes flick back to your scars. you don't look your you're doing better...but she can hope!*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts moves almost in front of kotts. she doesn't want to get closer to kheel than she has to, but she needs to keep her sisters safe and this is not safe]
...and now that we've checked on you we can leave?
@therealcree
[cree glances at notts nervously. she’d also like to leave, but she doesn’t want to anger kheel. when notts distanced himself from kheel, she hurt him. cree doesn’t want that to happen again.]
y-yeah, we wouldn’t wanna bother you, that is! i know you’re very… um… busy.
[she tries to be polite, but it’s clear that she also wants to get out of here as soon as possible.]
[It was the way Cree shied away from Kheel. The way that she seemed scared to be near. Kheel never thought that someone pushing her away would hurt again. And yet.... She thought she protected Cree! She thought that Cree liked her! She-]
[Guess that's just another fucking person who hates her.]
[...Great.]
Okay. Is that all?
[Already, her tone is more aggressive than earlier.]
@the-realkotts
*Kotts gives Notts and Cree a look, but turns back to you pretty quickly*
Well...no. That's not all.
Kheel...are you okay?
*she is oblivious to the anger, concern blinding her from the possible threat. her sister has scars and that, to her, is all that matters now*
What...happened? Who...
*she steps closer to you*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts tenses when you go closer to kheel, but she doesn't try to stop you doesn't want to die]
kotts it doesn't matter we have to go!
i know you think i'm being too paranoid but cree knows what she is and she's scared too! please..?
@therealcree
[cree looks panicked. she doesn’t want kheel to know she’s terrified nervous.]
uh- well, i-i mean scared is a big word… b-but c’mon kotts, kheel looks really busy! let’s check in some other time! like maybe never!
...I thought you cared about me, Cree.
[Her finger twitches. Her face hardens. She's being betrayed, hated. For no reason. No good reason at all. You all just decided to barge in here, and suddenly she's the bad guy! Again! She's always the bad one!]
@the-realkotts
Wha- of course she cares about you! So do I, because you're our sister! We're family! We all care for each other, that's how it works, that's why we're here!
*Kotts face is twisted up in an expression of concern and what looks like guilt, her words tumbling out quickly and earnestly*
We're here- I'm here to make sure you're okay...
...are you?
i'm here because you forced me to be, and to make sure you don't die, because apparently that's what you want.
[she gestures at cree]
she's here because you forced her to; she doesn't want this and there's no reason to make her stay except for the fact that you seem to want her to die, too!
@therealcree
[cree flinches. notts isn’t wrong, but kotts doesn’t want her to die! she’s here to keep kotts safe.]
kheel, i-i… i do care. i care about all of my siblings.
[cree cares about her baby sister. she doesn’t know if she cares for who kheel has become. she refrains from adding that.]
a-and i’m here because i wanna be! i wanna keep my remaining family safe.
[She glares at Notts for a moment before chosing to ignore her. She fucking hates Notts.]
[But there's one thing that's bothering her about the way you're all speaking. Acting all high and mighty. As if you're all above her. Her finger twitches again.]
Sisters? If we were sisters you would have helped me sooner! If we were sisters, you never would have considered the possibility of me causing Genli's death. If we were sisters, you would have taken me back to help me! You wouldn't have left me to die!
But you all failed! We're not sisters!
@the-realkotts
*Kotts freezes, her eyes welling up with tears.*
Wh-what. Kheel, no....
I know I messed up, I know I failed when I left you behind, I feel horrible for it, and I'm so sorry for whatever happened to you when we were apart but please don't say that.
Please don't say we aren't sisters.
*she can't lose another sister. maybe this one wasn't dead but... if she said they weren't sisters than what hope did Kotts have to cling to that everything would go back to normal? Kheel can't mean it, that....no. Nononononono*
kotts, she's right. she's not our sister anymore. she doesn't deserve it
maybe you should save your energy for the sisters that actually care about you. instead of.. whatever this is.
@therealcree (btw sorry for your loss! 100% understand if it takes you a while to answer this)
kheel, i-i don’t blame you for g-genli… i’m upset because you y-yelled at mama and made her sad. i’m upset because you hurt notts.
i want to help you, b-but you kept on saying you were fine. you get angry when we try to help. y-you’re getting mad at kotts right now, w-when all she wants to do is see if you’re okay!
[tears begin to roll down her cheeks, and she clenches her fist]
notts, s-stop it. we still care. me and kotts do, a-at least. i don’t blame you for not wanting to be around her, after… after she hurt you.
b-but she still doesn’t deserve t-to be aben- abandu- a-ban-doned.
I don't get it. You about me? But I told you we're not sisters anymore! So you should stop caring! I'm fucking fine without you all!
[She's easily fine without Notts. She's.. fine without Kotts. And she will be fine without Cree!]
@the-realkotts
Even if you say we aren't sisters, we still can care about you and worry for you....because that's what good people do!
Kheel...I will always care, because your my little sister, or you were....and no matter what you do I'll always be your sister...
*kotts turns to Notts*
Sorry for dragging you here Notts, I know you didn't want to come....sorry. If you want to, you can go. I'll meet you back at Mr Ravio's.
i don't want to be here, but i want even less to leave you and cree alone here with.. that. if i leave, then you have to come with me.
i just want to make sure both of you are safe! why are you making it so hard for me?
@therealcree
[cree tries to hold back tears, feeling the reality of… well, everything, collapse onto her. strange, how sadness works. sometimes she’s fine, but now it feels like…]
[…it just feels bad! she desperately tries to hide it- nobody needs her to cry right now.]
i-i can’t just leave her, notts. i’m sorry.
[she can’t look at someone who used to be her sister in the eye, and then turn her back on her. every time her vision blurs, she swears she can see purple feathers. she can’t just ignore that.]
[Liars. The lot of you. Kotts claims to still care. To always care. Notts claims that she's nothing more than some thing. And Cree claims to not be able to leave. Well. All of those are lies.]
[Her fingers twitch again. Empty fingers. No talons. Just like those of her once-plaything. How can she teach her own sisters that she's not like that. She's not just a thing.]
[Through everyone's lies, she stays silent. After all the lies, she stays silent.]
@the-realkotts
...Kheel...
*she pauses, hesitates, then moves, wrapping her wings around you in a hug*
I'm sorry.
*she'll leave after this, she wouldn't stress Notts anymore, she just needs to say goodbye....*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[..... She's being touched? Restraining. Suffocationg. Burning. No. She's not letting anyone hurt her again.]
[Her insides burn.]
[She doesn't give any time to react. She wrenches your talons away from her and forcefully pushes you to the ground. She pins you there with her talons.]
[The look in her eyes is unseeing anger. Unseeing fear.]
Agh!
Kheel?!! What are you doing?!
*there is clear panic in Kotts' eyes. was notts right? kheel won't hurt her though, right?!! surely! even if she was saying they weren't sisters and all of that.....nonononono *
Kheel, please let me go, this is a bit scary!
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen]
[so why didn't she plan for what to do when it did]
cree you know the way out of here, right? y-you have to leave right now please
@therealcree
[cree’s eyes were wide.]
[no. no. no. no-]
[nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono-]
[she’s not letting another one of her sisters get hurt.]
[cree doesn’t think, she doesn’t stop and consider her actions. she just moves.]
[in an instant she’s shoved kheel away from kotts, using her full body weight to dive into her sister. it’s clumsy, and she’s pretty sure she just twisted her ankle upon landing, but it works.]
[she gets up again almost immediately, and her talons don’t get involved anymore than what’s needed. she backs up, concerned and frightened.]
[When Kheel is wrenched away from @the-realkotts, her talons come back red. She had been digging into Kotts' skin, almost subconsciously. But now- she's not looking at Kotts anymore. Her furious gaze has turned completely to Cree.]
[Threads connect throughout the floor. She can feel them all, just from where she's stepping. She can feel the threads. And she knows how to use them.]
[She steps over Kotts. The closer she is, the easier it is to manipulate the floor. A few floorboards suddenly shift into a metal cuff that clasp firmly around Cree's ankle. She can't have her running away, after all.]
*Kotts scrambles back to her feet, her heart racing. she gently touches the small wounds on her arms in shock*
Kheel?
*Her breathing quickens. she was wrong...she was so so so wrong, and now her sister is going to...to hurt her? hurt Cree? hurt Notts, again? nononono-*
*She has to get them out of here. before it gets worse, before her sisters get hurt and it's her fault, her fault, her fault whycan'tshestop fuckingup,shejustwantedtohelpwhyisshesuchabadsister-*
*She tries to summon a portal-door back home, all the magic she has bubbling up in her chest an she envisions the door, their escape*
*But no matter how hard she tries, it won't appear.*
*when she speaks, her voice is quiet and broken*
Notts...
....Notts, I can't get us out of here.....
@notts-of-rito-village
[of course you can't get them out. it would've been completely antithetical to getting everyone killed!]
[she doesn't need to say that. what's important right now is making sure cree's safe. at least you chose this. cree didn't want to be here from the start and now she's going to get hurt in your place]
kheel DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE
[she lunges at kheel, aiming for her throat. she doesn't want to kill her sister she doesn't want to let her real sisters die]
[She whirls around and, with all her strength, pushes Notts to the ground. The ground beneath both Notts and Kotts liquidfies into deep, heavy mud. It's deep enough that it barely doesn't cover faces.]
[And that's when she turns back to @therealcree, an eery look in her eyes. She reaches up to one of her shelves and grabs a single, small rock. She's glad she started a collection of these. ....Even though they sit directly next to the eye on her shelf. The eye that used to belong to her 'tool.']
[It's second nature. The rock quickly forms into a knife.]
YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!
[Her arm swings down, stabbing Cree in the chest.]
cw: gore
summary: big ouchies, cree scratches kheel across the face in self defence (and i now have ‘what does beimg stabbed feel like?’ in my search history)
@the-realkotts i think? idk about the order now ^^;
CREE!
*kotts thrashes against the mud surrounding her, but it only swallows her further.*
Kheel, stop!
*how did that book on survival say to escape mudpits....stop thrashing?*
*she twists in the mud so she's on her back, and waits, feeling the mud lose its suction agonisingly slowly*
@therealkheel @notts-of-rito-village
[notts has not read any books on escaping mudpits, and if she had she wouldn't remember them now. she flails completely ineffectively against the mud]
[it's not working she doesn't care she needs to keep cree safe]
@therealcree
[Her face is stinging. It only makes her gaze more intense. Her hand instincitvely goes to the top of Cree's arm.]
Don't fucking fight me.
[It's unclear if she can hear the screams all around her. It's unclear if she's even seeing @therealcree in her grasp. Her eyes are glazed with fiery fury.]
[She reaches for Cree's threads. She knows what she wants. It takes a moment of digging through a tangle of threads. But then she finds it: the core. She pulls on the core thread as harshly as possible.]
more gore :D
summary: cree bites and kicks, pain, thread shenanigans make her feel cold, frostbite ptsd episode ensues
[She actually catches Cree when she falls limp, but that's not a mercy. Wow, Zomi's so fucking pathetic so suddenly! It even tried to fight back! She sets Zomi down surprisingly gently, and immediately kicks it in the stomach. It doesn't deserve rest! It doesn't get a break!]
Get up, you fucking idiot!
- @the-realkotts , @notts-of-rito-village whoever wants to be next
*kotts has to use every drop of her patience to not panic and thrash to try and escape the mud. it would only set her back, so she needs to stay calm.*
*easier said than done when her sister is getting totured*
*the mud sinks off her millimetre by agonisingly slow millimetre, until she could lift her wings above the muck. she moves quicker now, frantic, as she pulls herself shakily out of the mud, imeadiately spinning to where notts is trapped*
Stop thrashing in the mud, it only makes it worse! You have to wait for the mud to lose suction, then get out!
*and with that advice, she sprints toward Kheel, her wing grabbing her sword-handle (and how lucky she was, to have carried that blade with her since the day of the maze), and drawing it, the sword stopping its steel arc millimetres from Kheel's back, the cold metal againf feathers a shaky threat*
Stop, Kheel. Please.
*she really doesn't know if she could hurt her sister -no, Kheel. Notts was right. (it hurts her heart even thinking that...but she has to pick a side...and Kheel made the choice easy)*
@notts-of-rito-village @therealkheel @therealcree
[She stiffens immediately. There's someone here. Who's here?!? She's in the middle of the forest! She's good at being in obscure locations where nobody will find her.]
[And yet, there's something against her back. She wants to turn around, see what's going on. But she's scared. What if it's Zomi again- but this time ready to kill her??]
[....That makes no sense. What is she talking about..?]
@notts-of-rito-village
*...holy shit that worked.*
Kheel...step away from Cree.
*her voice is shaky, and her eyes blurry from unshed tears, but the sword in her hands holds steady*
[That voice. Is actually a voice.]
You're not Zomi...
[Good. Then she won't get torn open! She turns to face you. There's an unseeing look in her eyes. There's not recognition. At least, not right now.]
What are you gonna do? Fucking kill me?
[She chuckles. What a joke! Her hands rest, only briefly, on the sword, and suddenly it's made of nothing more than wood.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts has finally managed to pull himself onto the actual floor. he is absolutely disgusting]
[it's the worst feeling ever and it'll probably stick to him for days and that doesn't matter. nothing matters except you need to die]
[notts screams. he won't remember anything between now and being on top of you and tasting your blood]
[maybe he's finally managed to do something right]
[She doesn't know when she got to the ground, screaming from sudden pain. She doesn't know when Notts got here. She thought she was in the forest. With Zomi. Alone! Why is she.... In her room? Another scream rips from her throat.]
[Kotts is there... Looking shocked, probably. But.... Why is Kotts here? Kotts and Notts are both here, so-]
[Through the pain, she catches a glimpse of blue, practically motionless on the ground.]
[No— she— she didn't mean to hurt Cree!! She didn't mean to!!]
[Desperate tears penetrate through her screams. Screams of pain turn into screams of despair. What has she done?!?]
@the-realkotts @therealcree
[cree is trembling, crumpled into a ball on the ground. she clutches the stub that once was a wing as tightly as she can, though with the post-adrenaline crash she’s having, that’s not very tight.]
[tears trickle down her cheeks rapidly. her nose is full of snot, so she breathes through her mouth in harsh, ragged pants.]
notts…?
[her voice is a raspy whisper, barely audible over the commotion.]
you… you were right… about kheel…
[she inhales shakily.] i’m sorry.
[with that, her body finally gives into exhaustion and pain, and she slumps against the floor, motionless. shallow breathing is the only sign that she isn’t dead.]
@the-realkotts @notts-of-rito-village
*Kotts runs to where Cree lays, sliding to her knees and frantically checking Cree's wounds. She notices her sister is breathing, and lets of a sigh of relief*
I'm gonna need a potion for this.....
*she scoops Cree up gently, cautious of the wound in her sister's stomach. Her wings hurt, her lower body is coated in mud and she feels like the minute she gets out if here, she's gonna cry for a week. But she's alive...*
Notts....we gotta go.
*everything feels blurry, fuzzy....like it isn't real....she wishes that this wasn't real....*
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts wouldn't have heard kotts's words if she'd screamed them in his face. he isn't perceiving anything other than that kheel is moving and screaming and very much alive and she needs to stop]
[he braces himself and bites down again as hard as he can on kheel's throat]
@the-real-lu-sky
*If I hadn't heard the screaming I wouldnt be running. Running running....*
*Everything hits at once. Injuries someone ontop of someone I cant see. Heal the hurt. Break up the fight. I see someone capable. And remove a potion bag from my hip*
*A potion bag is thrown towards kotts.*
Here! Use the white one after the red one! Itll keep it clean and protected as it heals! I'll seperate these two!
*Then I throw myself at Notts. Pulling him off whoever his target was, having opened his beak to make sure hes dosent pull out the throat along with it. Pinning him against my chest in a way that tells you ive experience with Avians.*
You've gotta calm down! You're not a killer!
*I let out a whistle.*
Stay exactly where you are! All of you!
@therealkheel
[She lies on the ground, gasping and shaking through the tears. Blood pours from her throat at an alarming rate. But, well, the jugular veins seem miraculously intact. The glaze over her eyes tells you she's not fully in the moment.]
[She's incoherently crying out what seems to be apologies. But through the tears and gasps, it's most impossible to make out what she's trying to say.]
@the-realkotts
*kotts catches the bag, moving unsteadily as she lays her sister to the ground. she uncaps the potions and pours them on Cree's wounds.*
*when she sees the potions are working, she simply crumples to the floor, sitting still and staring ahead with tears in her eyes, unresponsive.*
@notts-of-rito-village
* there is a sudden cracking noise, as a portal-door pulls itself into reality, the cherry-red door swinging open with the smallest creak. From the open door, a familiar face emerges *
... ugh...I hate portals....
@the-realkotts @therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[Her head darts up at the sudden noise, and you can see the way she immediately tenses up. Why are you here?! Part of her hopes that you're in the wrong place so she doesn't have to talk. She doesn't want to talk to any of you.]
*Kotts looks up, and when she sees you, she smiles*
oh thank goddesess it worked....
Hey, Kheel...
*her words are genuine. good intentioned. she quite different to the last time you met, the most obvious changes being her now tied-up hair and the small scar just below her apron. and she is still smiling*
It's good to see you...
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[the door stays open, and another person stumbles out]
kotts, please, this isn't- oh.
fuck.
[she definitely seems less well intentioned than kotts is]
[cree falls out, landing flat on her face. she groans, slowly getting up. as soon as she sees kheel, she carefully positions herself in front of kotts.]
[she stays silent, watching kheel closely. she’s not gonna let her sisters get hurt.]
[Okay, great! Everyone is here! How fun and wonderful and amazing!]
[She wants you all out.]
[She's different from the last time Kotts has seen her, too. The scar of an asphodel on her shoulder, along with a few scars beneath it, a hint of a scar on her torso disappearing into her shirt, a raised scar on her leg with multiple points, and her claws completely missing. Things happened.]
What are you all doing here?
@the-realkotts
*her eyes slightly widen at the sight of your scars, and she inhales sharply*
Oh...
...Well, we're here to see you! Check in on you, I guess! At least, I am...the last time I saw you you didn't seem to be doing well....
*her eyes flick back to your scars. you don't look your you're doing better...but she can hope!*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts moves almost in front of kotts. she doesn't want to get closer to kheel than she has to, but she needs to keep her sisters safe and this is not safe]
...and now that we've checked on you we can leave?
@therealcree
[cree glances at notts nervously. she’d also like to leave, but she doesn’t want to anger kheel. when notts distanced himself from kheel, she hurt him. cree doesn’t want that to happen again.]
y-yeah, we wouldn’t wanna bother you, that is! i know you’re very… um… busy.
[she tries to be polite, but it’s clear that she also wants to get out of here as soon as possible.]
[It was the way Cree shied away from Kheel. The way that she seemed scared to be near. Kheel never thought that someone pushing her away would hurt again. And yet.... She thought she protected Cree! She thought that Cree liked her! She-]
[Guess that's just another fucking person who hates her.]
[...Great.]
Okay. Is that all?
[Already, her tone is more aggressive than earlier.]
@the-realkotts
*Kotts gives Notts and Cree a look, but turns back to you pretty quickly*
Well...no. That's not all.
Kheel...are you okay?
*she is oblivious to the anger, concern blinding her from the possible threat. her sister has scars and that, to her, is all that matters now*
What...happened? Who...
*she steps closer to you*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[notts tenses when you go closer to kheel, but she doesn't try to stop you doesn't want to die]
kotts it doesn't matter we have to go!
i know you think i'm being too paranoid but cree knows what she is and she's scared too! please..?
@therealcree
[cree looks panicked. she doesn’t want kheel to know she’s terrified nervous.]
uh- well, i-i mean scared is a big word… b-but c’mon kotts, kheel looks really busy! let’s check in some other time! like maybe never!
...I thought you cared about me, Cree.
[Her finger twitches. Her face hardens. She's being betrayed, hated. For no reason. No good reason at all. You all just decided to barge in here, and suddenly she's the bad guy! Again! She's always the bad one!]
@the-realkotts
Wha- of course she cares about you! So do I, because you're our sister! We're family! We all care for each other, that's how it works, that's why we're here!
*Kotts face is twisted up in an expression of concern and what looks like guilt, her words tumbling out quickly and earnestly*
We're here- I'm here to make sure you're okay...
...are you?
i'm here because you forced me to be, and to make sure you don't die, because apparently that's what you want.
[she gestures at cree]
she's here because you forced her to; she doesn't want this and there's no reason to make her stay except for the fact that you seem to want her to die, too!
@therealcree
[cree flinches. notts isn’t wrong, but kotts doesn’t want her to die! she’s here to keep kotts safe.]
kheel, i-i… i do care. i care about all of my siblings.
[cree cares about her baby sister. she doesn’t know if she cares for who kheel has become. she refrains from adding that.]
a-and i’m here because i wanna be! i wanna keep my remaining family safe.
[She glares at Notts for a moment before chosing to ignore her. She fucking hates Notts.]
[But there's one thing that's bothering her about the way you're all speaking. Acting all high and mighty. As if you're all above her. Her finger twitches again.]
Sisters? If we were sisters you would have helped me sooner! If we were sisters, you never would have considered the possibility of me causing Genli's death. If we were sisters, you would have taken me back to help me! You wouldn't have left me to die!
But you all failed! We're not sisters!
@the-realkotts
*Kotts freezes, her eyes welling up with tears.*
Wh-what. Kheel, no....
I know I messed up, I know I failed when I left you behind, I feel horrible for it, and I'm so sorry for whatever happened to you when we were apart but please don't say that.
Please don't say we aren't sisters.
*she can't lose another sister. maybe this one wasn't dead but... if she said they weren't sisters than what hope did Kotts have to cling to that everything would go back to normal? Kheel can't mean it, that....no. Nononononono*
kotts, she's right. she's not our sister anymore. she doesn't deserve it
maybe you should save your energy for the sisters that actually care about you. instead of.. whatever this is.
@therealcree (btw sorry for your loss! 100% understand if it takes you a while to answer this)
kheel, i-i don’t blame you for g-genli… i’m upset because you y-yelled at mama and made her sad. i’m upset because you hurt notts.
i want to help you, b-but you kept on saying you were fine. you get angry when we try to help. y-you’re getting mad at kotts right now, w-when all she wants to do is see if you’re okay!
[tears begin to roll down her cheeks, and she clenches her fist]
notts, s-stop it. we still care. me and kotts do, a-at least. i don’t blame you for not wanting to be around her, after… after she hurt you.
b-but she still doesn’t deserve t-to be aben- abandu- a-ban-doned.
I don't get it. You about me? But I told you we're not sisters anymore! So you should stop caring! I'm fucking fine without you all!
[She's easily fine without Notts. She's.. fine without Kotts. And she will be fine without Cree!]
@the-realkotts
Even if you say we aren't sisters, we still can care about you and worry for you....because that's what good people do!
Kheel...I will always care, because your my little sister, or you were....and no matter what you do I'll always be your sister...
*kotts turns to Notts*
Sorry for dragging you here Notts, I know you didn't want to come....sorry. If you want to, you can go. I'll meet you back at Mr Ravio's.
i don't want to be here, but i want even less to leave you and cree alone here with.. that. if i leave, then you have to come with me.
i just want to make sure both of you are safe! why are you making it so hard for me?
@therealcree
[cree tries to hold back tears, feeling the reality of… well, everything, collapse onto her. strange, how sadness works. sometimes she’s fine, but now it feels like…]
[…it just feels bad! she desperately tries to hide it- nobody needs her to cry right now.]
i-i can’t just leave her, notts. i’m sorry.
[she can’t look at someone who used to be her sister in the eye, and then turn her back on her. every time her vision blurs, she swears she can see purple feathers. she can’t just ignore that.]
[Liars. The lot of you. Kotts claims to still care. To always care. Notts claims that she's nothing more than some thing. And Cree claims to not be able to leave. Well. All of those are lies.]
[Her fingers twitch again. Empty fingers. No talons. Just like those of her once-plaything. How can she teach her own sisters that she's not like that. She's not just a thing.]
[Through everyone's lies, she stays silent. After all the lies, she stays silent.]
@the-realkotts
...Kheel...
*she pauses, hesitates, then moves, wrapping her wings around you in a hug*
I'm sorry.
*she'll leave after this, she wouldn't stress Notts anymore, she just needs to say goodbye....*
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[..... She's being touched? Restraining. Suffocationg. Burning. No. She's not letting anyone hurt her again.]
[Her insides burn.]
[She doesn't give any time to react. She wrenches your talons away from her and forcefully pushes you to the ground. She pins you there with her talons.]
[The look in her eyes is unseeing anger. Unseeing fear.]
Agh!
Kheel?!! What are you doing?!
*there is clear panic in Kotts' eyes. was notts right? kheel won't hurt her though, right?!! surely! even if she was saying they weren't sisters and all of that.....nonononono *
Kheel, please let me go, this is a bit scary!
@therealcree @notts-of-rito-village
[she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen she knew this would happen]
[so why didn't she plan for what to do when it did]
cree you know the way out of here, right? y-you have to leave right now please
@therealcree
[cree’s eyes were wide.]
[no. no. no. no-]
[nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono-]
[she’s not letting another one of her sisters get hurt.]
[cree doesn’t think, she doesn’t stop and consider her actions. she just moves.]
[in an instant she’s shoved kheel away from kotts, using her full body weight to dive into her sister. it’s clumsy, and she’s pretty sure she just twisted her ankle upon landing, but it works.]
[she gets up again almost immediately, and her talons don’t get involved anymore than what’s needed. she backs up, concerned and frightened.]
[When Kheel is wrenched away from @the-realkotts, her talons come back red. She had been digging into Kotts' skin, almost subconsciously. But now- she's not looking at Kotts anymore. Her furious gaze has turned completely to Cree.]
[Threads connect throughout the floor. She can feel them all, just from where she's stepping. She can feel the threads. And she knows how to use them.]
[She steps over Kotts. The closer she is, the easier it is to manipulate the floor. A few floorboards suddenly shift into a metal cuff that clasp firmly around Cree's ankle. She can't have her running away, after all.]
*Kotts scrambles back to her feet, her heart racing. she gently touches the small wounds on her arms in shock*
Kheel?
*Her breathing quickens. she was wrong...she was so so so wrong, and now her sister is going to...to hurt her? hurt Cree? hurt Notts, again? nononono-*
*She has to get them out of here. before it gets worse, before her sisters get hurt and it's her fault, her fault, her fault whycan'tshestop fuckingup,shejustwantedtohelpwhyisshesuchabadsister-*
*She tries to summon a portal-door back home, all the magic she has bubbling up in her chest an she envisions the door, their escape*
*But no matter how hard she tries, it won't appear.*
*when she speaks, her voice is quiet and broken*
Notts...
....Notts, I can't get us out of here.....
@notts-of-rito-village
[of course you can't get them out. it would've been completely antithetical to getting everyone killed!]
[she doesn't need to say that. what's important right now is making sure cree's safe. at least you chose this. cree didn't want to be here from the start and now she's going to get hurt in your place]
kheel DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE
[she lunges at kheel, aiming for her throat. she doesn't want to kill her sister she doesn't want to let her real sisters die]
[She whirls around and, with all her strength, pushes Notts to the ground. The ground beneath both Notts and Kotts liquidfies into deep, heavy mud. It's deep enough that it barely doesn't cover faces.]
[And that's when she turns back to @therealcree, an eery look in her eyes. She reaches up to one of her shelves and grabs a single, small rock. She's glad she started a collection of these. ....Even though they sit directly next to the eye on her shelf. The eye that used to belong to her 'tool.']
[It's second nature. The rock quickly forms into a knife.]
YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!
[Her arm swings down, stabbing Cree in the chest.]
cw: gore
summary: big ouchies, cree scratches kheel across the face in self defence (and i now have ‘what does beimg stabbed feel like?’ in my search history)
@the-realkotts i think? idk about the order now ^^;
CREE!
*kotts thrashes against the mud surrounding her, but it only swallows her further.*
Kheel, stop!
*how did that book on survival say to escape mudpits....stop thrashing?*
*she twists in the mud so she's on her back, and waits, feeling the mud lose its suction agonisingly slowly*
@therealkheel @notts-of-rito-village
[notts has not read any books on escaping mudpits, and if she had she wouldn't remember them now. she flails completely ineffectively against the mud]
[it's not working she doesn't care she needs to keep cree safe]
@therealcree
[Her face is stinging. It only makes her gaze more intense. Her hand instincitvely goes to the top of Cree's arm.]
Don't fucking fight me.
[It's unclear if she can hear the screams all around her. It's unclear if she's even seeing @therealcree in her grasp. Her eyes are glazed with fiery fury.]
[She reaches for Cree's threads. She knows what she wants. It takes a moment of digging through a tangle of threads. But then she finds it: the core. She pulls on the core thread as harshly as possible.]
more gore :D
summary: cree bites and kicks, pain, thread shenanigans make her feel cold, frostbite ptsd episode ensues
[She actually catches Cree when she falls limp, but that's not a mercy. Wow, Zomi's so fucking pathetic so suddenly! It even tried to fight back! She sets Zomi down surprisingly gently, and immediately kicks it in the stomach. It doesn't deserve rest! It doesn't get a break!]
Get up, you fucking idiot!
- @the-realkotts , @notts-of-rito-village whoever wants to be next
*kotts has to use every drop of her patience to not panic and thrash to try and escape the mud. it would only set her back, so she needs to stay calm.*
*easier said than done when her sister is getting totured*
*the mud sinks off her millimetre by agonisingly slow millimetre, until she could lift her wings above the muck. she moves quicker now, frantic, as she pulls herself shakily out of the mud, imeadiately spinning to where notts is trapped*
Stop thrashing in the mud, it only makes it worse! You have to wait for the mud to lose suction, then get out!
*and with that advice, she sprints toward Kheel, her wing grabbing her sword-handle (and how lucky she was, to have carried that blade with her since the day of the maze), and drawing it, the sword stopping its steel arc millimetres from Kheel's back, the cold metal againf feathers a shaky threat*
Stop, Kheel. Please.
*she really doesn't know if she could hurt her sister -no, Kheel. Notts was right. (it hurts her heart even thinking that...but she has to pick a side...and Kheel made the choice easy)*
@notts-of-rito-village @therealkheel @therealcree
[She stiffens immediately. There's someone here. Who's here?!? She's in the middle of the forest! She's good at being in obscure locations where nobody will find her.]
[And yet, there's something against her back. She wants to turn around, see what's going on. But she's scared. What if it's Zomi again- but this time ready to kill her??]
[....That makes no sense. What is she talking about..?]
@notts-of-rito-village
*...holy shit that worked.*
Kheel...step away from Cree.
*her voice is shaky, and her eyes blurry from unshed tears, but the sword in her hands holds steady*
[That voice. Is actually a voice.]
You're not Zomi...
[Good. Then she won't get torn open! She turns to face you. There's an unseeing look in her eyes. There's not recognition. At least, not right now.]
What are you gonna do? Fucking kill me?
[She chuckles. What a joke! Her hands rest, only briefly, on the sword, and suddenly it's made of nothing more than wood.]
@notts-of-rito-village
[notts has finally managed to pull himself onto the actual floor. he is absolutely disgusting]
[it's the worst feeling ever and it'll probably stick to him for days and that doesn't matter. nothing matters except you need to die]
[notts screams. he won't remember anything between now and being on top of you and tasting your blood]
[maybe he's finally managed to do something right]
[She doesn't know when she got to the ground, screaming from sudden pain. She doesn't know when Notts got here. She thought she was in the forest. With Zomi. Alone! Why is she.... In her room? Another scream rips from her throat.]
[Kotts is there... Looking shocked, probably. But.... Why is Kotts here? Kotts and Notts are both here, so-]
[Through the pain, she catches a glimpse of blue, practically motionless on the ground.]
[No— she— she didn't mean to hurt Cree!! She didn't mean to!!]
[Desperate tears penetrate through her screams. Screams of pain turn into screams of despair. What has she done?!?]
@the-realkotts @therealcree
[cree is trembling, crumpled into a ball on the ground. she clutches the stub that once was a wing as tightly as she can, though with the post-adrenaline crash she’s having, that’s not very tight.]
[tears trickle down her cheeks rapidly. her nose is full of snot, so she breathes through her mouth in harsh, ragged pants.]
notts…?
[her voice is a raspy whisper, barely audible over the commotion.]
you… you were right… about kheel…
[she inhales shakily.] i’m sorry.
[with that, her body finally gives into exhaustion and pain, and she slumps against the floor, motionless. shallow breathing is the only sign that she isn’t dead.]
@the-realkotts @notts-of-rito-village
*Kotts runs to where Cree lays, sliding to her knees and frantically checking Cree's wounds. She notices her sister is breathing, and lets of a sigh of relief*
I'm gonna need a potion for this.....
*she scoops Cree up gently, cautious of the wound in her sister's stomach. Her wings hurt, her lower body is coated in mud and she feels like the minute she gets out if here, she's gonna cry for a week. But she's alive...*
Notts....we gotta go.
*everything feels blurry, fuzzy....like it isn't real....she wishes that this wasn't real....*
@notts-of-rito-village
