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[niteo_mods]

Characters: You, you, and YOU.
When: June 11th - June 24th
Where: Nesreca. Everywhere.
Rating: PG and up.
Summary: The fog is everywhere. Sounds are heard at night. There are no inhabitable buildings. What do you do?

Comments

asdfjlk oh yay a Tyki to snark at

[fallforthesky]

It's second-nature, really, the way Tyki's voice immediately sends her into a soldier's stance: feet braced apart, head held high, eyes neither narrowed nor wide but very alert, flicking over everything-- or nothing, as it were. It probably also speaks volumes of how much faith she has in this truce's ability to weather the test of time.

Because when the first and only thing she can see in the deep haze is a fluttering, carnivorous golem lazily sweeping its way over to her, she finds herself wondering if maybe it's already collapsed. She has no way of knowing if it has-- not without her PDA (stupid! so stupid!), so as well as she knows, the butterfly is simply hunting stragglers down. Tyki's amused tone does little to help her growing unease.

But given that he's the first voice she's heard in days to have come from a set of tangible vocal chords, she'll give him the benefit of the doubt just this once and not eviscerate the Tease on sight. So long as it doesn't touch her.

"Where are you?" There's a pause, then she tacks on, in a tone of blatant world-weariness, "Yes, I happen to have been wandering in the fog for the last several days."

She does not say 'alone'.

pfffft. Snark all you want, Lena xD

[astheteaseturns]

There was a moment of silence as Tease continues to lazily fly around her. It's not being threatening at all, surprisingly enough. Instead, it just seems to be waiting for its master to come out or awaiting for its next orders. Either way, Tyki suddenly appears behind Lenalee, mouth close to her ear.

"Right here~" And then he quickly moves back before he gets hit. He didn't really want to be hit by those boots of hers right now.

[fallforthesky]

The back of her neck erupts into goosebumps while she strains to listen for footsteps or breathing, though she knows Tyki can and will forgo anything like that if he really wished to sneak up on her--

Warm breath near her ear and a lilting voice. Lenalee jolts as if tapped by a live wire.

Ohhh, no. Nope, sorry, this isn't going to fly tonight. She doesn't want to play this game. Twisting round with a hiss of breath, she does well to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground, but her Boots unfurl in a flash of muted red that briefly illuminates the fog. It's more intentional than she'd ever admit, and most definitely a warning.

"This isn't the time to play games, Mikk."

[astheteaseturns]

Tyki watches her, more wary than anything. He knows that even though he can take Lenalee on, now just wasn't the time. Though, he did have to silently admit to himself that it was rather amusing watching her reaction. He glances down at her boots before looking over at her, hands held out in an amiable gesture - one that signifies that he isn't there to fight.

"No, it isn't," he agrees, lowering his hands and tucking them into his pockets. "Though, I do appreciate it if you deactivate your boots, Lady Exorcist. Now's not the time to start anything either."

[fallforthesky]

She is far slower to relax than he. In fact, it looks at first as if she isn't going to comply to his request at all-- why should she if he has a Tease out and about-- but with grit teeth, she ends her invocation and the crimson metal spirals back down. Herein lies the problem with interacting so little with the Noah of Nesreca as she has: she hasn't learned to trust them beyond the bare minimum.

"Where is everyone else?" Verbally, at least, Lenalee is still very much on the offensive. So sorry.

[astheteaseturns]

"By the river. I've come to find anyone else who got lost in the fog." The fact that Tyki's even complying to that sort of request should be saying something, but he'd rather not dwell on it now. He gestures Tease to come back to him, and the carnivorous butterfly soon comes to perch on his shoulder.

[fallforthesky]

He'll have to excuse the dubious look. A straight answer was honestly the last thing she'd been expecting him to give-- and while it does say something, the fact that she can tell he's being honest says even more. The tense line of her shoulders does relax the smallest bit once he's called off the Tease, but her gaze doesn't shift even an inch from his. "Four days after it set in?"

[astheteaseturns]

Tyki shrugs, not admitting that he hasn't been looking for anyone after it sent it, but not really denying it either. Though, he does tilt his head at her.

"Eye-patch sent me to look for anyone else in the fog, that's all. And since I found you," there's something hidden in his voice, almost sounding disappointed, "I'm sure they'd be glad if you joined them at the river."

[fallforthesky]

"'Eye-patch'...?" It actually takes her a moment to realize he means Lavi. A diluted sort of relief wavers through her-- thank god, maybe he really did mean everyone when he said it. The strange malcontent in his voice, however... that doesn't encourage her. Of course he wouldn't be particularly happy about finding her, but who else was he expecting?

...Was Rhode...?

"Which way is the river?"

[astheteaseturns]

Tyki knows that Rhode is okay, somewhere at least, and that the other him would be able to find her in due time. Though, he looks at her when she asks that question.

"Tease will lead you." Tease flies over to her, circling around her head and just waiting for Lenalee.