The Perk - Sunday late afternoon

[new_to_liirness]

Liir felt a curious case of deja vu. Here he was, after a great journey. After the loss of someone who meant so much to him.

Waiting in a cafe.

The differences, though, were important. For one, his hand was wrapped around the handle of the broom. For another, he knew that the person who meant so much would be back. And almost like history

Comments

[a_no_brainer]

A left, and then a right, or was it the other way around? Glitch was scrambling, synapses still going in all directions as opposed to the ones he needed at the moment, and he was trying very hard to just be thankful that he wasn't being followed by something large and hungry.

It took him a little longer than expected to make his way to the Perk, but it wasn't for lack of wanting to be there.

He had to make sure Liir was back, and safe, and not eaten by anything that had once been on display.

All of that might be why he simply skipped the greeting once he got inside and went, instead, for a hug. Hugs were always good at the ends of thrilling adventures.

[new_to_liirness]

"Probably not," he said. "But someone would have. There were as many of the things as there were people, and that one was fixated on me. So I had to take care of it.

"I should have just made it run into a tree by accident or something."

[a_no_brainer]

"Then you did what you could to keep yourself safe. It's better than getting yourself..."

Wait.

"What exactly did you do to it?"

[new_to_liirness]

This was the part where he wasn't looking at Professor Ambrose. Er. Especially.

"I sort of... checked to see what it was. When, um, it t-turned out to be made of all kinds of negative things, I sort of took that and, um, d-distilled it and added to it and threw it back at the thing.

"It sort of, um, w-went berserk, thrashed about, and then disappeared after that."

[a_no_brainer]

He blinked and let his synapses mull that over. They still couldn't find what they would have yelled about.

"If it was going to hurt you, I don't see why you'd think that I'd be upset with you for what you did to protect yourself."

It made sense to him.

[new_to_liirness]

"Well, it sort of hurt me," he admitted. Then he realized he probably shouldn't have.

"Considerably less than a hoof to the head or an antler through the chest, but I've been a little sensitive since I did it. It'll certainly remind me not to do that again."

[a_no_brainer]

"Are you sure? Did you tell anyone you were with about it when it happened? Nothing else there hurt you, did it?"

[new_to_liirness]

He shook his head and lied through his teeth.

"I'm fine" he wouldn't be until Andrew was back "and I got through it all right."

[a_no_brainer]

Who would've thought that there would be so much frowning? Glitch was certainly at least a little surprised by it.

"Are you sure?"

[new_to_liirness]

He was sure of nothing. Especially not anything to do with himself or his... quirks.

"Are you all right? It sounds as if there were worse than lions. Did you encounter someone who'd been taken by the angels as well?"

[a_no_brainer]

He nodded. "We did. And I'm okay, though I don't think I'll be going back to that museum."

[new_to_liirness]

"Judging by things," he said honestly, "I'd rather not leave the island. For a while. Possibly graduation. That might do."

[a_no_brainer]

Glitch nodded, a lot.

"That sounds like a good plan."

[new_to_liirness]

"I'm just glad you're all right," he said with a faint wry smile. "It'd be just my luck."

He didn't have to say what that pertained to.

[a_no_brainer]

Glitch grinned a little sideways. It was reassuring, really.

"They weren't that bad." They were. "Besides, I've dealt with worse than strange lions." He had.

[new_to_liirness]

"I'm sure you had," he said.

"And at least they weren't singing."