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[ladybirdshit]

in the mountain: Walk deeper into the crystal cave and find the bridge. Follow it and eventually you'll find a rusty gate in the middle of the crystals. There are no guards and the gate is unlocked, but opening it will take some muscle work.

in the forest: Get your shit back together. There are some buildings where you can spend the night, they were probably built by traveling hunters.

[ here are the teams for your convenience. the cellphones are running out of batteries soon. ]

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[inenochian]

[ bites his lip and huffs. so put out with this dishonestly thing. ]

I don't meant to impugne your honor, but I can't take that chance. It's knowledge that could be used against me, even by you.

[foodporn]

[always with the secrecy and the mystery with you guys, do you ever give it a rest]

[holds her arm to support it again as she steps closer. enjoy having your personal space invaded for once]

I get it. Then do you mind if I just try something? Think of it like, a test drive.

[inenochian]

... [ shakes his head. she's in the area known as personal space, but it just doesn't seem to bother him like it would anyone else. ]

As an apology, for being dishonest with you. [ stares down at her, expectant. ]

[foodporn]

Since you're so good at keeping secrets, you can keep this one for me too.

[leans up, no hands, to press a kiss against his stubbly mouth]

[inenochian]

[ ...why does this keep happening? ]

[ tries to remember what clara told him about this, but he's blanking on pretty much everything except what he learned from the pizzaman. a dean that's not dean, a mouth that still glistened with the fat from meat purchased in a market stall, confusion so complete then replaced by resolution, to make it good (whatever that means in the context of human kisses?) and to make it count. ]

[ and why, why remember that just because of hook, and the press of a kiss clearly meant for some other mouth? unless they're related, those two, in a way that this kiss isn't. ]

[ curls his hands over her shoulders and tenses to press her back. ]

[foodporn]

[eyes on the prize angelpants no drifting off on her now]

[her eyes flutter open and glow an unnaturally bright blue as she siphons some of that delicious angel chi from the open mouthed kiss. and it's potent and strong and nothing like anyone she's ever fed off of before, so much that she has trouble convincing herself to pull away]

[inenochian]

[ shudders when she coaxes his mouth open, whether from the sensation of a wet kiss or the chill that reverberates through his grace like a single piano key struck in an empty room. ]

[ eases his grip on her shoulders. ]

[foodporn]

[falls back after she's chowed down on enough angel chi to sufficiently badtouch his grace, holding a hand to her mouth in shock]

Oh my god, calling Dr. Love. Your chi is like one of those orange things you whack open at Christmas.

[ie amazing]

[inenochian]

[ hazy. that has officially never happened before.[ ]

[ doesn't know what orange thing she means. whacking them sounds like a violent activity but she clearly enjoys it. ]

...[ blinks eyes open at her. ]

That was the favor?

[foodporn]

Part one. Of the favor. Actually.

[holds up bum arm and winces, but she has restored some mobility from snacking on angel juju. still not enough to heal completely so]

Part two when we can get a minute.

[to ourselves, kind of awkward to go for it when they're surrounded by like 10 people, this isn't an exhibitionist thing.]

[inenochian]

[ oh, now he feels like a terrible angel because he hadnt even noticed she was injured. ]

From the fall? How badly are you damaged?

[ because, you know, your body is a car or a cd case. ]

[ he surmises that somehow she must've figured out what he is via the kiss, if she's coming to him to be healed. ]

[foodporn]

[well now she's just going to confuse you all up and down]

Hey, don't worry about it.

[pats his chest, almost affectionately with her fingers smoothing over lapel, because he's growing on her with his weirdness and his owlface]

Just make sure I can find you when we've got a moment in here. The sooner the better, okay?

[hand slides down his i forgot hes not wearing his tie so wherever his tie would be and drops away as she turns to ditch him and rejoin the ragtags to figure out a way into the city]

[inenochian]

[ rubs at his chest where she stroked him, oddly reminded of chastity's wandering hands. ]