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[ladybirdshit]

Leave the trauma forest behind and get a move on!

On to the coast! Ships! There's also a bridge! Hahah!

Which one are you gonna choose?

[ mission: once you've reached the port town discuss if you're taking the large manmade bridge or boarding a ship. it will be a two days' journey of anyway. ]

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[sawedoff]

[technically it's not his theory but it's the only working one they have right now]

She didn't just pop back in here as a replacement. Someone asked for it.

[kinda stumbles over the word replacement because he's bitter about it. but what can you do. fixes her with a pre-emptive and don't even start look no it wasn't him.]

[mercyless]

...

[ who would ask something like that. and who has the power to replace someone? ]

[ who would be stupid enough to play with powers like that. ]

[ sslowly looks at hook's back. ]

[sawedoff]

Got it in one.

[now you see why he was more concerned about what brought her back than what she is. follows her look and gives her a tight smile.]

She's just the byproduct. You wanna get trigger happy on someone, there's your guy.

[preferably don't kill him off before they can use him to bitch slap the devil but i'm sure dean can cut his losses.]

[mercyless]

[ i'll just go and kill my own character then!! ]

[ yeah no val. nice try. ]

How the hell?

[ you figured that out yet? ]

[sawedoff]

[if u cant beat them sic them on each other]

You don't even wanna know.

[think of the stupidest thing you could do and then make it 10x stupider]

[mercyless]

[ ok she's not gonna even guess. ]

[ but yeah. you could have told this all sooner. she's not going to stop breathing on her neck entirely but this all is slowly starting to make sense. ]

[ don't expect any apologies tho. ]

[sawedoff]

[sorry he'll send a memo through the company email next time]

So you and Nick huh.

[tit for tat uncomfortable conversation girl]

[mercyless]

[ so? at least he didn't return from the dead. nothing uncomfortable here mr. bowlegs. ]

None of your business.

[sawedoff]

[you can't faze him grumpyface]

Young love.

[mercyless]

Don't read too much into it.

[ go read a damn book dean. ]

[sawedoff]

Don't tell me it was that bad.

[books are for suckers]

[mercyless]

Wouldn't you like to know.

[ dean pls. ]

[sawedoff]

He's just shy, give him another shot.

[lmao. get it nick]

[mercyless]

[ already got it thanks. ]

Thanks for the advice, I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

[ dating tips? don't think we're back on that friendly terms yet. mich out. ]

[sawedoff]

[wiggles eyebrows at her back]

[at least someone's getting it around here]

[inenochian]

[ yes how very nice for them. ]

[ bootcrunching noises, not wingflappy, because he's walking off all that fried food. no teasing him about getting fat. ]

[sawedoff]

[yeah walk it off flabby. turns around to see him making his trudgy approach]

Hoofing it like the rest of us now?

[inenochian]

For the time being.

[ feels a bit like flexing his wings just to be a showy little shit. ]

[ but the rest of the group is in close proximity and none of them know, which is how he'd like it to stay. ]

Where next?

[sawedoff]

[gets that shifty look about him and scratches at his chin with his thumb]

Bridge a day or two's walk east.

[inenochian]

[ assesses shiftiness with a placid expression. ]

[ rests one hand on the sword pommel, glancing down at his feet before looking back up. ]

And this bridge crosses how much water?

[sawedoff]

A lot. A freakin lot of water.

[nods. yeah. nodding.]

[inenochian]

[ trying. trying very hard to maintain. ]

Of the sort typically traversed by boats.

[sawedoff]

Don't.

[inenochian]

[ pulls his top lip under his bottom lip and clears his throat. ]

[ maintaining. ]

I wasn't.

[sawedoff]

[if he has to get on one more boat he's going to vomit a river of hellfire and hatred]

So this bridge.

[yeah you... you don't.]