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[forestcrap]

After the hole is sealed and Ninurta's done away with, your entire party is bippity bopped to the other side of the forest. If there were stragglers that got separated, you're all in one place again. If you lost gear, weapons, phones, whatever, it's back on your person, functional again. If you lost any organs you're on your own though. No but basically you've been bewitched to safety out of the forest and the evil noises have stopped, you're homefree, homies. There's a crow perched on a rundown fence post along the road watching you with beady little eyes before it takes off back into the forest.

The map takes you to a rundown little bed and breakfast not but a fifteen minute walk out that looks like it was abandoned a while ago. No foul play, just closed for business, the economy is rough when you're located next to a haunted forest. Feel free to avail yourself of its beds, there's no room service but least you don't have to pay.

[Mission: get your bearings, make sure all your shits there, do a headcount, follow the road. call dibs on a room. rest up]

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[cabineyes]

[ he's drinking. it's such fun! goes outside to catch some fresh air when he spots her. walks to her quietly and stops, looking down at her with the drink still in his hand. ]

Here all by yourself?

[crotchbite]

[ rips apart another grass leaf and looks up at him, narrowed eyes and a questioning look ]

No, I'm here with my invisible friend, Jimmy. [ wtf faces at him. does she look like she's accompanied ]

[cabineyes]

[ it was a rhetorical question you whore. gives her lame joke a weak smile and leans against the railing on the porch. ]

There are some real friends inside. Most of them flesh and blood if you happen to prefer that sort of thing.

[crotchbite]

[ makes a soft "hm" sound and pulls a handful of grass again, back to the relaxing rip and shredding of the tiny leaves ]

Can't a girl just come out for a bit of fresh air?

[cabineyes]

That looks more like gardening to me.

[ you're ruining the yard lass. ]

But then again, I am a pirate, I don't know much about weeding and such.

[crotchbite]

[ there was that weed incident though.

opens her hand and lets the leaves fall, wiping it on her leather pants. leans back on her elbows then, tilting her head to him ]

I'm not in a very festive mood, that's all. Don't let that hamper yours, though. Drink merry, yo-ho-ho and all of that.

[cabineyes]

And why is that?

We faced a huge threat, the death itself, but returned triumphant. I'd say we do have a good reason to be merry. That forest could have easily been the end for us all.

[ thought you liked drinking and such. takes a sip from his bottle. ]

[crotchbite]

[ watches him talk without any big expression on her face, just a slight eyebrow raise and her lips twitch in a half smile, returning her eyes to the grass again ]

No idea. [ smirks up at him ] Must be my inner bitch.

[cabineyes]

[ you sure it's just the inner one. watches her continue torturing the vegeatation and smiles. ]

Does this inner bitch listen to the voice of reason?

[crotchbite]

Wouldn't be a very good one if it did. [ stares a bit longer at the grass and stretches her back, pulling her shoulders slightly back ] And you're not a good voice of reason, so I guess the point's moot.

[cabineyes]

Aye, that does sound about right. At least I can say I tried.

[ when does anyone listen to him these days anyway. i give up. ]

[ takes his bottle and joins her on the stairs, sitting down on the same stair she's occupying. ]

[crotchbite]

[ watches him take a seat and arches her eyebrows, a little surprised. she kind of expected him to turn back to the house but she isn't complaining.

crosses her leg over a knee and bounces her foot a little ]

Is the party that bad inside?

[cabineyes]

[ leans his arms against his legs and stares at the little bald patch on the ground. ]

To be completely honest with you it's dreadful.

[crotchbite]

[ looks over her shoulder to the house and then back at him, tilting her head over her shoulder ]

Why is that? [ kinda amused. tell me about your woes, lil pirate ]

[cabineyes]

Oh you know, bad music, noisy, the innkeeper has a smelly breath, the usual.

[ cracks a smile because he actually liked it inside. only tried to show a little compassion or well not really. he just wanted to sit outside. it just happens she's there too. b-baka. ]

[crotchbite]

[ a little laugh before she shakes her head, rolling her eyes ] Right. [ she pulls her hair back ] I thought you would try to charm the new girl. She's your type, isn't she?

[ someone that can hurt you? ]

[cabineyes]

Alas I haven't had the chance to talk to her yet.

[ oh but he will because the last time they saw her she was calling rumple her "boss". she might know something. ]

I suppose she isn't your type since you're offering her to me so lightly.

[crotchbite]

[ narrows her eyes just a bit, before pursing her lips in a smile ]

Not really. [ she's all for brunettes just not the bitchy kind ]

[cabineyes]

Who knows, she might grow on you.

[ really hoping she does because this bo misery is getting old. ]

[crotchbite]

[ she's not miserable, she's conflicted and misses her. it's different.

also aren't you the one with a 300 years old grudge because you're still in love with a dead woman
u hypocrite ]

Like a fungus.

[cabineyes]

[ it's Different. ]

Or maybe not.

[crotchbite]

[ i'll raise my different to your different? ]

[ looks over her shoulder at some loud laughter from inside, turning again to him after a while ]

You don't have to be my pimp, Killian. I'm fine.

[cabineyes]

Never said you weren't, love, but I have to admit that seeing you miss an opportunity to drink feels slightly alarming.

[ inspects the beer bottle in his hand before turning to her and tilting his head. if he really wanted to pimp he'd be more discreet about it just sayin. ]

[crotchbite]

[ would he. would he really. ]

The implication was there. [ u know it 2 b tru

does her little eyebrow quirk at him ] I'm not an alcoholic. [ she doesn't drink that much there are people worse than her like

himself. ]

[cabineyes]

[ psh well that's not true and you know it. besides alcoholism doesn't exist in the enchanted forest or neverland. ]

You don't have to prove anything to me.