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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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[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.

[crotchbite]

[ he's a pirate it's like synonym for alcoholic ]

Nobody's proving anything to you. Don't stroke your ego so much, it might fall off.

[ smiles teasingly at him, tilting her head. if you know what i mean. ]

[cabineyes]

Nothing's falling off, I can assure you, love.

[ his ego is doing better than ever. ]

[crotchbite]

[ smiles back at him and brings her chin up, taking a long look ]

What is going on in that little head of yours nowadays?

[cabineyes]

Perhaps it's better if you don't know.

[ it's not meant for delicate ears. ]

[crotchbite]

[











what delicate ears. ]

Well, now you just have to tell me, don't you?

[cabineyes]

Don't worry, I haven't been fantasizing of your old girlfriend. It's nothing like that.

[ that might have been a lie. ]

[crotchbite]

[ pls stop prodding the wound

looks so fucking uncomfortable for a moment there. the next second tho she's setting her jaw and rolling her eyes. trying to brush it off lalala ]

She wasn't my girlfriend. [ triggers pls ] And I don't care. [ might be a lie too ]

[cabineyes]

Well, like I said, it's nothing like that.

[ don't get your panties in a twiiieessttt. looks at his hands. hand. ]

No, love. It's death, I've been thinking about dying. Turns out it's nothing one should look forward to.

[crotchbite]

[ it's a tumblr trigger not a real trigger you're not that good ok ]

[ okay that was a sudden change. frowns at him and sits up slowly, watching him like he's crazy ]

I'm sorry, what?

[cabineyes]

The forest and the temple from before.

I've started to realize it's not the thing for me. I don't want to die yet.

[ aware that she might not follow his train of thought, but he had to share it with someone. saying things out loud makes them feel more real you know? he made that promise of not dying to ninurta easily because he never planned to die before the revenge took place, but now he's starting to feel like his plans for post-revenge need revaluation. ]

[crotchbite]

[ she's watching him carefully, like you would keep an eye on a suicidal guy, but isn't saying anything. for a while, at least. ]

Obviously. [ slowly, with caution ] That's... good to know. [ she guesses. ] So you have a new goal in life?

[cabineyes]

[ smiles at her cautious look. he wasn't exactly going to set himself on fire before. ]

No, I wouldn't go quite that far, love.

My goals haven't changed.

[ it's still the same thing we do every night pinky. rumple must die. ]

[crotchbite]

[ crosses her arms over her knees and leans in closer to him, eyeing him from head to toe. hmm. narrows her eyes a little, smirking, and reaches over to pat his cheek the way he likes it. a bit too rough. ]

Good to see you're making progress.

[cabineyes]

[ ow. smiles through the pain. ]

What's this? Do you find yourself satisfied with the contents of my little head?

[ that would be a first. ]

[crotchbite]

[ drops the hand back to her lap and looks to the horribly kept garden in front of them ]

When it's about you letting go of your tendency to dive head first towards death's embrace, I'm very satisfied. [ glances at him with a smirk ] That's about it.

[cabineyes]

[ watches her before opening his mouth. ]

I am glad to hear that, sister.

[ might sound teasing, but he really means it. there aren't many who really care about his well-being. ]