The Nexus

[Too Many Visitors] Blanche pauses as they enter, staring at Nahlrae in surprise. Ilpholin had a son? Anika's warm greeting only compounds her confusion - and his weird, surprisingly articulate cryptic message doesn't help either. Feline as she is, even she didn't care much to play with dead birds....

[Studious Visit] "Of course. We'll see what we can do." Dulcinea smiles politely. [Too Many Visitors] Blanche tenses as they approach the compound, her tail bristling. To say she didn't like this was an understatement. " No. I haven't. The combatants at Hell Bend were regular people,...

[Too Many Visitors] "Huh, there's a lot more tracks here than usual. Like a small army came through." Anika comments as they are on their way to Ilpholin's compound. Since while there were always visitors these seemed to have come all at once and some of the tracks were a lot larger than ...

[Studious Visit] The spirits will pick up the fact that Zhareen's emotions feel especially strong. Not cause they're stronger than other emotions but because there's less of a barrier between her emotions and the rest of the world. Giving spirits a greater insight insight into what she thought and ...

[Catgirl Abode]

Blanche lets out a long-suffering sigh and buries her face in a hand, which does a nice job of concealing how red it's gotten. "Fine. I guess we're going over there then. Give me a minute to change."

[Pallid Gals and Galloping Pals] Salt's eyebrows (does she have eyebrows? Do those little tufts of hair over her eyes count as eyebrows?) raise a bit at Dulcinea's conspiratorial tone, leaving her looking slightly confused. Is that an in-joke? It has to be, it has all the markings of one, and yet s...

[Catgirl Abode] Anika looks to Blanche and then to Hiep as an idea starts forming in her head. "The cellone!" The druid exclaims as she let's go of her girlfriend to start reaching into her pocket. She looks back to the catgirl. "As in you, uh, don't need to shoot Ilpholin since all ...

[Studious Visit] "Eh?" Zhareen blinks twice, seemingly not having expected that sort of question. But she nonetheless replies after a moment of shock. "Dear child, you're not even adults yet and I'm a teacher . I've dedicated my life to the improvement of the, ah, youth . Disadvantag...

[Studious Visit] "Oh absolutely!" Zhareen nods eagerly as this was her opportunity for a spiel. "The fourth tower is founded on a scholarly principle that have endured the fall of an empire which unites us across both political and physical divides. The core being that knowledge is f...

[Pallid Gals and Galloping Pals] Dulcinea doesn't seem to mind at all, considering she shakes Salt's hoof readily. "I understand. I've never known another version of the holiday myself, but I remember it feeling scary and new when I was figuring out some personal changes. Though if anything......

[Studious Visit] Dulcie was certainly more of a Vax person than a Zhareen person. She could tell that much just from their brief exchange with one another. But that was exactly why she and her wife worked so well in tandem. While she was the more cautious and code-abiding one, as far as warlocks we...

[Havnaught Hotel]

"No idea sir. I've never seen them before." Blanche's fist clenches. "But- sir, we can't let this rest. We need to act. We cannot let Ilpholin and her associates get away with this."

[Catgirl Abode] "It's okay, it's okay" Anika assures her in a gentle tone. She's sure Hiep decided to look away or something and even if she wasn't she wasn't going to hold back on the comforting of her girlfriend. "You did your best. I know you did. You wouldn't be the Blanche I kno...

[Studious Visit] Zhareen's eyes widens at Dulcie's first remark and before Dulcie can continue she cuts in. "Dear child, let me assure you that I have the uttermost respect for their competence. People don't come to us with their injuries." There were warlocks that specialized in such thi...

[Studious Visit] Vax's examination won't turn up anything unless she's capable of a more supernatural kind of seeing, but Dulcinea does pull her robe a little tighter as if warding off a chill. "You'd be surprised just how capable some of our more mundane institutions can be. These people have...

[Pallid Gals and Galloping Pals] "Si-" Salt catches herself, clearing her throat and disguising the slip-up as an inopportune cough, covering her muzzle with a hoof briefly before trying again, correcting herself. "My name is Saltset Simmer." She explains, a sort of stiltedness ...

[Catgirl Abode] Blanche freezes as Anika hugs her tightly, only to relax and sink into it readily. She closes her eyes and lets out a long-pent-up sigh, a soft and purring rumble building in her chest. "You said you wouldn't do that in front of people..." she complains softly, embarrassed...

[Catgirl Abode] Anika blinks. "What?" The intensity in Blanche's voice makes her unable to just brush it off as a misunderstanding. This was real . "...when?" She almost added a 'why' but the catgirls expression gave her more than enough of an answer. [Catgirl Abode] "Yeste...

[Pallid Gals and Spooky Pals] Reilana laughs. " No, she hasn't been around recently actually. I had other help, though. " It's actually been weird that Aroha's been absent, but she puts that thought to the back of her mind. Her attention shifts, following Dulcie's eyes till she sees the a...

[Pallid Gals and Spooky Pals] Reilana gives a small smile to her date. " There's a lot you can do when you have the full power of the drama department behind you. " She replies with some amusement. As they head into the party proper, Reilana is gives every impression of Dulcie's solemn sh...

[Pallid Gals and Spooky Pals] Reilana's answer brings a softer, fonder smile to Dulcinea's lips. "Of course, dear. I still can't get over your costume, for the record." Which is echoing praise she'd said the whole way here. It was incredible to look at - and besides, she'd put so much wor...

[Studious Visit] Dulcinea doesn't react outwardly to Zhareen's slip-up, but she does certainly file that newfound information away. Tension between Fourth Tower and their erstwhile parent organization, huh? Very interesting. What does appear to surprise her though is what Zhareen says next. "O...

[Catgirl Abode]

"She led an attack on Hell Bend, Anika. On civilians." It isn't an outburst, her voice is low and focused. But there's an intensity behind Blanche's eyes and a tension in her muscles that sells just how deeply this matters to her.

[Youthful Indiscretions] "Yeah, um - les' just... waters... good," Ana agrees, suddenly aware of the dryness in her mouth and the awful lingering taste Atsede had been such a good distraction from. She uses her foot to push the trash bin farther away with a wrinkle of the nose and lies ba...

[Summer Water Balloon Party]
(Sidelines)

"Oh! Um-" Anastasia hesitates for a second. "I'm not sure if my mom would be quite as, like, open to chat? Things have been pretty hectic lately. But yeah, if... things work out. And I'd be happy to learn more from you too."

[Dining Floor] The music kicks up and the party starts in earnest, making it the perfect time for Dulcinea to make her entrance! The pallid teen rolls onto the floor with an effervescent smile and a brilliant gleam in her eye. Finally! Spooktober! Oh how she adores these parties. They're always so ...

[Youthful Indiscretions] "Y-yeah," Ana agrees rather eloquently, a bit of warmth creeping into her cheeks. Eliseo's right, she should probably let - And then Atsede pulls away and Ana is left to fall back comically plank-style onto the bed with a "whoa!" , then prop herself up w...

[Summer Water Balloon Party] (Sidelines) "I don't think they knew for sure either, actually. The way my dad told it, the boat we were on went through a terrible storm, and the first coastline it saw somehow ended up being here." Even if Ana was there too at the time, she was around four -...

[Catgirl Abode] The way Blanche scowls at the very mention of Ilpholin's name is probably a bad sign. "'Not a fan' is one way of putting it, An. Ilpholin's been up to some shady shit recently." Hiep earns a brief nod by way of greeting and a short "Blanche," but Anika's question...

[Summer Water Balloon Party] (Sidelines) Ghost hunters? Made sense considering her mother was fey. But it was bizarre hearing of fey having such mortal lives however. Having jobs, getting children, maintaining relationships. It wasn't like any of these things were completely unthinkable for fey to ...