Open Alternian Multi-Person Live Action

[finallyDeme]

Cedric has already left. After half an hour, he returns with her lusus. His clown makeup is smudged and he takes his fake horns off.

CEDRIC: [-] here [-]
CEDRIC: [-] i gotta wash off my face [-]

He washes off his face and changes back to his normal self.

[Astridify]

Astrid looks up curiously from her seat in the kitchen, where she sits munching on random snacks she found in Cedric’s fridge. When she sees her lusus, however, her eyes instantly light up. She sprints over and tackles it in a hug, squeezing tightly despite the fact she hasn’t even been separated from it for more than an hour. It’s always been a wonder as to why she cares for her lusus so much. She doesn’t necessarily give it any amazing special treatment, but she worries for it just as much as she would a moirail, or any quadrant really.

After ruffling her lusus’s fur a little, she returns back to her seat just as Cedric re-emerges from wherever he had went off to. She wouldn’t admit it aloud, but it relieves her to see him back in normal attire, rather than the clownish costume from before.

ASTRID: ...thanks foooor briiingiiing back my luuuuusuuuuus by thee way

Suddenly getting an idea, she digs around in her sylladex a little until she finds what she’s looking for, which turns out to be a stack of spare money she keeps on her in case of pretty much anything. She holds it out to Cedric to take.

ASTRID: ...yoooouuuuu’vee doooonee quuuuuiiitee a loooot foooor mee alreeady, and iiif eeveerythiing gooooees hoooow iiim guuuueessiiing iiit wiiill, yoooouuuuu’ll bee dooooiiing eeveen mooooree
ASTRID: ....soooo takee thiiis as a thank yoooouuuuu

[finallyDeme]

Cedric shakes his head.

CEDRIC: [-] again [-]
CEDRIC: [-] this is my job [-]
CEDRIC: [-] plus you're a new friend so you've already paid me back for more than what saving you was worth [-]
CEDRIC: [-] anyway, we need aD&D equivalent of Astrid's Sburb classfor our session so [-]
CEDRIC: [-] maybe you could join us [-]

Cedric shrugs and a very noticeable gash is revealed on his side. It leaks bright jade blood. It even seems to glow a bit.

[Astridify]

Not noticing the wound at first, Astrid considers the invitation as she stuffs the rejected money back into her sylladex. After a moment, she sighs and looks off to the side, where she can see her lusus eating the remains of her cupcake to the corner of her eye.

ASTRID: ...iiim nooot soooo suuuuuree aboooouuuuut that
ASTRID: ...iii meean, suuuuuree iiive heeard oooof flarp and stuuuuuff and...

She absentmindedly rubs the back of her neck through the curly mess that she calls her hair as a light dusting of indigo stains her cheeks from embarrassment.

ASTRID: ....yeeah!
ASTRID: ...iiill admiiit that iiivee alreeady madee a characteer and stuuuuuff toooooooo
ASTRID: ...buuuuut iii havee absooooluuuuuteely noooo ideea oooon hoooow toooo actuuuuually flarp, muuuuuch leess thiiis “dnd” thiiing yoooouuuuuree talkiiing aboooouuuuut
ASTRID: ...iii meean, heey, iiif yoooouuuuuree fiiinee wiiith teeachiiing mee hoooow toooo play theen iii guuuuueess iiit coooouuuuuld bee fuuuuun buuuuut...

She sighs as she turns back toward her jade-blooded friend, a tuft of curled black hair falling onto her face. As she talks and tucks the bit of hair out of her face, her eyes finally notice the large gash spanning across a portion of Cedric’s side.

ASTRID: ...soooo iii meean..WOOOOAH, WHAT THEE HEECK?

She quickly rushes forwards to where Cedric stands, internally bashing herself for not noticing the wound quicker, subjecting him to prolonged pain.

ASTRID: ...what iiin thee suuuuuffeereers namee iiis thiiis, and why diiidnt yoooouuuuu teell mee aboooouuuuut iiit??
ASTRID: ...darn iiit, thiiis iiis what iii meant by yoooouuuuu geettiiing iiin troooouuuuublee heelpiiing mee duuuuumbass

[finallyDeme]

CEDRIC: [-] no that was from [-]
CEDRIC: [-] not you-related [-]
CEDRIC: [-] my kismesis [-]

It's obvious Cedric didn't mention it because he's quite embarrassed about it.

[Astridify]

Astrid just facepalmed and let out a breath of air. The revelation of the reason of the wound wasn’t necessarily comforting, but it’s not her problem, she’s not their auspistice and sort of doesn’t even want to consider the idea. She already kind of hates this mystery kismesis for a reason she’s not really sure of, so she’d be a terrible fit for that particular quadrant regardless.

...not that she’s thinking about quadrants anyways.

After a moment a small giggle escapes her lips, which short after turns into outright laughing. In between laughs she jokingly picks on the jade-blood, her words lacking any actual harshness.

ASTRID: ...beesteed by yoooouuuur kiiismeesiiis huuuuuh?
ASTRID: ...hah, iii guuuuueess iii can’t reeally talk coooonsiiideering my lack oooof a kiiismeesiiis myseelf, oooor any quuuuuadrants reeally
ASTRID: ...iii doooont blamee ooootheers thoooouuuuugh, coooonsiiideeriiing thee fact moooost oooof my soooociiial iiinteeractiiioooon iiis doooonee oooonliiinee, noooot toooo meentiiioooon juuuuust mee annooooyiiing ooootheer troooolls foooor fuuuuun

Once her laughter dies down and she’s gone back to normal, she takes another look at the wound and raises an eyebrow.

ASTRID: ...yoooouuuuu shoooouuuuuuld proooobably stiiill geet that cleeaneed uuuuup oooor soooomeethiiing

[finallyDeme]

Cedric chuckles.

CEDRIC: [-] yeah [-]
CEDRIC: [-] anyway it'll heal in a second [-]

The wound seems to close somehow, and then he looked at Astrid.

CEDRIC: [-] i'm a mutant [-]

[Astridify]

For a brief moment, the weight of what Cedric had just revealed didn’t register in Astrid’s mind.

Well, until it does.

Her gaze shifts to the now closing wound, and her faint smile turns into a perfect round “o” as her eyes widen and eyebrows raise until they pretty much meet her hairline.

Astrid has never really had much of an opinion on the hemospectrum besides the occasional irritation from high bloods(or rather, higher-than-her bloods) flaunting off their blood color. However, she’s never actually had much of an opinion about mutants, either. After all, she’s never known one, or rather, known about one considering the few people she knows probably barely trust her at all. So needless to say, it surprises her that Cedric already trusts her enough to reveal this.

ASTRID: ...w..buuuuut..hoooow??
ASTRID: ...why doooo yoooouuuuu truuuuust mee eenoooouuuuugh??
ASTRID: ...and..

Astrid’s eyes widen even larger, which is quite the feat considering their size already. She dashes from her current spot in front of Cedric to the entrance to the cave, retracting Cedric’s steps and examining the ground he walked on.

ASTRID: ...what iiif soooomeeboooody saw, doooofuuuuus?! what iiif yoooouuuuur blooooooood leeft a traiiil??

[finallyDeme]

CEDRIC: [-] i can take care of myself just fine [-]

He scowls at her, pulling away.

[Astridify]

Astrid pulls her mouth into a fine line and crosses her arms, her gaze focused at the jade-blood.

ASTRID: ...hooooneestly, iii woooouuuuuldnt doooouuuuubt that foooor a seecoooond iiiif iiit wasnt foooor thee fact yoooouuuuu diiidnt thiiiink aboooouuuuut poooossiiibly beeiiing foooouuuuund oooouuuuut whiiilee yoooouuuuu weeree walkiiing aroooouuuuund wiiith a huuuuugee gash
ASTRID: ...a huuuuugee gash leeakiiing muuuuutant blooooooood may iii reemiiind yoooouuuuu!!

She looks off to the side a bit, eyebrows slightly furrowed, making it obvious how upset she is. Obviously, she wouldn’t care if there was no way someone could’ve saw, if he would assure her that another fleet of drones weren’t making their way to their location at that same moment. But there really is no way to be sure nobody else saw, and all she can do is clean up any blood that may have dripped onto the floor, and hope for the best.

[finallyDeme]

CEDRIC: [-] listen, remember the hacker app? [-]
CEDRIC: [-] that erases our signs from the database, and when drones recognize my dna it turns whatever color the sign i'm wearing is [-]
CEDRIC: [-] i don't really understand it but a gold blood friend of mine made it and he's got a friend who is a purple blood working behind the scenes [-]
CEDRIC: [-] it's pretty foolproof [-]

A doorbell rings, and a wall opens up, revealing a secret elevator. A gold blood, a cerulean blood, and a teal blood walk inside.

CEDRIC: [-] oh hey guys [-]

[Astridify]

Upon sight of the newcomers, a slight blush stains Astrid’s face as she not-so-sneakily attempts to hide herself from the 3 trolls’ view. She only now realizes how stupid she probably looks. Her black, curly hair is a mess as always, there’s dried blood from her old wounds, and even worse, she’s wearing a her pajamas, more specifically a star themed onesie. Although pajamas are what she normally wears 24/7, she does tend to dress herself up a bit for more important events, such as this one.

She also realizes she doesn’t know where anything is in the cave, prohibiting her from absconding to somewhere else, so she shifts her position so that she’s pretty much hiding behind Cedric. She instinctively equips and clutches her weapon in her hand, which she switched to blade-kind after the staff incident earlier.

Immediately forgetting all about their stupid little feud, Astrid laughs a bit nervously, not knowing what to do. She directs her next question to the jade-blood.

ASTRID: haha...what noooow?

[finallyDeme]

??????1: oms ced did you finally get a girlfrand and u didnt tell me ←
??????2: <^. Shut up Vivian .^>
VIVIAN: maxine u kno ive been wantin ced to get a girlfrand SINCE I MET HIM ←
VIVIAN: (and u kno ive been hopin it would be urs truly ;) )←
??????3: [He already has Maxine for a kismesis, I think she's already more than he can handle.]
MAXINE: <^. Shut up Vivian and Gabrel .^>

Cedric seems infuriated, and is turning jader by the second.

CEDRIC: [-] maybe if you would all SHUSH for a moment i could explain [-]
CEDRIC: [-] this is astrid, she is a person who i rescued from the drones. so stop jumping to conclusions [-]
VIVIAN: :( ←
GABREL: [Let's just get to the Dangers and Developments session, shall we?]
CEDRIC: [-] yeah let's do that [-]

[Astridify]

As the four trolls chat with each other, Astrid stands still in her spot next to Cedric, unsure of what to say or do. As she listens into their conversation, she comes across a bit of information that interests her.

She turns around and taps the jade-blood on the shoulder to get his attention, lowering her voice to a whisper.

ASTRID: (...heey)
ASTRID: (...iiis that maxiiinee giiirl oooor whateeveer yoooouuuuur kiiismeesiiis??)

Her look hardens into a glare as she looks back at the cerulean.

ASTRID: (...yknoooow, thee samee kiiismeesiiis that neearly goooot yoooouuuuu trackeed doooown by droooonees??)

[finallyDeme]

CEDRIC: ([-] one: yes she's my kismesis that did the scar thing [-]
CEDRIC: ([-] but two, i didn't get "nearly tracked down by drones" shush [-])

Gabrel and Vivian go into another room while Maxine seems to be staring Astrid down. She snarls slightly.

[Astridify]

Astrid crosses her arms and stares back, smirking in a not-so-nice way while she thinks Cedric isn’t looking. If she doesn’t want to be nice, then Astrid just won’t be nice either. She holds her weapon in front of her in a way that doesn’t look necessarily provoking, but rather is a empty threat.

Astrid decides right then that she’ll play DnD, and she’ll have fun doing it. She totally isn’t just going to play it to annoy Maxine though. Yeah, totally not!

ASTRID: ...leead thee way ceedriiic!

[finallyDeme]

(( oh no ))

Cedric walks into the next room. Before Astrid can follow, Maxine grabs her arm.

MAXINE: <^. Listen if you think you think you can have him you're both dead wrong and dead dead do you understand .^>

[Astridify]

Astrid tears her arm out from her grip and smiles.

ASTRID: ...iii havee noooo iiideea what yoooouuuuu coooouuuuuld poooossiiibly meean!

Her smile shifts into a frown, as she looks Maxine up and down, judgingly. She’s not sure what Cedric could ever see in her, but it’s not up to her she supposes.

ASTRID: ...and noooo matteer hoooow muuuuuch yoooouuuuu deeluuuuudee yoooouuuuurseelf, yoooouuuuuree a teerriiibly uuuuunfaiiithfuuuuul quuuuuadrantmatee iiif yoooouuuuuree geettiiing jeealoooouuuuus oooof peeooooplee whoooo areent eeveen iiin hiiis quuuuuadrants

She turns around and starts to follow Cedric’s path, daring Maxine to say anything else.

[finallyDeme]

Cedric slides into his seat. Gabrel is already there, and Vivian is staring at her palmhusk. Maxine sits across the table from Cedric.

Gabrel clears his throat.

[Astridify]

(oh, yeah, this still exists)

Astrid sits down as well, sitting next to the only person she knows, AKA Cedric. She sets her hands on her lap, fidgeting idly with the hem of her sleeve.

ASTRID: ...eerm, what....noooow?