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The Bunker of "Safety"

[You find yourself in a large stone room. It has enough room to stand up, even for the tallest, and plenty of space to walk around. Likely Donnie absolutely exploded the insides of this rocky area to make this much space. The walls and corners are cut cleanly thanks to his mystic tools.]

[In the ceiling, recessed with some metal holders are crystals that shine with a warm light. A magic sunlamp.]

[There are a few inches of water on the floor, and probably most impressively is he's managed to make it so the water cycles through to the ceiling to make a light waterfall across all the walls. There are some polished boulders that provide some dry spots in the room.]

[But do make it very hard to try and write or carve things onto any surface in the room.]

[There is also a door with no handle on this side. It's half slid into the stone and has a metal cover, though any investigation will reveal the door is very thick, so probably stone makes up its center.]

[When people being dropped off]

[They can tell Donnie is coming back because the wall with the door is suddenly covered in a purple pink wall that will be shoving them across the room to push them away from the door. Then he'll open the door and drop off the person he's caught, or the food for people.]

[Each time the wall comes up, almost everytime, the walls seem to be getting...pinker.]

[Just for you guys: The Things Donnie is collecting from his connections for all this nonsense]
-Space Titanium to make Fabrications stronger from Korone
-His strength Plus Korone's strength when she's nearby until she bites someone else.
-Glyphs from Hunter
-Ninpo is always a thing
-Kraang things from Danger Memories
-Sedatives, so many sedatives
-Randy's orbment which comes with tech magic like FIRE, strength buffs under conditions, up his crit range for harder hits, makes him faster.
-Crow's guns

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[ wait - ]

Eve-san! Shit, he got you too, are you okay?

[ She doesn't turn back around, determined to let Eve choose when she's ready to be Perceived, let alone Approached ]

...Dislocated some of my legs. Wouldn't hold still for the fucker.

[ said with traces of furious amusement and pride ]

He did what?!

[ LORD. She still doesn't move but damn if it doesn't take effort to stop herself. ]

Can I — damnit, I can't see. Would you be comfortable with me helping? I've got some healing magic, or I could help you get them back in manually. If you'd rather I didn't, that's okay too, just say the word.

I did it. Trying to get free.

... Give me a bit. I'm still— I'd bite.

[ ...the impulse at the thought is less than she'd expect, but still. she doesn't trust herself at all, particularly with the pain of reduction added to her current stress levels. ]

[ ... is that better? maybe. in a really fucked up way. ]

Ah. I get that. [ she still wants to kick donnie's ass for putting eve in that position. ] Might have done the same if he hadn't jabbed me first.

[ lets out a breath. ]

Take all the time you need, Eve-san. Your comfort comes first.

[ letting out a rough-edged breath of her own, more than a hint of a growl returning at the mention of the drugging ]

Bastard.

...Are you okay? I saw. What he did.

I'm furious. Whatever's done this to him is going to pay.

But.

[ Rubs her head, running a hand through her hair. ]

You ever had one of those days where it's so shitty you somehow loop right back around to being kinda okay? Problems to solve. People to help. Butts to kick.

[ —whuffing out a bark of a laugh, startled ]

...Yeah. Yeah, once or twice.

[ a beat ]

I've got an objective for teamwork.

[

PERKS

UP

Complete with floofy wing flutter ]

Well, in that case! I'd be very, very happy to work together with you. Donnie-kun won't know what hit him.

[ ...oh no. that's cute.

another pleased whuff, and some splashy noises as she uncoils a bit ]

Can I come over?

Yeah, feel free! Just lemme know if you're gonna touch me at any point, please. I'm blind, and my reflexes are a little ...

[ trails off, shuffling on her boulder to make space ]

Yeah, same. —Reflexes, I mean. ...Coming up on your left.

[ which her voice and the soft splashes of her picking her way over confirm. the latter are pretty quiet, though; not deliberately so, but. predator gonna predator. ]

What happened? You weren't when you visited.

Noted. [ easy acceptance. SOLIDARITY. ]

[ she tilts her head just a bit, clearly but fairly casually tracking Eve's approach. ]

Monster attack in the forest the day before the fire. I've been blind since, and it messed with my abilities too. [ a pause ]

Well, most of them. Donnie-kun's taking advantage of one of the ones that's still working.

[ flopping over against the boulder once she gets there, leaving a little distance between them ]

...I can ask Paracelsus to look at you once we're out. If you want. ..."Taking advantage"?

I —

If it doesn't get better in the next few days, maybe. [ The idea of having a complete stranger that close to her is a yikes when she feels so vulnerable. ]

[ Relaxes a little, angling slightly more in Eve's general direction. ]

"Taking advantage" isn't the best way to put it. I gave it to him willingly, before all of this nonsense. [ Fidgets with one of her primary feathers. ] It's, uhm. A strength boost. A pretty hefty one.

Yeah, no pressu—

[ ...

. . . ]

Oh, fuck.

Yeah. Fuck.

But!

[ a (light) clap of her hands ]

There is a bright side! I can get the buff off of him. It's just. Uh.

[ ... deadpan ]

Awkward and-or fucking stupid?

Kinda both? Mostly it's really embarrassing, so please don't tell anyone.

[ a muted slosh as she starts to try to roll belly-up, and then remembers both a: her legs and b: the water all over the fucking floor that would be annoying in her fur ]

...it's not anybody's fucking business unless you say it is. I won't.

Thanks.

[ Puts her face in her hands, nobody perceive her please and thank you.

... deep breath. okay. quietly, so only eve can hear. ]

I have to bite someone. Hard enough to leave a mark.

[

don't laugh

don't fucking laugh she's obviously embarrassed by this do not fucking laugh ]

Oh shit, we're twins.

[ THAT IS NOT MUCH BETTER EVE ]

[ peeks out between her fingers, not that she can see. ]

Uhm. We are?

Fraternal or whatever, not identical, but. I can heal people by biting them.

Oh wow! Now that's a cool power!

[ IMMEDIATELY DISTRACTED FROM EMBARRASSMENT ]

And it's a cool coincidence, too! Who'd have thought? But I bet you've got way better teeth for it, mine are all flat.

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