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Started April 14, 2023 by Deleted user

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Gabriella started to tap her foot on the floor, becoming more impatient as the minutes passed by. They were getting nowhere with all this unnecessary squabble. Honestly, they were acting like children. And they were supposed to be what, adults? Well, she supposed most of them were adults. She stared at the others with an irritated look. "Why don't we all just shut up and focus on getting out of here, hm? Your incessant quarreling isn't going to get us anywhere." The look of irritation fades into contemplation, as she mentally adds, If anything, it'll get one of them killed. Though, in that case, I suppose that's one less person I'd have to deal with. Well then, in that case, please, continue fighting. Her musing is interrupted when Nico elbows her. She looks down at her, expecting to see irritation over the situation as well, but was surprised when she was met with a glare.

"Can we not think about their demise?" Nicoletta hisses, her voice low enough that only Gabriella could hear.

Gabriella doesn't even ask how Nico knew what she had been thinking. Instead, she tilts her head slightly to her left, her eyes glancing back toward the group. It honestly looked like she was contemplating whether she would stop or not. "Perhaps," was all she said, before turning quiet once again.

Resh narrowed his eyes at the people in the room. Too many of them. He didn’t like it at all. He stared down Nathaniel. “I never provoked you until you provoked me. And I am looking at the small person, as well. Everyone here has a potential to be dangerous.” He looked down at Cadastern when she offered to watch Juni. “…No, thank you,” he said stiffly, before being nudged by Juni. He gave her a questioning look.

Juni looked up at Resh. “I’ll be fine. Cadastern seems nice enough. You go check out whatever’s out there. Don’t die,” she added quickly, poking him in the chest.

Resh stared at Juni for a second. He couldn’t say no to her, even if he didn’t trust Cadastern as much as she did. He sighed. “Alright. Fine.” He looked at Cadastern, lowering his voice so that only she could hear him. “If you try anything, I’ll slit your throat.” He looked at Gabriella as she spoke, tilting his head. “Well, what a great thought. I’m sure nobody pitched that brilliant idea before now.” At that, he silently turned and stalked away from the group, looking for any source of light that could mean an exit. He drew his sword, just in case. He saw a faint light, and walked toward it. That must be the exit.

Juni looked at Cadastern apologetically. “Don’t worry about him. He’s a bit protective.” She lowered her voice a little. “He’s actually really nice. But you didn’t hear that from me.” She grinned at Cadastern as she said this.

As Resh walks out of the cavern, the ground changes from core dirt and rock to green grass. The sound of a waterfall thunders nearby, along with the chirping of dozens of birds. As he looks around his surroundings, he sees a lush dark pine forest below and what looks like a grassland beyond?

Naveil simply grunted at this newfound attention, keeping his stoic veneer highly guarded.
But deep inside, he could feel his blood boiling with burning cold. He wasn't stupid. He could take a hint. He could take several hints.
He shot a hard look at Jax in particular. Slit throats and slashed chests sounded especially appealing now.
But Naveil knew his place.
He had enough enemies as is, and if he wanted a scrap of a chance at getting home alive, he'd need to work on keeping alliances.
He relented, relaxing his shoulders, settling back into shadow. His voice came as genuine as he could make it, which wasn't much, but anyone with half a brain could at least see he was making an effort.
"My apologies. I'll keep myself in check."

What had Cadastern just heard? Naveil? Giving up?! Yeah, right.
She turned away from Juni, shooting Naveil the most incredulous look possible. They locked eyes for a beat or so.
He snorted at her. Gross.
"That doesn't mean you're allowed to test my patience. Especially not you, Cad."
That was more like it. She flashed him a small smile, knowing he absolutely hated it. She returned her focus to Juni.
"Don't mind him – he's just a grump."
Her grin widened as Juni talked about Resh. It'd be nice to have as much information about him as possible.
"My pater's like that. Actually, that's a good question. Is Resh… part of your family?"

Alex sighed. At least some people were listening. Hopefully Resh comes back with news of a way out, so they can all get their own space. He looks back at Tseth, who’s now looking down at him. He can’t tell what expression Tseth’s making with his mask on, and he wasn’t completely sure if he wanted to. Regardless, he was concerned for Tseth. He always was… “Is there something wrong?”

Tseth replies in a hushed tone, barely audible to anyone but Alex. “I’m fine, mea vita. But, are you sure about putting away your weapon? Not many here seem trustworthy.” He glanced back at the others. Naveil had said he’d ‘keep himself in check,’ but he somewhat doubted that. And Nathaniel… his aggression was only getting worse.

Alex raises an eyebrow. “If people were gonna start fighting with weapons, it would’ve happened by now. And also, we both you’re not fine. We’ll talk later.”

Tseth didn’t like the sound of that. The last thing he wanted to do was talk about that, but he knew he couldn’t argue with Alex. He simply sighed, and nodded once in agreement. Later. Maybe he’ll forget about it by then.