"No." Aaron replied bluntly, "Leave Nysaxiope when she tried to help? I could just go to the Casino if you give me directions." He didn't say he might not stay long, that he wasn't planning on taking any help from others when night came. He was stubborn that way, even he knew it. He blinked out if his daze of thinking, looking up and turning to the three. "I never said I'm staying here. So does that work, you giving me directions?" He asked.
"No. Flyn is probably worried about me. We can always visit Nysaxiope later anyway. Plus you and Flyn don't seem to have the…..best relationship." Nykidia pointed out. "How does that sound to you, Ebearus?" She asked him
Aaron huffed in annoyance. He knew Nykidia was right, and if he had to be around Flyn he'd probably deal with an angry Night when someone gets hurt. "Alright. I don't care. Either way we can't do either unless we leave." He said, putting emphasis on the last part. He walked away, towards the exit, and opened the door. He leaned against the door to keep it open, clear enough a clue he was waiting for the others to come. The breeze from outside was a bit chilly, he didn't know if it was like that earlier, but he wasn't one to complain.
Nykidia walked out with Aaron. There was a cold breeze and it was getting dark out. "I forgot how soon it gets dark around this time of year." Night said looking around. "Me too." Nykidia said. It started to snow slightly once they reached the main street. The Christmas lights began on. The streets were slightly more crowed than usual with it being the holiday season. "Aaron? You might want to change out of being like that. People aren't usually used to that." Nykidia pointed out.
“Like what?” Aaron asked. He didn’t think he was doing anything wrong, and he wasn’t acting any different from how he normally did. He was taken by surprise when he suddenly felt cold as snowflakes hit him, this was his first winter after being gone for so long, pulling up the hood of his jacket over his messy hair. Night was toying with the flame he gave her, so instead he summoned another one to act as a light in case it got darker while they were out. Though he almost got rid of it as he curiously watched the colorful lights go on, but wanted the warmth that warded off snowflakes from landing on him.
Nysaxiope looked out of her window. Small white specks were falling from the sky. She reached out to touch one, but it disintegrated in her hand. What is this stuff…?
She seemingly released an inaudible sigh. In her arms, Ryder remained limp. The woman watched the strange individual and the other female. Well, it seemed they knew each other at least. She was silent as they spoke to each other.
"…I don't want him dead…I just want to know why…why and what happened…as much as many deny…there is usually a reason why one acts the way they do…"
The only sound coming from Eberaus was a growl. His feral nature was still on full alert and ready to spring into action should he need to. Despite hearing the question of if he was alright, the rock drake continued to ignore it.
"Just point me out of this hellhole and I'll be on my way," his voice was still unnaturally deep, "Have better luck on my own anyways."
He was done, he wanted to just go. The rock drake had always been solitary for most of his life. So having to deal with 'others' and try to keep his patience for so long left him in a bitter state. The only time he really had to go was when the Dragon King would issue a call for all dragons to come to Mount Draconis. Though that didn't happen too often. Something which he was thankful for.
The male sighed, walking with their hands deep in their pockets. They opened the door to the house. Mylnorr took off their coat, hanging it up on the coat rack. His brother heads were completely silent.
He came to a pause, lifting his head. They could hear movement inside. Faraneer's quiet voice suddenly spoke up ~S-strange…Nirvana usually isn't home this early~.
The male rounded the corner, finding the small female looking around in the kitchen. She suddenly whipped around, hearing them. As her eyes landed on him, he could see with ease they were puffy, red, as if she had been crying. A forked tongue slipped past Mylnorr's lips, testing the air, which in turn confirmed they were correct.
"Nirvana…what happened?"
"O-oh…I-I didn't expect you home so early Mylnorr, Faraneer, and Kirdairn," the girl forced herself to put on a fake smile, but the hydra could easily see through it.
He slowly approached her, "Nirvana…you cannot lie to us…we've been around you for too long to realize that something."
As he came up to her, Nirvana collapsed into him. Her body was trembling, burying her face into his chest, sobbing uncontrollably. The hydra made not a sound, instead wrapping their arms around the small female, holding her close, trying to comfort her enough to tell them what had happened.
Nykidia cocked her head at Eberaus words. "Leave? I'm not sure if you have realized this but you can't leave. And I'm not saying that in a emotional way but as a fact. Altir is not a place you can leave. I've never heard of anyone being able to leave. There is literally no way to leave." Nykidia tried to explain. Night looked over at the new ball of fire that appeared and grabbed it as well. She began to juggle the two balls of flame.
Aaron growled in annoyance as Night snatched the small flame, but didn't say anything. Besides, the second one was meant to give off heat as well as light. He instead looked at Nykidia in confusion as she explained the current situation to Eberaus. He knew how the world worked better than anyone, unless it really had changed more than he thought. "You can leave Altir. Head to the Kingdom Center or the next kingdom over, head to a ghost town if you want to end up trapped. Though if you're not from this world this place got sealed off a long time ago, right after…." He trailed off as he looked to the ground. He was saying too much on this topic, bringing up bad memories, and for all he knew there was a way here and back if they weren't from this world. "What were you saying people weren't used to?" He asked Nykidia again, changing the conversation.
Nykidia looked at Aaron weird. "You can leave? I've never heard of anybody leaving." She said. Night giggled as she juggled the flames.
(Is Aaron still a fox?)
(No. Remember he carried Nykidia? He just keeps some habits no matter what.)
"It's a big city. It's probably just that you haven't known anyone that left. I wouldn't have come here if I couldn't leave, I don't like being trapped." Aaron replied, looking up as he watched Night juggle. He made yet another fire in his palm and held it out to the shadowy female, a bit curious why she liked the flames so much. He assumed as some sort of shadow she might be scared. "Aside from ghost areas you should be able to go wherever you want. So far I've only been to where I used to live, the Center, and an old Roman structure. There's other places I need to go, but I'm staying here for now." He shared. He didn't say anything about waiting for Corru. He honestly was thinking about abandoning the plan, but he couldn't when he'd promised to follow through with it.
"I never knew that." Nykidia said. She looked over as Night snatched up the flame and added it in. "Are those hot?" She asked as she watched Night juggle the balls of flame.
Aaron tilted his head as Night played with the foxfire, a curious look in his eyes. "Only one. Not really hot, just slightly warm because it was supposed to keep the snowflakes from getting on us before Night took it." He said. He glanced at Eberaus then looked at the sky, seeing it get darker before looking back to Nykidia. He looked as more of the colorful lights went on, having not seen lights like these before. "We should go, but….What's with the lights? Is it some special event?" He asked. He knew what holidays and events were, but he never really celebrated them. So he never bothered to learn about them and just let others enjoy them, but seeing it up close made him curious.
"It's getting close to Christmas! I can't wait!" Nykidia said throwing up her hands. "Could I have one of those flames?" She asked Aaron.
Aaron gave a blank look of confusion before summoning another small fire. He was sure he was going to sleep a whole day with all the magic he was using today. "Be careful Night doesn't take it." He told Nykidia. He didn't really know the difference between Christmas and any other holiday, but he guessed she would talk about it some point with her excitement. He took a few steps as a signal they should get moving, otherwise he would go with his plan and leave after leading them to Nys Fish.
(Just saying that if they were good people they'd warn Nys her crazy parents are after her and know her location. She might want to hear it)
Nysaxiope had noticed that people had been putting up lights, but she didn't understand why. Some sort of event, she assumed. They never happened in Mertis, but she knew the outside world was different. But she didn't expect the weather to be so different. In her old town, there wasn't really seasons. Just a time when it was slightly warmer and a time when it was slightly cooler, but it didn't affect anybody's lives. Apparently that's not how it worked in the outside world. She watched the street from her window.
"I don't think I'll need to worry about that." She said taking the little flame. "Hey Night!" Nykidia yelled at her. Night looked up from her juggling. "Throw me one!" Night smirked and threw Nykidia one. They then began to juggle back and forth between each other. With the little flames it looked like a light show. They saw that Aaron wanted to move so they started walking with the Juggling act.
It seemed the two were playing with the little flames rather than paying attention, so Aaron was going to take them to Nys Fish. He walked with the group following. Snowflakes hit him, but he couldn't make a light to ward them off without Night taking it. He looked at the rooftops, using his memory of how far they went to find his way to the restaurant. He stopped at the door and looked to the others, he wasn't welcome here. "Go hang out with Nysaxiope. I don't like him, but I can manage being around Flyn. I promise I won't hurt him." He told them. He wasn't sure if they'd listen, but he hoped they would.
Night and Nykidia were so focused on juggling until they got to Nys fish. "No. I need to go back to the casino. Maybe we can get Nysaxiope and go back to the Casino. Flyn is probably worried about me." Nykidia insisted as she threw the rest of the flames over to Night. Why would Aaron want her staying with a stranger instead of her brother?
"Alright. Fine. I just want to make sure she knows about those sirens." He growled. He didn't see why Nykidia was so set on leaving her unknowing of what happened. Though maybe he would have forgotten as well if he didn't feel bad for yelling at her. He knew he had a temper and yelled when he wasn't thinking straight. He stood, waiting for Nykidia to get her so they could go.
Eberaus listened silently. This place was sealed off long ago? This question was enough to cause him annoyance. His voice was a low growl, "If it was sealed off…then how the hell did I end up here? Mind answering that?"
The rock drake released a soft snort. It no longer mattered to him. He could care less, especially now, about what either the pair had to say. He just wanted to feel natural rock and grass under his paws again. Eberaus wanted the solitude of home away from civilization. The male wasn't used to any of this, and it clearly was showing in the way he was acting.
"Nevermind, doesn't matter. I just need to get out of this city, away from everyone and everything, and return home."
Eberaus didn't either seem to notice the light snowfall, or he didn't really care. Though, being up in the mountains, snow never really bothered him.
Nirvana remained in his arms. The hydra lost track of time as eventually the female cried herself to sleep in his arms. Mylnorr sighed softly, scooping her up and cradling in her arms. He carried her upstairs, making not a sound.
~W-what do you think happened t-t-to upset her? I-I've never seen Nirvana so upset b-before…~.
A growl suddenly erupted in their mind. Kirdairn had decided to speak ~If someone hurt her, I swear I will find the bastard and make them pay~.
"Kirdairn…if someone did, I won't be stopping you."
There was seemingly a chuckle ~Don't worry brother, I'll save some parts for ya~.
They walked back downstairs. The male headed to the door, grabbing their jacket. Mylnorr pulled it over their form. He opened the door, walking outside, closing and locking the door behind them. They walked forward into the darkening evening.
Aaron growled, he didn't appreciate how the dragon was acting. If he wanted to be on his own so badly he could just walk off. "I can't answer that, maybe it broke when some balance got set off, but if you really want to throw a fit after we got you out of that place you can leave! See how much luck you have getting out of the city, see how you deal with those shadow creatures in the woods! They'll tear apart anyone that's alone at night." He snapped. If Eberaus really wasn't from here he had no reason to argue when he knew nothing about this world. No matter how nice some places might seem there's always at least one way to get yourself killed. "Nykidia, can you just get Nysaxiope so we can leave?" He asked, though it came out more like a demand as he glared at Eberaus. He wasn't going to fight, Eberaus could choose whether or not to follow once they got moving.
She seemingly released an inaudible sigh. In her arms, Ryder remained limp. The woman watched the strange individual and the other female. Well, it seemed they knew each other at least. She was silent as they spoke to each other.
"…I don't want him dead…I just want to know why…why and what happened…as much as many deny…there is usually a reason why one acts the way they do…"
"Huh, oh. Cool, Time you can go now." She said with a shrug as Time gave an annoyed huff and walked through a portal. "Okay then, I don't think I introduced myself. I'm Cherry Asherwood, Head Blood Mage of the Eastern, western, and Northen territories."
Nysaxiope saw a few figures come close to the door of her restaurant. After a minute, she realized it was Nykidia, Aaron and Eberaus. She was relieved Eberaus was okay, but she was kinda pissed Aaron was there. "What are you doing here," She yelled down at them, over thirty feet below her while leaning out of the window.
Nykidia looked up at Nysaxiope. "Hey Nysaxiope! We got Eberaus! We were wondering if you wanted to come back to our casino with us! We can explain what happened! And I have a feeling that your not going to like it!" She yelled up to her. She looked over at Aaron. "Aaron stop it. We just had a fight with people. We don't need another." She said, sighing.