(K'ile Twinflame) K'ile Tia loiters in a dilapidated cage adjacent to the storage building. He is alone and unguarded, and the cage is full of the debris of old crates and barrels, as though it had been used for storage at one point. He is battered, decorated in black and blue bruises, but he isn't bleeding anymore. There are many bright red wounds on his body, dried blood dark around them.
(K'hai Tia) I think I see him.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos leans forward, looking around. "Where?" It takes her a second to notice the cage. "Oh! Is...that him?"
(K'hai Tia) Hmm looks as though he was abused...
(K'airos Thalen) She looks completely clueless for various moments before turning around. "Go make sure he's fine and I'll get the key."
(K'ile Twinflame) "K'hai!" K'ile calls out, without moving, "Don't get me waiting out there!"
(K'hai Tia) "Very well." He proceeds to walking towards the cage.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos rushes into the building, without knocking, and dissapears inside.
(K'ile Twinflame) He waits patiently for K'hai to approach him, and then greets him with, "Your plan was shit."
(K'hai Tia) "K'airos is getting the key. I'm sorry about your injuries. Who did it? I will gladly beat them down for you."
(K'ile Twinflame) "It was an Ul'dahn, and I think they were in their rights as Ul'dahns, screwed up as they are. K'airos is dead. You ghosts come in groups now?"
(K'hai Tia) Sighs "What happened to sister? First she is worried about her daughter. Now she speaks ill of her. And she wants me to remain dead."
(K'ile Twinflame) "She gets mad. Weird, huh?" He stands, groaning as his body objects to the movement, "I smell Hipparion on you, but not Luha. And don't tell me it's K'airos again."
(K'airos Thalen) It does not take K'airos long to come out with the key in her hands. The grumpy Blades inside where happy to get rid of their prisoner and hand him to another fellow Blade. She heads towards the cage, walking this time, but not with any less urgency.
(K'hai Tia) "It is... but... I may of reacted rashly just a while ago. I shall have to submit myself to the elders for punishment I think."
(K'ile Twinflame) Smirking at K'hai, he says, "I hope that means I get to throw you in the racks." He pauses as K'airos approaches, looking confused, "A Sagolii Hipparion in an Ul'dahn outfit?"
(K'airos Thalen) She smiles and raises the key. "It's a funny story! I'm getting you out of there first." she says, and opens the cage.
(K'hai Tia) Crosses his arms "Then we need to find my sister. Perhaps I should not of backhanded her as I did..."
(K'ile Twinflame) Looking around himself at the walls, as though he suspected something to be hidden there, K'ile delays for just a few moments proceeding out of the cage. "If that's not a metaphorical backhand, keep it to yourself, or I'm going to cause problems you don't want."
(K'hai Tia) closes his mouth and remains silent.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos starts hoping in place as she always does when excited. "You are alive!" she exclaims with a broad smile.
(K'ile Twinflame) Blinking down at the happy Miqo'te, K'ile says, "I try not to die. You smell familiar. Who's under that turban?"
(K'airos Thalen) "Oh. Oh, right!" She stops hoping to pull off her mask, with all and turban. She tries her best to stay still, smiling, to let K'ile recognize her.
(K'ile Twinflame) K'ile goes wide-eyed at the woman's face. His lip cracks up towards a smile, then wavers. He reaches out and puts a hand on the side of K'airos head, as if to make sure she's actually there. He looks unsettled, "You are definitely dead."
(K'airos Thalen) She giggles and blushes enough to make her hair and skin basically the same color. She closes her eyes and starts hoping again. "That's a common misconception!"
(K'ile Twinflame) "No. I saw your body. You died."
(K'airos Thalen) "But I'm here, alive! So I didn't die." she says, confident that her logic is undeniable.
(K'ile Twinflame) He reaches up and puts his other hand on K'airos face, so he's holding her by both cheeks. He narrows his eyes, sniffs the air, examines her.
(K'hai Tia) K'hai sighs "Everyone thinks we are dead. Yet cannot accept that we stand right before them fully alive."
(K'ile Twinflame) After he examines her for a time, K'ile pulls K'airos by her head, into a big hug, where he wraps his arms around her neck and hods her against his shoulder. "I'll accept it if it's offered."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos' ears pull back and her tail curves upwards gently. She gladly lets herself be buried against K'ile's shoulder, making sure to catch up his scent. The smell of the wounds is the first thing she catches, though. "We should get you a healer! And then find K'luha, and then we can all talk and get into one big hug!"
(K'ile Twinflame) K'ile does not release K'airos, or does anything right away.
(K'hai Tia) clears throat "Ahem, sister, broken hip, running away. We should go look for her."
(K'ile Twinflame) At this point, K'airos may notice K'ile actually shaking a little bit as he squeezes her.
(K'airos Thalen) The girl speaks from behind K'ile's shoulder. "Right!" she says, and then enters a visible panic. "Oh no! I forgot to catch her scent! How are we going to find her?" she exclaims, pulling slightly away from K'ile without releasing him, but completely forgetting she isn't the only Miqo'te.
(K'hai Tia) K'hai holds his hand out "Her scent is here"
(K'ile Twinflame) Finally releasing K'airos, K'ile says, "I know K'luha's scent better than my own. I'll be able to track her down in no time. Wait." He turns to glare at K'hai, "She isn't at the Quicksand? I told you she shouldn't be moving!"
(K'hai Tia) She walked out on her own, worried for you.
(K'ile Twinflame) "Then why isn't she here?"
(K'airos Thalen) "And then she walked away...because she was angry at...him?" K'airos clarifies, slightly less panicked.
(K'hai Tia) "Because she and I got into a fight and I made that rash decision"
(K'ile Twinflame) "If you set her off then you should keep quiet and stay well away from her. If she decides to off you I'm not going to help."
(K'ile Twinflame) "If you set her off then you should keep quiet and stay well away from her. If she decides to off you I'm not going to help."
(K'hai Tia) frowns "So be it. I will remain quiet. But I should hope she would not sink so low to kill family."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos stands back, watching the two men warily, her gauntlets clashing softly against each other.
(K'airos Thalen) "That's a horrible thought! Why would she do that?"
(K'hai Tia) looks to K'airos "Her mind did not seem as it was when I left. I could be wrong though. But she seemed far more volatile."
(K'ile Twinflame) "Maybe you guys don't realize that those who stayed in the Sagolii buried more than half the tribe. Thanks for you help with the clean up, by the way." He walks out in between them, angling to exit the building.
(K'hai Tia) frowns further, "I wish people would at least tell me what happened to cause such changes..."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos follows behind K'ile. "The Calamity happened." she says. In a brave attempt to change the subject, she quickly adds: "I heard the Blades confiscated some food from you, yes? If you tell me more about it, I can get it back to you!
(K'ile Twinflame) Pausing to glare back at K'hai as if the man had just uttered both the most offensive and dumbest words possible, K'ile clicks his teeth shut and turns to K'airos. "It's enough food to feed the tribe. There's drought in the Sagolii and they're starving. The food's loaded in enchanted crates on a cart in the storage area."
(K'hai Tia) looks at K'ile "Good. You find K'luha. I will assist K'airos in getting the food."
(K'airos Thalen) "Ah, wait! Did they tell you why they confiscated them?"
(K'ile Twinflame) "They wouldn't admit to me that they'd taken the food."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos ponders for a moment. "Enchanted crates, uh? If they are in this building, you think you can tell me which are they?"
(K'ile Twinflame) "Chocobo cart full of crates right next to the big door that leads into the alley. Look for blood spots on the floor where I got beat up."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos claps her hands together with a loud metallic sound. "Alright! Let's get you to the Quicksand and then I'll come back here and see what I can do about it."
(K'hai Tia) "He has to find K'luha. Unless you intend to take me to the quicksand."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos pouts, muttering "Oh, right" and putting her turban and mask back on. She looks to K'ile. "Do you think you can find her on your own? I'll need K'hai to get the cart out of here."
(K'ile Twinflame) "Yes, I can find her on my own. It might be a better idea."
(K'ile Twinflame) He reaches out and lays a hand over K'airos forehead again, "Hey, don't disappear again. That would be too mean."
(K'hai Tia) "Tell her I apologize."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos smiles and a tiny hop escapes from her body. "We'll meet again after I secure the food!"
(K'ile Twinflame) "Alright," he pats her head, then turns to go, walking out. As he moves, he says over his shoulder, "Oh, I left my lance with the food! Hang onto it if you find it!"
(K'airos Thalen) "Will do!"
(K'hai Tia) "So what's the plan girl?"
(K'airos Thalen) "Remember how we got in here? Well, we do the same! You look stern and if anybody looks at you, stare back at them as if you were their owner. And, as usual, let me speak!"
(K'hai Tia) *grins* One look from me and they will instantly know who their daddy is."
(K'airos Thalen) "Excellent...! Wait, you are their...oh! You mean...like...I see!" she mumbles, catching up on the expression a bit too late. Coughing, she adds: "Let's...let's get to that cart now. You think you can pull it? Or should we get a chocobo?"
(K'hai Tia) flexes "I can pull it. But it would be prudent to get a chocobo down the road"
(K'airos Thalen) She stops by the door and looks at him. "True! We'll get one after we leave." Then she moves towards the storage area.
(K'hai Tia) I think I see him.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos leans forward, looking around. "Where?" It takes her a second to notice the cage. "Oh! Is...that him?"
(K'hai Tia) Hmm looks as though he was abused...
(K'airos Thalen) She looks completely clueless for various moments before turning around. "Go make sure he's fine and I'll get the key."
(K'ile Twinflame) "K'hai!" K'ile calls out, without moving, "Don't get me waiting out there!"
(K'hai Tia) "Very well." He proceeds to walking towards the cage.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos rushes into the building, without knocking, and dissapears inside.
(K'ile Twinflame) He waits patiently for K'hai to approach him, and then greets him with, "Your plan was shit."
(K'hai Tia) "K'airos is getting the key. I'm sorry about your injuries. Who did it? I will gladly beat them down for you."
(K'ile Twinflame) "It was an Ul'dahn, and I think they were in their rights as Ul'dahns, screwed up as they are. K'airos is dead. You ghosts come in groups now?"
(K'hai Tia) Sighs "What happened to sister? First she is worried about her daughter. Now she speaks ill of her. And she wants me to remain dead."
(K'ile Twinflame) "She gets mad. Weird, huh?" He stands, groaning as his body objects to the movement, "I smell Hipparion on you, but not Luha. And don't tell me it's K'airos again."
(K'airos Thalen) It does not take K'airos long to come out with the key in her hands. The grumpy Blades inside where happy to get rid of their prisoner and hand him to another fellow Blade. She heads towards the cage, walking this time, but not with any less urgency.
(K'hai Tia) "It is... but... I may of reacted rashly just a while ago. I shall have to submit myself to the elders for punishment I think."
(K'ile Twinflame) Smirking at K'hai, he says, "I hope that means I get to throw you in the racks." He pauses as K'airos approaches, looking confused, "A Sagolii Hipparion in an Ul'dahn outfit?"
(K'airos Thalen) She smiles and raises the key. "It's a funny story! I'm getting you out of there first." she says, and opens the cage.
(K'hai Tia) Crosses his arms "Then we need to find my sister. Perhaps I should not of backhanded her as I did..."
(K'ile Twinflame) Looking around himself at the walls, as though he suspected something to be hidden there, K'ile delays for just a few moments proceeding out of the cage. "If that's not a metaphorical backhand, keep it to yourself, or I'm going to cause problems you don't want."
(K'hai Tia) closes his mouth and remains silent.
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos starts hoping in place as she always does when excited. "You are alive!" she exclaims with a broad smile.
(K'ile Twinflame) Blinking down at the happy Miqo'te, K'ile says, "I try not to die. You smell familiar. Who's under that turban?"
(K'airos Thalen) "Oh. Oh, right!" She stops hoping to pull off her mask, with all and turban. She tries her best to stay still, smiling, to let K'ile recognize her.
(K'ile Twinflame) K'ile goes wide-eyed at the woman's face. His lip cracks up towards a smile, then wavers. He reaches out and puts a hand on the side of K'airos head, as if to make sure she's actually there. He looks unsettled, "You are definitely dead."
(K'airos Thalen) She giggles and blushes enough to make her hair and skin basically the same color. She closes her eyes and starts hoping again. "That's a common misconception!"
(K'ile Twinflame) "No. I saw your body. You died."
(K'airos Thalen) "But I'm here, alive! So I didn't die." she says, confident that her logic is undeniable.
(K'ile Twinflame) He reaches up and puts his other hand on K'airos face, so he's holding her by both cheeks. He narrows his eyes, sniffs the air, examines her.
(K'hai Tia) K'hai sighs "Everyone thinks we are dead. Yet cannot accept that we stand right before them fully alive."
(K'ile Twinflame) After he examines her for a time, K'ile pulls K'airos by her head, into a big hug, where he wraps his arms around her neck and hods her against his shoulder. "I'll accept it if it's offered."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos' ears pull back and her tail curves upwards gently. She gladly lets herself be buried against K'ile's shoulder, making sure to catch up his scent. The smell of the wounds is the first thing she catches, though. "We should get you a healer! And then find K'luha, and then we can all talk and get into one big hug!"
(K'ile Twinflame) K'ile does not release K'airos, or does anything right away.
(K'hai Tia) clears throat "Ahem, sister, broken hip, running away. We should go look for her."
(K'ile Twinflame) At this point, K'airos may notice K'ile actually shaking a little bit as he squeezes her.
(K'airos Thalen) The girl speaks from behind K'ile's shoulder. "Right!" she says, and then enters a visible panic. "Oh no! I forgot to catch her scent! How are we going to find her?" she exclaims, pulling slightly away from K'ile without releasing him, but completely forgetting she isn't the only Miqo'te.
(K'hai Tia) K'hai holds his hand out "Her scent is here"
(K'ile Twinflame) Finally releasing K'airos, K'ile says, "I know K'luha's scent better than my own. I'll be able to track her down in no time. Wait." He turns to glare at K'hai, "She isn't at the Quicksand? I told you she shouldn't be moving!"
(K'hai Tia) She walked out on her own, worried for you.
(K'ile Twinflame) "Then why isn't she here?"
(K'airos Thalen) "And then she walked away...because she was angry at...him?" K'airos clarifies, slightly less panicked.
(K'hai Tia) "Because she and I got into a fight and I made that rash decision"
(K'ile Twinflame) "If you set her off then you should keep quiet and stay well away from her. If she decides to off you I'm not going to help."
(K'ile Twinflame) "If you set her off then you should keep quiet and stay well away from her. If she decides to off you I'm not going to help."
(K'hai Tia) frowns "So be it. I will remain quiet. But I should hope she would not sink so low to kill family."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos stands back, watching the two men warily, her gauntlets clashing softly against each other.
(K'airos Thalen) "That's a horrible thought! Why would she do that?"
(K'hai Tia) looks to K'airos "Her mind did not seem as it was when I left. I could be wrong though. But she seemed far more volatile."
(K'ile Twinflame) "Maybe you guys don't realize that those who stayed in the Sagolii buried more than half the tribe. Thanks for you help with the clean up, by the way." He walks out in between them, angling to exit the building.
(K'hai Tia) frowns further, "I wish people would at least tell me what happened to cause such changes..."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos follows behind K'ile. "The Calamity happened." she says. In a brave attempt to change the subject, she quickly adds: "I heard the Blades confiscated some food from you, yes? If you tell me more about it, I can get it back to you!
(K'ile Twinflame) Pausing to glare back at K'hai as if the man had just uttered both the most offensive and dumbest words possible, K'ile clicks his teeth shut and turns to K'airos. "It's enough food to feed the tribe. There's drought in the Sagolii and they're starving. The food's loaded in enchanted crates on a cart in the storage area."
(K'hai Tia) looks at K'ile "Good. You find K'luha. I will assist K'airos in getting the food."
(K'airos Thalen) "Ah, wait! Did they tell you why they confiscated them?"
(K'ile Twinflame) "They wouldn't admit to me that they'd taken the food."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos ponders for a moment. "Enchanted crates, uh? If they are in this building, you think you can tell me which are they?"
(K'ile Twinflame) "Chocobo cart full of crates right next to the big door that leads into the alley. Look for blood spots on the floor where I got beat up."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos claps her hands together with a loud metallic sound. "Alright! Let's get you to the Quicksand and then I'll come back here and see what I can do about it."
(K'hai Tia) "He has to find K'luha. Unless you intend to take me to the quicksand."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos pouts, muttering "Oh, right" and putting her turban and mask back on. She looks to K'ile. "Do you think you can find her on your own? I'll need K'hai to get the cart out of here."
(K'ile Twinflame) "Yes, I can find her on my own. It might be a better idea."
(K'ile Twinflame) He reaches out and lays a hand over K'airos forehead again, "Hey, don't disappear again. That would be too mean."
(K'hai Tia) "Tell her I apologize."
(K'airos Thalen) K'airos smiles and a tiny hop escapes from her body. "We'll meet again after I secure the food!"
(K'ile Twinflame) "Alright," he pats her head, then turns to go, walking out. As he moves, he says over his shoulder, "Oh, I left my lance with the food! Hang onto it if you find it!"
(K'airos Thalen) "Will do!"
(K'hai Tia) "So what's the plan girl?"
(K'airos Thalen) "Remember how we got in here? Well, we do the same! You look stern and if anybody looks at you, stare back at them as if you were their owner. And, as usual, let me speak!"
(K'hai Tia) *grins* One look from me and they will instantly know who their daddy is."
(K'airos Thalen) "Excellent...! Wait, you are their...oh! You mean...like...I see!" she mumbles, catching up on the expression a bit too late. Coughing, she adds: "Let's...let's get to that cart now. You think you can pull it? Or should we get a chocobo?"
(K'hai Tia) flexes "I can pull it. But it would be prudent to get a chocobo down the road"
(K'airos Thalen) She stops by the door and looks at him. "True! We'll get one after we leave." Then she moves towards the storage area.
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