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 Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:09 am
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Dashing in past the closing doors, Tevini stumbled as she crashed into a handful of trolls in her hasty entrance. Her veins pounded with anxiety as she hid from the windows, dropping down to duck out of sight. Straining to hear a voice call after her, the redblood was grateful the doors prevented her from turning back to answer it. Wiping at her face, she apologized to those she'd run into and stayed seated on the floor, pitying herself.
The trolls dispersed, finding places to sit down and wait for the journey to conclude. As the train lurched along the tracks, it dawned on Tevini that she didn't know where she was going. Her ticket had been for Chittentown, sure, but she'd ran to the nearest train rather than the correct platform. Startled at this realization, she was horrified at the next one that followed.
She didn't have a plan.
Where was she going to stay once she got off the train? Cerpin was the one who carried all the beetles. Tevini didn't spend much time outside of Chittentown and the swamp so she wasn't very knowledgeable on cheap places to stay in the other cities. Scared and lost, Tevini pulled her knees to her chest to muffle the sound of her crying.
KitsuneAura two months later lolllll i'm sorryyyyy
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:04 pm
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Etsali hadn't expected any kind of a ruckus on the train, but she had been watching trolls come and go while she waited for it to get on its way. It was a bit ridiculous, honestly, how often others put their treasures on display without even realizing it, and so she had gotten into the habit sweeps ago of keeping an eye out. She was near enough to the doors too, that she saw when there was a collision, though she didn't manage to get a clear view of who had caused it.
Trolls gradually began to disperse to find seats of their own, but there was still no new face among them. She considered that, but it wasn't until she heard the small, muffled sounds that she realized why it might be the case. They were still there, apparently, just out of sight and likely on the floor. It probably wasn't any of her business, but now she was curious and so up she went. As soon as she saw the troll, though, she paused uncertainly. She hadn't expected it to be anyone she knew.
"Hey there," she said finally, pulling on a smile and moving forward to crouch in front of Tevini. Sure, she had to think about how she interacted with people she knew while she was dressed as Faithe, but as far as she knew there was no harm in this. Why shouldn't Faithe know her too? "Looks like you're having a hard time again, huh? Want some company down here?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:33 pm
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"You want to join me?" Tevini looked up in confusion as a stranger approached her. She braced herself to get told off for being too noisy and then suddenly they were crouching beside her. Even smiling at her. Thrown off balance, she scooted to the side to allow them to sit, uncertain of if they wanted something or were just trying to be a nice person. Thankfully they didn't appear to be here to check her ticket.
"I'm sorry if I was noisy." Rubbing at her face, she tried to calm down now that there was another person with her. As always, her default was to apologize to others and then disappear. She wasn't used to dumping her problems in other trolls laps. She'd relied on Cerpin for emotional support, yes, but it'd taken lots of wearing her down on his part. Looking back on it, she felt a bit guilty. No wonder he disliked her, she was a major pain.
"Do you have any tissues?" It wasn't for her tears but rather the make up Serima had applied to her face. Not well versed in the art of make-up removal, Tevini figured it'd be enough to wipe most of it off. She didn't need to wear it anymore and it was running down her face anyway.
"... also... this might be a weird question but, um... where is this train headed?" Her second question was much quieter, mumbled nervously as to try and avoid other bystanders from overhearing it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:23 pm
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"It's fine." Etsali nodded, plopping down into the space Tevini had given her without much hesitation. She stretched her legs out in front of her, took a moment to get sort of comfortable as the redblood rubbed at her face and started to calm down. Or at least to pull herself together enough to look like she was calming down, admittedly she wasn't really sure which it was likely to be. A quick rummage through her bag did turn up some tissues as it happened, so she held those out helpfully with one hand.
"New Hemisect." Her head tilted curiously as she watched Tevini dab at her face. She really was in some kind of a spot if she didn't even know where she was going. "Hey, you know," she started, but then paused for a length of time not so precisely calculated to really give it some weight. Her free hand lifted to tap just beneath an eye. "If you take a finger and do like this," she rubbed along the curve under her eye, the same way she'd always smeared on her own makeup, and let her smile widen into a more familiar grin.
"You'll have a pretty good look going, yeah?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:08 pm
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"Oh," Etsali said with a little sympathetic nod. There were still a lot of social interactions she wasn't quite so confident in handling, and really fighting with a friend, not just sparring or whatever, ranked right up there at the top of that list. But she did at least have a little bit of experience with it. It seemed like such a long time ago now, but she remembered another Bloodfest, when Zindel had been mad at her and she hadn't known what to do or whether she ought to even be near him while he was.
'Sorry and a milkshake' had been the gist of Voscil's advice that night, and while it hadn't been easy to talk about, she and Zin had made up before long. She opened her mouth to repeat what Vos had told her, pleased that she had the memory to draw on for help, at right about the moment Tevini finally mustered up the power to finish her explanation.
"Oh," she said again instead, deflating a little herself. She didn't have an experience to draw on that quite matched this after all. "That's...That's rough. I don't blame you for wanting to get away." She fished for something else to say about that, but honestly what could she that would help? "Do you have somewhere to go?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:42 pm
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Etsali didn't seem likely to start in on scolding or commending her. It was clear she was listening as Tevini worked through the realization of her situation, but she seemed to be seriously considering something while she did so. No beetles, no plan, nowhere to go. She understood entirely how daunting that could be, had dealt with it herself when she'd first come out of the swamp and discovered her hive was being watched. She'd been afraid too, if she was being honest.
Keeper hadn't been. Angry that it would be difficult to get to her hoard, yes, but it hadn't fazed her a bit otherwise. All Etsali had had to do was fall in, the same way she had when she was a kid, until she got the hang of where to look for shelter come dawn. That was all Tevini needed, a bit of guidance until she had her feet under her, and Etsali had always wanted to be more like Keeper. So that settled that.
"It won't be so bad as all that." The thief pulled herself to her feet and then turned to look back down at Tevini. Smiling again, she held out a hand to help the redblood to her feet and lead her towards some empty seats. There was still a long way to go until they reached the city, and she didn't think it would do them any good spending it on the floor. "You'll be with me, after all."
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