Siglos murmured incoherently, his ears twitching slightly as he slept. For the first time since they had arrived at Aegis…he wasn't having a nightmare, the calm, quiet environment of the cave seeming to ease his mind. Unconsciously, he shifted in his sleep, his head falling off the cave wall and landing on Sylvia's thigh, his face burying itself into her leg.
Sylvia's thigh muscles violently spasmed as they felt Siglos against it, vibrations slamming against the Everian's skull. It wouldn't harm him, no, but it'd be more than enough to shock him awake.
Siglos shot up with a start, the Everian's eyes half opened as he instinctively scooted backward, accidentally hitting his head on the cave wall in the process.
"Nothing..." Shalor murmured quietly
Siglos blinked, before gingerly sliding the blanket off of his body.
"..." Shalor was quiet, just closing his eyes and walking, taking deep breaths to calm his stress
Siglos's eyes widened, his embrace tightening around Sylvia's abs as he felt her spasm against him.
"It pains me that you won't tell me what ails you, Shalor..." Jeanne muttered.
"Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up...!!" Sylvia grunted, "Shut up... SHUT UP!" Her voice contorted into a demonic, incomprehensible tone, until her eyes shot open, a black sclera coating the emerald spirals that were her pupils.
"I'm just stressed Jeanne... And I don't exactly like the Vaewolf either..." Shalor murmured
Siglos stumbled backward, tripping on his own two feet as he landed with a thud on the ground in front of her. He stared at Sylvia for a few, long moments, before glancing at the crater her hand had left within the wall.
"D-Don't say that out loud, Shalor, Vaewolves have good hearing..." Jeanne said with a sigh. "But, I understand your plight... Would you like to talk? I want to help."
"Haaa... Ha... Ha... Ariadne... I'll ******* kill you... I'll *******..." Sylvia grunted to herself for a few moments, before she glanced down at Siglos, her eyes widening.
Siglos said nothing for a few long moments, before slowly taking a breath. Picking himself off the ground, he moved towards her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"And this particular one seems to be good at trying to steal things too just because he can...." Shalor murmured before continuing "I'm just stressing over what happened, I... I can't get the sight out of my head..."
Siglos took a few steps back, before nodding gingerly. His ears twitched anxiously on his head, a worried look painting his expression.
"For your info to both of you, i couldnt care less if you like me or not"
"I... I was... ****..." Sylvia lowered her hand, simply leaning back.
"Nobody cares..." Jeanne thought to herself, simply ignoring Dhei as she breathed out, before speaking to Shalor once more.
"N-no...n-no. Y-you...you d-don't need t-to a-apologize, m-my love..." He said softly.
"N-No... N-No No... I shouldn't... I can't... I d-don't..." Sylvia tried to form a sentence but found herself unable to properly articulate what she wanted to say, leaving her partially breathless as she tried to find the right words. With a deep sigh, she stopped trying to speak at all, simply... leaning back, her eyes puffy, several dark, painful bags covering the bottom of the fragile organs.
"I hope so, and... sorry for making your situation worse..." Shalor murmured, his head a bit down
Siglos stared up at her for a moment, before gingerly taking a breath, his lithe hand gently caressing her bruised flesh.
Jeanne resisted the urge to curse at Dhei, instead deciding to focus on Shalor.
Sylvia breathed out, saying nothing. With a slow, sluggish motion, she got up, moving to the edge of the cave, pulling Siglos off of her as a result.
Siglos gingerly followed behind Sylvia, stopping a few feet away. He watched her whittle down the stones for several, long moments, before looking up at her.
"Alright, thanks, Jeanne." Shalor said, his voice brightened a bit, and he stopped hanging his head a bit, though he didn't smile, but he was still walking, and glanced at Jeanne, his chains shifting to wrap around in an X across his chest, to the point where the sharp ends of the chain were hidden, as to not cause alarm
Sylvia remained silent, breathing out. After a few minutes, both of the boulders were even in size, having been smoothly carved out, their surfaces soft, without any visible edges. Surprisingly, she was good at carving things, but... that wasn't the point.
"I know they're magic, and that's really it, and I don't really want them checked again after what happened last time..." Shalor said, remembering what happened with Noah
"...She could be a good sculptor if she wanted." Siglos thought to himself, peering over at the perfectly smoothed spheres. He watched with visible confusion as she began to move them, which only grew as he saw the darkness that connected the two.
(En before its a "toy")
"You could ask Lord Velen... He helped me." Jeanne said.
Sylvia breathed out, slowly placing her hands on the pole of solid darkness she had formed to connect the two. She stood up, her back bent to make sure she maintained her grip, her muscles flexed. She inhaled once more, and then exhaled one, final time, before grunting...
"I... hadn't even thought of that..." Shalor said honestly
"O-oh-" Siglos gasped, his eyes widening visibly. The purpose of the rocks was clear to him now, Sylvia seemingly using the two massive stones as some kind of workout device. His eyes gingerly traced the muscles that began to outline Sylvia's sweater and leggings, warmth rapidly spreading across his cheeks.
"Heh... Well, Lord Velen is a very powerful mage... He can certainly assist you..." Jeanne suggested.
"....1."
"Yeah, I-Im sure he can..." Shalor murmured, part trying to convince himself and part genuinely happy for that
Siglos’s face turned a shade of deep red, the Everian squirming visibly where he sat. Quickly, he pressed a hand over his face, growing increasingly flustered.
