There's really no reason she should connect him to his other persona. He doesn't look anything like Owen, and he doesn't sound at all like him either, with a light tenor instead of Owen's low baritone. The white-haired elf looks down at the metal band around his chest, which goes under the purple cloak he wears, but over a rust-colored tunic. "...I did." He looks up again, studying her with distant curiosity. The ice-blue eyes are the same, but that's not much to go on at all. The elf smirks a little. "But I think you're the one who's lost."
"Plenty..." He darts closer, so lightly it seems more like he's floated or teleported than moved in any normal fashion. "But shouldn't you be more concerned with what might happen in the near future?" His voice is as lively as he is, expressive and almost suggestive. He's not physically threatening, though. He's no taller than she is, with the kind of build that makes it impressive he can even stand upright, carrying all that iron.
Fox isn't all that surprised to find herself at home. She is, however, surprised to find that long iron chain. She follows along it as well, until she finally comes face to face with Puck. That brings an amused smile to her face as she looks at the predicament he's gotten himself into.
There's sympathy there as well, but deeply buried. Fox likes him, after all, especially since he'd done so much to stand up for and help defend her family. Even if she was more used to him as Owen, the concern Puck had shown for Alex's welfare wasn't something she was going to let herself forget or take for granted. ...But would it be Fox if she weren't taking some measure of amusement at his condition? Of course not.
He's not too surprised to see Fox wandering the halls, except he's pretty sure this is his dream and he didn't summon her up here.
Those iron chains can't be hurting him too badly, because when he sees her he easily draws his legs up to sit cross-legged in the air. He also frowns mildly, slightly exasperated. "Whaddaya mean 'this time'?"
She laughs cheerily, only joking with him. She hadn't expected him to get annoyed, then again she had mistakenly assumed that Puck would be more similar to Owen. "You're you and you're how old? Somehow...I just can't imagine this is the first time you've gotten yourself into a predicament."
She shakes her head, not really needing to follow that train of thought if it's going to get him peeved. "So do we untangle you, I take it?"
The lines between Owen and Puck are blurred in some places, but very distinct in others. The real question is which face is the real mask.
He's not too annoyed, though, or at least he's quick to forget it. His legs unfold and he darts a little closer, picking up a length of chain. "If that's what it takes to find the other end, Ginger."
Following the chain is just what the white-haired elf has been doing, from the other end, so it probably won't take them long to meet up. He tilts his head, studying the young man with mild curiosity. This is no house elf, but the kind of noble, graceful sprite found in muggle literature.
"...What do you have to offer?" It's a slightly snooty kind of question, but he's also genuinely curious.
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"...Maybe." He's got a valid point there, actually. It goes against every grain of his being to rely on somebody else's magic, but that's actually what he's been reduced to, for a while now. "I'm trying to find the other end of the chain." He gestures to the looping mass that criss-crosses the floor and runs in and out of the doorways.
At first, the mixture of Ancient and Modern confuses her a little. Where exactly was she this time? Who did this belong to? It wasn't long before she literally tripped over a chain and went tumbling into someone.
Puck has actually been floating as he follows the chain, but when she trips on it, that brings him down with a jerk. "Watchit!" He sounds mildly annoyed, but also tries to help her up again.
Without really thinking about it, she lets him help her up only to be even more confused. Who was this? She didn't recall there being anyone that looked like him in the city.
"Danke... Vho are you und vhy are you chained up like zhis?"
There's probably going to be several people looking for Puck, after they're back in the waking world, but it's hard to say how many will recognize him face-to-face. "They why is complicated, but you can call me the Puck." He hovers again, just a few inches off the floor, once they've both righted themselves.
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"Hey, who's there? Are you alright?" Then her eyes fell on the chain. "Hey! Who did that to you?"
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"What happened here?"
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There's sympathy there as well, but deeply buried. Fox likes him, after all, especially since he'd done so much to stand up for and help defend her family. Even if she was more used to him as Owen, the concern Puck had shown for Alex's welfare wasn't something she was going to let herself forget or take for granted. ...But would it be Fox if she weren't taking some measure of amusement at his condition? Of course not.
"What have you done to yourself this time?"
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Those iron chains can't be hurting him too badly, because when he sees her he easily draws his legs up to sit cross-legged in the air. He also frowns mildly, slightly exasperated. "Whaddaya mean 'this time'?"
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She shakes her head, not really needing to follow that train of thought if it's going to get him peeved. "So do we untangle you, I take it?"
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He's not too annoyed, though, or at least he's quick to forget it. His legs unfold and he darts a little closer, picking up a length of chain. "If that's what it takes to find the other end, Ginger."
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"...What do you have to offer?" It's a slightly snooty kind of question, but he's also genuinely curious.
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"I'm trying to find the other end of the chain." He gestures to the looping mass that criss-crosses the floor and runs in and out of the doorways.
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"Danke... Vho are you und vhy are you chained up like zhis?"
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