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[brittlenerves]

[Are you walking around the temple this fine evening? Well, lucky you! You may have seen the rare Xanth Aumeli darting from building to building. He's not usually up this late at night, but when disturbed from his slumber and placed in a new habitat, sleep is hard to come by

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[Ironhide is looking for energon. You know. A light snack or something. He doesn't really think anything of where he's going or who's gaping at him. There's no point to it.

Except... there's a small human. Running from his rodent. Ironhide just... has to stop. And stare.]

[brittlenerves]

[Xanth thought the capybara was frightening. Now, he sees a ten-foot-tall something staring at him.

He freezes in place. His expression? Abject terror! Because he is going to die. You are going to smash him into Xanth-paste and he is going to die.

The capybara snuffles pleasantly.]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[And Ironhide just stares back. He blinks.]

What?

[He just keeps staring. Is this kid going to do something, or what? He rolls one shoulder, in a sort of half-shrug.]

[brittlenerves]

[Wh... what? You're a huge metal monster and you say what?

Xanth looks away immediately, doing a little shrug of his own. Staring is bad. Bothering huge metal monsters is bad.]

I-I'm so--sorry, I-I didn't, I-- s-sorry...

[pimp_hat]

[Kevas isn't walking around the temple, but he is teleporting around it like a drunken idiot.

Stables, dining hall, armory, bathing rooms, back to the stables, there's nothing stopping him!

Well, nothing except some white-haired kid that he collides with shortly after teleporting to the waterfall behind the temple.]

[brittlenerves]

[Okay, awesome. Rat-dog is nowhere to be seen and Xanth can take a second to breathe. Now he just has to figure out where--

WOAH BOOM

Halfway through that thought, Xanth is flat on his back. It knocks the wind out of him, so for a second he's dazed, but then he sees what put him there.]

Oh, o-oh, m--my god--

[Still on the ground, Xanth starts shuffling back.]

[pimp_hat]

[Had Kevas been sober crashing into the kid wouldn't have bothered him. Seeing how he's pretty drunk right now though, the collision knocks him to his ass.

Kevas shakes his head and tries to figure out what just happened, and then his eyes focus on the culprit.]

Da hell did joo come from?

[Says the troll who literally came out of nowhere.]

[brittlenerves]

[Yeah, seriously. Xanth sits, mouth agape, and then he shakes his head.]

I--I don't kn--kn-know, I-- I ju-- j-just--

[Come on, force the words out quick. Don't be so annoying to the tusked green man.]

G-Got-- hee-here?

[shocksanglocks]

[Oh Mar what is that strange running man? Well, he is a bit cute, running from that little capybara and all. She's been carrying around for days, dressing it up and feeding it.

Capabara Diarrhea on her shoulder, she approaches the frightened boy.]

Hey there!

[brittlenerves]

[The capybara on Tess's shoulder is a little alarming, but when Xanth sees her, he doesn't scream. He doesn't completely freeze. He doesn't immediately cower.

But she looks like an elf. Despite the odd situation, he falls into his usual behaviors: he looks away, draws his shoulders inward, and only speaks now that he's been spoken to.]

H--h... h-hi.

[shocksanglocks]

[;A; Did she say something wrong? Did she do something wrong? These are the two question going through Tess' head as she watches that seemingly broken child cower before her.]

How are you?

[She decides that it's best to just start slow.]

[brittlenerves]

Uh--

[He looks up at her, but only for a second. Did she just ask about him? Seriously?]

Wh...w-why?

Um-- I--

I-I mean, um, I-I, g--guess I'm o--okay.

[Though his general frightened-deer stance probably doesn't say as much.]

[harrisment]

[There are two important things to understand about Tanvir. The first is that he finds many things amusing. The second? That he is a DICK. He calls out to the capybara.]

That's it! Sic him!

[brittlenerves]

[The capybara makes a happy noise and charges Xanth at Tanvir's encouragement. Xanth throws Tanvir a horrified look, but then he's busy dodging the rodent that's trying to scratch its back on his legs.]

[harrisment]

[Mostly, Tanvir just laughs. He takes the time to get that out of his system before he offers Xanth anything else]

Just relax kid, it only wants you to pet it.

[brittlenerves]

[True to Tanvir's word, the capybara manages to overrun Xanth and--

nuzzles his hand.

Xanth's cheeks burn, having gone bright red. Then, he mutters a stilted:]

Th--thanks.

[squreofthe7seas]

Oi!

[Hey. Three foot tall pirate talking here.]

[brittlenerves]

[The three foot tall pirate that Xanth almost bumped into. But, well, she looks almost normal. Xanth is surprised by her appearance, rather than filled with abject horror.

He does take a step back, though, one hand lamely pointing to his chest.]

Wh-- m--

M-Me?