Dungeon Residential Camps, Somewhere, Sunday Morning

[not_a_whiner]

The dungeon had shifted again overnight.

This time it was different, however: no new corridors were formed, no new rooms were opened. One camp's corridor led into another's led into another's, and from there, a path straight forward towards the vault. It would not be hard now for the Fandomites trapped inside to meet and congregate.

Was the Toymaker making it easy on them? Possible. But not very probable.

[ camp one | camp two | camp three | ooc ]

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Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

"Perhaps," Raven said, but she wasn't stopping. She switched ears, scraping her nails a tiny bit harder. "You seem in sore need of some relaxation. How can I not do all in my power to aid you?"

They were healing scritches!

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[furnaceface]

Jono was so not turning down some healing scritches.

"... I suppose there's that," he conceded. It was difficult to argue against scritches, after all, while in the middle of being scritched. "And 's nice. You do that... y'know... well."

He wasn't about to start drooling. But that was a near thing.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

Raven had to take a moment to appreciate the absurdity of it all. She'd come to Fandom hoping to see Jono and resolve things between them, and now she'd been turned into some kind of vampire and she was scritching the ears he'd gained by hitting his head on a brick. Oh, Fandom.

"Go ahead and rest," she urged. "You will need to be at your best if we are to figure out how to get out of this place."

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[furnaceface]

"I should, shouldn't I?" He directed that sleepy little half-smile up toward her. "Still no good at sleeping, mind."

Though at the moment, it was certainly difficult to remember quite why. Apparently ear-scratches had some sort of secret brain-numbing sleepymaking power that he'd never been aware of before.

Jono yawned.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

Yes, so very terrible at it with the yawning and the not-quite-drooling.

"All the more reason to take advantage of this while you can," Raven said, switching ears again. She was going to be utterly ruthless in using the scritching to convince him.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[furnaceface]

Jono managed to give Raven another look that was at least slightly accusing her of cheating, here. After all, he'd still be wide awake (if absolutely shattered) and pacing the floor, if not for the-- aah, that felt good behind that ear all over again. Right there, Raven. Riiight there.

"Shouldn't," he protested, somewhat feebly. "If something happens... Should probably... you know..."

Be there. To do things. Things that he did when things happened? His argument was losing steam, here.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

There were times when Raven had no qualms about abusing her empathy. This was one of them? Right there? She could tell just the spot.

She also had ulterior motives. This was soothing for her as well, allowing her to relax and momentarily not worry about what was going on inside her. Well, so long as she didn't look at his neck.

"I will wake you if something happens," she promised. "For the moment it seems safe to rest. And you have done so much already. You deserve a bit of peace."

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[furnaceface]

"The only reason 'm not arguing 'bout that is because..." Jono fell silent for a moment, wrinkling his nose in thought. His eyes were closed by this point, and he was starting to slump over a little. "... Because words."

That was an excellent reason, certainly. He'd come up with a thousand reasons to deny that he deserved a bit of peace just after this nap.

"If you promise to wake me up... I suppose..."

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

"I promise," Raven said. "Now, please, sit down before you fall over. You may lean against me."

And she'd keep ruthlessly scritching him into submission.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[furnaceface]

Jono hesitated for a moment at that. Really, if anything, the reason he wasn't flopping down to the floor all at once was because that might mean not being scratched behind the ear for a moment.

... Which was ridiculous, and he'd absolutely wonder what the hell was the matter with him later. But for the time being he would give a little nod, totter in place for a moment more, and then ease himself down to the ground to sit.

"Not too long, then. Anything could happen, after all."

Just five minutes.

Maybe ten.

Or so.

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[trigons_child]

Raven settled down beside him. Look, she made a very comfortable pillow, Jono. Take advantage of it.

"Not too long," she said. Scritch, scritch, scritch. "Just a nap. And I will awaken you if I hear of any trouble."

Re: Camp Two - Main Space

[furnaceface]

And this time, when Jono's reply took him a moment to get around to, it was because he was already halfway to dozing off all over again.

"... Then... thank you."

She really did make a comfortable pillow. And he hadn't had a proper sleep in days.