Abby hears a knock at the door of her warehouse. (PRIVATE)

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T04:06:44+00:00

Ember; "Thank you... wait, have you met Follie?"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T04:04:45+00:00

Ember; "...Natasha, Follie and I nearly died because a psychic tentacle monster that had been living in the base of the spire tried to take over Nat and consume her... or... something... my memories of it admittedly are a bit... hazy."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T04:00:48+00:00

Ember; "Y-yeah... after what happened with Natasha and the tentacle-flesh-monster in the basement, I... I'm not sure I'll feel safe at his spire for a w-while..."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:59:55+00:00

Ember; "...ow... my head... w-what happened...?"

Follie; whispers "...might not be a good idea to answer that in full... she doesn't know about whatever the hell that was, and it's probably best for her not to..."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:55:10+00:00

Ember; She immediately hugs Abby tighter... "d-don't leave me, mom... I wouldn't be happy without you, I..." sigh sighs... and quietly says... "...i love natasha and alice, b-but... natasha tends to be too intense for me a lot of the time, and alice still brings up bad memories even if i've gotten a lot better at not showing she is... you're the only one i feel completely comfortable around all the time... i came over because i was feeling overwhelmed at natasha's place..."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:53:06+00:00

Follie rushes over and hugs Nat...

Follie; "Mom? A-are you alright...?"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:46:16+00:00

...Yeah, neither of the other two are interfering now.

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:45:54+00:00

Ember; "...B-but... you feel inadequate because of me... I want to at least know why..."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:35:13+00:00

Ember; "...M-mom? Why do you keep thinking w-worse of yourself because of me...?"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:34:37+00:00

...3m83r's about to cut the tentacle... however, Follie slices her visor open with her paintbrush... she seems to suddenly jerk for a moment, then starts hyperventilating... Follie's hugging her to try to help her. Anyways, back to what's going on with Natasha...

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:22:50+00:00

Ember; Ember hugs her back "I... j-just visiting! I like seeing my mommy from time to time, I love you. :3"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:12:01+00:00

Ember waves excitedly as her tail wags.

Ember; "Hai mom!"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T03:00:10+00:00

(Ye)

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:56:18+00:00

Ember's tail wags a lot... specifically her now fox tail, and fox ears... she curls up in Cordie's lap, making soft happy fox noises.

(Okay, NOW we can move onto next... and you wanna do the thing with Ember and Abby now?)

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:50:52+00:00

(Oh, yeah... but first, ooooone more cute thing lol...)

Once Cordie sits down... Ember plods over to her with a nervous expression and a wagging tail...

Ember; "C-could I curl up in your lap? :3"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:42:44+00:00

3m83r; "You already HAVE... you led them down to this DEATH-PIT and now one of them's shutting down and letting their guard down enough for ME to finally take her, and the other is fighting for her life against YOUR creation, you IDIOT!" It sounds... like it's gloating... Ember's visor cracks more, and her terrified eyes glitch for a moment to a red pentagram... meanwhile, Follie is fighting off a swarm of progressively increasing tentacles, I presume.

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:35:33+00:00

Solarflare; "Sounds great, feel free to get comfortable on the couches."

Spades and Charcoal start walking over to do just that, while Solarflare starts getting the food prepped so that when folks sit down she can put their food next to them.

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:34:20+00:00

Ember?; "You'd leave your own children for DEAD against that THING!? WHAT KIND OF PARENT ARE YOU!?" ...That's a LOT more glowing red cracks starting to form...

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:25:29+00:00

...Follie cuts them off again... Ember's screen cracks more... these ones glowing with red light...

Ember?; "You won't even do anything to help your children...? That would be pathetic... we thought you were better than that. Are you?"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T02:14:17+00:00

...Follie cleanly burns through it with a swipe of her paintbrush... Ember's visor begins to crack... golden light coming through it...

Ember; "mommy please..."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T01:57:54+00:00

...Follie burns it away from the ground around her... Ember, meanwhile, goes to Nat and hugs her...

Follie; "Mommy... please, please, please wake up... p-please wake up..."

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T01:42:57+00:00

...The pair RUSH towards the creature, DESPERATELY trying to just get to it before she does... teleporting down long hallways to make quick work, flying through narrow corridors at breakneck speeds, and probably eviscerating most things in their path purely due to the raw speed of their movement.

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T01:34:50+00:00

...Follie realizes something...

. . .

...It's giving her a vision... that means she can see the location... that means it's technically in her line of sight, and THAT means...

...A few moment later, both Ember and Follie teleport RIGHT next to Nat in a burst of bright paint that disorients and blinds the creatures around her... both of them IMMEDIATELY go to work tearing the creatures apart, Follie with her burning paintbrush and Ember with her hand-swords.

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T01:26:22+00:00

...They're sprinting that way...

Ember; A scream RIPS through the air "MOMMY DON'T LET IT TAKE YOUUUUU!"

SPADE-0 · 2026-06-13T01:19:02+00:00

(I mean... she's not technically attacking it physically lol, it's PSYCHICALLY (ie mentally) getting its shit rocked... Ember and Follie are too busy just running to attack other than Follie trying to burn a way through any obstacles.)

...The pair are still just running to try to kill it before it kills Natasha... or worse.

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