October 12, 2022

Roxy appears in the lighthouse and quickly tries to shift her form to that of a nonferal fennec. She's wearing an oversized hoodie with spider web print leggings and black combat boots. She starts carefully making her way up the stairs to get a better view from the top. Its night out and she can see endless pine trees. There is a glow of the manor in the distance. Roxy makes her way down and walks on over to the manor. The lights are on and theres some double doors on the side of the building. She thinks for a moment before she starts bashing her way into the wall. She gets through the first layer as she can hear some people that are startled by the sounds from inside the building. She starts digging into the wall. The double doors open. Roxy quickly scurries into the wall, her tail slightly poking out of the hole for a second.

"HEY GET OUT OF THERE" a family member yells. Someone tries to grab at Roxy’s tail. She tries to scurry away deeper into the wall. They barely miss her tail. Roxy starts throwing debris at the hole where she entered as she tries climbing up and scurrying throughout the wall.

"GET OUT OF THERE" a family member yells. She can no longer see them as she climbs up to the second floor.

"Suckers!" Roxy mutters to herself with a grin as she stops for a second to catch her breath and listen for where Charlie may be. She can hear people moving all around the second and third floor. She quietly moves around, trying to look around for any signs of the gecko. After awhile she sees what looks like a pile of blankets. Roxy has a devious grin on her face as she rapidly approaches the blankets. She reaches them and also sees a small messenger bag

"Chaaaarrrliieeeee..." Roxy mutters. She skitters to the messenger bag and inspects the outside of it. It looks old and worn. She hears some movement around the corner and a pair of bright yellow eyes peek out at her.

Roxy looks in the direction of the eyes "I told you I'd visit."

"Roxy???" Charlie steps out. She’s a blue and orange spotted gecko with red eye shadow and a red puffy jacket.

"Charlie!!!" Roxy smiles, "How've you been since we last spoke?"

"We spoke like minutes ago, what...how??? Huh???" She seems pleasantly surprised and confused at the same time.

"I get around easy. Nice place you got here, just string up some Christmas lights and it'll be perfect!"

"I do that and I'll get cuaght"

"True! The security here is flimsy as hell, though. I got in super easy."

"Flimsy??? I have yet to see someone get in"

"I am right here"

"How"

"I broke a hole in the wall and climbed in"

"Thats...uhhh...Im ganna have to relocate for a bit then because they're going to search it all again" (edited)

"Shit, sorry bout that. Hmmm... Think I could try to visit the Crown while I'm here? Just drop in and say hello?" Roxanne Meadows has the most devious grin on that face of hers.

"Uhhhhh I really wouldn't if I were you. I've heard so much about them" Charlie seems honestly worried.

"Like?"

"First of all the family would get to you before the crown. Probably beat you to a pulp and keep you here just to use you for hadal blood experiments like everyone else. Secondly the crown will just kill on sight if not make your very being nothing but suffering in any way they see fit"

"Ok ok slow down, hadal blood experiments?"

"Yeah, hadal blood. Some weird old blood they think holds the cure to all diseases if they can figure out how to use it. I've seen far more bad come of it though, it's not pretty"

"Has the cure to all diseases??" Roxy chuckles a moment, "Have they ever tried tasting it? Just curious."

"Believe me. This family has been around 500 years, they have by now"

"Anything come of that?"

"No one is allowed to eat it but some still do just for fun"

"Does it do anything weird? It must if people do it for fun."

"Yeah hallucinations but apparently it has a small chance to really mess you up if you're unlucky. I've seen a researcher sneak some for awhile until they suddenly went blind and their fur turned white"

"Huh, interesting!" Roxy thinks a moment "What was the person's name? Just wonderin'."

"No clue. Just another of the family"

"Ah, makes sense. So... I'm a bit curious about something else. Sorry I've been asking so many questions, but some things have definitely been on my mind lately. Do you know what a Divulgar is? If so, mind telling me?"

"Yeah, I've peaked into some research left out here and there. Divulgars are like anything created by hadal. Say you're normal and hadal makes you spit rainbows, you would be divulgar. Though I'd also take any of the moore's research with a grain of salt"

"Oh that's so interesting actually??? Huh, learn something new every day." Roxy stretches, "So, what's up with the Moores? Like, what's with this place in general?"

Charlie gently leans on the wall "Well back at the start of it all the moore family was friends with another family. Thats until that family just up and died of some disease they didn't know about. The moore were devastated and moved into their home. They strived to find a way to cure any inherited diseases until they came across the hadal blood and it all became a pie hole show"

"Craziness. What's your favorite food?"

Charlie raises an eyebrow at her "Smores?"

"Nice choice, you've got a theme about ya. Need help relocating, by the way? 'Cuz, y'know. The whole me busting in thing."

"Uh yeah if you don't mind. Just grab a few blankets and follow me"

"Sweet!" Roxy picks up a couple of blankets.

Theres only 4 thin blackets. Charlie takes one and her messenger bag before making her way through the walls.

Scuttle shimmy scuttle shimmy "So. Living in the walls. Lots of fun!"

"...yeah...fun" Eventually they reach a wall where Charlie starts pulling off a piece of plywood and moving it out of the way. It opens up to a small closet with a lock on the inside. She tosses the blanket and messenger bag in.

"Woahhhh, sweet weird closet thingy." Roxy places some blankets inside.

"Not sweet, I hate it." She looks down some

"I can see why. Not like you're choosing to live like this."

"If it were up to me, I'd be in an open field with wide open skies" Charlie closes her eyes with a sigh before looking at Roxy again "Worst part is when it's quiet enough at night, I can hear the leaves right outside"

"I feel that. Reminds me of when I was 13." She chuckles and sighs, "It was nice meeting you, Charlie, but it's getting late and I have people waiting for me at home. I look forward to talking to you again!" Roxy smiles.

"Likewise" Charlie smiles back "Been awhile since I saw a new face"

"Same here," Roxy chuckles. "I'll get out of your hair now. Seeya, Charlie!" Roxy waves as she hurries out of the closet and into the wall, making her way down to the hole. She can hear movement of the family members looking for her in the wall of the floor below. She chuckles and moves down to the floor below, trying to quickly scurry to the hole. She can see two nonferals searching the tree line just outside

"Perfect." She shifts back to a human form and casually approaches them. "Hey, fellas, nice weather this evening amirite?"

They both turn to face her and suddenly look sick to their stomachs

"What's wrong? Never seen a pretty lady before?" Roxy smiles and does the stupid fucking anime pose with the peace sign over the eye and the bent leg. They both step back some and look scared to death. "Wwwhh what are you???"

"I am..." Roxy takes a moment to think of a badass name. "The Macrocosm. Know my name. Remember it well. Fear my return."

With a giggle, Roxy vanishes in a flash of purple distortion.

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