October 13, 2022

Roxy appears in the lighthouse, immediately swapping to her fennec form. She heads down and walks to Moore Manor, although keeping distance from the manor itself. She can see some family members patrolling outside. She quickly scurries up a tree, trying to make sure no one can see her. Roxy's clothes swap to a black bodysuit as her fur and eyes darken. She moves along the treeline, attempting to find the general area she helped Charlie relocate to. She sees a few nonferals patching up a hole on the side of the building. She quickly scurries a few trees away, hopefully out of their line of vision, and jumps over onto the side of the building, digging her claws in to keep herself up. She takes out a knife and begins carving a small hole for her to fit through. Roxy slinks into the hole and patches it back up by placing the removed material back and duct taping it from the inside.

Roxy scuttles over to Charlie's closet and gives three taps "Chaaaarrrlieeeeee!"

She hears shuffling before the plywood is moved and she sees Charlie groggily looking at her "Again? How?"

"I get around. Can I come in?" Roxy smiles.

"I mean sure?"

Roxy stumbles in, her outfit switching back to the hoodie over her dress and iconic striped leggings in the blink of an eye. "I brought something for you!" She pulls a warm paper bag from her hoodie pocket and hands it to Charlie.

Charlie takes it and looks a bit confused after feeling that it's warm "Thank you, you didn't have to" She goes to open it to find it’s full of smores.

"Well, didn't want you deprived of your favorite food." Roxy chuckles, leaning against a wall. "So, what's been going on lately?"

Her eyes light up some "Woah" Charlie takes out a smore and eats it. She speaks partly muffled while eating "Uhm. I haven't seen Michael or Madelyn all day. Worried as you can guess"

"Yyyeah. I think... I heard from another guy that Madelyn tried leaving and Michael let her go or something, and now they're both in trouble with the crown. Rumor says they're gonna get beheaded, but I didn't tell you that."

She pauses eating. She seems more sick to her stomach "Oh no.."

"I wanna try to get a meeting with the Crown, I wanna get some answers out of her. Either way, stuff I heard was just a rumor anyways, you know how that stuff can spread and turn into something it isn't. I'm sure they're fine." She sighs, looking up to the ceiling. "Say... speaking of rumors, you heard anything about a weird cat with droopy eyes?"

"The thing in the basement?"

"Yeah, what do you know about it, if anything?"

"Some family member really got messed up after some experiment and killed anyone who goes down there. They gave up and just decided to not go in the basement anymore"

"Oh that's interesting? What was their name, if you know?"

"Pie would know more about that one"

"Pie?"

"Oh- uh Kyle I mean" She looks off to the side as if a bit embarrassed "Just a nickname I gave him"

"I'm curious as to what warrented that nickname, but it's probably not my place to ask," she chuckles.

"...hes sweet as pie" She says quietly.

 They hear someone hit the closet door and grumble with a male voice at them "Charlie I heard that you know"

Roxy freezes up "DIDWEGETCAUGHT-" she whispers.

Charlie sighs "No that's just Kyle"

"Ohh okay, uhh. Hi Kyle!" She says to the wall. "Anyways, that's a cute reason for a nickname"

"It is" Charlie smiles.

"It's not cute, it's die upside down" Kyle mumbles.

"Mhmmm surreeee" Roxy nods.

"It's not cute" Kyle grumbles. Charlie rolls her eyes as she barely cracks open the door and sets out a smore before closing it

"I think it is," Roxy chuckles, "So, Kyle, what's up? How've you been?"

"I've been better" Kyle replies.

"Yeah he's fighting off a bit of a cold right now" Charlie adds.

"Aw, that sucks, hope you feel better soon," she shifts her weight to one foot as she lifts the other, placing it on the wall behind her. "So, Pie-yle, what's up with the person in the basement? I was told you know their name?"

"Yeah they went by Juliet at some point" Kyle clears his throat some.

"...Huh, okay that checks out," Roxy mumbles just above a whisper, before speaking up a bit, "Know anybody named... say, something along the lines of Julian?"

"Yeah that's the researcher for our group" Charlie nods.

"Bit of a bitch if you ask me" Kyle adds before coughing some.

"Researcher?"

"Yeah, order of leadership around here goes crown, mighty, researcher, then us" Charlie

"Experiments" Kyle grumbles.

"I've heard experiments mentioned a couple of times, what do those entail? Especially since Juliet became a murdermachine or something because of one I'm slightly curious"

"Anything hadal blood" Charlie sighs.

"Makes sense. I heard a rumor that it turns blue when cold, do yall know anything about that?"

"Never heard of that. What about you Pie?" Charlie shakes her head.

"God don't call me that infront of others....uh no I haven't" Kyle responds.

"Hm, okay. So, either of you hear any rumors going around lately?"

"That's really vague uhhhmm" Charlie squints as she thinks.

"Heard about this guy named Kyle, he sounds really cool. Saved hundreds and loved by all" 

Kyle chuckles some as Charlie rolls her eyes.

"Oh yeah? He sounds real interesting," Roxy chuckles.

"Handsome too" Kyle adds.

"Alright alright, cool it" Charlie says at the wall.

"So, Kyle, how'd you end up here in the first place?"

"Probably born here" Charlie faces Roxy again.

"Been here as long as I can remember" Kyle clears his throat again.

"Makes sense. How easily do you think I could sneak in without anyone noticing?"

"Uhhh no" Charlie scoffs.

"Really? I've managed to get into the walls twice now, how hard could it be to sneak around the manor itself?"

"They're all over the place. They won't hesitate to call the crown down either"

"I think that'd work in my favor, I've been trying so hard to schedule a meeting with her but she's playing hard to get" Roxy chuckles slightly.

"She doesn't do meetings like that. Maybe don't? She will just kill you" Charlie sounds serious.

"I'd like to see her try," Roxy scoffs, before muttering, "Though... a dromen probably could kill a corruptelam..." she shakes her head before speaking up, "Do yall know anything about 'Dromen'?" she asks, putting air quotes around Dromen.

Charlie shakes her head "No, have you Kyle?"

"Nope"

"Makes sense. I just heard some gossip about the Crown being a 'hadal dromen' so I wanted to check if you guys knew what that meant." Roxy tilts her head, an ear flicking, "Though, I am curious as to how she kills people."

"No clue. what's left over just gets tossed in the basement"

"Note to self: check out the basement," Roxy jests, "I dunno, all communications I've had with the Crown have been full of snide remarks and empty threats. She doesn't seem that bad."

"Please just for your own sake don't test it? You seem nice" Charlie asks sincerely. 

"I'll try not to," Roxy chuckles with a smile, "No promises, though. Ooh, I've got one, have any of the mighty talked about someone called 'The Macrocosm' at all?"

Kyle busts out laughing

"No, we havent" Charlie smiles some.

Roxy yells at the wall "KYLE KYLE WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT KYLE"

Kyle keeps laughing "There's no telling" Charlie

"Did he hear it wrong? I hope so." Roxy adds.

"Probably"

"Perfect" Roxy smiles "So, anyone got any conversation topics? I'm down to talk about anything."

"Nothing much" Charlie shrugs

"I'm gonna go get that food tray real quick" They can hear Kyle get up.

"Ok stay safe" Charlie says quickly.

"Have fun Kyle," Roxy waves to the door "I'll probably head out in a bit, too. Got some people waiting for me back at home."

"Alright. Good luck"

"You as well!" Roxy dips back into the wall and tries to make her way to the hole that the Moores are trying to patch up. It looks like they are almost done patching it up. Roxy rams through the patchwork while yelling "OH YEAHHHHH!!!!!!"

All of them stumble back in surprise as Roxy runs up and socks one of them in the snout. They yelp and grab their nose. Roxy shifts back to her human form, turning her body to make sure they all see her face, all while laughing maniacally. They all start screaming.

"ANOTHER WIN FOR THE MACROCOSM!!!!!" Roxy vanishes in a flash of purple distortion.

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