"Ya got a stick in your hair lady." a voice chimed from behind Moria.  It was Fang's voice.  Great, that means trouble is either to come, or is near.  "And how the heck did you get lost so easily?  The forests and sects of Forengard are easy to navigate!...well, for me at least.  Perks of being a Kasani~ I get to have great hearing and nose!" she said oddly cheerfully, looking rather proud of herself.  

Moria seems to almost instantly flip around to look at Fang. She glares at the startler, before speaking in a firm, yet quiet, voice, "It's rude to sneak up on people. And pointless to brag about something unasked." Less instantly, she stands back in a normal pose, and feels through her hair for the stick.

Somewhat unfortunately, she is distracted by the other two before she can find the stick, and waves at them. "Hi?"

"Oh hey!  You're Ruin and Apollo!  Cor told me about ya two crackers!  What'cha two been up to recently?" Fang said cheerfully, though she momentarily got distracted by her tail and began to chase it...

"The someone's name is Gravekeeper Moria." Said Moria is more focused on removing the twig in her hair than the conversation around her, but at least she's paying enough attention to say something.

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"Gravekeeper Moria? Oh! What a beautiful name," Apollo says, giving Moria a wink. He then flexes and says, "As you may have caught on, I am the great and wonderful Apollo!"

After a beat, he nudges the very quiet Ruin.

Ruin, tail swishing a bit, plainly says, "My name's Ruin." His hand leaves his sword's handle.

(iirc Apollo's original form was on the wiki and would be pretty out-dated anyway RIP)

"Of course my Lord has earned such titles," Ruin speaks up quickly, sounding a bit irritated at the idea of Apollo being seen as anything lesser than such.

"Now, now, Ruin. As Moria said, the word doesn't spread fast! However, when it does, I hope the dead say nothing but good things, haha!"

Apollo then quietly reminds Ruin to not be so formal with him.

Apollo lets out a hearty laugh.

"Lord is only a formality given to me by our teaching! We're actually brothers!"

Ruin cuts in quickly, his face flushing, "Teacher! He's my teacher! We are not brothers!"

Despite his insistence on them not being brothers, Ruin's tail had started wagging the second Apollo had said "brothers".

Moria seems to finally express some form of emotion, besides the moment of contempt, in amusement at the debate of what Ruin and Apollo's relation really is.

She steps back, as Fang begins to bound about, keeping her distance from the. there are only so many ways to describe a character I don't see very often. Anyways, there is an edge in Moria's voice as she addresses Fang, "It does not particularly matter to me whether a no-name is a king, nor do I see why such a claim would make me less frustrated with your unwanted, and needless, invasion of my personal space."

Apollo chimed in rather cheerfully, "Now, let us stay civil in our conversation!"

Ruin's hand found the hilt of his sword, and he stepped closer towards and slightly in front of Apollo in a defensive style. It was clear that Ruin would not hesitate to draw his sword if either Moria or Fang lashed out towards Apollo.

Apollo is trying to gently and subtly nudge Ruin back as he says, "We shouldn't turn on each other quickly when we just made acquaintance!"

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Fang leans forward and throws her hands out.  "Yeah, ya do." she says. "You're not gettin' through my skull yet ya nutcase." 

"Oh thank you!" Fang quickly snaps back rather cheerfully and jumps on her heels a bit and smiles brightly at Apollo.  "You're quite the gentleman aren't ya?  Where do ya come from anyways?  Cor never told me much about you two except that one of you looks like a mole and the other a sunflower."

(Iirc, Cor compares the auras he sees from people to random things.  Like a mole for Ruin, since they are shy, and a sunflower for Apollo since they like attention somehow)

Ruin thinks, A mole? Is this related to how Father Avram calls me 'vermin'?

Apollo, now having attention, confidently puffs out his chest as he tries to answer both questions.

"Ahahaha! I'm not tied down to just a single place, just as I'm not tied down by a single title! I have many names with many variations! Such as-"

Oh boy. Here we go.

"-Apollo, the Great and Wonderful! Apollo, the God of the Shining Sun, the Beautiful Constellations, and the Most Comforting Daydreams! Lord Apollo, Brother and Teacher of the Wonderful and Great Ruin! Apollo, Lord of Wisdom! Apollo, Child and Missonary of The Eye! Apollo, the Child of Gold and Beauty! Apollo the Adventurer! Apollo the Hero!" 

As he's reciting some of his titles, Apollo poses dramatically. Ruin has stepped back for now, giving Apollo room to move around.

Finally, Apollo finishes off his little grand show-off by stating, "And many more titles and names with many of their own variations and words! Of course, it would take all day to tell you all of them, so I will grant the mercy of sparing you from me having to say all of them!"

He then quickly adds on, "Oh, and I suppose there's the chance you may hear my name without a title, however that isn't something that happens often!"

Moria seems to regret her question by the second title. "I'll... try to remember the ones you listed then. I had thought my two had been a bit too much, but I see now how long those lists can grow."

"Yeah!  That might have been me!  I was following her because...well I kinda...errrr, got lost a bit chasing after a squirrel..." Fang said rather sheepishly.

"Ohh, I see! Apologies for my ignorance! I am quite relieved to hear that you both are just lost, then!"

Apollo gives his usual award-winning, warm smile.