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" *YOUR* idiot? D'awwww, cute." Eli squealed. Kani and Agni looked away and snickered. Eli glared at the two which shut them up.
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"Capital." the infamous words imprinted themselves into the minds of all the residents of the Inn. It was Catalyst. Guess the time to goof off is up.
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Both gods startled quite badly at the sudden telepathic communication, so much so that Caligo accidentally head butted Aestus, ouch. "what the hell was that?!" Aestus exclaimed "I’m sorry-" Caligo started before being interrupted "not you!" Aestus picked up Cal by the waist and rushed back to the others with his moon under the arm.
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"Wow, you two really are a mess. Cor was right." Agni said looking rather shocked at how Cal was basically luggage to Aestus. "Did you guys see Cat's message too?"
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"It was beamed into our skulls" Caligo point to his own forehead for emphasis, Aestus just look both done with Cal’s bullshit and also on edge about the message
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Kani looked at Caligo the same way Aestus did. Done with the bullshit. Agni nodded and looked back at his sister. Eli face was painted in confusion. "What are you looking at me for?" she asked her brother, who just stuck his tongue out in sort of rebellion. Kani sighed and swatted the two on the necks, making them recoil a bit. "Well, food can wait, let's go."
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"To where?" Aestus asked, Caligo wiggling in his grip, unsuccessfully in his escape attempt.
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"Garcarnia's capital: Izani (Is-zan-knee), where else. Catalyst is likely waiting for us." Kani replied.
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"I guess we be better hurry there" Aestus doesn’t seem enthusiastic about it, neither does Caligo if one looked closely, behind his big old smile is apprehension
(Blame their parents on their distrust and fear of authority figures)
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"Not like he can hurt you. He's a spectral being you know...." Agni said, jumping from his seat and dashing to the door. Kani sighed and waved his hand.
"Good luck you all, I'll stay here with Eli to run the Inn, so Agni and Cat will take you two." he said and gave the two a brief smile. Eli did the same.
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They waved at the two before following Agni out of the inn.
"You know" Caligo adresss Agni once they caught up to him outside "Catalyst could probably hurt us if he tried" Aestus looked confused at that
(Fuck it new lore)
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Agni paused for a moment and decided to ignore Caligo's remark."Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, guys, what brings ya over here to Garcarnia anyways? Because clearly Cor didn't tell ya I can say." Agni asked. kicking his shoes against he cobblestone road.
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"Some rude ice guy said we had to come see Praxis" Caligo replied, a little annoyed at being ignore, he wiggled again but Aestus still won’t let him go.
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Agni nearly tripped and fell flat on his face as soon as he heard that. And clearly some of the pedestrians of the street did too as they all looked at Caligo. The cerulean eyed man looked at the god in both a worried and confused expression. "Hold on, you're saying that Zane himself dragged your two goofy asses all the way over here?"
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"I guess he did why?" Caligo answered, confused "he froze the whole city just to get our attention" Aestus said deadpan "oh yeah! Even tried to freeze crimson too, quite rude if you ask me" the smaller god replied
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"Three moons you REALLY must have pissed off the Council if Zane himself dragged you two and froze Lethera AND Crimson...Oy vey, now I'm almost scared to see what Praxis will do to ya..." Agni shook his head and threw his hands behind his head and sighed deeply, clearly troubled by this news.
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"I suddenly don’t want to go" "do we have to go now?" Aestus and Caligo said respectively at the same, both looking quite pale at hearing just how serious this all actually is, Aestus even stopped walking.
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"Not like you have much of a choice if a Council member ordered ya and a Kyng is expecting you. That would be KINDA too rude if you ask me."
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The stress might have gotten to them both. Since one moment they were standing there, and the next there was two little critters in their place.
Aestus as a medium dog size ball of feathers, and Caligo as a scrunkly cat sized dragon, they still look stressed but at least they are adorable now
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Agni's jaw hit the floor as he stood there, seeing the two gods turn into....fur, fuzz...uhhh, whatever they were. He didn't have any words really. "Uhhhhh....what the actual fuuuuuuuuuuuu...." he trailed offn.
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"It’s fine this happened before we’ll turn back once we relax, I think…" Caligo answered, Aestus wanted to scream but all that got out was chirps
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"Is...is Ast a bird now? IS HE GONNA BE A PAIN IN MY AST FROM NOW ON?!"
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Aestus was glaring daggers into Agni’s soul "one. He was always a bird. Two. Make that pun again and I will make you a new ass" Caligo look just as pissed if not more
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Agni grinned devilishly and slyly. "No promises someone else won't. Especially once you guys meet Praxis' birds. They'll mock ya to kingdom come! Anyways, if you're both done being birds...uhhh...thing, then we got quite a walk. about 20 miles east. So uhh...yeah!"
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Aestus signed and started walking again, only to pause a few steps in to grab Caligo by the scruff to carry him, not unlike a momma cat, with an oversized ‘kitten’.
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"You two are something." Agni said to the gods, literally lifting them up onto a platform....of....cobblestone?! "And slow." he added as the gods flew over his head.
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"We have small legs! And I haven’t figured out how to control what size i end up as…you didn’t figure it out did you Ast?" Aestus shakes his head no, accidentally shaking Cal a little too.
"No wha to get there faster is there?" Caligo secretly hope there is not, the longer they can avoid getting there the better, but maybe they should just rip the bandage off.
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"I mean, there is a way to get there faster, but you two would be like hay in the wind if we did. As Lethera's personal mage of sorts, I could practically launch you like cannon balls..." the man said, quite proud and considering such a thing. And even as the trio walked...or well, two floated through the streets, they garnered all sorts of looks, most friendly and saying hello to the passing Agni, a few children even tossed up various fruits to the gods. One even managed to score a headshot on their horns, imaping the fruit on it.
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"Oh! that actually sound fun!" Caligo exclaimed, while Aestus just look very concerned for his moon’s mental well being
"Why are they-ow- hitting us with fruits?" Caligo said, trying to dislodge the one stuck on his horn, even with Aestus helping, it was stuck on there good, cursed the curved shape of his horns!
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"Three moons! Cal you're not serious are you?! You'd be under a hell load of G-force! No suicide here now please! And don't worry about the fruits! They're for eating you dummy! Snacks for the road. The kids love all sorts of funny looking things, so don't be holding it to them!"
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"Oh don’t worry I fell from the moon a few times and only snapped my neck!" Caligo said it so casually, Aestus seem a little uncomfortable but seem to quickly brush it off to eat the fruit stuck on Cal’s horn.
(As long as the sun and moon in their world live, they cannot die, and that mean they can get stabbed and even decapitated and be juuuuuust fine, it’s not simple to kill a god after all)