paradisa | Nepeta: Be brave.

[The sounds and shadows in Nepeta's ~~cave~~ room were becoming a bit much, so now she's roaming around the halls with her hands tightly gripping her journal. Just in case. After all, if one of her teammates or friends needs her help, she wants to be ready!

It has nothing to do with her being scared. She's no scaredy cat!

When she speaks, she tries her best to sound confident. She's a fearsome huntress, after all.]

Not having the sun isn't so bad, but some of the other stuff going on is just plain creepy!

If anyone wants some company, I would not mind being that company. I know that some people might be scared, but it's okay! I am sure this will all go away soon. Just let me know! And you can make it private, too, in case you don't want others to know you are scared. . . . .

[Her voice trails off at the end, and her footsteps come to an abrupt halt. Nepeta makes the tiniest noise of uncertainty. DOES ANYONE HEAR THAT? No? It's just her?

Her footsteps pick up the pace.]

Anyone at all! I'm not picky!

[And that's when she hears the creepiest, most frightening sound of all:

HONK.

Aaaaand she shrieks.]

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[And here's a familiar face, having rigged a lantern to the end of her staff, carrying it at an angle slung over her shoulder, candle in it steady. Her ears shoot up fast and hard the second she hears that, turning them to the sound's source, looking around, alert and cautious. That other hand clenches into a fist instinctively, just in case she's got to slam a bitch.]

Who's there? Is everyone okay?

[A few feet down the hall, a door opens up and Rose sticks her head out, looking irritable. She is still holding the novel she was quite engrossed in before being interrupted by the scream.

When she sees Nepeta, however, her face softens.]

Are you alright, Nepeta?

[ That shriek is particularly shrill, and the lines of light in the shapes of letters about Duke flare up bright as he jumps at the sound, turning toward where he's fairly sure it came from - It might be where the echo returned from, but the flickering golden light of his spell fades a moment after. ]

... Do you need aid? [ More lines join the already formed ones - he's ready to help whoever it is who screamed - ... even if he's not sure where exactly they are. ]

[Shiki's very much in her candle-filled room, very much not going anywhere when she hears Nepeta's shriek, and she flails massively.]

Nepeta?? What's wrong?? What's going on??

[OH GOOD. A familiar voice! Nepeta's quick to reply to it.]

It's just Nepeta!

[Where is Alleyne? She's squinting into the darkness around her, eyes not having caught sight of the lantern yet. She should hurry to find her. Alleyne might be scared!]

[She'll turn around in the direction she hears her voice echo from, standing still, putting her lantern forward now.]

Oh, good. Are you okay? You're not injured, are you? I'm down the hall; I shouldn't be too far from you. I've a light, I should be easy to spot.

[Whirling around, Nepeta can now see another familiar face. She hurriedly scurries toward Rose, putting her brave face on again.]

Oh, hi Rose! Um, yeah! Of course I'm alright! Why wouldn't I be?

[It takes her a moment before she responds, wanting to get her wits about her once again. Gotta be brave gotta be brave...]

I don't think so. Do you need aid?

[Give her a moment, Shiki! The honks... they're following her...]

Nothing! Nothing's going on! Hi! How are you? Are you okay?

[Aha! The light has been spotted, and Nepeta moves quickly toward it and away from the constant honks.]

Miss Alleyne! There you are! I'm just fine, are you okay?

[ hrrrgghhh guilt. his team is just falling apart all over the place. in what is probably a clear lack of intelligence, he approaches her from behind and taps her on the shoulder. ]

[It'd been nice to hear some friendly voices and maybe even help them calm down a bit--in reality it was her that needed some calming!--and she was starting to push away any sounds that made her jump. But this? She was not expecting at all.

The instant she's tapped Nepeta shrieks in alarm once again, leaping forward and away from whatever just touched her oh god oh god what is--]

[When she's far enough away to turn and see what is out to get her, her eyes widen in surprise and relief to see that it's only Karkat.

She exhales a rather big sigh of relief.]

Oh! Karkat, it's only you!

[ Feferi wasn't really afraid of anything that was happening, in fact she's trying to )(-ELP everyone! So hearing that shriek she will be coming to your aid!! ]

Nepeta! Are you there?

Who--oaaah. Are you alright?

Likely not. [ Although, the way he'd just turned about because he'd been facing the wrong direction - that had been the echo he'd turned toward. Oops.

Carefully walking in her direction and purposefully ignoring the creaks and odd sounds the castle made behind him. The glow flickers and dies down to a low light. ]

Startled, the castle did?

[Lo! Is that the voice of his (pseudo) little sister in distress?!]

Fear not, Nepeta! I will be by your side in moments.

Nepeta, stop all this wailing and noise pollution, you are acting like a scared little ninny. Express to me your exact location and exercise no further forms of locomotion so I may promptly find you.

That was a shriek of excitement and glee, then, I presume?

[She raises one eyebrow at Nepeta.]

Don;t worry, Nepeta, I'm sure it's uh...nothing? I mean, I hope it's nothing...

[Not helping, Spike]

If you want, you can come stay with me, Twilight and Fluttershy. We figure there's safety in numbers.

Oh, that. [a little embarrassed now] I just thought I heard something, but I'm purrty sure it's nothing.

[Oh oh! That's definitely not a scary sound at all! Nepeta's turning around to try and find Fef.]

Yes, I'm here! I can hear you! Where are you?

Um... [Well, as long as it's under a filter...]

Yes, but I'm kind of creeped out by all the noises that I'm hearing. They're scary.

Okay! But I'm not afraid! I'm being my bravest!

[HONK. And a very tiny shrill of fear.]

I'm not a scared little ninny! I'm just trying to make sure that everyone is safe so I can help them not be scared.

[And then softly] Let me find a door so I know what floor I am on...

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