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[wilder]

[Backdated to a freakishly early hour. I'm talking 4am freakish.]

[If anyone is crazy enough to be outside and near the stables at this hour, they might catch of Zelos walking towards and into the stable, with this little guy in tow. Zelos on the whole looks tired and kinda dirty from traveling, but on the whole he seems to be in one piece. ]

[Once he's in the stables, he seems to busy himself with making that creature is watered, fed and honestly on the whole stalling for time. Once that's out of the way, he'll do another thing and at last fulfill one promise, flipping open his journal]

[Uru]

Hey darling. I know you're probably asleep but as promised, I'm telling you I'm back at the castle.

[What. He never promised to tell EVERYONE he's back so nyaaaah]

[House Filter]

[But after all that is said and done and he can stall no more, he'll make his way to the house in the city, still trying to sort out what he's thinking and what he's going to do once he gets there. Before he knows it, he's at the front door and he still has...no idea what to do.]

[So he stands there for awhile. Internally berating himself for not having the guts to just walk in there, to just knock and call out that he's home. On the other hand he's still stuck on what he's supposed to do, what he's supposed to say. Thinking things like maybe it was a bad plan to come back from the Dead Zone after hearing about Adachi - like he could even do anything to make anything better at all. His friends would probably be pissed to see him because talk about pathetic timing and not to mention the fact he ran off on them. And considering the house...what was he thinking? Maybe he should just go back to the castle for tonight and figure out what to do later. That suddenly seemed like a much better plan and he starts to turn to go]

[Except you know. He kinda...forgot the giant green dog that sleeps outside of the house. The giant green dog that proceeds to pounce on him and tackle him to the ground. Which makes him shout out VERY loudly as he crashes into the nearby bed of flowers ]

WHOA-!

Comments

[polar]

[GUESS WHO'S SLEEPING JUST INSIDE THE STABLE WITH NAGA? GO ON, GUESS!]

[wilder]

[SANTA.]

[He notices because that is a big dog and hey cute girl. He does take a second to check her out before continuing to bring the mongoose dragon in. He's not actively trying to wake her, but you know- how quiet can you be when you got a goddamn dragon with you? ]

[polar]

[You really can't.

Hearing noises, Korra stirs and cracks an eye open before sitting up with a loud yawn. She stretches a bit as she starts speaking.]

You're out early. Or late. Whatever.

[wilder]

[He'll glance over with a grin.]

Heh heh, well I just got in from the Dead Zone.

Sorry to take you- though why is a lovely lady like yourself sleeping out here?

House filter! (1/2)

[selfless]

[and guess who actually wakes up at freakishly early hours? Colette! Hooray for being raised in a Priest environment. of course, 4am is a bit early, even for her, but... well, she had some trouble sleeping. So she's up early, still in her nightgown making some breakfast.

She's distracted enough that she doesn't hear Zelos walking to the house, but it's hard to not hear that loud crash. Oh dear! She'll quickly flip off the stove, and hurry to the front door. Uh oh, was Noishe causing trouble? When she opens the door she's ready to apologize on the dog's behalf]

I'm so sorry-

2/2

[selfless]

[w-wait, is that.......?]

Zelos?

1/2

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile is pushing off Noishe and looking pretty unrefined and uncool at this moment]

Geez get off me you stupid over-sized mutt!!

[wilder]

[And then as he gets Noishe off him, he'll notice Colette]

[Oh. Not just as keikaku planned. Have an awkward wave as he tries to regain coolness]

Colette....yo.

[selfless]

[in a different scenario she would giggle at this adorable site :') Aw, Noishe loves hiiiiim, cute]

H-Hello! Ah... welcome back.

TIMESKIP TO AWHILE AFTER THE FIRST HOUSE FILTER

[wilder]

[So after that heartwarming home welcome with fists, let's have a timeskip Zelos after healing up his face and has decided that it's time to get round two of violence over with. Especially with Sheena apparently being in the home, thus making trolling so much easier ]

[And of course, being him, he does this by slipping into her room and shaking her shoulder gently, leaning down to say in a sing-song tone in her ear]

Sheeenaaaaaa! Rise and shine my voluptuous banshee~! ♪

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena's slept through Noishe's noisy greeting and the rest of the ruckus downstairs, not to mention the shaking of her shoulder, but the moment she hears that voice next to her ear, she's wide awake.

And what does Zelos receive for his trouble? Not only the expected right-cross (and perhaps a few lefts) to the face, but a few sharp words as well.]

You Stupid Chosen! What the hell do you think you're doing sneaking into my room at this hour?!

[wilder]

[And he makes a pained noise as he falls from the smacks!]

Whaaat? I've been traveling on the empty roads a long time- can you blame me for wanting to see your beauty as soon as I get home?!

[ninjainviolet]

[And she ignores that sound as she gives him one more punch before resting a hand on her hip.]

You could have waited until daytime, you pervert! [First he peeks into her shower, then sneaks into her room. What next? Someone help him if he ever decides to sneak into her shower.]

1/2

[amiable]

[ Give her a moment to get over her initial surprise. Also she replies back at a sane hour in the afternoon or something. ]

He really did filter!

Zelos

[amiable]

Ah, you came back alright?

Uru

[wilder]

[Oh yeah this journal! Zelos is in much better sounding spirits when he opens upthe journal to reply again. HE'S HOOOME]

Hahaha, yep! Safe and sound~!

Zelos

[amiable]

I'm glad!

And I'm happy you kept your promise!

/is late?

[peacockherald]

<sub>[He had had a restless night, some bad dreams, and what was good for bad dreams? Coming out and seeing his lovely lady, Yfandes. She was up to, as always connected to him and so aware of the disquiet of his mind. He brought her a sweet apple for her troubles, and right now her stall door was open, the white mare simply standing in the aisle, munching her treat as Vanyel shucked out her stall.

She turned when Zelos came in with... whatever it was and whickered, but otherwise seemed unperturbed and Vanyel popped his head out.]</sub>

Dare I ask what that is?

[wilder]

[He notice the other person. Huh. Guess this is a castle that never sleeps. He shrugs]

Some kinda lizard? I'm not sure myself.

[peacockherald]

Yes, I see that I -

_{[He stops, eyes glazing, and then looks to Yfandes, who bobs her head.]}

Ah, Yfandes tells me you are the young man who helped me when I first came here months ago,

[wilder]

Hm? [He looks a bit surprised, trying to remember him] I am?

[wishmadeinfire]

<sub>[Every now and then, Ashura found himself up late like this. Sometimes it happened when he dreamt, other times it was simply an old habit reasserting itself. He had left his lover in bed and made his way out to the stables, figuring it might calm him to care for Svitana some.

So when Zelos came up to the stables, an even bigger reptilian creature would be tethered in the cross-ties, Ashura kneeling down and inspecting the thick claws on the front-feet as the dragon-horse half-dosed.

Ashura looked up when Zelos came in, smiling faintly.]</sub>

I thought I would be the only out here this early in the morning.

[wilder]

[oh okay dude with a big dragon thing. Luckily he's pretty used to the odd sights here so he'll just grin awkwardly]

Heh heh, I'm just getting in from the Dead Zone.

[wishmadeinfire]

The Dead Zone? You were out there alone?!

_{[He rises in alarm, Svitana coming awake and snorting, shaking his head some.]}

[wilder]

Uh....yeah?

[Man people sure are skittish here about that]