(I guess that's me now. What can I do for you today?)

Azrail decides to stay, though he kept an eye on Zio. He would head over if Zio's condition seemed to get worse. He smiles at Will a bit hesitantly and apologizes using sign language. He returns to his bracelet fiddling.

(OwO Crazy dreams I am full of. Sometimes. I sometimes forget them. I have had a plethora of flying dreams, though most aren't actually flying, either simple gliding or bounce flying - the latter which I think is the best. I had a dream catcher, but my sister stole it and now who knows where it is. xP)

"Then let's go. Right now. Let every moment count. Come on you two, lets go to the gate and open it now." Churrio calls to Will and Azrail before beckoning for Zio to come along.

Austyn smiles and waves to the Muncher, still wanting to be friends with it.
(*bird noises*)

(Um, can I please get a medium hot chocolate with extra whipped cream? And um... chocolate?)

Will gives him huge puppy dog eyes, he hates me... he just doesn't want to hurt my feelings. Maybe I made a mistake, no I didn't, maybe he thinks he made a mistake? His mind was overthinking things again. He let out a sigh as Azrail apologized, not feeling very good at the moment mentally.

(Flying is fun. I will fly in the sky like a birdie! I is a bird! Dreams are fun and awesome and cool!)

Zio didn't seem to notice her, staring at nothing. It was a bit weird to be honest. But whatever. Will ignored Churrio. South sighed. North and West nodded. East tackled Churrio again.

The Muncher hissed a bit, but walking over to sniff Austyn curiously.

(*yelps as bell rings*)

(Ok! I shall go see if we have any of that. *searches through candy bag and finds a Marabou king size milk chocolate bar that I've only split off half of* This should do. *goes back to you and hands you the other half* Don't worry, only a month old chocolate.)

Azrail noticed the puppy dog eyes and makes an inquisitive squeak noise. "You alright? Are you hurt? Was it something I did? Did someone say something to hurt your feelings? How can I help?" He demands, not wanting Will to be sad. He would do anything for Will. Anything.

(They can be! Or they can turn into nightmares for no reason. I like being bird too! I enjoy flying.)

Churrio squawks and falls backwards, her wings spread in an attempt to keep her from falling over and helping her to balance. She looks really confused. "What's going on?" She asks.

Austyn says hi and puts his hand out for the Muncher to sniff. It was so pretty.

(*feathers fluff as bell rings* chip chirp)

(*eats half and makes sure you don't want any* moo? It good? Want some?)

"It's fine, nothing is wrong. I'm just overthinking again," Will said with another small sigh before realizing that Churrio had wanted them to go, not like he cared, "The only person hurting me is myself. I guess it's just something I'm used to doing."

(Hm... flying nightmares? Interesting. Birds are fun. Everything is fun)

"Nothing, I just like hugs," East said even though the question probably wasn't directed to him, "Maybe you should check on Zio, they are acting strange. Could be the curse or something."

The Muncher gently grabs his hand. It tilts it's head then glowed orange and green. It coloring resembled a caterpillar. A bright colorful caterpillar.

(*hides then comes out once bell rings again* moo moo MOO!)

(I'm good! Let me sing to you while you digest like in Beauty and the Beast
*starts singing and doing my strange bounce dance*
I'm an acorn, small and round Lying on the cold, cold, ground Everybody steps on me That is why I'm cracked you see I'm a nut (click, click) I'm a nut (click, click) I'm a nut! I'm a nut! I'm a nut (click, click)
Called myself on the telephone Just to see if I was home Asked me out on a date Picked me up at half past eight I'm a nut (click, click) I'm a nut (click, click) I'm a nut! I'm a nut! I'm a nut (click, click)
Took myself to the movie show Sat myself on the very front row Something something something something Something something something something... Um.... something something?... something something something? *shrugs and continues* I'm a nut! (click, click) I'm a nut! (click, click) I'm a nut! I'm a nut! I'm a nut! (click, click)
Pepsi Cola went to town Coca-Cola shot 'em down Dr. Pepper fixed 'em up now we all drink 7 Up. I'm a nut (click, click) I'm a nut (click, click) I'm a nut! I'm a nut! I'm a nut (click, click)
*takes bow*)

Azrail hums sadly and tries to figure out a solution to this. He wanted Will to be happy and for the depression or sadness or whatever impending doom was on Will's mind to go away! It had no right to be making his boyfriend miserable. Though if Will was doing it to himself, was it a different matter? (*empty ramblings*)

(*says spookily* It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt *cue horror sting* *horror feel immediately ends when I turn on the lights and ask if I'm the only one being swamped with responsibilities*)

Churrio clicks her beak together and attempts to get up and go to Zio. She wasn't sure what was up with Zio and wanted to find out. Also, just to get the group going to the gates. "Hey Zio! How you doing? Want to come with us to the gates? It's not good to leave a task only half done." She says as if she was the wisest person ever. She is by Zio's side, waving a hand in front of Zio's face to try and get their attention.

"Hi! I'm Austyn. You probably know that. Um, would it be rude to say I like your colors and I think you're cute?" Austyn asks the Muncher, wanting permission to say it before he said it. He didn't realize he had already said it when asking.(because this child sometimes doesn't watch his words)

(*excited chirping* Hi! I've come back from the strange and lonely thing called school work and responsibilities. And tests and essays. And writing a story (only continuing it and adding about, oh I don't know, a thousand to two thousand words more? Who knew writing a story was so hard and took so much time?) Anyways, how are you, Moo?)

(*claps* amazing! I like it! I think it amazing!)

Will wasn't about to cheer himself up. To him happiness was something that was dangerous if he stayed that way for too long. It wasn't like he didn't want to be happy, he wanted so badly to be happy. 'Being happy is a weakness' His dad had told him once when he had actually made a friend, a sad day that was. Maybe he would eventually find a way to be happy, but not at this moment.

(*watches* I have responsibilities... but not too bad. It's the stress that's killing me, but I know I'm overreacting *turns off lights again and smiles creepily*)

"Kill... them," Zio mumbled softly, then jumping as Churrio suddenly appeared, "Wh-what? Did I miss something? Are we leaving?"
What had been going on for Zio you ask? They where getting a nice visit from Fate, who was telling them lots of very nice things to do... not. Stupid powerful child. You should kill them! They are useless to you anyways! You'll know what will happen when they find out about your past! They'll kill you! Murderers must be punished! Fate said going on and on in their head about how they should murder someone and it was driving them crazy.

The Muncher nodded, then nodded again. Then licked his hand. Then pretended they hadn't. They lit themselves up again, still looking a lot like a caterpillar... say, maybe that was their name? Anyways it hissed a bit, tail wagging happily, kinda like a doggo. They seemed happy.

(Moo! Moo... moo! Moo moooo moo moo moo moo, moo moo moo and moo moo moo! Moo moo... moo m-moo? Moo... *sighs* moo moo mooo moo moo! Moo moo moo moo? Moo! Moo moo! Moo mooo... moo. Moo moo)

(Mhm. I am absolutely amazing *heroic pose before stepping down from stage* The only problem is I didn't create that song. Someone else did. But that alright! Because I'm glad they did so I could sing it and any anyone whenever I get super excited or feel like I've been fenced in for too long. *cheerful noise*)

Azrail was lost in his own thought, not really thinking about what his hands were doing. His hands were fiddling with his bracelets again, turning them in circles around his wrists or plucking at them. He shakes himself from his thoughts and signs, 'Churrio wants us to go to the pillars. She's having enough trouble trying to rally Zio.' He gets up and offers Will a hand up.

(*runs/stumbles and grabs Briggan, my adorable wolf stuffed animal* Ok. Now spooky stories we shall tell.)

"Yup." She says cheerfully, making sure to keep note of what Zio had said when she was coming up. She ruffles her feathers, "Are you still angrily at me? I'm not sure why we were angry. I forget." Churrio wants to make sure everything was smooth between them before heading on an unpredictable path where she didn't want someone to stab her in the back instead of watching her back.

Austyn was sure he'd remember a name if the Muncher have one. An adorable caterpillar the Muncher was. "Oh, ok, then I won't say that. Um..." Austyn wasn't sure what else to say. He had nicknamed the Muncher Fluffy earlier but wasn't sure it enjoyed that. He really liked Munchers. They were his new favorite animal.

(*grabs out translator and asks for translation when I realize the language is unfamiliar* You know, cause I wanna know being the idiotically curious child I am. And also because I want to be there to celebrate the high, mourn the low, and laugh at the silly things with you. Like friends do, right? *for a moment worries that my little experience with other people around my age is not accurate*)

(Moo... moo? Moo moo moo moo! Moo... mooo moo moo moo moo moo! Moo moo... moo? Moo *sighs* moo moo moo, moo moo moo?)

Will was thinking and thinking and thinking. He was also touching his scars unconciously, his own way of being worried or stressed. It was like he was telling himself he had survived this long already. He seemed surprised when Azrail, but took his hand, a small smile appearing on his face.

(Hm... moo moo~what story~? Moo... moo moo moo!)

"I'm not angry, just lost in thought, that's all," Zio said with a small sigh as she tried to collect her confusing thoughts and make them not confusing, "Let's go, the faster we stop Fate and the Teller of Time the better. I can't handle any more of these stupid thoughts," She didn't realize what she was saying, she just spoke.

"Hm... it's name is Caterpillar. It prefers to be called that over... Fluffy? Hm..." The queen said watching in silence.
The Muncher nodded, hissing again. It didn't seem mad though, just curious.

(Moo moo moo ~I am curious as well~! Moo moo moo moo ~friends are something I'm scared to have~... moo... moo moo moo ~I mean... what's the point~? Moo moo moo moo moo...)

(I see... A whole lot of moos. I must learn this language quickly! *jots down what notes I have so far* moo, when written, can mean pretty much anything... However, accents don't work here and I can't see the stresses of the words, so that's a con to only being able to write. When moos are written, 'moo moo moo' can mean 'I am curious as well' or 'what's the point'. So speaking the language all together in person is an altogether better way of understanding it. *neatly stacks notes* Did I forget anything?)

(*pondering noises before spontaneously squashing quote in here* You didn't come this far to only come this far! *dashes away again to get nice hot cider for the two of us because why not*) Azrail helps Will up and smiles, basking in the glow of Will's smile. He was perfect, no matter what others might say. Though there's always room for improvement... Azrail shrugs to himself.

(I know a spooky story I can tell! It's not my own, someone told it to me and I've completely forgotten the ending, but that's ok! *happy thinking back to three years prior when we - the royal we I use too much when speaking - were with the rest of the young women in my ward and were telling scary stories to each other. XD Everyone claimed it was too late to tell spooky stories at night so we told them on the way home in the early morning.)

"Ok." Churrio nods and ruffles her feathers, poofing up slightly. She giggles and jumps into the air, doing a few flips before leveling out and gliding above the ground. "Come on, vamanos! everybody let's go!" She chirps as she glides.

"Oh! Ok! Hi Caterpillar. You are one awesome Muncher, not to say you're not awesome either, Queen Glow-Worm." Austyn says, silently asking if he can pet Caterpillar. He really liked this one it was so cute and looked so happy. And fluffy.

(Weeeelll... Friends can be hard to leave if they're really close and stuff. They can also be dangerous to have if they're the wrong influence and/or not really true friends. Good and true friends aren't scary. The point of having friends is to have someone to laugh with, to cry with, to play with/goof off with, to make memories with, to enjoy the high and the low with and... *trying to keep it gramatically correct* be with each other in case the other needs them and their support? (that would be the correct way to put it last time I checked since they're all supposed to be formatted the same way...) *realizes my posts are mostly conversations with you and not enough replying*)

(*shakes head* moo. Moo... moo moo moo. Moo moo moo. Moo moo moo! Moo?)

Will's smile lasted for a bit, before turning back into a frown as he realized they had to leave. Stupid quest, couldn't he hang with Azrail instead of going on a goose chase. He thought it would be better to stay here, it would be safe. He pats Azrail's head... just because.

(Sounds cool! Do tell!)

Zio nodded, pulling out a glove and pulling it over her hand, the hand which was turning a grey color, a bit like stone. She sighed, landing on the ground and following Churrio. The faster they got there the better.

Caterpillar nodded, hissing more, then tilting it's head. It seemed more friendly now, though it glanced at Queen Glow-Worm every once and awhile, who was silent now.
"There you are," Rin ran over to Austyn, freezing as he spotted Fate, "Ah, Fate is here. Welp, sucks for us. You still trying to activate the curse? It won't work."
"No no no, it will. Just wait and see, it's already started," Fate said with a grin.

(*doesn't mind conversation* sorry for the short replies. I just... a kiwi xD. Anyways you are correcto, I'm just being bad again... maybe)