Rose rolls her eyes at Asher's comment, "You have your amazing company to offer and your understanding nature." When the dragons get there, Rose chuckles at the dragons with a big grin on her face, "I'm right here..." Mamma Leana wanders over with a huge platter of fresh onion rings and one full of sandwiches and fruit, "Here you kids go," she says, "It's on the house. No debates." Rose opens her mouth to object but closes it at the last statement. Mamma Leana walks off and comes back with waters and sodas for them all before going back to the kitchen to cook.

Rose sighs and asks, "How did you find us exactly? And the watermelon is Asher's no debate." she says as she snacks on her onion rings and sips her own soda. (soda is their favorites kinds) "We also have a room or rooms at the motel next door. If your interested at having a place to crash..." she takes a drink of her soda and continues, "while you're here."

Sky slowly connects her hand in the high-five looking somewhat confused, "Omega Power?" she responds slowly and unsure of what she is supposed to say. "I-I don't mind," she mumbles and glances at her feet before finding the floor between them 'very interesting'.

Nola looks at Kalib severely confused when she seems to take the comment very well but, chooses to focus on Sky's response to Kalib's energy. When Kalib grabs her legs she looks at her like she grew two more heads. "Umm, what?!" she startles, "Um, uh, okay...?"

Dean follows Jacob into the kitchen, stopping in the doorway. He stands watching him for a minute before walking up to him in a way that makes sure the other wolf can see him before he is close. "Can I help? Can you um," he clears his throat nervously, "Teach me? I think it would be useful to know how... With Caleb and Conner being so young and if the others like it..."

Lila is still rampaging...

Asher takes his onion rings back from Ryu and gobbles them up. Just when Ryu was complaining about being hungry still and threatening to eat Asher, Momma Leana came over to save them. Galaxia and Asher thank Mamma Leana when she comes over with the platters. Leave it to the two humans to have manners. Courage follows suit, though Ryu is a special case and takes what is given without a second thought.

"Hey you guys, scoot your booties over. Let a lady sit down, buddies!" Galaxia takes a seat next to Ryu, who instantly starts complaining about the seating arrangement. She takes a bite out of a sandwich and scans over their place. "I don't know if we'll be staying. Maybe. You guys are a long way from home." Galaxia says, her gaze momentarily returning to Rose and the others at the table when she talks about rooms at a motel.

"I followed your guys' fire." Ryu says absently, looking between his food and Asher, his thoughts that Asher would taste a lot better evident. "Not hard, not really." He had a weird sense, able to tell where people have been or are with their 'flame', each flame unique as the person it belongs to. Ryu claims it's the spark of life inside everyone he can see; nobody argues with him since it seems reasonable enough. "I came because things are boring and dangerous without Asher." Ryu shivers at the memory of whatever had happened to him while Asher had been gone.

Courage silently slips into the seat next to Rose, happily nibbling on her onion rings and apologizing for the mess she makes when eating.

"Yay!" Kalib chirps to both Sky and Nola. She lets go of Nola to melts against the floor, her body strangely but comfortably contorted. "I have been interaction deprived for a while. New friends are nice. Heyy, Jacob! Can I have some hot chocolate too? No... No? Of course not... I'm too lazy to get up and get it myself." Kalib pouts but is back to grinning a few moments later.

Jacob graced Dean with a glance before nodding to let him know he will teach him. "All there is to it is heating up milk and ground cocoa. And sugar, of course." Jacob says quietly as he begins to heat up the cups of milk he had poured for the group.
He doesn't seem to really want to talk to Dean. "Depending on how hot you want it, you heat it up for longer like you could probably guess. Experiment until you get it how you want. I find I prefer a minute and a half with only one cup, but with multiple, put one minute per cup. Most of it is just waiting around for the milk to heat up once you've put in the desired amount of cocoa powder. Once you add the milk, you can add sugar." By this time, he seems a bit more open to talk.

Res is mocking her behind her back despite Nikkie's attempts to get him to stop. Res finally takes notice of Nikkie's warnings and pays heed to them for a little while, though a few of Lila's fiery words cause him to ignore Nikkie.

Rose shakes her head at Courage to tell her she doesn't mind the mess. She looks toward Ryu, "I'm not gonna lie and say I now magically understand the fire thingy. But, I can get behind the idea though. It would be like me explaining following a scent to Asher... I don't think he would understand how much information a wolf like me could get from a scent." she pauses then continues, "Oh, yeah, by way he knows I'm a wolf now. He seems to be taking it well... I'm still waiting for him to freak out. I'm not sure the severity of a werewolf in a werewolf trapping group has hit him yet..." she trails off looking confused and unsure. She doesn't understand why he is taking it so well. She would've thought he would have at least been asking questions already. She opens, closes, then opens her mouth before speaking, "So, do you have any questions..? Ashy?" She watches him discreetly as she munches on her food and occasionally drinks her soda.

Sky looks at Nola very confused then looks at Kalib very concerned. She kneels down and asks worriedly, "Are you okay? Do, do you need help? Or just help up?" Her face is one of complete confusion and concern.

Dean nods and listens to Jacob directions. He hopes the others like this, he has to admit it does smell amazing. It is also something to focus on that isn't the violently spinning room, lucky for him he is used to the room spinning. But, he really wishes it would chill out so he wouldn't feel so nauseous. When he senses the other wolf is calmer he asks, "What, is it like here? In this pack? Do you, like it here?" he pauses before continuing, "I'm just worried." then he quickly adds, "For the others." He sighs and looks toward where the others are, "Lila isn't, wasn't?" he pauses then decides, "Isn't the best or the nicest Luna. Crim would protect us, wouldn't let us pay our mistakes. That's why she is in worse shape then us." He looks away, as if to hide his hurt and anger at that. He sighs, shakes his head to clear it, and tussles his hair. He seems to decide that the floor is very interesting and scuffs it with his worn boot.

Caleb peers at Felicia from behind Conner. "H-h-hello..." he says quietly and very shyly. Connor, unseen by Caleb, gives her a warning look that says, 'You scare him and you will regret it'.

Ryu glances at Asher and waves a hand in front of his face when he hears that Asher has yet to freak out. "Hellooooo? Asher in here anyways? Oh, wait, I forgot. His brain's empty anyways, no reason to waste energy on trying to get him to do something."
"On the contrary. I think a million things go through his head, problems he solves, ideas he creates, solutions he perfects, dialogue he practices, everyday." Courage speaks up, now working on eating an apple. "Asher's smarter than he lets on. That's how he caught you, remember?"
"No, Ryu wouldn't remember. He's got the rare case of selective everything." Asher smiles slightly and sips on his soda. Ryu glares at Courage for bringing it up and slaps Asher with his tail for his quip. Asher winced but otherwise didn't react. "And, honestly, I'd be doing the same thing as Rose did; I suppose that's why I am so calm. If I could pass as my enemy, I'd be infiltrating it as soon as I could. It's simple logic. Just leaves me to wonder how many others are secretly wolves. Not that it's my problem anymore since my father left me. So, no questions. I'm rather satisfied now that I know the truth." Asher leans against Ryu and eats his watermelon.
Galaxia keeps quiet, letting Asher react before seeing if she needed to stick up for him. She smiles when she sees that he seemed to do just fine.

"I'm completely okay, thanks for asking. I don't think I need any help." Kalib moves easily, looking like a slinky as she pulls herself to her knees. "Thanks for offering!" Kalib smiles and stands, putting her hands in her pockets as she looks around once more at the room.

Jacob finishes heating up the milk and pours it in the cups with the cocoa powder in it. Finally, he responds. "This pack is my pack. It's the only one I know, I don't have the experience to compare it yet, but I believe it to be the best. Our Luna is good, our Alpha does what is best for us, and I help where I can as does any wolf. I love this pack, my pack. Of course I love it. I don't think you need to be worried for yourself or the others. I'll do what I can to help Jayden keep his promise of keeping you safe - that's what he did I'm assuming because I don't think you'd be here otherwise. Though Jayden can be a jerk, I don't want to be the reason his word isn't honorable. Now, help with bringing some of the cups to the room?" Jacob asks for some help, picking up as many cups as he can to bring to Felicia and Dean's packmates. He doesn't have eight arms, though and can only hold two, three, maybe four, but that'd be getting risky.

Felicia looks up and smiles at Caleb, waving gently after she finished helping Crimson. "Hi there, Caleb, right? Want to come with me to see if the older boys need help making hot chocolate?" ^If I wanted to hurt or scare you guys, I would have done it already.^ She says silently to Conner.
"Hey, Dean? Who do you want me to help next?" Felicia asks as she gets up from beside Crimson to go help her brother and him.

Rose, who was drinking her soda when Asher made his quip, chokes on her drink and spews it into a napkin. She yelps as some comes out her nose then she looks at Asher like he grew two more heads before looking at Ryu and bursting out laughing. She laughs for a minute before a look of sadness and pain crosses her face and she stops. The side of her mouth twitches a few times before settling into a forced smirk. She sighs and paints on a smile.

Sky continues to look at Kalib confused but also stands up and walks to Nola before resting her forehead on Nola's shoulder. She sighs and Nola smiles, happy to be able to help Sky feel more relaxed.

Dean nods at Jacob's explanation and helps him with some of the cups. Caleb smiles shyly at Felicia before looking at Conner who nods. Caleb grins and bounces and laughs before darting around him to Felicia's side. He reaches out his hand, silently asking if she wants to hold it. Then he goes to help Dean with the hot chocolate, happy to be included in helping the pack. Caleb may be letting everyone see his inner child but he is also using it as a diversion to get a read on the strangers in the room. He has learned people tend to underestimate children and has also learned to use this to his advantage.

Dean looks around at the wolves that came with him before replying, "Jax, then Nazar, then Naven, then Shadow. I'll think about who after that." As much as he would love to get the twin boys healed he knows the smart choice is to get the strongest healed first so they have a better chance if something goes wrong. He knows Crimson would have done the emotional choice and gotten the youngest and the ones in the worst condition first but, he didn't even know who would be considered to be in the worst condition after Crimson. He didn't him but he knew that is what his pack members would say. He frowns and passes hot chocolate out to the girls.

Crimson is still passed out which worries him, knowing her awakening will more rough and violent the longer her body takes to piece together her thoughts and her senses.

Courage doesn't see the change in Rose, but she can feel it. Her cloudy blue eyes look to Rose and then back down to her sandwich. She hesitates before placing a hand on Rose's in a comforting and supportive way.
Ryu doesn't see Rose's forced smile, too distracted pestering Asher. Asher's putting up with Ryu, slapping the dragon's hands away from his watermelon whenever the dragon tries to snatch it. Once, Ryu is successful and claims his 'treasure' by instantly gobbling it up. Asher pouts but lets the first raid slide. All too soon, Ryu and Asher are in a battle for possession of the watermelon.
By the time that happens, though, Galaxia has moved over to the more calm seat across the way with Courage and Rose. "Boys..." Galaxia mutters with a roll of her eyes when Ryu crows his success only for it to get cut off when Asher eats it before the dragon can.
"My treasure! You ate my treasure." Ryu pouts, turning so he can pin the human who had stolen his 'treasure' to the back of the chair and demanding it back. Asher says he'd throw it back up if Ryu wanted him to and the dragon looks half tempted to have Asher follow through on his word. Ryu doesn't, though, having a suspicion the human had said it without really meaning it the way humans sometimes did. He takes the time he has with Asher pinned down to snatch up a few more slices of watermelon.
"Aw, c'mon, Ryu. I thought you were calling me your treasure. I am your treasure, right? You were just saying how you wouldn't be able to live without me earlier." Asher changes tactics to see how Ryu'd react, wrapping his arms around Ryu's waist and resting his head on Ryu's shoulder. Ryu sucks in a breath, squeaking at the end of it.
It takes Ryu a few moments to come up with a response, staring in surprise at the arms around him. "I... I don- I don't remember- remember ever saying that." Ryu says, treading over his words carefully.
Asher chuckles and flicks Ryu's forehead, "See? Selective everything in action." He smirks while Ryu gets flustered and blushes brilliantly.
"Shut up." Ryu mutters quietly, offering the watermelon he had in his hands to Asher without looking at him.

Kalib is wondering how it will be, having to live with this many people. "Eh, can't be that bad. I'll have more people to play with." She mutters to herself, smiling at the group before she went into the kitchen to see if she had anything she could eat. She hoarded candy and only shared them with a special few. Kalib grabs the Twix candy bars from the cabinet and skips back to the room. She hesitates before silently offering one to both Nola and Sky in apology for acting so strange and also in hope they will recognize it as an act of something friends did.

"Ok, thanks." Felicia says to Dean as she takes Caleb's hand with a smile. She takes a couple of cups from Jacob to help carry them to the other wolves. Then she went about to help them in the order Dean says, having to let go of Caleb's hand while she did. "Jax, Naven... Nazar then Naven. Shadow." Felicia mutter to herself to make sure she's gotten the order right.
"Jax. You were Jax." Felicia says, stepping up to help Jax. "Not that you aren't any more." She amends with a small laugh.

Jayden heads back to where he had left what he had already caught, his sides heaving as he gasps for breath around the rabbit in his mouth. He couldn't smell much apart from the smell of fresh blood in his mouth thanks to the rabbit and couldn't hear much apart from the blood pounding in his ears, so it is a big surprise to him when he finds a badger scratching his snout for getting to close to what it had claimed as its own - the food Jayden had caught!
"A'ight, buddy, if that's the game you want to play, I can play." Jayden says, dropping the rabbit and squaring his stance as he faces off against the furious little creature. His hackles rise and his ears flick back, his mouth open in a half snarl, though it is a staccato sound as he's still too busy catching his breath. Jayden might have let the badger be any other day, but today he feels like he owes more to the pack and he isn't about to let some yellow bellied thief take what is rightfully his pack's! With a low hiss, the badger swipes at him again. Jayden dodges and, with a growl of his own, retaliates. However, he had twisted one of his front paws during the hunt prior this and it's slowing him down. In the short battle, a good deal of blows and insults were exchanged until Jayden is forced to back off and catch his breath, glaring as the badger dragged off the game he had caught but unable to do anything about it.

Rose glances at Courage and smiles to show she is thankful for the support. She watches Asher and Ryu in amusement. "Awww, does Ryu-ey have a crush on Ashy?" she coos playfully, chuckling at Ryu's reaction.

Nola accepts the candy with a big grin. Sky watches Nola reaction to being offer the new thing. She reaches her hand out slowly and takes the candy. She watches what the other girls do before copying them. When she tastes the candy she grins at Nola and shakes her arm. "Liam used to get these for me!" she says loudly before ducking her head to respond to her own loud noise. Nola smiles at Sky and ruffles her hair and responds, "I know. DC used to bring them for me as well, remember. We used to spend hours eating these and playing while our brothers hung out."

Jax looks confused for second when Felicia talks to him but seems to immediately brush it off. "Yeah, I'm Jax. Jaxson Asil." he says with a slight bow that he stops when he decides it isn't worth the pain.

Courage can't see the smile as she is blind, unfortunately.
"No! I don't like the idiotic homo sapien. Why would I feel for him like that?" Ryu snorts, getting off Asher because the floor next to his seat is somehow really interesting now. Asher thanks Ryu for getting off him and begins to eat his watermelon over his plate so he doesn't accidentally spill something on the floor. Then Ryu sighs and plops his head on the table, muttering, "Yes. Yes, I have a crush on Asher..."
Galaxia grins, "Finally we've gotten past the denial stage. I thought Courage and Asher were dating, though?"
"Yes, we were." Asher speaks as though if his words were fragile enough that, if handled the wrong way, they'd break like glass. "Though it was more of an act to keep Courage safe while she was adjusting." Asher says, looking at Courage and gauging how she takes it. Courage blinks a few times, stiffening, before she takes a breath and nods her head to accept what Asher had said. Asher still feels bad for having not returned the feelings Courage had steadily grown for him while during that time and guilt gnaws on him once more.

Kalib watches the two accept and eat the candy with a big smile, very glad and relieved that her friends enjoyed it. She listens, wide eyed and with bated breath, at the story of their past. "Ooh, that sounds like fun! I'd love to have met up with you two swell gals and eaten candy and played all day... Or for as long as the meetings lasted."

"Sweet. I'm Felicia Honor, at your service. Dean said he wants me to help you before Naven... No, Nazar. Then Naven... Though I'm technically right when saying before Naven, it's just one other wolf down the list." Felicia stops and listens to herself. "I'm sorry, I usually am not like this. I think I'm a bit nervous." She offers Conner and Caleb the cups of hot chocolate she has in her hands before turning back to Jax to help heal him.

@@ Ack, sorry I forgot she was blind.... @@

Rose quietly thanked her instead...

She watches Ryu's confession with amusement and hugs Courage when she stiffens.

Nola smiles at Kalib and Skylar begins to hum. She is finally calm.

Jax nods when she says she is nervous. He senses that she isn't a threat right then so he repositions and seems to become way less intimidating. ^She's cool.^ He mindlinks to his packmates, and relax as well. (Except for Dean, who is on higher alert) Caleb and Conner accept the hot chocolate with big smiles and flash each other a look (twin sense - Crimson made this for them their first day as werewolves - they had been concerned it would poison them - she showed them it was fine and they chugged it so fast they couldn't feel their tongues because they had burnt them).

@@ Sorry for the short replies. I have a really bad headache (+the last couple of days) and people have lit up my pings... @@

(It's alright for forgetting she's blind; and it's also alright that they're short replies. I'm sorry that you have a headache. I can try to not ping you as much to help with the ping infestation?)

Courage nods and smiles at Rose, becoming more at ease when she hugged her.
Galaxia began teasing Ryu for liking Asher and then asks Asher what he thinks. Asher shrugs and replies that he didn't really mind, just that it'll probably be a while until he'd accept an invite to a date. Ryu gives Asher a look and promptly steals more of the human's watermelon.

Kalib feels very glad that her friends seem more at ease and she smiles. "Want to go play a game? I've got a whole closet dedicated to games. We've got board games, card games, and a few games we can play on the Nintendo... I can show you them if you want to play since I've got more than I can list easily." She says, starting to head to the game closet.

Felicia smiles when the two twins smile. She's something of an empath, though it's not really a power and being able to sense others feelings but more of being able to share them.
She begins to do her work, helping fix up Jax. It doesn't take too long since he's not as hurt as Crimson is. "Oh! Another thing we can get is food for our guests?" Felicia asks Jacob.
Jacob looks really reluctant to leave again, but he nods and begins to back out of the room. Before he can leave, Jayden enters in his wolf form, holding a rabbit in his mouth. He trots up to Dean and drops the rabbit at his feet.
"I didn't know if you wanted to go hunt for your own food or wanted to go to the kitchen or if you were hungry... But I brought some just in case." Jayden sits back on his haunches and scratches an itch behind his ear with his hind paw.

"Stupid badgers." Jayden mutters to himself as he heads to his room to get cleaned up and changed. His nose still smarts from where the badger had viciously clawed him and the inside of his left hind leg was torn and bloodied since the badger had gone to hinder him while he tried to take off with his prey. He had gone hunting again after the badger had left and gotten more food for the pack.