Willy

[tempting_the_fates]

Nyx watched Hex go, waiting a beat before turning and headed back towards the remains of what had once been a village.

He wandered quietly at first, poking around in the remains of buildings, and inspecting things he found discarded. There was a sadness here. Something broken. Lost. He could taste it in the air, like chalk and dust.

"Are you still here?" he called out. "You must be, I feel eyes on me. Come out. Come speak."

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[willysilver]

The wind shook the leaves and made the grass sway, and for a long moment that was the only movement.

And then Willy stepped out from a ruined cottage.

"Why have you come back?" he asked curiously.

[tempting_the_fates]

"Because we are kin, yes?" Nyx asked, though he still wasn't sure that was so. They looked similar, and the stranger felt familiar, but... Something was different, more than just their height.

"What happened to everyone else?"

[willysilver]

Willy studied him for a moment and then stepped out fully and began to saunter toward him.

"They have all gone south for the summer," he explained.

[tempting_the_fates]

"I don't think that's true," Nyx said. "This place has been empty a long time."

He tilted his head, studying the man's face.

"All my kin are dead."

[willysilver]

"I cannot specify which summer. It has been...many," he admitted.

"But I know they are south," he assured him with a sharp nod.

[tempting_the_fates]

"Why not join them?" Nyx asked. "Why stay behind at all?"

[willysilver]

"I was asleep when they fled," Willy said. "When the village crumbled, was dreaming. Others were in their corporate too. We were all left behind."

[tempting_the_fates]

"There are others? I do not smell them. Just you," Nyx noted. "I didn't smell them below either."

[willysilver]

"They, too, have fled. They can be found, as I was found," he answered.

"What do you want? Did you think to take my bell?" Willy asked, eyes narrowing.

[tempting_the_fates]

"I don't want your dumb bell, it isn't even shiny," Nyx assured him. "I just want to know what you are up to here all alone."

[willysilver]

Willy looked a touch confused.

"Because I do not wish to leave. My village is safe. There is water. Food..." he answered. "Why do you stay where you stay?"

[tempting_the_fates]

"Because there are people, and nice things," Nyx said. "And Hex. My Hex. This place is lonely. You are lonely, aren't you?"

[willysilver]

"I am not," Willy answered. "I have my music."

He smiled then.

"The animals are friends, you see."

[tempting_the_fates]

"You can't lay with animals. ...At least none I've met. You don't miss that? Touch? Intimacy?" Nyx asked, tilting his head slightly.

[willysilver]

"When I crave that, I find it," he reassured him.

"I think you do not enjoy solitude," he said then, thoughtfully. "You fear what I enjoy."

[tempting_the_fates]

Nyx seemed to consider that for a long moment, ears going a little flat, then perking up again. His head tilted to the other side, gaze narrowing as he studied Willy for a long moment.

"I dislike being alone, yes. I crave warmth, touch, company. I wish to be cared for, and to have someone to care for- I find no joy in lonely moments."

He gave Willy a curious sniff, circling him a little.

[willysilver]

As Nyx circled, Willy watched, and when he came around, an arm slipped out and caught him, swift and gentle.

"Did you return for my touch, then?" Willy purred.

[tempting_the_fates]

Nyx hissed in surprise, tensing a little, ears back as if ready to fight- Though he slowly seemed to relax.

"No. I came because you are odd, and I had... I had curiosities."

Those words weren't quite right, but he felt sure Willy would understand.

[willysilver]

"Curiosities?" Willy asked, more of a prompt than confusion.

[tempting_the_fates]

"I wanted to know why you were being so odd. Why you were luring us somewhere," Nyx explained. "Curiosities. ...Questions?"

Yes, that was the right word. Questions.

Willy was still holding him, and after a beat Nyx slipped away, reminding himself this was not kin, and there could be danger.

[willysilver]

"Ah, yes. To eat you," he said simply.

He simply watched Nyx, curious he'd be believed.

[tempting_the_fates]

"That's not funny," Nyx replied, frowning and taking a tiny step back.

[willysilver]

"To eat your mate, then," he offered.

Willy chuckled.

He thought it funny.

[tempting_the_fates]

"That is even less funny," Nyx hissed, the fur on his ears standing on end.

[willysilver]

Willy's eyes darkened and a dirty smirk curved his lips.

"Is he only yours to devour?" he purred, just a bit lower than before.