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       #Post#: 1515--------------------------------------------------
       Nathan's Bad Luck
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 19, 2026, 9:42 pm
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       ♤♤♤
       How could today possibly get any worse? Massive crowds, the
       temptation of drugs, eyes always on him. After the performance
       in stage Nathan felt like he needed to empty his guts into the
       nearest trash can. "Why do I do this to myself?" He complained
       as he tried to clean off his face in the nearest bathroom, his
       make up all smudged up now.
       He spent longer than he would have cared to admit fixing what he
       could to make it not look like crap before leaving the room. He
       didn't even pay any attention to the latter he walked under but
       he did jump back when a black cat darted past his path. His
       superstitious babushka's words coming to him over not trusting
       cats. Little did he know, this was only the start of his
       problems.
       ♤♤♤
       Rave felt horrible, not just from his anxiety and state fright,
       but congested and achy. While he normally didn't get sick, when
       he did it hit him hard and took him out for days. He stumbled
       off the stage, heading to the tour bus to hunker down and try to
       contain whatever was plaguing him.
       With his head down, he didn't see Nathan until they both had
       collided and they both went sprawling.
       "So-sorry Nath...ah ah Achoo!" He sneezed unexpectedly and
       glanced around, making a face at the black cat. "Ahh man, sorry.
       Didn't mean to sneeze on you,"
       Rave pulled out a cloth from his pocket, one that had remnants
       of magical dust on it and offered it to Nathan. "Best stay away,
       and take some cold medicine. You don't want to catch what I've
       got,"
       ----
       :🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
       🐺🐺🐺🐺:
       Luke was backstage when he saw Nathan rush off, being how he was
       finished with his job and came up to see the two collide. He
       winced in sympathy and got an ick face when rave sneezed in
       Nathan’s face.
       “Hey you two okay?” He asked coming up to check on the men.”that
       ah… collision was real graceful.” He said with a hint of
       sarcasm.
       --++
       ♤♤♤
       One moment, the lead singer was upright and walking to his
       trailer, the next, he was tumbling around with Rave as they
       collided. The kicker? Rave full on sneezed in his face. It made
       him gag as he accepted the rag and pushed his fellow bad member
       off of him as he scrubbed his face with the magically dusted
       cloth before a sneeze of his own left the emo man, though he did
       have the decency to turn his face into his elbow.
       He pushed Rave off of himself as he got his face clean. "I'm
       taking all the cold meds and going to bed. No one bother me
       unless someone is dying, and only if it's someone I hate because
       you know I want to watch...." Nathan said in a dark humor.
       Before picking himself up off the ground and head for his
       trailer. Another sneeze leaving him as he disappeared.
       The moment he hit the mattress he was asleep. In fact, he didn't
       wake up again until someone was knocking on the door sounding
       worried about him. He moved, or at least tried to and realized
       he was not in human form, and *much* smaller than normal. He
       tried to shift but his body didn't respond in the slightest.
       Then he realized he couldn't even feel his inner wolf.
       "Mreeowwwww" came from his mouth instead or words or a bark and
       it scared the shit out of the man. He leaped off the bed to the
       nearest mirror and saw himself in all his furry cuteness.
       Nathan, had somehow been turned into a cat.
       ♤♤♤
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Luke sighed as he watched the man stalk off to shake his head as
       Luci came down from the stage.”is he okay?” She asked before
       noticing rave making his own escape.”maybe a few rest days.. “
       she said quietly. Luke shrugged.”I’ll take care of the equipment
       with Jericho, you get cleaned up and rest yourself.” He told
       Lucinda before he walked off.
       Luci made it to her room to clean up and gotten the makeup off.
       She figured maybe a hot meal would put Nathan a bit more at ease
       and called in for his favorite. Once settled she went to his
       room to knock on the door.”hey… Nathan!! You wanna eat? “ she
       called out to get quiet.
       The girl knew he still was angry- but it didn’t curb her from
       treating their friendship as normally as possible- even if he
       was a bit more hostile, she never expected forgiveness but just
       maybe being able to be friends still was enough for her. She
       heard a faint meow.”meow?” She said and shifted to open the
       door.  Her eyes zeroed in on a small black cat.”aweeee!!!!”
       Lucinda sounded and bounded over a bit.”hey little guy..” she
       said shifting to pick Nathan up.”didn’t realize Nathan was a cat
       person… speaking of.. where is that man so I can find out your
       name cutie.” She said to nestle the cat in the crook of her arm.
       ♤♤♤
       Nathan was a little stunned by not only Luci not recognizing
       him, but picking him up like he was just a cat. He let out
       several angry cat noises as he tried to escape, his new claws
       digging into his band mates arm as he hissed. Be couldn't talk
       and only really a being who could talk to animals would be able
       to figure out what was going on.
       ♤♤♤
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Luci heard the angry cat noises to feel the dig and flinched a
       bit.”hey now calm down.. man your as angry as your owner… let’s
       see if we can go hunt down Nathan hm?” She said and shifted
       Nathan.”bet your thirsty.” She said and sighed deeply.
       “You guys are adorable but some of y’all are little balls of
       furry fury.” She said as she got to the part of their tour
       bus.”nia.. Nathan went missing again- think you can find him?”
       She asked as she shifted for a bowl to fill it a little with
       water. She took some time with her free hand to shut windows and
       the door.
       “Saw he suck a cat in- but didn’t see him around- really hope
       he’s okay.” Said Lucinda quietly.
       🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙
       Nia glanced up, looking a bit worse than normal and blew into a
       Kleenex. "I can try, but got hit with whatever Rave came down
       with. I think someone targeted him and me, since we're the only
       ones sick. Might want to make sure Apoc or one of the other
       bodyguards is close." Titania advised and pulled out a mug of
       hot water out and added a teabag and herbs to it.
       "If it's what I think it is, Rave and I could be out for a few
       days physically and magically. If he just got the cat, it's
       likely I won't be able to track him down that way," she added
       and turned to sneeze into her arm.
       "Augh...I'm gonna curse the as.shole that put this witch cold on
       me," she groaned in a miserable tone.
       Her familiar Remy moved to run against her legs in an effort to
       comfort her.
       "Though..Remy probably could help some, hey buddy, wanna help us
       find Nathan?"
       Remy's meowed and glanced at the kitten in Luci's arms.
       "Let him sniff the kitten, be nice Remy, it's a youngling and
       probably scared. "
       ♤♤♤
       Nathan spazzed the moment he got close to the ground, clawing up
       Luci's arms in a bid to get away. There was no escaping at the
       moment, but he definitely didn't want to be held. More angry cat
       sounds left him as be curled himself up under a chair that the
       two women would have a hard time pulling him out of.
       *"I have never liked cats! The fact you think I would just adopt
       one is insane..."* he said in a hissy growl as he huffed. He was
       a very angry kitty.
       ♤♤♤
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       “Seriously? Ugh wonderful.. and don’t worry apoc is always
       inside me.” Said Luci with a grin. “Always like a loaded gun.”
       She felt sympathy for the woman.”could always make you a soup.”
       Lucinda said to prepare to set Nathan down. She flinched at
       Nathan spazzing.”owww! “ said Lucinda and made a sad look.”never
       had a problem with cats before..” she said and saw the thing run
       below a place where she and Nia can’t get into.”poor guy must be
       scared.”
       ----
       The spazzing out cat brought both Asher and Mal out of their
       small private beds to see what the hell was going on. Mal was on
       the floor peering under the chair, while Asher found out that
       Nathan had poofed on him.
       "Aww poor kitten, whose is it?" Mal asked instantly falling for
       the adorable kitten. He tried to attract it's attention and get
       it to come out from its hiding spot by running his fingers over
       the ground and making silly sounds.
       Remy inched closer, sniffing but was careful to not get too
       close. His nose wrinkled and he say back on his haunches
       shooting a look at Mal that looked annoyed.
       "Nathan didn't go anywhere, he's the kitten." Remy spoke in a
       rather low dry tone.
       Mal's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open, staring in shock
       at the cat having spoken. Asher's eyebrows shot up and he
       glanced over at Titania. "How could that have happened?"
       Titania let out a groan and rubbed her neck. "Rave must have
       accidentally unleashed some magic on Nathan last night. That's
       the only explanation. Warlocks and witches when they get hit by
       this magic cold can unleash magic in unexpected ways.
       Unfortunately it's going to be at least three days before either
       of us can fix him. If we try when we're messed up, we could make
       it last longer, or turn him into something else,"
       -----
       ♤♤♤
       It seemed everyone was so easy to accept the idea that Nathan
       had snuck a cat into the trailer. Mal's fingers trying to entice
       him out only pissing him and in very cat like behavior, pounced
       and bit the shit out of Mal, before letting go and attempting to
       get back to where he couldn't be reached but it seemed his paws
       did not want to find traction, delaying him long enough to get
       grabbed.
       ♤♤♤
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Lucinda seemed to slowly blink at remy.”y..you talk?” She asked
       blushing just a little. It meant that cat heard her baby talk
       and now she was embarrassed. She shook her head more at the
       fact.. that it was Nathan that was the kitten. She got a bit
       more embarrassed given she didn’t quite know. She watched as
       kitty Nathan pounced at mal’s hand and couldn’t help but give
       the. *that’s so cute.* look.
       When she heard Nia talk about the cold and how long got a bit
       scared.”nah we wait the 3 days.. we got a concert in 3 days.”
       Said Lucinda now a tad worried at the idea of trying to fix
       Nathan to make it worse now- waiting seemed like the better
       option.. well at least to her.
       -----
       "ouch! You don't have to bite me buddy. It's not like I knew you
       were the kitten, Nathan!" Mal exclaimed pulling his hand back to
       inspect the mini fang marks in the side of his hand.
       "Eh I've had worse, " Mal said and got up to wash it out.
       Asher reached out snagging the kitten and settled it against his
       chest, keeping a good hold of it. "Hey it's going to be okay,
       I'll take care of you," he said in a reassuring tone and pet the
       kitten's head gently. "I'm betting you're hungry. How about some
       chicken?"
       "Should probably get a litter box and litter, and maybe some
       breath sticks," Mal said thoughtfully.
       Asher shot a glare at the guy. "How about you let me take care
       of dealing with it. I'm not about to degrade or humiliate Nathan
       by treating him like he's just a regular cat. Just fu.ck off,
       I'll handle it," Asher  snapped and took the kitten to his
       private small compartment that held his bed.
       "What an as.s, did he really think he'd get to treat you like a
       pet? As if,"
       Remy looked up at Luci taking in her shock for a moment, his
       eyes unblinking. "Usually I don't, most people can't handle it.
       And..I wouldn't mind some chicken soup myself,"
       The cat seemed pleased by Asher's response and let out a loud
       meow before moving to run against Titania's ankles.
       Nia sneezed into her arm. "Of course Remy, I'll share some soup
       with you. He does talk, but not usually around humans. Can't
       expose them to the magic world and all. He's still getting used
       to all the supernatural folk on the bus," she explained.
       --+--
       ♤♤♤
       Nathan let out a hiss of protest when he was grabbed by Asher
       and cuddled against the man's chest. At first he gave Asher
       several particularly bad bites and scratches but realizing the
       werewolf wouldn't let him go, he finally settled in the man's
       arms.
       He let out a hiss towards Mal at the mention of litter boxes and
       breathe sticks. It shocked him to hear Asher snap at Mal about
       how to treat him. He didn't resist any further at being hauled
       off into Asher's bedroom. He knew he stood no chance of getting
       away from Asher, and for the moment, he didn't particularly mind
       being snuggled by his handsome enemy.
       ♤♤♤
       #Post#: 1516--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nathan's Bad Luck
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 19, 2026, 9:50 pm
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       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       “Explains why he clawed the shit out of me- “ said Lucinda
       covering her face a little.
       She blinked a little at remy.”no I understand.. just still a lot
       to take in- even for someone whose possessed by a god of the end
       of the world.” She joked a bit.”I’ll get some soup on shortly
       Nia. You relax- let’s just hope no one else turns into a
       kitty..” she said.”and sorry for the baby talk remy…“
       “oh! “ Luci remembered, as she was about to make that soup for
       Nia, but before she could mention food mal mentioning things
       about cat stuff made her face twist a little.
       “mal that was a bit too far- same time there’s just things you
       don’t discuss openly in front of people.. “She said and sighed.
       She went to Asher’s  door and knocked on it to call out to
       Asher.”you don’t have to open- but, I’ll leave it up to you but
       I ordered Nathan’s favorite food a bit before the fiasco, should
       be here soon-“ she called through the door.”can totally like
       leave it in the kitchen if you wanna grab.” She said, only
       lingering enough to make sure her message got through.
       Once done she’d be back making soup for Nia and remy.
       ----
       Asher winced a bit from the bites and scratches Nathan was
       giving him, but didn't say anything. With everything Nathan had
       gone through and now being stuck in a kittens body, he figured
       he could endure a little pain. Especially if it helped Nathan
       get out his frustration.
       Remy's eyes rolled at Luci's attempt at a joke. "It's really not
       a laughing matter. Especially Cthulhu is due back before that.
       Sometimes I wish I'd said no to the bloody wizard that cursed me
       with an immortal existence," Remy sighed out. He moved to plop
       down next to Titania's feet, his tail lazily moving.
       "You're forgiven for all the annoying baby talk. That soup will
       go a long way in making me forget it,"
       Mal was more than a little shocked by Asher snapping and
       swearing at him. He realized his mistake and let out a long sigh
       after Asher left and Luci brought it up.
       "Sorry! I wasn't thinking. I'll apologize to them both," Mal
       said, looking ashamed. "I might have gotten too cat crazed. It's
       been awhile since I've had a pet. "
       Mal headed off, knowing it would be best to give Nathan and
       Asher some space for the time being.
       Asher set Nathan down on his bed and then pulled his shirt off
       to look at the damage. One of the bites was bleeding, and he had
       a long scratch on one arm. He grabbed a cleaning wipe and winced
       as he cleaned them both and then rubbed some Neosporin on them.
       "As long as you keep those claws and teeth off my face, we will
       be fine," he told the cat.
       He heard a knock and went still, his eyes flashing a bit. He
       calmed down when he heard Luci speaking through the door.
       "Thanks Luc, I'll come get it later," he called back and then
       eyed the black cat. He could image how unsettled Nathan must
       feel being stuck in a small cats body and being that way for
       days on end.
       "You know, I do know a wizard guy who could help. I could give
       him a call. But don't get your hopes up. He's often traveling
       and probably won't get here in three days,"
       -++--
       ♤♤♤
       The little black kitten leaped onto the bed out of Asher's arm
       when offered the opportunity and stretched out before sitting
       and watched Asher take off his shirt and tend to his wounds.
       Asher's reaction to the door had Nathan's head tilting to one
       side. It was almost as if Asher cared about him.
       Then, his pack mate offered up the suggestion of asking a wizard
       friend for help, which got Nathan to meow out in approval, even
       rubbing up against the man when he was close enough to the bed.
       Maybe he was in a slightly better mood at the idea of his
       favorite food along with potentially getting out of this cat
       body sooner rather than later.
       ♤♤♤
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Luci finished up the soup and put a bowl for remy where he
       asked.
       “pffff like apoc is gonna let cuthulu steal his thunder.” Said
       Lucinda with a grin. It fell hearing remy a little.”so you won’t
       go even when the world ends? “ she asked. She thought quietly
       about getting Mal a cat.. it wasn’t uncommon to have pets on the
       road.”mmm - probably hit up a pet store- bet it’ll make his
       day..” said Luci thoughtfully.
       She heard the door knock on their bus and went over to take the
       food after paying. She put it on the table labeling Nathan’s bag
       and took her own to sit.
       While she didn’t show it, deep down she was starting to quietly
       shut off about herself. It was only a few days before the d-day
       of her father. By then they’d break for a hotel and get off the
       bus for a while to have a break from each other.
       Luci took a bite of her burrito she wanted with a large soda to
       drink.
       -----
       Asher watched the little black kitten out of the corner of his
       eye. It was a bit odd how protective he'd become of Nathan when
       he had found out the guy was stuck as a kitten. Could it really
       be possible that there was more to his feelings for Nathan?
       He kept his thoughts of how Nathan as a kitten was stinking cute
       in his head. He might have to sneak a few pictures when Nathan
       was sleeping, just so he'd have them to look at.
       He gave Nathan a nod and grabbed his phone and sprawled out on
       his back and texted his wizard friend Zayn.
       `calling in that favor you exchanged. Give me a call asap. Too
       much to type out, I will explain over the phone.` Asher typed
       out, knowing it Zayn could be in the middle of something
       important.
       "Now we just got to wait for him to call," he told Nathan and
       rubbed behind the kittens ears gently.
       He waited for a good twenty minutes, giving the kitten some
       affection and then got up from the bed. "So...I have an idea of
       how to help you use a toilet, it's going to take a bit of work
       though. Let go get the food first and some water. I'd get you
       something stronger, but that might not be good on a teeny tiny
       kitten liver," he said in an apologetic tone.
       "Or, do you want to come out with me? You could ride my
       shoulder. Just let me get a shirt on,"
       Asher pulled on a shirt and gently and carefully picked Nathan
       up and sat him up on his shoulder. "How's that? Now you're the
       same height and no one will accidentally step on you,"
       Asher opened the door and went out to the kitchen area of the
       bus, ignoring everyone else and grabbed the bag of food from the
       counter.
       --+--++
       🐈‍⬛
       🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙
       Remy purred as he moved to lick up the broth of the soup first,
       his ears twitching as he listened to Luci talking about Apoc.
       "Well it will be fun to watch, we can get popcorn and watch it
       together," Remy suggested, his tail twitching.
       He had an inkling there was something different about this
       human, something no one else had picked up on yet.
       "The world as humans know it will end, but it's not going to
       just vanish. Apoc will rule over the demons and other dark
       supernaturals. "
       Titania shivered a bit, more than a little weirded out by Remy's
       revelation. She'd not thought about what would come after.
       She raised an eyebrow as she swallowed a mouthful of the soup
       broth, at Luci's unrelated comment. Then her mind caught up and
       realized what Luci had been thinking of.
       "You could, but sometimes the right pet finds its way to their
       owner. I'd wait a little while. Plus, Nathan might not like
       having another kitten around. I know Remy is chill about young
       ones, but I doubt  Nathan would,"
       She went quiet when Asher came out with Nathan /kitten on his
       shoulder. It was more than a little cute to watch.
       "If there's anything you need help with, I'd be happy to help,"
       Titania offered.
       -++--
       Asher paused for a short moment nodding at her. "I'll let you
       all know if I need help. I texted a wizard friend, hopefully
       he'll get back to me and he can come help Nathan,"
       He then headed back into the small room at the back of the bus
       and got the food set out for Nathan to eat and sat down on the
       bed, checking his phone. There wasn't a reply yet, and he hoped
       the wizard wasn't stuck somewhere without his phone. That was
       how he'd found the wizard in the past, trussed up as a captive
       of some ancient monsters that wanted to eat him. Asher had
       managed to get him out: as the wizard magic hadn't affected
       them.
       ♤♤♤
       Nathan almost hated himself for the purring noise that left him
       when Asher scratched behind his ears in the best way. He was
       almost not even listening to what the man was saying. At least
       until Asher stopped petting him. It was almost a tragedy seeing
       the man cover up his body with a shirt but didn't have much time
       to think about this as he was picked up and put on the guy's
       shoulder.
       It took a few moments, but soon Nathan had his balance and got
       comfortable. It was far more comfortable seeing the world closer
       to his usual height rather than seeing everyone as giants. The
       visit to the kitchen was short lived and soon, Nathan had a true
       bounty of his favorite meal laid out before him. It was the
       first time since he woke up so tiny that he was actually happy
       about it.
       He launched himself off of Asher's shoulder and landed on the
       bed before going to town on his favorite meaty part. An adorable
       munching purring sound escaping him as he enjoyed his food,
       gorging himself until his little belly was nice and round and
       put himself into a proper food coma about 20 minutes later, laid
       out on the bed and even purring in his sleep.
       ♤♤♤
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Luci gave a chuckle.”might as well have a front seat to what may
       be the end.. but doubt humanity as a whole will go
       entirely..mean we live life best we can even if it’s fleeting.”
       Said Lucinda with a whistful look. “Mean humans only fight
       because of our short lives.. and hope for the future is always
       on our minds.. and the idea of a peaceful afterlife a bigger
       one.. the wish to continue to exist even when all is gone...”
       Luci’s eyes lidded a little at the last part.
       Her life felt like a genuine rollercoaster.. but life was meant
       to be exciting.. right until the very end.. or so how Lucinda
       felt.
       She ate some more before seeing Asher walk in with Nathan on his
       shoulder to blush a bit.”enjoy the food Nathan!” She said.
       Her smile fell just a little before turning back to her own to
       eat more.
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       #128248;📸
       Asher was partly dying from how adorable Nathan was as a kitten.
       He was smart enough though to keep it to himself. He'd always
       wanted a pet, or an animal companion but had been afraid of his
       wolf hurting it during a full moon.
       He chuckled a bit seeing the small cat nearly dive bomb into the
       plate of food. The sounds the kitten made had him bring out his
       phone to snap a single picture to save for later. He waited
       until the kitten was fast asleep before he gathered up the
       leftovers and put them away. He was sure that Nathan could eat
       off of it for a few days.
       He paused in the kitchen, saying to the two women. "Once I hear
       from my friend, I'll be going wolf mode. I'll be able to
       converse with Nathan that way. It Might make him less jumpy.
       Just uh, knock on the door before coming in. And if you haven't
       told Devlin yet, you may want to."
       After a few more minutes of talking, Asher grabbed some water
       bottles and a bowl and headed back to Nathan's room.
       He set the bowl where kitten Nathan would find it easily and
       filled it up. Asher grabbed his phone, laid out on the bed next
       to the kitten and started going through some of his emails.
       It was a good hour later when he got a text back from Zayn.
       `got your text, will have to call you later. On a chase atm.`
       Asher let out a long sigh and texted back. `understood. Keep
       safe,`
       He turned the screen off and stripped and shifted into his wolf.
       He shook himself and carefully got onto the bed so not to
       disturb the slumbering kitten and laid down close by, waiting
       for Nathan to wake up.
       🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙🌙🐈&
       #8205;⬛
       The soup had helped a great deal, but Titania still felt under
       the weather. She grabbed the box of Kleenex and blew her nose.
       "Thanks for the soup Luci."
       She found it rather interesting that the young woman and Remy
       were getting along. "Remy, you might want to stay away from me
       until I feel better. The last thing I want is to turn you into a
       different animal, or creature accidentally,"
       Remy chuckled at Luci's comment, now chomping down the chicken
       and vegetables at the bottom of his bowl. He finished, cleaning
       his face and whiskers while Luci went on talking about a
       peaceful afterlife.
       "Oh for some there will be. For others, not so much. It all
       depends on who they served or followed in life. Though that
       won't happen until after the fight,"
       Remy's ears flicked back at Titania's mentioning the possibility
       of turning him into a different creature. "Yeah no thanks. Luci,
       would you mind if I avail myself with your company for the next
       few days?" He asked giving the young woman a pleading look.
       ______
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       “Mmm so judgement is a thing.” Said Luci as her mind went to her
       parents. Just maybe she’d see them again then. She was lost in
       thought till Luci heard her name to jostle out of it.
       “Sure I don’t mind… mean I’d hate for you to turn into a
       goldfish or something.” Said Lucinda thoughtfully. She finished
       off her food and drank the last of her soda. “Just know if I
       don’t come back at night it’s just apoc hooking up with some
       rando again- hopefully he doesn’t decide to bring one back to
       the room or you’ll get an earful.” She said with a chuckle.
       🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍
       ⬛🐈‍⬛
       Remy's tail swished, his head turning to one side as he listened
       to Luci. He wasn't privy to the girl's history but he could
       recognize when a soul had lost someone close.
       "I appreciate that," he replied and waited patiently for her to
       finish eating, licking his paws slowly and groomed his face with
       them.
       Remy's eyes blinked slowly when Luci explained about Apoc
       hooking up. "If he does, you needn't worry. I've learned to tune
       it out. My witch and her husband, let's just say are quite
       amorous,"
       When Luci finally headed to her room, Remy followed after her
       and made himself comfortable on a corner of her bed, his tail
       waving lazily.
       "You're quite welcome to rubbing my ears if you feel inclined
       to," he informed her.
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       #128248;📸
       Asher was awoken at around 4 am by his cellphone going off. He
       slid off the bed and shifted into his human form and answered
       it.
       "Yeah?"
       "So sorry to call so late. What's going on that you need my
       help?" Zayn asked on the other end.
       Asher let out a long sigh and glanced down at the still sleeping
       kitten. "I have a werewolf friend that got turned into a kitten
       due to some warlock magic gone wrong. The witch here says they
       might have been targeted with a cold that only affects them,"
       Zayn was silent for a moment. "Sounds like the work of another
       magic user, be careful. I'll be there as soon as I can. These
       types of people won't wait long before going after the person
       the others were trying to protect,"
       Asher's brow wrinkled and looked at Nathan and then at the door.
       "Uh Zayn, the witch is a body guard for a human possessed by a
       God, called Apoc,"
       Zayn swore colorfully in the phone. "Sounds like your friend was
       in the wrong place at the wrong time. Where's your next stop?
       I'll be there ASAP,"
       Asher moved to look over the schedule on the small desk where
       Nathan had all sorts of papers stashed.
       "Charleston West Virginia, should be there in a few more hours.
       "
       --+++
       Nathan woke up when he felt the bus pull to a stop and yawned,
       stretching out. The tiny kitten's eyes noticed the door wasn't
       closed all the way and made a quick escape, creeping through the
       bus. He needed to take care of some bodily functions and he was
       *not* about to have Asher help him with that.
       He took the opportunity to dart out the moment the door to the
       outside words was open and took off down the sidewalk. He didn't
       stop running until he found some tall grass to hide in and
       finally releave himself. Feeling *worlds* better, Nathan
       reappeared from the tall grass and started to slowly make his
       way back to the bus, the trip looking *far* longer without the
       urgency he felt before. The grumpy werewolf turned cat tottered
       along.
       -------
       Alastor was waiting with another man who had done what was told.
       He had felt apocalypse in the group. He hoped the stunt would
       get who he wanted. Thanks to the spell caster they kept up with
       the bus and figured where they’d stop next. He was settled back
       in a car when he saw a rather small kitten bolt out. Being who
       he was he wasn’t a *monster*so he let the kitten do it’s
       business.
       But once it was starting it’s way back he strode over given his
       long legs made short work to catch up and grab Nathan by the
       scruff of his neck. He took it back to the car after settling it
       in the crook of his arm not letting go and sat down, to shut the
       door.
       He lifted the cat and made a face.”fuck!!! This isn’t the right
       person! “ he groaned and his head went back.”I get the lead
       singer not the guitarist! “ he said and sighed.”well.. could use
       you to bring who I want to me.” He said and smirked.”Nathan
       right?..you’ll be yourself after a while- just need you to get
       what I want.” He said to the kitten he still had hold of.
       ----
       A very angry yowl come from Nathan when he was picked up by the
       scruff of his neck. The near entire way it made his body got
       limp only made the rage build inside of the werewolf.
       His little eyes narrowed at his captor when the man cursed and
       claimed he wasn't who they had been after. He huffed when the
       man said his name before hissing at the notion he would be bait.
       He tried to lash out, but he couldn't move his body in quite the
       right way to claw at the guy's face. He was so angry now all his
       fur had purred out making him look like an adorably angry ball
       of fluff.
       ----
       Alastor chuckled at the cat like Nathan trying to swipe at his
       face.”keep trying Nathan-“ he told him getting a tad closer.”not
       gonna hurt ya promise… but I’ll make sure spell caster keeps you
       this way so I don’t have to deal with a fight”. He told
       him.”driver head out go to west and 4th. We can wait for them to
       come lookin” he said as the car started to peel away.
       --++
       Nathan kept swiping more viciously at the strangers face,
       letting himself work up into a full blown tantrum, his wiggling
       around causing the grip of his scuff to loosen enough that he
       could flail more violently. Anything that he got ahold of right
       now would be shred to ribbons.
       Usually, when Nathan got this angry and upset, he would shift.
       It was so strange being disconnected from his wolf and having to
       calm down in a way that wasn't violence. It didn't take very
       long for Nathan's little kitten body to run out of energy and
       the singer finally gave up settling on just glaring at the man
       who had hold of him.
       #Post#: 1517--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nathan's Bad Luck
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 19, 2026, 9:56 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Alastor started to chuckle at the kitten as he felt amused by
       how he was acting. After a bit when he calmed down.”hey you
       tired yourself out.” He said and settled back.”names Alastor,
       and sorry for this but I want to get this done and ditch the
       crazy sex cult, wanna burger? Meow twice if you want some.” He
       said with a smirk.
       --+-
       A quizzical expression came across the little kitten face Nathan
       was cuttently sporting. A sex cult? A sex cult had turned him
       into a cat. Every time he thought his life couldn't get any
       weirder, life seemed to be on a mission to prove him wrong. At
       least his kidnapper was hot, and wasn't treating him like he
       needed to eat cat food.
       "Mreow mreow..." Nathan responded, squirming again, more out of
       discomfort now, than trying to rip this guys face off.
       ----
       “‘Mm sounds good! Maybe when you turn normal again and don’t
       fight can give some alcohol.” He said with a chuckle.”you got a
       lot of rage- I like that.. course being wrath- rage is my
       thing.” He said and ran his hand through his hair.”mmmm maybe I
       can ask the caster to give you the ability to talk.. be easier
       than meowing.” He said and motioned to the man by him. A spell
       came out so Nathan could talk normally.”sooooo…” he said and
       blinked. “Feel free to rant away.” He said eyeing to see if the
       spell worked as intended.
       -----
       Nathan had never had someone *like* how angry he was. It was
       jarring to not be immediately labled an asshole. He perked up at
       the idea of being able to talk again, and even more so about the
       idea of booze.
       "Why... the fu.ck... did you turn me into a fu.cking *cat*?"
       Nathan demanded, though his voice didn't quite have the edge of
       anger that it probably would have, had he never be so grateful
       to be able to speak again before. He wasn't exactly a talkative
       person, but not being able to talk was very inconvenient.
       "Also, why the fuck does a sex cult want my guitars?" He asked
       in confusion.
       -----
       Alastor chuckled hearing the man’s voice from the cute ball of
       fluff. “Honestly that was just random, was told that whatever
       animal they ran into- of had a familiar with you’d turn into..”
       he said.”your guitarist is a vessel to  someone I know- his name
       is apocalypse- kinda need to talk to him but last time I tried
       to talk to your guitarist she booked the hell out thanks to a
       few cultists. Weirded her out with the idea of an orgy.. plus
       ah- they sacrifice virgins….” He said. “My aim is to find  hope,
       but to find hope- needed to find apocalypse” he said.”this also
       means the other evils will wake up.. kinda important honestly.”
       He said sitting down Nathan on his lap, then went to rubbing his
       neck. He smelled food  that was ordered and handed back as he
       made it easy for Nathan to eat.
       “Figured if I stuck with the sex cult maybe find apocalypse to
       properly talk.” He said.
       --++-
       Nathan's shook his little kitten body once he was put down and
       sat in Alastor's lap as he listened to the explanation. "Why do
       you need to talk to *him*? From what I've seen that things is
       fucking crazy... also... what is hope in this context, because
       as far as I know that is an emotion, not a person... or place...
       or thing...." He asked inquisitively as he dug into the offered
       burger.
       "You know, honestly, between not wanting to be a cat anymore and
       the idea of getting nice and drunk...  sound so good..." He
       commented  and he ate.
       -----
       “Everyone thought apocalypse wasn’t a god either.. course over
       time things get twisted..heard of the bubonic plague in school
       right? That was apocalypse it only stopped when humans sealed
       him away- though bet you probably  didn’t really care to listen-
       mean I didn’t at first in school.” He said chucking to Nathan.
       “Same with hope… but most seem to know Pandora’s box story..
       myth goes that pandora was given a box and told to not open it..
       of course.. being curious as she was did anyway to release evils
       on the world… but! “ he paused.”a single tiny light floated out
       and *spoke* to pandora… She is the first virtue..  wake her up-
       the rest should follow-without hope- the end of times will be a
       total nightmare.” He said quietly
       “Yeah got weed too if your wanna get high.” Said wrath. “Heck
       maybe even become friends hm?“
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Luci had woke up from her nap to walk out rubbing her hair in a
       sleepy way. “Mm nap was good.” She said to chuckle.
       --+-
       Nathan listened to Alastor talk as the werewolf turned cat ate
       his food, easily finishing it off. "Ohhhh booze weed, sold," he
       said with a chuckle, curling up in the man's lap. "Think you are
       putting too much stock in old stories, that thing inside luci is
       a demon at best. There is no way the embodiment of evil is a
       god," Nathan huffed.
       ----
       Alastor blinked and looked at the cat to absent mindly start
       scratching behind his ear.”oh no dear man- apoc is not as bad as
       he seems- if anything his *sister* is the one to really fear.
       Apocalypse is the all seeing eye- and is willing to hear one
       out-nothing gets by his gaze. his sister is that of blissful
       ignorance even to that of suffering.. not really caring who it
       is or why- “
       He was handed a collar to  put it on Nathan.”this is just a
       precaution and don’t worry it’ll change into a nice choker when
       human.. get too far you’ll go kitten again.. not that I mind.”
       He said with a chuckle.
       ----
       Nathan was caught off guard by the scratching behind his ear,
       barely even paying attention to what the guy was saying, at
       least until he felt the collar around his neck. He was about to
       try and bite the man, but the moment the collar's magic took
       effect Nathan was *finally* returned to human form.
       He was suddenly sitting in this guy's lap, straddling him and
       *way* to close to his face as he didn't exactly have a lot of
       room in the cramped car.
       -----
       Alastor watched as the cat became a man and smirked.”this is
       kinda nice too. Get to see that sexy face of yours up close ?”
       He said and flashed a grin. He seemed unbothered of the position
       clearly- but seemed more or less amused.
       --+-
       Nathan's cheeks flushed pink at Alastor's words, but his annoyed
       expression stayed firmly in place as he turned his head away as
       he tried to move so he wasn't so close to the stranger, it was
       useless though, unless he awkwardly climbed over the guy to get
       into an empty seat.
       "You plan on just holding me in this car until my manager comes
       looking for me?" He asked.
       ----
       “Oh don’t worry bout that - had my magician send a magic message
       about wanting to talk to the guitarist and not getting  you back
       till I do. Though now I’m tempted keeping you.” He said with a
       wider grin, “you move over.” He shoved the magic man who finally
       scooted over.”there ya go handsome.” He said and winked
       ----
       Nathan's blush intensified at Alastor's flirtatious words and
       wink. "Keeping me? How you figure you will manage that?" He
       said, with a scoff. The notion he could be *kept* like a pet
       irritation the man as he slid off the guy's lap to take the seat
       next to the man.
       -----
       “Mmm that collar will assure that. You’ll turn kitty the moment
       you get too far.” He told Nathan.”easier to take back.” He said
       and chuckled before settling.
       After a bit of a drive they arrived to a building. Alastor came
       out and motioned for Nathan to come out. The building seemed
       ordinary- but once inside the smell of alcohol, weed, and sex
       would be smelled throughout. And with each step Alastor would
       lead the man to a general meeting room that seemed untouched by
       it all- save for a fridge filled with beer and more and a
       minibar with all sorts of alcohol to allow mixed drinks. ”what
       ya want?” Asked Alastor as he went to pour some whisky.  He lit
       up a small blunt and took it in before blowing it out.
       -----
       Nathan did not like the idea he would turn back into a cat if he
       was too far from the man. It was enough to keep the flighty
       werewolf from trying to run the second he was allowed out of the
       cramped car. He followed after the man into the nondescript
       building. The smells that hit him when they walked through the
       place, oddly putting Nathan a little at ease, especially when
       they entered where the guy intended to hang out and already had
       a blunt and drink in hand.
       "Unless you have something stronger than booze and weed, I
       suppose I can settle for a blunt and a drink for now..." He said
       as he went behind the bar, mixing himself a fruity drink his
       'friends' liked to call 'walk me home sweet Jesus' before
       snatching the blunt from Al's fingers as the man was mid hit and
       plopped himself on the nearest couch and downed about half his
       drink before he took a nice deep hit of the blunt.
       "So, this a whole sex cult hang out place? Not to familiar with
       the whole culture culture," he snickered, easily finishing off
       the drink after only a few swigs.
       -----
       Alastor chuckled as the man took the blunt from him.”normally
       would but I don’t wanna be the reason they find you out of your
       mind on something.” He said as he went to light another.
       “Mmhmm.. they do all sorts of weird shit.. mean I like sex and
       bondage- but virgin sacrifices is where I draw the line.. if
       only lust was around- she’d fix this shit real quick.”  He said
       and sat down.”so how did you meet apoc any way?” He asked as he
       took a swig of the whisky.
       ----
       "Lame, i dont like being in my own mind, whats wrong with being
       out of it?" The frustrated emo man complained before the
       handsome cultist join him on the couch.
       "You have such a weird concept of virtues and vices... I didn't
       meet that thing per say. He... fucked with my mind to make me
       join the band..." Nathan complained as he smoked. "When I found
       out... I lost it... started using again... band wasn't exactly
       having it... forced me to sober up... first time I've drank
       since I was forced clean...." He said in a tone that told just
       how much of a grievance he had over the whole thing. "Just want
       to fly with dragons, don't think it's that big of a deal..." He
       continued, his cravings for heroine ever present.
       #Post#: 1518--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nathan's Bad Luck
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 19, 2026, 10:06 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       “Nothing wrong with it- but I’d rather hand you off able to
       walk.” He joked.  Alastor blinked. “Fu.cked with your mind-
       maybe for like- a few hours.. apoc can only influence long
       enough - sort of push your mind in a direction- to the point
       where you think you made that decision yourself . It never lasts
       long- maybe like for a day maybe?.. after your in complete
       control of staying or not.” He said.”and that’s his sealed form
       right now- he is limited since he can’t manifest .. bunch of
       humans tricked the guy and sealed him away like forever ago.” He
       said before drawing in another smoke. “I don’t expect you to
       believe me- mean I did kidnap you- but I just know this much
       since I ‘woke’ up.” He said before shifting to put the glass on
       the table.
       ----+
       "Oh you plan on giving me back now? Already decided against
       keeping me?" Nathan asked with a laugh before taking in another
       hit. "Yeah. I don't believe anything you have told me. Well, I
       believe you are in a sex cult, but that's probably not the
       weirdest things compared to everything out coming out of that
       mouth of yours." Nathan half scoffed before he got up from the
       couch and went to make himself another drink while he smoked.
       Having not drank or smoked in a while now, it was hitting Nathan
       far harder than he would have expected by the time he had killed
       the blunt and knocked back a good five drinks.
       "Ya know, least your hot... could have been kidnapped by an ugly
       fu.ck," Nathan said as he laughed, definitely drunk and high.
       Crossfaded as it was called.
       -----
       “Who said I didn’t wanna keep.. maybe I’ll just… stick around?”
       He said. He chuckled a bit more at the man mentioning not
       believing him before he got a look.”well .. sexy hm?” He mused.
       For once his gaze softened a bit. He could still hear his ex
       boyfriend, the abuse.. the insults.. everything- to be called
       this had an affect on him.
       He put his hand under Nathan’s face.”well if I’m so hot..  why
       not have a bit o’ fun..” he said before his mouth slipped over
       Nathan’s as his other arm that draped around the couch drew the
       man in.
       ----
       Nathan hadn't expected the lips on his own but the drunken man
       easily melted into the kiss, giving no resistance as he was
       pulled closer. The kiss depending as Nathan nippled the man's
       lower lip before slipping his tongue into his captors mouth,
       teasing the apposing tongue as he explored the kiss as it
       devolved into full blown making out.
       -----
       Of course it was at that moment that a very panicked and worried
       Asher and his wizard friend Zayn appeared in the room. Asher's
       eyes widened at the sight of Nathan lip locked with the man that
       had taken him.
       "Are you fu.cking serious? Is your brain messed up or something?
       I've been looking for you for hours and I find you kissing this
       as.shole that took you?" Asher growled out angrily.
       Zayn stopped him from outright attacking the man. "He's not just
       human Ash, calm down. Now, if you don't want to be thrown in a
       magic dungeon, tell me exactly why you took Nathan," Zayn
       demanded, magic erupting from his hand and crackling up his arm.
       "You better start talking,"
       ------
       Alastor gave into the deep kiss as his hands ran in Nathan’s
       hair and things started to get hot and heavy. When the wizard
       appeared he about jumped out his own skin. His eyes zeroed in on
       Asher.”he doesn’t mind- I don’t force things- may love the rage
       but I ain’t no monster.” He said.”and what are you? His
       *boyfriend*?” He asked feeling the anger off Asher. He couldn’t
       help but feed into that rage from the wolf.
       His arm still draped around Nathan and looking relaxed.. least
       until zayn opened his mouth. A flash of a look came from
       Alastor.”your right.. I’m not just human..” his eyes turned
       pitch black. “Do you really think you can contain wrath? Unless
       you have Pandora’s box- your shit outta luck!” He said and
       laughed before he shifted and slammed a fist down on the table.
       It fractured.. and splintered to pieces.”strength comes from
       that for me so don’t test! Seems you guys don’t listen to your
       messages.. real target was the purple haired girl. I wanted to
       talk to apocalypse.. may of snagged the singer but god damn is
       he one sexy hell of a kisser… kinda don’t wanna give him up.. “
       he said and flashed a grin.
       “and if you take him- he will just turn back into a little black
       kitten… can’t get far from me yanno. I don’t like killing things
       off..especially when I *like* them.”he said and leaned back with
       Nathan- almost with an expression of.”this is mine and your not
       gonna take him from me.” On his face as the black went back to a
       vivid pair of blue eyes.
       +----
       It was easy to get lost in Alastor's intensity. The mix of booze
       and weed making everything feel even more mind-numbing. He
       didn't even realize they wernt alone until Al nearly jumped out
       of his skin and Asher's angry voice filling the room.
       He rolled his eyes at the man's complaints, before he was
       sobered up a little at the man breaking the table after claiming
       wrath couldn't be contained. "Not my boyfriend, he is my
       stalker. I mean, he is a cute stalker at least," Nathan
       commented, snickering after the words came out, not giving any
       resistance to the man pulling him close.
       He was focused on finishing off his most resent drink, though
       his eyes stayed on Asher. His slurred words and not entirely
       there look about his eyes told of just how crossfaded he was.
       ------
       "jokes on you, I like him better as a cat, he's far more
       tolerable!" Asher snapped back, feeling more pissed about Nathan
       drinking and using weed. Though it did hurt to see the man he
       had feelings for throwing himself at a perfect stranger.
       He felt Zayn's hand tighten more on his shoulder, though Asher
       had no intention of attacking. There was far too much unknown
       about who this man...or wrath was. Asher didn't have a death
       wish. Plus if wrath got tired of Nathan, he really didn't want
       Nathan to get hurt.
       His eyes flashed at Nathan calling him a stalker and then heard
       footsteps coming from another room.
       "Zayn, we've got company," he muttered his hackles rising, as
       scent of old blood hit him.
       Zayn shot a look at Wrath and Nathan. "Stay put, I don't want to
       accidentally hit either of you. You want to talk with Apoc, so
       come back with us. Just give me a few minutes to deal with
       these...murderers. just why the hell did you join them?"
       -----
       Alastor drank it in. Guy was pissed and it was heaven.”cute
       stalker huh? And I thought the cult was bad.” He joked and
       grinned.
       Alastor rolled his eyes.”fine long as I reach my goal I’m
       happy.” He said and crossed his legs.”simple.. while they kill
       virgins they wouldn’t touch a hair on girly.. purple haired one
       is apoc’s vessel, if anything they’d just ask her to lead some
       orgy. The second option would get your friend prematurely
       killed.. mean once apoc manifests her soul will be consumed.  “
       he said blinking.”least.. that’s what I remember.” He said his
       head leaning back.
       That’s when he heard the banging at the door. He could hear a
       few cries for apoc already and rolled his eyes.”their about to
       bust the door down- might wanna back up.” He said his head
       lifting.
       With that he watched the door go down and the group going for
       the two invaders, or what would be to them invaders.
       -----
       Seeing just how upset Asher really was, not just the anger, the
       hurt look in the man's eyes took him aback a little. That was
       deeper than anger. He wasn't given much time to think about
       that, Alastor's response caused him pause as put his now empty
       glass on the end table.
       "Maybe magic man could magic us out of here, seemed easy enough
       to pop in here." Nathan suggested, not in the mood to deal with
       whoever was on the other side of that door.
       +++++
       "A damn cult?" Zayn growled, his eyes turning a dark orange as
       the magic around his arm thrummed and consumed more of his body.
       Asher pulled away, the raw power almost overwhelming his wolf
       senses. He'd never quite seen the wizard looking this pissed off
       before.
       Asher shook his head at Nathan's suggestion of disappearing.
       "It's his job to deal with murderers and magic people that hurt
       the innocent. Zayn's not going to let them get away with their
       crimes,"
       Zayn growled again, launching himself forwards at the incoming
       group. Asher swore, holding back for a split second before
       shifting and diving into the fray: mostly to protect Zayn's
       back. When the wizard got berserk like this, there was no
       talking him out of doling out what he deemed proper justice.
       The spell caster met his death first, the magic from Zayn's hand
       making him disintegrate into whisps of smoke. The rest, were
       taken out in varying ways. Asher used his teeth to rip out
       throats, and Zayn getting creative in how he killed them. When
       they were through, Zayn destroyed the bodies with fire.
       "We should go, the fire will go out when everything in the room
       is consumed," Zayn said turning to Wrath and Nathan.
       ------
       Alastor watched the entire fight to kick back one that got a bit
       too close to him and Nathan. The absolute rage and how the man
       fought- last time he felt this was when he first woke up.. the
       righteous and deserved kind of rage.
       For once wrath felt full given the rage that came off the
       wizard.”that’s fine by me magic man- whisk us away now.” He
       said.
       -----
       Asher was stuck in his wolf form, since his clothes had been
       destroyed from his abrupt shifting. He let out low growl, his
       wolf side hating wrath instantly. It didn't help that the man's
       hands were around Nathan even more than before.
       Zayn reached out and grabbed Asher by the scruff on the back of
       his neck and then moved to put his other hand on Nathan's
       shoulder. "Best hold tight," he advised Wrath.
       Zayn chanted a Latin teleportation spell and the four of them
       were sucked out of the room and into blaring whiteness. When
       they all came out on the other side, Zayn and Asher fell out on
       top of Nathan and Wrath in the middle of a field.
       Asher let out an annoyed bark as he scrambled up off of the
       others.
       "Relax, there's a few other questions I need answered before we
       take this one to Apoc and his host. Not mention, we should call
       Dev to let him know before we show up out of nowhere," Zayn
       replied, understanding Asher perfectly.
       "Go ahead and shift back, I'll have clothes ready for you," he
       added. "And they won't see it,"
       Asher still moved a shirt distance away before he started to
       shift. It took a bit longer than normal, what with him being so
       self conscious about it.
       He pulled on the clothes that appeared, leaving the shirt for
       last as he walked back over.
       "I highly doubt Apoc will be happy about Luci being hurt. There
       has to be another way to release him,"
       --++-
       Alastor grabbed on to be on the ground, with Nathan and Asher on
       top.”owwww” he groaned. “Like it was any better being the
       bottom!” Said Alastor to the annoyed wolf.
       Alastor blinked.”apocalypse… caring for the vessel? That’s a
       first:” he said and sighed.”please feel free to call me
       Alastor.” He told the wizard. “As for another way I only woke up
       like…” he shifted his fingers to a space.”that much.. My
       knowledge on the thing is fragmented- but if I know apocalypse
       he left a book on it.” He said and crossed his arms, he noticed
       Nathan not moving off of him to move a bit. He then shifted the
       passed out Nathan’s head on his lap.”poor guy got too drunk.” He
       said. “Besides being thrown into non-existence isn’t painful- if
       anything she’s doing a massive sacrifice- not just anyone can
       hold apocalypse inside them.” He said.”moment any one else tries
       the body becomes unstable.” He said and looked at the man.”so
       what you wanna ask since we are not where I want to be.” He said
       rather annoyed.
       ------
       Zayn raised an eyebrow at Alastor's misinterpretation of Asher's
       complaint. "He was annoyed with me, not with being on top of you
       both," he explained while Asher was off  changing back to human.
       Zayn did a quick assessment, making sure the two on bottom
       hadn't been hurt. "Though I do get the feeling you've been on
       the bottom a few times," he couldn't help but add with a bit of
       a smirk.
       "There's always a first time for everything," Asher replied,
       itching to check Nathan over more closely.
       Another jolt of jealous went through him as Alastor moved
       Nathan's head into his lap. He was having a hard time focusing
       on what the stranger was saying. What he really wanted was to
       get Nathan away from Alastor.
       Zayn made a thoughtful sound at what Alastor was saying,
       realizing that there was a great deal more to contend with. If
       the sins were returning, that meant the virtues would be as
       well.
       "It's possible there's more to her than anyone knows," Zayn
       commented as he rubbed his chin.
       "What do you need to talk to Apocalypse about? What you just
       told us? Or is there more? I need a bit of a rest before we get
       back to Apoc and everyone else."
       #Post#: 1519--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nathan's Bad Luck
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 19, 2026, 10:28 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Alastor just ended up just giving a small glare at the
       wizard.”when I feel like it.” He said and looked at Asher
       looking jealous.”yanno keep making faces like that it’s gonna
       freeze.” He said and ran his hand through his own hair.”maybe- “
       he said and his blues peered at the wizard.”well thing is I’m
       awake.. and on my own- that isn’t normal.” He told the wizard.
       “When I sort of woke up- it was back in high school- just kinda
       snapped I guess?.” He said and sighed. He didn’t plan on going
       to the why he snapped as it was painful to even think about
       still.
       “can’t help but feel something is really wrong. Apocalypse is a
       god, for one and kinda is close to hope- so figured maybe he
       felt her or *something.* if not then we might be in trouble.” He
       said and sighed.”maybe even travel around and see if I feel
       anyone else awake.. like maybe lust and worst case scenario
       sloth… if sloth woke up before hope arrives- then I know we are
       in deep sh.it.” He said.
       ---+++
       Zayn gave Alastor a long appreciative look, with a bit of a
       smirk on his face.
       Asher's eyes flashed and his hands closed into fists. He really
       wanted to punch the as
       shole in the face.
       Zayn pulled Asher down to sit next to him and shook his head.
       "Goading a werewolf isn't a good idea," Zayn said a bit sharply.
       "Sounds like you could use some help tracking the others down.
       If you asked nicely, I could help you with that,"
       While Asher really wanted to get this Alastor/Wrath guy back for
       forcing Nathan into the body of a kitten, making him fall off
       the wagon, and kidnapping him, it sounded like there was more to
       worry about.
       "Just how long before you can get us out of this middle of
       nowhere field? The sooner we figure out what needs to be done,
       the better. Probably need to find the book he mentioned, and
       find a better way to get Apoc out of Luci," Asher sighed out,
       tapping his fingers impatiently on his leg.
       "Give me like 20 minutes to rest. All that magic I used at that
       warehouse took a lot out of me. Talk or whatever, I'm going to
       nap a bit," Zayn replied, laying back in the grass and closing
       his eyes.
       Asher shot another look at Nathan, this time more tinged with
       concern.."just...how much did he drink? And was he smoking
       anything? He's nearly overdosed on heroin a few weeks ago. I
       really don't want him hurting himself like that again,"
       -----
       Alastor rolled his eyes and settled back where they were
       at.”I’ll ask nice when it comes time.. so please take me to
       apocalypse.” He said and sighed.
       Alastor was laying quietly his eyes closed when he heard the
       question.
       ”if your asking on alcohol he made himself a really strong
       fruity drink- maybe two. As for smoking it was just weed- he did
       try to squirrel stronger stuff outta me but I made it on point
       that I don’t intend to give him that. Weed is good weed soothe..
       heroin kills brain cells- that’s why I refuse to do that shit
       myself.” He said and peeked at him.”plus I don’t intend to give
       back strung out people- it’s gross and drugging people like that
       is even worse.” He said as a small memory of blaze came to the
       surface. He immediately looked away.”if anything we were
       drunkenly making out.. and it was my fault- said I was sexy and
       couldn’t helped myself.” He said with a sigh.
       -----
       Asher felt a bit relieved that Nathan hadn't gotten harder
       drugs. "Yeah, he seems to want to self destruct all the time,"
       Asher said with a sigh.
       From the way Alastor spoke, Asher got the feeling the guy had
       experienced something similar in the past. He couldn't help but
       feel empathy for Alastor, even though he didn't quite like him.
       "I suppose I shouldn't hold it against you, Nathan does a lot of
       things drunk he wouldn't do sober," Asher sighed and ran a hand
       through his hair.
       "I would've been tempted to kiss him too."
       -----
       “Mmm that’s no good! Life is about enjoying the moment even if
       it gets a little tough.” He said and looked at him.”don’t think
       anyone would do anything they wouldn’t do sober.” He told
       Asher.”so you like the guy. Mean does he believe you oh *cute*
       stalker. Mean could totally put the shoe on the other foot if
       you wanna smoochy.” He teased and grinned.
       ----
       "yeah," Asher agreed sighing out a bit heavily. "Well he does.
       It's almost like booze loosens him up from his demons, then the
       next day he's got amnesia and doesn't remember anything that
       happened. Kind of frustrating,"
       Asher flushed a bit when Alastor easily picked up on his
       feelings for Nathan. "Yeah, for years now. Never got the chance
       to tell him in highschool, and the feelings never really went
       away,"
       He blinked, not really sure if Nathan would get jealous seeing
       him kissing someone else. "I doubt it would work, but we could
       try,"
       --+--
       Alastor chuckled.”alcohol has three wonders.” He told
       Asher.”truths can come out.. make someone do the dumbest bravest
       shit and tolerable to pain to a point.” He told him.”he May
       feign ignorance to his own feelings or hasn’t realized it yet
       himself,” he said.
       He paused at Asher’s actual agreement.”wait you looked like you
       wanted to sock me- you serious about making out just to make
       him.. or try to make him mad?” He asked.”well okay fine- not
       sure if Nathan will come too anytime soon though.” He said
       sitting up.he shoved his coat off to make a pillow for
       Nathan.”come on wolf boy show your resolve.” He said patting his
       lap after moving.
       ----
       Asher blinked, looking rather shocked by what Alastor told him.
       He shot a rather longing look at the passed out Nathan.
       "I hope you're right about that. "
       He raised an eyebrow at Alastor. "Honestly I would still sock
       you, if it made Nathan like me more. "
       He licked his lips, watching as Alastor moved Nathan off of him
       and then patted his leg. Asher let out a sort of growl and moved
       quickly, pinning the man down in the grass before claiming his
       mouth in a deep kiss.
       Alastor summoning him like one would a pet dog, had deeply
       insulted his wolf. Asher managed to hold the angry beast back as
       he feasted on the other's lips.
       ----
       Alastor chuckled at the man’s words.”doubt it hands down.” He
       said before he felt the pin, before Alastor could speak he felt
       the mouth and tried to keep in mind this guy wasn’t blaze.
       He shifted to try to gain some control but realizing just how
       strong Asher was caused a panic attack through his body. Alastor
       practically was yelling into the kiss at that point his eyes now
       completely panicked.
       -----
       Feeling the other's attempt to get control and the muffled yells
       made Asher fight back against his wolf's need to dominate
       Alastor. His grasp loosened and he rolled over, putting himself
       in the submissive position.
       "Shit, I'm sorry," Asher apologize pulling his mouth back and
       looking up at Alastor. "Lost control there for a moment. I'm
       really sorry."
       --+-+
       Alastor felt the loosen and breathed.”not.. your fault.. just…”
       he went quiet.”my ex boyfriend did a number on me.. thought he
       liked me.. but..” Alastor rubbed the back of his head as he was
       trying to calm himself down.”was abused and used a lot.. think
       by the time I saw him with someone else- I snapped.. woke up as
       wrath.” He said quietly. “Don’t blame yourself. Ya didn’t know.”
       He said and went to his pocket for a blunt he saved to light up,
       his hand shaking like a sheet of paper.
       ----
       Asher cursed under his breath, gently running his hands up
       Alastor's sides as the man explained what he'd gone through.
       "Sorry to hear that. No one should have to go through anything
       like that," Asher said softly.
       He didn't try to move, waiting for the man to calm down.
       ------
       Alastor took a minute and seemed to chill before taking another
       puff and letting it out. He looked down at Asher. Feeling his
       hands and with what he was doing seemed to calm him down. Once
       settled he flicked back the butt of the thing and went down.”I
       can take aggressive kissing- just avoid the pinning and
       restricting movements.. it sets me off.” He warned before his
       mouth went back to kissing Asher. But from the feel he was
       easing back in, trying to be mindful of Asher.
       -----
       Asher managed to give a slight nod to Alastor before the others
       lips were on his own. After it having been so long, he couldn't
       help but let out a few moans as pleasure filled him. His hands
       gently slide over Alastor's back as their mouths collided and
       tongues entangled.
       It was more than enough to turn Asher on.
       -----
       The relative quiet stillness was interrupted by strange sounds
       before he heard moans. His eyes fluttered open to see Alastor on
       top of Asher, going at each other. Jeliousy flooded through
       Nathan before it caused him pause. *Why* was he jealous? He had
       been calling Asher a stalker for a while now and Al was
       literally a part of a sex cult, it was almost something he
       should have expected. So why did it hurt to see them like that?
       More so seeing Asher so passionately kissing the cultist.
       Nathan slowly and quietly got up and crept away. His feelings
       deeply confusing him. It didn't take long for the jealous man
       found the limit of how far he could get from Alastor and turned
       into a kitten again. At that point he started to run through the
       tall grass.
       ------
       Alastor being more mindful noticed Nathan moving. The man was no
       fool after all- this was what Asher wanted. He separated.”see..
       seemed to affected him.” He said to point in a direction.”better
       catch him. Spellcaster may be dead but the spell is ongoing- I
       ah.. may or may not made sure it couldn’t come off unless I
       uncollared the guy.. like a curse.” He said and grinned a
       bit.”or some kid will try snagging him.” He said to get his
       coat.
       Sure enough as warned  a small girl had picked up Nathan.”kitty!
       “ said the child to nuzzle the  kitten that she had clung to.
       “I’ll call you Mister fluffers.” She said with a smile.
       -----
       Asher let out a soft groan as Alastor pulled away and followed
       the other's pointed finger. "Shit, we'd better go catch him,"
       Asher muttered, feeling a bit at odds. He still had deep
       feelings for Nathan, but now there was some feelings growing for
       Alastor as well. It was a bit confusing for him.
       "Mister fluffers?" He asked turning to shoot an amused look at
       Alastor.
       He wasn't really sure how to convince the girl to give Nathan
       back. Maybe Alastor would?
       ---
       Nathan made several unhappy cat sounds when he was stached up by
       a little girl. Snuggled and nuzzle and just about choked out as
       the younge child nearly loved him to death. He didn't know what
       to do but eventually gave up struggling. Maybe the kid would put
       him down and he could take off without hurting her.
       -----
       Alastor gave a small cough to swallow his laughter. He smoothed
       his hair back and walked over.”hey there..” he said as the girl
       clung that much more to Nathan. “Sweet girl thank you for
       catching my pet.. swear lose my head if I was a chicken.” He
       said and made a clucking noise as the child giggled at
       first.”may I have Senior gato please?” He asked as the girl
       looked at Nathan and swiftly held a bit more at alastors
       worry.”no! Mine!” She said as he took a small breath as his
       friendly smile came up.”what’s your name?” He asked.”Astraea.”
       He heard.”Astraea look what your doing your hurting my little
       friend.” He said as she looked as her eyes went a bit wide.
       “You can’t hold so firmly- gatos don’t like that.” He said
       gently. “I’ll show you the right way niña” he said as his hands
       went out. The girl reluctantly gave Nathan up. He held Nathan
       close and pet under his chin.”see gato got to be held right..”
       he said as he let the girl pet Nathan gently. He kept a bit of a
       hold that wouldn’t hurt Nathan but kept him close.
       “gracias for catching him.. bye bye.” He said as he waved a
       little.”better go to your mama.. and don’t talk to strangers!”
       He said as he watched her run off. He looked down.”Nathan..
       stuff like that happens if you don’t stay close.” He said
       calmly.
       ----
       Asher was more than a little impressed with how gently Alastor
       had dealt with the situation and getting Nathan back.
       "You're pretty good with kids," Asher said softly as the turned
       to go back where they'd left Zayn sleeping.
       He got a bit of a sad look on his face, the little girl
       reminding him of his own sister at that age. He hoped the girl
       would get the kitten she so obviously wanted one day.
       They didn't have to go very far before they saw Zayn heading
       towards them, looking much more relaxed.
       "Guessing Nathan ran off. If you're all ready, we can head off
       now."
       They grabbed hands and were once more whisked off. This time,
       they landed on their feet outside the tour bus. "Hopefully
       you've got some good food," Zayn murmured and got on, going to
       peruse the fridge.
       Asher followed, hoping that the others weren't too worried with
       how long it had taken them to bring back Nathan.
       "Who's this?" Devlin asked, looking over Alastor with a
       quizzical look.
       "That's the host of Wrath, he needs to talk with Apoc," Zayn
       replied as he started construction of a huge sandwich.
       ------
       This was it, this was how he was going to die, well, at least
       that is what he accepted as happening as he was squished and
       squeezed tighter and tighter by the little girl as Alastor
       attempted to get the girl to release him.
       Nathan waited until the little girl had turned away before
       biting the shit out of the man's finger. It didn't get him
       released but it made him feel slightly better. He did *not* like
       that he hadn't been able to be on his own at all in what felt
       like months now. He was far to aggressive and antisocial for all
       that.
       Even back at the tour bus, Nathan attempted to get out of
       Alastor's arms. The moment his paws touched the ground he was
       off, hiding in a place no one would be able to pull him out,
       inside the air vent. Sure he couldn't turn back into a human or
       any other form in the metal pipes but no one could reach him
       now.
       He had far too many weird feeling right now and no way to
       release any of those emotions or rage. The sight of Al and Asher
       lip locked played in his mind over and over, trying to figure
       out what it bothered him so much.
       #Post#: 1520--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nathan's Bad Luck
       By: Minyaagar Date: February 19, 2026, 10:42 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Alastor felt the bite to wince some as he walked back with
       Asher. “Mmm yeah he’s not happy.” He mumbled. Once they got back
       Luci who was pacing to stop and zero on the cat that was
       actively trying to get out of alastors arms.”Nathan…” she
       started to see the man drop the cat who darted for the air vent.
       Her eyes went back and went wide as she backed up almost
       immediately to grab a plate.”why is that creepo here?!?”  She
       asked as she made her way back further as Alastor sighed deeply.
       “I’m not gonna fuck ya or murder ya! I just wanted to ask apoc a
       question!” He said to start moving  as Luci threw the dish that
       made Alastor duck, seeing it was plastic he relaxed. He then saw
       she had a pan this time,and put his hands up as if surrendering.
       “Apocalypse I know your inside that woman!! I want to know if
       you felt hope at all!!” He said as Luci got a horribly confused
       look at the man.”I woke up like a few years ago, I figured I’d
       hope was around you’d know! I can’t feel her.”
       ------
       Asher wasn't all that surprised by Nathan biting Alastor. "He
       gets bitey like that when he's bored or overwhelmed," Asher
       explained, though he didn't feel bad that Alastor was on the
       receiving end for once.
       After all, the whole kitten thing was all because of him.
       "Creepy?" Asher asked, ducking as the plate came towards them.
       Zayn stopped the plate with his magic and used it for his
       sandwhich, not seeming too worried about the irate rockstar.
       Asher cursed under his breath, moving between Alastor and Luci,
       holding a hand out towards her. "Can you please give me the
       frying pan? We wouldn't have brought him here, if we thought
       he'd hurt you Luci, isn't that right Zayn?"
       Zayn nodded, having taken a huge bite. "He's got questions for
       Apoc about the end of the world stuff. Ash and I took care of
       the cultists, they won't be bothering you."
       "He was only with them to get a chance to talking with Apoc,"
       Asher explained. "He's the embodiment of Wrath, one of the seven
       sins. The other sins and virtues are out there as well. When
       they all awake, that's when the end is supposed to start," Asher
       explained. "Now will you give me the frying pan, please?"
       ------
       Luci clung to it at first. Asher would see a bit of worry.”sorry
       if I have doubts last time we *met* the guy was in total dom
       gear and then the sub of his suggested an orgy.. right after the
       virgin sacrifice!!!” She said the pan pointing at the guy.
       Alastor took a breath in and let it out.”sub was a dummy the
       sacrifice caught *me* off guard too, really thought all they did
       was fuck, get drunk,and get high. Didn’t think I’d witness a
       murder.”  He sighed as the woman finally loosened her grip and
       gave it to Asher.”fine. I kinda get to seeing people killed-
       fucks with you and stays with you..”She said flatly. “Apoc you
       awake…” she said out loud to herself.
       ------
       ¤¤¤
       *"Mmmmm maybe?"* Apocalypse mused, finding this quite
       entertaining.
       ¤¤¤
       The sound of Luci yelling brought Devlin, Titania, Rave and
       several others over from the other bus. Since the witch and
       warlock had gotten plagued by the cold curse, Devlin had
       insisted on them being sequestered on the second bus away from
       the band.
       "This is the guy that had us targeted?" Rave asked sounding
       quite miserable and stuffed up. His nose was red and his eyes
       looked terrible as he glared at Alastor.
       "He paid the guy that did it," Zayn said with a long sigh. "If
       he and Nathan don't stay relatively close, Nathan turns back
       into a kitten. He's currently hiding in the vent,"
       Devlin pinched his nose letting out a long groan. "So you can't
       remove it then?"
       "I haven't studied it that closely, but there are probably
       conditions that Nathan has to meet to remove it. The Warlock and
       witch were just used as carriers,"
       Rave and Titania looked pissed at this. "Oh really? Well when
       I..I uh uh Ahchoo!" Rave spewed a sneeze over Alastor's face,
       which triggered Titania to sneezing over the man a moment later.
       They covered their mouths and noses as more sneezes came in a
       torrent
       Dev grimaced and pulled them off the bus. "Go relax and let Trip
       and Chuckles look  after you both.  You need rest to recover,"
       -----
       Luci looked over to see poor rave and Nia. The girl got a soft
       look as she went to get some tissues.
       Alastor made a sigh some and looked at the two infected magic
       people. Alastor heard the man.”It is a curse.” He told the
       man.”unless Nathan reaches…” he started to be sneezed all over.
       Alastor made a gagging noise to use part of his coat to wipe his
       face.”this is okay.. this is karma but be worth it if I get my
       answer.” He said and sighed.”just can’t fall asleep.” He
       mumbled.
       Luci sighed and glared.”I’m pissed too. He’s like a brother and
       a lead singer yanno.. I don’t like my band mates fucked with.”
       She said and then rolled her eyes at what she would do
       next.”apoc.. baby please, I’m begging you…” she said avoiding
       everyone’s eyes. “Will you talk to this guy? Mean… to me I can
       totally tell him so like Nathan doesn’t vanish too deep in the
       bus to get out.” She said with the pouty tone.
       ¤¤¤
       *"I doooo love hearing you beg for me Luci-loo. Fine fine, have
       his ask his silly questions."* Apocalypse said, cracking himself
       up in Luci's head
       ¤¤¤
       ☆☆☆
       Ahsan was in the form of a scorpion as he snuck through the bus.
       Hearing Nathan was in the air vent, the Jinn decided to try and
       help and crawled into the Vent after the kitten, scaring the
       shit out of Nathan that made very unhappy cay noises and yowls
       as clanging could be heard jn the vent before little kitten
       Nathan came darting out of the vent with Ahsan's claw pinching
       Nathan's tail.
       ☆☆☆
       Luci blinked and blushed a bit at the nickname. “Go a head and
       ask..” she started before hearing a very upset cat cry and Luke
       scooping up Nathan.”Ahsan.. mind letting him go? Think Nathan
       and I will take a moment in another room.. he seems upset.” He’d
       started as Alastor just kept the way quiet as to not mess up his
       chances.”yeah.. ah… “ he moved closer to Luci who looked ready
       to kick or something if he tried anything.”apoc did you like..
       feel hope.. at all? “ he asked making eye contact.
       -----
       Asher remained quiet, though inwardly plotted in making Alastor
       fall asleep so he got the full curse that Nathan had gotten. It
       was more than fitting for the jerk to go through everything that
       Nathan had. Sure he had some mixed feelings, the attention and
       kisses he'd gotten had been amazing and made him question his
       strang obsession with Nathan.
       Should he really continue trying to win the guy over when he
       obviously had no feelings for him? Well not any positive
       feelings. By now everyone on the bus had heard Nathan calling
       him a stalker and a creep.
       Asher folded his arms over his chest, his eyes giving Luci a
       look of approval when she voiced her displeasure towards
       Alastor.
       Mal was starting to get a headache from all the damn drama going
       on, and was relieved when Nathan kitty came darting out of the
       vent, the scorpion form of Ahsan on his tail.
       "Here, I'll take him," he said and gently pulled the scorpion
       free from the kitten's tail and placed it on his shoulder. "I'm
       Gonna go lay down, my head is killing me,"
       Truthfully he was in need of a hit. He'd been trying to cut back
       from smoking so much and the withdrawal was bothering him. He
       was starting to realize he might need a break from it.
       Asher wanted to comfort Nathan, but figured it would be better
       to stop being so possessive. "Probably a good idea Luke, you can
       use my room, just don't touch my laptop or my cameras please,"
       Devlin watched the others leave, more than a little curious to
       find out more about what Alastor was talking about. He shot a
       look over at the wizard friend of Asher's who had as devouring
       his massive sandwhich while listening to everything going on
       around him.
       "What do you know about Apoc, Hope and what this..Alastor is
       talking about?" He asked moving closer to the rough looking man
       and speaking in a low voice.
       "All I know is that if he's right, and the other sins and
       virtues are waking up, there's gonna be a major shit storm to
       deal with. You'll be forced to pick a side, well most magic and
       supernatural folks will be them the battle will begin." Zayn
       replied. "Course that could take time. A year, two, maybe 50. No
       one knows,"
       -----
       ¤¤¤
       A dreary tone took hold of Apocalypse voice when he answered
       about his lost hope. *"I haven't felt hope in a long long
       time."* the sullen God answered.
       ¤¤¤
       ♤☆♤☆♤☆
       Nathan curled up in Luke's arms, being the first person to pick
       him up and not get clawed to death. Ahsan releasing Nathan's
       tail the moment a hand was under him.
       He shifted back into his human form, snuggling up against Mal.
       Meanwhile Nathan buried himself into the bed sheets to the point
       it was very hard to locate him.
       ♤☆♤☆♤☆
       ~🎼 🎵 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
       🎶🎶 🎶🎵 🎼~
       Luci heard the dreary tone.. it sounded as if he lost hope..
       confused as she was it sounded like a feeling but they spoke of
       it like a person. Her eyes softened greatly as her hand
       reflexively went to her chest as Alastor noticed.”not felt hope
       in a long .. long time.” She said and her eyes connected with
       wrath as his eyes went a bit wide.”not in a long .. time....” he
       asked before looking pale.”I shouldn’t be awake why am I awake.”
       He said as he lost feeling in his legs finding a seat to take a
       minute in shock.
       “Not good … not good! Cre is gonna have a feild day !! She’s
       already trying to find you! and she’s gonna look for you apoc,
       you and your host ain’t safe!” He said point blank his finger
       pointed  at Lucinda whose eyes went wide.”whose cre?” She asked
       something inside  as if something was missing.
       :🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
       🐺🐺🐺🐺:
       Luke got the man to the bedroom of Asher’s to close the door and
       let him bury himself.”I’d offer a hit right now I know it’s a
       lot Nathan.” He told the man. He sat down.”just take a moment
       and chill. Hopefully can go human again, and if you want to- you
       can talk to me.” He told his friend with a gentle look at the
       mess of sheets.”no one else is gonna bother us.” He said to sit
       and got a blunt to light it to let off smoke.
       ------
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