Warning Signs

"Warning Signs" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
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Akkey grumbled to herself as the portal closed behind her, taking a quick break on her way back to Wuntne. Nothing about a sorceress or secret intel in that damned office, plus fucking Juro's back from only Hel knows where, I'm tired, I'm sleepy. If Frigga shows up at this moment I'm going to kill something. Actually, that might work...
She kicked a stone in frustration and it hit a tree, earning a yelp from somewhere behind it. She immediately reached a hand for her sword, "Who's there?"
moe-lazyeye
Blunt pranced out from behind the tree with both hands on his hips. "Well hello..." he greeted.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She stayed frozen for a moment before visibly relaxing, "The Hel, Blunt. Don't come sneaking up like that... What're you doing here?" she made her way towards him.
moe-lazyeye
“I brought a special someone to say hello to you.” Blunt said with a smile, and ushered Aria out from behind the tree as well. “Surprise!”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She faltered for a moment, but it was only a moment, before she sped forward and fell to her knees, scooping up Aria in her arms in a tight embrace.
"I c-cant breathe--Aunty--" Aria only managed to choke out.
Akkey gave her another squeeze before letting go, clutching her by the shoulders, "Where the Hel have you been, Aria?!"
"Uh..." she replied somewhat helplessly, "I don't really know... where it was?"
moe-lazyeye
"Why dont we walk and chat?" Blunt offered. "We can get a kettle going at the house, and you, dear darling you, can tell your aunt all about Orne."
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Yeah!" she said and skipped inside, chattering about a woman named Orne and the Dark Stryx and how they helped her and how friendly everybody was as they looked for Iona. Akkey, listening, gave Blunt a confused look and whispered so that Aria wouldn't hear, "Where the fuck did you find her?"
moe-lazyeye
Blunt leaned over and whispered to her, making the movement with a one armed hug. "I got a little roughed up and she came out of nowhere to help me. The Orne person got tangled up with Rhenco though and we split."
Blunt hopped the oddity of all of this compared to how Aria was acting spoke for itself.
akkeyagentofhelheim
"O-oh..." Rhenco?! Akkey mouthed in alarm as Aria went into another spiel, which was normal, but Blunt was looking quite concerned, so she gave a wary glance towards the excitable half breed.
"Okay kid, slow down." she put a hand on top her head in habit whenever she wanted Aria to listen, "Iona's back already, you don't have to worry about her. Here, why don't you go ahead and find her. Your dad's there too." she popped open another portal, and Aria responded with a bright "Okay!" and disappeared.
"So," she turned towards Blunt, "What's got your panties in a twist? What happened?"
moe-lazyeye
Blunt exhaled and clasped his hands behind his head. She could see he had suddenly began to act and speak freely, his former act dropped like a rock. “Well for one thing, when I say roughed up, I mean I got my windpipe lanced with the mans fingernails and spent a whole night breathing around my own blood. I was an idiot! I almost got killed and...and I can’t imagine putting Stones through that especially what what just happened with Haddock. And I’m stressed out, and it scared me, and I...I...”
He took a long breath. “Actually feel...a lot better now...being able to say it...”
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Fucking Hel??" she came up to him, eyes wide with worry. It wasn't often that she saw him shaken, "What were you doing around Rhenco? How did you--right, Aria. Holy shit..." a hand hovering near his collarbone in concern.
moe-lazyeye
He reached up to hold her hands. “The guy came after Stonegit for some reason. Either way, he pissed him off and threw him out on his ass. And as a result, he had to get everyone in the royal family into hiding. I stayed behind because I knew that if I didn’t throw Rhenco off the initial trail, it would give them the best chance of not being discovered. So I uh...I spiked a drink with...something...to take him out of his mind for a while. But as a result he huh...” Blunt motioned to his neck. “He jumped across the table and jammed me pretty good.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She gripped his tightly, "Oh my gods, Blunt... You're usually pretty careful about these things..." she shook her head, brows knotted anxiously. "You're okay now, right?" She had half a mind to follow Aria immediately just to get Hunter to check him and make sure.
moe-lazyeye
"I am..." He assured. "But I'm not so sure about Aria. Akkey...she's worrying me. She was missing for months and had no idea. She talks about this Orne lady and her group like some sort of saints but something feels very off about them."
"They promised to help find Iona but we've never even seen them start to finish with rescuing her. There's this glaze to her eyes and a lack of focus for what seems to be going on. I explained my concerns to her and she scarcely seemed to take notice of them."
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Hmm, that is odd..." she tilted her head in thought, "But she seemed pretty normal? Sude she was talking about them a lot, but she's as energetic as ever..."
moe-lazyeye
Blunt sighed as he backed up a step after giving her hands an appreciative squeeze. "I may just be out of touch and overly worried. But..."
He remembered the stories, and accounts of when Akkey had gone missing...and what that had ended up meaning. A hand absentmindedly came to touch his upper chest.
"Akkey it just started to sound like...like what happened to you."
akkeyagentofhelheim
She caught her breath as she followed his hand with her eyes, her face instantly going dark. She looked away, hard at the ground, brows furrowed as she thought frantically at what it could be. He was right; Aria’s disappearance and reappearance wasn’t exactly normal. It was like she had vanished off the face of the earth, then returned as if nothing had happened at all. And it was familiar. If what he says about her behavior is true, then… Akkey bit her lip, harshly reminded of the thought of Frigga looming behind them and waiting.
“I take it back,” she mumbled incoherently to herself, referring to her previous quip about Frigga before she ran into Blunt. She passed a nervous hand over her mouth, “O-okay, I’ll look into it. And that Dark Stryx group too…”
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Events
Category:Act I
Category:Akkey Black
Category:Blunt Donz