Please Calm Him Down

"Please Calm Him Down" is a [SEASON NUMBER] thread written on [IRL DATE].
==Summary==
[Write a summary of the thread's events here, including spoilers and important plot details. Check the Order of Threads to see if the thread you are placing already has a summary, to make less work for yourself.]
==Full Text==
There was a brisk knock on William’s door, followed but a series of hushed and argumentative hisses between two arguing parties on the other side. 
@tree-the-cat
tree-the-cat
Liam pulled open the door, rubbing the side of his face, which was flushed and lined with creases from having just woken up from a nap. He blinked in surprise. “Oh…hey, Stonegit. Hey Blunt. I…thought you weren’t gonna be back for a while.”
moe-lazyeye
“Hey kiddo,” Blunt greeted as he practically shoved himself in front of Stonegit.
“Liam I’m looking for-” 
Blunt put a hand back to move Stonegit back further, it was clear his patience was being strongly tested, and that the two had been arguing for perhaps the whole trip over here. “Stones…please.” He’s still a kid, he shouldn’t see you like this…
Stonegit’s jaw clenched, looking far from the mild mannered, man that had found himself acting like a father like figure to many of the children of the rebellion that Liam had come to know. He backed away. “Alright…you can talk to him first…” Not that it’ll make a difference…  
Blunt exhaled as Stonegit turned to wait on the porch, and he closed to door. He faced Liam again. “Sorry to barge in, and for…well that…”
tree-the-cat
“It’s fine, I guess. What’s got his nuts in a twist?” Liam’s ear flicked once; he didn’t like the energy he was sensing between the two men.
moe-lazyeye
Blunt licked his lips, knowing he had to apply tact. “The Rhenco guy…he kinda put me through the ringer a little bit ago but Aria patched me up. Stone lost it a bit, understandably so, but now he wants to talk to the Warden about him and…” He hummed once and tapped a foot. “Well I was just hoping I could talk to her first so she might get him to calm down. God knows he hasn’t listened to me in that regard.”
tree-the-cat
Liam put a paw to his forehead. “Oh…my gods,” he muttered. He took a second to process. “Okay, first off, she’s not back from Castaway yet, and second, you can’t just tell her Rhenco is back, she’ll lose her shit, too. Did you see where he went or did he just disappear?”
moe-lazyeye
“Nah…” Blunt sighed as he hung his head a little. “Apparently Aria’s friend killed him. So he could be anywhere. Best to just keep our heads down on that one…and keep some fire handy. Look…I don’t have much of a choice. She’s going to know soon anyway cause Stones is on a warpath…”
Blunt thought for a moment. “What are the chances Stones can crash here and I try to intercept the Warden between here and Castaway? Would that be alright?”
tree-the-cat
“On Haligan, I don’t really care, not my call. Here, specifically, I don’t know. I’m not the one to ask…Will’s kind of…” Liam’s face tightened a bit. “He’s not in any shape to ask, either. So I think–”
He abruptly tripped over his words as a mental contact overrode his focus.
“Uh…f-fuck, um…Nala’s a few miles out.” He glanced up at Blunt in a slight panic, who was easily quite a few inches taller than him. He didn’t have much interaction with him, courtesy of Tree, and the little he garnered from his contact with Nala didn’t clear things up on how this could turn out. He felt a little bitter at the situation that could potentially ruin their reunion. “Blunt, c'mon, you can’t blindside her with this,” he nearly begged. “She’s just gonna run off and rip up the Wilderwest looking for Rhenco.”
Liam? Is that Blunt and Dark-eyes? What’s going on?
Uh…
moe-lazyeye
Blunt rubbed his neck. “Okay…okay…we can do this smart somehow…” He opened the door. “Hey…Sweetbutt, listen we’re going to try to-”
His words caught in this throat as he saw Stonegit running hail mary in the direction he figured Nala would be taking to get back to the house. He over heard!
“Shit!” He yelled and ran out after him. “Stones! Stonegit Elmiss you get back here and let me handle this!”
“No. I will handle this!” Stonegit bellowed back. “My mistake, my other half harmed, I will rectify the mistake that was ever not going to war with that man!”
“You’re going back to a place you don’t belong! A place you sacrificed everything to undo!” Blunt called after him. 
Images of convoluted contracts…
The gazes of frightened children…
The creek of a wheelchair…
Stonegit gritted his teeth, the truth of these not so old memories clouded by his boiling hatred. “Woodchuck!” He yelled. “Woodchuck I need you!”
demon-in-the-dungeon
Stonegit, what in the name of Midgard is wrong?
Nala physically continued shepherding the handful of half-breeds to Haligan while she mentally reached out to her ward, alarmed and concerned. She quickly inspected him for injury and was blown back by his emotions, which were running high and heated–something she never expected of him. What happened? she asked seriously.
moe-lazyeye
The feelings in his veins, and the cloud in his mind…it was just like it had once been decades ago.
Stonegit had his soul…his mind was his…but everything that had been his own during that dark time…was back…as if he was nineteen all over again.
Stonegit trotted to a stop, his chest heaving. “I take it back.”
I cant take it back…
“I know we dont have all the answer but I retract my request about Rhenco.”
I had my chance…I messed it up…
“Forget any notion of passivness. He needs to be killed.” 
I was never actually better…
demon-in-the-dungeon
She felt a mild burst of frustration and fear but she instantly quelled it for his sake. The one thing she was unable to do… Something had to have happened to turn you to such a state, dark-eyes. Tell me what’s wrong. In front of Stonegit, a ghostly figure appeared, a thick-furred woman with black eyes, trying to take his hands and filter through his mind to calm him. From the door of Will’s home, Liam looked on anxiously, but with a glint of jealousy in his eye.
moe-lazyeye
“He hurt Blunt.” Stonegit spat angrily, and paced feverishly in front of her.
I made a mistake and now I am lost…
“I know he’s made himself ‘untouchable,’ well fuck that. You and I can figure it out,” Stonegit went on, his voice rising as he spoke. “And when it’s done I will take my hand, and drive the side of his head in with a closed fist!”
I tried to combine mercy with vengeance…I was a fool. I have no hope to be anything other than this…
Stonegit slowed in his steps, his chest heaving.
demon-in-the-dungeon
A few bites of information tugged at her consciousness–the Great Hall is destroyed, there are abandoned catapults offshore, rebels are dead–and she struggled to push them aside. They were only adding to the steadily creeping horror in her heart.
I want him dead as much as you do, she replied, desperate and sad, but not at the cost of yourself or anyone else on this island, I refuse it. 
The demon stared into the ground, gripped with a wave of guilt. It’s not your fault that you’re like this. I’m sorry…I did this, I tried to keep him here but it wasn’t enough…I don’t know what to do, where else to go…
moe-lazyeye
For a moment the look of clouded anger broke and Stonegit took an extra breath. “Woodchuck…none of this is your fault…I…I just need you to forget my request to spare him any vengeance on my behalf. I’m like this because of Rhenco…”
No…I’m like this because of *me.* I did something wrong. Something bad…
“…his actions are his own.” He pressed his hands momentarily to his head. “It wont cost me anything…”
Because I am still the way I have always been…
“…because he has no more right to live on this earth…I know he’s targeted and hurt you…but you and I can turn the tide against him. Just like we did with Dust.”
demon-in-the-dungeon
Very suddenly, the Warden reached out and grabbed Stonegit by the shoulder, her claws digging in and momentarily grazing his very essence. It caused a jolting shockwave to pass through both of them and she pulled her energy back, but continued to hold him, looking into his eyes with a new flame.
This is not your fault, she growled, and once my body gets here, I will not hesitate to dangle you over a cliff until you stop saying it is. That filth makes fools of us both…
Nala deflated, looking more subdued as she said, You should stay here, on the island. It is the safest thing to do for now…you are some of the only family I have left. I can’t let Rhenco take that from me because of a lust for revenge.
moe-lazyeye
Stonegit closed his eyes and reached up to grip her wrists. He drew a steady breath. “I dont blame myself…”
Not for this at least…its…
“When I said I’m like this because of him, I meant why I was angry…nothing more.”
And then a name came through Stonegit’s thoughts like a whistling arrow. And with it, a greater truth behind the rage that the man had worked so hard to quell over the years.
Eindride…
And there was a wave of guilt in the thoughts wake…
Nala gazed at him sadly, giving him a warm mental embrace.
Is that what this is about? You had every right to do what you did, little one. The right to do more, even. You are not stepping off the high ground by being upset over this.
moe-lazyeye
Stonegit suddenly hissed and gripped her arms tighter. "Ah...damn it Woodchuck...you're listening to my thoughts again..."
He blinked, and then looked up at her. She could see he was afraid. "What...what did they say?" He shook his head. "I...I dont even know them myself now..."
demon-in-the-dungeon
Instead of explaining with words, she turned his own subconscious over to him, but in addition, she showed him her slight confusion, her obfuscation of the events that surrounded King Haddock's death. You were fine, Stonegit. You were whole after he departed this world. This pain...where does it bleed from? Where is your wound? Help me understand.
moe-lazyeye
Stonegits eyes widened and unfocused as his own feelings became clear to him. He blinked several times as he snapped back to attention, his mouth answering Nala's question before he could even put much thought into it.
"Because I wasn't...I wasnt... whole..." His gaze drifted. "Nala I..."
The knife stuck deliberately into the kings lower back as dark sea water took them...
The blatant speech and harsh words...
"I knew what I was doing...I...I told myself a million things. Peace, nessecary force to capture...but...I know now..." he looked up at her, wide eyed, with tears threatening the corners of his eyes. "I let him live thinking it would free me from the life I had chosen to live ever since I was a teenager...but it was a lie. I had taken revenge. I sectioned and threatened his land. I took his children...I paralyzed him..."
demon-in-the-dungeon
What do you want, dark-eyes? she pressed. Do you want release from this? It will not come from ending Rhenco. My duty is to protect the rebellion, and he lies in the way of my ability to do so. He is a threat I must neutralize. But you... She bent down lower, to his level. He means only suffering to you. They both do.
He felt heartache radiating from her. I just want to protect you, she confessed. Please let me do that for you. You are not a demon. This doesn't have to be your fight. Please...do not throw yourself in harm's way for honor, or for penance, or whatever you think is necessary to rid him from you.
moe-lazyeye
"Pennance..." Stonegit breathed, and closed his eyes. Had he ever truly been sorry for the people he had harmed? Or had self justification always gotten in the way?
He exhaled, and Nala felt his anger cool, but not his resolve. "You're right...Rhenco is only suffering. I've worked hard to show him that he means nothing to me...I cant throw that away by involving myself in his downfall. I'm sorry for coming to you like this Nala...of course I need to let you do your job. But as for Eindride..."
His eyes opened and flickered as he thought hard on what he was feeling.
"That matter I still need to right. I tried to leave vengeance behind while still delivering payback...and it left me burdened with guilt and an acute knowledge of my own lack of conviction." He met her gaze. "I do need release from that...will you help me?"
demon-in-the-dungeon
Of course. Whatever you need, little one. She cupped his face and filled him with her love, which ran just as deep as the guilt burning through him. She glanced up behind Stonegit and saw that Liam was gone, and Blunt was standing by, still watching them. Though, she continued, trying to distract herself from her own sudden twinge of shame, a demon involving herself in political matters will not invoke good will towards your kingdom. I have not stepped forward in those affairs for that reason.
moe-lazyeye
Stonegit again let his eyes rest at her touch, and his shoulder relax at the feeling of his friends affection. "No politics Woodchuck...just..." he pressed his lips together.
He knew what he needed to do.
"You say whatever I need...I need...I need a being powerful enough to heal a paralyzed man. One that will hear me out."
demon-in-the-dungeon
The demon cocked her head and put her hands together, pressing them to her mouth and considering him. That sounds quite political to me. Regardless, if I had the capability, I would do it at your request, but it is not within me to heal, let alone perform a miracle such as that. I will consider those that I know, but the pool is small. I will do what I can.
moe-lazyeye
"That's fine Woodchuck. Someone to talk to who can is all I need." Stonegit heaved a sigh. "I uh...I have some paper to sort and people to talk to in the meantime." He glanced over his shoulder and a twinge of guilt touched his lips. "I should probably apologize to Blunt to...gods...its been a while since I've lost it like that..."
demon-in-the-dungeon
I have someone I need to speak with, as well. But please, let us catch up in better circumstances, and when I am not across the sea.
moe-lazyeye
“Of course…” Stonegit stood quietly with her for another moment, feeling very much like a child again, and then stepped back. “Okay…I’ll meet with you in a few days, after you get a chance to get turned around.”
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Events
Category:Act I
Category:Stonegit Brotchurn Elmiss
Category:Blunt Donz
Category:Liam Arnason
Category:The Warden