The Rusted Keys

Resting

After everyone eventually met back up and shared what they had found, well, two groups did and there had been no communication to earth, everyone split up and went to their grandparent's bedrooms.

Well, some people did

Chilled went back to Robin's room, unable to process everything he had learned. His grandfather wasn't from earth. Hell, only one of Ze and Skadj's grandparents were from earth. And Platy's grandfather wasn't from earth either, neither was Apollos. All these grandparents that had been around for as long as he could remember.

What bothered him was that Robin said unknown and from hermitcraft. What did that even mean? He finally stood up, and despite the exhaustion he was feeling, he dug through books and such. He found nothing that could lead him to what his grandpa could be. He remembered back to the entry from wnDawn, pushing him to wonder what Robin was and why it was never mentioned.

Chilled almost fell backwards as another wave of exhaustion hit him, his only saving grace being the hands that held his hips. He jumped and turned to see Ze, who wore a small smile.

"Come on Chilled, lets go to bed," Ze prompted him and Chilled nodded, honestly it just seemed comforting at the moment. He let Ze take his hand and lead him to the bed, laying down and holding his friend to his chest, which was not the first time he found himself in this position.

Chilled made sure that Ze was asleep before he began to drift off, and that's when the door opened. Platy came in, flicking the lights off, and walking over to the bed. That's where he wiggled his way in between both Chilled and Ze.

"Hey Platy," Chilled whispered. Platy shifted his weight back into Ze's body so he could peer up from where he had already buried his face into Chilled's chest.

"Sleep time," Platy mumbled, pressing close into Ze and staring tiredly up at Chilled. Chilled didn't think much about it and kissed his forehead. Platy gave him a tired grin before Chilled just pulled him right back to his chest, knowing Max was fast asleep before he was out himself.

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Apollo was curled up by himself in his grandma's room. It was colored with dark green, keeping a mostly earthly vibe. Pictures were all over the room, dictating a place with literal floating islands, seemingly amazing places. He could only assume that it was Origins, where the documented Hafu and DK found said she was from.

It was hard, thinking about Millie not being from earth, but it was cool. Being from a place where humans were rare and hybrids were common? A place where people didn't care what you looked like or what you could do. His tail was still until the door opened, ears perking forward.

Skadj stepped in, and Apollo sat up. His tail moved in a lazy rhythm, and Apollo looked at the man in front of him. Skadj walked over to the bed, sitting down next to Apollo.

"Hi," Apollo murmured and Skadj grinned at him.

"Hey," he said. Apollo didn't care enough about anything else and curled into Skadj's side, seemingly just content to stay there. Skadj let a hand run through Apollo's hair, scratching his wolf ears gently.

Apollo groaned a little bit at that, leaning into it. Skadj grinned, keeping Apollo close. After spending a while with his brother he was feeling a lot better. A lot less scared. He felt like he could actually face Apollo.

"Glad you don't feel scared anymore," Apollo mumbled as he buried his face into Skadj's neck, moving onto his lap. Skadj paused scratching Apollos' ears, earning a whine. "Hey!"

"I-what? How did you know?" Skadj asked and Apollo peered at him, looking slightly down as he was taller and sitting on Skadj's lap. "Apollo?"

"I could smell it. Wolf stuff I guess? I can kinda smell what everyone is feeling, that's why I wasn't offended when you wanted Ze,"