"Stars above, that sounds nasty," Asmodeus mutters. "Right. So we just..... stay put. I can do that."

"yeah." i agree, sitting next to Gabriel's chair "let's just hope the door holds" i wince as something large slams into the door, making the whole frame shake.

Asmodeus jumps at the noise, cursing under his breath. "Yeah, let's hope," He agrees briskly, nodding.

"the doors should hold" Gabriel says, pulling on his mask and looking for his gloves "but once they're gone we need to leave"

"I can live with that," Asmodeus muses, eyes still slightly nervous although he tries to hide the fact. Once Gabriel.... takes care of those beasts, let's just get OUT of this blasted place already.

"you're going to take me to your village." Gabriel states, grabbing a bag hanging from a peg on the wall. he scoops the birds into the bag, earning a startled cheep from one of them as it's placed in the bag. the next thing he adds is papers and pencils, a knife and a handmade flask of leather and rough thread.

"i guess" i shrug. it's not like we can say no, he could just as easily not let us out, or kick us out with the estrago. "why?" i ask, curiously. "i can't stay here with them" he gestures to the door, still rattling in it's frame as the estrago throw themselves at it. "and i'm going to see what i'm working with" he finishes, wincing as the barrage against his front door continues.

after about an hour, the estrago retreat, finally allowing us to leave. Gabriel grabs his bag before forcing the door open a crack, looking to see if the estrago are still there. after a few minutes of no movement, he throws the door open, stepping out side.

"the coast is clear, for now. let's get going before they come back" he says, scanning the tree line wearily. thank fully the estrago left the horses alone, and we get them ready to go as fast as we can, filling bags with supplies and saddling them up in record time. Gabriel, with no horse to ride, opts to sit in the saddle behind me, careful of the squawking bundles in his bag.

snapping the reigns i spur vega forward, roughly in the direction we came from. there's a few minutes of awkward silence, before Gabriel speaks up. "this town, tell me about it. what are the people like? are they hostile?" he asks. i shrug, i don't get out much. "you" he points to asmodeus "you look like you would know. what are the people like?" he asks again.

(what's happening in dis rp again? XD I remember everyone was in the woods and then. I never got a ping after xD

(imma just make this up lol xD)
"Me?" Asmodeus repeats. He's silent for a second, examining the town with hatred in his eyes. "You're right. I do know. I come from here, it's where I was born and raised. Ran away from the blasted place when I was sixteen. You'd probably like it enough, the people aren't hostile and last I remember, it wasn't too low on resources. I hated it here, though, because of the monotonous sameness of everything..... something about the place never really felt right." He scoffs. "I suppose we'll probably run into my parents at some point, if they're even still alive. But forget about my personal squabbles, it's safe enough around here."

Rue rides at the back of the group keeping her ears open for any sounds of danger, Sidhe sits behind her. Roman rides just ahead of his sister with Cocoa dozing behind him. Rue's horse, Nyx, keeps pawing at the ground and shaking her head, almost as if she is angry. Marble keeps her head down and almost seems anxious.