1st Bark [Action] because who can read anyways journals are useless etc

[dogboy]

[With the influx of New Feathers, no one's probably noticed this boy rolling on the ground trying to bite his wings. In the snow. With only those bare amount of clothes. And failing. S'hard being a human.

Once he finds out he can't though, he's reduced to being cold and miserable and sticking by the edge of the forest near the school because he sees all these humans and does not want to interact with them, so obviously the best way to go about this is to wait until it's not so light outside and then go look for someplace warm. And to stay away from those people. Yes, perfect.

The journal's pretty much abandoned beside the tree he's pressing against in some effort of being warm there is a reason he has never gone any place cold in his canon and that is because he is 1. under-dressed for it and 2. from a tropical island. Good luck trying to talking to him or anything though, because he's pretty distrustful of anything remotely human.]

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[antlioncyclone]

[I'm only vaguely human-shaped. Do I get a pass?

Because there's a be-scarf'd Mewtwo pausing in his wandering around and watching you for a while to see if the kid is waiting for someone or lost or what. It's cold, and you're a New Feather, and you may or may not need intervention.]

[dogboy]

[... You don't even remotely look like a monster he's familiar with, but you're certainly no human.

Don't mind him, he'll just be staring right back. Trying to figure out what the heck you are. This is a look of slight confusion and defiance.]

What're you?

[antlioncyclone]

[...Mewtwo has been in Luceti long enough to know that braintalking freaks people out a lot of the time! So he takes a moment to change his stance and tilt his head a little and do what he can to not look threatening before responding the only way he can.]

Mewtwo.

[dogboy]

[YYYEEAAAAAH THAT'S

PRETTY DAMN FREAKY

Taking a step back ho whoa bro that... feels weird first off. The tree's a pretty good place to, uh, not hide behind, because former Guardians of the Manifest don't hide from anything, but maybe just... You know. Relax against. Half-hidden. But if Mewtwo wanted to attack him, he probably would've already done so, so screw that. Stepping out, being friendly because Mewtwo is definitely not human.]

I'm Chien. I've never seen an animal like you on Naraka.

[antlioncyclone]

[The kid either adjusts fast or has enough pride to pretend that he does. Either way, that's pretty good.

Mewtwo shakes his head no.]

I'm not surprised.

[for a lot of reasons]

Are you alright? It's cold for New Feathers to be sitting around.

[dogboy]

[Pride helps a ton. So does the fact you're not human. Chien is infinitely more comfortable around animals/monsters than humans. For a lot of reasons.]

Colder than the sewers, that's for sure. But I'm waiting for Cer and Ber, my brothers. Have you seen any dogs around? [They might be looking in all the wrong places! But he's just trying to fool himself into thinking that because it's pretty panicking to be without those two.]

[antlioncyclone]

[Mewtwo thinks for a moment, then shakes his head again.]

There are some in the village, but they already live with people here. I haven't seen any newcomers who are dogs.

[...though, that being the case, he might not have been told...]

Do you know where you are?

[dogboy]

I hope Cer and Ber are okay... They're bad with the cold too.

[Shakes his head. One part to get rid of the funny feeling that comes with braintalk, and the other part to answer.]

Someplace cold? Uh... Tenos? [What does Tenos look like, anyways. That was the cold place, right? Right. Snow and stuff. Brr.]

[antlioncyclone]

[....Mewtwo sits down. He is awful at explaining this situation...thing, but it doesn't look like he has a choice.]This village is called Luceti.

[dogboy]

[Luceti?]

Never heard of it. I don't know if it was on the map Lady Mathias showed us either... Where are we? The top of the world? [Sure feels like it. Let him just sit down too, pressed against the tree.]

[antlioncyclone]

[Another headshake.]

Another world entirely.

[let's just. toss that out there, see how he takes it.]

[dogboy]

[... No way! Shaking his head.]

No way! There's no way that's right! You're not lying to me? [Animals didn't usually lie after all.]

[antlioncyclone]

[Headshaking at this point would be repetitive!]

I appeared here from my own world only one year ago.

[dogboy]

[Another whole world? But... This wasn't Utopia or anything at all. The cold and wings and humans milling about showed that.]

Why couldn't I just have gotten Utopia... It's not fair.

[antlioncyclone]

[Headtilt. Yeah, it's worrying when you arrive here...]

You need something to wear.

[dogboy]

[... Oh yeah, it was pretty cold wasn't it-- Hold on shivering violently. He'd been pushing it off the best he could because Pride but nope.]

I-I'm fine. I don't usually wear anything too heavy anyways. But it's really cold. [He usually has Cer and Ber to help him warm up.]

[antlioncyclone]

[....here, borrow my scarf for the walk. You need it more than I do right now.]

Whatever you were wearing before should be at the clothing shop. You can get anything else you need there, too.

[dogboy]

[Wraps it around his neck, so warm.]

I guess it wouldn't hurt to get more layers for the cold. Galpos was always really warm, and my brothers helped too. [Why die in the cold? He's got a better purpose in life.]

[antlioncyclone]

[Nod! And Mewtwo stands up, taking a few steps away and gesturing to follow him.

To the clothing store!]

[dogboy]

[To the clothing store!

It's nice and warm inside. He likes warmth. Too many clothes to choose from though, so he'll just end up taking the few pieces he owned back and just... looking at the comfy jackets. While he doesn't know this is all free, he's never really used money anyways.]

How long does the cold last? Or does it last all year?

[antlioncyclone]

It's winter here. In about two months, spring will start and Luceti will warm back up.

[he sees that]

You can take whatever you want, if someone else doesn't claim it.

[dogboy]

[Take whatever he wants?

So that's just a jacket and two scarves (for colder days, or when Cer and Ber arrive - because he's sure they'll find him sometime). You know how to live without luxuries if you've never had a life of it.]

Two month is a long time... Is this really another world? I don't know of any besides Devaloka and Naraka, and the first one was destroyed.

[antlioncyclone]

[nod]

There are many other worlds. This one, and mine, and yours, and those of all the people here.

[dogboy]

All of them..?

[Peering out the shop's window. That's a lot of worlds. But animals had never lied to him before, so why would they start now?]

That seems like a lot. Where do they all fit?

[antlioncyclone]

[....uhhhh]

I don't know. How they exist all at once, or how we move from one to another...I only know about the people that come from them, and then only a few.