REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

Errapel... Errapel was an interesting goddess in that she tended to be a divisive one. Among those that had lived within the Halls before the fire, there was sort of a split opinion on the leopard goddess. Some thought that all medics needed to worship Errapel, due to the fact that she was the under light goddess of health and seasons. However, there were also plenty of them that believed that clerics didn't need, to worship her, and could still do their work just as well without this faith. Vox tended to agree with the latter group, considering he had known plenty of fine medics and clerics that didn't worship or even believe in Errapel, but were still quite skilled at their jobs. Regardless of all of this, it had been a little bit difficult to come up with some kind of event to honor Errapel. After all, how were you supposed to honor a goddess of health and seasons? Host a medicine class? That hardly seemed very fun for their visitors. So, he had come up with something that more encompassed the "seasons" side of what Errapel presided over.

It had been loads of work, rooting through the plants in the hydroponics lab and getting a ton of the growing plants to put them in pots, but it was definitely worth it to see the end result. Now there was practically a maze of beautiful plants and foliage carving a path from the town hall all the way to the fortress. Vox had no doubt that he would eventually have to drag them all back into the hydroponics lab so that they wouldn't be viciously killed by the next snow storm, but for now the sky was clear, and the display was free of that fear. The final touch was, of course, the shrine that was dedicated to Errapel. The wooden carving was placed in the middle of the large walkway display, right between the fortress and the town hall. It bore a carving of a leopard, standing atop a sickbay bed while leaves fell around her. It was probably one of the most complex carvings, and the hybrid found himself smiling happily as he sat down in front of it, stretching out his wings and calling happily, "Those of you 'ere for the festival, gather 'round! Today we're gonna be honorin' Errapel, the light goddess of health 'n' seasons! This entire display is made up of plant life from our own lab, and is meant t'be a beautiful walk between two of our main landmarks!" Hopefully the others would enjoy taking in the beautiful plants and foliage all around, and perhaps it would encourage some communication.

REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

Of all the people that Redvox had expected to be first at this event, Aslisk had certainly not been one of them. Sure, Aslisk was regent partially because of the fact that she was fucking everywhere, but this just didn't really seem like her scene. Errapel hardly seemed like the type of goddess the wyvern would've been excited about celebrating, considering her seeming hatred for being taken care of, along with her constant battling against the seasons with her flames. Of course, unbeknownst to Vinny, she did have her own reasoning for why she was here, and it probably wouldn't have surprised him much to find out it was because of family. Even though his regent had a constant habit of keeping absolutely everything close to her chest and not letting anybody in, she occasionally did slip up, and that's where Vox got to see a very genuine side of her. He knew that she must've been hurting, being away from her love and family especially at such a happy event like the festival, but he didn't want to remind her of that. He wasn't too eager for her to lash out again, or close herself off even more from those around her. So instead he just offered her a smile when she came over, his little sharp bat fangs glinting in the midday sunlight.

At Aslisk's speaking, the harbinger found himself snorting, shaking his head a little bit when he heard her blunt little statement, "Well I'd hope there were a lotta plants, or I royally fucked up this event." He kept a close eye on Aslisk as she moved around, just to make sure that she was being careful. She seemed to be aware of the fact she needed to be cautious with her flames around such flammable weak life, but Vinny still felt himself shudder a little whenever she flicked her tail the wrong way. His attention was wrenched from his pyrophobic anxiety when Aslisk spoke up again, the wyvern questioning him about what they were going to do with the plants once this little event was over. Blinking, he gestured with a large wing in the direction of the hydroponics lab, "Most of 'em will have to be dragged back ta the hydroponics lab, since that's where they'll thrive, but a couple'll stay out here. The plants 'ere in th'Halls seem t'be weirdly resiliemt, so if we end up leavin' a couple buried out here in the ground, I'm pretty sure they'll be alright." Or at least, he very much hoped they would be alright. If hey weren't, he would feel pretty awful about indirectly murdering a bunch of poor plants.

REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

Vinny was honestly pretty surprised by how fascinated Aslisk seemed to be with the wide variety of plant life all around her, although it wasn't an unpleasant sort of surprise. She sniffed and prodded them as closely as she could without setting anything ablaze, and while the harbinger could feel his body tense up the slightest bit when she leaned near some of them, he willed himself to be calm. The wyvern was smart enough to know not to set a bunch of their plants on fire and he knew it, so he just needed to chill out. He silently repeated this to himself in his head, gradually feeling his shoulders slump and relax as he did so. When Aslisk spoke up again, the hybrid found himself blinking before he snorted, easily able to tell that there was no real fire behind Aslisk's teasing insult. He had seen her at some of her worst moments when it came to anger, and this hardly constituted even a one on that scale. She was just riling him up for her own amusement, which honestly made him feel more at ease than anything else. At least he was used to that. Shifting around a little bit, Vin sniffed at one of the pretty blooms nearby before he spoke, shaking his head, "Well, I suppose that next time I'll be sure t'go t'you before I go putting together a plant display. Just so that I know when I've used enough different plants, ya know?" He smiled jokingly over at her, wondering what had made her snort as well. Sometimes it was hard to read what was going on in Aslisk's head, despite the wyvern seeming like such an open book at first glance.

It was after this that Aslisk chose to ask about the lab, cutting herself off before she seemed too stupid. It wasn't actually really a bad question, considering Redvox himself hadn't really known about hydroponics until they had discovered the lab on the territory, and he had thrown himself into combing through every book inside. Shrugging his shoulders a bit, the harbinger sort of half assedly attempted to explain, "Hydroponics is... well, it's essentially this human science that th'humans who used to live here were usin'. Instead of using soil, the humans just had the plants growin' upright in these big containers of nutrients. It's all real complicated, 'n' I don't quite understand fully myself, but it seems like th'plants are still growin' fine, so we leave 'em there." That was the best explanation he could really come up with on the fly, without a whole spread of books out in front of him. He was very caught off guard when the regent continued speaking, asking something he had never thought he would hear from her. She wanted to take some of the plants? Vinny found himself in a sort of stunned state for a long moment, just staring at her, before he finally spoke, quickly shaking himself out of his shock, "Uh... yeah, yeah, of course y'can take some of th'extras. We're hardly hurtin' for plants at th'moment, and y'can set up like, your own little garden, if y'want." He hardly saw any sort of problem with it, considering she was clearly serious about not setting the things on fire, and not everything had to return to the lab.

REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

Vinny hadn't sure how, exactly, someone could be a plant expert at only a marginal level. After all, the use of the term expert was pretty damning when it came to "knowing what the fuck you were talking about." Still, Redvox chose not to point this out to Aslisk, just so that he wouldn't attract any unneeded ire from the female. It seemed as though the two of them were actually getting along, with their casual small talk and little joking jabs at each other. It was pleasant, and he didn't want to take a dig too hard and ruin everything. Instead he chose to focus on Aslisk's wandering eyes, watching the way that she looked the plants all around her up and down, more than just a couple of times. It was as if she were watching the plants, just to make sure that they didn't up and walk away, or shrivel dead before her very eyes. Thankfully, for the most part the plants of this world were fairly resilient, unless you were dealing with something particularly special and sensitive, which Redvox didn't really think they were, considering he had been able to drag them all out here without any issues presenting themselves thus far. That wasn't to say that problems couldn't arise eventually, especially if the weather decided it wanted to take a turn for the considerably less pleasant, but Vin wasn't especially worried about that at the moment. The skies were still crystal clear, and unless someone with elementals really wanted to ruin their day, he doubted he wouldn't be able to notice an approaching storm.

Unfortunately for Redvox, it seemed as though he had made a mistake in his innocent rambling about hydroponics to Aslisk. His regent immediately seemed to sour just at the mere mention of humans, and the harbinger tried not to frown, feeling a light sense of disappointment. It was a bit easier with the anger not specifically being directed towards him, but he still felt a little bad for interrupting the calm anyways. He decided to focus on her next comment, nodding his head before he spoke, "Hopefully not. I don't think anythin'll be ruined, though. These plants seem pretty hardy, what with the nutrients goin' straight into 'em and all. They should be fine." He hoped that they would be fine, at least. He didn't know the entirety of the science behind the lab and all of the plants it housed, and who knew which of the plants scattered around them could be vitally helpful, or provide them with food. It was because of this that the hybrid found himself tensing up considerably when Aslisk swung her tail behind her. The flames that licked lazily off her nearly reached one of the nearby plants, and the gat felt a harsh intake of breath hit him, rushing in through clenched teeth. Thankfully nothing happened, and Aslisk seemed to realize her mistake, pulling her tail back around before she spoke up again. Redvox nodded a little numbly, letting out a shaly breath to match his former sharp inhale. He spoke in a soft chitter after that, glancing around, "Well... is there any particular color that y'had in mind for what y'might take with you? That could help me narrow it down to somethin' you'll like."