"they flip the siren, hit the lights" ✭ ── Too many things happened recently, far too many things. The mudslide hit and dismantled the stability that Angel didn't even have the chance to enjoy, and in the fallout of that ( and Sojourn going poof ), his family was totally shattered in half. Jormungand was exiled for dragging the woman of Tanglewood all the way over and causing absolute mayhem, which the cub could have understood given some time, but Hydrostatic and Asmodeus had elected to follow behind, perhaps because of Aphra's incredible lack of motherly instinct. He got that too, but Angel refused to leave. He wasn't sure why, he just felt too nervous about up and leaving so soon, and had a heavy feeling in his gut that a child who struggled enough as it was to do the simplest of adolescent things, like cause minor trouble and whatnot, would not make that trip.

There were other reasons as well, for sure, Angelembrace had no interest in uprooting what little bit of connection he had to this place and those in it, and as much as he loved his father, his brothers, he could not follow the man who'd caused damage and bloodshed in good conscious. And he would not allow Aphra to be given the chance to revel in her victory of getting rid of all three boys, his spite was quickly forming within his little baby heart.

Whatever the reason, it did not prevent the overwhelming stress and subsequent reaction that was far too great for someone like him, and the jaguar cub could be found stumbling outside mumbling incoherently to himself as if he had hit his head or caught a fever, right before collapsing and successfully blacking the fuck out, light colored eyes rolling up into the back of his skull almost, a sight that would have fascinated him had it happened to literally anyone else but himself.

"they flip the siren, hit the lights" ✭ ── When he opened his eyes again, the sights and sounds that had manifested before him were much too intense for the first few seconds. Angel squinted, rubbing his head with a paw and frowning when he thought he felt a headache coming on. Byriath was there, unsurprisingly, as well as Aphra and the boy from before, trotting behind Sojourn. Well this wasn’t a pretty first impression.

”Ow.” Was the first thing out of his mouth as his brain processed that he’d fallen over and thunked his head, which would partially explain the headache. He rolled onto his paws, making an attempt to sit up, though his legs still felt weak and like they’d come out from under him again. ”I’m sorry, I think I missed something. What happened?” Angel asked, mostly towards Byriath but would take an answer from anyone who had it. He blinked a few times, trying to readjust. How embarrassing.

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"they flip the siren, hit the lights" ✭ ── Angel listened to the gaps filled in by Ruven, nodding his head intermittently as the other boy spoke. He knew he hadn’t fallen asleep, but he woke up, leaving the only remaining explanation of perhaps blacking out, if his assumptions were correct. He closed his eyes once more for a few moments, expecting a snarky comment from Aphra that he hoped wouldn’t come, and she would mind her tongue in front of Byriath at the very least. A small exhale left his nostrils as if he would have kicked himself for allowing his body to do something like that in front of his forever disappointed mother. Not that he had the choice, but all the same, she had witnessed it and that was quite frustrating when he was doing his best to try and convince her somewhat that he was no weakling.

On the bright side, however, Ruven’s offer of friendship seemed to lift his spirits, a subtle change in the way he held his shoulders and a brighter look in his eyes. ”Angel. I’ll gladly be friends with you.” He returned the smile, brushing all pessimistic thoughts to the back of his mind.

”My head hurts a little bit, but I think I’m okay?” The jaguar responded to Byriath, covering his mouth with a paw apologetically. He hadn’t meant to scare anyone, stupid thing he was. ”I’m sorry, Byriath.”