08-28-2019, 11:55 PM
[glow=#000,1,400]MY MAMA SAID THAT I'M NOT LIVING RIGHT. YOU RAISED A LION, MAMA, I AIN'T LYING, MAMA — 。+゚.[/glow]
Exiting his house was getting harder and harder lately, and Wormwood has honestly just about to head back home from his short walk out just to catch himself some food, when all of a sudden he heard a bunch of commotion and smelled burning. Anxiety immediately spiking up within him, the kion turned and quickly moved toward the noise, arriving.just in time to see Roy grumbling and glaring with his head faintly bloody, and Audrey darting off into the water and then continuing on, having been on fire. His eyes widened significantly at the scene, first with a definite sense of panic over Audrey. The plant wasn't dead, but they had been pretty clearly been on fire, and he knew eventually they would return to Beck and the ghost boy would be pissed as hell. The male opened and closed his mouth for a moment, struggling to figure out what to do about that, before shaking.his head and sighing heavily. In all honesty, there wasn't really anything that could be done. The plant was going to look like they had been burned no matter what, and lying to Beck was probably a terrible idea, especially right now, so it was better to just deal with Roy ar the moment and worry about Beck's reaction later. All that he could hope for was that Beck was still at home, and wouldn't be around to bear witness to what had happened.
Moving over to where Roy was still hunched over, flames burning furiously on his body, Wormwood hesitated before speaking up, making sure that he was a step away so that if he startled the boy he wouldn't be getting a faceful of claws, [glow=black,1,400]"Roy...? Roy, are you alright? I caught the tail end of that, but I think I can piece together what happened... is your head alright?"[/glow] He didn't dare get closer at the moment, since even if he could manipulate the flames away from himself, Roy was still a tiger and fully capable of messing him up if he put effort into it, so instead he glanced down at Roy's now mangled meal before continuing on with his words, sighing as he began to explain, [glow=black,1,400]"That... that plant you just encountered is Audrey. They're Beck's pet... well, more of a friend really than just a pet. They can be pretty aggressive sometimes. Or, well, most of the time. Beck... probably isn't going to be happy when he sees what you did to them... but we'll deal with that later. Do you want me to get Selb- er, do you want me to get Delilah for you? The bite doesn't look like it went too deep, but you always want to make sure that things don't get infected."[/glow] He was speaking a lot more words than he usually did to Roy, but he figured that the other would get where he was coming from in the words that he said.
Briefly, the male glanced off in the direction that Audrey had gone off at, a sigh leaving his body. He wasn't sure what the hell they could do about that, but he certainly didn't want Roy to get screamed at when Audrey had attacked first. It would've been quite helpful if Red was still here, since he had a relationship with Beck that might've actually.made him able to make the ghost cool off, but unfortunately Red was still missing, and all they had was themselves. Roy probably wouldn't be able to properly defend himself, and Worm certainly didn't want to face Beck's childish wrath, but it seemed that it was coming to that, unless somebody else showed up that agreed with Worm that Roy couldn't take all the blame. Given Worm's record with others lately, though... he wasn't holding out hope.
Moving over to where Roy was still hunched over, flames burning furiously on his body, Wormwood hesitated before speaking up, making sure that he was a step away so that if he startled the boy he wouldn't be getting a faceful of claws, [glow=black,1,400]"Roy...? Roy, are you alright? I caught the tail end of that, but I think I can piece together what happened... is your head alright?"[/glow] He didn't dare get closer at the moment, since even if he could manipulate the flames away from himself, Roy was still a tiger and fully capable of messing him up if he put effort into it, so instead he glanced down at Roy's now mangled meal before continuing on with his words, sighing as he began to explain, [glow=black,1,400]"That... that plant you just encountered is Audrey. They're Beck's pet... well, more of a friend really than just a pet. They can be pretty aggressive sometimes. Or, well, most of the time. Beck... probably isn't going to be happy when he sees what you did to them... but we'll deal with that later. Do you want me to get Selb- er, do you want me to get Delilah for you? The bite doesn't look like it went too deep, but you always want to make sure that things don't get infected."[/glow] He was speaking a lot more words than he usually did to Roy, but he figured that the other would get where he was coming from in the words that he said.
Briefly, the male glanced off in the direction that Audrey had gone off at, a sigh leaving his body. He wasn't sure what the hell they could do about that, but he certainly didn't want Roy to get screamed at when Audrey had attacked first. It would've been quite helpful if Red was still here, since he had a relationship with Beck that might've actually.made him able to make the ghost cool off, but unfortunately Red was still missing, and all they had was themselves. Roy probably wouldn't be able to properly defend himself, and Worm certainly didn't want to face Beck's childish wrath, but it seemed that it was coming to that, unless somebody else showed up that agreed with Worm that Roy couldn't take all the blame. Given Worm's record with others lately, though... he wasn't holding out hope.
— Reggan