the mockery plant - reeddogs

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

Truthfully, Vox knew nothing about Aslisk's past, really. Beyond any occasional references to strange creatures that didn't exist here, or to swears that sounded completely foreign, he was entirely unaware of where Aslisk came from, or how she had ended up here. He knew nothing of her life or her kids, beyond just what she had mentioned when she had stolen bowls from several of the rooms throughout the group. The thought made him sigh a little bit, especially considering the fact that Aslisk had been unwilling to give any of them back. He still didn't completely understand what the fuck that had been about, but he found it better not to question it, unless the wyvern was doing something that was legitimately dangerous to herself or others. Now, what she was doing now wasn't exactly... dangerous, per say. Technically, water reeds were edible, and wouldn't kill her, but they certainly wouldn't taste very fucking good, and it seemed pretty clear from the look on her face that she had just found that out. As he came up beside Cottontail, the harbinger snorted in amusement, the entertained smile on his face showing off a multitude of sharp teeth as he shook his head. He wasn't sure what the hell had motivated the wyvern to try eating one of the reed plants, but it was still damn funny to see her expression, and he silently found himself thanking whichever of the gods who had motivated her to do such a thing – even though if Aslisk was able to hear what he was thinking, she would have probably killed him, or at least threatened him.

When he heard the genuine concern in Cottontail's voice, he chuckled and said, gently patting the weasel with one of his large wings, "Don't worry too much about it, Cotton. Not like reed plants are poisonous or anythin'. They just taste like shit, really. Are ya alright there, Aslisk?"  He couldn't help the faint smugness in his voice as he spoke to Aslisk. Sure, he respected the wyvern for her power, and valued her as a member of the group, but he did consider this to be a bit of a comeuppance for Aslisk snapping at him earlier. Karma working at its finest, of course. He then glanced at the crab that Cotton was offering to Aslisk, surprised that they even had a crab. Sure, it was tiny as hell, and probably wasn't too hard to catch, but he still found it surprising that Cotton had managed to get a crab at all. He really needed to stop thinking of them as a little kid who couldn't hunt or dig around for themselves anymore... clearing his throat, Vinny said to Aslisk after a moment, "So, ya wanna tell us why th'hell y'decided ta try eatin' a reed plant? They're hardly appetizin', and even though you can eat them doesn't mean ya should eat them." If he was a younger hybrid, he might've been able to understand mixing up a reed plant and a corn dog, but... this was honestly pretty ridiculous, even for someone like Aslisk. Surely she would've been able to feel that it wasn't hot?